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Resident raises concerns about Arc/JPA temporary shelter operations, veterinary services and Brown Act notices
Summary
Resident Maureen Mendoza asked the Chino City Council during public comment on April 1 to explain why the temporary ARC shelter budget contains no explicit veterinarian line and questioned the completeness and timing of agenda attachments and special-meeting notices.
During public comment at the April 1 council meeting, Maureen Mendoza raised detailed concerns about the newly formed animal-rescue cooperative (ARC) joint-powers authority and the planned temporary shelter.
Mendoza said she had reviewed agendas and budgets and was “disappointed” that the temporary shelter’s materials showed no budget line for an on‑site veterinarian. She asserted that outsourcing veterinary services would be costly and that the $180,000 budget for outsourcing would not cover expected spay/neuter and intake…
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