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Task force recommends hybrid modular shelter; Palm Coast and Flagler County ask nonprofits to respond to RFI
Summary
A joint task force recommended a hybrid shelter combining a Putnam-style administration and modular kennels (option 4), citing site constraints at the current Flagler Humane Society and recommending an RFI to find a nonprofit operator and finalize cost-sharing and an interlocal agreement.
A task force convened by the City of Palm Coast recommended on Jan. 29 that Palm Coast and Flagler County pursue a hybrid animal shelter model that pairs a Putnam-style administration, adoption and veterinary building with prefabricated modular kennels and a modified cattery.
John Zobler, director of community services for the City of Palm Coast, told the joint Flagler County Board of County Commissioners and Palm Coast City Council that an on-site review of the Flagler Humane Society found constraints — including a wellhead, stormwater basin, steep topography and extensive wetlands — that make expansion on the current site infeasible or likely to require costly mitigation. “Extreme mitigation costs make the site infeasible for development,” Zobler said during the…
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