The Valley Humane Society is still working with the city in order to approve plans to move to its new location on Nevada Street as of last week.
“We don’t have the condition of approval from the city,” said David Stegman, executive director of Valley Humane. “We met last Friday with the department heads and it could take another two to three weeks.”
Stegman explained that once the organization gets approval for the permit they will have to go back and redesign with their architects and engineers. “Once we get to that spot, we can pull our permit and go to our contractor,” he added. It will have 45 days to build and Stegman estimated that the move to the temporary building, once finished, will probably be in two to three months.
“In the meantime, we are taking all of our cats and putting them in different homes because our lease on Spring Street is up Sept. 1,” Stegman said. Valley Humane will operate out of an office at 236 Ray St. It has already placed all 23 cats in homes in the community and will put any extra equipment from the old building into storage.
Stegman emphasized that they are doing all that they can to work with the city and that once they can issue the notice to proceed and people see the construction, the community will be more at ease.
While decisions are still pending, keep updated by contacting the Valley Humane Society at 462-3886 or visit its Web site at www.valleyhumansociety.org.
–Jackie Pugh
