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At August 6, 2015, hearing, Attorney Graves testified that: (1) Dr. Sara Matthews had volunteered to hire and pay for a licensed well driller to properly abandon the water well on Mrs. Loretta Graves' property, (2) that Mrs. Loretta Graves discontinued the continuous open feeding practices and choose instead to feed the animals on the her property twice a day both inside and outside her house, and (3) a cat fence had been constructed on the property pursuant to an order from Judge Morgan to prohibit cats from roaming onto neighboring properties. The Hearing Board took testimony that there are over 20 cats licensed to Mrs. Loretta Graves. At the hearing, Dr. Sara Matthews testified that the hospital she works for, Dr. Dan's Hospital, has spayed/neutered and vaccinated most, if not all, of the cats on Mrs. Loretta Graves' property. Dr. Sara Matthews also testified that Mrs. Loretta Graves will not allow any additional cats onto her property. Finally, at the hearing, Attorney Graves moved an affidavit from Lisa Mead into the record. Lisa Mead's affidavit swears that she is a personal, friend of Mrs. Loretta Graves and that she visits her once a week. The affidavit also states that in recent months, Lisa Mead has assisted Mrs. Loretta Graves with cleaning the house and yard associated with her property. Specifically, the affidavit states that she has cleared debris from the yard, raked leaves, pulled weeds, turned over containers that could hold water, and taken waste and garbage to the transfer station on Old Dixie Highway. In the affidavit, Lisa Mead sweared to continue to visit and assist Mrs. Loretta Graves. Mrs. Loretta Graves violated Sections 386.041, 386.041(1)(e), 386.041(1)(0 and 403.413(4), Florida Statutes, and Rules 40C-3.531(2), 68A-4.001(3), 64E-6001(4) and 64E-6001(4)(a)4(d), Florida Administrative Code, because she: (1) had failed to properly clean the animal waste from her property to eradicate any public health risk; (2) failed to create and deliver a site plan to either the Health Department or the Indian River County Planning Department to operate a noncommercial kennel on her property; (3) failed to stop conducting open feeding practices on her property creating a rodent breeding and harborage; (4) failed to properly clean the abundance of debris from her property allowing for the harborage of rodents and the breeding of flies, mosquitoes, or other arthropods capable of transmitting diseases, directly or indirectly to humans; (5) failed to coordinate with the Health Department to reinspect her property; and (6) failed to either properly abandon the water well or put a temporary sanitary seal on the water well until the financing could be obtained to abandon the well. Mrs. Loretta Graves was ordered to immediately remove all animal waste from her property, and to place Hydrated Lime on the areas that were exposed to the animal waste. Mrs. Loretta graves was ordered to immediately stop conducting open feeding practices on her property creating a rodent breeding and harborage. Mrs. Graves was ordered to immediately clear her property of all debris that allows for the harborage of rodents and the breeding of flies, mosquitoes, or other arthropods. Mrs. Loretta Graves was ordered to immediately hire a licensed well driller to abandon the existing water well her property. Mrs. Graves was ordered to allow the Health Department to enter onto her property for to reinspect on or before August 30, 2015. Mrs. Loretta Graves was ordered to allow the Health Department to inspect her property on a continuing basis every three (3) months for a period of two (2) years. The Health Department will give a forty-eight (48) - hour notice via email or phone to Mrs. Loretta Graves' attorney, Judy Graves, Esq., at Julia@ajuliagraves.com and copy Dr. Sarah Matthews at saraleemathews(o-)qmail.com. Mrs. Loretta Graves was 6 1 P a g e 229