FROM: GEORGEANNE A. WHITE, City Manager
Office of Mayor and City Manager
BY: ALMA TORRES, Deputy City Manager
Office of Mayor and City Manager
COURTNEY ESPINOZA, Business Manager
Finance Department
SUBJECT
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Actions pertaining to the California For All Animals Shelter Assistance Program Off-Cycle Grant
1. Authorize the City Manager to accept $350,400 in grant funding for the Animal Center from the Regents of the University of California on behalf of its Davis Campus School of Veterinary Medicine on behalf of its Koret Shelter Medicine Program in connection with the California for All Animals statewide animal shelter assistance program.
2. Authorize the City Manager or his designee to execute the Shelter Services Agreement and any related documents, for the California For All Animals Shelter Assistance Program Off-Cycle Grant.
3. ***RESOLUTION - Adopt the 22nd Amendment to the Annual Appropriation Resolution (AAR) No. 2023-185 appropriating $350,400 for the Animal Center from the California for All Animals Shelter Assistant Program Off-Cycle Grant (requires five affirmative votes) (subject to Mayor's veto).
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RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends Council approves all actions related to the acceptance of the California for All Animals Shelter Assistance Program Off-Cycle Grant for the Fresno Animal Center.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
In June of 2022 the University of California, Davis Campus, Koret Shelter Program with funding from the California for All Animals Shelter Assistance Program, announced the award of a $600,000 grant to the Animal Center operator, Fresno Humane Animal Services (FHAS). In April of 2023, FHAS notified the City of Fresno of its intent to not renew the operating agreement. Through the approval of these actions, Council will authorize the transfer of the $350,400 in remaining grant fund balances from Fresno Humane Animal Services to the City of Fresno Animal Center.
BACKGROUND
In June of 2022 the University of California,...
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