REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL
FROM: GEORGEANNE A. WHITE, City Manager
Office of Mayor & City Manager
BY: ALMA TORRES, Deputy City Manager
Office of Mayor & City Manager
COURTNEY ESPINOZA, Business Manager
Finance Department
SUBJECT
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Actions pertaining to the California For All Animals Shelter Assistance Program Sniptember Grant:
1. Authorize the City Manager to accept $182,200 in grant funding 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 for the Animal Center Sniptember Grant.
2. Authorize the City Manager or their designee to execute the Shelter Services Grant Agreement, the Services Agreement with Animal Balance, a California Public Benefit Nonprofit Corporation and all related documents, for the California For All Animals Shelter Assistance Program Sniptember Grant.
3. ***RESOLUTION - Adopt the 23rd Amendment to the Annual Appropriation Resolution (AAR) No. 2023-185 appropriating $182,200 for the Animal Center from the California for All Animals Shelter Assistant Program Sniptember 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 Sniptember Grant for the Fresno Animal Center.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
In September of 2022, the University of California, Davis Campus, Koret Shelter Program with funding from the California for All Animals Shelter Assistance Program, awarded the City's animal control services provider, Fresno Humane Animal Services (FHAS), a grant totaling $443,000 to partner with Animal Balance, a California Public Benefit Nonprofit Corporation, to expand spay and neuter capacity in Fresno. In April of 2023, FHAS notified the City of Fresno of its in...
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