REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL
FROM: GEORGEANNE A. WHITE, City Manager
Office of Mayor & City Manager
BY: ALMA G. TORRES, Interim Director
Animal Center Department
SUBJECT
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Actions pertaining to the California for All More People and Pets Together Grant:
1. Authorize the City Manager to accept $156,900 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's 'Regreso a Casa' Grant.
2. Authorize the City Manager or their designee to execute the Shelter Services Grant Agreement, for the California for All Animals More People and Pets Together 'Regreso a Casa' Grant.
3. ***RESOLUTION - Adopt the 44th Amendment to the Annual Appropriation Resolution (AAR) No. 2023-185 appropriating $156,900 for the Animal Center from the California for All Animals More People and Pets Together 'Regreso a Casa' Grant (Requires 5 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 More People and Pets Together 'Regreso a Casa' Grant for the Fresno Animal Center.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The City of Fresno Animal Center Department began operations of the animal control services on December 1, 2023. To address the pet overpopulation being experienced in the community, staff submitted a grant application that would assist in providing services that allow people and pets to remain together in neighborhoods experiencing high incidences of pet overpopulation based on data collected. The University of California, Davis Campus, Koret Shelter Program, with funding from the California for All Animals Shelter Assistance Program, notified the City that its grant proposal submitted under the name of "Regr...
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