Title
Recommendation to Authorize the City Manager to Execute an Amendment to the Agreement with the Friends of the Alameda Animal Shelter for Animal Shelter Operations to Clarify Payment Schedule for a Total 10-Year Compensation Not-to-Exceed $11,574,639. (City Manager 10021030)
Body
To: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
From: Jennifer Ott, City Manager
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
On July 20, 2021, the City Council approved a new agreement with the Friends of the Alameda Animal Shelter (FAAS) to operate the Alameda Animal Shelter (Shelter) and City Council approved expenditures for the first two years of the agreement, Fiscal Years (FY) 2021 - 2023 (File No. 2021-1068).
This amendment to the previously approved agreement is coming to City Council now because the original City Council action approved the total amount of the first two years of the agreement, but did not include the cumulative total of the full agreement. Funding for Shelter operations was included in the FY 2023 - 2025 budget approved on June 20, 2023. Staff recommends City Council approve the amendment to the agreement, which includes the same terms as the approved 2021 agreement, and approve the 10-year agreement compensation term in an amount not-to-exceed $11,574,639. City Council will approve future annual appropriations as part of the regular budget approval process.
BACKGROUND
Animal control shelters are regulated under the California Food and Agriculture Code and the California Civil and Penal codes. Those regulations mandate that city and county animal control shelters and/or its agencies provide care to animals housed in an animal control shelter to prevent spread of disease, to protect the animals, and protect the public good.
Prior to 2012, Alameda's animal shelter and animal control services were managed by the City and operated by the Police Department. Following budget cuts during the recession, FAAS took over animal shelter services in 2012, with animal control rem...
Click here for full text