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City of San Leandro <br />Meeting Date: December 7, 2020 <br />Staff Report <br />Agenda Section:File Number:20-561 CONSENT CALENDAR <br />Agenda Number:8.N. <br />TO:City Council <br />FROM:Jeff Kay <br />City Manager <br />BY:Jeff Tudor <br />Chief of Police <br />FINANCE REVIEW:Susan Hsieh <br />Finance Director <br />TITLE:Staff Report for a City of San Leandro City Council Resolution to Approve and <br />Authorize the City Manager to Execute an Animal Shelter Services Agreement <br />with the East Bay SPCA for $290,000 and to Appropriate Additional Fiscal Year <br />2020-21 Funding of $104,169 from the General Fund Undesignated Fund <br />Balance to the Animal Control Operating Account <br />RECOMMENDATIONS <br />Staff recommends that the City Council review, approve, and authorize the City Manager to <br />execute a new animal shelter services agreement with the East Bay SPCA for $290,000, <br />replacing the current Tri -City Shelter’s agreement set to expire on December 31, 2020. Staff also <br />request City Council appropriate additional Fiscal Year 2020-21 funding of $104,169 from the <br />General Fund Undesignated Fund Balance to Account 010-22-001-5120. <br />BACKGROUND <br />Attached for City Council review is a new animal sheltering services agreement between the East <br />Bay SPCA and the City of San Leandro to begin January 1, 2021. The Police Department <br />currently utilizes the Tri -City Shelter to provide quality animal sheltering services as part of its core <br />service delivery to the community. The Police Department has utilized Tri -City Shelter’s services <br />since 2005 as part of a Joint Powers Authority (JPA), and Council authorized the current <br />agreement on September 4, 2018. Tri-City Shelter also provides their services to the Cities of <br />Fremont, Newark, and Union City. <br />The City of Fremont-who manages the Tri-City Shelter-notified the City in late July of its intent to <br />terminate the current agreement to provide animal sheltering services due to capacity issues . <br />Like many animal shelters, volume of service coupled with limited capacity to shelter that volume <br />of animals across all four cities drove the decision to cancel service. In August, staff began a <br />countywide survey of alternative animal shelters. Staff used the most recent service call volume <br />logged at the City of Fremont’s shelter as a baseline for comparison to other shelters and to <br />establish costs. The Police Department ’s Animal Control unit surveyed the following animal <br />shelters as possible alternatives: Berkeley, Hayward, Alameda (City), Alameda County, and the <br />Page 1 City of San Leandro Printed on 12/2/2020