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Staff Report for a City of San Leandro City Council Resolution to Approve and Authorize the City Manager to Execute an Animal Shelter Services Agreement with the East Bay SPCA
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RECOMMENDATIONS
Staff requests that the City Council review, approve, and authorize the City Manager to execute a new animal shelter services agreement with the East Bay SPCA, for an 18-month time frame as the current contract with SPCA is set to expire on 12/31/2021.
BACKGROUND
Attached for City Council review is the new animal sheltering service agreement between the East Bay SPCA and the City of San Leandro, which began January 1, 2021. The Police Department currently utilizes the SPCA to provide quality animal sheltering services as part of its core service delivery to the community. The Police Department has utilized the SPCA this year (2021) and has experienced a good working relationship with them.
The City of Fremont-who manages the Tri-City Shelter-notified the City in late July of 2020 its intent to terminate the current agreement to provide animal sheltering services due to capacity issues. Like many animal shelters, volume of service coupled with limited capacity to shelter the volume of animals across all four cities drove the decision to cancel service. In August 2020, staff began a countywide survey of alternative animal shelters. Staff used the most recent service call volume logged at the City of Fremont's shelter as a baseline for comparison to other shelters and to establish costs. The Police Department's Animal Control unit surveyed the following animal shelters as possible alternatives: Berkeley, Hayward, Alameda (City), Alameda County, and the East Bay SPCA (Oakland). All but the East Bay SPCA declined based on capacity issues. The East Bay SPCA used the current service delivery data from Fremont to generate the cost of similar services at their shelter. The attached draft agreement would be used to finalize the agreement if City Counci...
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