| | | | | | | | Agenda Item - 3.d.
City of Garden Grove
INTER-DEPARTMENT MEMORANDUM
| To: | Scott C. Stiles
| From: | William E. Murray
| | Dept.: | City Manager
| Dept.: | Public Works
| | Subject: | Approval of Amendment No. 1 to the agreement with Stray Cat Alliance for the Field Cat Trapping Program and authorize entering an agreement in July 2021. (Cost: Amendment No. 1, $21,000, Annual Agreement, $70,000) (Action Item) | Date: | 2/23/2021 |
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| | | | | | | | OBJECTIVE
To secure City Council authorization to approve Amendment No. 1 with Stray Cat Alliance to increase the current contract amount by $21,000, for a new total of $70,000 and authorize the City Manager to execute the next one-year agreement starting on July 1, 2021, for $70,000. |
| | | | | | | | BACKGROUND
In July 2020, the City entered into a one-year, sole source agreement with Stray Cat Alliance (SCA) for continuation of the City's Return to Field (RTF) cat trapping program. The RTF program allows residents to trap feral or stray cats so that they can be sterilized, given a rabies vaccination and a medical examination, and then be returned back to the location they came from. Animal Care Services has administered this program with SCA since 2018. |
| | | | | | | | DISCUSSION
The RTF program has been well received by the community. The goal of the program is to limit the cat's reproductive cycle and reduce the number of kittens being born to feral or stray cats and reduce shelter intake.
In 2020, due to the unknown financial impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, an agreement was entered into with SCA for $49,000, instead of the full budgeted allocation of $70,000 for FY 2020-21. From July to December 2020, 226 cats went through the RTF program compared to 79 during the same time frame in 2019. Due to this increase in activity over the prior year, the initial amount of the contract has been exhausted and the remaining budget allocation is needed to provide continued services.
Staff is also recommending that the City Council authorize the City Manager to enter into and execute the next one-year agreement with SCA, to start on July 1, 2021, under the same terms and conditions, in an amount not to exceed $70,000. |
| | | | | | | | FINANCIAL IMPACT
There is no additional impact to the General Fund. The program is budgeted for $70,000 as part of the FY 2020-21 and 2021-22 budgets respectively. |
| | | | | | | | RECOMMENDATION
It is recommended that City Council:
- Approve Amendment No. 1 to the agreement with Stray Cat Alliance; and
- Authorize the City Manager to enter into and execute the next one-year agreement with Stray Cat Alliance, to start on July 1, 2021, under the same terms and conditions, in an amount not to exceed $70,000.
By: Mark Ladney, Supervisor
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| ATTACHMENTS: | | Description | Upload Date | Type | File Name | | Amendment No. 1 | 2/9/2021 | Agreement | AMENDMENT_1-Stray_Cat_Alliance_2021.pdf |
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