Resolution 14577CITY OF ALAMEDA RESOLUTION NO. 14577
APPROVING THE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING AMONG THE CITY
OF ALAMEDA, THE HUMANE SOCIETY OF ALAMEDA, AND THE FRIENDS OF
THE ALAMEDA ANIMAL SHELTER REGARDING THE FUTURE OPERATION OF
THE SHELTER
WHEREAS, on May 31, 2011, the City Council received a presentation on
the City's FYI 1 -12 budget; and
WHEREAS, as part of the budget presentation, City staff recommended
contracting out the Alameda Animal Shelter to a neighboring community as a way to
community
save approximately $735,000; and
WHEREAS, the Humane Society of Alameda (HAS) and the Friends of the
Alameda Animal Shelter (FAAS) have expressed strong interest in allowing a non-
profit to take over the Shelter; and
WHEREAS, the City's preferred alternative is to allow a non - profit to operate
the Alameda Animal Shelter rather than contracting with another community; and
WHEREAS, the Police Department has sufficient bridge fundin g through
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donations and operating dollars to allow the HSA and FAAS until November 1,
2011, to form a new non - profit and develop a plan for operatin g the Shelter,
including identifying sustainable funding sources; and
WHEREAS, the City, HSA, and FAAS signed a Memorandum of
Understanding on June 17, 2011, that provides that the parties "shall make a g ood
faith effort to develop a mutually agreeable transitional plan that will be ready to
implement by November 1, 2011," and
WHEREAS, if the newly created non - profit is unable to take over the Shelter
on November 1, 2011, the MOU provides that the City will outsource the Shelter to
a yet- to -be- determined provider.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council of the City of
Alameda authorizes the City, HSA, and FAAS to work together to develo p and
establish a new non - profit organization to undertake full operation of the Shelter on
November 1, 2011; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the City Council directs City staff to
cease full operation of the Shelter on November 1, 2011, or as soon thereafter as is
practicable, and to outsource the Shelter to either the new non-profit organization
contemplated in this Resolution, or to a yet- to -be- determined provider designated
by the City.
1, the undersigned, hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution was duly and
regularly adopted and passed by the City Council of the City of Alameda in a regular
meeting assembled on the 21st of June, 2011, by the following vote to wit:
AYES: Councilmembers Bonta, deHaan, Johnson, Tam and
Mayor Gilmore — 5.
NOES: None.
ABSENT: None.
ABSTENTIONS: None.
IN WITNESS, WHEREOF, 1 have hereunto set my hand and affixed the
original seal of said City this 22nd day of June, 2011,
Lara Weisiger, City C
City of Alameda