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C. 81

To:	Board of Supervisors
From:	Beth Ward, Animal Services Director
Date:	March 12, 2019

Contra

Costa

County

Subject:

Animal Services Director UPDATE with Shelter Enrichment Team (SET) Program

APPROVE	OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR	RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE

Action of Board On: 03/12/2019

APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED

OTHER

Clerks Notes:

VOTE OF SUPERVISORS

AYE:

John Gioia, District I Supervisor
Candace Andersen, District II Supervisor
Karen Mitchoff, District IV Supervisor
Federal D. Glover, District V Supervisor

ABSENT:

Diane Burgis, District III Supervisor

Contact:

(925) 608-8470

I hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of an action taken and entered on the minutes of the Board of Supervisors on the date shown.
ATTESTED: March 12, 2019
David Twa,

BY:	, Deputy

RECOMMENDATION(S):

ACCEPT Animal Services Department mid-fiscal year presentation on Shelter Enrichment Team (SET) program contract deliverables.

FISCAL IMPACT:

This board action has no fiscal impact. The $300,000 contract used to execute the SET program reported on in this presentation, is funded mainly with fund balance from the Animal Benefit Fund, which is non-General Fund. There are insufficient funds generated through the Animal Benefit Fund to support this program long-term.

BACKGROUND:

BACKGROUND: (CONT'D)

Animal Services Department would like to provide a mid-fiscal year update on the SET program's contract deliverables and benefits/challenges we have learned in the past six months. The SET team has provided support in dog walking, kennel enrichment, behavior evaluations, volunteer/staff/public trainings and various exercise activities for dogs that may have entered the shelter with behavior challenges or have developed difficult to handle behaviors while in care at the Martinez and Pinole shelters.

CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:

The Department's capacity to provide animal welfare and care to sheltered animals at the Pinole and Martinez shelters would be negatively impacted if the SET program was discontinued.

CLERK'S ADDENDUM

Speaker: Allyn Lee, Dia Good (handout attached).