DATE: October 15, 2024
TO: Mayor and City Council
FROM: Chief of Police
SUBJECT
Title
Adopt a Resolution Authorizing the City Manager to Accept and Appropriate $100,000 in California for All Animals Grant Funding Awarded by the University of California, Davis Koret Shelter Medicine Program for Use by the Hayward Police Department's Animal Services Bureau
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RECOMMENDATION
Recommendation
That the Council adopts a resolution (Attachment II) authorizing the City Manager to accept and appropriate an $100,000 in California for All Animals grant funding awarded by the University of California, Davis (UC Davis) Koret Shelter Medicine Program for use by the Hayward Police Department's Animal Services Bureau.
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SUMMARY
In 2022, The Hayward Police Department's Animal Services Bureau ("HASB") applied for and was awarded $55,000 in grant funding from the UC Davis Koret Shelter Medicine Program as part of their California for All Animals Spring 2022 Grant. The funds provided free spay and neuter services to 456 community cats through the HASB's Trap, Neuter, and Return (TNR) program. Recently, the HASB applied for, and was awarded, additional grant funding in the amount of $100,000.
Through TNR, community cats are humanely trapped, spayed or neutered, vaccinated, microchipped, ear tipped and then returned to their outdoor homes. Community cats are cats that live in the community and may or may not have an identified caregiver. Community cats can be feral (unsocialized) or friendly domesticated. Feral community cats are not able to be handled and are euthanized when turned into the shelter. With the increased grant funding, free TNR services will now be available to all Hayward residents interested in participating in the TNR of community cats in their neighborhoods. The additional grant funds combined with donations received in FY 24 specific to spay and neuter programs will provide services to upwards of 980 com...
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