DATE: October 11, 2022
TO: Mayor and City Council
FROM: Chief of Police
SUBJECT
Adopt a Resolution Authorizing the City Manager to Accept and Appropriate $55,000 in Grant Funding From the University of California Davis Koret Shelter Medicine Program’s “California for All Animals” Grant to the Hayward Police Department’s Animal Services Bureau
RECOMMENDATION
That Council adopts a resolution (Attachment II) authorizing the City Manager to accept and appropriate $55,000 in grant funding from the University of California-Davis (UCD) Koret Shelter Medicine Program’s “California for All Animals” grant, to be used by the Hayward Police Department’s Animal Services Bureau.
SUMMARY
The Hayward Police Department’s Animal Services Bureau (ASB) applied for and was awarded $55,000 in grant funding from the UCD Campus School of Veterinary Medicine’s Koret Shelter Medicine Program as part of their California for All Animals Spring 2022 Grant. The funds will be used for the ASB’s Trap, Neuter, and Return (TNR) program. Through TNR, feral (unsocialized) community cats are humanely trapped, spayed or neutered, vaccinated, microchipped, and/or ear-tipped, and then returned to their outdoor homes. Through this grant, free TNR services will be offered to community members in project neighborhoods and low-income community cat caregivers to provide TNR services to 400-500 feral community cats. The trapping, neutering, and returning of feral community cats keep these cats out of the shelter where they would be euthanized. It also immediately stops the cats’ ability to reproduce, stabilizing cat colonies and reducing populations over time.
ATTACHMENTS
Attachment I Staff Report
Attachment II Resolution