DATE: September 12, 2023
TO: Mayor and City Council
FROM: Acting Chief of Police
SUBJECT: Adopt a Resolution Authorizing the City Manager to Accept and Appropriate $3,000 in Awarded Grant Funding from the Best Friends Animal Society in Connection with its GoodPup Scholarship Grant for the Hayward Police Department’s Animal Services Bureau
RECOMMENDATION
That the Council adopts a resolution (Attachment II) authorizing the City Manager to accept and appropriate $3,000 from the Best Friends Animal Society for the Hayward Police Department’s Animal Services Bureau.
SUMMARY
A Best Friends Animal Society representative recently toured the Hayward Police Department’s Animal Services Bureau. The Hayward Animal Services Bureau was then selected to receive a $3,000 grant as part of the Best Friends Animal Society’s GoodPup Scholarship Grant. Through this grant, adopters of long-stay dogs and dogs with some behavioral challenges will be provided with scholarships for 6-weeks of free online behavior training through GoodPup as an incentive to adopt these more challenging dogs who are often overlooked. Funding will provide scholarships for twenty (20) dogs and their adopter with the goal of decreasing the length of time these dogs stay in the shelter and increasing their chances for success in their new home.
ATTACHMENTS
Attachment I Staff Report
Attachment II Resolution