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CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEA
CITY COUNCIL COMMUNICATION
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City Council Members
Animal Care Services Ad -hoc Subcommittee
Pam Julien Houchen, Chair; ?
November 19, 2001
Animal Care Services Subcommittee Report
In February 2001, the City Council created an an -hoc subcommittee on animal Care
services and appointed Mayor Julien Houchen, Mayor Pro-Tem Cook and City Council
Member Boardman to the subcommittee.
The subcommittee was charged with recommending an animal care services strategy to
the City Council. The subcommittee was also asked to report its recommendations to
the City Council by June 30, 2001.
Since February, the committee has met to review the feasibility study prepared by
Meyer & Allen Associates, receive input from the community, tour the county's existing
facilities, and discuss the future of animal care services in Huntington Beach.
This memorandum serves to report the subcommittee's findings and recommendations
to date.
FINDINGS
The subcommittee finds that:
1. The city is capable of providing pro -humane animal care services;
2. It believes the feasibility study overestimates the cost to provide pro -humane
care services; however
3. The cost of providing pro -humane animal care services would represent a
significant increase from the existing county contract.
RECOMMENDATIONS
The subcommittee recommends that:
1. That the city remain a member of the county animal care services system;
2. The committee monitor the county's plans for relocation, long-term contracts, and
the potential that other client cities (north county in particular) may leave the
county system; and
3. The City Council support the concept of a satellite county facility or private
adoption center in Huntington Beach if these options are available at little or no
cost to the city.