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6.1.B. - Page 1 To the Honorable Mayor and City Cou nci I From the City Manager J u ne 13, 2011 SUBJECT Third Amendment to the Agreement for Animal Control Services between the City of Redwood City and the County of San Mateo. RECOMMENDATION By motion, extend the current contract agreement with the County of San Mateo for the provision of animal control services through June 30, 2015. BAC KG RO U N D The County of San Mateo contracts with the Peninsula Humane Society (PHS) for shelter and animal control services to all cities and the unincorporated areas of the County. The twenty cities of the County have historically contracted with the County for the provision of those services. The current service agreement which was approved by the City Council in 2007 is in effect through June 30, 2011. Copies of the 2007 agreement and the original 2003 agreement are on file with the City Clerk. The cities, the County of San Mateo, and Peninsula Humane Society desire to extend the current agreement for animal control services through June 30, 2015. This will be the third amendment to the agreement for services approved in 2003. The cost for each city's share is determined by the County, based upon a service cost formula. The County will annually calculate a percentage breakdown, based upon a report of the services provided to each city, provided to the County by the Peninsula Humane Society. The percentage distribution for each city for a given year will be based on an average of service costs over the three calendar years prior to the year in question. Redwood City's percentage share of the agreement will vary somewhat each year as service volumes from multiple years are averaged. Currently the City's percentage share for the agreement is 13.25%. The final annual percentages will not be precisely determined until the actual annual levels of service provided to Redwood City are known. Additionally, the actual annual county wide costs (on which cities' shares will be based) will take into consideration the annual expenses and revenues for any animal control and licensing services the County provides beyond those provided by PHS (such as licensing, processing/maintaining dangerous and vicious animal hearings, service animal designations, and spay/neuter voucher program, etc.). Over the last four years, that final annual county wide cost to be shared by the cities/County has typically been an average of 18% lower than the PHS contract amount.