Animal Advisory Commission Regular Meeting of the Animal Advisory Commission

2 Animal Services Data Report July 2022 — original pdf

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Approved Agenda August 8 Animal Advisory Commission — original pdf

REGULAR MEETING of the ANIMAL ADVISORY COMMISSION AUGUST 8, 2022, 6 P.M. AUSTIN CITY HALL, Room 1101 301 W. Second St. AUSTIN, TEXAS 78701 Some members of the Commission may be participating by videoconference. The meeting may be viewed online at: http://www.austintexas.gov/page/watch-atxn-live Public comment will be allowed in-person or remotely via telephone. Speakers may only register to speak on an item once either in-person or remotely and will be allowed up to three minutes to provide their comments. Registration no later than noon the day before the meeting is required for remote participation by telephone. To register to speak remotely, call or email Belinda Hare, by Sunday noon, August 7, at phone 512-978-0565, or email Belinda.Hare@austintexas.gov. Please know emails work best. CURRENT COMMISSIONERS Craig Nazor, Chair Nancy Nemer Palmer Neuhaus Jo Anne Norton Luis Herrera Kristen Hassen, Parliamentarian AGENDA CALL TO ORDER PUBLIC COMMUNICATION: GENERAL Ryan Clinton, Vice Chair Lisa Mitchell Katie Jarl Lotta Smagula Beatriz Dulzaides Dr. Paige Nilson The first 10 speakers signed up prior to the meeting being called to order will each be allowed a three-minute allotment to address their concerns regarding items not posted on the agenda. Speakers for specific agenda items may sign up prior to the meeting or in person at the meeting. APPROVAL OF MINUTES 1. Approve the minutes of the Animal Advisory Commission Regular Meeting on July 11, 2022. 2. Presentation by Don Bland and/or Jason Garza regarding Austin Animal Center and Animal Services Reports 3. Presentation by Don Bland regarding AAC Staffing and Services 4. Presentation by AAC Staff regarding AAC Public Communications on Services STAFF BRIEFINGS DISCUSSION ITEMS 5. Presentation by Parliamentarian regarding Roberts Rules of Order 6. Presentation by Austin Pets Alive! regarding APA! Quarterly Report DISCUSSION AND ACTION ITEMS 7. Discussion and Possible Action on AAC Monthly Reporting of Data 8. Discussion and Possible Action on Transferring Austin Animal Center Animals to Other Communities 9. Discussion and Possible Action on the Austin Animal Center Space Crisis and Recommendations from the Space Crisis Working Group 10. Discussion and Possible Action on Austin Animal Center Staffing Request for FY 23 11. Discussion and Possible Action on Hold Period Ordinance 12. Discussion and Possible Action on Inclusion of Animal Services in the City of Austin next Five-Year Strategic Plan 13. Discussion and Possible Action on 311 Flow Charts and Information FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS ADJOURNMENT The City of Austin is committed …

City Code 3-1-26 (D) re animals visibly pregnant — original pdf

REGULAR MEETING of the ANIMAL ADVISORY COMMISSION AUGUST 8, 2022, 6 P.M. AUSTIN CITY HALL, Room 1101 301 W. Second St. AUSTIN, TEXAS 78701 Some members of the Commission may be participating by videoconference. The meeting may be viewed online at: http://www.austintexas.gov/page/watch-atxn-live Public comment will be allowed in-person or remotely via telephone. Speakers may only register to speak on an item once either in-person or remotely and will be allowed up to three minutes to provide their comments. Registration no later than noon the day before the meeting is required for remote participation by telephone. To register to speak remotely, call or email Belinda Hare, by Sunday noon, August 7, at phone 512-978-0565, or email Belinda.Hare@austintexas.gov. Please know emails work best. AGENDA ADDENDUM DISCUSSION AND ACTION ITEMS 14. Discussion and Possible Action on the reconsideration of Austin City Code section 3-1-26 (D), Notice to Rescue Organization, regarding an animal exhibiting visible signs of pregnancy The City of Austin is committed to compliance with the American with Disabilities Act. Reasonable modifications and equal access to communications will be provided upon request. Meeting locations are planned with wheelchair access. If requiring Sign Language Interpreters or alternative formats, please give notice at least two days (48 hours) before the meeting date. Please call Commission Liaison Belinda Hare, Animal Services Office, 512-978-0565 or at Belinda.hare@austintexas.gov, for additional information; TTY users route through Relay Texas at 711. For more information on the Animal Advisory Commission , please contact Belinda Hare at 512- 978-0565 or at Belinda.hare@austintexas.gov

13 Austin 311 ASO Report — original pdf

What happens when residents call 3-1-1 and they cannot keep the animal and they cannot take them to the shelter? If a resident needs to have a found dog picked up, Austin 3-1-1 will enter a “Found Animal - Pick Up” service request that goes to ASO for review and follow up. Right now, we give the resident the expectation that Animal Protection personnel will contact them within 24 hours as noted at the end of the service request process. If the resident needs to speak to ASO staff right away, we also implement our escalation process. This call is transferred to our command center who then reaches out to ASO on a supervisor line or sends an email to an ASO group to let them know this resident needs a callback as soon as possible. We are currently working with our department partners on updates to the service request process. For ASO we have begun a review of the “Found Animal – Pick Up” service request which includes a change in the name of the service request type to “Animal Protection – Found Animal Assistance”. Once the service request is entered, Animal Protection will contact them within 24 hours to provide them available options and assistance. The updates to the service request are scheduled to take place in September. In addition, our team is in the process of reviewing all FAQ articles we have about ASO to confirm documentation has the most accurate information available. It is the responsibility of the department to let us know every time they update processes, procedures, or items such as operating days and hours. It helps to provide us the documentation before it becomes effective or as soon as possible to allow time to update the content in our system and to train our staff.

6 Austin Pets Alive! July 2022 Monthly Report — original pdf

Monthly Report on License Agreements 2022 - 07 July This report is in agreement with the terms outlined in Section 8.4 of the License Agreement between the City of Austin and Austin Pets Alive! with a focus on APA!’s impact on Travis county through our partnership with Austin Animal Center. Summary: Austin Pets Alive! (APA!) continues to be the city of Austin’s largest partner in lifesaving. APA! takes animals that have medical and behavioral issues that require a higher cost per animal than the average healthy animal in care. APA! focuses on these animals in an effort to have a measurable effect on the live release rate at AAC. APA! Intakes transferred from AAC: 265 animals were transferred out of AAC to rescue partners in July. 108 of those were transferred to APA!, and another 34 were born in APA!’s care to pregnant animals sent from AAC. Additionally, APA! took in 30 pets directly from owners within Travis county through the PASS program that would otherwise have entered AAC. AAC - Cat Behavior AAC - Cat Bottle Baby (Includes BIC) AAC - Cat Maternity AAC - Cat Medical AAC - Cat Space AAC - Dog BIC AAC - Dog Behavior Large/Medium AAC - Dog Behavior Small AAC - Dog Bottle Baby AAC - Dog Maternity AAC - Dog Medical AAC - Dog Parvo Transfer AAC - Dog Space Large/Medium AAC - Dog Space Small TOTAL AAC Travis - PASS Travis - Parvo OS/PASS TOTAL TRAVIS 0 59 1 21 0 16 28 4 1 0 8 4 0 0 142 26 4 172 1 of 3 © 2022 Austin Pets Alive! All Rights Reserved Operations Comparison APA and AAC serve the community in tandem and our combined efforts impact the live release rate across the city, county and surrounding areas. For July 2022: AAC APA! TOTAL Intake 1,157 1,063 2,220 S/N at the Shelter 617 530 1,147 In Foster 414 1,190 1,604 Adoptions 677 917 1,594 APA! Intakes from AAC % of Prior Fiscal Year-To-Date AAC Dog and Cat Intake FY21 APA! Intake from AAC FY22 APA! Intake from Travis County APA! Intake as a % of prior FY AAC Intake APA! Travis Intake as a % of AAC Intake 8,006 1,397 380 17.45% 4.75% APA! Intakes from AAC % of Current Fiscal Year-To-Date AAC Dog and Cat Intake APA! Intake from AAC APA! Intake from Travis County APA! Intake …

2 July 2022 Animal Services Report — original pdf

July 2022 July 2022 Animal Services Report AUSTIN ANIMAL SERVICES REPORT Animal Services News • The live outcome rate for July was 96.73 percent. • A total of 1,240 animals were brought to the shelter which included 697 dogs, 460 cats, 47 wild animals, 12 rabbits, 11 guinea pigs, five fish, three domestic birds, and one snake. • A total of 681 animals were adopted (363 cats, 313 dogs, and 5 small pets). • A total of 108 dogs, cats, and birds were returned to their owners (RTOs and RTO-Adopt). • Animal Protection Officers (APOs) returned 26 animals to their owners in the field. • Officers handed out 21 fencing assistance applications and implanted 7 microchips. • Officers impounded 182 injured animals and delivered 103 wildlife animals to Austin Wildlife Rescue. • Officers entered 202 rabies exposure reports and submitted 47 specimens for rabies testing. Four bats tested positive for rabies and an additional six were considered non-negative due to being too decomposed to test. • 6 total coyote related activities (for Travis County) o 4 sightings o 1 encounters o 1 incidents • Out of 6 coyote related activities, 6 fell within the reported behavior types (sighting, encounter, and incident) • Encounters: • Incidents: o 1 encounter involved a coyote attacking a domestic animal o 1 incident involved a coyote attacking a domestic animal Volunteer, Foster, and Rescue Programs • A total of 351 volunteers donated 5,113 hours of volunteer service. Animal Protection July 2022 Animal Services Report • The Volunteer Coordinators held five orientations for new volunteers in July, introducing 211 people to the shelter programs. 82 new volunteers attended their first training or mentor shifts in June. • 26 Community Service Restitution individuals performed 123 hours of laundry, dishes, and other duties as assigned. • 162 animals were adopted directly from foster care. • More than 280 different individuals/families fostered. • 254 new foster applications were processed. (This number does not include walk-in / in person applications that were processed.) • There are currently 1,142 members (approved fosters) in the foster program’s GivePulse group. • 10 pets died or were euthanized in foster care. • As of August 2, 6:55 a.m., there were 412 animals in foster care. • 197 animals were transferred to 21 in-state AAC Rescue Partners (compared to 244 animals for July 2021). • 65 dogs were transported to 10 out-of-state AAC Rescue Partners …