Item #3 Animal Services Office Bond Development Status — original pdf

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Animal Services Office Bond Development Status Jason Garza Deputy Chief Animal Services Officer March 10, 2025 1 City of Austin Animal Services Office Bond Funding History COA Bond Election Needs Assessment for Town Lake Animal Center, 2005-2006 COA Bond Election Advisory Committee: Report and Recommendation, 2006 Health & Human Services Animal Shelter - $12,065,000 • Cost estimate to build replacement for Town Lake Animal Shelter on HHSD Campus Includes 34,000 SF of enclosed space Includes 28,000 SF of kennel space • • • O&M Impact - $307,000 • O&M FTEs - 8 2 City of Austin Animal Services Office Guiding Principles Community Trust and Relationships Social Equity Innovation Affordability Proactive Prevention Sustainability and Resiliency 3 Bond Program Guiding Principles • Equity • Affordability • Innovation • Sustainability and Resiliency • Proactive Prevention • Customer Trust and Relationships Technical Criteria Development • Equity – ensure that services provided from project is accessible to all. • Affordability – the services provided by the project does not create a hardship for future pet owners. • Innovation – the project will advance animal welfare in Austin. • Sustainability and Resiliency – Project will help reduce carbon footprint for the organization but also to residents of Austin. • Proactive Prevention – the project will affect pets in a positive aspect, as well as have a positive impact on overall shelter operations. • Customer Trust and Relationships – the projects will increase public trust and relationships that may be strained due to current gaps in service. Animal Services Office – Technical Criteria • ASO developed the following as technical criteria: • Enhanced services for residents • Improvement to ASO operations • Promotes safety and wellbeing to humans • Promotes enhanced animal welfare • Each criteria is scored based on how the project relates to the guiding principles • All projects may score a maximum of 100 points Animal Services Office – Scoring Matrix • ASO’s numerical breakdown in relation to the guiding principles • Equity – 10 points • Affordability – 15 points • Innovation – 10 points • Sustainability and Resiliency – 5 points • Proactive Prevention – 30 points • Customer Trust and Relationships – 30 points Next steps scoring matrix • Brief Bond Election Advisory Task Force on technical criteria and • Develop projects for consideration • Determine if there is alignment or overlap with other departments • Present recommendations to City Manager’s Office