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Citizens Advisory Committee

MISSION STATEMENT

To provide vision, leadership, public policy development, and recommendations to the Mayor and the City Council in order to meet the present and future needs of the City of Sacramento community's animal care services.

PURPOSE OF THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE

To provide advisory recommendations to the Mayor and the City Council on strategies, policies, and programs designed to ensure quality care for the animals housed at the Sacramento Animal Care Services Center
To increase awareness of animals available for adoption at the Center
To increase awareness of the importance of spaying/neutering animals
To educate the community regarding the humane treatment of animals and other matters related to Sacramento's animal care responsibilities
To provide a forum for public discussion of Sacramento's efforts to bring about positive change and improvements at the Center
To serve as a liaison to the Mayor, the City Council, and the city staff on behalf of the community in matters related to Sacramento's Animal Care Services

COMMITTEE MEMBERS

Marge Carpenter, Chair
Abbi Novotny
Eugene Lukehart
Kris Liang
Yvette Hernandez
Becky Correia

Please click here to email your question or concern to Committee Member

GUIDELINES FOR DEFINING ADOPTABILITY

Guidelines for Defining Adoptability were developed by the Department of General Services, Animal Care Services Division. An Animal Care Services employee team, utilizing resources from a number of animal welfare resources as well as input from shelter staff, developed the guidelines for use at the shelter.

The intent of these guidelines is to provide consistent information on issues of importance related to animal intake, health, adoptability, behavior, rescue, and euthanasia. The Defining Adoptability Team was chartered with the following purpose:
"To develop a definition of adoptability for Animal Care Services that can be shared with animal shelters such as the Sacramento SPCA and County of Sacramento."

Draft copies are listed below. The copy indicating "RED and SECTIONS" shows proposed revisions and the "FINAL DRAFT" shows final draft text.

Guidelines for Defining Adoptablity RED and SECTIONS (PDF - 1.16MB)
Guidelines for Defining Adoptablity FINAL DRAFT (PDF - 1.16MB)

MEETING SCHEDULE, AGENDAS, AND MINUTES

The committee meets on the last Tuesday of each month at 6:00 PM. The meetings are held at the City of Sacramento Animal Care Services, which is located at 2127 Front Street (with a cross-street of Broadway).

Meeting Notice and Agenda

October 27, 2009 (PDF - 37KB)
September 29, 2009 (PDF - 49 KB)
August 25, 2009 (PDF - 36 KB)
July 28, 2009 (PDF - 36 KB)
June 23, 2009 (PDF - 36 KB)
May 26, 2009 (PDF - 54 KB) *Meeting was cancelled on 5/26/09*

Meeting Minutes

September 29, 2009 (PDF - 48KB)
August 25, 2009 (PDF - 60 KB)
July 28, 2009 (PDF - 56 KB)
April 28, 2009 (PDF - 46 KB)
March 31, 2009 (PDF - 46 KB)
January, 27, 2009 (PDF - 50 KB)

Volunteer Department Summary

October, 2009
September 22, 2009 (PDF - 49 KB)
May 19, 2009 (PDF - 49 KB)
California Legislation ab233 (PDF - 21 KB)
April 24, 2009 (PDF - 44 KB)
November 24, 2008 (PDF - 40 KB)
October 27, 2008 (PDF - 42 KB)
January 29, 2008 (PDF - 50 KB)

BLUE RIBBON COMMITTEE

One of the primary responsibilities of the Sacramento Animal Care Services Citizens Advisory Committee is to ensure that the recommendations of the Blue Ribbon Commission are being implemented in an efficient and timely manner. The Blue Ribbon Commission was tasked with prioritizing the recommendations put forth in the HSUS Consultation Report. To view the HSUS report (PDF format), please click here.