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PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH WETLANDS WILDLIFE CARE CENTER
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DEPARTMENT: POLICE DEPARTMENT
PRESENTED BY: BRYAN WADKINS, CAPTAIN
CONTACT INFORMATION: BRYAN WADKINS, CAPTAIN, (714) 754-5672
RECOMMENDATION:
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Staff recommends City Council:
1. Approve and authorize the City Manager to execute the Professional Services Agreement (PSA) with Wetlands Wildlife Care Center (WWCC) to provide full-service trauma care, shelter services, rehabilitation and release of rehabilitated wildlife for a two-year period, with up to three one-year extensions, for a not to exceed amount of $57,000 annually.
2. Authorize a ten percent (10%) contingency annually for other unforeseen costs.
3. Authorize the City Manager or designee to execute the agreement and any future authorized amendments to the agreement.
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BACKGROUND:
WWCC serves injured and orphaned wildlife throughout Southern California. In 1990, a crude oil spill off the coast of Huntington Beach, sickened over 1,200 birds. Less than half of the affected birds survived treatment at a makeshift facility.
As a result, the Alliance for Wildlife Rehabilitation and Education and the Huntington Beach Wetlands Conservancy began taking steps to provide a permanent facility capable of responding to the wildlife injured in daily encounters with humans and future toxic spills.
In 1998, with the assistance of the California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Southern California Edison and others, WWCC opened its doors in Huntington Beach.
The WWCC is capable of rehabilitating over 1000 animals at a time and has evolved over the years into a sophisticated network of dedicated veterinarians, trained wildlife technicians and certified volunteers unique to Orange County.
The Costa Mesa Police Department's Animal Care Services Unit has had a working relationship with WWCC for many years and utilizes its unique services to care for the estimated 400 wild animals it treats annually.
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