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ix 116115 <br />A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA <br />AUTHORIZING THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN FORMER POLICE <br />OFFICER MICHAEL HEITMANN AND THE CITY OF SANTA ANA <br />RELATING TO HIS PURCHASE OF A POLICE K-9 AND ACCEPTING THE <br />DONATION OF POLICE K-9 ANIMAL, EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES <br />FROM JOHANNA SCILLIERI FOR THE SANTA ANA POLICE <br />DEPARTMENT K-9 PROGRAM <br />BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA AS <br />FOLLOWS: <br />Section 1. The City Council of the City of Santa Ana hereby finds, determines <br />and declares as follows: <br />A. WHEREAS, former Officer Michael Heitman ("former Officer") was a police <br />officer with the City of Santa Ana and was assigned as a K-9 Officer in the Canine Unit; <br />and <br />B. WHEREAS, the City assigned a dog named Pepper to the K-9 program and <br />Pepper was assigned to former Officer; and <br />C. WHEREAS, Pepper has served the Santa Ana Police Department for <br />several years and Pepper is 10 years old, a normal retirement age for police service <br />dogs. Based upon her age and current physical condition, it would be impractical to <br />reassign Pepper to a new canine handler to attend Basic Handlers Course and to put <br />Pepper back in service; and <br />D. WHEREAS, former Officer requested permission to purchase Pepper and <br />the City is agreeable to selling Pepper to Officer due to their relationship as Pepper's <br />handler; and <br />E. WHEREAS, the Police K-9 program is replacing Pepper with new <br />donated K-9. Baldur: and <br />F. WHEREAS, community members contribute funding and supplies to <br />enhance the K-9 program and Police Volunteer Johanna Scillieri, who volunteers up to <br />30 hours per week in the Investigations Bureau at Santa Ana Police Department <br />(SAPD) and who has a passion for animals and the Department's K-9 program, wishes <br />to donate one Police K-9, Baldur, to the Santa Ana Police Department; and <br />G. WHEREAS, Baldur will be trained and certified under the SAPD's program <br />with Adlerhorst International, LLC, and will serve in the Department's K-9 program; and <br />Resolution 2020-xxx <br />Page 1 of 3 55A-3 <br />