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REQUEST FOR <br />COUNCIL ACTION <br />CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: <br />MAY 6, 2014 <br />TITLE: <br />AGREEMENT AMENDMENT AND <br />NEW AGREEMENT WITH DR. SCOTT <br />WELDY TO PROVIDE VETERINARY <br />SERVICES FOR THE SANTA ANA <br />ZOO AT PRENTICE PARK <br />- <br />CITY M AGER <br />1:1*4161imm4ill�7� 7_[��[�7►`I <br />CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: <br />❑ As Recommended <br />❑ As Amended <br />❑ Ordinance on 151 Reading <br />❑ Ordinance on 2 "d Reading <br />❑ Implementing Resolution <br />❑ Set Public Hearing For <br />CONTINUED TO <br />FILE NUMBER <br />1. Authorize the City Manager and Clerk of the Council to execute an amendment to the <br />agreement with Dr. Scott Weldy, dba Serrano Animal & Bird Hospital, for veterinary <br />services at the Santa Ana Zoo at Prentice Park, increasing total compensation from <br />$75,000 to $84,500, subject to non - substantive changes approved by the City Manager <br />and City Attorney. <br />2. Authorize the City Manager and Clerk of the Council to execute a new agreement with Dr. <br />Scott Weldy, dba Serrano Animal & Bird Hospital, for veterinary services at the Santa Ana <br />Zoo at Prentice Park in the amount of $84,500, which includes a 30% contingency, for a <br />one -year term with two one -year options under the same terms and conditions, <br />exercisable by the City Manager, beginning July 1, 2014 and renewing on July 1, 2015 <br />and July 1, 2016, subject to non - substantive changes approved by the City Manager and <br />City Attorney. <br />DISCUSSION <br />The Santa Ana Zoo at Prentice Park is required by the United States Department of Agriculture <br />and the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA) to provide veterinary services for the <br />collection of animals maintained at the Zoo. An agreement has been established with Dr. Scott <br />Weldy to provide veterinary services for the Santa Ana Zoo at Prentice Park, <br />Dr. Weldy has over 25 years of exotic animal veterinary experience and has established a <br />comprehensive animal health program to monitor the wellness of the animals residing at the Zoo. <br />Through routine, weekly zoo - facility visits to examine the animals' health and sanitation and <br />maintenance of medical history records for each animal, Dr. Weldy is able to provide <br />preventative and curative medical care for the entire zoo collection. <br />An increase in total compensation to $84,500 will increase the contingency to 30% to provide for <br />emergency and reimbursable veterinary expenditures at the Zoo through the end of the current <br />agreement, which expires on June 30, 2014. Additionally, entering a new agreement with total <br />compensation of $84,500 annually, which jpes1a 30% contingency, will provide veterinary <br />