HomeMy WebLinkAbout2019-084 - Accepting the Donation of A Therapeutic CannieTB 10.1.2019
RESOLUTION NO. 2019-084
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
SANTA ANA ACCEPTING THE DONATION OF A
THERAPEUTIC CANINE FOR THE SANTA ANA POLICE
DEPARTMENT FROM JOHANNA SCILLIERI
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA AS
FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The City Council of the City of Santa Ana ("City") hereby finds,
determines and declares as follows:
A. WHEREAS, the Santa Ana Police Department researched becoming the first
law enforcement agency in Orange County to have a full-time Therapeutic
Canine in its program; and
B. WHEREAS, Guide Dogs of the Desert trains canines to serve as guide animals
for the blind; and
C. WHEREAS, a two-year old female, black Labrador named, Shadow, was
unable to complete the training but has received foundational obedience
training that does not preclude Shadow from being a Therapeutic Canine; and
D. WHEREAS, community members donate various items to enhance the K-9
program, including canines; and
E. WHEREAS, Police Volunteer Johanna Scillieri, who has a passion for animals
and Santa Ana Police Department's K-9 program, in particular, and has
previously donated to the City two (2) Police K-9's to the Santa Ana Police
Department; and
F. WHEREAS, Ms. Scilleri has acquired Shadow and now desires to donate
Shadow to the SAPD; and
G. WHEREAS, the total value to purchase Shadow is approximately $1,000.
Section 2. The City hereby accepts the donation of Shadow, to its ranks, for her
services to the Department as a Therapeutic Canine.
Section 3. If any surcharge or fee, section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase
or word of this Resolution is for any reason held to be invalid by a court of competent
jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this
Resolution. The City Council hereby declares that it would have passed and adopted
this Resolution, and each and all provisions hereof, irrespective of the fact that one or
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more provisions may be declared invalid.
Section 4. This Resolution shall take effect immediately upon its adoption by the
City Council, and the Clerk of the Council shall attest to and certify the vote adopting this
Resolution.
ADOPTED this 1 st day of October, 2019.
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Sonia . Carvalho, Cit Attorney
By:
Tamara Bogosian
Assistant City Attorney
AYES: Councilmembers
NOES: Councilmembers
ABSTAIN: Councilmembers
NOT PRESENT: Councilmembers
`Ward 4 Representative Vacant
Iglesias, Penaloza Pulido, Sarmiento, Solorio
Villegas (6)
None (0)
None (0)
None (0)
CERTIFICATE OF ATTESTATION AND ORIGINALITY
I, DAISY GOMEZ, Clerk of the Council, do hereby certify the attached Resolution No.
2019-084 to be the original Resolution adopted by the City Council of the City of Santa
Ana on October 1, 2019.
Date: io-io-/?
Daisy Gomez
Clerk of the Council
City of Santa Ana
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