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Home My WebLink AboutCOW 2017-02-13 Item 3A - Powerpoint Presentation Shown at Meeting - 2018 Regional Animal Services of King County Interlocal AgreementRegional Animal Services of King County - City of Tukwila 2018 Inter -local Agreement 2/14/2017 1 Introduction — Presentation Overview I. Overview of Regional Animal Services II Overview of current (2015 -2017) ILA III. 2018 ILA — Agreement in Principle (changes from current ILA) IV. Timeline V. Q/A 2/14/2017 RASKC Overview Provide King County with sustainable, cost effective services that protect people and animals, while providing humane animal care 24 cities + Uninc. King County >1 million residents 500K animals 3 core services Field Services Shelter Services Licensing Services Additional services; Live Call Center receiving over 6,000 calls for service or information; Responding to (300+ annual) public disclosure requests; Responding to media and constituent inquiries and requests; Adjudicating civil infractions; Conducting animal cruelty investigations 2/14/2017 Benefits of a Regional Animal Service System Consistency across jurisdictions Single access point for residents Reducing demands on individual jurisdictions Communications from the media, advocacy groups and other interested parties on companion animal issues (e.g. public disclosure requests) Local police agencies to focus on traditional law enforcement instead of civil animal nuisances and offenses Local court systems do not deal with animal related civil appeal processes Local jurisdictions are not involved in court proceedings for Superior Court appeals of actions or lawsuit response Wide network of volunteers, partnerships and foster families 2/14/2017 RASKC Partner City List District 201 (North) District 221 (E st) Dis 10 (South) Carnation Town of Beaux Arts Black Diamond Duvall Bellevue Covington Kenmore Clyde Hill Enumclaw Lake Forest Park Issaquah Kent Redmond Mercer Island Maple Valley Sammamish Newcastle SeaTac Shoreline North Bend Tukwila Woodinville Snoqualmie Yarrow Point All the districts include the surrounding unincorporated King County Services: Field Districts Regional Animal Servkes of King County -2018 Ctrs la R41 Comy 3 districts; North, East, South • "5,000 Initial requests for service per year • 2014 -16 average of 187 field calls /year in Tukwila Services: Tukwila Field Response Review of 2016 Enforcement 13 warning notices issued 61 Notices of violation (NOV) issued 7 cases where resident requested appeal hearing Venue: King County Hearing Examiner MISC. N/O CONFINEMENT TRESPASS VICIOUS UNLICENSED AT LARGE NOV Violation 0 5 10 15 20 25 Violation 2/14/2017 Services: Shelter • Kenneling, adoptions and veterinary care on -site in Kent • Two shelter veterinarians and three LVTs — seven day a week care • Almost 4,000 intakes • Over 1,400 temporary placements in volunteer foster care homes (2016) • (Underage feral kittens, post- operative, golden oldies) • Shelter supported by more than 500 volunteers annually • Over 93,000 hours of support annually at shelter (22K) and fostering (71K) Eastside Pet Adoption Center at Petco 10 volunteers reside in Tukwila (2015) • High success public shelter • Angel Fund Donations used to support extraordinary care and referrals • Shelter Euthanasia rate at all time low (2016 = 11.0 %) • Includes owner requested euthanasia service count PERCENT OF INTAKE 60.0% 50.0% 40.0% 30.0% 20.0% 10.0% 0.0% Shelter Euthanasia Rate - KCAC & RASKC 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 ∎o- Euthanasia Rate 48.7% 45.4% 40.2% 39.8% 34.8% 21.1% 17.6% 16.5% 14.3% 13.6% 13.7% 12.8% 12.0% 11.0% 2/14/2017 9 Services: Licensing Your partner in responsible pet ownership Visit our site to learn about ways to adopt a pet, report an animal concern, help a lost or found pet, purchase a pet license, or help make a difference by volunteering. NJWW K NGCOU NTY.GCV /PETS Learn More •Unified system for marketing pet licenses •Over 100k pets licensed in program •450 pet license sales partners •City partnership — Community events — Mailing programs — Robust web and social media presence — Neighborhood marketing (canvassing) —2015 $1 expenditure on canvassing; returned $2.02 Services: Licensing in Tukwila N $40 c $35 0 TE $30 $25 $20 $15 $10 $5 $0 33 36 Pet License Revenue 35 33 32 33 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 • Pet License Revenue 2/14/2017 11 Summary of changes from 2016 -2017 ILA Services and Districts to remain the same Cost allocation methodology to remain the same 80% based on service usage, 20% based on jurisdiction population Note: usage is to be based on a 3 year rolling average 5 year term (effective January 1, 2018 — through December 31, 2022) Additional five year automatic extension Opt out of automatic extension by providing notice by June 30, 2021 Limited Re- Opener upon Notice of Termination, if any city or cities opts out of the second term, and the resulting cost impact to any remaining party is not estimated to exceed 10 %, the Agreement shall automatically extend for a second five year term, to December 31, 2027 subject to agreement adjusting the ILA as necessary based on parties departing the system. 2/14/2017 12 Summary of changes from 2016 -2017 ILA Latecomers, allowed prior to the termination or expiration of Agreement. Only permitted if the additional party will not cause an increase any City's net costs payable to the County or decrease in services provided per agreement. Retain shelter credits Jurisdiction revenue in excess of jurisdictions costs used to reduce regional model support expenses (i.e. County General Fund expenses that are not charged to model). Reduced operating costs by $141K to help mitigate the cost impact of Kirkland choosing to leave the regional model. 2/14/2017 Overview of County Contribution to RASKC Program $5.1 million County General Fund support for animal services as follows in the 2017 -2018 budget: $1.6 million KC expense as a member /user of services (approximately 1/3 of all intakes, calls and licenses sold are Uninc. KC). $3.5 million KC expense to support the program in two areas: $1.8 million KC sponsored support of primarily high shelter intake cities from south KC.; and $1.7 million KC funded items not included in RASKC model for: enhancing the shelter outcomes of animals and supporting the low euthanasia goal of RASKC county central service rates /expenses increased outside of model 2015/2016 2/14/2017 14 City of Tukwila — 2018 model 3 year Average (2014 -2016) Expense /Revenue Field Population $11,374 Usage Shelter Population 187 Usage 270 Licensing Population Usage Total Pet License Revenue Credit (Shelter and Transition) Net cost 1118 $54,486 $11,547 $148,826 $2,764 $6,794 $235,791 $32,175 $99,539 $104,077 2/14/2017 15 Cities confirm Non - Binding Mutual Interest based on Agreement in Principle Cities and County meet; finalize cost allocation and contract changes based on cities providing non - binding intent to contract City Councils approve contract County provides draft contract — based on Agreement in Principle Cities provide notice to County of final intent to contract Draft Agreement in Principle completed Timeline: 2018 ILA Contracting Milestones Date Item Description By September 1, 201 By December 31, 2016 By December 31, 2016 January 2017 By March 31, 2017 By June 1,2017 Questions 2/14/2017 17