LTC 257-2024 Animal Welfare Committee regarding item C7 AJ to relocate cat colonies away from beach dunes.MIAIBEACH
OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK
LTC No.
LETTER TO COMMISSION
TO:
FROM:
DATE:
Mayor Steven Meiner and Members of the City Commission
Rafael E. Granado, City Clerk+ l
June 24, 2024 /7
SUBJECT: Animal Welfare Committee regarding item C7 AJ to relocate cat colonies
away from beach dunes.
The purpose of this Letter to Commission is to advise the Mayor and members of the City
Commission that on June 18, 2024, the Animal Welfare Committee unanimously voted on
a motion to transmit the following recommendation to the City Commission, concerning
agenda item C7 AJ, which is scheduled to be heard on the July 26, 2024, Finance and
Economic Resiliency Committee agenda.
Motion: The Animal Welfare Committee would like to suggest receiving funding for a
"team" to assess the situation and make an executable plan to control the community cat
problem. Please see the below components:
• Feral population cat count for North Beach, Mid Beach, and South Beach. The count
must include ear-tipped (fixed) vs. not ear-tipped (not fixed).
• Based on this count, we need to assess how many cats can be fixed per month:
(1) Number of trappers needed
(2) Surgery outlets available for the volume needed
(3) Additional no-kill outlets and/or space & staff needed for taking the overflow from
Kitty Campus, to include:
• Adoptable kittens/cats and abandoned pet cats.
• Helping with the care and recovery of sick and injured cats that we inevitably
find during trapping excursions.
• Trap, Neuter, Vaccinate, Return (TRNVR).
Motion made by: Linda Diamond
Motion seconded by: Susanna Purucker
Vote: 7-0
Members present: Linda Diamond (Chair), James Rodgers, Kaisa Levine, Danna
Stillman, Susanna Purucker, Darin Feldman, Dana Turken
Members absent: Liza Samuel, Shari Schwartz
City Staff: Aron Soriano (Liaison), Holly Whalan (Cat Program Coordinator) Public Guest
in attendance: Edward Katz, Marjorie York, and Sharon Shafer.
AS/reg
257-2024