Extremely organized and vocal and participation during the budget process and because that really has a significant impact, and i think on the mayor and on the board in terms of making sure that priorities are actually getting addressed. For the next steps we need to finalize the planning and determine what is the best fit in order to provide a modern facility that meets the needs of the animal and refine our own work load and look at best practice and smart practices and talk to our partners regionally and see what is the opt mal level of resources to provide for the animals within the city and we need to submit the budget and we will do so in february. And we will work with the Mayors Office and supervisors through june, and july, and in order to finalize the budget for acc. Okay. Thank you, thank you, so much for the presentation. Okay. Supervisor weiner and tang, if there are no other presentations, lets open this up for Public Comment. I think that before we get to the Public Comm
I just wanted to add, to my comments that if you have not visited the facilities, if you have your image of dog catchers in mind and as what the department represents it could not be further from the truth with the really caring people that work under really difficult facility and conditions there. And so i am glad that you have some slides on Facilities Needs and i think that is coupling up and i know that there are a ton of people that want to speak. And i did want to say that the increased the animal socialization activities is critical because when i visited to see the cats and the abused dogs, that the facility is really in need of much more improvement in addition to the positions and it or the additional animal care attendants as well. And but i did want to say that unless you have seen directly the facility, that the data is not as or it does not hit you as hard until you see facility, but i did want to say that slide number nine gives the data on the types of animals that are
Commission advises you on the animal issues and do not provide the oversight of the acc and it does come up that involve the agency. And whether San Francisco should mandate that it be a no kill shelter and no adoptable animal is euthanized including those who need behavior or medical help before they can be adopted for two years we heard presentations from advocates and organizations on all sides of the issue, no kill is a goal that Everyone Wants and San Francisco is close. To be successful no kill requires among other things, extensive public out reach and education, and Behavior Training in the shelter, all of which require adequate staffing and managing to carry out, something that acc does not now have and has not had for years, acc is an open shelter ask required to accept any animal that comes in the door, many shelters in the country are not, they can and do refuse to adopt animals. And ultimately, the commission decided to take no action. While encouraging no kill as a goal w
Thanks for your time. Hi there, my name is linda las ki and im a Third Generation san francis scan and im a veterinarian technician for over 35 years, we are unable to stock a lot of food due to the small size of the clinics so ims imperative where we can send people to get a different variety of food and one of the things that i value that pet food express does is theyre trying to convert to getting foods that are manufactured in the United States to try to prevent a lot of the tainted foods that come in and has to be recalled and causes injury to the animals. They are a Caring Organization that really is community minded. In my neighborhood where i live, if i walk four blocks one way, theres a small boutique pet store, if i walk two blocks the other way, theres a pet food express. They both kind of cover different things, you know, if you want a boutique pet store, they often will not have room for food as well. They might have very expensive beds and things like that. I think that i
They make the local economy more vibrant, they bring a lot of good will to the citys residents and pet owners, you have heard a lot of their testimonies today. In short, i support pet food express in this application, its a darn fine company that had its Humble Beginnings in San Francisco and to this day, they still continue maintaining their deep root ins the city and its communities. Thank you. Commissioneress, my name is jennifer ferries and im here on the Merchants Association to voice our strong opposition to granting this conditional use permit to pet food express, formula retail must be necessary and desirable in order to get this permit, then im not really sure why were still talking about this after four years with 21 locations within 20 miles and another store barely a mile away, this wont add anything unique or necessary to the neighborhood, much of what makes us a great city is the diversity and character of our Small Businesses. The entry of another major Big Box Store wil