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2008-57

A RESOLUTION

AUTHORIZING AN AMENDMENT TO THE INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN JEFFERSON COUNTY, THE CITY OF ARVADA, THE CITY OF LAKEWOOD, THE CITY OF WHEAT RIDGE, THE CITY OF GOLDEN, AND THE CITY OF WESTMINSTER FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF A COUNTY-WIDE DOG LICENSING PROGRAM

WHEREAS, the City of Lakewood entered into an Agreement dated June 20, 2007, entitled an Intergovernmental Agreement between Jefferson County, the City of Arvada, the City of Lakewood, the City of Wheat Ridge, the City of Golden, and the City of Westminster for the Implementation of a County-wide Dog Licensing Program (the "Agreement"); and,

WHEREAS, the Agreement provided for, among other things, the collection of dog licensing fees to be used in the following manner:

1. For the County's administrative cost to operate the dog licensing program;
2. For additional funds to be used principally for the construction of a new facility for Table Mountain Animal Center ("TMAC") or for capital improvements or maintenance of the current TMAC facility;
3. For certain excess funds to be dispersed by the County to the participating jurisdictions; and,

WHEREAS, the participating jurisdictions wish to amend the Agreement to provide that, except for the County's administrative cost to operate the dog licensing program, the dog licensing fees shall be used for the construction, operation, maintenance and replacement of a new facility for Table Mountain Animal Center ("TMAC") or for capital improvements or maintenance of the current TMAC facility;

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Lakewood, Colorado, that:

SECTION 1. The City Manager is authorized to execute and the City Clerk to attest an Amendment to the Agreement, in form approved by the City Attorney, for the purpose of providing that dog licensing fees, except for the County's administrative cost to operate the dog licensing program, shall be used for the construction, operation, maintenance, and replacement of a new facility for TMAC or for capital improvements or maintenance of the TMAC current facility.

INTRODUCED, READ AND ADOPTED by a vote of 10 for and 0 against at a regular meeting of the City Council on August 25, 2008, at 7 o'clock p.m. at the Lakewood Civic Center, 480 South Allison Parkway, Lakewood, Colorado.

Bob Murphy, Mayor

ATTEST:
Margy Greer, City Clerk

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