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OF

CITY

CITY

CJ RAC D U 1VIE DATE

28 5 2009

TO

CITY COUNCIL

FROM

SUSAN DULEK ASST CITY

RE

BEAR BRADLEY S ARVIDSON LETTER DOG NAMED T

ATTORNEY

provide you with information with respect to a letter from Bradley May 25 2009 which was copied to all Council members

This is to dated

Mr Arvidson is the owner of T Bear a neutered male Rottweiler mix breed dog impounded at the Animal Control and Adoption Center pending further hearing In October

T ear of being 2008 the Animal Control Supervisor accused B two

Mayor Bailey

S Arvidson to

Bear is T

a viscous

dog

presently

under

Bear was unconfined and bit incidents in which T

section 4 8 of the City Code following 7 separate on October 17 two people As provided by City Code a hearing was held before the City Manager His decision Bear was a viscous animal provided that if Mr 2008 and the City Manager ruled that T Arvidson agreed to a set of terms and conditions e g always having the dog on a leash or inside a to the terms and conditions and T that the dog could be returned to him Mr Arvidson agreed

fence

Bearwas returned to Mr Arvidson

2009 because the Animal Services Supervisor claimed that Mr Bear to be loose not having a lock on the Arvidson had violated the terms and conditions by allowing T as the City fence gate and not posting a beware of dog sign on the fence Doug Boothroy on a April 24 2009 finding that s designee was the hearing officer and he issued decision Manager in the custody of the Mr Arvidson violated the terms and conditions and ordered the dog to be placed A second

hearing

was

held

on

April 15

Animal Services Division Mr Arvidson has

appealed

this decision to the district

the limited issue of whether the

hearing

s April officer

court

and

a

hearing is illegal

15 decision was

set for June It is not an

4

2009 on

evidentiary

hearing T B ear has bit two Animal Services Division employees and a volunteer As that T Bear be euthanized as allowed in a result the Animal Services Supervisor is now recommending has been set for June 2 2009 before Doug Section 8 7D of the City Code A hearing on that issue 4 Since the

April

15

hearing

Boothroy

Copy

to

Dale E

Helling

Interim

City Manager

Dilkes City Attorney Marian K Karr City Clerk Eleanor M

Misha Goodman Animal Services Rick

Wyss Captain

Supervisor Department

Iowa City Police