Office of the City Clerk - Record #: R2020-170

• Record #: R2020-170
• Type: Resolution
• Status: Failed to Pass
• Intro date: 2/19/2020
• Current Controlling Legislative Body: Committee on Budget and Government Operations
• Final action: 5/24/2023
• Title: Call for hearing(s) regarding death of horse in Englewood community and call on Departments of Animal Care and Control, Police, and Streets and Sanitation to discuss interdepartmental policies and procedures for managing service requests
• Sponsors: Lopez, Raymond A., Coleman, Stephanie D.
• Topic: CITY DEPARTMENTS/AGENCIES - Animal Care & Control, - CITY DEPARTMENTS/AGENCIES - Police, - CITY DEPARTMENTS/AGENCIES - Streets & Sanitation, - COMMITTEE/PUBLIC HEARINGS - Committee on Budget and Government Operations
• Related files: R2023-766

Date	Journal Page Number	Action By	Action	Result
5/24/2023		Committee on Committees, Rules and Ethics	Failed to Pass
2/19/2020	14899	City Council	Referred

Committee on Budget & Government Operations Chicago City Council Meeting February 19,2020



RESOLUTION


WHEREAS, independent animal advocates, 7th District Police officers and Animal Care & Control officers assembled on the 1000 block of West 61st Street early Sunday morning, February 16, 2020; and,

WHEREAS, all responding to the location discovered one dead horse, one living horse and a Rottweiler on the three-lot property listed as being zoned RS-3, a designation that allows for detached housing on an at least 2,500 square feet in total lot size; and,

WHEREAS, various and multiple complaints and calls for service about this location and the various livestock present including horses, goats, chickens, pigs, llamas and a camel have been received beginning in March; and,

WHEREAS, the City ofChicago created Service Request # 19-01248742 on March 31, 2019 which responded to by Chicago Animal Care & Control on April 14,2019 with all reported animals gone on arrival (see attached Exhibit A); and,

WHEREAS, the City of Chicago Department of Streets & Sanitation informed Animal Care & Control on July 22, 2019 regarding "flies and unclean yard" at the aforementioned location with a possible "injured" horse which Animal Care & Control responded to and engaged owner (see attached Exhibit B) whom was give three citations listed as A000057403, A000057404, A000057405 (see attached Exhibit C); and,

WHEREAS, the City ofChicago created Service Request # 19-02053980 on July 27,2019 which responded to by Chicago Animal Care & Control on July 28, 2019 which Animal Care & Control responded to without the owner on the premises (see attached Exhibit D), issued three citations listed as A000057406, A000057407, A000057408 (see attached Exhibit E) on the "Proof of Service" provided (see attached Exhibit F); and,

WHEREAS, the City ofChicago Department of Streets & Sanitation again informed Animal Care & Control on August 16, 2019 regarding a "horse" at the aforementioned location noti...