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CITY OF IOWA CITY

CJ RAC D U
1VIE
DATE 28
5
2009

TO CITY COUNCIL

FROM SUSAN DULEK ASST CITY ATTORNEY

RE DOG NAMED T
BRADLEY S ARVIDSON LETTER BEAR

This is toprovide you with information with respect to a letter from Bradley S Arvidson to Mayor Bailey
dated May 25 2009 which was copied to all Council members
Bear is
T presently
Bear a neutered male Rottweiler mix breed dog
Mr Arvidson is the owner of T
impounded at the Animal Control and Adoption Center pending further hearing
a viscous dog under
In October 2008 the Animal Control Supervisor accused B
T ear of being
two Bear was unconfined and bit
incidents in which T
8 of the City Code following
section 4
7 separate
on October 17
two people As provided by City Code a hearing was held before the City Manager

2008 and the City Manager ruled that T Bear was a viscous animal His decision provided that if Mr
Arvidson agreed to a set of terms and conditions eg always having the dog on a leash or inside a
to the terms and conditions and T
fence that the dog could be returned to him Mr Arvidson agreed
Bearwas returned to Mr Arvidson

A second held 2009 because the Animal Services Supervisor claimed that Mr
on April 15
hearing was

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

s designee was the hearing officer and he issued decision

Manager
a on
April 24 2009 finding that
in the custody of the
Mr Arvidson violated the terms and conditions and ordered the dog to be placed

Animal Services Division

this decision to the district court and a

hearing is set for June 4 2009 on
Mr Arvidson has appealed
the limited issue of whether the hearing s April
officer 15 decision was illegal It is not an evidentiary
hearing

Since the April 15 T

B ear has bit two Animal Services Division employees and a volunteer As
hearing
a result the Animal Services Supervisor is now recommending
Bear be euthanized as allowed in
that T

Section 87D of the City Code A hearing on that issue

4 has been set for June 2 2009 before Doug

Boothroy

Copy to

Dale E Helling Interim City Manager

Eleanor M Dilkes City Attorney
Marian K Karr City Clerk
Misha Goodman Animal Services Supervisor
Rick Wyss Captain Iowa City Police Department