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Iowa City council approves animal center training addition; nonprofit pledges to fund project
Summary
Council approved a project to add a multipurpose training/overflow room at the Animal Care & Adoption Center to increase quarantine, emergency housing and training capacity; Friends of the Animal Center Foundation will fund the project, with construction estimated at $940,000 and total project cost about $1.3 million.
City staff presented a resolution to approve the project manual and estimate of cost for a training/addition to the Animal Care & Adoption Center. Animal Services Coordinator Devin Streep said the facility is regularly near capacity (staff cited facility capacity roughly 26 dogs and about 130 cats) and highlighted uses for the new space: dog enrichment and training, quarantine/overflow housing, emergency housing support…
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