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Agenda Item No: 3p .
Meeting Date: July 18, 2011
SAN RAFAEL CITY COUNCIL AGENDA REPORT
Department: Police
Prepared by: Alan Piombo, Lieutenant City Manager Approval•
Subject: RESOLUTION OF THE SAN RAFAEL CITY COUNCIL APPROVING USE OF
AND ACCEPTANCE OF FEDERAL JUSTICE ASSISTANCE GRANT FUNDS, IN
PARTNERSHIP WITH THE COUNTY OF MARIN, IN THE AMOUNT OF $20,749.00
FOR INCREASED GANG ENFORCEMENT WITHIN THE CITY OF SAN RAFAEL AND
THE UNINCORPORATED AREAS OF MARIN COUNTY.
Recommendation: Staff recommends the Council adopt resolution authorizing the use
of and accepts $20,749.00 for Gang Enforcement Operations.
Background: Since 1994, the City of San Rafael Police Department has received
Local Law Enforcement Block Grants (LLEBG) Funds for crime prevention, staffing
costs and equipment procurement from the Department of Justice Bureau of Justice
Assistance. The funds are determined by an amalgamation of population numbers with
crime index figures. The funding has always required a 10% match by the City.
The Bureau of Justice Assistance has consolidated the Local Law Enforcement Block
Grant with the Edward Byrne Justice Assistance Grant and requires a new application
process for the formula grant which includes Council approval of the application and
acceptance of the award. The formula for determining the funding amount remains the
same as above; however, the City is no longer required to match the funds. JAG allows
the local agency with the flexibility to prioritize and place justice funds where they are
needed most. The money is received at the beginning of the funding cycle and the
agency is allowed to earn interest on the funds.
The San Rafael Police Department will apply this allocation of funds under the Law
Enforcement Programs Purpose Area to pay for increased gang enforcement within the
City of San Rafael and the County of Marin.
Analysis: The Justice Assistance Grant establishes a funding source for local
agencies to support a broad range of activities to prevent and control crime based on
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our own local needs and conditions. These funds cannot take the place of on-going or
general fund budgeted items.
This grant is in partnership with the County of Marin which was awarded $12,Q68.00 in
this same grant. The funds must be used together on a joint project. The Marin County
Sheriff's Office agreed that this money will be used to staff Police Officers and Deputy
Sheriff's on overtime to increase gang enforcement efforts within San Rafael and
unincorporated areas of Marin County. A Memorandum of Understanding will be
written and agreed upon between the two agencies.
Fiscal Impact: The Grant will be included in the non general fund revenue for the
Police Department for FY 2011-12. The amount will be in addition to funds identified in
services and supply line items in the operating budget
Options: N/A
Action Required: The City Council adopt the resolution authorizing the use of and
acceptance of Justice Assistance Grant funds in the amount of $20,749.00 for
increased gang enforcement within the City of San Rafael and the County of Marin.
RESOLUTION NO.
RESOLUTION OF THE SAN RAFAEL CITY COUNCIL APPROVING USE OF
AND ACCEPTANCE OF FEDERAL JUSTICE ASSISTANCE GRANT FUNDS IN
THE AMOUNT OF $20,749.00 FOR INCREASED GANG ENFORCEMENT
WITHIN THE CITY OF SAN RAFAEL AND THE UNINCORPORATED AREAS
OF MARIN COUNTY.
Whereas, the United States Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice
Assistance granted the City of San Rafael $20,749.00 in Justice Assistance
Grant (JAG) funds; and,
Whereas, this block grant money may be spent to pay costs associated with
increased gang enforcement within the City of San Rafael and the
unincorporated areas of Marin County; and,
Whereas, the Department will use those funds for increased gang enforcement
within the City of San Rafael and,
Whereas, the City Council must approve use of the grant funds to begin the
process of grant approval;
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council approves the use
of and accepts $20,749.00 in Justice Assistance Grant funds.
I, Esther Beirne, Clerk of the City of San Rafael, hereby certify that the
foregoing resolution was duly and regularly introduced and adopted at a regular
meeting of the San Rafael City Council meeting held on the 18th day of July
2011 by the following vote, to wit:
AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS:
NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS:
ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS:
ESTHER BEIRNE, City Clerk