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HomeMy WebLinkAbout20A - AA PROJECT SAFE NEIGHBORHOODS GRANTREQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: MARCH 2, 2009 TITLE: APPROPRIATION ADJUSTMENT ACCEPTING THE PROJECT SAFE NEIGHBORHOODS GRANT FUNDING /~ COY' ,~ ~ ~/~i°~---~--""'"_"" CITY MANAGER RECOMMENDED ACTION CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: APPROVED ^ As Recommended ^ As Amended ^ Ordinance on 151 Reading ^ Ordinance on 2"d Reading ^ Implementing Resolution ^ Set Public Hearing For_ CONTINUED TO FILE NUMBER 1. Adopt a resolution authorizing the City Manager and the Chief of Police to execute a grant award agreement with the California Emergency Management Agency. 2. Approve an Appropriation Adjustment recognizing the California Emergency Management Agency Grant funds in the amount of $30,000 into the OES-2009 Project Safe Neighborhoods Grant revenue account (no. 155- 01-5371-2) and appropriate same into the OES-2009 Project Safe Neighborhoods expenditure account (no. 155-365-6141). DISCUSSION In 2006 an injunction against members of the ~~Santa Nita" gang was granted by the court to combat crime perpetrated by gang members within an approximate ~ square mile of Santa Ana. There were 133 documented gang members enjoined in the original gang injunction. The "Santa Nita" gang has been responsible for a disproportionate amount of crime in this neighborhood. The California Emergency Management Agency has awarded the Police Department grant funding in the amount of $30,000. This funding will be utilized to pay for overtime to conduct enforcement operations within the designated Safety Zone for any injunction violations and to collaborate with the Orange County District Attorney's Office to pursue prosecution for all violations of the court order. The objectives of this enforcement include continued reduction in Part 1 UCR crimes, gang nuisance activity, and overall crime. 20A-1 Project Safe Neighborhoods March 2, 2009 Page 2 FISCAL IMPACT Approval of the appropriation adjustment will increase the OES-2009 Project Safe Neighborhoods Grant revenue account (no. 155-O1-5371-2) by $30,000, and appropriate same into the OES-2009 Project Safe Neighborhoods Grant expenditure account (no.155-365-6141). APPROVED AS TO FUNDS AND ACCOUNTS: `+,..~~ .~~ :: ,~ ' n. __ .~. _ -~ 0 Paul M. Walters Chief of Police Police Department Francisco Gutierrez Executive Director Finance & Mgmt. Services Agency 20A-2 Iss:02/18l09 RESOLUTION NO. 2009- A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER AND CHIEF OF POLICE TO EXECUTE A GRANT AWARD AGREEMENT WITH THE CALIFORNIA OFFICE OF EMERGENCY SERVICES FOR THE PROJECT SAFE NEIGHBORHOODS GRANT PROGRAM BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The City Council of the City of Santa Ana hereby, finds, determines and declares as follows: A. The California Office of Emergency Services has awarded to the Santa Ana Police Department, grant funds in the amount of $30,000.00, for the Project Safe Neighborhoods Grant Program. B. This funding will be used to reduce gang violence by paying for gang suppression officers to work overtime to conduct enforcement operations against Santa Nita gang members in the Safety Zone. These enforcement operations include monitoring and apprehension of gang members who violate the injunction, as well as court time required to provide expert witness testimony following arrests for violation of the injunction. Section 2. The City Council of the City of Santa Ana hereby authorizes and directs the City Manager and the Chief of Police or their designees to execute the grant award agreement with the Office of Emergency Services. Section 3. The City Council of the City of Santa Ana hereby appoints the Chief of Police, or his designee, as agent for the City of Santa Ana to conduct all negotiations, execute and submit all documents, including but not limited to applications, agreements, amendments and payment requests which may be necessary for the completion of the aforementioned grant. 20A-3 Section 4. This Resolution shall take effect immediately upon its adoption by the City Council, and the Clerk of the Council shall attest to and certify the vote adopting this Resolution. ADOPTED this day of 2009. Miguel A. Pulido Mayor APPROVED S TO FORM: Joseph W. Fletcher City Attorney By: Laura Sheedy Assistant City Attorney AYES: Councilmembers NOES: Councilmembers ABSTAIN: Councilmembers NOT PRESENT: Councilmembers CERTIFICATE OF ATTESTATION AND ORIGINALITY I, PATRICIA E. HEALY, Clerk of the Council, do hereby attest to and certify the attached Resolution No. 2009-~;XX to be the original resolution adopted by the City Council of the City of Santa Ana on Date: Clerk of the Council City of Santa Ana 20A-4