HomeMy WebLinkAbout2004-08-24 - AGENDA REPORTS - TRAFFIC DUI AND OFFENDER GRANT (2)CONSENT CALENDAR
DATE:
SUBJECT:
DEPARTMENT:
Agenda Item: 6
CITY OF SANTA CLARITA
AGENDA REPORT
City Manager Approval:
Item to be presented by:
August 24, 2004
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Adele Macpherson
OFFICE OF TRAFFIC SAFETY (OTS) DUI AND TRAFFIC
OFFENDER GRANT
Parks, Recreation & Community Services
RECOMMENDED ACTION
1. City Council accept Office of Traffic Safety's DUI and Traffic Offender Grant in the amount
of $311,000.
2. Increase estimated revenues in OTS Grant Account Number 453-5173 by $130,881 for Fiscal
Year 2004-05.
3. Appropriate $130,881 in Account Number 7448 per Attachment A.
4. Authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute any contract documents, change orders, or
amendments arising out of this program, subject to City Attorney approval.
BACKGROUND
The City of Santa Clarita and the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff's Station have been awarded,
through a competitive process, a two-year grant from the State of California Office of Traffic
Safety (OTS) in the amount of $311,000. This funding provides local agencies with
opportunities to address traffic safety and implement innovative alcohol countermeasure
strategies.
Through this program, the City and the Sheriffs Station will address the issue of alcohol -
involved fatal and injury collisions, with a focus on enforcement and education. The main goals
of the program are to reduce DLJI collisions, increase DUI arrests, establish a DUI warrant
service patrol, hot sheet, and court sting operations. It will also allow for the promotion of safe
teen driving through STTOP, Every 15 Minutes, and the Blue Ribbon Youth Memorial project.
The grant will mainly fund overtime enforcement operations (including 24 DUI checkpoints and
24 saturation patrols). In addition, it will also fund travel and training, marketing and outreach,
and the purchase of breath alcohol testing devices.
ALTERNATIVE ACTIONS
t. Decline OTS DUI and Traffic Offender Program.
2. Other direction as determined by City Council.
FISCALIMPACT
The total cost of this program is $311,000 for two years, to be offset completely by grant funds.
ATTACHMENTS
Attachment A - Office of Traffic and Safety Grant Fiscal Year 2004-05 Budget
Attachment A
Office of Traffic and Safety Grant
FY 2004-05 Budget
Account No. Description Amount
7448- 7302
Travel & Training
$ 4,000
- 7308
Printing
$ 3,000
- 7312
Special Supplies
$ 15,000
- 7320
Promotion & Publicity
$ 8,000
- 8001
Contractual Services
$100,881