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CITY OF SANTA CLARITA
AGENDA REPORT
City Manager Approval
Item to be presented by:
November 10, 2009
Adele Macpherso
2010 OFFICE OF TRAFFIC SAFETY (OTS) SOBRIETY
CHECKPOINT MINI -GRANT PROGRAM
Parks, Recreation, and Community Services
RECOMMENDED ACTION
1. City Council approve acceptance of the OTS/UC Berkeley Traffic Safety Center's (TSC) 2010
Sobriety Checkpoint Mini -Grant in the amount of $33,733.45.
2. Increase estimated revenues in account 259-4461.007 by $33,733.45 in Fiscal Year 2009-10. i
3. Increase estimated expenditures in OTS Sobriety Checkpoint Mini -Grant account
16126-5161.001 by $33,733.45 in Fiscal Year 2009-10.
4. Authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute any contract documents, change orders, or
amendments arising out of this program, subject to City Attorney's approval.
BACKGROUND
The City of Santa Clarita and the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriffs Station have been awarded a
grant in the amount of $33,733.45 for the 2010 Sobriety Checkpoint Mini -Grant Program from
the California OTS. This program, administered by the UC Berkeley TSC, aims to reduce the
number of people killed in alcohol -involved crashes. Funding will be used for personnel
overtime costs to conduct up to five sobriety checkpoints prior to September 8, 2010.
ALTERNATIVE ACTIONS
1. Decline OTS/UC Berkeley TSC Mini -Grant.
2. Other direction as determined by City Council.
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FISCAL IMPACT
The total cost of this program is $33,733.45, to be offset completely by grant funds.
ATTACHMENTS
2010 Sobriety Checkpoint Mini -Grant Program Award Letter
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OFMCE OF TRAFFIC SAFETY
2208 KAUSEN DRIVE, SUITE 300
ELK QROVE, CA 9$756
www.ots.ca.gov
(916) 509.3030
(800) 735-2929 (n7TDD-Refer(al)
(91 6) 509.3055 (FAX)
September 17, 2009
iirard Cohen, Sergeant
Los Angeles County Sheriffs Department
23740 Magic Mountain Parkway
Santa Clarita, CA 91355
Dear Sergeant Cohen:
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Grant No. SC10388
Congratulations! Through a competitive process, the Office of Traffic Safety (OTS) has tentatively
approved your funding request for the proposal titled "Sobriety Checkpoint Mini -Grant Program"
amount of $33,733,45. The approval is for the operation of up to 5 checkpoints in Santa Clarita in the
period, October 1, 2009, to September 8, 2010, The maximum allowed cost per checkpoint is
$6,746.69.
The University of California Berkeley, Traffic Safety Center (TSC), who is administering the
mini -grants for OTS, will e-mail a mini -grant contract to the contact listed on the application. Please
have the Authorizing Official and au y additional individuals authorized to sign claims return a signed
contract to TSC no later than October 1, 2009, It is our goal to have all new grants start no later
than October 1, 2000. TSC will issue you a copy of the signed mini -grant contract.
If you must get approval from a City Council or the Board of Supervisors, you should begin that
process now. Do not incur costs prior to the receipt of your copy of the signed grant from TSC, For
your reference, the Catalogue of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) number is 20.600.
Again, congratulations on the success -of your proposal. If -you have any -questions, please -contact -
Sharleen Rauch, TSC Program Coordinator at (510) 643-1774 or by c -mail at
checkpoint@berkeloy.edu.
Sincerely,
C14R1STOPHER J. MURPHY
Director
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