HomeMy WebLinkAbout2013-11-26 - AGENDA REPORTS - PUBLIC SAFETY GRANT 2013-14 (2)CONSENT CALENDAR
SUBJECT:
DEPARTMENT:
Agenda Item: 7
CITY OF SANTA CLARITA
AGENDA REPORT
City Manager Approval:
Item to be presented by:
November 26, 2013
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Rick Gould
CITIZENS' OPTION FOR PUBLIC SAFETY (COPS) GRANT -
FISCAL YEAR 2013-14
Parks, Recreation, and Community Services
RECOMMENDED ACTION
City Council:
1. Accept the Fiscal Year 2013-14 Citizens' Option for Public Safety (COPS) Grant from the
Los Angeles County Auditor -Controller.
2. Approve the request from the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, Santa Clarita Valley
Station, to use the Fiscal Year 2013-14 COPS funds to continue funding the COBRA Team.
3. Establish estimated revenues in account 234-4461.003, Supplemental Law Enforcement
Grant, by $326,999.
4. Appropriate $326,999 to account 16100-5161.001 (Contractual Services).
5. Authorize the City Manager, or designee, to execute any contracts, agreements, or change
orders arising out of this program, subject to City Attorney approval.
BACKGROUND
Assembly Bill 1913 (Schiff -Cardenas Crime Prevention Act), signed into law in 2000, provides
funding to cities and counties for frontline law enforcement officers and juvenile justice
initiatives. With the passage of Assembly Bill 118 in 2011, the State of California amended
Government Code 30061 as part of the criminal justice realignment plan. This provided
financing for the Citizens' Option for Public Safety (COPS) program.
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Fiscal Year 2013-14 marks the 18th year the City of Santa Clarita has been eligible to receive
grant funding from this program, which was originally adopted in 1996 via Assembly Bill 3229
(Brulte). The funds awarded are based on population, with each entity receiving a minimum
grant of $100,000. The City's estimated allocation for Fiscal Year 2013-14 is $326,999.
According to grant requirements, City Council shall appropriate the funds in accordance with a
written request submitted by the Chief Administrator of the local law enforcement agency. The
Los Angeles County Sheriff s Department, Santa Clarita Valley Station, has proposed continued
partial funding of COBRA staff to enhance the Sheriff's efforts to curb youth crime in Santa
Clarita.
Current funding will also assist the COBRA Team in its efforts to apprehend graffiti vandals and
operate the City of Santa Clarita Community Court Diversion program.
ALTERNATIVE ACTIONS
Decline the Fiscal Year 2013-14 COPS Grant funding.
2. Determine alternate use for the Fiscal Year 2013-14 COPS Grant funding.
3. Other action as determined by City Council.
FISCAL IMPACT
The anticipated cost of this program is estimated to be $326,999, to be offset completely by grant
revenue.
ATTACHMENTS
Letter of request for use of funds from the Los Angeles County Sheriffs Department, Santa
Clarita Valley Sheriff Station
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County of Los Angeles
Sherifffs Department Headquarters
4700 Ramona Boulevard
• Monterey Park, California 91754-2169
(661) 255-1121
November 5, 2013
Honorable Bob Kellar, Mayor
City of Santa Clarita
23920 Valencia Boulevard, #300
Santa Clarita, California 91355
Dear Mayor Kellar:
PLEASE REFER
TO FILE NO.
For the past several years, the City of Santa Clarita has received significant criminal justice grant
funds under Assembly Bill 1913 that has aided us in our efforts to make Santa Clarita a safer
place to live and work. This year's grant provides $326,999.00 from the State of California for
the Citizen's Option for Public Safety (COPS) Program. The COPS grant has been used to
enhance our efforts to curb youth crime in Santa Clarita. Specifically, the funding has enabled us
to partially pay for the salaries for the COBRA Team.
In the past years, in addition to COBRA Team's mission of working to decrease gang activity,
graffiti, and other juvenile crimes, they have also provided gang and drug education awareness
for all seventh -grade students in Santa Clarita, and are an integral part of the Teen Court
intervention and the City of Santa Clarita Community Court Diversion Programs. In 2012, the
COBRA Team handled 1,478 cases involving 786 suspects which included 209 gang related
crimes.
I am asking that you approved the use of the COPS Grant funds to continue these programs.
Sincerely,
LEROY D. BACA, SHERIFF
Roberti. Lewis, Acting Captain
Santa Clarita Valley Station
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