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Home My WebLink About2025-03-18; City Council; 03; Fiscal Year 2024 Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance GrantCA Review JRT Meeting Date: March 18, 2025 To: Mayor and City Council From: Geoff Patnoe, City Manager Staff Contact: Amanda Simpson, Management Analyst amanda.simpson@carlsbadca.gov, 442-339-5054 Subject: Fiscal Year 2024 Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Districts: All Recommended Action Adopt a resolution authorizing the City Manager or designee to accept the fiscal year 2024 Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant funds and appropriate $16,089 to the Public Safety Grants Special Revenue Fund. Executive Summary The Police Department was awarded $16,089 Edward Bryne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant from the U.S. Department of Justice for fiscal year 2024. The funds will be used to purchase shields for the SWAT team. The grant requirements include notification of the City Council as well as an opportunity for public input at a City Council meeting. No matching funds are required. Explanation & Analysis The Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant provides state and local governments with critical funding for a range of program areas to support efforts to prevent or reduce crime and violence and to improve the fair administration of the justice system. The fiscal year 2024 funds may be used to provide additional personnel and/or purchase equipment, supplies, contractual support, training, technical assistance, and information systems for criminal justice proceedings. The funds must be used to supplement existing funds for program activities and cannot replace or supplant local funds. The City of Carlsbad’s Police Department’s 2024 award is $16,089. The Police Department will use the grant funds to purchase rifle-rated ballistic shields for the SWAT team. Ballistic shields are engineered to mitigate or stop the impact of bullets particularly from handguns, rifles and shotguns. Rifle-rated shields have been tested to stop rifle rounds. March 18, 2025 Item #3 Page 1 of 5 Providing offices with rifle-rated ballistic shields will add a crucial layer of protection during active shooter incidents or confrontations with armed individuals, significantly reducing the risk of injury or death. The ballistic shields enable officers to maintain mobility while remaining protected, a crucial factor in dynamic, rapidly evolving situations where threats may emerge unpredictably. These shields enable faster intervention, potentially saving lives. Fiscal Analysis The total cost of the purchase is $16,089, which is fully reimbursable by the Justice Assistance Grant program award. There are no ongoing expenses associated with the purchase. Next Steps With the City Council’s approval, the City Manager or designee will accept the grant funds and the Mayor will sign the required form (Attachment A to Exhibit 1). The City Manager or designee will then appropriate $16,089 to the Public Safety Grants Special Revenue Fund. Environmental Evaluation The proposed action is not a “project” as defined by CEQA Section 21065 and CEQA Guidelines 15378(b)(4) and does not require environmental review under CEQA Guidelines Section 15060(c)(3) because the creation of funding mechanisms, including the pursuit and/or acceptance of grant funding, is a government fiscal activity which on its own does not involve any commitment to any specific project which may result in a potentially significant impact on the environment). Applying for or accepting the grant does not have a legally binding effect on any possible future discretionary action. The activities or projects for which this funding is intended may require preparation of an environmental document in accordance with CEQA and CEQA Guidelines. The proposed action will not foreclose review of alternatives Exhibits 1. City Council resolution March 18, 2025 Item #3 Page 2 of 5 Exhibit 1 RESOLUTION NO. 2025-063 . A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARLSBAD, CALIFORNIA, AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER OR DESIGNEE TO ACCEPT THE FISCAL YEAR 2024 EDWARD BYRNE MEMORIAL JUSTICE ASSISTANCE GRANT FUNDS AND APPROPRIATE $16,089 TO THE PUBLIC SAFETY GRANTS SPECIAL REVENUE FUND WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Carlsbad, California has determined that the Police Department has been allocated funds through the Fiscal Year 2024 Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program to support efforts to prevent or reduce crime and violence and to improve the fair administration of the justice system; and WHEREAS, the application for this grant was heard during a regularly scheduled council meeting and the public was given an opportunity to provide comments; and WHEREAS, the Police Department proposes to purchase rifle-rated ballistic shields for the Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) team; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Carlsbad, California, as follows: 1.That the above recitations are true and correct. 2.The proposed action is not a “project” as defined by CEQA Section 21065 and CEQA Guidelines 15378(b)(4) and does not require environmental review under CEQA Guidelines Section 15060(c)(3) because the creation of funding mechanisms, including the pursuit and/or acceptance of grant funding, is a government fiscal activity which on its own does not involve any commitment to any specific project which may result in a potentially significant impact on the environment). Applying for or accepting the grant does not have a legally binding effect on any possible future discretionary action. The activities or projects for which this funding is intended may require preparation of an environmental document in accordance with CEQA and CEQA Guidelines. The proposed action will not foreclose review of alternatives or mitigation measures by the public as part of the environmental review process. 3.That the purchases specified are authorized in compliance with the grant. March 18, 2025 Item #3 Page 3 of 5 uocus,gn envelope JU: t>A4LJj 1 !::I /-A 1 LA-4tltltl-AJj4!:J-/Jj!:Jc4tlAUbLU / 4. That the City Manager or designee is hereby authorized to execute said award with t he U.S. Department of Justice for receipt of the subject grant funds, as well as any required reports and/or final statements. 5. That the Mayor is hereby authorized to sign the Certifications and Assurances by the Chief Executive of the Applicant Government form (Attachment A). 6. That the City Manager or designee is authorized to appropriate $16,089 to the Public Safety Grants Special Revenue Fund. PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED at a Regular Meeting of the City Council of the City of Carlsbad on the 18th day of March 2025, by the following vote, to wit: AYES: NAYS: ABSTAIN : ABSENT: March 18, 2025 Blackburn, Bhat-Patel, Acosta, Burkholder, Shin. None. None. None. r 1--itL KEITH BLACKBURN, Mayor SHERRY FREISINGER, City Clerk (SEAL) Item #3 Page 4 of 5 uocus1gn t:nvelope IU: !JA4Ll:l 1 !! /-A 1 LA-4tltltl-Al:l4!:l-/ l:l!lt:4tlAUoCU / U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE OFFICE OF JUSTICE PROGRAMS Attachment A Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program FY 2024 Local Solicitation Certifications and Assurances by the Chief Executive of the Applicant Government On behalf of the applicant unit of local government named below, in support of that locality's application for an award under the FY 2024 Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant ("JAG") Program, and further to 34 U.S.C. § 10153(a), I certify to the Office of Justice Programs ("OJP"), U.S. Department of Justice ("USDOJ"), that all of the following are true and correct: 1. I am the chief executive of the applicant unit of local government named below, and I have the authority to make the following representations on my own behalf as chief executive and on behalf of the applicant unit of local government. I understand that these representations will be relied upon as material in any OJP decision to make an award, under the application described above, to the applicant unit of local government. 2. I certify that no federal funds made available by the award (if any) that OJP makes based on the application described above will be used to supplant local funds but will be used to increase the amounts of such funds that would, in the absence of federal funds, be made available for law enforcement activities. 3. I assure that the application described above (and any amendment to that application) was submitted for review to the governing body of the unit of local government (e.g., city council or county commission), or to an organization designated by that governing body, not less than 30 days before the date of this certification. 4. I assure that, before the date of this certification-(a) the application described above (and any amendment to that application) was made public; and (b) an opportunity to comment on that application (or amendment) was provided to citizens and to neighborhood or community-based organizations, to the extent applicable law or established procedure made such an opportunity available. 5. I assure that, for each fiscal year of the award (if any) that OJP makes based on the application described above, the applicant unit of local government will maintain and report such data, records, and information (programmatic and financial), as OJP may reasonably require. 6. I have carefully reviewed 34 U.S.C. § 10153(a)(5), and, with respect to the programs to be funded by the award (if any), I hereby make the certification required by section 10153(a)(5), as to each of the items specified therein. 7. If the applicant named below is not the unit of local government itself, I certify that it is an instrumentality of the unit of local government and is approved to serve as the applicant and recipient of FY 2024 JAG funding on behalf of the unit of local government. Signature of Chief Executive of the Applicant Unit of Local Government I-<~ .. ,· t b {!>Ja_c._J< bLU-J) Printed Name of Chief Executive N~p~n~it 1 o~~nment March 18, 2025 3/21/2025 Date of Certification Item #3 Page 5 of 5 Rev. April 19, 2024