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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1999-01-19; City Council; 15018; Mutual Benefit Of Funds With County Of San DiegoA. 7(;1 0 5 AB# /$0/8 MTG. /- l$ -54 DEPT. POL Cl-fY OF CARLSBAD - AGENDA BILL I u \,-“_T> TITLE: WAIVER OF RIGHT TO APPLY FOR BLOCK GRANT DEPT. HD. i FUNDS AND AUTHORIZING COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO TO APPLY FOR AND EXPEND FUNDS FOR THE MUTUAL & CITY ATTY. BENEFIT OF BOTH JURISDICTIONS RECOMMENDED ACTION: Adopt Resolution No.99 -28 waiving the City of Carlsbad’s right to allocation of certain block grant funds and authorizing the County of San Diego to apply for and expend said funds for the mutual benefit of both jurisdictions. ITEM EXPLANATION: The Federal Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention is making juvenile accountability incentive block grant funds available through the California Office of Criminal Justice Planning (OCJP). The grant is a formula based on law enforcement expenditures and crime arrest data for each unit of local government and totals $1.1 million for the San Diego region. The allocation for Carlsbad is $17,665, requiring a cash match requirement of $1963, 10 percent of the total expenditure ($19,627). The County of San Diego has proposed a regional approach to the expenditure of these funds for the purpose of creating an interagency data base among criminal justice agencies, schools and the health and human services agency which will provide for immediate access to status of juveniles in the criminal justice system. The San Diego County Police Chiefs’ and Sheriffs Association is supporting this approach as a mutually beneficial program which will ultimately benefit everyone involved. FISCAL IMPACT: Carlsbad’s allocation of $17,665 is based on submittal and acceptance of a grant proposal. Without Council approval of this request, there are no plans for a grant proposal solely for the City of Carlsbad. EXHIBITS: 1. Resolution No. 99 - 2% 2. Letter from Greg Cox, Chairman, San Diego County Board of Supervisors RESOLUTION NO. 99-28 2 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF 3 CARLSBAD, CALIFORNIA, TO WAIVE RIGHT TO APPLY FOR BLOCK GRANT FUNDS AND AUTHORIZING COUNTY OF SAN 4 DIEGO TO APPLY FOR AND EXPEND FUNDS. 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 WHEREAS, the City of Carlsbad declines to directly undertake any project using funds made available through the Juvenile Accountability Incentive Block Grant Program administered by the Ofice of Criminal Justice Planning (OCJP) ; and WHEREAS, the City of Carlsbad waives its right to its allocation of $17,655 and authorizes the County of San Diego to apply for and expend the funds for the mutual benefit of both jurisdictions; and WHEREAS, the County of San Diego shall agree to provide all matching funds required for said project (including any amendment thereof, and including the matching funds for the City of Carlsbad’s allocation) under the Program, and the funding terms and conditions of OCJP and that the cash match will be appropriated as required; and WHEREAS, it agreed that any liability arising out of the performance of the Grant Award Agreement, including civil court actions for damages, shall be the responsibility of the grant recipient and not the responsibility of the City of Carlsbad. The State of California and OCJP disclaim responsibility for any such liability; and WHEREAS, the grant funds received hereunder shall not be used to supplant expenditures controlled by this body; and WHEREAS, there will be no cost to the City, and the County will pay the ten percent (10%) matching costs as stated in the County’s letter to the Police Chief, dated January 8, 1999. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Carlsbad, California, as follows: 1. That the above recitations are true and correct. 2. That the right to allocation of OCJP block grant funds is waived and the County of San Diego is authorized to apply for and expend said funds for the mutual benefit of both jurisdictions. II II II PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the Carlsbad City Council held on the 19th day of January , 1999, by the following vote, to wit: AYES: Council Members Lewis, Hall, Finnila, Nygaard and Kulchin NOES: None ABSENT: None ,&AUDE ‘A. CEWI$‘Mayor ’ ATTEST: ALETHA L. RAUTENKRANZ, City Clerk (SEW 1 GREG cox CHAIRMAN San Diego County Board of Supervisors December 8,1998 Ray Patchett, City Manager City of Carlsbad 1200 C&bad Village Drive The Federal Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention is making Juvenile Accountability Incentive Block Grant monies available through the California Office of Criminal Justice Planning (OCJP). A total of $1.1 million is available to the San Diego region, each city, and the County, having its own allocation. The grant is a formula grant based on law enforcement expenditures and violent crime arrest data for each unit of local government. The allocation for your city, if you were to submit a proposal, will be $17,665 with a cash match requirement of $1,963, 10% of the total expenditure ($19,627). Enclosed is a copy of a Fact Sheet from the Office of Criminal Justice Planning. You will see that one of the twelve possible “purpose areas” is “establishing and maintaining interagency information-sharing programs that enable the juvenile and criminal justice system, schools, and social service agencies to make more informed decisions regarding the early identification, control, supervision, and treatment of juveniles who repeatedly commit serious delinquent or criminal acts”. ‘The County Juvenile Court, Probation Department, and Health & Human Services Agency are extremely interested in pursuing these funds to enhance the electronic transfer of information among law enforcement agencies and schools throughout the county as well as County Departments dealing with juveniles in the justice and dependency systems. This could mean for example, that the police officer on the beat would have immediate access to a young person’s status with the Probation Department or at school. I am proposing that your city consider adopting a resolution (sample enclosed) that funds from your potential grant award be transferred to the County to enhance this effort. The County of San Diego would meet the ten percent cash match requirement for the pooled funds. County Administration Center l 1600 Pacific Highway, Room 335 l San Diego, CA 92101 (619) 531-5511 Fax (619) 235-0644 www.co.san-diego.ca.us Ray Patchett, City Manager December 8, 1998 Page 2 The County is poised to go forward with the application, as soon as the Request for Application is released. The required Juvenile Crime Enforcement Coalition (JCEC) is already functioning and has identified interagency communication and linkages as an important need for this region. This Coalition will assess the needs of the region and approve the grant application before submission. We will of course, welcome a representative on the coalition from your city should you decide to joinus. We hope you will see this as a favorable opportunity to combine forces with the County to develop a system of information-sharing that will benefit all cities within the region. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me at (6 19) 53 l-55 11. Sincere)y , 4 GREG CO Enclosures AURYCRW CHIEF PROBATION OFFICER DEPARTMENT OF PROBATION POST OFFICE BOX 2S5S6, !3AN DIEGO. CAUFORNiA 921933596 (619) 6944600 JAMES c. POE ASSISTANT CHIEF PROBATION OFFICER January 8,1999 Chief Robert Vales Carlsbad Police Department 2560 Orion Way Carlsbad, CA 92008 Dear CHps’ For the Tnformaton of the: cl-T.-Y couNclL AssLaLCAJ&~ D* ! .\%Zity M-e xi2 As agreed at yesterday’s monthly meeting of our Chiefs’ and Sheriffs Association, I would like to clarify some information that was not presented to you by a letter to your city manager from past Chairman of the Board of Supervisors, Greg Cox. San Diego County, on your behalf, will pursue a $1.1 million Juvenile Accountability Incentive Block Grant available through the California Office of Criminal Justice Planning. The primary goal of this grant is to update our mainframe Regional Juvenile Information System (REJIS). There is no cost to your city; the county will pay the lOoh matching cost; and there will not be a maintenance fee nor a user fee. It is pure grant and county matching dollars that will complete this plan. In return for you support, we need a resolution from your city which will be included with the grants filing date of January 29, 1999. If you cannot have a resolution prepared prior to our deadline, a letter of intent will suffice, with resolution to follow. As presented yesterday, when the upgrade of the REGIS system is completed, your officers will access through your P.C.‘s to our P.C.‘s data bank all Juvenile Probation, Juvenile Court, and school information that we can legally provide. This will be quite an impressive system. Please send your resolutions to Supervisor Greg Cox’s office, attention Patty Kay. CHIEF PROBATION OFFICER ENCLOSURES AC/clc