HomeMy WebLinkAbout2020-12-08; City Council; ; FY 2020 Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Meeting Date: Dec. 8, 2020
To: Mayor and City Council
From: Scott Chadwick, City Manager
Staff Contact: Cindy Anderson, Senior Management Analyst
cindy.anderson@carlsbadca.gov, 760-931-2170
Subject: FY 2020 Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant
Recommended Action
Receive public comment on the FY 2020 Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant
application; adopt a resolution authorizing the city manager to accept the FY 2020 Edward
Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant funds and authorize the deputy city manager of
administrative services or a designee to appropriate $15,002 to the Public Safety Grants Special
Revenue Fund.
Executive Summary
The Carlsbad Police Department was awarded $15,002 from the FY 2020 Edward Byrne
Memorial Justice Assistance Grant. The funds will be used to purchase 10 flashlights for patrol
officers, 12 brush jackets for the senior volunteer patrol officers and six camera kits for field
evidence technicians to use for evidence collection. As required by the grant, 3% of the grant
will be retained for personnel training on the National Incident-Based Reporting System, which
is an incident-based reporting system used by law enforcement agencies in the United States
for collecting and reporting data on crimes. The training is conducted by the FBI and is expected
to occur in 2021.
The grant requirements include notification of the City Council, as well as an opportunity for
public input at a City Council meeting.
Discussion
The FY 2020 Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant allows states and local
governments to support a broad range of activities to prevent and control crime and to improve
the criminal justice system. The purpose of the grant is to promote:
• Law enforcement programs
• Prosecution and court programs
• Prevention and education programs
• Correction programs
• Drug treatment programs
• Planning, evaluation, and technology improvement programs
The funds must be used to supplement existing funds for program activities and cannot replace
or supplant local funds.
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The Carlsbad Police Department’s 2020 award is $15,002. If the council approves the grant, the
Police Department will use the funds to purchase the equipment and training detailed below:
Item description Cost each quantity Total cost
Flashlights, equipment $ 221 10 $ 2,213
Six Canon camera kits $ 1140 6 $ 6,839
Brush jackets $ 458 12 $ 5,550
National Incident-Based Reporting System training $ 450 1 $ 450
$ 15,002
For FY 2020, the grant requires all grant recipients to use 3% of the funds for training on the
National Incident-Based Reporting System, a system used by law enforcement agencies in the
United States for collecting and reporting data on crimes. The training is conducted by the FBI
and is expected to occur in 2021.
Fiscal Analysis
The total cost of listed purchases is $15,002, which is fully reimbursable by the program grant
award. There are no ongoing expenses associated with the purchases.
Next Steps
With the council’s approval, the city manager will accept the grant funds, and the deputy city
manager of administrative services or a designee will appropriate $15,002 to the Public Safety
Grants Special Revenue Fund.
Environmental Evaluation (CEQA)
This action does not constitute a “project” within the meaning of the California Environmental
Quality Act under Public Resources Code section 21065 in that it has no potential to cause
either a direct physical change in the environment or a reasonably foreseeable indirect physical
change in the environment and therefore does not require environmental review.
Public Notification
Public notice of this item was posted in keeping with the Ralph M. Brown Act and it was
available for public viewing and review at least 72 hours before the scheduled meeting date.
Exhibits
1.City Council Resolution
2.Fiscal Year 2020 Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant acceptance documents
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RESOLUTION NO. 2020-232
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARLSBAD,
CALIFORNIA, AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ACCEPT THE FY2020
EDWARD BYRNE MEMORIAL JUSTICE ASSISTANCE GRANT FUNDS AND
AUTHORIZING THE DEPUTY CITY MANAGER OF ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES
OR HIS/HER DESIGNEE TO APPROPRIATE $15,002 TO THE PUBLIC SAFETY
GRANTS SPECIAL REVENUE FUND
WHEREAS, the Police Department has been allocated funds through the Fiscal Year 2020
Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program to support activities to prevent and control
crime and to improve the criminal justice system; and
WHEREAS, the application for the Fiscal Year 2020 Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance
Grant was heard during a regularly scheduled council meeting and the public was given an opportunity
to provide comments; and
WHEREAS, Carlsbad Police Department proposes to purchase flashlights, brush jackets, and
camera kits for police personnel;
WHEREAS, three percent of the grant will be used for NIBRS training, as required; and
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 purchases specified are authorized in compliance with the grant.
3. That the City Manager of the City of Carlsbad is hereby authorized and directed to
execute said award with the US Department of Justice for receipt of the subject grant
funds, as well as any required reports and/or final statements.
4. That the Deputy City Manager Administrative Services or his/her designee is authorized
to appropriate $15,002 to the Public Safety Grants Special Revenue Fund.
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PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED at a Regular Meeting of the City Council of the City of
Carlsbad on the 8th day of December, 2020, by the following vote, to wit:
AYES: Hall, Blackburn, Acosta, Bhat-Patel, Schumacher.
NAYS: None.
ABSENT: None.
MATT HALL, Mayor
BARBARA ENGLESON, City Clerk
(SEAL)
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