HomeMy WebLinkAbout2021-11-02; City Council; ; Acceptance of the FY2021 Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance GrantMeeting Date: Nov. 2, 2021
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: Acceptance of the FY2021 Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance
Grant
District: All
Recommended Action
Receive public comment on the FY 2021 Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance application,
adopt a resolution authorizing the City Manager to accept the funds and authorize the Deputy
City Manager of Administrative Services or designee to appropriate $18,285 to the Public Safety
Grants Special Revenue Fund.
Executive Summary
The Police Department was awarded $18,285 from the Fiscal Year 2021 Edward Byrne
Memorial Justice Assistance Grant. The funds will be used to purchase police equipment,
including a police radio and mobile bulletproof shields. As required by the grant, three percent
of the grant will be retained for personnel training on the National Incident-Based Reporting
System used to track crime across the country.
The grant requirements include notification of the City Council as well as an opportunity for
public input at a City Council meeting.
Discussion
The Fiscal Year 2021 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 City of Carlsbad Police Department’s 2020 award is $18,285. The Police Department will
use the grant to purchase one mobile radio and 10 bulletproof mobile shields to be used by
patrol officers.
Item description Cost each Quantity Total cost
Police radio $ 3,545 1 $3,545
Bulletproof shield $1,474 10 $14,740
$18,285
The grant requirements include notification of the City Council as well as an opportunity for
public input at a City Council meeting.
Fiscal Analysis
The total cost of listed purchases for FY2021 is $18,285, which is fully reimbursable by the
grant. There are no ongoing expenses associated with the purchases.
Next Steps
The City Manager will accept the grant funds, and the Deputy City Manager of Administrative
Services or designee will appropriate $18,285 to the Public Safety Grants Special Revenue Fund.
Environmental Evaluation (CEQA)
This action does not require environmental review because it does not constitute a “project”
within the meaning of the California Environmental Quality Act under California 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.
Public Notification
This item was noticed in accordance with the Ralph M. Brown Act and was available for public
comment and review at least 72 hours prior to the scheduled meeting date.
Exhibits
1. City Council resolution
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RESOLUTION NO. 2021-245
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARLSBAD,
CALIFORNIA, AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ACCEPT THE FY2021
EDWARD BYRNE MEMORIAL JUSTICE . ASSISTANCE GRANT FUNDS AND
AUTHORIZING THE DEPUTY CITY MANAGER OF ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES
OR HIS/HER DESIGNEE TO APPROPRIATE $18,285 TO THE PUBLIC SAFETY
GRANTS SPECIAL REVENUE FUND
Exhibit 1
WHEREAS, the Police Department has been allocated funds through the Fiscal Year 2021
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 Vear 2021 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 a police radio and bulletproof
shields for police personnel;
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 $18,285 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
t he City of Carlsbad on the 6nd day of November 2021, by the following vote, to wit:
AYES: Hall, Blackburn, Bhat-Patel, Acosta, Norby.
NAYS : None.
ABSENT: None.
MATT HALL, Mayor
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