HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso 1999-19693 RESOLUTION NO. 19693
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CHULA VISTA TRANSFERRING APPROPRIATION IN THE
AMOUNT OF $56,033; AND TRANSFERRING ONE SENIOR
MANAGEMENT ASSISTANT POSITION FROM THE
PLANNING & BUILDING DEPARTMENT TO THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT FOR COORDINATION OF THE CITY'S
GRAFFITI PROGRAM; AND RENAMING THE POSITION
COMMUNITY RESOURCE COORDINATOR; AND
APPROPRIATING $28,017 TO HIRE THE POSITION FOR THE
REMAINDER OF THIS FISCAL YEAR; AND $18,017 FOR A
GRAFFITI ERADICATION CONTRACT; AND $10,000 FOR
PUBLIC AWARENESS MATERIALS
WHEREAS, graffiti has been a growing social and law enforcement problem in Chula Vista;
and
WHEREAS, a team - composed of City staff, the Community Oriented Policing Committee,
and several community members - has prepared a comprehensive report identifying the needs of the
community as related to graffiti; and
WHEREAS, the City's current resources to combat graffiti have also been identified; and
WHEREAS, several departments and community members have concluded that the graffiti
problem is no longer controllable with individual non-integrated efforts and that the City is in need
of a skilled person capable of coordinating Citywide graffiti efforts and implementing a new
comprehensive program; and
WHEREAS, City Council approved the addition of a Senior Management Assistant position
to the Department of Planning and Building during the FY 99/00 budget deliberation for this purpose;
and
WHEREAS, the new position will require access to Police records, and the majority ofgraffiti
information (and the graffiti hotline) are housed in the Police Department; and
WHEREAS, the Planning and Building Department and the Police Department both support
a transfer of the new position to Police; and
WHEREAS, the role and responsibilities of the new position are more appropriately
reflected in the title Community Resource Coordinator; and
WHEREAS, Public Works, Operations reports a large amount of existing graffiti throughout
the City and no program of regular graffiti eradication on weekends; and
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WHEREAS, stakeholder interviews revealed a lack of community awareness and means to
regularly update the community on progress made by the City in combating the graffiti problem.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED the City Council of the City of Chula Vista does
hereby approve a Resolution transferring one Sr. Management Assistant position from the Planning
and Building Department to the Police Department for coordination of the City's graffiti program.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Council does hereby approve renaming the
position "Community Resource Coordinator."
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED the City Council does hereby approve appropriating the
amount of $56,033 for salary and benefits for the position and using $28,017 of that amount to hire
the position for the remainder of this fiscal year.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED the City Council does hereby approve appropriating $18,017
for a graffiti eradication contract and $10,000 for public awareness materials associated with the
Graffiti Program.
Presented by Approved as to form by
Richard P. Emerson Jo n M. Kaheny' ~
Police Chief ~it~Attorney
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PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Chula Vista,
California, this 30th day of November, 1999, by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers: Davis, Moot, Padilla, Salas and Horton
NAYS: Councilmembers: None
ABSENT: Councilmembers: None
Shirley Horton, Mayor
ATTEST:
Susan Bigelow, City Clerk
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
"' COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO )
CITY OF CHULA VISTA )
I, Susan Bigelow, City Clerk of Chula Vista, California, do hereby certify that the foregoing
Resolution No. 19693 was duly passed, approved, and adopted by the City Council at a regular
meeting of the Chula Vista City Council held on the 30t~ day of November, 1999.
Executed this 30m day of November, 1999.
Susan Bigelow, City Clerk