HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso 2016-211RESOLUTION NO. 2016-211
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CHULA VISTA ACCEPTING $330.000 FROM THE
CALIFORNIA OFFICE OF TRAFFIC SAFETY AND
APPROPRIATING $170,000 TO THE POLICE GRANT FUND
FOR THE SELECTIVE TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM
WHEREAS, the Police Department has been awarded $330,000 in grant funding from the
California Office of Traffic Safety for the Selective Traffic Enforcement Program; and
WHEREAS, the goal of the Selective Traffic Enforcement Program is to reduce the
number of persons killed or injured in traffic crashes involving alcohol and other primary
collision factors; and
WHEREAS, throughout the one-year grant period of October 1, 2016 to September 30,
2017, DUI/driver license checkpoints, DUI saturation patrols, warrant service operations,
distracted driving operations, motorcycle safety operations, bicycle/pedestrian operations and
other traffic enforcement operations will be conducted on an overtime basis; and
WHEREAS, funds provided by this grant will also be used for training and the purchase
of checkpoint supplies used during the traffic operations; and
WHEREAS, because the grant period covers two Fiscal Years, $170,000 will be
appropriated to the current Fiscal Year budget of the Police Grant Fund, and the remaining
$160,000 will be included in the Department's proposed Fiscal Year 2017/2018 budget based on
anticipated operational needs; and
WHEREAS, the grant funds provided by the California Office of Traffic Safety will
completely offset the total costs of this program.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Chula
Vista accepts $330,000 from the California Office of Traffic Safety and appropriates $170,000 to
the Police Grant Fund for the Selective Traffic Enforcement Program.
Presented by
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David Beja o
Police Chief
Approved as to form by
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Resolution No. 2016-211
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PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Chula Vista,
California, this 1 st day of November 2016 by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers: Aguilar, Bensoussan, McCann, Miesen, and Salas
NAYS: Councilmembers: None
ABSENT: Councilmembers: None
Mar alas, Mayor
ATTEST:
Donna orris, C, City Clerk
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO
CITY OF CHULA VISTA
I, Donna R. Norris, City Clerk of Chula Vista, California, do hereby certify that the foregoing
Resolution No. 2016-211 was duly passed, approved, and adopted by the City Council at a
regular meeting of the Chula Vista City Council held on the 1 st day of November 2016.
Executed this 1 st day of November 2016.
Donna R orris, C, City Clerk