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RESOLUTION NO. 2022-142
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CHULA VISTA ACCEPTING $55,590 FROM THE
CALIFORNIA GOVERNOR'S OFFICE OF EMERGENCY
SERVICES FOR THE COVERDELL FORENSIC SCIENCE
IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM AND APPROPRIATING SAID
FUNDS TO THE POLICE GRANTS SECTION OF THE
FEDERAL GRANTS FUND
WHEREAS, the Police Department has been awarded $55,590 in grant funding from the
California Governor's Office of Emergency Services for the Paul Coverdell Forensic Science
Improvement Program; and
WHEREAS, the goal of the Coverdell program is to improve the quality, timeliness, and
credibility of forensic science services over current operations; and
WHEREAS, the Coverdell funds will be used to provide education and training to crime
laboratory personnel to ensure they can effectively perform their assignments during crime scene
callouts; and
WHEREAS, the Coverdell funds will also be used to purchase three digital stereoscopes
with high-resolution cameras for latent print examination, crime scene drone with accompanying
mapping software, a supercomputer to ensure newly acquired digital forensic equipment and
software are functioning at its fullest capacity, a camera kit for forensic services, and a Ramsey
box for digital evidence; and
WHEREAS, the crime scene drone funded by the Coverdell Forensic improvement
Program is listed in the Chula Vista Police Department's Military Equipment Policy, which was
approved by City Council on May 3, 2022 through Ordinance No. 3520 and will be included in
an annual report to the City Council in 2023 for the City's Council's review of military
equipment use and acquisition in the prior year for compliance with the policy and
reauthorization of the policy; and
WHEREAS, the grant funds provided by the California Governor's Office of Emergency
Services will completely offset the total costs of this program.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Chula
Vista, that it accepts $55,590 from the California Governor's Office of Emergency Services and
appropriates $55,590 to the supplies & services category of the Police Grants Section of the
Federal Grants Fund of the Fiscal Year 2022/23 adopted budget for the Paul Coverdell Forensic
Science Improvement Program.
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Resolution No. 2022-142
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PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Chula Vista,
California, this 14th day of June 2022 by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers: Cardenas, McCann, Padilla, and Casillas Salas
NAYS: Councilmembers: None
ABSENT: Councilmembers: Galvez
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Mary Casillas Salas, Mayor
ATTEST:
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Kerry K. Bigelow, MMC, City Clerk
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO )
CITY OF CHULA VISTA )
I, Kerry K. Bigelow, City Clerk of Chula Vista, California, do hereby certify that the foregoing
Resolution No. 2022-142 was duly passed, approved, and adopted by the City Council at a
regular meeting of the Chula Vista City Council held on the 14th day of June 2022.
Executed this 14th day of June 2022.
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Kerry K. Bigelow, MMC, City Clerk