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RESOLUTION NO. 2024-016
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CHULA VISTA ACCEPTING FUNDS FROM THE
CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE FOR THE
TOBACCO GRANT PROGRAM AND APPROPRIATING
FUNDS THEREFOR
WHEREAS, the City of Chula Vista (City) is interested in participating in the Tobacco
Grant Program , which is made available through the California Healthcare,
Research and Prevention Tobacco Tax Act of 2016 (Proposition 56) and administered by the
California Department of Justice (DOJ) to support local efforts to reduce the illegal sale of
tobacco products to minors in the City; and
WHEREAS, f
California DOJ offered to award $115,217 for the grant term beginning November 1, 2023, and
ending on June 30, 2027; and
WHEREAS, grants funds from the California Department of Justice Tobacco Grant
Program will be used for overtime costs related to tobacco enforcement operations,
pamphlets/handouts to inform and educate youth and retailers with the intent to stem illegal
tobacco sales to minors, and administrative fees to cover overhead costs; and
WHEREAS, the City Manager is hereby authorized, on behalf of the City, to accept grant
funding in the amount of $115,217 from the State of California Department of Justice and is
authorized to execute the grant documents relating to the Tobacco Grant Program; and
WHEREAS, grant funds received hereunder shall not be used to supplant ongoing law
enforcement expenditures.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Chula Vista,
that it accepts $115,217 from the State of California Department of Justice, Office of the Attorney
General, Tobacco Grant Program, and appropriates $33,985 to personnel services, $2,000 to
supplies and services and $1,799 to the Other Expenses category of the Police Grants Section of
the State Grants Fund for Fiscal Year 2023/24, and directs staff to include $38,317 in the Fiscal
Year 2024/25 proposed budget for the Tobacco Grant Program.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Chula Vista that it
approves the Memorandum of Understanding between the City and California Department of
Justice for the Tobacco Grant Program, in the form presented at this meeting, with such minor
modifications as may be required or approved by the City Attorney, a copy of which shall be kept
on file in the Office of the City Clerk and authorizes and directs the City Manager and Chief of
Police to execute same.
Resolution No. 2024-016
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Presented by Approved as to form by
Roxana Kennedy Jill D.S. Maland
Chief of Police Lounsbery Ferguson Altona & Peak
Acting City Attorney
PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Chula Vista,
California, this 23rd day of January 2024 by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers: Cardenas, Chavez, Gonzalez, Preciado, and McCann
NAYS: Councilmembers: None
ABSENT: Councilmembers: None
John McCann, Mayor
ATTEST:
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. 2024-016 was duly passed, approved, and adopted by the City Council at a regular
meeting of the Chula Vista City Council held on the 23rd day of January 2024.
Executed this 23rd day of January 2024.
Kerry K. Bigelow, MMC, City Clerk