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Home My WebLink About2009/08/11 Item 5 CITY COUNCIL AGENDA STATEMENT ITEM TITLE: SUBMITTED BY: REVIEWED BY: AUGUST 11, 2009, Item~ RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHULA VISTA ACCEPTING $2,864,605 FROM THE BUREAU OF JUSTICE ASSISTANCE FOR THE 2009 RECOVERY ACT COMBATING CRlMINAL NARCOTICS ACTIVITY ALONG THE SOUTHERN BORDER OF THE UNITED STATES GRAt'iT, APPROPRIATING SAID FUNDS TO THE FISCAL YEAR 2009 AMERICAN RECOVERY AND REINVESTMENT ACT (ARRA) FUND, AND ADDING TWO POLICE AGENTS AND ONE PUBLIC SAFETY ANALYST TO THE AUTHORIZED POSITION COUNT FOR THE CHULA VISTA POLICE DEPARTMENT. CHIEF OF POLICE G.1Zu) CITY MANAGER ~ 4/STHS VOTE: YES 0 NO D SUMMARY TheChuIa Vista Police Department (CVPD) received notice of a grant award in the amount of $2,864,605 from the Office of Justice Programs' (OJP's) Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) to act as the fiduciary for the San Diego Regional Criminal Narcotics and Border Violence Project. This two-year project will supplement existing HIDTA-initiated task forces with ten positions from local law enforcement agencies. The Chula Vista Police Department will assign three positions (two detectives and one analyst) to the project. The Police Department Special Investigations Unit will oversee the implementation and overall management of the project. The objective of this project is to dismantle and disrupt major narcotics operations and associated violent activity along the southern border. ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW This proposed activity has been reviewed for compliance with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and it has been determined that the activity is not a "Project" as defined under Section 15378 of the State CEQA Guidelines because it will not result in a physical change in the environment; therefore, pursuant to Section 15060(c)(3) of the State CEQA Guidelines, the activity is not subject to CEQA. Thus, no environmental review is necessary. 5-1 AUGUST 11,2009, Item ':::> Page 2 of 4 RECOMMENDATION That Council adopt the resolution. BOARDS/COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION Not applicable DISCUSSION The Police Department recently received notice of a grant award from the Bureau of Justice Assistance in the amount of $2,864,605. The Chula Vista Police Department will serve as the fiduciary for the San Diego Regional Criminal Narcotics and Border Violence Project. This two-year project will supplement existing HIDT A (High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area)-initiated task forces with ten new positions from the following local law enforcement agencies: San Diego Sheriff's Department, San Diego Police Department, San Diego District Attorney's Office, National City Police Department, and Chula Vista Police Department. The ten positions include seven detectives, two analysts, and one assistant district attorney. The goal of the San Diego Regional Criminal Narcotics and Border Violence Project is to enhance multi-jurisdictional, multi- disciplinary narcotics-associated task forces to dismantle and disrupt major narcotics operations and associated violent activity through increased collaboration and intelligence sharing through the following strategies: 1. Supplement 3 task forces in the HIDTA environment with local detectives, analysts, and a prosecutor to target narcotics-associated violence 2. Hire analysts to compile, collate, and disseminate meaningful intelligence to task forces for narcotics-associated violent crime investigations 3. Incorporate the intelligence data from all 3 HIDT A task forces to support collaborative investigations of narcotics-associated violence 4. Sustain enhanced local representation on task forces through substantiated grant successes and supporting legislation for border violence enforcement The analysts will work with all three task forces to ensure better collection, coordination, and dissemination of intelligence related to cross border violence cases. The District Attorney will assign a prosecutor to work exclusively on these cases. The sworn officers will be assigned to the three task forces for the purpose of gathering, coordinating, and acting on intelligence related to spillover violence uncovered by these task forces. Figure 1 below shows the organizational relationship of these new positions to the existing task forces. Each agency will release a competitive announcement seeking the most experienced narcotics and violent crime investigators. A panel of both federal and local supervisory personnel will interview and select the most suitable candidates. The assignment of two CVPD officers to the task forces will create two sworn vacancies to be filled by new 5-2 AUGUST II, 2009, Item~ Page 3 of 4 hires. The non-sworn positions (two analysts and one prosecutor) will be assigned independently of the sworn personnel. The District Attorney will reassign a Deputy District Attorney, based on experience level, to act as the lead prosecutor on all cross border violence cases stemming from the three task forces. The analyst positions for CVPD and SDPD will be announced through the Human Resources Departments of each agency. The agency head or their designee will have the final selection responsibility. The analyst from CVPD will be assigned to the San Diego Law Enforcement Coordination Center (SD-LECC), a regional fusion center, and the SDPD analyst will be assigned to gather and disseminate local agency intelligence to the task forces. As the fiscal agent for the grant funds, the Chula Vista Police Department will execute Memorandums of Understanding with each participating agency to clarify reporting and reimbursement procedures. Figure 1: San Diego Regional Criminal Narcotics and Border Violence Project- Organizational Structure ~ E-;:isting Staff ~ ~ Propo'led Staff '.-ia Grant 'l'SSA: Sup-=rvisory Spedal Agent DECISION MAKER CONFLICT Staff has reviewed the decision contemplated by this action and has determined that it is not site specific and consequently the 500 foot rule found in California Code of Regulations section 18704.2(a)(I) is not applicable to this decision. 5-3 AUGUST 11,2009, Item 6 Page 4 of 4 CURRENT YEAR FISCAL IMPACT Approval of this resolution will result in the appropriation of $1,480,989 to the ARRA Fund as detailed in the table below. Personnel Supplies and Services Ca ital There is no impact to the General Fund in FY 2009/2010 as all costs are fully reimbursed through this grant. The department will receive approximately $9,000 to offset the costs to administer the grant. The City will contract with the participating agencies and they will provide invoices for their personnel costs which will be paid from the Police Department Supplies and Services appropriation. ONGOING FISCAL IMPACT This grant will fully fund this project for two fiscal years(FY 2010 and FY 2011). At the end of the grant period, the department will seek additional funding to continue participation in this project or eliminate the positions at that time. Funding for the partner agencies will become their responsibility at the end of the grant period. ATTACHMENTS Attachment "A": Letter of Support from San Diego County Sheriffs Department Attachment "BOO: Letter of Support from San Diego Police Department Attachment "Coo: Letter of Support from San Diego District Attorney's Office Attachment "D": Letter of Support from National City Police Department Attachment "E": Letter of Support from California Border Alliance Group Attachment "F": Letter of Support from San Diego Law Enforcement Coordination Center Attachment "Goo: Letter ot Support from Federal Bureau ofInvestigation Attachment "H": Letter of Support from Drug Enforcement Agency Prepared by: Kristen Miggans, Public Safety Analyst, Police Department 5-4 RESOLUTION NO. RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHULA VISTA ACCEPTING $2,864,605 FROM THE BUREAU OF JUSTICE ASSISTAJ"JCE FOR THE 2009 RECOVERY ACT COMBATING CRIMINAL NARCOTICS ACTIVITY ALONG THE SOUTHERN BORDER OF THE UNITED STATES GRANT, APPROPRIATING SAID FUNDS TO THE FISCAL YEAR 2009 AMERICAN RECOVERY AND REINVESTMENT ACT (ARRA) FUND, AND ADDING TWO POLICE AGENTS AND ONE PUBLIC SAFETY ANALYST TO THE AUTHORIZED POSITION COUNT FOR THE CHULA VISTA POLICE DEPARTMENT WHEREAS, the Police Department has received notice of a grant award in the amount of $2,864,605 from the Bureau of Justice Assistance to act' as the fiduciary for the San Diego Regional Criminal Narcotics and Border Violence Project; and WHEREAS, this two-year project will target narcotics-related violence in the San Diego border region by assigning representatives from five local agencies (San Diego Sheriffs Department, San Diego Police Department, San Diego District Attorney's Office, National City Police Department and Chula Vista Police Department) to existing HIDT A (High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area)-initiated task forces; and WHEREAS, the major goal of this project is to enhance multi-jurisdictional, multi- disciplinary narcotics-associated task forces to dismantle and disrupt major narcotics operations and associated violent activity through increased collaboration and intelligence sharing; and WHEREAS, the Police Department has a history of success working on HIDTA-initiated task forces along with other law enforcement agencies at the local, state, and federal levels; and WHEREAS, the grant funding from the Bureau of Justice Assistance for the 2009 Recovery Act Combating Criminal Narcotics Activity Along the Southern Border of the United States Grant will fully offset the cost of assigned personnel and vehicles for the two-year grant period, resulting in no negative impact to the General Fund. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED the City Council of the City of Chula Vista does hereby accept $2,864,605 from the Bureau of Justice Assistance for the 2009 Recovery Act Combating Criminal Narcotics Activity Along the Southern Border of the United States Grant and appropriate $366,638 to the Personnel Services budget of the Fiscal Year 2009 ARRA Fund, and $1,077,151 to the Supplies and Services budget of the Fiscal Year 2009 ARRA Fund; and add two Police Agents and one Public Safety Analyst to the authorized position count for the Chula Vista Police Department. 5-5 Presented by: Interim Police Chief 5-6 Approved as to form by: ~~ ~r DfP0C<-( Bart Miesfeld . City Attorney