HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso 2009-192RESOLUTION NO. 2009-192
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 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, xhe 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-yeaz project will tazget narcotics-related violence in the San Diego
border region by assigning representatives from five local 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) to existing HIDTA (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 that 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 yeaz 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.
Resolution No. 2009-192
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Presented by
Approved as to form by
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Interim Police Chief
PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Chula Vista,
California, this 11th day of August 2009 by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers: Bensoussan, Castaneda, Ramirez, and Cox
NAYS: Councilmembers: None
ABSENT: Councilmembers: McCann
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Cheryl Cox ayor
ATTEST:
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Donna R. Norri ,CMC, 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. 2009-192 was duly passed, approved, and adopted by the City Council at a
regular meeting of the Chula Vista City Council held on the 1 lth day of August 2009.
Executed this 11th day of August 2009.
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Donna R. Norris, CMC, City Clerk