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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 Page 2 Presented by Approved as to form by azd da 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 ~~ Cheryl Cox ayor ATTEST: b 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. if'oiw4,tA Donna R. Norris, CMC, City Clerk