RESOLUTION NO. __________
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CHULA VISTA ACCEPTING GRANT FUNDS FROM THE
CALIFORNIA OFFICE OF TRAFFIC SAFETY FOR THE
SELECTIVE TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM AND
APPROPRIATING FUND THEREFOR
WHEREAS, the Police Department has been awarded $ 510,000 grant funding from the California Office of Traffic Safety for the Selective Traffic Enforcement Program; and
WHEREAS, the goal of the Selective Traffic Enforcement Program is to reduce the number of persons killed or injured in traffic crashes involving alcohol and other primary collision factors; and
WHEREAS, throughout the one -year grant period of October 1, 20 22 to September 30, 2023, DUI/driver license checkpoints, DUI saturation patrols, distracted driving opera tions, motorcycle safety operations, bicycle/pedestrian operations and other traffic enforcement operations will be conducted on an overtime basis; and
WHEREAS, funds provided by this grant will also be utilized for training, checkpoint supplies used during the traffic operations and crash data retrieval software; and
WHEREAS, the grant funds provided by the California Office of Traffic Safety will completely offset the total costs of this program.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED the City Council of the City of Chula Vista does hereby accept $510,000 from the California Office of Traffic Safety and appropriate $ 374,716 to the personnel category and $10,379 to the supplies and services category of the Police Grants Section of the Federal Grants Fund, and directs staff to include $124,905 in the fiscal year 2024 proposed budget for the Selective Traffic Enforcement Program.
Presented by
Roxana Kennedy
Chief of Police
Approved as to form by
Glen R. Googins
City Attorney