Agenda Item No. 8
CITY COUNCIL STAFF REPORT
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council DATE: June 24, 2024 FROM: Matthew Bronson, City Manager
PREPARED BY: John Peters, Chief of Police
SUBJECT: Resolution to Accept the California Highway Patrol’s Cannabis Tax Fund Grant Program Award.
RECOMMENDATION
Adopt a Resolution approving the acceptance of California Highway Patrol’s Cannabis Tax Fund Grant Program funds in the amount of $116,133.64 for FY 2024-25.
BACKGROUND
With the passage of Proposition 64 (the Control, Regulate, and Tax Adult Use of Marijuana Act or AUMA), California voters mandated the State set aside funding for the California Highway Patrol (CHP) to award grants to local governments and qualified nonprofit organizations with the goal of reducing impaired driving crashes, increasing public awareness surrounding the dangers of impaired driving, and making roadways safer to travel. In February 2024, the Police Department applied to the California Highway Patrol Cannabis Tax Fund Grant Program (CTFGP) for a $116,133.64 grant and received notice on June 7, 2024, that the City was selected to receive the requested grant funding.
The grant will allow the Police Department to purchase Preliminary Alcohol Sensors (PAS), have officers dedicated to impaired driving saturation patrols, host impaired driving booths at community events for public education, and provide training to improve officers' ability to detect impaired driving. Officers will receive training in the form of Standardized Field Sobriety Tests (SFST), Advanced Roadside Impairment Enforcement (ARIDE) and Drug Recognition Expert (DRE) training. With this advanced training, officers will staff impaired driving saturation patrol details where extra officers will be assigned to a focused patrol during times of increased impaired driving incidents. While investigating DUI incidents officers will utilize PAS devices. The grant will allow officers to focus public education and Traffic / DUI enforcement efforts to reduce the number of impaired driving incidents and DUI-Related traffic collisions within Grover Beach.
The goals of the proposed program are to reduce DUI driving and DUI related collisions during the grant period. To achieve these goals, the Police Department will conduct the following:
Conduct eight impaired driving saturation patrols.
Host an Impaired Driving Prevention Booth at the Grover Beach Summer Concerts and Stone Soup Festival.
Train five officers on Standardized Field Sobriety Tests, 10 officers on Advanced Roadside Impairment and Enforcement Training, and one officer on Drug Recognition Expert. Purchase six handheld Preliminary Alcohol Screening devices.
If approved by the Council, the CHP CTFGP grant requires the signature of the Chief of Police to Staff Report: California Highway Patrol Grant Award Acceptance June 24, 2024
enter into a contract for acceptance of the funds. The funds approved by the grant must be utilized during FY 2024-25 and must not be used to supplant previously approved expenditures or the General Fund. The City does not have a matching funds requirement for this grant; however, the funds for the grant are paid back to the City on a reimbursement basis. If accepted, the City will be reimbursed by the State on a quarterly basis for operational expenses related to this program.
The funding for this grant had been included in the proposed FY 2024-25 budget.
FISCAL IMPACT
The grant requires the City to expend the approved grant amount of $116,133.64 for these Police Department operations with full reimbursement being provided by the California Highway Patrol during FY 2024-25.
ALTERNATIVES
The Council has the following alternatives to consider:
1. Adopt a Resolution approving the acceptance of California Highway Patrol’s Cannabis Tax Fund Grant Program funds in the amount of $116,133.64 for FY 2024-25; or
2. Decline the California Highway Patrol’s Cannabis Tax Fund Grant Program funds in the amount of $116,133.64 for FY 2024-25; or
3. Provide staff with alternate direction.
PUBLIC NOTIFICATION
The agenda was posted in accordance with the Brown Act.
Attachments
1. Resolution No. 24-XX.
2. Intent to Award Letter from the California Highway Patrol.
RESOLUTION NO. 24-
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GROVER BEACH, CALIFORNIA APPROVING THE ACCEPTANCE OF $116,133 IN CALIFORNIA
HIGHWAY PATROL CANNABIS TAX FUND GRANT PROGRAM AWARD
FUNDS AND AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF A GRANT AGREEMENT
WITH THE CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL
WHEREAS, the Grover Beach Police Department desires to reduce the number of Driving Under the Influence (DUI) instances and DUI collisions through the use of funds made available through the Cannabis Tax Fund Grant Program (CTFGP) administered by the California Highway Patrol (CHP); and
WHEREAS, CHP has notified and provided notice to the City of its intent to award a grant in the amount of One Hundred Sixteen Thousand One Hundred Thirty-Three Dollars ($116,133); and
WHEREAS, CHP requires that City Council adopt a resolution in order to be eligible to accept and execute the Grant Agreement in the amount of One Hundred Sixteen Thousand One Hundred Thirty-Three Dollars ($116,133); and
WHEREAS, grant funds received from the California Highway Patrol shall not be used to supplant expenditures of the City’s General Fund.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Grover Beach as follows:
SECTION 1. The submission of the application and acceptance of funds on behalf of the City of Grover Beach is ratified and approved.
SECTION 2. The City Council of the City of Grover Beach hereby agrees to, and by this Resolution, does accept the One Hundred Sixteen Thousand One Hundred Thirty-Three Dollars ($116,133) in grant funds awarded to the City without further action of the City Council being required.
SECTION 3. The City of Grover Beach agrees to comply with the terms, conditions and limitations of the Grant Agreement and the City Manager, or his designee, is hereby authorized and directed to execute any agreements, assurances, or other documents required or necessary for acceptance of the grant funding.
On motion by ________, seconded by _________, and on the following roll call vote, to wit:
AYES: Council Members:
NOES: Council Members:
ABSENT: Council Members:
ABSTAIN: Council Members:
Attachment 1
the foregoing Resolution was PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED at the Regular Meeting of the City Council of the City of Grover Beach, California, this 24th day of June, 2024. ___________________________________
KAREN BRIGHT, MAYOR
ATTEST:
______________________________
WENDI SIMS, CITY CLERK
** D R A F T **
State of California -- Transportation Agency GAVIN NEWSOM, Governor
DEPARTMENT OF CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL
Safety, Service, and Security An Internationally Accredited Agency 601 North 7th Street
Sacramento, CA 95811
(916) 843-4360
(800) 735-2929 (TT/TDD)
(800) 735-2922 (Voice)
June 6, 2024
File No.: 060.15426.17369
Michaela Basanese
Grover Beach Police Department
711 Rockaway Avenue
Grover Beach, CA 93433
Dear Ms. Basanese:
On behalf of the California Highway Patrol (CHP), it is my pleasure to inform you, the Grover Beach Police Department, is conditionally approved for Cannabis Tax Fund Grant Program (CTFGP) funding in the amount of $116,133.64. The purpose of this grant funding is to help your agency reduce and mitigate the impacts of impaired driving in your community.
The official Grant Agreement for signature is forthcoming. In order to execute your Grant Agreement, please provide documentation from a local governing body, authorizing your organization to receive this grant funding, to the Cannabis Grants Unit, by email at [email protected], as soon as possible.
Refer to California Code of Regulations Title 13, Division 2, Chapter 13, Section 1890.13(g) for additional information.
The CHP looks forward to partnering with you and your agency on this project in an effort to make California’s roadways a safer place to travel. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact the Cannabis Grants Unit at (916) 843-4360.
Sincerely,
K. M. DAVIS, Chief
Enforcement and Planning Division
Attachment 2