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OAKLAND CITY COUNCIL
RESOLUTION NO. C.M.S.
Approved as to Form and Legality
Jady Leung (Aug 23, 2024 16:04 PDT)
City Attorney
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY ADMINISTRATOR TO
ACCEPT AND APPROPRIATE A GRANT AWARD IN THE AMOUNT OF
ONE HUNDRED SEVENTY THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS
($170,500) FROM THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL
(CHP) IMPAIRED DRIVING SECTION FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2024- 2026, TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE OAKLAND POLICE
DEPARTMENT (OPD) CRIME LABORATORY.
WHEREAS, In November 2016 California voters approved the “Control, Regulate, and Tax Adult Use of Marijuana Act” (AUMA), also known as Proposition 64, which legalized the recreational use of cannabis in California for people 21 years old and older, and mandated the state set aside funding for the California Highway Patrol (CHP) to disperse for the education, prevention, and enforcement of impaired driving laws; and
WHEREAS, Grant funds totaling one hundred seventy thousand five hundred dollars ($170,500) have been awarded to Oakland by CHP for the purchase of Crime Laboratory (Crime Lab) chemicals, supplies, instrument service contracts as well as funding to cover Crime Lab staff training; and
WHEREAS, OPD is currently unable to ascertain whether a driver pulled over for driving under the influence has any drugs in their system using the County of Alameda’s well-established DUI breath testing program; and
WHEREAS, the grant funds will be used to purchase supplies which the Crime Lab will provide to OPD officers to assist them in tentatively identifying drivers under the influence of drugs; and
WHEREAS, the grant funds will be used to purchase chemicals, supplies and in- strument service contracts which will help the Crime Lab improve and advance the standardization of practices in support of toxicology analysis related to alcohol and other drugs, including cannabis and cannabis products; and
WHEREAS, investments in technologies and related training will specifically focus on helping to identify drugged and poly-drug impaired drivers and exhibits associated with DUI/DUID investigations; and
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WHEREAS, the CHP grant award period of performance is July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2026; and
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HEREAS, this grant-funded training will help the Crime Lab’s staff develop and validate methods that can be used to examine exhibits related to DUI/DUID investiga- tions, bridge OPD’s information gap to better understand how cannabis usage overlaps with DUIs, and to develop statistical data regarding the number of impaired drivers who have alcohol and drugs in their system while driving; therefore be it R
ESOLVED: That the City Council does hereby authorize the City Administrator to accept and appropriate a grant award in the amount one hundred sev- enty thousand five hundred dollars ($170,500) from CHP; and be it F
URTHER RESOLVED: That the grant funds shall be maintained in the State of California Grant Fund: 2159, Crime Laboratory Organization: 102610; Criminalistics:
PS04, in a Project to be determined; and be it
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URTHER RESOLVED: That the City Council hereby authorizes the City Administrator or designee to act as an agent to conduct all negotiations and related actions and to sign all applications and agreements that may be necessary for the completion of the aforementioned grant; and be it
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URTHER RESOLVED: That the City Administrator or designee is authorized to extend the active grant period beyond the original end date if allowed by the grantor without returning to Council.
IN COUNCIL, OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA,
PASSED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE:
AYES – FIFE, GALLO, JENKINS, KALB, KAPLAN, RAMACHANDRAN, REID, AND PRESIDENT FORTUNATO BAS NOES -
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ABSTENTION -
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TTEST:
Asha Reed
City Clerk and Clerk of the Council
of the City of Oakland, California