REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL
December 12, 2019
FROM: ANDREW HALL, Chief of Police
Police Department
BY: DONALD GROSS, Acting Deputy Chief
Support Division
SUBJECT
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Actions pertaining to the 2019 Off-Highway Vehicle (OHV) Grant Program:
1. Authorize the Chief of Police to accept $46,242 in grant funding for the 2019 Off-Highway Vehicle grant program awarded to the Fresno Police Department from the State of California Department of Parks and Recreation;
2. Authorize the Chief of Police to execute the agreement and all related documents applicable to the 2019 OHV grant including amendments and extensions; and
3. ***RESOLUTION - 20th Amendment to the Annual Appropriation Resolution (AAR) No. 2019-133 appropriating $46,300 for the Police Department’s OHV grant program (Requires 5 affirmative votes) (Subject to Mayor’s veto).
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RECOMMENDATIONS
Staff recommends that Council authorize acceptance of $46,242 in grant funding from the State of California Department of Parks and Recreation for the purchase of a Ford F-250 truck and overtime for enforcement near the San Joaquin River bottom, authorize the Chief of Police or designee to execute all required documents, and adopt the 20th Amendment to AAR No. 2019-133 to appropriate $46,300 funding into the FY 2020 budget.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The State of California’s Department of Parks and Recreation has awarded $46,242 in grant funding to the City of Fresno Police Department to provide additional enforcement near the San Joaquin River bottom. The grant period began September 5, 2019, and concludes June 30, 2020.
BACKGROUND
The river bottom patrol officers are responsible for enforcing all off-highway vehicle violations and suppressing all other criminal activity in the undeveloped areas surrounding the San Joaquin River in the City of Fresno. These areas are inaccessible by traditional police patrol vehicles and require the use of specialized off-highway vehicles. The department currently uses two 2014 Suzuki DRZ 400 dual-sport motorcycles and an all-terrain police utility vehicle. This grant will fund overtime for sworn officers that are trained on these vehicles and are familiar with the river bottom terrain; and purchase of a Ford F-250 truck that will be utilized to transport the all-terrain police utility vehicle to the River bottom. Officers will provide enforcement and education to patrons near the San Joaquin river bottom focusing on Off-Highway Vehicle laws and other problems surrounding river bottom use.
Grant funds will augment the Traffic Bureau’s river bottom patrol by providing overtime enforcement operations. The grant requires a minimum cost share/match of 25 percent of the total project cost or about $15,422. The match will be provided through additional enforcement operations through the Police Department Traffic Enforcement Bureau’s general fund.
ENVIRONMENTAL FINDINGS
This is not a “project” for the purposes of CEQA, pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15378.
LOCAL PREFERENCE
Local preference is not applicable because authorizing receipt of grant funds is not a bid or award of a services contract.
FISCAL IMPACT
There is a 25 percent minimum cost share/match on this grant funding. The Police Department will redirect Traffic Bureau officers on straight time to focus on river bottom enforcement as the 25% cost share/match requirement totaling $15,422. If approved, funding for this program will have no impact on the City of Fresno’s General Fund. This is a reimbursement-based grant with all expenditures reimbursed on a quarterly basis.
Attachments:
20th Amendment to the Annual Appropriations Resolution No. 2019-133
Resolution
Project Agreement