SR-701-011 (3)
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City Council Meeting: November 11, 2003 Santa Monica, California
TO: Mayor and City Council
FROM: City Staff
SUBJECT: Acceptance of $20,456 grant award from the California Office of Traffic
Safety in Support of the national Sobriety Checkpoint Program For Local
Law Enforcement Agencies.
INTRODUCTION
This report recommends the City Council accept a $20,456 mini-grant award from the
California Office of Traffic Safety (OTS), authorize the City Manager to execute the
related agreement with OTS, and appropriate the grant funds. The OTS grant will allow
the Santa Monica Police Department to conduct additional sobriety checkpoints, in
Santa Monica, during the December 19, 2003 ? January 4, 2004 and June 25, 2004 ?
July 10, 2004 holiday periods.
BACKGROUND
The goal of the national Sobriety Checkpoint Program for Local Law Enforcement
Agencies is to reduce the number of victims killed and injured in alcohol involved
crashes. Law enforcement agencies participating in the program will conduct sobriety
checkpoints during a seventeen day period that covers December 19, 2003 ? January
4, 2004 and during a sixteen day period that covers June 25, 2004 ? July 10, 2004. The
theme for the national campaign is ?You Drink & Drive, You Lose?.
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DISCUSSION
OTS obtained the $20,456 of grant funding from the National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration (NHTSA) and is passing through the federal funds to the City of Santa
Monica. No City matching funds are required to obtain this funding. OTS will disburse
grant funds for eligible expense subsequent to receipt of a reimbursement request from
the City. It is projected that, with the grant funding, Santa Monica Police Department
will be able to conduct four additional sobriety checkpoint operations during the two
previously mentioned holiday periods.
BUDGET/FINANCIALIMPACT
The following FY 2003-2004 budget changes will be needed to record receipt of the
OTS grant funding and to make it available for program use:
1. Establish a budget of $20,456 in revenue account number 01304.403320.
2. Appropriate the $20,456 of grant funds to Police Department operating budget
account number 01306.511490.
RECOMENDATION
It is recommended that the City Council:
Accept the California Office of Traffic Safety mini-grant in the amount of $20,456
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and authorize the City Manager to execute a grant agreement with OTS for the
purpose of receiving grant funds and supporting the national Sobriety Checkpoint
Program in Santa Monica; and
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2. Appropriate the grant funds and approve other budget changes described above.
Prepared and submitted by: James T. Butts, Jr., Chief of Police
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