SR 08-09-2011 3BCity Council Meeting: August 9, 2011
Agenda Item: ~-~
To: Mayor and City. Council
From: Timothy J. Jackman, Chief of Police
Subject: California Office of Traffic Safety Grant
Recommended Action
Staff recommends that the City Council:
1) Authorize the City Manager to accept a no match grant in the amount of $158,000
from the California Office of Traffic Safety in Support of the Selective Traffic
Enforcement Program.
2) Authorize budgetary changes as outlined in the Financial Impact & Budget Action
section of this report.
Executive Summary
In support of the City's efforts to further reduce occurrences of injury and fatal collisions
and to improve the City's positioning in the California Office of Traffic Safety (OTS)
rankings, the Police Department secured a grant in the amount of $158,000 from the
California Office of Traffic Safety. The funds, which are only available for overtime
operations, would be used to operate aone-year Selective Traffic Enforcement Program
(STEP) with best practice strategies which include DUI/driver's license checkpoints,
saturation patrols, and traffic and motorcycle safety operations. These strategies are
designed to earn media attention, thus enhancing the overall deterrent effect.
Discussion
Each year there are a number of injury and fatal collisions in the City of Santa Monica.
The annual STEP grant allows for the enhancement of the Police Department's efforts
to address and further reduce incidences of injury and fatal collisions and to generally
improve traffic safety. OTS is the only grantee of funding specifically directed towards
law enforcement traffic safety operations. The Police Department has received such
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grants for approximately the last ten years.
The grant would support the following operations:
• 6 DUI/DL Checkpoints and 10 DUI Saturation Patrols
• 12 Red Light, Intersection and Speed Enforcement Operations
• 2 Motorcycle Safety Enforcement Operations
Some of the $158,000 in grant funds would be used to purchase supplies to assist in
making the above operations more efficient and effective. Supplies might include a
generator and lights for night-time operations, signage for DUI/DL checkpoints, and
traffic cones to delineate specified traffic control areas.
Financial Impacts & Budget Action
The following FY2011-2012 budget changes will be necessary:
1. Establish a revenue budget in the amount of $158,000 at account number
20306.406851.
2. Appropriate the following operating expenditures:
$6,260 expenditure costs at account number 20306.576511.
$151,740 personnel costs at account number 20306.511490 88995 W.
Prepared By: Kevin McGowan, Assistant to the Chief of Police
Approved:
Ti oth J. Jackman
Chie Police
Forwarded to Council:
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Rod Gould
City Manager
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