SR-08-28-2012-3GI
City o City Council Report
Santa Monica*
City Council Meeting: August 28, 2012
Agenda Item: 5 C
To: Mayor and City Council
From: Jacqueline A. Seabrooks, 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 $100,000
from the California Office of Traffic Safety in Support of the Selective Traffic
Enforcement Program.
2) Authorize budget 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 $100,000 from the
California Office of Traffic Safety. The funds, which are only available for overtime
operations, would be used to operate a one -year Selective Traffic Enforcement Program
(STEP) with best practice strategies which include DUI saturation patrols, distracted
driving and motorcycle safety operations. These strategies are designed to earn media
attention, thus enhancing the overall deterrent effect.
Discussion
One of the Police Department's priorities is to work to reduce the incidences of injury
and fatal collisions in Santa Monica.
The annual STEP grant allows for the enhancement of the Police Department's efforts
to address and further reduce occurrences of these accidents and to generally improve
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traffic safety. OTS is the only grantee of funding specifically directed towards law
enforcement traffic safety operations. The Police Department has received such grants
for approximately the last ten years.
The grant would fund the following officer overtime operations during the term of
October 1, 2012 through September 31, 2013:
• 8 DUI Saturation Patrols
• 8 Distracted Driving Enforcement Operations
• 4 Motorcycle Safety Enforcement Operations
Some of the $100,000 in grant funds would be used to purchase supplies to assist in
making the above operations more efficient and effective. Supplies might include a
mobile point of arrest DUI detector and traffic cones to delineate specified traffic control
areas.
Financial Impacts & Budget Action
The following FY2012 -2013 budget changes will be necessary:
1. Establish a revenue budget in the amount of $100,000 at account number
20306.406852.
2. Appropriate the following operating expenditures:
$6,000 expenditure costs at account number 20306.576512.
$94,000 personnel costs at account number 20306.511490 88996 W.
Prepared By: Lindsey C. Folsom, Staff Assistant III
Approved:
Forwarded to Council:
ie A. Seabrooks Rod Gould
Police City Manager
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