SR-08-27-2013-3BCity of City Council Report
Santa Monies
City Council Meeting: Aug 27, 2013
Agenda Item:
To: Mayor and City Council
From: Jacqueline A. Seabrooks, Chief of Police
Subject: UC Berkeley Sobriety Checkpoint Grant
Recommended Actions
Staff recommends that the City Council:
1. Authorize the City Manager to accept a no match grant award in the amount of
$45,000 from the University of California Berkeley — Safe Transportation Research
and Education Center in Support of the Sobriety Checkpoint Grant Program.
2. Authorize the budget changes outlined in the Financial Impacts and Budget Actions
section of this report.
Executive Summary
In support of the City's efforts to reduce occurrences of victims killed and injured in
alcohol -involved collisions, the Police Department has secured a one year grant in the
amount of $45,000 from the University of California Berkeley — Safe Transportation and
Education Center. The funds, which are only available for overtime operations, would be
used to operate a one-year Sobriety Checkpoint Grant with best practice strategies
which include DUI checkpoints only. 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 alcohol -involved collisions in Santa Monica.
The annual Sobriety Checkpoint grant allows for the enhancement of the Police
Department's efforts to address and further reduce occurrences of these accidents and
to generally improve traffic safety. University of California Berkeley is the only grantor
of funding specifically directed towards law enforcement DUI Checkpoint operations.
The Police Department has received such grants for over ten years from the California
Office of Traffic Safety who handed off the administration of this funding to the
University of California Berkeley last year.
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This grant would fund four DUI Checkpoints during the term of October 1, 2013 through
September 30, 2014.
Financial Impacts & Budget Actions
Award of a $45,000 grant from the Office of Traffic Safety in support of reducing
occurrences of victims killed and injured in alcohol -involved collisions requires the
following FY 2013-14 budget changes:
1. Establish a revenue budget at account number 20306.406854 in the amount of
$45,000.
2. Appropriate the following expenditures to reflect receipt of the Sobriety Checkpoint
grant:
$5,800 expenditure cost at account number 20306.553012
$39,200 personnel cost at account number 20306.511490 89000w.
Prepared by: Lindsey C. Folsom, Staff Assistant III
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Forwarded to Council:
Rod Gould
City Manager
Reference:
Award No. 9788 (CCS)