SR 12-13-2022 5M
City Council
Report
City Council Meeting: December 13, 2022
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To: Mayor and City Council
From: Ramon Batista, Police Chief, Police Department
Subject: Adoption of a Resolution Authorizing Acceptance of the Alcoholic Beverage
Control Grant
Recommended Action
Staff recommends that the City Council:
1. Adopt the attached resolution authorizing the acceptance of a grant awarded in
the amount of $44,000 from the California Department of Alcoholic Beverage
Control (ABC) for the 2022-23 ABC-OTS Grant Program in the Police
Department.
2. Authorize the City Manager to execute all necessary documents to accept the
grant and all grant renewals.
3. Authorize budget changes as outlined in the Financial Impacts & Budget Actions
section of this report.
Summary
The Santa Monica Police Department (SMPD) has been awarded a California
Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) grant in the amount of $44,000.
Funds must be used by the end of the grant period, or by August 31, 2023. No local
match is required. The grant aims to enhance community wellbeing by reducing youth
access to alcoholic beverages using both education and enforcement strategies. The
goal is to reduce underage drinking as well as Driving Under the Influence (DUI) driving
injuries and fatalities.
Discussion
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This ABC grant comes from the California Office of Traffic Safety (OTS) through the
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. The city has previously received grant
funding from this and similar ABC grant programs in 2016, 2019, and 2021.
Similar to previous ABC-OTS grants, the 2022 ABC-OTS grant would fund the following
overtime operations:
• Minor Decoy Operations – The Minor Decoy program is designed to educate and
deter licensed locations from selling alcohol to minors. The program uses
supervised individuals, under the age of 20, to attempt to purchase alcohol at
licensed premises. This program has proven to be an effective tool in promoting
responsible practices in the sale of alcoholic beverages by licensees, reducing
substance abuse, and enhancing community welfare by limiting underage access
to alcohol.
• Shoulder Tap Operations – The Shoulder Tap Program is used to detect and
deter adults who furnish alcohol to minors. “Shoulder Tapping” refers to the
practices used by minors to obtain alcohol from adult strangers near off-sale
retail outlets. The Shoulder Tap program uses supervised individuals under the
age of 20. During the operation the minors attempt to have an adult purchase
alcohol for them at licensed ABC establishments.
• Informed Merchants Preventing Alcohol-Related Crime Tendencies (IMPACT)
inspections – the primary goal is to educate licensees on alcohol related laws to
help reduce alcohol-related crime in and around licensed premises. SMPD
officers will conduct visits and inspection of licensed premises identifying areas of
non-compliance. There is follow up to ensure any issues are addressed.
• Holiday Enforcement – This program consists of working general undercover and
high-profile enforcement targeting underage drinking, sales/furnishing to minors,
sales to obviously intoxicated patrons, and other related violations.
The grant would require press releases to be issued at the conclusion of each Minor
Decoy, Shoulder Tap, and IMPACT operation.
Environmental Review
This is not a project for the purposes of the California Environmental Quality Act.
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Past Council Actions
Meeting Date Description
12/14/21 (attachment
A)
Accept ABC Grant Award $20,000
08/13/19 (attachment
B)
Accept ABC Grant Award $66,519
Financial Impacts and Budget Actions
Staff seeks authority to accept a grant from the California Department of Alcohol
Beverage Control.
FY 2022-23 Grant Budget Changes
Establish Revenue Budget Appropriate Funds
Account Number Amount Account Number Amount
20180002.404617 $44,000 20180002.555163.21035 $44,000
If renewals are awarded, budget changes will be included in subsequent year budgets,
contingent on Council budget approval.
Prepared By: Jose Arroyo, Senior Administrative Analyst
Approved
Forwarded to Council
Attachments:
A. Staff Report - December 14, 2021
B. Staff Report - August 13, 2019
C. Resolution - ABC Grant - 2022-23 (12-13-22)
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City Council Meeting: December 13, 2022 Santa Monica, California
RESOLUTION NUMBER _________ (CCS)
(City Council Series)
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA AUTHORIZING THE ACCEPTANCE OF A GRANT
AWARD IN THE AMOUNT OF $44,000 FROM THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA GRANT
ASSISTANCE PROGRAM FOR THE ALCOHOLIC POLICING PARTERNSHIP
PROGRAM
WHEREAS, the City of Santa Monica (the “City) desires to reduce alcohol related
crimes of all types in Santa Monica and stem the access of youth to alcohol in Santa
Monica by using a comprehensive program of enforcement and education strategies with
a focus on prevention
WHEREAS, in furtherance of these goals, the City desires to undertake an alcohol-
related crime reduction and prevention program to be funded in part by grant funding
made available through the Alcohol Policing Partnership Program (“APP”) administered
by the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control (“ABC”), and
WHEREAS, the opportunities afforded to the City by the grant funding provided by
ABC include the support of targeted operations such as the Minor Decoy and Shoulder
Tap programs, undercover operations, and IMPACT (Informed Merchants Preventing
Alcohol-Related Crime Tendencies) inspections, and
WHEREAS, the City will also use ABC grant funding to provide training to the City’s
sworn personnel on ABC’s recommended enforcement and prevention methods and
techniques, and
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Packet Pg. 353 Attachment: Resolution - ABC Grant - 2022-23 (12-13-22) (5465 : ABC Grant 2022-23)
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WHEREAS. ABC has offered, and the City desires to accept, certain APP grant
funds from ABC in an amount equal to Forty-Four Thousand Dollars ($44,000) in order to
fund such enforcement during Fiscal Year 2022-23.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA
DOES RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. The City Manager, or his or her designee, is authorized to accept the
grant, and to negotiate, enter into, execute, and deliver a State of California Standard
Agreement (“Standard Agreement”) in the amount of forty-four thousand dollars
($44,000), and any and all other documents deemed necessary or appropriate to
evidence and secure Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control (“ABC”) Alcohol Policing
Partnership Program (“APP”) grant, the City’s obligation related thereto, and any
extensions or amendments thereto.
SECTION 2. The grant funds received hereunder shall not be used to supplant
expenditures controlled by the City Council.
SECTION 3. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this Resolution, and
thenceforth and thereafter the same shall be in full force and effect.
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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Douglas Sloan, City Attorney
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Packet Pg. 354 Attachment: Resolution - ABC Grant - 2022-23 (12-13-22) (5465 : ABC Grant 2022-23)