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Resolution No. 09991 1 1..~\V~ RESOLUTION NO. 9991 ~ 2 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNpIL OF THE CITY pF 3 VERNON PROVIDING FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CITIZENS OPTION FOR PUBLIC SAFETY (COPS) PROGRAM 4 FOR 2008-2009 5 6 WHEREAS, Assembly Bill 1913 (AB 1913) (Cardenas) was 7 chaptered into law on September 7,2000, for supplemental local law 8 enforcement funding pursuant to the bill; and 9 WHEREAS, AB 1913 provides $100,000,000 statewide for the 10 Citizens for Public Safety (COPS) Program; and. 11 WHEREAS, the County of Los Angeles has established a 12 Supplemental Law Enforcement Service Fund (SLESF) in accordance with 13 Section 30061 of the Government Code to receive AB 1913 funds which 14 have .been allocated for use in~Los Angeles County; and 15 WHEREAS, the City has established its own Supplemental. Law 16 Enforcement Service-Fund (SLESF) in accordance with Section 30061 of 17 the Government Code; and 18 WHEREAS, Assembly Bill 823 (AB 823) (Poochigian) was 19 chaptered into law on April 8, 2002, amending Sections 30061 and 30063 20 of the Government Code relating to law enforcement funding; and 21 WHEREAS, AB 823 provides that funds received be expended no ,22 later than June 30 of the following fiscal year; and 23 WHEREAS; the City of.Vernon has participated in the COPS 24 Program since 20.01 and receives its share of any funds available for 25 the purpose of ensuring .public safety through the procurement of 26 equipment to deter juvenile crime,- improving frontline municipal 27 police services and enhancing the effectiveness of its officers; and 28 WHEREAS, by memo dated May 20, 2009, the Chief of Police has 1 recommended that the Police Department be authorized to purchase crime 2 analysis and mapping software to enhance and provide timely, pertinent 3 information about crime patterns and crime trend correlations; and 4 WHEREAS, the City Council has conducted a public hearing to 5 consider 2.008.-2009 funding requests from the Chief of Police to use 6 COPS grant funds by June 30, 2011, for frontline law enforcement needs, 7 including but not limited to personnel, equipment and programs and 8 shall determine each submitted request as required by AB 823 in order 9 to enhance the effectiveness of its officers. 10 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE 11 CITY OF VERNON AS FOLLOWS: 12 SECTION 1: -The City Council of the City of Vernon hereby 13 finds and determines that the recitals contained hereinabove are true 14 and correct. 15 SECTION 2: The City Council of the City of Vernon hereby 16 directs that the City maintain its own Supplemental Law Enforcement 17 Service Fund (SLESF) as required by AB 823 and State law pursuant to 18 Government Code Sections 30061 and 30063. 19 SECTION 3: The City Council of the City of Vernon finds 20 that all persons have had the opportunity to be heard or to file 21 written comments to the expenditure of 200.8-2009 COPS grant funds 22 provided by AB 823, and after-due consideration of any and all 23 evidence submitted at the public-hearing determines that there are 24 compelling reasons to justify the expenditure of COPS grant funds for 25 the equipment requested by the Chief of Police. 26 SECTION 4: The City Council of the City of Vernon hereby 27 requests that the City's share of the funding be allocated to SLESF 28 for purposes of frontline law enforcement needs. - 2 - 1 ~ SECTION 5: The City Council of the City of Vernon hereby 2 directs the City Clerk, or her designee, to deliver a copy of this 3 Resolution to the appropriate person at the County of Los Angeles. 4 SECTION 6: The City Clerk of the City of Vernon shall 5 certify to the passage of this resolution, and thereupon and 6 thereafter the same shall be in fu11 force and effect. 7 APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 29th day of June, 2009. 8 9 Name: Hilario G©nzales 10 11 Title: Mayor ~--~4~rnr Prn mo„~~ 12 ATTEST: 13 14 UELA GIRON, Cit Clerk 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 - 3 - 1 STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) 2 ) ss COUNTY OF LOS ,ANGELES. ) 3 4 I, MANUELA GIRON, City Clerk of the City of Vernon, do hereby 5 certify that the foregoing Resolution, being Resolution No. 9991, was 6 duly adopted by the City Council of the City of Vernon at a regular 7 meeting of the City Council duly held on Monday, June 29, 2009, and 8 thereafter was duly signed by the Mayor or Mayor Pro-Tem of the City of 9 Vernon. 10 11 }~v~~ MANUELA GIRON, C ty Clerk 12 13 (SEAL) 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 _ 4 CITY CLERK'S OFFICE INTEROFFICE MEMORANDUM DATE: June 29, 2009 TO: Steve Towles, Chief of Police FRO Ne11y Giron, City Clerk RE: Resolution No. 9991 - A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Vernon Providing for the Implementation of the Citizens Option for Public Safety (COPS) Program for 2008-2009 Transmitted herewith is a copy of Resolution No. 9991, referenced above, which was approved by City Council on June 29, .2009, for you to hand deliver as indicated in Section 5 of the same. Thank you. NG : a~ c: Sharon Duckworth Resolution No. 9991. 4 OF. VET ~ ~ a, V ~~n II ~ eHOln 19~s t , (!~]r I/~ ryv ry~(p p~ CGS~I'ELY iNOV~~ C:~@~~~~~~1~1U~f La / '~f CI, i ~~YI~~~~ STAFF REPORT ~cIT~ ca ~ T~18UTION 9 \ Police Department - DATE: May 20, 2009 ~ . TO: Mayor and City Council FROM: Steve. Towles, Chief of Police RE: Citizen Options for Public Safety Program (COPS) Funds FY09 SUMMARY- . The Police Department will be receiving $100,000.00 through the Citizen Options for Public Safety Program (COPS) fund provided by Assembly Bill. 1913, Chapter 353. This program allows eligible cities, to receive a proportionate share of COPS funds appropriated by the State. The program began in fiscal year 1996-97 and continues to be funded. The Police department has received $75,000.00, of the allocated funds. The remaining allocated funds of $25,000.00 will be distributed by July 2009. The use of these funds is only for front-line municipal police services and should supplement, not supplant current front-line law enforcement services: COPS funds received during fiscal year 2008-09 must be expended or encumbered no later than June 30, 2009. Liquidation of the encumbered funds must be completed no later than June 30,.2011. All related purchases under this grant must be liquidated before the end of the liquidation date. There are no cost-share or match requirements associated with this grant. However, before spending these funds, a public hearing is required. According to information received fr=om the Supplemental Law Enforcement Oversight Committee which oversees the COPS Program, a public hearing for-the purposes of this grant can mean a staff report to,the City Council outlining what the funding will be spent on and then put on the Council. agenda under Public Hearings.- It can go as a consent item and then if no one pulls it off the agenda; we have complied with the legislative intent. ANALYSIS The Police department is requesting to utilize the available COPS funding towards the purchase of a crime analysis and mapping software developed by GeoSpacial Technologies, Incorporated (GST). The cost of this project is $120, 938.75. This i project will be funded through the use of COPS FY09 funds as wells as grant funding provided by the Department of Justice Assistance Grant program (JAG). Through the JAG program, the Police department has been allocated $20,967.00, to prevent and controlcrime and to improve the. criminal justice system. Participation and use of these funds have been approved by the Vernon City Council under resolution #9949, on May 11, 2009. Captain Rodino has conducted extensive research for this project and has provided a detailed justification for the purchase of new crime analytical and mapping software. Refer to the enclosed staff report. CONCLUSIONS The purchase of the GST crime analysis and mapping software will enhance and provide timely, pertinent information about crime patterns and crime trend correlations. As technology increases, there is a growing need to provide staff with the tools necessary for them to perform their jobs and serve the community effectively and efficiently. The Police department has participated in the COPS grant process for several years. Funding through this grant has allowed the police department to purchase equipment to ~,F'",,•,~oo@_fron± I~ng rp~InlSlp~l poll6e ~prylCes Tha fnllnwinn is a-list of previous participation in the COPS grant program: • COPS FY01, Approved by Minute Order, September 5, 2001 • COPS FY02, Resolution #8092, October 23, 2002 • COPS FY03, Resolution #8193, May 7, 2003 • COPS FY04, Resolution #8452, June 2, 2004 • COPS FY05, Resolution #8646, January 19, 2005 • COPS FY06, Resolution. #9063, June 7, 2006 • COPS FY07, Resolution #9348, June 25, 2007 • COPS FY08, Resolution #9634, June 16, 2008 COPS 09 funds not expended for the purchase of the GST software will be available for. use towards the purchase of other non-budgeted items that support front-line police services. (J!~ ~ , VERNONPOLICE DEPARTMENT -.MAY 2 ~ ZQQg OFFICE 1VIEMORANDUM CIIYCLERK'S o~F~G~ May21, 2009 TO: Donal O'Callaghan, City Administrator FROM: Steve Towles, Chief of Police SUBJECT: Staff Report -Citizen Options for Public Safety (COPS) Funds - FY 09 Attached. is a Staff Report which recommends. the City Council .adopt a resolution accepting the COPS FY09 funds in the amount of $100,000 and hold a public hearing to address the intended use for these funds, as required by the conditions of the grant. 'The public hearing requirement can be satisfied by having the public hearing placed on the agenda as a consent item and if it is not removed from the agenda, then we have met the legislative intent. Since 2001, the Police Department has received COPS grant funding from the State, as a result of legislative action that appropriates these funds to local. agencies. These funds, which must. be used to supplement rather than supplant agency budgets, have been used to purchase a variety of equipment that .support front-line police services. The COPS FY09 funds will be used towards the purchase GST crime analysis and mapping software as detailed in the accompanying Staff Report. REC~I~r~Y~ MIRY 2 ~ 2009 ~i ' + This space is for the County Clerk s Filing Stamp ~at~#exxt ~ra~x~ ~x~xltc~x#tvx~s, ~z~x~ The Only All Hispanic Owned Chain of Bilingual Newspapers 111 S. Avenue 59, Los Angeles, CA 90042-4211 Ph 323.341-7970 Fax 323.341-7976 www.egpnews.com PROOF' OF PUBLICATION (2015.5 C.C.P.) F R N IA, ~T1F@F-VBRf~tON COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES Proof of Publication of I am a citizen of the United States and a resident of the County aforementioned; I am over the age of eighteen years, and not a party to or interested in the above-entitled matter. I am the principal clerk of the .printer of N~ti~e ®f PJbiic Hearing: EASTERN GROUP PUBLICATIONS' June 29. 2009 To consider the EASTSIDE SUN. MEXICAN AMERICAN SUN. expenditure of Citizen Options for Public NORTHEAST SUN. BELL GARDENS SUN. Safety (COPS) Funds for fiscal year 2008-2009. VERNON SUN. COMMERCE COMET. CITYTERRACE COMET. MONTEBELLO COMET. MONTEREY PARK COMET. E.L.A. BROOKLYN BELVEDERE COMET AND NoTicE of Pueuc H~aRiNe WYVERNWOOD CHRONICLE. The City of Vernpn will conduct a Public Hearing to which you may attend. newspapers of general circulation, printed and ~ PLACE;. Vernon City Hall Cdy Council Chambers 4305 Santa Fe Avenue Vernon, CA 90058 published THU RSDAYS m the County of LoS DATE 8 TIME: June 29 2009, at 10;00 a.m., or as soon thereafter as the Angeles, and which newspaper has been adjudicated Fatter car; be Heard,:.` a news a er of eneral circulation b the Su erior PURPOSE: To consider the expenditure of Citizen Options for Public p p g y p ~ Safety (COPS) Funds for fiscal year 2008-2009 Tfie use Court of the County of Los Angeles State of ^f thesefuhdsisforfrgntlinen,unicipaipoliceservicesand , supplements not supplant, current front line law enforcement ~;arviras These funds must be used or encumbered by California, under the ~ ~ _i?09 date of JUNE 21, 1966, r ~~;~,I , r r~ ~~,ay atterid8nd address the aiy counal at the ~ time f lhi h rm~~, ~ in,, ~ ubmitwnften comments pnortothe heanng. CASE NUMBER 884861; If y I~ III n ~ the expenditure of COPS Funds as allocated, ocany that the notieP, of which .the annexed iS ~ printed provisi°~ here°t m °°urt, yoU may be limited to raising only those issues you i or someone else raised at the hearing descnbedin this notice or in written copy (set in type not smaller than nonpareil), has t °orrespo ~~~°e delivered to the City of Vem°n at, °r pr.or to;,the meeting. ~ been published in each regular and. entire issue of ~ Try l ,~Ing ~"'ay be ~dntmued ad;oumed o a stated time and place' without fiu ~Vo- ~ notice of apublic hearing, said newspaper and not in any supplement thereof Dated 'June 15, 2009 s ~ Manue,a Giron City Clerk on the following dates, to-wit: JUNE 18, all in the year 2009. I certify (or declare) under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct. Dated at .LOS ANGELES, California, this 18~day of JUNE, 2009. Signature r ~ This space is for the County Clerk's Filing Stamp ~~x~#exxt ~r~~x}~ ~x.~C~c~~t~xts, ~xtr~ The Only All Hispanic Owneil Chain of Bilingual Newspapers 111 S. Avenue 59, Los Angeles, CA 90042-4211 Ph 323.341-7970 Fax 323.341-7976 www.egpnews.com PROOF OF PUBLICATION (2015.5 C.C.P.) ~F-C-atrF~Rnrr , GI-TIr-aF-~~R-r~o~~ COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES Proof of Publication of 1 am a citizen of the United States and a resident of the County aforementioned; I am over the age of eighteen years, and not a party to or interested in the above-entitled matter. I am the principal clerk of the printer of Notice'of Public Hearing: EASTERN GROUP PUBLICATIONS' June 29. 2009 To consider the EASTSIDE SUN. MEXICAN AMERICAN SUN, expenditure of Citizen Options for Public NORTHEAST SUN. BELL GARDENS SUN. Safety (COPS) Funds for fiscal year 2008-2009. VERNON SUN. COMMERCE COMET. CITYTERRACE COMET. MONTEBELLO COMET. MONTEREY PARK COMET.. E.L.A. BROOKLYN BELVEDERE COMET AND NoTicE of Pus~ic HEaRiN~. WYVERNWOOD CHRONICLE. The City of Vernon Will conduct a Public Hearing to which you may attend. newspapers of general circulation, printed and ~ PLACE: Vernon ~~~Y Hall, City council Chambers 4305 Santa Fe Avenue, Verhon, CA 90058., published THURSDAYS in the County of Los ~ DATE & TIME: -June 29;2009 at 10:00 a.m. or as soon thereafter as ttie Angeles, and which newspaper has been adjudicated - o,~tter nari he heard.: a news a er of eneral circulation b the Su erior ~ PURPOSE: To consider the exp,epditure of Citizen Options for f ublic p p g Y p Safety (COPS) Funds for fiscal year 2008-2009. The use Court of the Count of Los An eles State Of of these funds is for front line municipal police services and Y g ~ 'ubplemerit,rtotsupplant,airrentfrontlinelawenforcement services. `.These{frihds must be used or'encumbefed by California, under the ~ ~ ~I,~,~ ~~,09 ~I date of JUNE 21, 1966, Any interested personri,ay attend and address the cty council at the ,i time~of the hearing or may, submit written comments prior to the heanng. CASE NUMBER 884861; ' If ~ i li II nge the expenditure of COPS Funds as allocated or any that the r?otice, of .which the. annexed is a printed pr°v~s~o~ II r t court y°d n,ay be limited t° raising only th°se ~SSaeS y°~ - i or some i ~ raised of the heanng described in this notice or to wptten t copy (set in type not smaller than nonpareil), -has , correspZ ~ ~ _ ~iolivered to the Cdy of Vernon at; or prior to; the meeting. been published in each regular and entire issue of T. mOg n,ay be °entinued °r ad,ourned to a stated time and Gila°~ without further notice of a public heanng. said newspaper and not in any supplement thereof Dated `June 15; 2009 ~s (ManUela Giron City Clerk on the following dates, to-wit: JUNE 18, all in the year 2009. I certify (or declare) under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct. Dated at LOS ANGELES, California, this 18th day of JUNE, 2009. Signature i