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C ty Manager’s Report
TO:HONORABLE CITY COUNCIL
FROM:
DATE:
SUBJECT:
CITY MANAGER
JANUARY 13, 2003
RECEIPT OF CALIFORNIA
EQUIPMENT PROGRAM (CLEEP) FUNDS
AMOUNT OF $25,022
DEPARTIVIENT: POLICE
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LAW ENFORCEMENT
IN THE
This is an informational report and no Council action is required.
BACKGROUND
The 2002 State Budget Act allocated $18.5 million in California Law Enforcement
Equipment Program (CLEEP) monies to cities for one-time grants to local law
enforcement agencies for the purchase of high-technology equipment. This year’s
allocation represents the third consecutive year that this funding has been made
available to local agencies, although at a si~o-nificantly lower level of funding. The
2001-02 State budget provision requires that the State Contro!ler allocate a
minimum pant of $15,000 to each police department and sheriff’s office in the
State, with the balance of any remaining funds to be allocated in accordance with
the proportionate share of the State’s total population-that resides in each county
and city. The Palo Alto Police Department has received $25,022 in CLEEP funds
for the current fiscal year.
DISCUSSION
Staff intends on using the ful! award of funds for professional services to provide
an interface of several existing software brograms, so that an electronic display, in
real-time, of critical incidents and deployed resources on a map utilizing integrated
data from the City’s 9-1-1 system, Computer Aided Dispatch (CAD) and
Geographic Information System (GIS) can be developed. As part of the beginning
strategies to address homeland security issues in the City, staff plans to utilize a
map-based system to monitor and manage resources and emergency incidents
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from workstations either in the Emergency Operations Center (EOC) or from other
remote locations. Once inte~ated, these systems will enable command staff to
accurately track personnel assigned to a localized emergency and more effectively
manage City resources during maj or incidents.
RESOURCE IMPACT
Palo Alto’s CLEEP allocation of $25,022 has been received. Revenue with
offsetting expenses in the Police Department’s 2002-03 budget will be adjusted in
the mid-year Budget Amendment Ordinance. This adjustment will have no impact
on the Budget Stabilization Reserve and no furore year General Fund ongoing
costs are anticipated.
ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW
This project is exempt from the requirements of the California Environmental
Quality Act (CEQA), pursuant to Section 15301 of the CEQA guidelines.
PREPARED BY:
SHERYL dO. CONTOIS
Technical Services Coordinator
DEPARTMENT HEAD:
PATRICK DWYER
Chief of Police
CITY MANAGER APPROVAL:
EMI~-~’-HARRISON
Assistant City Manager
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