HomeMy WebLinkAbout2000-03-20 City Council (17)City of Palo Alto
C ty Manager’s Repor
TO:
FROM:
DATE:
HONORABLE CITY COUNCIL
CITY MANAGER
MARCH 20, 2000
DEPARTMENT:
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POLICE 7
SUBJECT:APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING CITY OF PALO
ALTO’S JUVENILE ACCOUNTABILITY INCENTIVE BLOCK
GRANT FUNDS TO SANTA CLARA COUNTY
RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends that the Council approve the attached resolution that waives the City of Palo
Alto’s fight to Juvenile Accountability Incentive Block Grant (JAIBG) funds and authorizes the
funds to be awarded to the Santa Clara County Juvenile Probation Department.
BACKGROUND
Recently, the State Office of Criminal Justice Planning (OCJP) distributed requests for
proposals for the JAIBG that it administers. Under the grant guidelines, either individual
agencies or regional coalitions may submit applications. Specific funding allocations are made
to agencies based upon a weighted formula of law enforcement expenditures and the average
annual number of Uniform Crime Report Part I violent crimes for the last three calendar years.
The funds of individual agencies that do not directly apply for individual grants revert to the
State unless the local agencies formally request that the funds be diverted to larger agencies or
a regional-coalition. Qualifying agencies must waive their rights to direct grant awards and
request that the funds to awarded to, and expended for, the benefit of larger agencies or regional
coalitions.
DISCUSSION
Police Department staff reviewed the programs that were eligible for funding and determined
that Palo Alto could meet only one of the 12 program requirements. As a result, a decision was
made not to directly apply for the grant funds. However, the Santa Clara County Juvenile
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Probation Department (SCCJPD) has requested that those cities in the County who do not plan
on applying for t,heir grant allocation authorize the funds be awarded to the SCCJPD.
Several eligible cities in the County, including Gilroy, Campbell, San Jose, Milpitas, Mountain
View and Morgan Hill, are waiving their fight to their allocated grant funds and will request the
funds be awarded to SCCJPD. Representatives from SCCJPD have indicated that the grant
funds would be used for juvenile crime mapping and truancy abatement programs that would
be implemented Countywide.
The truancy abatement program will provide the ability for SCCJDP and the District Attomey’s
Office to track those juveniles who have been identified as truants and their parents. Currently,
it is not uncommon for parents to move or transfer their children to another district in order to
avoid being held accountable for their children’s truancy. Grant funds will allow the
development of a database that consists of all school district information in the County.
The Santa Clara District Attorney’s Office has embarked on a project that eventually would
provide the mapping of all crimes committed in the County. There will be three maps: all
crimes, crimes committed by juveniles, and crimes committed by adults. The information will
be used to track Countywide trends, assist in decision making on allocation of resources, and
aid in regional community policing efforts. The grant funds will cover the preliminary work
needed for the development of the juvenile mapping program.
RESOURCE IMPACT
Palo Alto’s allocation of.JAIB grant funds in the amount of $19,687 would be released for
expenditure by SCCJPD.
POLICY IMPLICATIONS
This request is consistent with existing City policies and Policy G-7 and G-9 of the
Comprehensive Plan.
ATTACHMENTS
Resolution
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PREPARED BY: Lynne Johnson, Assistant Police Chief
DEPARTMENT HEAD:
Patrick Dwyer,
CITY MANAGER APPROVAL:
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RESOLUTION NO.
RESOLUTION DECLINING THE CITY OF PALO ALTO’S
SUBGRANT ENTITLEMENT UNDER THE JUVENILE
ACCOUNTABILITY INCENTIVE PROGRAMAND AUTHORIZING
REDISTRIBUTION OF’THAT ENTITLEMENT TO SANTA CLARA
COUNTY FOR MUTUALLY BENEFICIAL JUVENILE CRIME
ENFORCEMENT PROGRAMS
WHEREAS, the City of Pal0 Alto is entitled to apply for
subgrant funds made available through the Juvenile Accountability
Incentive Block Grant (JAIBG) Program administered by the Office of
Criminal Justice Planning (hereafter referred to as OCJP); and,
WHEREAS, ~he City of Palo Alto cannot
subgrant entitlements because it does not
qualification standards under the program; and,
utilize those
meet all the
WHEREAS, any subgrant entitlements revert to the State of
California if they are not utilized within the fiscal year and are
not declined in favor of larger governmental agencies or regional
agencies; and,
WHEREAS, the Council of the City of Palo Alto desires to
decline its entitlement and authorize its redistribution to the
County of Santa Clara for inclusion in its application for funding
of mutually beneficial juvenile crime enforcement programs
supervised by the Juvenile Probation Department;~
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED:
SECTION io The City of Palo Alto hereby declines its right
to its entire direct subgrant award under the Juvenile
Accountability Incentive Block Grant Program for fiscal year 1999-
2000 and authorizes the funds to be redistributed in support of the
application of santa Clara County for juvenile crime enforcement
programs for the mutual benefit of both units of local government.
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SECTION 2. The Council of the City of Palo Alto hereby
determines that this action does not constitute a project for which
environmental review is required under the California Environmental
Quality Act.
INTRODUCED:
PASSED:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTENTIONS:
ATTEST:APPROVED:
City Clerk Mayor
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Senior Asst. City Attorney
City Manager
Police Chief
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