| | | | | | | | Agenda Item - 3.c.
City of Garden Grove
INTER-DEPARTMENT MEMORANDUM
| To: | Lisa Kim
| From: | Amir El-Farra
| | Dept.: | City Manager
| Dept.: | Police Chief
| | Subject: | Adoption of a Resolution approving signing authority for a grant agreement with the California Board of State and Community Corrections. (Action Item) | Date: | 10/24/2023 |
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| | | | | | | | OBJECTIVE
To request the City of Garden Grove City Council adopt a resolution authorizing the City Manager to sign the grant agreement with the California Board of State and Community Corrections (BSCC) for the Organized Retail Theft Prevention Grant Program (the Program). |
| | | | | | | | BACKGROUND
The Program, established in the 2022 State Budget Act (Assembly Bill 154, Chapter 43, Statutes of 2022), provides approximately $242M for city police departments, sheriff departments, and probation departments to support local law enforcement agencies in preventing and responding to organized retail theft, motor vehicle or motor vehicle accessory theft, and/or cargo theft. |
| | | | | | | | DISCUSSION
The California Board of State and Community Corrections Organized Retail Theft Prevention Grant Program eligible activities include three “Program Purpose Areas” (PPA):
- PPA 1: Organized Retail Theft
- PPA 2: Motor Vehicle or Motor Vehicle Accessory Theft
- PPA 3: Cargo Theft
The Police Department’s successful grant application focused on Organized Retail Theft and Motor Vehicle/Motor Vehicle Accessory Theft, and the City was awarded approximately $1.3M for a License Plate Reader (LPR) program and monthly directed enforcement operations related to the grant purpose areas. |
| | | | | | | | FINANCIAL IMPACT
Acceptance of the grant provides the City approximately $1.3M for a License Plate Reader (LPR) program and monthly directed enforcement operations related to the grant purpose areas. There is no additional funding needs or matching requirements from the City. |
| | | | | | | | RECOMMENDATION
It is recommended that the City Council:
- Adopt a resolution authorizing the City Manager, or her designee, to sign the grant agreement with the California Board of State and Community Corrections (BSCC) for the Organized Retail Theft Prevention Grant Program, including any amendments thereof.
By: Courtney Cibosky, Fiscal Analyst
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| ATTACHMENTS: | | Description | Upload Date | Type | File Name | | ORT Grant - Draft Resolution | 10/12/2023 | Resolution | ORT_Grant-BSCC_Resolution_signing_authority_CC_10-12-2023_DRAFT.docx |
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