PREPARED BY: PEGGY CHOU DATE OF MEETING: 11/20/2023
SUBJECT:
TITLE
PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER ADOPTING RESOLUTION ACCEPTING AND APPROPRIATING $14,922 IN FUNDS TO BE RECEIVED FROM THE 2023 JUSTICE ASSISTANCE GRANT (JAG) PROGRAM, AND AUTHORIZING THE FUNDS TO PAY FOR CONTINUED SUBSCRIPTION SERVICES FOR TWENTY CRADLEPOINT MOBILE ROUTERS TO SUPPORT EXISTING SAN PABLO POLICE DEPARTMENT OPERATIONS.
CEQA: The proposed action is not a project as defined by CEQA.
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CITY MANAGER RECOMMENDATION
Recommendation
Conduct public hearing; adopt Resolution
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COMPLIANCE STATEMENTS
Strengthen existing and new technology programs, public facility/infrastructure projects, and future workplace development programs/services to enhance SPPD crime reduction goals, community policing, mental health, and training programs is an adopted policy item under the FY 2023-25 City Council Priority Workplan, adopted May 1, 2023.
CEQA Compliance Statement
This proposed action is not a project under CEQA pursuant to Guidelines section 15378(b)(5): Organizational or administrative activities of governments that will not result in direct or indirect physical changes in the environment.
BACKGROUND
The Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program (JAG) provides unsolicited federal funds to every municipality to be used solely for frontline police services. Under this federal grant program, the City of San Pablo Police Department (SPPD) receives awarded funds of varying amounts.
On August 24, 2023, the City of San Pablo Police Department submitted a JAG application in the amount of $12,268 to fund continued subscription services for twenty (20) mobile routers to support SPPD operations. On September 25, 2023, SPPD's JAG application was approved for an award amount of $14,922.
Pursuant to JAG's statutory requirements (34 U.S.C. ? 10153), a JAG application must be made available for public comment by citizens and neighborhood or community-based organizations. To provide ad...
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