PREPARED BY: Shawn Ray DATE OF MEETING: 04/21/2025
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CONSIDER ADOPTING RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN PABLO (1) AUTHORIZING APPROPRIATION OF $100,000 FROM SUPPLEMENTAL LAW ENFORCEMENT SERVICES GRANT REVENUES (SLESF) 210 FUND FOR CIVICA CODE ENFORCEMENT LEGAL SERVICES, AND (2) AUTHORIZING THE ENCUMBRANCE OF ALL FEES COLLECTED FROM CIVICA-ASSIGNED CASES TO FUND FUTURE CODE ENFORCEMENT INITIATIVES THROUGH THE CIVICA LAW GROUP.
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CITY MANAGER RECOMMENDATION
Recommendation
Adopt Resolution
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COMPLIANCE STATEMENTS
Neighborhood Preservation and Enhancement is one of the top City Council priorities listed in the FY 2025-27 City of San Pablo City Council Priority Workplan, effective April 7, 2025.
BACKGROUND
Funding Source
The Supplemental Law Enforcement Services Grant ("SLESF") is a mandated grant as defined by Government Code Section 30061(b)(3)(i) wherein the County is required to remit a minimum of $100,000 annually to the City to be spent on frontline law enforcement. These grant revenues have accumulated and are available for appropriation by the City Council. Following appropriation of funds by the City Council for eligible frontline law enforcement purposes, any expenditures must comply with the City's purchasing policy.
Civica-Legal Services
Civica Law Group ("Civica") is contracted with the City of San Pablo to provide legal services in the areas of Code compliance, review, regulation, and enforcement pertaining to the San Pablo Municipal Code. In addition to Code regulation and enforcement services, Civica will also coordinate the receivership process for abandoned properties, and facilitate fine/fee collections from property owners with habitual and unresolved code violations, or refusal of property maintenance within the parameters of the San Pablo Municipal Code.
The presence of nuisance, neglected, and/or abandoned properties advers...
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