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REQUEST FOR <br />COUNCIL ACTION <br />CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: <br />SEPTEMBER 15, 2020 <br />TITLE: <br />APPROVE APPROPRIATION <br />ADJUSTMENT AND AGREEMENT <br />ACCEPTING $99,445.50 IN 2019 EDWARD <br />BYRNE MEMORIAL JUSTICE ASSISTANCE <br />GRANTFUNDS <br />(NON -GENERAL FUND) <br />CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: <br />❑ As Recommended <br />❑ As Amended <br />❑ Ordinance on 1� Reading <br />❑ Ordinance on 2nd Reading <br />❑ Implementing Resolution <br />❑ Set Public Hearing For <br />CK�7►111►U1q�iC�. <br />/s/ Kristine Ridge FILE NUMBER <br />CITY MANAGER <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />1. Approve an appropriation adjustment accepting $99,445.50 in the Law Enforcement Grants <br />Revenue account (No. 1281400-52001) and appropriate same in the Byrne Justice <br />Assistance account (No. 12814409-63001). <br />2. Authorize the City Manager to execute an agreement (Award #2019-DJ-BX-0899) with the <br />Orange County Sheriff's Department for the period of September 15, 2020 through <br />September 30, 2022, accepting 2019 Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant <br />program funds in the amount of $99,445.50, subject to non -substantive changes approved <br />by the City Manager and City Attorney. <br />DISCUSSION <br />The Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) program provides federal criminal <br />justice funding to state and local jurisdictions. JAG awards are based on a statutory formula that <br />equally weighs the City's share of violent crime and population according to statistics from the <br />Burea of Justice Statistics (BJS). JAG requires a single unit of county government to function as <br />the applicant/fiscal agent to apply for, receive, and administer the funds on behalf of the entire <br />County. A memorandum of understanding designated the County of Orange, Sheriff -Coroner <br />Department as the lead agency for this program that runs through September 30, 2022. <br />Funding in the amount of $110,495 has been allocated to the City of Santa Ana for the 2019 JAG <br />allocation. JAG also allows the fiscal agent for each county to use a portion of the award for costs <br />associated with administering the funds. The Orange County Sheriff's Department will retain <br />$11,049.50, 10 percent (10%) for administrative fees. The remainder of the funds in the amount <br />of $99,445.50 will be utilized by the Police Department to enhance officer safety by purchasing 28 <br />protective vests for the SAPID SWAT unit. The protective vests used by SWAT have an expiration <br />date of approximately five years and the current inventory is in need of replacement. <br />20B-1 <br />