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Hall, Jennifer From:Mendoza, Steven Sent:Tuesday, December 19, 2023 11:10 AM Cc:EMT - Directors Subject:Agenda Questions Follow Up December 19, 2023 Good Morning Mayor and Councilmembers (BCC), The following is additional information and or responses to questions fielded by staff regarding tonight’s agenda. Agenda Item No. 18/Appropriation Adjustment to recognize Grant Revenue and approve agreement with State Office of Traffic Safety to secure Bicycle Safety Grant NTE $199,900. Nabil has clarified that Santa Ana Active Streets will do the training via a pass through via Charitable Ventures. Grant Funds will support; Community bicycle and walk “audits” of streets with a high rate of pedestrian and/or bicyclist fatalities and serious injury crashes. Bicycle training courses that educate youth on safe riding behaviors. Helmet fitting inspections and distribution of helmets to those in need. Community education presentations. Community bike rides that encourage and teach riders safe riding skills. Pop-up events that promote the importance of visibility on roads with safety equipment such as reflective armbands/leg bands and bicycle headlights/taillights. Office of Traffic Safety (OTS) grants have a short one year timeline to start and finish. To meet this short OTS grant timeline the City partnered with Charitable Ventures as co-applicant. This partnership guarantees the completion of the OTS grant deliverables within the require timeline. Charitable Venture acts as pass-through for SAAS (Santa Ana Active Streets). SAAS and the City applied for the grant as a partnership effort. Charitable Ventures (CV) is the fiscal sponsor for SAAS. CV fronts the funding to pay for all labor and materials that SAAS needs to carry out the program. CV in return gets a 10% de minimis compensation to cover overhead expenses. Agenda item No. 23/Agreement for Forensic Nurse Specialist for Sex Assault Victims. 5 years NTE $350K. The following information has been provided by the SAPD. The Santa Ana Police Department has contracted with FNS for approximately 23 years. The nurses provide forensic medical exams to sexual assault, strangulation, and domestic violence victims. They collect all evidence, which will be packaged, labeled, and sealed according to the state and local crime lab requirements. The evidence is then submitted to the on-site evidence storage refrigerator with the appropriate chain of custody documentation, which is then sent to the Orange County Crime Lab. FNS provides all equipment and supplies to conduct exams. FNS also provides competent court testimony needed during court proceedings. Their services are provided 24 hours a day, seven days a week, with one hour response time. Their services are conducted at Anaheim Regional Hospital in the City of Anaheim. However, they can respond to any hospital where the victim is located if the victim cannot be transported to Anaheim. The sexual assault exam consists of evidence collection to include clothing, DNA, reference samples, blood and urine collection, digital photography, medical forensic documentation using state-mandated forms, healthcare treatment for STI prevention, HIV prevention, and pregnancy prevention provided at the time of the exam. Currently, the forensic nurse specialist does not work with the family justice center, as the family justice center does not provide medical services. The 1