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<br />CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: <br /> <br />~ <br />~ <br /> <br />REQUEST FOR <br />COUNCIL ACTION <br /> <br />CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: <br /> <br />NOVEMBER 15, 2004 <br /> <br />APPROVED <br /> <br />TITLE: <br />APPROPRIATION ADJUSTMENT <br />ACCEPTING THE OFFICE OF <br />TRAFFIC SAFETY GRANT <br /> <br />D As Recommended <br />D As Amended <br />D Ordinance on 15t Reading <br />D Ordinance on 2nd Reading <br />D Implementing Resolution <br />D Set Public Hearing For <br /> <br />7<i- ~'1-,~ ~ <br />/ CITY MANA ER <br /> <br />CONTINUED TO <br /> <br />FILE NUMBER <br /> <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br /> <br />1. Adopt a resolution authorizing the City Manager and the Chief of <br />Police to execute a grant award agreement with the California Office <br />of Traffic Safety. <br /> <br />2. Approve an appropriation adjustment accepting and appropriating the <br />California Office of Traffic Safety Sobriety Checkpoint Program for <br />Local Law Enforcement Agencies Grant in the amount of $53,484. <br /> <br />DISCUSSION <br /> <br />The Santa Ana Police Department has been awarded a $53,484 grant from the <br />State of California Office of Traffic Safety (OTS) for the Sobriety <br />Checkpoint Program for Local Law Enforcement Agencies. The goal of the <br />program is to reduce the number of victims injured or killed in alcohol <br />related crashes in participating cities. This grant funding will allow <br />the Police Department's Traffic Division to conduct sobriety checkpoints <br />during a thirteen-month period. <br /> <br />During the term of this grant, the Department will participate in three <br />statewide and nationwide "You Drink & Drive, You Lose" mobilization <br />periods. This enforcement operation specifically targets alcohol related <br />offenses during three 18-day periods from December 17, 2004, - January 3, <br />2005, August 19 - September 5, 2005, and December 16, 2005, - January 2, <br />2006. <br /> <br />20E-1 <br />