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REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: JUNE 2,2008 TITLE: APPROPRIATION ADJUSTMENT ACCEPTING SANTA ANA'S FOCUSED ENFORCEMENT TEAM GRANT FUNDING ~~. ~ ~~~~ CITY MANAGER RECOMMENDED ACTION CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: APPROVED ^ As Recommended ^ As Amended ^ Ordinance on 151 Reading ^ Ordinance on 2nd Reading ^ Implementing Resolution ^ Set Public Hearing For CONTINUED TO FILE NUMBER 1. Approve an Appropriation Adjustment accepting State of California Office of Emergency Services Grant (OES) funds in the amount of $95,701 in the Contractual Services account and transferring the required matching funds of $31,900 from the Police Department Crimes Against Persons Other Contractual Services Account to appropriate a total amount of $127,601 into the FY 2008 Santa Ana's Focused Enforcement Team Grant expenditure accounts. 2. Adopt a resolution authorizing the City Manager and the Chief of Police to execute a grant award agreement with the State of California Office of Emergency Services for $95,701. 3. Authorize the City Manager and the Clerk of the Council to execute the attached agreement with Community Services Program Inc., Family Violence Victim Services, to operate a domestic violence victim advocacy program for a one-year term in an amount not to exceed $62,946. DISCUSSION The State of California Office of Emergency Services (OES) has awarded the Police Department grant funding in the amount of $95,701 for the Santa Ana's Focused Enforcement Team (SAFE-Team) project. This fifth year funding provides for the assignment of an additional domestic violence investigator and a full-time victim advocate to handle cases of domestic violence, sexual assault, and stalking. The Police Department works in a collaborative effort with Community Services Program, Inc. to provide additional personnel to work with victims of domestic violence and violence against women in general. The grant will continue to fund the Victim Information and Notification Everyday (VINE) system, which is located in the Police Department Jail facility. The VINE system allows the victims of domestic violence to call the jail and receive information ~~ to release or status.