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COPS Hiring Grant <br />November 18, 2014 <br />Page 2 <br />The grant requires that at the end of the three -year performance period, the City must retain <br />these 10 additional positions for a minimum of 12 months, over and above locally- funded <br />positions that would have existed in the absence of the grant. The City cannot satisfy the <br />retention requirement by using these grant funded positions to fill any vacancies from attrition. <br />The Department plans on using these additional officers to enhance Community Policing <br />initiatives by increasing frontline law enforcement staffing which will allow officers much needed <br />time to more positively engage with the community. <br />STRATEGIC PLAN ALIGNMENT <br />Approval of these items assists the City in meeting Goal #1 Community Safety, Objective #3 <br />(promote fiscal accountability to ensure financial responsibility at all levels of the organization), <br />Strategy B (promote ongoing efforts to obtain grant funding for activities that will assist in <br />preventing, enforcing and reducing criminal activity and traffic collisions). <br />FISCAL IMPACT <br />The appropriation adjustment will recognize $1,250,000 in COPS Hiring Grant funds in revenue <br />account (no. 12714002 52000), and appropriate same to expenditure account (no. 12714407 — <br />various. Matching funds will be identified at year -end and appropriated as part of the FY 2015- <br />16 budget process. <br />Carlos Rojas <br />Chief of Police <br />Santa Ana Police Department <br />APPROVED AS TO FUNDS AND ACCOUNT: <br />Francisco ut errez, L <br />Executive Director <br />Finance and Management Services Agency <br />55A -2 <br />