To: Honorable Mayor and Members of City Council
From: Jennifer Gonzales, Police Chief
Prepared By: Aaron Medina, Police Sergeant
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Acceptance of California Office of Traffic Safety Grants for 2024-2025 and Agreement with Napa County Bicycle Coalition
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RECOMMENDED ACTION:
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Adopt a resolution (1) accepting three grants from the Office of Traffic Safety, and authorizing the Police Chief to sign the Grant Agreements; (2) authorizing revenue and expenditure budget increases of $270,837 in the Police Department Grants Special Revenue Fund for the Office of Traffic Safety Grant Programs for Fiscal Year 2024-2025; (3) approving and authorizing the Police Chief to sign the agreement with the Napa County Bicycle Coalition in an amount not to exceed $93,837 to provide pedestrian and bicycle safety in Napa County; and (4) determining that the actions authorized by this resolution are exempt from CEQA pursuant to CEQA Guideline 15060(c).
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DISCUSSION:
The Police Department was recently awarded grants from the State of California Office of Traffic Safety (OTS) in the amounts of $145,000 for the Selective Traffic Enforcement Program (STEP), $30,000 for the Motorcycle Safety Education and Training Program, and $93,837 for the Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety Program. The project period for all grants is October 1, 2024, through September 30, 2025.
These grant funds are to be used to help reduce the number of persons killed or injured in vehicle and bicycle crashes. These grant funds will support Driving Under the Influence (DUI)/Driver's License checkpoints, DUI saturation patrols, traffic enforcement operations, motorcycle safety courses, classroom education, community outreach, and public awareness campaigns. The funds will also be used for the electronic collection of stop data.
The pedestrian and bicycle safety program grant will be administered through an agreement with the Napa County Bicycle Coalition (NCBC). NCBC will use grant...
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