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City of San Leandro <br />Meeting Date: October 20, 2014 <br />Resolution - Council <br />Agenda Section:File Number:14-453 ACTION ITEMS <br />Agenda Number: <br />TO:City Council <br />FROM:Chris Zapata <br />City Manager <br />BY:Sandra Spagnoli <br />Chief of Police <br />FINANCE REVIEW:David Baum <br />Finance Director <br />TITLE:RESOLUTION Accepting the Community Oriented Policing Services Hiring <br />Program (CHP) Grant to Fund Four (4) School Resource Officers (SROs) and <br />Authorizing the City Manager to Enter into an Agreement with the San <br />Leandro Unified School District (SLUSD) to Fund the Costs not Covered by <br />the Grant (accepts the $500,000 CHP grant award and provides for an <br />agreement with SLUSD to cover the balance of the cost of the SROs not <br />covered by the grant) <br />WHEREAS, the Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Hiring Program (CHP) <br />of the United States Department of Justice awards grants to local law enforcement agencies <br />to hire and/or rehire career law enforcement officers in an effort to create and preserve jobs, <br />and to increase their community policing capacity and crime-prevention efforts; and <br />WHEREAS, CHP grants typically cover a maximum federal share of $125,000 per <br />officer position during a three-year period; and <br />WHEREAS, during discussions between the City and SLUSD, SLUSD agreed to fund <br />the additional cost of four SRO positions not covered by the CHP grant; and <br />WHEREAS, on June 20, 2014, the San Leandro Police Department submitted an <br />application for a CHP grant for $500,000 to hire four SROs, and on September 24, 2014, the COPS <br />Office notified the City of San Leandro that it was one of 28 cities in California to receive a grant <br />award. <br />NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of San Leandro does RESOLVE as follows: <br />1.That the three-year grant award totaling $500,000 from the Community Oriented Policing <br />Services (COPS) Hiring Program (CHP) to fund four School Resource Officers is hereby accepted; <br />and <br />2.That the City Manager is authorized to enter into and execute, subject to the approval of the <br />City Attorney, an agreement with the San Leandro Unified School District for a term of four years to <br />Page 1 City of San Leandro Printed on 10/14/2014