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City of San Leandro <br />Meeting Date: May 20, 2019 <br />Staff Report <br />Agenda Section:File Number:19-248 CONSENT CALENDAR <br />Agenda Number:8.C. <br />TO:City Council <br />FROM:Jeff Kay <br />City Manager <br />BY:Jeff Tudor <br />Chief of Police <br />FINANCE REVIEW:David Baum <br />Finance Director <br />TITLE:Staff Report for a City of San Leandro City Council Resolution Authorizing the <br />City Manager to Accept Grant Funds in the Amount of $31,599 from the <br />Department of Justice’s Byrne Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) to Fund the <br />Purchase of Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) Equipment <br />SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS <br />Staff recommends the City Council adopt a resolution to accept a grant award totaling $31,599 <br />from the Department of Justice’s Byrne Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) and authorize the City <br />Manager to execute all documents and appropriate the funds . <br />BACKGROUND <br />The Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance (JAG) Grant Program (42 U.S.C. 3751 (a)) is the <br />primary provider of federal criminal justice funding to state and local jurisdictions. The Byrne JAG <br />Program is administered by the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs and was <br />created in 2005 by merging the Edward Byrne Memorial Grant Program (Byrne) with the Local <br />Law Enforcement Block Grant Program (LLEBG). Byrne JAG funding can be used to support a <br />broad range of state and local government projects, including those designed to prevent and <br />control crime and to improve the criminal justice system. <br />To ensure that each state and territory receives an appropriate share of JAG funds, allocation to <br />state and local governments is based on a formula using population and crime statistics in <br />combination with a minimum allocation. Funds are split 60/40 between state and local recipients <br />within states. Municipal governments, tribes, and community-and faith-based groups are eligible <br />to receive Byrne JAG funding. Historically, funding for the JAG Program in California had been <br />allocated directly to counties through a non-competitive process. <br />The JAG Program supports seven “Program Purpose Areas” designated by federal statute. <br />These include the following: <br />(1) Law enforcement programs. <br />Page 1 City of San Leandro Printed on 5/14/2019