AGENDA ITEM NO. 8.17 CITY OF ELK GROVE CITY COUNCIL STAFF REPORT AGENDA TITLE: Adopt resolution authorizing the City Manager to accept a grant award from the California Board of State Community Corrections for Post-Release Community Supervision Programs in the amount of $85,000 and increase the Police Department s revenue and expense budget by the same amount MEETING DATE: March 22, 2017 PREPARED BY: DEPARTMENT HEAD: Nicole York, Senior Management Analyst Bryan Noblett, Chief of Police RECOMMENDED ACTION: Staff recommends that the City Council adopt a resolution authorizing the City Manager to: 1) accept a grant award from the California Board of State Community Corrections for Post-Release Community Supervision Programs in the amount of $85,000; 2) execute all contracts, reports, and other documents required for receiving such funds pursuant to the terms and conditions of the California Board of State Community Corrections; and 3) increase the Police Department s revenue and expense budget in the amount of $85,000. BACKGROUND INFORMATION: In 2011, California Governor Jerry Brown signed into law Assembly Bills 109 and 117, which made fundamental changes to California s correctional system. These changes, which came to be known as realignment, shifted responsibility for all sentenced non-violent, non-serious, non-sex offenders from state to local jurisdictions in an effort to reduce the number of inmates in state prisons. The release of these types of offenders to local 1
Elk Grove City Council March 22, 2017 Page 2 of 3 jurisdictions required there be a post-release community supervision (PRCS) program in local communities to address the impact of realignment. In Sacramento County, the PRCS is made up of a partnership of the following police departments: Elk Grove, Sacramento, Citrus Heights, Folsom, Galt, and Ranch Cordova. Each year, the California Board of State Community Corrections (BSCC), whose mission is to increase positive outcomes between municipal law enforcement and high-risk populations provides grant funding to PRCS programs supporting the efforts of local communities. This year, awards were determined based on a combination of factors, including the size of the police department, and mental health and homeless population data. BSCC funding provisions for federal fiscal year 2016-17 are as follows: Local law enforcement agencies may use BSCC funds to supplement and not supplant the following: Homeless outreach teams Crisis intervention training for officers Gang resistance education and training Resources for drug endangered children Outreach to high-risk youth Youth diversion programs Gang and violence prevention programs At its February 22, 2017 meeting, Council approved a strategy presented by Development Services to address homelessness in the city of Elk Grove by hiring a Homeless Navigator. The Navigator s purpose will be to perform direct outreach and intervention to the homeless, with the goal of establishing a relationship and offering assistance with accessing benefits and housing. The Elk Grove Police Department (EGPD) has committed to using this year s BSCC funds to support the hiring of a Homeless Navigator. This action aligns with the provisions of this year s BSCC funding plan. Annual funding for the Navigator is estimated at $50,000, with the remainder of the City s current fiscal year stimated at $25,000. Therefore, currently, there is sufficient BSCC funding for approximately 1.5 years. 2
Elk Grove City Council March 22, 2017 Page 3 of 3 FISCAL IMPACT: There are no General Fund match requirements under this grant program; therefore, there is no impact on the General Fund. ATTACHMENTS: 1. Resolution 2. Notice of Funding 3
ATTACHMENT 1 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ELK GROVE AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ACCEPT A GRANT AWARD FROM THE CALIFORNIA BOARD OF STATE COMMUNITY CORRECTIONS FOR POST- RELEASE COMMUNITY SUPERVISION PROGRAMS IN THE AMOUNT OF $85,000 AND INCREASE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT S REVENUE AND EXPENSE BUDGET BY THE SAME AMOUNT WHEREAS, Assembly Bills 109 and 117 shifted the responsibility for all sentenced non-violent, non-serious, non-sex offenders from state to local jurisdictions in an effort to reduce the prison populations; and WHEREAS, the release of these types of offenders to local jurisdictions required there be a post-release community supervision (PRCS) program in local communities to address the impact of realignment; and. WHEREAS, in Sacramento County, the PRCS is made up of a partnership of the following police departments: Elk Grove, Sacramento, Citrus Heights, Folsom, Galt, and Ranch Cordova; and WHEREAS, each year, the California Board of State Community Corrections (BSCC), whose mission is to increase positive outcomes between municipal law enforcement and high-risk populations provides grant funding to PRCS programs, supporting the efforts of local communities; and WHEREAS, the BSCC has allocated $85,000 in grant funding for the Elk Grove Police Department. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Elk Grove hereby authorizes the City Manager to: 1) accept a grant award from the California Board of State Community Corrections for Post-Release Community Supervision Programs in the amount of $85,000; 2) execute all contracts, reports, and other documents required for receiving such funds pursuant to the terms and conditions of the California Board of State Community Corrections; and 3) increase the Police Department s revenue and expense budget by the same amount. PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Elk Grove this 22 nd day of March 2017. STEVE LY, MAYOR of the CITY OF ELK GROVE ATTEST: JASON LINDGREN, CITY CLERK APPROVED AS TO FORM: JONATHAN P. HOBBS, CITY ATTORNEY 4
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