To: MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL
From: KEITH KAUFFMAN, CHIEF OF POLICE
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ADOPT BY 4/5 VOTE AND BY TITLE ONLY RESOLUTION NO. CC-2010-078, A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF REDONDO BEACH, CALIFORNIA, MODIFYING THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2020-21 TO APPROPRIATE $10,881 IN BUREAU OF JUSTICE ASSISTANCE FY20 EDWARD BYRNE MEMORIAL JUSTICE ASSISTANCE GRANT PROGRAM FUNDS
APPROVE THE AGREEMENT WIH U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, BUREAU OF JUSTICE ASSISTANCE FOR FY20 EDWARD BYRNE MEMORIAL JUSTICE ASSISTANCE GRANT PROGRAM FUNDS FOR THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $10,881 FOR THE TERM OCTOBER 1, 2019 TO SEPTEMBER 30, 2021.
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
On August 4, 2020 Council authorized the application for the FY20 Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant. The U.S. Department of Justice, through its Office of Justice Programs (OJP) Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA), awarded a grant in the amount of $10,881.00 to the City of Redondo Beach for the period of October 1, 2019 through September 30, 2021.
BACKGROUND
The Police Department has received Edward J. Byrne Memorial Local Law Enforcement Block Grants (LLEBG) and Justice Assistance Grants (JAG) from the Federal Bureau of Justice Assistance since 1996. Redondo Beach and other municipalities have received grant funds based on the annual number of Part I Crimes reported to the Federal Bureau of Investigation. In the 2005 Federal Budget, the name of the grant program was changed from the Local Law Enforcement Block Grant (LLEBG) to the Justice Assistance Grant (JAG). JAG is based on Part I crime and population with a minimum funding amount. Redondo Beach received $10,881 in FY20-21. JAG streamlines the former LLEBG process, distributes funds up front, allows money to be used over a two-year period and requires fewer fiscal and programmatic reports and eliminates "mandatory set asides".
The Redondo Beach Police Department seeks to use the money in the purpose area of "law enforcement and training", speci...
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