CITY COUNCIL REPORT. Purpose and Recommended Action. Background. Analysis. Meeting Date: 5/27/2014 Meeting Type: Voting. Title:

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1 CITY COUNCIL REPORT Meeting Date: 5/27/2014 Meeting Type: Voting AUTHORIZATION TO ENTER INTO A GRANT AGREEMENT WITH THE Title: ARIZONA GOVERNOR S OFFICE OF HIGHWAY SAFETY OVERSIGHT COUNCIL ON DRIVING OR OPERATING UNDER THE INFLUENCE ABATEMENT Staff Contact: Debora Black, Police Chief Purpose and Recommended Action This is a request for City Council to waive reading beyond the title and adopt a resolution authorizing the City Manager to enter into a grant agreement with the Arizona Governor s Office of Highway Safety (GOHS) Oversight Council on Driving or Operating Under the Influence Abatement, and accept a grant award in the approximate amount of $50,000 to enhance enforcement throughout the City of Glendale. Background Since 1995, the Glendale Police Department (GPD) has been receiving Arizona GOHS grant funds for use in the enforcement of traffic, seatbelt, and driving under the influence (DUI) violations, along with the purchase of equipment and training. Past grant funding has allowed GPD to increase the number of hours officers dedicate specifically to DUI enforcement and education. The GPD seeks to reduce impaired driving violations not only through enforcement, but also by promoting public awareness to the dangers of drinking and driving. The City of Glendale is the fourth largest city with an ever-growing population and expanding entertainment district. There is an increase in the number of drivers that travel on Glendale roadways each day. To combat the increase in DUI violations and alcohol impaired drivers, the GPD implemented a full-time DUI enforcement squad in March 2004 with three officers. The squad has since increased to seven officers with a sergeant to oversee operations. The GPD has increased DUI arrests in the last seven years, and with the addition of a mobile DUI processing van in 2006 to aid in faster processing of impaired drivers, the officers are back out for enforcement in a timely manner. The GPD is dedicated to increasing the efforts to curb impaired driving, in order to maintain Glendale as a safe city to travel in, to, and from, and continues its contribution to the Arizona/West Valley DUI Task Force, which promotes roadway safety. Analysis Grant fund expenditures will comply with the impaired driving or operating program goal of the DUI Abatement Council in conjunction with Arizona GOHS. The goal is to reduce the incidents of 1

2 CITY COUNCIL REPORT alcohol and drug related driving or operating, fatalities, and injuries through enforcement, education, public awareness, and innovative programs throughout the State of Arizona. Staff is recommending that Council enter into a grant agreement with the Arizona GOHS Oversight Council on Driving or Operating Under the Influence Abatement, and accept a grant award in the approximate amount of $50,000. If approved, these DUI Abatement funds will support personnel service (overtime), and employee related expenses to enhance DUI enforcement throughout the city. Previous Related Council Action On May 13, 2014, Council adopted a Resolution (No New Series) authorizing the City Manager to enter into Change Order No. 2014A-029 to the Arizona GOHS Contract 2014-PT-041 to accept an increase in funding in the approximate amount of $79,000 to purchase additional capital outlay equipment for the Selective Traffic Enforcement Program. On May 13, 2014, Council adopted a Resolution (No New Series) authorizing the City Manager to accept two Arizona GOHS grants in the total approximate amount of $55,000 for the purchase of a DUI/Alcohol enforcement vehicle and personnel related expenses to participate in the two-week Buckle Up Arizona enforcement campaign. On November 26, 2013, Council adopted a Resolution (No New Series) authorizing the City Manager to accept five Arizona GOHS grants to enhance speed and occupant protection enforcement in the amount of $155, Community Benefit/Public Involvement If the requested action is approved, the grant award will benefit the citizens and community by allowing the Police Department to use more resources and officers to detect impaired drivers on our roadways. Budget and Financial Impacts There is no financial match required for this grant. A specific project account will be established in the city s grant fund, 1840, once the grant is fully executed. Attachments Resolution Agreement 2

3 RESOLUTION NO NEW SERIES A RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GLENDALE, MARICOPA COUNTY, ARIZONA, AUTHORI- ZING THE ACCEPTANCE, IF AWARDED, OF A GRANT APPLICATION FROM THE GOVERNOR S OFFICE OF HIGHWAY SAFETY AND THE OVERSIGHT COUNCIL ON DRIVING OR OPERATING UNDER THE INFLUENCE ABATEMENT ON BEHALF OF THE GLENDALE POLICE DEPARTMENT. BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GLENDALE as follows: SECTION 1. That the City Council of the City of Glendale hereby authorizes the acceptance, if awarded, of the following grant application from the Governor s Office of Highway Safety, and the Oversight Council on Driving or Operating Under the Influence Abatement on behalf of the Glendale Police Department: Grantor: Oversight Council on Driving or Operating Under the Influence Abatement Grant No.: DUIAC-E-030 Project Title: DUI Enforcement Purpose: Personnel Services & Employee Expenses Approximate Amount: $50,000 SECTION 2. That the City Manager, or his designee, is hereby authorized and directed to execute any and all documents necessary for the submission and acceptance of said grants, if awarded, on behalf of the City of Glendale. PASSED, ADOPTED AND APPROVED by the Mayor and Council of the City of Glendale, Maricopa County, Arizona, this day of, ATTEST: M A Y O R City Clerk (SEAL) APPROVED AS TO FORM: City Attorney REVIEWED BY: City Manager g_gohs_dui

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