For City Council Meeting [January 12, 2021]
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council
FROM: Sean Grayson, Acting City Manager
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Request City Council to 1) Receive an Update on and Confirm the Continued Existence of a Local Emergency Throughout the City of Rialto in Response to the COVID-19 Outbreak; and 2) Adopt Resolution No. 7695 Accepting the Bureau of Justice Assistance FY 20 Coronavirus Emergency Supplemental Funding Program Grant and Appropriate Funding for FY2020/2021 in the Amount of $96,072.
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BACKGROUND
On March 12, 2020, the City Council adopted Resolution 7600 declaring a local emergency in response to the COVID-19 outbreak. In the action staff indicated that the item would be brought back to the City Council for updates at each City Council meeting for the duration of the local emergency. The City Council received an update on and approved continuation of the local emergency on March 24, 2020; April 14, 2020; May 12, 2020; May 26, 2020; June 9, 2020; June 23, 2020; July 14, 2020; July 28, 2020; August 11, 2020; September 8, 2020; September 22, 2020; November 10, 2020; and December 8, 2020.
The City of Rialto Police Department has been offered a Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) FY 20 Coronavirus Emergency Supplemental Funding (CESF) Program award of $96,072, by the Office of Justice Programs (OJP), U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) for a time period running through January 31, 2022. These funds reimburse the police department for costs incurred to "prevent, prepare for, and respond to the coronavirus."
ANALYSIS/DISCUSSION
On March 16, 2020, the City of Rialto cancelled all City events and activities and closed all City facilities to the public. City facilities remained open to provide services via phone, email, fax and scheduled meetings through means other than face-to-face.
Since the City's declaration of a local emergency and actions on March 16, 2020 there have been significant directives from the State of California and th...
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