For City Council Meeting [October 26, 2021]
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council
APPROVAL: Marcus Fuller, City Manager
FROM: Mark P. Kling, Chief of Police
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Request City Council to: (1) Adopt Resolution No. 7787 Amending the 2021-2022 Fiscal Year Budget; (2) Accept the California Office of Traffic Safety "Traffic Records Improvement Project" Grant in the Amount of $76,000; and (3) Authorize the City Manager or Designee to Execute All Documents.
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BACKGROUND
The Office of Traffic Safety (OTS) takes a leadership role in efforts to make California roadways safe for all users. Through thoughtful, forward-thinking, and data-driven selection of grants to local and state agencies, OTS provides an effective means of eliminating fatalities, injuries, and economic losses resulting from crashes. Through grant funding made available to California by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), OTS annually funds over $80 million dollars in innovative, evidence-based education and enforcement programs and technologies designed to make California's roadways safer.
OTS is committed to identify and overcome new traffic safety issues as travel habits change and transportation technologies emerge. To that end, OTS evaluates all potential programs to ensure California addresses current and future traffic safety needs. OTS works with approximately 300 state and local agencies to make the most effective use of federal grant program funds. Additionally, OTS coordinates with traffic safety partners to track successful programs, encourage collaboration, develop new countermeasures, and explore emerging trends to enhance roadway safety throughout the state.
ANALYSIS/DISCUSSION
For the past several years, the City has pursued and been awarded various grants from the California Office of Traffic Safety (OTS) to help augment traffic safety and enforcement efforts. Because of the prolonged nationwide economic decline, more and more agencies are now applyin...
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