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HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution No. 18-7827-Authorizing PD to Enter into Grant Agreement w-ABC for Acceptance & Expenditure of Grant FundsA RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DOWNEY AUTHORIZING THE POLICE DEPARTMENT • ENTER INTO A GRANT AGREEMENT WITH THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CONTROL FORACCEPTANCE r EXPENDITURE OF - , FUNDS WHEREAS, The City of Downey Police Department desires to undertake a project to impact alcohol related offenses in the City of Downey, to be funded in part from funds made available through the Grant Assistance Program (GAP) administered by the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control (hereafter referred to as ABC). NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DOWNEY DOES HEREBY RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. The Chief of Police of the City of Downey is authorized, on its behalf, to submit the attached proposal to ABC and is authorized to execute on behalf of the Downey City Council the attached contract, including any extensions or amendments thereof and any subsequent contract with the State in relation thereto. SECTION 2. IT IS AGREED that any liability arising out of the performance of this contract, including civil court actions for damages, shall be the responsibility of the grant recipient and the authorizing agency. The State of California and ABC disclaim responsibility for any such liability. SECTION 3. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the grant funds received hereunder shall not be used to supplant expenditures controlled by this body. SECTION 4. IT IS ALSO AGREED that this award is not subject to local hiring freezes. SECTION 5. The City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption of this Resolution and enter it into the book of original Resolutions. APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 10th day of July, 2018. eAS TON, Mayor ATTEST: NAR PALICIA DUARTE, MC City Clerk RESOLUTION PAGE 2 I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Resolution was adopted by the City Council of the City of Downey at a regular-- • held on the 11 day of July, 2018by the following •'_ to wit: AYES: Council Members: Pacheco, Vasquez, Rodriguez, Mayor Ashton NOES: Council Member: None. ABSENT: Council Member: Saab ABSTAIN; Council Member: None. z MA A ALICIA DDART CMC City Clerk EDMUNDN JR, Governor Jaceb Appelsmith, Director Department ATTACHMENT ;s •` • i i C 1`.. 1 r. . • ;. 1 t l i y 1 1 i 1 it • !1 : 1 1 r: !' 1 1 / rl 1 it ` 1 1 � ► f y 'y yl y • ,. w , _.•.. ,. - ,. -rr m..r....+•.. s. -....v �yx w.+ue..+..:u +a;e re ax,.pn r8 a#am#a f'4. i+. +.n 63 !i^ur4: : I obligated to fund the project until the appticaat submits correctly completed documents required for the contract. A. Project Director day-to-day ie of PoliceSheriff responsibility for the project) (authorizing official) I Name: Paul Camacho Name: Robert E. Barnes Address: 7100 Garfield Avenue Address: 7100 Garfield Avenue Bell Gardens, CA 90201 Bell Gardens, CA 90201 Phone: 562-806-7632 Fax: 562-334-1770 E. Mail Addiess :i,lR.>i(olb 110 of- SIL+Ililltiki., Title: Detective Ser;eant, City of Bell Gardens C. Fiscal orC Official Name: William Kaholokula Address: 7100 Garfield Avenue Bell Gardens, CA 90201 Phone: 562-806-7708 Fax: 562-334-1770 ,. IViaJI Aill„ � Pt e �a`a 11 t��ml.l,r'it)�lle�ardens.o1'� Title: Finance Director, City of Bell Gardens Phone: 562-806-7690 Fax: 562-334-1770 E. Mall $Jot SignaCu4`er 1 . �' 6 . € x -� A" Title: Chief of Policc, Cnv of Bell Gardens D. ABC USE ONLY RECEIVED MAR;l'I11f Uept of Alcoholic kyeruge Control Admin S1vcs I 1) Surninary a) Agency Description The Downey Police Department is comprised of 121 sworn officers and 62 civilian staff. The mission of the Downey Police Departi-nent is to preserve the peace and protect and serve all who live, work or travel through in our city. Our department motto, "Our Community, Our Commitment" characterizes the position we hold and our commitment to the community we serve. Sworn personnel include Police Chief Carl Charles, 2 Captains, 6 Lieutenants, 16 Sergeants and 96 Officers. The Downey Police Department is divided into 3 divisions. The Administrative Division consists of the Records Bureau, Information Technology, Professional Standards/Training and the Special Enforcement Team. The Investigative Division consists of the Detective Bureau and Forensics, Gangs, Vice and Narcotics. The Field Operations Division consists of Patrol, Traffic Division, Accident Investigations and Parking Enforcement, The community of Downey encompasses a densely populated area of'12.6 square miles with a robust population of 113,242 residents. The demographic breakdown of Downey is 71 % Hispanic, 18% White, 7%® Asian and 4%® African American. The Bell Gardens Police Department is comprised of 51 sworn police officers and 25 civilian staff. Sworn personnel consist of Police Chief Robert Barnes, 1 Captain, 4 Lieutenants, 8 Sergeants and 37 officers. They provide policing services to a community of 42,757 residents. The dernographic breakdown of Bell Gardens is 96% Hispanic, 2.5% White, 1% African American and .5% Asian. The Whittier Police Department is a general law enforcement agency responsible for the delivery of a full range of law enforcement services to the City of Whittier and contracted City of Santa Fe Springs. The department is comprised of 121 sworn officers and 50 non -sworn staff. The main police station facility is located in Whittier, while a substation with law enforcement staffing is located in Santa Fe Springs. Sworn Personnel include Police Chief Jeff Piper, 2 Police Captains, 5 lieutenants, 15 sergeants and 98 officers. The Whittier Police Department covers the communities of Whittier and Santa Fe Springs, which are both contiguously connected. Both communities collectively encompass 23.5 square miles and serve a combined residential population of 103,244. The demographic breakdown for Whittier is 66% Hispanic, 28%® White, 4%® Asian and 1% African American. The City of Santa Fe Springs demographic breakdown is 8l% Hispanic, 12% White, 4% Asian and 2%® African American. b) Funding Requested The Downey Police Department, Whittier Police Department and Bell Gardens Police Department request grant funding in the amount of $77,000 from the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control to allocate towards operations to enforce ABC laws and enhance the education of ABC rules and regulations in the four cities these departments serve. c) Goals and Okiectives The Downey, Bell Gardens and Whittier Police Departments are committed to maintaining high levels of ABC enforcement activity while enhancing outreach and education to the public regarding problems associated with the noncompliance of ABC rules and regulations at ABC licensed establishments and irresponsible consumption of alcohol within our jurisdictions. Sworn members of these departments will work in partnership with the assigned ABC Grant Assistance Program Investigator, while implementing and carrying out project goals and objectives. ABC grant operations will include, and not be limited to; Informed Merchants Preventing Alcohol -Related Crime Tendencies (IMPACT) inspections, Trap Door operations, Serving Obviously Intoxicated Persons Operations, Minor Decoy and Shoulder Tap operations. An educational component will be included in our operational objectives and will be delivered by means of LEADS training for licensed alcohol establislunents, presentations to local high schools as an outreach to the public and briefing/roll-call training for sworn officers. All three agencies have met together and had in depth discussions regarding taking on such an endeavor as this inulti-agency grant proposal. Each agency's Police Chief and command staff promote and support working more closely with one another, as well as their ABC District Office, located in the City of Monrovia. Each independent agency understands the complexity of a 1-nultijurisdictional grant; however the rewards of educating the public and enforcing ABC regulations, coupled with enhancing our working relationships with each agency involved will benefit us greatly, The ultimate goal is to reduce alcohol related violations which would allow patrol divisions to focus their attention on crime prevention and other essential law enforcement activities. d) Number of ABC Licensed Locations The City of Downey currently has 119 On -Sale ABC licensed locations and 64 Off -Sale ABC licensed locations, for a total of 183 licensed ABC establishments. The City of Bell Gardens has 19 ABC licensed On -Sale and 45 ABC licensed Off -Sale locations, for a total of 64 ABC licensed establisluiients. The City of Whittier has 111 On -Sate ABC licensed and 116 Off -Sale ABC licensed locations for a total of 227 licensed ABC establishments. The City of Santa Fe Springs currently has 25 On -Sale ABC licensed and 27 Off Sale ABC licensed locations for a total of 52 ABC licensed establishments. The total number of On - Sale and Off -Sale ABC licensed establishments combined for the 3 police department's jurisdictions and 4 cities they serve is 526 ABC licensed establishments. 2) Problem Statement The Cities of Downey, Bell Gardens, Whittier and Santa Fe Springs are tasked with combatting the ongoing negative impacts of alcoholic beverage related crimes within our jurisdictions. Several of these negative impacts include, but are not limited to, ABC licensed establishments failing to check proper and legitimate identification of patrons, licensed establishments selling alcohol to minors, adiflts purchasing alcohol for minors, beer runs from establishments, underage drinking at house parties where alcohol is served to minors an ' d motorists driving vehicles under the influence (DUI) of alcohol, which can be fatal in some cases. These agencies routinely receive complaints from the public regarding nuisance activities, including persons who display objective symptoms of being drunk in public and people drinking alcohol in public outside ABC licensed establislu-nents and at city parks frequented by the youth. Bars within these communities call police for patrons who get into fights or urinate in public in or arotuid their establishments. With the increasing problems of homelessness, along with several of these homeless persons being of a criminal element due to early release programs within the state, their police departments receive frequent complaints of intoxicated homeless individuals loitering in or about public facilities, such as schools, parks and restroorns. In addition, the majority Hispanic/Latino populations of these communities bring on another set of complex concerns related to communication and language barriers of employees at ABC licensed facilities. To overcome these concerns, each agency will offer a LEADS/RBS training, open to all ABC licensed establishnients, not only in English, but also Spanish to better serve the demographics of the communities each department serves. Other challenges facing law enforcement at this current time are recruitment and retention of officers. Each agency represented by this grant proposal has been operating at less than full complement in reference to staffing. With higher call volumes, public scrutiny and a large number of alcohol related crimes, it is difficult for these agencies to allocate the resources necessary to resolve ABC related conflicts. This generation of law enforcement professionals has been forced to "do more with less," as recent economic downturn still reverberates in budgetary allocations. All three cities have experienced significant growth in retail and restaurant services, including on -sale and off -sale alcohol establishments. In Downey alone, several "nightclub" type establishments have opened this past year and the city has seen a transformation from the traditional nightclub scene to a newly genre of ABC licensed establishments which offer a "rooftop" dining and social drinking experience. There are more establishments who wish to build uponthis model of nighttime entertahirrient. Bell Gardens and Whittier have also seen an increase in the number of alcohol licensed establishments throughout the past several years. I The Cities of Bell Gardens and Downey have liquor stores known respectively as "El Rancho Market" and the "Sunshine Market" that operate in our communities. Both police agencies have experienced an increase in calls for service regarding these establishments selling alcohol to minors and of subjects loitering in the vicinity. Additionally, both establishments are in areas where transients are known to congregate, consume alcohol in public and leave their garbage around the premises. The aforementioned problems have a significantly negative impact on the quality of life for residents of the community, especially our youth, as these establishments are adjacent to high density residential areas and schools. This grant will aid in providing additional resources needed to deploy a task force of officers to address issues at these locations and similar establishments within Bell Gardens and Downey. Lastly, we also met with Downey Court's filing DA Kevin Young who has agreed to file all ABC related violations. 3) Project Description The following goals and objectives will be performed during Fiscal Year 2019-19 by the Downey Police Department, Bell Gardens Police Department and Whittier Police Department: (1) Representatives from each respective agency will attend the Grant Assistance Program conference offered by ABC during the suniiner. (2) Each Department will conduct an analysis of problem establishments and target those locations with ABC operations, utilizing GAP funds. (3) Each department will prepare and disseminate (2) press releases, in cooperation with ABC, to announce the project and later report progress and significant activities to the media. (4) The Downey, Bell Gardens and Whittier Police Departments will conduct (4) roll-call/briefing trainings for patrol officers. (5) Detective Sergeant Paul Carriacho of the Bell Gardens Police Department will conduct (2) RBS trainings for ABC licensed establishment employees each in Downey, Whittier, Santa Fe Springs and Bell Gardens. Each city will have one presentation conducted in English and one in Spanish, (6) Each department wil I conduct one-hour presentations at each of the high schools in their respective jurisdictions. Downey Police will conduct (3) one -hour-long presentations at Downey High School, Warren High School and Downey Adult/C011tintlatiOn School; Bell Gardens will conduct (1) hour-long presentation at Bell Gardens High School; and Whittier will conduct (3) one-hour presentations at Whittier High School, La Serna High School and Santa Fe Springs High School. (7) Downey Police will conduct (4) IMPACT inspections at ABC licensed establishments and ensure compliance with ABC regulations. Bell Gardens Police will conduct (4) IMPACT inspections at ABC licensed establisfunents to ensure compliance with ABC regulations. Whittier Police will conduct (3) IMPACT inspections in Whittier and (1) in Santa Fe Springs and ensure compliance with ABC regulations. (8) Downey Police will conduct (9) discretionary operations such as Minor Decoy, Shoulder Tap, Receiving Stolen Property, Serving Obviously Intoxicated Persons, Teenage Party Prevention and Dispersal Deployment (TAPPED), Trap Door or Under Drinking Roving Enforcement Operations, Special Events within the City with ABC I -Day Licenses, and City park compliance patrols to combat the drinking alcoholic beverages in public. Bell Gardens Police will conduct (9) discretionary operations such as Minor Decoy, Shoulder Tap, Receiving Stolen Property, Serving Obviously Intoxicated Persons, Teenage Party Prevention and Dispersal Deployment (TAPPED), Trap Door or Under Drinking Roving Enforcement Operations, Special Events within the City with ABC1-Day Licenses, and City park compliance patrols to combat the drinking alcoholic beverages in public. Whittier Police will conduct (9) discretionary operations such as Minor Decoy, Shoulder Tap, Receiving Stolen Property, Serving Obviously Intoxicated Persons, Teenage Party Prevention and Dispersal Deployment (TAPPED), Trap Door or Under Drinking Roving Enforcement Operations, Special Events within the City with ABC I -Day Licenses, and City park compliance patrols to combat the drinking alcoholic beverages in public, (9) Each agency will send representatives to visit the ABC District Office in Monrovia for quarterly meetings with their ABC GAP investigator to go over the progress of the grant and build a better relationship with ABC district office officials. 4) Project Personnel Detective Sergeant Paul Camacbo of the Bell Gardens Police Department's Special Investigations Unit (SIU) will be the Project Director for the grant. He will be responsible for managing the day-to-day activities of the grant, including training, scheduling operations, coordinating meetings, monthly billing, monthly reports and record keeping for ABC review. Detective Sergeant Camacho has authored and overseen previous ABC GAP grants in the past and has extensive experience working with ABC. In addition, five detectives of the Bell Gardens Police Department's Special Investigations Unit will be utilized for grant operations. Lastly, Detective Sergeant Camacho started his law enforcement career as an investigator with ABC and has an extensive background and knowledge in ABC related processes and procedures, Whittier Police will assign Detectives John King and Cynthia Lopez, of the departi-rient's Special Enforcement Team (SET) to oversee their operations, scheduling, training and record keeping. Grant operations and training will be conducted primarily by the SET team. Whittier investigators will be supervised by Sergeant Wil Lawson, who will supervise Whittier PD's enforcement efforts. Sergeant Terry Goeckner of the Downey Police Department will be responsible for GAP grant operational activities for his agency. Sgt. Goeckner will directly oversee operations, schedule activities and training and maintain record keeping for his department, Sergeant Teri -y Goeckner is assigned to the Special Enforcement Team (SET) and will utilize officers from SET to assist with ABC operations. BUDGET DETAIL Exhibit a] BUDGET CATEGORY AND LINE -ITEM DETAIL COST (Round budget amounts A. Personnel Services (Straight Time Salaries, Overtime, and Benefits) to nearest dollar) A.1 Straight Time: Downey Sergeant $69.47 and havestigator $55.55 Downey I'D Bell Gardens Sergeant $59.41 and Detective $50.15 $25,000.00 Whittier Sergeant $64,68 and Officer $53,54 Bell Gardens PD A. Overtime. Downey Sergeant $104.20 and Investigator $83.33 $25,500.00 Bell Gardens Sergeant $98.52 and Det, $90.26 Whittier I'D Whittier Sergeant $94.23 and Officer $73.11 $20,000.00 A.3 Benefits TOTAL PERSONNEL SERVICES $70,500.00 B. Operating Expenses (maximum $2,500) Downey PD: $500.00 Buy money for operations such as Minor Dccoy, Shoulder Tap, and Obviously BGPD: $500.00 intoxicated Persons, $500 for each agency Whittier PD: $500.00 TOTAL OPERATING EXPENSES $1,500.00 C. Equipment (maximum $2,500) (Attach receipts for all equipment purchases to monthly billing invoice) Downey PD: $834.00 BGPD: $83100 qui anent for ABC related activities. Equipment to purchase would be equivalent Whittierl 833.00 to covert recording devices, body wires, binoculars, bullet proof vest carriers, etc. fp'p� TOTAL EQUIPMENT S2,500.00 D. Travel Expense/Registration Fees (maximum $2,500) (Registration fee for July 2018 GAP Conference attendee is $325 each) Downey: $834.00 BGPD- $83100 Whittier: $833,00 TOTAL TRAVEL EXPENSE $2,500.00 TOTAL BUDGET DETAIL COST,kLL CATEGORIES $77,000.00 Complete the `following to report the total funds available to support the activities related to accomplishing the goals and objectives of the contract. In the "Grant Funds" column, report the ABC fiends requested by category. In the "Other Funds" column, report all other funds available to support the project by category (if none, leave blank). Then calculate the totals by category in the "Program Total" coltunn. Total each column down to arrive at the total program funds available. (Round all budget amounts to the nearest dollar—No Cents.) BUDGET CATEGORY GRANT OTHER PROGRAM FUNDS FUNDS TOTAL Personnel Services $70,500 $703,500 Operating Expenses $1,500 $1,500 Travel/Registration Fees $2,500 $2,500 Equipment $2,500 $2,500 TOTALS $77,000 $77,000 This form does not become part of the contract but is rc !irctl in the Request for Proposals package, DEPARTMENT OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CONTROL 3927 Lannaria Ddva Suite 100 Sacramento, CA i�834 (918) 419-2500 Chief Robert E� Barnes 7100 Garfield Avenue Bell Gardens, CA 90201 t7ii =E- 71t, 1161 to proposal in the amount of $77,000, We look forward to working with your department I meet the goals and objectives in your proposal. A grant contract will be forthcoming within the next couple of weeks which requires resolution from your agency's governing body. A sample resolution was included in the Request for Proposal packet. Due to the fact that these resolutions have to be put on your governing body's calendar, we ask that you do this as soon as possible. We are planning a two and a half-day training conference July 10 — 12P 2018, at the Embassy Suites by Hilton San Luis Obispo, 333 Madonna Road, San Luis Obispo. The conference can accommodate two attendees from each agency and it is recommended that your Project Director and r assigned to the grant program attend, This conference will offer valuable training in alcohol enforcement and will also be an excellent opportunity for the officers and deputies from your agency to meet and share information with others, Attendees are encouraged to utilize a 1 n session on Monday, July 9, 2018, from 4:00 — 5:00 p.m. in order to expedite the registration on the next day, Based on the State reguladons we are unable to reimburse those agencies that are within a 50 mile radius from (tie Embassy Suites by Hilton San Luis Obispo. The distance is based on the agency's physical heajquiwers address. Agency(s) that fall in this category are: Cal Poly University Police Dept, Grover each Police Dep4 and Santa Maria Police Dept. Travel reimbursable costs for the aforementioned agency(s) will be limited to the registration fee only.