File #: CONS 24-421   
Section: Consent Status: Agenda Ready
Meeting Body: City Council
Agenda Date: 9/17/2024 Final action:
Subject: Adopt a Resolution Authorizing the City Manager to Accept and Appropriate $265,000, in Grant Funding from the California Office of Traffic Safety for the Hayward Police Department
Attachments: 1. Attachment I Staff Report, 2. Attachment II Resolution

DATE:      September 17, 2024

 

TO:           Mayor and City Council

 

FROM:     Chief of Police

 

SUBJECT                     

Title                      

 

Adopt a Resolution Authorizing the City Manager to Accept and Appropriate $265,000, in Grant Funding from the California Office of Traffic Safety for the Hayward Police Department                                                             

 

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RECOMMENDATION

Recommendation

 

That Council adopts a resolution (Attachment II) authorizing the City Manager to accept and appropriate $265,000 in awarded grant funding from the California Office of Traffic Safety for the Hayward Police Department.

 

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SUMMARY

 

The Hayward Police Department applied for and was awarded $265,000 in grant funding from the California Office of Traffic Safety for the Hayward Police Department as part of a Selective Traffic Enforcement Program (STEP) grant.  The funds will be used for educational and other programs including: impaired driving enforcement; enforcement focusing on distracted driving; seat belt enforcement; special enforcement encouraging motorcycle safety; enforcement and public education in areas with high bicycle/pedestrian collisions; and media outreach strategies designed to enhance public awareness.

 

 

ATTACHMENTS

Attachment I                                          Staff Report

Attachment II                                          Resolution