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C. 53

To:	Board of Supervisors
From:	Mark Peterson, District Attorney
Date:	December 11, 2012

Contra

Costa

County

Subject:

Approval to Submit Application and Execute Grant Award Agreement for Funding of Regional Anti-Drug Abuse Program Grant

APPROVE	OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR	RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE

Action of Board On: 12/11/2012

APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED

OTHER

Clerks Notes:

VOTE OF SUPERVISORS

AYE:

John Gioia, District I Supervisor
Candace Andersen, District II Supervisor
Mary N. Piepho, District III Supervisor
Karen Mitchoff, District IV Supervisor
Federal D. Glover, District V Supervisor

Contact:

Cherie Mathisen, 925-957-2234

I hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of an action taken and entered on the minutes of the Board of Supervisors on the date shown.
ATTESTED: December 11, 2012
David Twa,

BY:	, Deputy

RECOMMENDATION(S):

APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the District Attorney, or designee, to submit an application and execute a grant award agreement and any extensions or amendments thereof, pursuant to State guidelines, with the Board of State and Community Corrections in the amount of $354,515 for funding of the 2012 Regional Anit-Drug Abuse Program for the period October 1, 2012 through September 30, 2013.

FISCAL IMPACT:

Revenue of $354,515 Countywide; $140,803 to the District Attorney for prosecution services, $105,144 to the Office of the Sheriff for forensic services, and $108,568 to the Probation Department for supervision services. 100% State; Budgeted.

FISCAL IMPACT: (CONT'D)

Pursuant to State guidelines, the Program is governed by a Steering Committee composed of the District Attorney, Sheriff-Coroner, County Probation Officer, and the County Alcohol and Other Drugs Administrator, which allocates funding among participating departments.

BACKGROUND:

The Regional Anti-Drug Abuse Program has been in effect since fiscal year 1995/96 and funds three components including the District Attorney, Sheriff-Coroner and Probation Department. As in prior funding cycles, the State requires that a single application be submitted for each County; therefore, the District Attorney is submitting an application on behalf of Contra Costa County. The program will continue to concentrate on a prioritized and integrated drug enforcement effort coordinated through State-led Narcotics Enforcement Teams operating in the County. Grant activities focus on mid and high-level narcotics dealers and manufacturers, violent and repeat offenders, and drug trafficking gangs and organizations, to interdict the importation, manufacture and distribution systems which have, in recent years, become more sophisticated in their methods of operations.

Grant conditions require that the County accept responsibility for any liability arising out of the performance of the grant award, including civil actions for damages, and supplantation is prohibited.

CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:

The District Attorney will not be able to formally accept the grant.

CHILDREN'S IMPACT STATEMENT:

No impact.