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A Resolution Of The City Commission Of The City Of Hollywood, Florida, Authorizing The Appropriate City Officials To Execute All Applicable Grant Documents And Agreements Required To Accept The Florida Department Of Transportation Subgrant Under The Safety Office Highway Safety Subgrant Program To Create An Initiative To Reduce Traffic Accidents Involving Fatalities And Injuries By Conducting Deliberate Enforcement Operations Targeting Speed And Aggressive Driving In The Amount Of $40,000.00; Amending The Fiscal Year 2019 Adopted Operating Budget (R-2018-301) For The Police Grants Fund (Fund 13).
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Staff Recommends: Approval of the attached Resolution.
Explanation:
The Florida Department of Transportation (“FDOT”) awards subgrants to traffic safety partners that undertake priority area programs and activities to improve safety and reduce crashes, serious injuries, and fatalities. Subgrants are awarded to state and local safety-related agencies to assist in the development and implementation of programs in traffic safety priority areas and funding for these subgrants are apportioned to states annually from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration according to a formula based on population and road miles.
On March 2, 2018 the Commission approved Resolution R-2018-072, authorizing the Police Department to apply for and accept, if awarded, a subgrant from the FDOT State Safety Office Highway Safety Subgrant Program in the approximate amount of $60,000.00. The Police Department was awarded a subgrant in the amount of $40,000.00, and it intends to utilize the subgrant funds to create an initiative to reduce traffic accidents involving fatalities and injuries by conducting deliberate enforcement operations which target speed and aggressive driving.
Recommended for inclusion on the agenda by:
Dr. Wazir Ishmael, City Manager
George R. Keller, Jr., CPPT, Assistant City Manager for Public Safety
Chris O’Brien, Chief of Police