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Authorizing Police Department to accept a sub-grant in the amount of $294,437 from the Saint Paul and Ramsey County Domestic Abuse Intervention Project for the BLAZE grant.
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WHEREAS, the Saint Paul and Ramsey County Domestic Abuse Intervention Project (SPIP) has been awarded the Improving Criminal Justice Response program (Arrest Program) grant from the U.S. Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women; and
WHEREAS, this grant provides funds for the Blueprint Accessibility, Zero-Bias, Enhancement Project (BLAZE) defining a coordinated community response to domestic violence across multiple systems; and
WHEREAS, the Saint Paul Police Department is one of many partners contributing to the project and SPIP is sub-granting funds for its contribution as described in the attached agreement; and
WHEREAS, the City of Saint Paul Police Department requests authorization to enter into the attached sub-agreement; and
WHEREAS, the 2017 financing and spending plan needs to be amended and grant activity budget added for these funds; and
WHEREAS, the Mayor pursuant to Section 10.07.1 of the Charter of the City of Saint Paul, does certify that there are available for appropriation funds of $294,437 in excess of those estimated in the 2016 budget and recommends the changes as attached; and
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, the city council accepts this grant, approves the changes to the 2017 budget and authorizes the City of Saint Paul to enter into and Assistant Chief Kathleen Wuorinen to implement the sub-agreement with SPIP in a form and content as substantially set forth.
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