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CTYGF ' SID City Council Memorandum TO: HONORABLE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL DATE: DECEMBER 18, 2012 FROM: POLICE DEPARTMENT ITEM NO: 33 WARDS: ALL SUBJECT: COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL GRANT PROGRAM - SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION ISSUE: The item for City Council consideration is acceptance of grant funds in the amount of $17,000 from the County of Riverside Department of Public Health - Community Health Agency Safe Routes to School Program. RECOMMENDATIONS: That the City Council: 1. Approve the acceptance grant funds in the amount of $17,000 from the County of Riverside Department of Public Health - Community Health Agency for the Safe Routes to School Program grant; 2. Authorize an increase in revenues in the amount of $17,000 and appropriate expenditures in the same amount to an account as established by the Finance Department; and 3. Authorize the City Manager, or his designee, to make non-substantive changes and to execute the grant agreement and any necessary grant documents. BACKGROUND: The Riverside Police Department has received a grant award in the amount of $17,000 from the County of Riverside Department of Public Health, for participation in the Safe Routes to School (SRTS) Program. The term of the grant is from July 1, 2012 through June 30, 2014. The goal of the grant is to conduct pedestrian and bicycle safety programs to children enrolled at elementary schools in the city of Riverside. This is the fourth time that the department has received funding from this agency to conduct this program. 33-1