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Minute Action Summary
Palm Desert City Council - Regular Meeting
Agenda Number:13.i.
Title:ACCEPTANCE OF THE CITY’S CITIZENS OPTION FOR PUBLIC
SAFETY/SUPPLEMENTAL LAW ENFORCEMENT SERVICES FUND
COPS/SLESF) EXPENDITURE PLAN AND FUNDING FOR FISCAL YEAR
2023/24
Date:Thursday, September 28, 2023
Motion by:Mayor Kelly
Seconded by:Mayor Pro Tem Quintanilla
Accept the City’s Citizens Option for Public Safety/Supplemental Law Enforcement Services Fund
COPS/SLESF) expenditure plan and funding for Fiscal Year 2023/24.
Motion Carried
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CITY OF PALM DESERT
STAFF REPORT
MEETING DATE: September 28, 2023
PREPARED BY: Mindy Esqueda, Emergency Services Coordinator
REQUEST: ACCEPTANCE OF THE CITY’S CITIZENS OPTION FOR PUBLIC
SAFETY/SUPPLEMENTAL LAW ENFORCEMENT SERVICES FUND
COPS/SLESF) EXPENDITURE PLAN AND FUNDING FOR FISCAL
YEAR 2023/24
RECOMMENDATION:
Accept the City’s Citizens Option for Public Safety/Supplemental Law Enforcement Services
Fund (COPS/SLESF) expenditure plan and funding for Fiscal Year 2023/24.
BACKGROUND/ANALYSIS:
In 1996, the Legislature adopted Assembly Bill 3229 creating the Citizens Option for Public
Safety (COPS) program allocating $100,000,000 to local governments annually for front -line law
enforcement activities. These funds are deposited into a Supplemental Law Enforcement
Services Fund (SLESF). These grant funds supplement funding currently available for public
safety including personnel, equipment, and programs. These funds cannot supplant any other
existing funds and must be used exclusively for front-line law enforcement services.
The SLESF allocation will be for crime suppression programs and various equipment purchases.
State law requires the City to receive a written request submitted by the Chief of Police. As the
City contracts with the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department for law enforcement services, the
City’s Chief of Police is the Palm Desert Station Captain. The Palm Desert Chief of Police
recommends utilizing the FY 2023/24 COPS/SLESF funds as indicated below and estimated based
on historic expenditures (these amounts may change).
ITEM ESTIMATED AMOUNT
2023/24 Crime Suppression Programs 50%
Equipment, Services and Supplies 50%
Crime Suppression Programs
The Palm Desert Police Department recommends using the allocated funds towards various crime
suppression programs throughout the year. Additional crime suppression programs will allow staff
to focus their efforts on an identified problem that directly affects quality of life concerns for Palm
Desert Residents. These programs can range from theft suppression, addressing a problem with
commercial or residential burglaries, retail theft, and any other identified criminal activities that
directly affect quality of life in Palm Desert.
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City of Palm Desert
Approval of SFESF Expenditure Plan for FY23/24
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Equipment, Services, and Supplies
These funds are used for multiple items, including but not limited to monthly vehicle rentals for
undercover officers assigned to the Burglary Suppression Unit; the purchase of load bearing vests
LBV) for new special team members or the replacement of old, worn vests; Police Department golf
cart maintenance; shoulder patches, police vehicle decals, safety supplies, training, cellular
telephone and services for special teams. Additionally, funds can purchase computers, technology,
and other support apparatus.
Legal Review:
This report has been reviewed by the City Attorney’s office.
Strategic Plan:
This item is related to the Public Safety and Emergency Services section of the Palm Desert
Strategic Plan, specifically under Priority 1: Enhance the delivery of public safety services. The
priority’s strategy is to expand the existing superlative services provided by the Fire and Police
Departments to address future growth and safety concerns. Palm Desert’s participation in the
Crime Suppression Programs and the availability of SLESF revenues will assist in meeting this
priority, by (1) having an increased law enforcement presence in mitigating any potential criminal
activity and (2) providing funding for front line law enforcement activities throughout the fiscal
year.
FINANCIAL IMPACT:
The allocation of COPS/SLESF monies will fund the program and items. The County Auditor
allocates the annual grant award in the County’s Supplemental Law Enforcement Services Account
SLESA). The funds are then deposited in a SLESA established by the City.
Cities are provided with a minimum front line law enforcement allocation of $100,000 under the
program and funds can carry over at the end of the fiscal year. The City of Palm Desert has an
unencumbered carryover balance of approximately $76,000 (as of 9/18/2023) to use on frontline
municipal police services in FY 2023/24. Currently, based on prior year allocations, staff has
budgeted $109,000 in Account No. 2294210-4391400 for FY 2023/24 SLESF costs. Those funds
along with any additional funding will be allocated to equipment and theft suppression programs.
There is no impact to the General Fund.
ATTACHMENTS:
1. Palm Desert Police Department SLESF Expenditure Plan
2. Citizens Option for Public Safety (COPS) Funds Reconciliation
3. California Government Code Section 30061
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City of Palm Desert
Cal COPS Grants
2294210-4391400
DATE VENDOR DESCRIPTION AMOUNT GRANT YEAR TYPE
8/5/2022 V0013988-FRONTIERCOMMUNICATIONS INC FRONTIER COMMUNValley Crimest 164.74 22/23 Srvc/Spply
8/19/2022 V0011989-VERIZONWIRELESS VERIZONWIRELESPDSheriff Cel 205.67 22/23 Srvc/Spply
9/2/2022 V0012638-BMWMOTORCYCLE OFRIVERSIDE BMWNewMotorcycle-Patrol Unit 30,394.43 22/23 Equip
9/2/2022 V0013988-FRONTIERCOMMUNICATIONS INC FRONTIER COMMUNValley Crimest 164.74 22/23 Srvc/Spply
9/16/2022 V0012707-ENTERPRISE HOLDINGSINC Car Rentals for Sheriff Dept 3,922.18 22/23 Srvc/Spply
9/16/2022 V0006659-RIVERSIDECOUNTYSHERIFF-PSECPoliceRadio operations 1,398.06 22/23 Srvc/Spply
9/30/2022 V0006659-RIVERSIDECOUNTYSHERIFF-PSECPoliceRadio operations 466.02 22/23 Srvc/Spply
9/30/2022 V0011989-VERIZON WIRELESS VERIZON WIRELES PD Sheriff Cel 166.86 22/23 Srvc/Spply
10/14/2022 V0013988-FRONTIERCOMMUNICATIONS INC FRONTIER COMMUNValley Crimest 167.40 22/23 Srvc/Spply
10/21/2022 V0012707-ENTERPRISE HOLDINGSINC Car Rentals for Sheriff Dept 2,618.50 22/23 Srvc/Spply
10/21/2022 V0012707-ENTERPRISE HOLDINGS INC Car Rentals for Sheriff Dept 5,104.07 22/23 Srvc/Spply
11/4/2022 V0013988-FRONTIERCOMMUNICATIONS INC FRONTIER COMMUNValley Crimest 164.31 22/23 Srvc/Spply
12/16/2022 V0013988-FRONTIERCOMMUNICATIONS INC FRONTIER COMMUNValley Crimest 170.75 22/23 Srvc/Spply
12/22/2022 V0015830-FLOCK SAFETY FLOCKSAFETY-AutomatedLicensePlateReaders 84,907.01 22/23 Equip
12/22/2022 V0015830-FLOCK SAFETY FLOCKSAFETY-AutomatedLicensePlateReaders 30,625.00 22/23 Equip
1/13/2023 V0013988-FRONTIERCOMMUNICATIONS INC FRONTIER COMMUNValley Crimest 175.91 22/23 Srvc/Spply
2/23/2023 V0013988-FRONTIERCOMMUNICATIONS INC FRONTIER COMMUNValley Crimest 179.32 22/23 Srvc/Spply
3/2/2023 V0013988-FRONTIERCOMMUNICATIONS INC FRONTIER COMMUNValley Crimest 179.32 22/23 Srvc/Spply
4/6/2023 V0013988-FRONTIERCOMMUNICATIONS INC FRONTIER COMMUNValley Crimest 179.32 22/23 Srvc/Spply
4/27/2023 V0015830-FLOCK SAFETY FLOCKSAFETY-AutomatedLicensePlateReaders 24,517.99 22/23 Equip
5/11/2023 V0013988-FRONTIERCOMMUNICATIONS INC FRONTIER COMMUNValley Crimest 169.29 22/23 Srvc/Spply
6/16/2023 V0015830-FLOCK SAFETY Phase #2 forALPR- 1st yearFLOCK SAFETY-Au 84,800.00 22/23 Srvc/Spply
6/30/2023 V0013988-FRONTIERCOMMUNICATIONS INC FRONTIER COMMUNValley Crimest 169.97 22/23 Srvc/Spply
6/30/2023 V0013076-SAN GORGONIO PASS POSSE Mounted Horse Patrol 1,500.00 22/23 Srvc/Spply
6/30/2023 V0012638-BMWMOTORCYCLE OFRIVERSIDE BMWNewMotorcycle-Patrol Unit 38,000.67 22/23 Equip
6/30/2023 V0012638-BMWMOTORCYCLE OFRIVERSIDE BMWNewMotorcycle-Patrol Unit 38,000.67 22/23 Equip
6/30/2023 V0015830-FLOCK SAFETY Phase #2 forALPR-balance due-1styear FLOCK 33,125.00 22/23 Equip
6/30/2023 V0013988-FRONTIERCOMMUNICATIONS INC FRONTIER COMMUNValley Crimest 174.00 22/23 Srvc/Spply
6/30/2023 V0015830-FLOCK SAFETY PoleReplacement 5/26 AveofStates-FLOCKSAFE 500.00 22/23 Equip
2294210 4391400 balance 382,311.20 Total Expenditure
Current Year Expenditure by Grant Award Year Amount
22/23 - - -
2294210 4391400 balance - Total
FY 22/23SLESF Summary Report (Current)
Fiscal Year Beginning Balance 293,220.08 Rcpt # Date
22/23 paymentfor09/2022 8,333.33 12483 10/6/2022
22/23 FY22 COPS Growth 65,271.25 12550 10/20/2022
22/23 payment for10/2022 8,333.33 12652 11/4/2022
22/23 payment for11/2022 8,333.33 12832 12/5/2022
22/23 payment for12/2022 8,333.33 12957 1/3/2023
22/23 payment for 1/2023 8,333.33 13161 2/6/2023
22/23 payment for 2/2023 8,333.33 SLESF0303 3/3/2023
22/23 payment for 3/2023 8,333.33 13420 3/31/2023
22/23 payment for 4/2022 8,333.33 13669 5/9/2023
22/23 Final 22/23 33,333.36 13886 6/9/2023
2290000 3423001 balance 165,271.25 Revenue
Combined Beginning Balance and Current Year 458,491.33 Total Grant Revenue
Salaries -
Srvc/Spply 102,240.43
Equip 280,070.77
Admin Overhead -
Encumbrances -
382,311.20 Expenditure
Excess (deficiency) CY Revenue Over (under) CY Expenditures (217,039.95)
Grant Balance 76,180.13
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State of California
GOVERNMENT CODE
Section 30061
30061. (a) There shall be established in each county treasury a Supplemental Law
Enforcement Services Account (SLESA), to receive all amounts allocated to a county
for purposes of implementing this chapter.
b) In any scal year for which a county receives moneys to be expended for the
implementation of this chapter, the county auditor shall allocate the moneys in the
county’s SLESA within 30 days of the deposit of those moneys into the fund. The
moneys shall be allocated as follows:
1) Five and fteen-hundredths percent to the county sheriff for county jail
construction and operation. In the case of Madera, Napa, and Santa Clara Counties,
this allocation shall be made to the county director or chief of corrections.
2) Five and fteen-hundredths percent to the district attorney for criminal
prosecution.
3) Thirty-nine and seven-tenths percent to the county and the cities within the
county, and, in the case of San Mateo, Kern, Siskiyou, and Contra Costa Counties,
also to the Broadmoor Police Protection District, the Bear Valley Community Services
District, the Stallion Springs Community Services District, the Lake Shastina
Community Services District, and the Kensington Police Protection and Community
Services District, in accordance with the relative population of the cities within the
county and the unincorporated area of the county, and the Broadmoor Police Protection
District in the County of San Mateo, the Bear Valley Community Services District
and the Stallion Springs Community Services District in Kern County, the Lake
Shastina Community Services District in Siskiyou County, and the Kensington Police
Protection and Community Services District in Contra Costa County, as specied in
the most recent January estimate by the Demographic Research Unit of the Department
of Finance, and as adjusted to provide, except as provided in subdivision (i), a grant
of at least one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) to each law enforcement
jurisdiction. For a newly incorporated city whose population estimate is not published
by the Department of Finance, but that was incorporated prior to July 1 of the scal
year in which an allocation from the SLESA is to be made, the city manager, or an
appointee of the legislative body, if a city manager is not available, and the county
administrative or executive ofcer shall prepare a joint notication to the Department
of Finance and the county auditor with a population estimate reduction of the
unincorporated area of the county equal to the population of the newly incorporated
city by July 15, or within 15 days after the Budget Act is enacted, of the scal year
in which an allocation from the SLESA is to be made. No person residing within the
Broadmoor Police Protection District, the Bear Valley Community Services District,
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the Stallion Springs Community Services District, the Lake Shastina Community
Services District, or the Kensington Police Protection and Community Services District
shall also be counted as residing within the unincorporated area of the County of San
Mateo, Kern, Siskiyou, or Contra Costa, or within any city located within those
counties. Except as provided in subdivision (i), the county auditor shall allocate a
grant of at least one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) to each law enforcement
jurisdiction. Moneys allocated to the county pursuant to this subdivision shall be
retained in the county SLESA, and moneys allocated to a city pursuant to this
subdivision shall be deposited in a SLESA established in the city treasury.
4) Fifty percent to the county or city and county to implement a comprehensive
multiagency juvenile justice plan as provided in this paragraph. The juvenile justice
plan shall be developed by the local juvenile justice coordinating council in each
county and city and county with the membership described in Section 749.22 of the
Welfare and Institutions Code. The plan shall be reviewed and updated annually by
the council. The plan or updated plan may, at the discretion of the county or city and
county, be approved by the county board of supervisors. The plan or updated plan
shall be submitted to the Board of State and Community Corrections by May 1 of
each year in a format specied by the board that consolidates the form of submission
of the annual comprehensive juvenile justice multiagency plan to be developed under
this chapter with the form for submission of the annual Youthful Offender Block
Grant plan that is required to be developed and submitted pursuant to Section 1961
of the Welfare and Institutions Code.
A) The multiagency juvenile justice plan shall include, but not be limited to, all
of the following components:
i) An assessment of existing law enforcement, probation, education, mental health,
health, social services, drug and alcohol, and youth services resources that specically
target at-risk juveniles, juvenile offenders, and their families.
ii) An identication and prioritization of the neighborhoods, schools, and other
areas in the community that face a signicant public safety risk from juvenile crime,
such as gang activity, daylight burglary, late-night robbery, vandalism, truancy,
controlled substances sales, rearm-related violence, and juvenile substance abuse
and alcohol use.
iii) A local juvenile justice action strategy that provides for a continuum of
responses to juvenile crime and delinquency and demonstrates a collaborative and
integrated approach for implementing a system of swift, certain, and graduated
responses for at-risk youth and juvenile offenders.
iv) A description of the programs, strategies, or system enhancements that are
proposed to be funded pursuant to this subparagraph.
B) Programs, strategies, and system enhancements proposed to be funded under
this chapter shall satisfy all of the following requirements:
i) Be based on programs and approaches that have been demonstrated to be
effective in reducing delinquency and addressing juvenile crime for any elements of
response to juvenile crime and delinquency, including prevention, intervention,
suppression, and incapacitation.
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ii) Collaborate and integrate services of all the resources set forth in clause (i) of
subparagraph (A), to the extent appropriate.
iii) Employ information sharing systems to ensure that county actions are fully
coordinated, and designed to provide data for measuring the success of juvenile justice
programs and strategies.
C) To assess the effectiveness of programs, strategies, and system enhancements
funded pursuant to this paragraph, each county or city and county shall submit by
October 1 of each year a report to the county board of supervisors and to the Board
of State and Community Corrections on the programs, strategies, and system
enhancements funded pursuant to this chapter.The report shall be in a format specied
by the board that consolidates the report to be submitted pursuant to this chapter with
the annual report to be submitted to the board for the Youthful Offender Block Grant
program, as required by subdivision (c) of Section 1961 of the Welfare and Institutions
Code. The report shall include all of the following:
i) An updated description of the programs, strategies, and system enhancements
that have been funded pursuant to this chapter in the immediately preceding scal
year.
ii) An accounting of expenditures during the immediately preceding scal year
for each program, strategy, or system enhancement funded pursuant to this chapter.
iii) A description and expenditure report for programs, strategies, or system
enhancements that have been cofunded during the preceding scal year using funds
provided under this chapter and Youthful Offender Block Grant funds provided under
Chapter 1.5 (commencing with Section 1950) of Division 2.5 of the Welfare and
Institutions Code.
iv) Countywide juvenile justice trend data available from existing statewide
juvenile justice data systems or networks, as specied by the Board of State and
Community Corrections, including, but not limited to, arrests, diversions, petitions
led, petitions sustained, placements, incarcerations, subsequent petitions, and
probation violations, and including, in a format to be specied by the board, a summary
description or analysis, based on available information, of how the programs, strategies,
or system enhancements funded pursuant to this chapter have or may have contributed
to, or inuenced, the juvenile justice data trends identied in the report.
D) The board shall, within 45 days of having received the county’s report, post
on its internet website a description or summary of the programs, strategies, or system
enhancements that have been supported by funds made available to the county under
this chapter.
E) The Board of State and Community Corrections shall compile the local reports
and, by March 1 of each year following their submission, make a report to the Governor
and the Legislature summarizing the programs, strategies, and system enhancements
and related expenditures made by each county and city and county from the
appropriation made for the purposes of this paragraph. The annual report to the
Governor and the Legislature shall also summarize the countywide trend data and
any other pertinent information submitted by counties indicating how the programs,
strategies, or system enhancements supported by funds appropriated under this chapter
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have or may have contributed to, or inuenced, the trends identied. The board may
consolidate the annual report to the Legislature required under this paragraph with
the annual report required by subdivision (d) of Section 1961 of the Welfare and
Institutions Code for the Youthful Offender Block Grant program. The annual report
shall be submitted pursuant to Section 9795, and shall be posted for access by the
public on the internet website of the board.
c) Subject to subdivision (d), for each scal year in which the county, each city,
the Broadmoor Police Protection District, the Bear Valley Community Services
District, the Stallion Springs Community Services District, the Lake Shastina
Community Services District, and the Kensington Police Protection and Community
Services District receive moneys pursuant to paragraph (3) of subdivision (b), the
county, each city, and each district specied in this subdivision shall appropriate those
moneys in accordance with the following procedures:
1) In the case of the county, the county board of supervisors shall appropriate
existing and anticipated moneys exclusively to provide frontline law enforcement
services, other than those services specied in paragraphs (1) and (2) of subdivision
b), in the unincorporated areas of the county, in response to written requests submitted
to the board by the county sheriff and the district attorney. Any request submitted
pursuant to this paragraph shall specify the frontline law enforcement needs of the
requesting entity, and those personnel, equipment, and programs that are necessary
to meet those needs.
2) In the case of a city, the city council shall appropriate existing and anticipated
moneys exclusively to fund frontline municipal police services, in accordance with
written requests submitted by the chief of police of that city or the chief administrator
of the law enforcement agency that provides police services for that city.
3) In the case of the Broadmoor Police Protection District within the County of
San Mateo, the Bear Valley Community Services District or the Stallion Springs
Community Services District within Kern County, the Lake Shastina Community
Services District within Siskiyou County, or the Kensington Police Protection and
Community Services District within Contra Costa County, the legislative body of that
special district shall appropriate existing and anticipated moneys exclusively to fund
frontline municipal police services, in accordance with written requests submitted by
the chief administrator of the law enforcement agency that provides police services
for that special district.
d) For each scal year in which the county, a city, or the Broadmoor Police
Protection District within the County of San Mateo, the Bear Valley Community
Services District or the Stallion Springs Community Services District within Kern
County, the Lake Shastina Community Services District within Siskiyou County, or
the Kensington Police Protection and Community Services District within Contra
Costa County receives any moneys pursuant to this chapter, in no event shall the
governing body of any of those recipient agencies subsequently alter any previous,
valid appropriation by that body, for that same scal year, of moneys allocated to the
county or city pursuant to paragraph (3) of subdivision (b).
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e) For the 2011–12 scal year, the Controller shall allocate 23.54 percent of the
amount deposited in the Local Law Enforcement Services Account in the Local
Revenue Fund 2011 for the purposes of paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) of subdivision
b), and shall allocate 23.54 percent for purposes of paragraph (4) of subdivision (b).
f) Commencing with the 2012–13 scal year, subsequent to the allocation
described in subdivision (c) of Section 29552, the Controller shall allocate 23.54363596
percent of the remaining amount deposited in the Enhancing Law Enforcement
Activities Subaccount in the Local Revenue Fund 2011 for the purposes of paragraphs
1) to (3), inclusive, of subdivision (b), and, subsequent to the allocation described
in subdivision (c) of Section 29552, shall allocate 23.54363596 percent of the
remaining amount for purposes of paragraph (4) of subdivision (b).
g) Commencing with the 2013–14 scal year, subsequent to the allocation
described in subdivision (d) of Section 29552, the Controller shall allocate
23.54363596 percent of the remaining amount deposited in the Enhancing Law
EnforcementActivities Subaccount in the Local Revenue Fund 2011 for the purposes
of paragraphs (1) to (3), inclusive, of subdivision (b), and, subsequent to the allocation
described in subdivision (d) of Section 29552, shall allocate 23.54363596 percent of
the remaining amount for purposes of paragraph (4) of subdivision (b). The Controller
shall allocate funds in monthly installments to local jurisdictions for public safety in
accordance with this section as annually calculated by the Director of Finance.
h) Funds received pursuant to subdivision (b) shall be expended or encumbered
in accordance with this chapter no later than June 30 of the following scal year. A
local agency that has not met the requirement of this subdivision shall remit unspent
SLESA moneys received after April 1, 2009, to the Controller for deposit in the Local
Safety and Protection Account, after April 1, 2012, to the Local Law Enforcement
ServicesAccount, and after July 1, 2012, to the County Enhancing Law Enforcement
Activities Subaccount. This subdivision shall become inoperative on July 1, 2015.
i) In the 2010–11 scal year, if the fourth quarter revenue derived from fees
imposed by subdivision (a) of Section 10752.2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code
that are deposited in the General Fund and transferred to the Local Safety and
Protection Account, and continuously appropriated to the Controller for allocation
pursuant to this section, are insufcient to provide a minimum grant of one hundred
thousand dollars ($100,000) to each law enforcement jurisdiction, the county auditor
shall allocate the revenue proportionately, based on the allocation schedule in paragraph
3) of subdivision (b). The county auditor shall proportionately allocate, based on the
allocation schedule in paragraph (3) of subdivision (b), all revenues received after
the distribution of the fourth quarter allocation attributable to these fees for which
payment was due prior to July 1, 2011, until all minimum allocations are fullled, at
which point all remaining revenue shall be distributed proportionately among the
other jurisdictions.
j) The county auditor shall redirect unspent funds that were remitted after July 1,
2012, by a local agency to the County Enhancing Law Enforcement Activities
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Subaccount pursuant to subdivision (h), to the local agency that remitted the unspent
funds in an amount equal to the amount remitted.
Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 29, Sec. 112. (SB 82) Effective June 27, 2019.)
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CITY OF PALM DESERT
CITY MANAGER’S OFFICE
INTEROFFICE MEMORANDUM
Date: September 28, 2023
To: Honorable Mayor and Councilmembers
From: Anthony J. Mejia, City Clerk
Subject: City Council Meeting of September 28, 2023
Below you will find questions received from the Mayor or Councilmembers and answers provided by
City staff regarding tonight’s City Council meeting:
ITEM 13a: APPROVAL OF CITY COUNCIL, SUCCESSOR AGENCY, AND HOUSING AUTHORITY
MINUTES
City staff notes a correction will be made to the September 14, 2023, Study Session Minutes to reflect
the absence of Councilmember Nestande.
ITEM 13c: APPROVAL OF THE 2023 PALM DESERT GOLF CART PARADE
Q1: Is the $25K for Golf Cart parade our contribution to the Chamber via police services or
is this in addition to it?
A1: This $25,000 is in addition to the $60,000 sponsorship as the City Council previously approved
in-kind police services related to this event. The $25,000 will not be paid to the Chamber of
Commerce. It is a budget transfer from one City account to another.
Q2: Will Burrtec have compost bins on site? Will they be available for the vendors?
A2: For the Golf Cart Parade, Burrtec will provide cardboard trash and recycle bins as there won’t
be many food vendors present. For the City’s 50th Anniversary Celebration (The Party in the
Park), the City will ask Burrtec to provide compost containers for food vendors and attendees.
Additionally, beginning in 2024, in accordance with SB 1383, all events taking place in the city
with over 2,000 attendees that serve food will be required to work with FIND Food Bank to set
up an edible food recovery system. Staff will also work with Burrtec on a plan for collecting
non-edible food waste at large scale City-produced events.
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09/28/2023 Question & Answer Memo
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ITEM 13i: APPROVE THE ADDITION OF IMPROVEMENTS FOR PUBLIC PARKING AND OPEN
SPACE TO APN 620-400-625 TO THE CITY’S CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM
Q1: What is the reason for the $76K surplus? Have all of the needs been met? Is there any
deferred maintenance or costs that may have been overlooked? Can this be used for
training, such as professional development seminars to strengthen support to the
volunteers and the community?
A1: This fund is restricted to items that supplement direct law enforcement service. Last fiscal
year, there was $161,284 carried forward from previous years of unspent revenue. This is on
top of the new annual allocation. Our goal has been to expend the previous years’ amounts to
reconcile this fund and supply the Sheriff’s department with equipment, tools, and staffing
resources. We were able to take care of immediate needs but did not exhaust all the previous
year’s grant amounts. Going forward with this plan, we will expend the $76,000 surplus and
new allocation on equipment like tactical vests, crime suppression and speed enforcement
programs.
ITEM 14a: APPROVE AN AGREEMENT WITH KINGDOM CAUSES DBA CITY NET FOR CITY
HOMELESS OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT SERVICES
Q1: In addition to the email, phone, and text communication listed, will City Net have access
to the Homelessness Support requests made on the PD App? If so, how soon after the
report is made?
A1: Yes, City staff will continue to manage all incoming requests for homeless support coming
from our City App, email, and phone; and coordinate responses with City Net. Once they have
learned the resource system here in Palm Desert, we will work to integrate them into our
service request system.
Q2: What is the success rate of Landlord Engagement? How is success measured?
A2: Program staff will assist all clients on a pathway to housing. That can include a variety of
options through coordinated entry, income, and landlord engagement to find viable housing
options. Landlord engagement is difficult as rental occupancy rates are very high, leaving
limited availability throughout the state. The team makes every effort to identify and engage
landlords. Success rates will vary depending on region. Success is measured by identifying
viable landlords open to renting to our unhoused participants, and successfully connecting
them to move-in.
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