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Home My WebLink AboutContract 40781CITY SECRETARY CONTRACT NO. ICJ THE STATE OF TEXAS COUNTIES OF TARRANT, DENTON AND WISE KNOW ALL BY THESE PRESENT MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE CITIES OF FORT WORTH, ARLINGTON, BEDFORD, HALTOM CITY, HURST, NORTH RICHLAND HILLS, AND COUNTY OF TARRANT, TEXAS 2010 BYRNE JUSTICE ASSISTANCE GRANT (JAG) FORMULA PROGRAM AWARD This Agreement is made and entered into this lU day of4u4ie 2010, by and between the COUNTY of TARRANT, acting by and through its duly authorized representative, hereinafter referred to as COUNTY, the CITY of FORT WORTH, acting by and through its duly authorized representative, hereinafter referred to as CITY, and the Cities of Arlington, Bedford, Haltom City, Hurst, North Richland Hills, acting by and through their duly authorized representatives, and hereinafter collectively referred to as SUBRECIPIENT, located entirely within the State of Texas, witnesseth: WHEREAS, each governing body finds that the performance of this Agreement is in the best interests of all parties, that the undertaking will benefit the public, and that the division of costs fairly compensates the performing party for the services or functions under this agreement; and WHEREAS, under the 2010 Byrne Justice Assistance Grant (JAG), the Department of Justice (DOJ) has awarded a total of $887,364 to be distributed to the parties to this Agreement; and WHEREAS, the CITY has agreed to serve as the fiscal agent for the 2010: BYRNE JUSTICE ASSISTANCE GRANT (JAG), and distribute all such funds between the cooperating parties; and WHEREAS, the CITY agrees to provide the COUNTY $79,245 a portion from the 2010 JAG award; SUBRECIPIENTS: ARLINGTON agrees to provide the COUNTY $45,074 from the JAG award, BEDFORD agrees to provide the COUNTY $4,515 from the JAG award, HALTOM CITY agrees to provide the COUNTY $3,176 from the JAG award, HURST agrees to provide the COUNTY $3,563 from the JAG award, NORTH RICHLAND HILLS agrees to provide the COUNTY $4,318 from the JAG award, WHEREAS, the CITY, SUBRECIPIENTS and COUNTY believe it to be in their best interests to reallocate the 2010 JAG funds as set forth herein. NOW THEREFORE, the COUNTY and CITY, and SUBRECIPIENTS agree as follows: Section 1. CITY agrees to reimburse the COUNTY a total of $152,939 of JAG funds. CITY agrees to reimburse SUBRECIPIENT ARLINGTON a total of $236,637 of JAG funds. CITY agrees to reimburse SUBRECIPIENT BEDFORD a total of $23,701 of JAG funds. CITY agrees to reimburse SUBRECIPIENT HALTOM CITY a total of $16,675 of JAG funds. CITY agrees to reimburse SUBRECIPIENT HURST a total of $18,705 of JAG funds. CITY agrees to reimburse SUBRECIPIENT NORTH RICHLAND HILLS a total of $22,671 of JAG funds. 1 OFFICIAL RECORD CP7" SECRETARY Memorandum of Understanding between the Cities of Fort Worth, Arlington, Bedford, Haltom City, HUlffi, RTH, TX North Richland Hills, and the County of Tarrant, Texas 1 of 9 09-15-10 A10:�.:�) I �. Section 2. The above parties agree to utilize their jurisdiction's individual award as outlined in a separate Memorandum of Understanding between the City of Fort Worth and the individual municipality or county. Section 3. It is expressly understood and agreed that, in the execution of this agreement, no party waives, nor shall be deemed hereby to waive, any immunity or defense that would otherwise be available to it against claims arising in the exercise of governmental powers and functions. Section 4. Each party to this agreement will be responsible for its own actions in providing services under this agreement and shall not be liable for any civil liability that may arise from the furnishing of the services by any other party. Section 5. This Agreement creates no rights in any third party. Section 6. As to each individual party, this agreement incorporates by reference the terms and conditions contained in the following three additional documents, as if set forth at length herein: (1) the Memorandum of Understanding between the City of Fort Worth and the individual municipality or county; (2) the applicable Grant Award Agreement; and (3) the individual municipality's budget submitted in connection with this grant award.. With the exception of those aforementioned agreements and/or documents, this agreement contains all commitments and agreements of the parties, and no oral or written commitments have any force or effect to alter any term or condition of this agreement, unless in writing and signed by authorized representatives of all parties. Memorandum of Understanding between the Cities of Fort Worth, Arlington, Bedford, Haltom City, Hurst, North Richland Hills, and the County of Tarrant, Texas 2 of9 IN WITNESS WHEROF, the following authorized representatives execute this CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS VA, � By: T.M. Higgi Assistant City Manager Date: 9//4//a APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY: goni'ca Woffor ood Assistant City Attorney Date: � ATTEST: City Date: 6 (.'51 Zo 1 O Contract No.: M&C No.. C-as3$—) I3I o ®FFrcrare REcaRc CITY SECRETARY FT: WORTH, TX Memorandum of Understanding behveen the Cities of Fort Worth, Arlington, Bedford, Haltom City, Hurst, North Richland Hills, and the County of Tarrant, Tesas 3 of 9 r�aa� oOolyO��t� ors COUNTY OF TARRANT, TEXAS By: APPROVED AS TO FORM: By: s Office fZs Memorandum of Understanding between the Cities of Fort Worth, Arlington, Bedford, Haltom City, Hurst, North Richland Hills, and the County of Tarrant, Texas 4of9 CITY OF ARLINGTON, TEXAS By: Trey Yetjr er Deputy ty Memorandum of Understanding between the Cities of Fort Worth, Arlington, Bedford, Haltom City, Hurst, North Richland Hills, and the County of Tarrant, Texas 5 of 9 CITY OF BEDFORD, TEXAS By: Beverly Queen City Manager Memorandum of Understanding between the Cities of Fort Worth, Arlington, Bedford, Haltom City, Hurst, North Richland Hills, and the County of Tarrant, Texas 6of9 CITY OF HALTOM CITY, TEXAS By: Thomas J. Muir City Manager Memorandum of Understanding between the Cities of Fort Worth, Arlington, Bedford, Haltom City, Hurst, North Richland Hills, and the County of Tarrant, Texas 7of9 CITY OF HURST, TEXAS W. Allan Weegar �/ City Manager Memorandum of Understanding between the Cities of Fort Worth, Arlington, Bedford, Haltom City, Hurst, North Richland Hills, and the County of Tarrant, Texas 8 of 9 CITY OF NORTH RICHLAND HILLS, TEXAS City Manager N R H Council Action 'Y N Date Approved Agenda No. '5 \ Y Ord /Res No. ZL Memorandum of Understanding between the Cities of Fort Worth, Arlington, Bedford, Haltom City, Hurst, North Richland Hills, and the County of Tarrant, Texas 9of9 M&C Review Page 1 of 3 CITY COUNCIL AGENDA Official site of the City of Fort Worth, Texas FORT WORTH -�- COUNCIL ACTION: Approved on 8/3/2010 -Ord. No. 19261-08-2010 DATE: 8/3/2010 REFERENCE NO.: C-24387 LOG NAME: 35JAG10 CODE: C TYPE: NON -CONSENT PUBLIC HEARING: YES SUBJECT: Conduct Public Hearing and Authorize the City Manager to Ratify the Application for and Accept, if Awarded, a $887,364.00 Grant from the Fiscal Year 2010 Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Formula Program from the United States Department Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Bureau of Justice Assistance, Authorize the City Manager to Execute the Grant Agreement for Acceptance of Grant Funds and a Related Memoranda of Understanding with Tarrant County and Cities Located in Tarrant County, Authorize the Use of Anticipated Interest in the Amount of $16,000.00 and Adopt Appropriation Ordinance RECOMMENDATION: It is recommended that the City Council: 1. Authorize the City Manager to ratify the application for a grant from the United States Departmen of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Bureau of Justice Assistance, Fiscal Year 2010 Edward Byrn Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Formula Program, in an amount not to exceed $887,364.00, 2. Conduct a public hearing regarding the application for the grant to allow the public an opportunity to comment as required as part of the grant application; 3. Authorize the City Manager to accept grant funds, if awarded, in an amount not to exceed $887,364.00; 4. Authorize the City Manager to Execute Memoranda of Understanding with Tarrant County and other cities located within Tarrant County to designate (1) the City of Fort Worth as the cognizant fiscal agency for the purpose of administrating this grant and (2) the manner in which the grant money will be disbursed and utilized; 5. Authorize the use of anticipated interest in the amount of $16,000.00 in accordance with the gran and 6. Adopt the attached appropriation ordinance increasing estimated receipts and appropriations in th Grants Fund in the amount of $903,364.00, subject to receipt of the grant. DISCUSSION: The Fiscal Year 2010 Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Formula Program allows local governments to support a broad range of activities to prevent crime and to improve the criminal justice system. The City of Fort Worth, along with the cities of Arlington, Bedford, Haltom City, Hurst, and North Richland Hills are required to negotiate with Tarrant County to develop a program budget and strategy. A majority of the cities included in this application have worked on collaborative projects for the past 20 years including intelligence sharing, crime analysis, juvenile anc adult drug treatment and the 2005-2009 Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Formula and Recovery Act JAG Programs. Following the announcement of the Fiscal Year 2010 JAG, representatives from the below listed agencies met and agreed that the City of Fort Worth should again serve as the cognizar agency for the Fiscal Year 2010 JAG Formula Program: http://apps.cfwnet.org/council�acket/mc review.asp?ID=13903&councildate=8/3/2010 8/18/2010 M&C Review Page 2 of 3 A total of $887,364.00 is available to be shared among the below listed jurisdictions and will be distributed in the following manner: JURISDICTIONS City of Fort Worth Tarrant County Arlington Bedford Haltom City Hurst North Richland Hills PURPOSE AREA Marked Police Patrol Vehicles and Grant Administration Adult Drug Court and Mental Health Liaison Police Supplies (Minor Equipment) .Police Equipment Police Equipment Police Equipment Police Equipment AMOUNT $416,036.00 $152, 939.00 $236,637.00 $23,701.00 $16,675.00 $18, 705.00 $22,671.00 No matching funds are required. Fort Worth was responsible for submitting the full grant application and will, upon receipt of the grant funds, distribute funding to the other jurisdictions, as agreed amon the above entities. The City of Fort Worth's funding will provide for 15 new marked patrol units for front line patrol and Neighborhood Patrol Officers (NPO). Once grant funds are awarded, the marked units will be ordered through an existing City contract awarded through a competitive bid process. No grant funding is being requested for the labor, installation or purchase of the associated public safety equipment for the vehicles. Grant funds totaling $396,414.00 will be used to purchase 15 vehicles at a cost of $26,427.60 each. Additionally, 10 percent of the salary and fringe benefits for a grant specialist will be funded at $19,622.00. This position will be in the Grants and Contracts Management Division of the Police Department and will administer this grant, including coordinating with all participating jurisdictions, conducting compliance and site visits, and compiling and submitting all necessary reports. FISCAL INFORMATION/CERTIFICATION: The Financial Management Services Director certifies that upon approval of the above recommendations, receipt of the grant, and adoption of the attached appropriation ordinance, funds will be available in the current operating budget, as appropriated, of the Grants Fund. TO Fund/Account/Centers GR76 451891 035423485000 $887,364.00 GR76 441042 035423485000 $16,000.00 GR76 5 $416,036.00 (VARIOUS) 035423485010 GR76 539120 035423485020 $152,939.00 GR76 539120 035423485030 $236,637.00 GR76 539120 035425485040 $23,701.00 GR76 539120 035423485050 $16,675.00 GR76 539120 035423485060 $18,705.00 GR76 539120 035423485070 $22,671.00 GR76 5 $16,000.00 VARIOUS) 035423485080 Submitted for City Manager's Office bv: Originating Department Head: FROM Fund/AccountlCenters Tom Higgins (6292) Jeffrey W. Halstead (4210) http://apps.cfwnet.org/council�acket/mc review.asp?ID=13903&councildate=8/3/2010 8/18/2010 M&C Review Page 3 of 3 Additional Information Contact: ATTACHMENTS 35JAG10 AO.doc Monique Lee (4221) http://apps.cfwnet.org/council�acket/mc review.asp?ID=13903&councildate=8/3/2010 8/18/2010