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Home My WebLink About20082218.tiff RESOLUTION RE: APPROVE APPLICATION FOR 2009 LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSISTANCE FUND(LEAF) GRANT AND AUTHORIZE CHAIR TO SIGN WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners of Weld County, Colorado, pursuant to Colorado statute and the Weld County Home Rule Charter, is vested with the authority of administering the affairs of Weld County, Colorado, and WHEREAS, the Board has been presented with an Application for the 2009 Law Enforcement Assistance Fund (LEAF) Grant from the County of Weld, State of Colorado, by and through the Board of County Commissioners of Weld County, on behalf of the Weld County Sheriff's Office, to the Colorado Department of Transportation, Office of Transportation Safety, commencing January 1, 2009, and ending December 31, 2009, with further terms and conditions being as stated in said application, and WHEREAS, after review, the Board deems it advisable to approve said application, a copy of which is attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of County Commissioners of Weld County, Colorado, that the Application for the 2009 Law Enforcement Assistance Fund (LEAF) Grant from the County of Weld, State of Colorado, by and through the Board of County Commissioners of Weld County, on behalf of the Weld County Sheriffs Office, to the Colorado Department of Transportation, Office of Transportation Safety, be, and hereby is, approved. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED by the Board that the Chair be, and hereby is, authorized to sign said application. The above and foregoing Resolution was, on motion duly made and seconded, adopted by the following vote on the 18th day of August, A.D., 2008. BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS JELa WELD COUNTY, COLORADO ATTEST: 44 4SW William H. Jerke, Chair Weld County Clerk tot EXCUSED _ Robert D. Masden, Pro-Tem BY: rJ !� ►�";ri'N�� % / 7 Dep� Cler o the Board 1. W F. Garcia APP ED A M: (� David E. Long ou Attorney Douglas ademache Date of signature: ai4 2008-2218 SO0029 C ', j0Cio--tA Otli04, 3- COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION APPLICATION FOR LEAF PROJECT LEAF. 2009 XX First Year/New Second year Third year Applying agency(s): Weld County Sheriff's Office Federal Employee Identification Number (FEIN): 84-6000813 Project location: Mailing Address: Physical Address: Weld County Sheriff's Office Weld County Sheriff's Office 1950 "O" Street 1950 "O" Street Greeley, Colorado 80631 Greeley, Colorado 80631 Project period: From: January 1, 2009 To: December 31, 2009 Proposed Projector Director: � Name: Paul Wood Signature: Title: Commander Approval to proceed with grant request Signature: A,IA Name: William H. Jerke Title: Chair For: (Board of County Commissioners, County Administrator, Mayor,Town Administrator, City Council, etc.) AUG 1 8 2008 Date: Please return one (1) completed application on or before September 1, 2008 to: COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION OFFICE OF TRANSPORTATION SAFETY Robin Rocke, State Assistant LEAF Administrator 4201 East Arkansas Avenue Denver, Colorado 80222-3400 303 757-9808; 303 757-9219 (fax) 4-lit S7--(9c9/8 LEAF Application In developing your application, please note that the anticipated available funding for the 2008 program year is approximately $996,331 and that the LEAF Program anticipates making approximately 40 awards. Please develop your proposal and budget request with this information in mind. Part I - Community Data This section is to be completed in the provided Microsoft Excel spreadsheet. (See attached 2009 Community Data sheet.doc) Part II - Project Proposal A. Problem Statement Please describe your city's/county's problem with Impaired Driving. Please touch on the following areas: 1. What is known about the problems your city/county faces with Impaired Driving, including what is unique compared to other communities? Weld County is historically one of the deadliest counties in the state of Colorado when it comes to traffic fatalities. Between the years of 2004-2007, Impaired Driving was responsible for 77 of the 220 total traffic fatalities. Land wise, Weld County is the third largest county in Colorado, covering approximately 4000 square miles with close to 3,000 miles of roadway. Weld County is the most populated of the top three large Colorado counties. Weld County has two major interstates that traverse through the county which are 1-25 and I-76. These interstates are heavily traveled interstates that serve commuters of several larger communities such as Longmont, Loveland, Ft Collins and Greeley not to mention the numerous smaller cities. Interstate 25 is a major arterial for these cities to access the Denver metro area for such events as sporting, concerts and entertainment that all involve drinking. Commuters then return to these major cites utilizing 1-25 which is already at peak capacity and when in an inebriated state become a very serious traffic safety issue for the county. Weld is a rural agricultural county which may account for approximately 69% of these crashes occurring in unincorporated areas. Most of the Weld's main traffic arteries are improved and paved, however, many rural roads are unpaved dirt roadways. 2. What do you perceive to be changes in Impaired Driving activity over time (for example, changes in frequency, population groups, time of day or year, etc.)? There appears to be a correlation between the population growth in Weld County and the increase of impaired driving. Weld's population has been steadily increasing for the past 4 years. Them does not appear to be any surprises in day of occurrence, as Friday and Saturdays consistently rank high. Also, in the last four years those involved in DUI Crashes fall into two age groups; 21-29 remains the highest followed closely by 31-39. Them also appears to be a rise in impaired driving during the summer months. 3. What do you think may be causing some of the problems and/or perceived changes? As in most communities, Weld County has a very diverse population, from rural, to urban to city. These populations consist of a wide range of educational, ethnic and religious backgrounds;all with different habits and values. In some cases, these have a significant impact as some of these cultures view impaired driving as almost socially acceptable. Weld County also has a large transient population who commute in/out and through the county for employment and recreation on our two major interstates/highways that run through our county. It appears that all of these are contributing factors that impact Weld County's ability to reduce impaired driving. We have also recognized the fact that most of Weld County's on and off premises alcohol establishments am in the cities and towns which also contributes to the numerous impaired drivers transiting on county roadways after being served. B. Project Goals Please state what you hope to achieve in the coming program year. These are only estimate targets, but should reflect what you hope to achieve with the addition of LEAF funding. 4. During the 2009 funding year, your City/County will increase Impaired Driving Arrests by 37 . This will be a 15 % increase. 5. During the 2009 funding year, Alcohol/Drug Related Property Damage Crashes in your City/County will decrease by 6 This will be a 15 % decrease. 6. During the 2009 funding year, Alcohol/Drug Related Injury and Fatal Crashes in your City/County will decrease by 8 . This will be a 15 % decrease. C. Program Plan — Checkpoint and/or Saturation Patrol Strategy Checkpoint Strategy 3 Do you plan to use LEAF funds for Checkpoints? YES NO If"yes" please complete the following section. If"no" please provide a short explanation and then continue to the next section. 7. Please describe your general strategy for implementing checkpoints. In this section, please discuss: • How you will organize check point activity around the required events (St. Patrick's Day, Memorial Day weekend, July 4th, Checkpoint Colorado, National Crackdown, Halloween Enforcement, Office Party Weekend, and New Year's Eve). Please identify particular holidays you will emphasize and your strategy for the location of checkpoints. Weld County Sheriff's Office, along with other agencies participating in the Weld County DUI Task Force, have and will continue to participate in both individual and multi jurisdictional checkpoint efforts. Both the Sheriff's Office and the Task Force have focused their enforcement efforts to coincide with the LEAF Enforcement Periods(i.e.: Greeley Independence Stampede and Thunder in the Rockies). This year's checkpoints have been during the Memorial Day, 1" of July, Labor Day Enforcement Periods. We are currently scheduling additional checkpoint enforcement • Please describe the degree and manner in which you will use LEAF funds for non-required checkpoint activity, including locations and times. LEAF funding will be utilized to assist in compensating for deputies and officers from participating agencies for their overtime during checkpoints. Locations and times are staffed by need, as well as targeting "DUI Hotspots"with the assistance of our GIS Mapping. • How many checkpoints will you conduct in your City/County in 2009? Weld County Sheriff's Office and the Weld County DUI Task Force will plan on conducting a minimum of 6 Checkpoints in 2009. This will consist of both mobile (Hit& Run)and stationary checkpoints. Saturation Patrol Strategy Do you plan to use LEAF funds for Saturation Patrols? � YES NO If"yes" please complete the following section. If"no" please provide a short explanation and then continue to the next section. 4 8. Please describe your general strategy for implementing Saturation Patrols. In this section, please discuss: • How you will organize Saturation Patrols around peak seasonal event (St. Patrick's Day, Memorial Day weekend, July 4`h, Checkpoint Colorado, National Crackdown, Halloween Enforcement, Office Party Weekend, and New Year's Eve). Please note particular holidays/events you will emphasize and your strategy for patrol activities. As stated above in the Checkpoint Strategy, Weld County Sheriff's Office, along with other agencies participating in the Weld County DUI Task Force, have and will continue to participate in both individual and multi jurisdictional Saturation Patrol efforts. Both the Sheriff's Office and the Task Force have focused their enforcement efforts to coincide with the LEAF Enforcement Periods. Past saturation operations have been during the Saint Patrick's Day, Halloween, Office Party Weekend and New Years Enforcement Periods. • The degree and manner in which you will use LEAF funds for other (non- peak) Saturation Patrol activity, including locations and times. LEAF funding will be utilized to assist in compensating for deputies and officers from participating Task Force agencies for their overtime during checkpoints. Locations and times are staffed by need, as well as targeting "DUI Hotspots"with the assistance of our GIS Mapping. • How many total saturation patrols will your City/County conduct in 2009? Weld County Sheriff's Office and the Weld County DUI Task Force will plan on conducting a minimum of 6 Saturation Patrols in 2009. Media Activities 9. Please fill in the box by the following state sponsored media events you will be participating in: (dates are approximate pending NHTSA's official calendar of events) © St. Patrick's Day Weekend: March 13 through March 18, 2009 ® Memorial Day Weekend: May 22 through May 26, 2009 ® July 4th Mobilization: July 2 through July 6, 2009 ® Checkpoint Colorado May 22 through September 21, 2009 ® National Crackdown: August 21 through September 8, 2009 ® Halloween Enforcement: October 30 through November 2, 2009 ® Office Party Weekend: December 18 through December 21, 2009 ® New Years Eve: December 30, 2008 through January 4, 2010 5 10. Please describe any support you would like to receive with local media or activities (including print material, technical assistance, CDOT participation, etc.). Weld County Sheriff's Office and the Weld County DUI Task Force would appreciate any media assistance that can be provided. Printed material and technical assistance has been used in the past 11. In the past year, what CDOT sponsored media events and enforcement periods have you participated in and how? Weld County Sheriff's Office, with the assistance of CDOT Public Relations, participated in a new media interview with Channel 9 News. This was done prior to the July 4th Enforcement Period and to highlight efforts with Checkpoint Colorado. Collaboration Efforts 12. Please describe any other related efforts or groups (e.g., other law enforcement, local programs or coalitions, etc.) you intend to collaborate with during the project year and the nature of these collaborative efforts. The Weld County Sheriff's Office is an actively participating member of the Weld County DUI Task Force. This consists of participating municipalities as well as county(WCSO)and state (CSP)law enforcement agencies dedicated to removing impaired drivers off Weld's roadways. The Weld County Sheriff's Office is also an active member of Weld County Drive Smart Coalition. We have assisted this coalition in many endeavors to educate the public about driving safety. We have assisted in Graduated Driver's License training; the P.A.R.T.Y. Program (a high school program targeting teen drivers); Tailgate the Safety Way(a public event showcasing traffic safety and awareness). The Weld County Sheriff's Office has also collaborated and worked with Larimer County and Morgan County in getting the Tri-County BAT Mobile operational. This is an on-going effort to deploy this shared asset in all three counties. 13. What resources are your agencies willing to commit to this project? Weld County Sheriff's Office and the Weld County DUI Task Force is committed to providing trained and experienced law enforcement officers to enforce and prosecute impaired driving laws. These officers will plan and execute Sobriety Checkpoint and Saturations operations. The Weld County Sheriff's Office and agencies of the DUI Task Force are also willing to commit vehides(patrol and BAT Mobile), equipment, 6 as will as planning and building resources necessary to conduct DUI enforcement operations. Compliance with Data Entry Critical requirements of this project are compliance with the entry of data on the CDOT website related to established enforcement periods and submitting quarterly reports and claims and a final report. How many of these reports were late? Possibly one. 14. Does your agency have computer capability to access the website, access data and enter it on an Excel spreadsheet, complete a narrative report on Microsoft Word, complete CDOT's claim form on Adobe Acrobat, and submit the Excel spreadsheet and Word report as email attachments? . Yes No The claim form is required to be submitted via USPS, FedEx, UPS, etc. 15. Who will be the primary person responsible for entry of arrest data on the website, and who will be their backup? Provide names, email addresses, and direct telephone numbers. Commander Paul Wood WCSO Traffic Division pwood(a)co.weld co.us Office: (970)356-4015(Ext. 2838) Cell: (970)590-6826 Deputy III Donnie Patch WCSO Traffic Division dpatch@co.weld.co.us Office: (970) 356-4015(Ext. 2844) Vmail: (970)356-4015(Ext. 4269) Cell: (970)518-6524 Part III - Budget LEAF PERSONAL SERVICES LEAF Salaries Position Base Pay Benefits Total Number of LEAF COST units (Months, Weeks, Days or Hours) 7 Total LEAF Salaries $ 0 LEAF Overtime Position Overtime rate Number of hours LEAF COST 6-7 Law Enforcement Officers Approximately Approximately Approx. for 12/7 hour operations _ 0.00 per hr 588 hours $23,520.00 Total LEAF Overtime $2,3520 LEAF Contractual Services Contractor Services LEAF COST Total LEAF Contractual Services $ 0 Total LEAF Personal Services (total of all three sections on this page) $23,520.00 LEAF OPERATING EXPENSES (Cost per unit under $5,000) Description Number Cost per unit LEAF COST of units 8 Total LEAF Operating Expense $ 0 LEAF CAPITAL EQUIPMENT (Cost per unit$5,000 or more) Description Number Cost per unit LEAF COST of units Total LEAF Capital Equipment $ 0 LEAF TRAVEL AND SUBSISTENCE Purpose LEAF COST Total LEAF Travel and Subsistence $ 0 9 LEAF BUDGET SUMMARY (category totals from previous pages) Cost Category LEAF COST Personal Services $23,520.00 Operating Expenses $ 0 Capital Equipment $ 0 Travel and Subsistence $ 0 Total LEAF Funds Requested $ 23,520.00 Part IV- EVALUATION: Evaluation and reporting requirements will be incorporated in the contract. Part V- LEAF PROJECT CONTACTS 1. Project Responsibility 3. Project payments mailed to Name Name Commander Paul Wood Kim Higuera(Admin Office Manager) Address Address Weld County Sheriff's Office Weld County Sheriff's Office/Traffic Division 1950"O"Street 1950"O"Street Greeley, Greeley,Colorado 80631 Colorado 80631 Telephone (970)356-4015(Ext.2838) Telephone (970)356-4015(Ext.2804) Fax(970)304-6467 Fax (970)304-6467 E-mail address pwood@co.weld.co.us E-mail address khiguera@co.weld.co.us 2. Accounting records responsibility 4. Supervisor of Project Director Name Name Kim Higuera(Admin Office Manager) Deputy Bureau Chief Randy Winsett Address Address Weld County Sheriffs Office Weld County Sheriff's Office 1950"O"Street 1950"O"Street Greeley, Greeley,Colorado 80631 Colorado 80631 Telephone (970)356-4015(Ext.2804) Telephone (970)356-4015(Ext.2813) Fax (970)304-6467 Fax (970)304-6467 E-mail address khiguera@co.weld.co.us E-mail address rwinsett@co.weld.co.us 10 APPROVED AS WRITTEN APPROVED WITH MODIFICATIONS DISAPPROVED State LEAF Administrator Date 11 T ac3 ° ia) a) 3 o d F 7 G O o d a to-: 0 m N 3 w u G C N « O d A 0 as d N vi - U w 3 c y.52v o c d w c ct a o u — m yU E aTim10y O d- 0000 w x 0 a) ` w C c u fn w CO m CI (� y '° a L ao `-' roof Mv. O) co G y N 'OU E OH o � cp Nv. e- Gi RN 01br- Ti L ,vd�. N mr- cod >. N LL E # a Q y L d in >._ C # « « ## # « # # y V 0 p o Q a E m y in 0 3 0 a) 0 Oco0 n CC -4 w 4=0 $ w y • r` O .� N � M o rnL � '° L 'O c a) 3 po NNNOOhr! 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L I II riglilliall 0 f r Et • o 4- --.n I 4 * 4 9 6 6 R AR is f 11 ?. F: S S p a •• o . DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION F. ,OT Office of Transportation Safety 4201 East Arkansas Avenue Denver,CO 80222 massompa .a�.� PAPARTMIINT Or TRANSPORTATION November 6, 2008 Commander Paul Wood Weld County Sheriff's Office 1950 "O" Street Greeley, Colorado 80631 RE: 2009 Law Enforcement Assistance Fund (LEAF) Grant Application • Dear Commander Wood: We appreciate the time and effort you put forth in preparing your application and proposed activities, and are pleased to inform you that your organization has been awarded a 2009 LEAF grant for $23,000.00, to be spent only on impaired driving enforcement activities. The purchase of equipment, expenses for travel, or payment of administrative support or dispatch services will not be authorized. Your program manager, Robin Rocke, will be contacting you to finalize grant award procedures. Please note that this grant award is for 2009, therefore you are not authorized to conduct any proposed activities nor spend any of these funds until we notify you that a signed purchase order is in effect. We greatly value your interest and dedication to traffic safety and are looking forward to working with you. Sincerely, A-Ogle Glenn Davis Manager of Impaired Driving Programs cc: Michael Nugent, Office of Transportation Safety Manager Robin Rocke, Project Manager Captain Bruce W. Sheetz, Law Enforcement Coordinator Hello