HomeMy WebLinkAbout2025-32 - Cannabis Tax FundRESOLUTION N0. 2025-32
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COSTA MESA,
CALIFORNIA, APPROVING ACCEPTANCE OF GRANT FUNDS AND THE
EXECUTION OF A GRANT AGREEMENT FROM THE FY2025-26 STATE OF
CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAY PATROL (CHP) CANNABIS TAX GRANT
PROGRAM.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COSTA MESA HEREBY FINDS,
DETERMINES AND DECLARES AS FOLLOWS:
WHEREAS, the State of California, Department of California Highway Patrol
(CHP), has awarded grant funding from its Cannabis Tax Grant Program ("Grant"); and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Costa Mesa desires to accept the grant
funds for the education, prevention, and the enforcement of laws related to driving under
the influence of alcohol and other drugs, including cannabis; and
WHEREAS, the CHP Cannabis Tax Grant Program ("CTFGP") has awarded grant
funding to the City in the amount of $225,472.00 to create safer roadway environments
and reduce fatal and injury producing collisions by funding patrol operations, which will
allow officers to specifically and proactively conduct DUI enforcement and to remove DUI
drivers from our communities' roadways before they cause a collision. Specifically, the
funds will cover costs for the purchase of specialized equipment, including one DUI
enforcement vehicle and one message board for DUI checkpoints and the grant will also
fund personnel overtime related to targeted traffic operations; and
WHEREAS, in addition, the grant will fund educational programs in the City,
specifically, for the "Know your Limit" program, which will involve utilizing police personnel
who will coordinate with local bars and will engage the community with the utilization of
mobile breath devices so they can be educated on their blood alcohol level and whether
they are within the legal limit to safely operate a vehicle; and
WHEREAS, the City Council finds and determines that acceptance of the grant
funds from the State of California, CHP Cannabis Tax Grant Program could provide a
benefit to the safety of the residents of Costa Mesa; and
WHEREAS all legal prerequisites to the adoption of this Resolution have occurred.
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Costa Mesa as
follows:
Section 1. That the recitals contained in this Resolution are true and correct and
incorporated herein.
Section 2. The City Council hereby approves the acceptance of the grant funds
from the State of California, CHP Cannabis Tax Grant Program in the amount of
$225,472.00 for the reimbursement to the City's General Fund for the purchase of
specialized equipment and for the funding of personnel overtime related to targeted traffic
operations.
Section 3. The City Council of the City of Costa Mesa authorizes the Interim City
Manager, or designee, to execute and deliver the grant documents, including the Grant
Agreement and accept and administer the grant.
Section 4. The City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption of this
Resolution and shall enter it into the book of original resolutions.
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PASSED AND ADOPTED this 5'h day of August, 2025.
ATTEST:APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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I, BRENDA GREEN, City Clerk of the City of Costa Mesa, DO HEREBY CERTIFY
that the above and foregoing is the original of Ordinance No. 2025-32 and was duly
passed and adopted by the City Council of the City of Costa Mesa at a regular meeting
held on the 5'h day of August, 2025, by the following roll call vote, to wit:
AYES:COUNCIL MEMBERS: GAMEROS, MARR, PETTIS, REYNOLDS,
CHAVEZ, AND STEPHENS.
NOES:COUNCIL MEMBERS: NONE.
ABSENT:COUNCIL MEMBERS: BULEY.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereby set my hand and affixed the seal of the
City of Costa Mesa this 6'h day of August, 2025.
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