File #: 18-0292    Version: 1 Name: FY19 DMV Highway Safety Grant
Type: Resolution-Budget Status: Passed
File created: 8/21/2018 In control: City Council Legislative Session
On agenda: 9/12/2018 Final action: 9/12/2018
Title: Resolution Approving the City of Hampton, Virginia's Participation and Appropriation of FY2019 Virginia DMV Highway Safety Grant (Selective Enforcement - Speed) Through the Commonwealth of Virginia's Department of Motor Vehicles
Indexes: ,
Attachments: 1. Grant Award
Related files: 17-0274, 23-0273
Title
Resolution Approving the City of Hampton, Virginia's Participation and Appropriation of FY2019 Virginia DMV Highway Safety Grant (Selective Enforcement - Speed) Through the Commonwealth of Virginia's Department of Motor Vehicles

Purpose
PURPOSE/BACKGROUND:
The Virginia DMV Highway Safety Grant has awarded the City of Hampton Police Division pass-through funding from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) for Federal Fiscal Year (FFY) 2019 in the total project amount of $75,375.00 with $50,250.00 in Federal funds. These grant funds will be used for officer overtime relating to selective enforcement (speed), the acquisition of three additional LIDAR units, and to allow two officers the ability to attend highway safety related training.

Discussion:

The total funding for this grant project is $75,375.00 with $50,250.00 in federal funds and $25,125.00 in matching, in-kind funds. In-kind funding will be provided by the Hampton Police Division as fuel and vehicle maintenance costs incurred during/because of enforcement activities. The Hampton Police Division will utilize federal funding to purchase three LIDAR units and allow two officers to attend a highway safety related training. The remaining federal funding will be to hire overtime sworn personnel to specifically address traffic safety issues related to speed violations with the overall goal of reducing speed-related fatal and serious injury crashes within the City of Hampton. Efforts will be focused on enforcement during days of the week and times identified by the Department of Motor Vehicles' Virginia Highway Safety Office's Speed-Related Crash Statistics Report. The period of performance for this grant is from October 1, 2018 through September 30, 2019.

The period of performance for the FFY19 Highway Safety Grant begins October 1, 2018 and the DMV requires, at minimum, a 21 business day review upon the return of the completed, executed agreement by the City’s Authorized Approvin...

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