Agenda Item   

AGENDA STAFF REPORT

 

                                                                                                                        ASR Control  18-001068

 

MEETING DATE:

06/25/19

legal entity taking action:

Board of Supervisors

board of supervisors district(s):

All Districts

SUBMITTING Agency/Department:

Sheriff-Coroner   (Approved)

Department contact person(s):

Jeff Hallock (714) 647-1804 

 

 

Ross Caouette (714) 647-1854

 

 

Subject:  Ratify Acceptance of FY 2018 Operation Stonegarden Grant Funding and Agreement

 

      ceo CONCUR

County Counsel Review

Clerk of the Board

Concur

Approved Agreement to Form

Consent Calendar

 

 

3 Votes Board Majority

 

 

 

    Budgeted: Yes

Current Year Cost: $170,000

Annual Cost: N/A

 

 

 

    Staffing Impact:

No

# of Positions:

Sole Source: N/A

    Current Fiscal Year Revenue: $170,000

  Funding Source: FED: 100% (Operation Stonegarden)

County Audit in last 3 years: No

 

 

    Prior Board Action: 6/5/2018 #3, 4/24/2018 #46, 2/14/2017 #5, 1/10/2017 #3

 

RECOMMENDED ACTION(S):

 

 

1.

Ratify and authorize the Sheriff-Coroner to execute the Agreement for the period of September 1, 2018 through May 31, 2021 and related documents for the FY 2018 Operation Stonegarden Grant, including FY 2018 Grant Assurances, with the County of San Diego and other participating public entities.

 

2.

Ratify acceptance of $170,000 in FY 2018 Operation Stonegarden grant funds, Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance #97.067, as a sub-recipient of the grant award to the County of San Diego by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security through the California Office of Emergency Services and agree that the grant funds shall not be used to supplant expenditures controlled by the Board of Supervisors.

 

 

 

 

SUMMARY:

 

Ratification of the FY 2018 Operation Stonegarden grant funding and agreement will allow the Sheriff-Coroner Department to assist with human trafficking, drug smuggling, drug cartel and gang activity and threat interdiction identified by Customs and Border Protection/Border Patrol and the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department.

 

 

BACKGROUND INFORMATION:

 

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security provides funding through the Homeland Security Grant Program/Operation Stonegarden (OPSG) to border states to enhance the capabilities of law enforcement agencies to secure our borders.  The grant funding is intended to enhance cooperation and coordination between federal, state and local law enforcement agencies in a joint mission to secure the United States borders along routes of ingress from international borders, including travel corridors in states bordering Mexico and Canada, as well as states and territories with international water borders.  OPSG grant funding supports these states in the following areas:

 

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Increasing capability to prevent, protect against and respond to border security issues

 

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Encouraging local operational objectives and capabilities to enhance National and State Homeland Security Strategies

 

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Increasing coordination and collaboration among federal, state, local and tribal law enforcement agencies

 

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Continuing the distinct capability enhancements required for border security and border protection

 

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Providing intelligence-based operations through Customs and Border Protection/Border Patrol (CBP/BP) Sector Level experts to ensure safety and operational oversight of federal, state, local and tribal law enforcement agencies participating in OPSG operational activities

 

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Continuing to increase operational, material and technological readiness of state, local and tribal law enforcement agencies

 

The California Office of Emergency Services is the State Administrative Agency for California and therefore is the eligible applicant for OPSG funding on behalf of county-level recipients.  Since 2009, the Orange County Sheriff-Coroner Department (Sheriff) has received OPSG funding as a sub-recipient of funds passed through the County of San Diego.  Other sub-recipients of OPSG grant funding that is passed through the County of San Diego include the San Diego County Sheriff's Department, San Diego County Probation, several city police departments in San Diego County, the San Diego Harbor Police, San Diego State University Police Department, Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, the California Highway Patrol and other state agencies.  The grant funds are intended to be used to close a gap in human trafficking, drug smuggling, drug cartel and gang activity, and threat interdiction identified by CBP/BP and the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department.  The Agreement for the grant funds specifies that the parties will enforce state and local laws and will not enforce or aid in the enforcement of immigration laws on behalf of CBP/BP.  As the San Diego County Sheriff's Department has increased its prevention and interdiction activities, criminal activity is perceived to be circumventing San Diego law enforcement by establishing alternative maritime or land-based routes, which potentially impact Orange County. 

 

The following table details the Board of Supervisors (Board) approvals of past OPSG grants.

 

Board  Approved

 

Grant Term

Grant

Amount

 

Comments

3/10/15

2014

$200,000

Approved grant application request

 

4/14/15

2014

$200,000

Accepted funds and approved grant agreement, allocated over a 21-month period

 

8/25/15

2015

$200,000

Approved grant application request

 

5/10/16

2015

$150,000

Accepted funds and approved grant agreement, allocated over a 21-month period

 

10/25/16

2016

$200,000

Approved grant application request

 

11/22/16

2015

$50,000

Approved grant application request for additional funds not expended by other partners for FY 2015

 

1/10/17

2015

$50,000

Accepted additional FY 2015 funds and approved grant agreement, allocated over a 21-month period

 

2/14/17

2016

$150,000

Accepted funds and approved grant agreement, allocated over a 21-month period

 

4/24/18

2017

$170,000

Approved grant application request

 

4/24/18

2018

$386,522

Approved grant application request

 

6/5/18

2017

$170,000

Accepted funds and approved grant agreement, allocated over a 21-month period

 

The grant provides funding toward overtime costs in the Harbor Patrol, boat fuel and maintenance costs and mileage.  The Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) was received from the County of San Diego on May 20, 2019, which was subsequent to the September 1, 2018 start date of the MOA.  Therefore, it is requested that the Board ratify the MOA and accept $170,000 in OPSG funding retroactively, for the period of September 1, 2018 through May 31, 2021, as noted in the Recommended Actions.

 

 

FINANCIAL IMPACT:

 

Appropriations and revenue for agreement are included in the Sheriff-Coroner’s FY 2018-19 Budget for Budget Control 060.  There are no matching funds required for this grant.

 

 

STAFFING IMPACT:

 

N/A

 

ATTACHMENT(S):

 

Attachment A - Memorandum of Agreement