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TO: <br />City of Tukwila <br />Allan Ekberg, Mayor <br />INFORMATIONAL MEMORANDUM <br />FINANCE COMMITTEE <br />CC: Mayor Ekberg <br />David Cline, City Administrator <br />FROM: Cheryl Thompson, Executive Assistant <br />DATE: October 31, 2017 <br />SUBJECT: Office of Public Defense 2018-2019 Grant Agreement <br />ISSUE <br />The Washington State Office of Public Defense has awarded the City of Tukwila a $74,000 <br />grant for the Public Defense Program: $37,000 for 2018 and $37,000 for 2019. Council needs to <br />approve execution of the grant agreement since the award exceeds the $40,000 threshold. <br />BACKGROUND <br />The City of Tukwila has applied for and received grant awards from the Washington State Office <br />of Public Defense (WSOPD) since 2013. In prior years the grant awards have been for one year <br />and have ranged from $22,000 - $25,600. Effective 2018 WSOPD has transitioned to a two-year <br />grant application and award process. <br />DISCUSSION <br />On October 6, 2017 the City received notification that WSOPD has awarded the City $74,000 in <br />grant funds for 2018-2019: $37,000 for each year. WSOPD has stipulated that the grant funds <br />be used for to provide investigator services, interpreter services and social work assistance to <br />the Public Defense Program. The attached Grant Agreement must be signed and returned to <br />WSOPD by December 15, 2017 to accept the award and receive the funds. The City agrees to <br />utilize the grant funds as stipulated by WSOPD and to submit three written reports to WSOPD <br />as outlined in the agreement. <br />Past grant awards from WSOPD have allowed the City to translate our public defense forms into <br />six different languages: Spanish, Somali, Russian, Vietnamese, Hindi and Khmer; to provide <br />interpreter resources to public defense attorneys for attorney-client appointments; to contract <br />with a private investigator for public defense cases; to contract with a social services case <br />manager to assist public defense clients in obtaining social service; and to purchase portable <br />work stations to provide confidential meeting space for public defense attorneys to talk with their <br />clients during court sessions. These grant funds will allow the City to continue providing these <br />services in 2018-2019. <br />RECOMMENDATION <br />The Council is being asked to send this item to the consent agenda at the November 20, 2017 <br />Regular meeting. <br />ATTACHMENTS <br />2018-2019 Grant Agreement <br />1 <br />