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HomeMy WebLinkAboutRes 0714 - Interlocal Agreement - Law and Justice Planning & Distribution of FundsWASHINGTON RESOLUTION NO 714 CITY OF TUKWILA A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT WITH KING COUNTY REGARDING LAW AND JUSTICE PLANNING AND THE DISTRIBUTION OF CERTAIN LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSISTANCE FUNDS. NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TUKWILA, WASHINGTON, DO RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS: That the Mayor be authorized to execute, on behalf of the City of Tukwila, an agreement with King County regarding law and justice planning and the distribution of certain law enforcement assistance funds, a copy of which said agreement is attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference provided that the agreement is revised according to the following provisions: (1) Paragraph A, Section IV, Page 6 becomes Paragraph 6 of Section II B. (2) Paragraphs 1 and 2 in Section IV are Inter changed. PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TUKWILA, WASHINGTON, at a regular meeting thereof this 9 day of Jle.4 1980. Mayor ATTEST: MI Clerk A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 and r t AGREEMENT FOR LAW AND JUSTICE PLANNING AND THE DISTRIBUTION OF CERTAIN LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSISTANCE FUNDS THIS AGREEMENT, made this day of 1980, by and between the governing body of King County, the desig- nated Indian tribe, and the incorporated municipal jurisdictions within King County with the exception of Seattle. WITNESSETH: WHEREAS, the Federal Government through adoption and administration of the Justice System Improvement Act of 1979, hereafter referred to as "the Act," will make funds avail- able to the State of Washington for expenditure during calendar year 1980 and ensuing years; and WHEREAS, the Act authorizes the allocation of funds to States and units of local government to carry out programs to improve the functioning of the criminal and juvenile justice system pursuant to Part D of the Act; and WHEREAS, the Act authorizes the allocation of block granc funds to eligible jurisdictions including any combination of units of local governments which has a population of two hundred and fifty thousand or more persons; and WHEREAS, the parties to this agreement wish to apply for a block grant as a combination of units of local governments; WHEREAS, the population of this combination of units of local governments exceeds two hundred and fifty thousand; and WHEREAS, the Act requires the State to make available to eligible jurisdictions an amount of at least 7.5 per centum o f the eligible jurisdictions block grant allocation for the purposes of administering grants received under the Act and for operating local planning offices; and WHEREAS, the Act provides that the Chief Executives of eligible jurisdictions shall designate an office for the purpose of preparing and developing the grant application, assuring 1 compliance with Federal requirements, State law and providing fund 2 accounting, auditing and evaluation of grant funded programs; and 3 WHEREAS, the Act requires that each eligible jurisdiction 4 shall designate a local criminal justice advisory board which shat: 5 be broadly representative of the criminal and juvenile justice 6 system and shall include representatives of neighborhood and 7 community based organizations; 8 NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS AGREED THAT 9 I. The distribution of formula grant funds which are 10 available under Part D of the Act to the eligible jurisdiction 11 formed by the parties to this agr?,ement shall be governed by the 12 following provisions: 13 A. On behalf of the parties to this agreement, King 14 County shall submit an annual application to the State for a 1 5 block'grant for LEAA funds available under Part D of the Act. 16 B. The block grant funds received by King County shall 17 be distributed to participating jurisdictions on the basis of 18 percentages reflecting the relative expenditures made by each 19 such jurisdiction for criminal justice programs during the fiscal 20 year immediately preceding the preparation of the regional law 21 and justice plan, hereinafter referred to as the "annual plan," 22 in comparison to the total amount expended on criminal justice Z3 programs during the same time period by all participating juris- 24 dictions. PROVIDED, that funds distributed pursuant to this 25 formula to jurisdictions other than King County will be held in 26 a pool for distribution to such participating jurisdictions at 27 the discretion of the King County Law and Justice Planning Com- 28 mittee, hereinafter referred to as "the Committee," whose powers 29 and duties are described in Section II of this agreement. f'c 30 Participating jurisdictions shall be considered to be those juris- 3 dictions which have signed this agreement. 32 C. The distribution of funds provided for by this 33 section is contingent upon approval of projects by the Committee, -2- 1 as provided in Section II.B., and by the Governor's Council on 2 Criminal Justice. Approval of projects must be secured in both 3 the annual plan and in formal grant applications. 4 II. There shall be established a King County Law and 5 Justice Planning Committee. 6 A. Composition. The Committee shall be composed of 7 the following persons or their designee: the Presiding Judge 8 of the Superior Court or the Superior Court Administrator; the 9 Chairperson of the District Court Magistrates Association or the 10 District Court Administrator; the King County Prosecuting Attorney; 11 the Director of the King County Office of Public Defense; the 12 Sheriff Director of the King County Department of Public Safety; 13 a representative designated by the King County Council; the 14 Director of the King County Department of Rehabilitative Services; 15 the Director of the King County Department of Youth Services; the 16 chief administrative officer of each city in King County with a 17 population of at least 10,000 persons, or other representative 18 from such city as may be designated by its legislative authority, 19 PROVIDED that the city of Seattle shall not be entitled to such 20 representative; two representatives collectively selected by all 21 cities and towns in King County with populations of less than 22 10,000 persons; two citizen representatives nominated by the 23 participating jurisdictions and appointed by the King County 24 Executive, such citizen representatives to be members of com- 25 munity or neighborhood groups. Members of the Committee selected 26 by cities and towns shall serve at the pleasure of their respec- 2 tive appointing authorities; PROVIDED that the terms of such 28 Committee members shall not exceed two years in length unless 29 specifically authorized by the proper appointing authority or 30 authorities. The Chairperson of the Committee shall be chosen 31 from among the members of the'Committee by a majority vote 32 of the members for a term of one year, PROVIDED that a repre- 33 sentative of a suburban city shall be designated as Chair- -3- person at least once in every two years. B. Powers and Duties. The Committee shall be empowered to: 1. Review crime and offender data and special analysis prepared by the staff described in Section III of this agreement and recommend to participating jurisdictions target crimes and criminal justice system problem areas for emphasis. 2. Review proposed crime reduction and system improvement strategies prepared by staff and recommend to participating jurisdictions policies and program areas for emphasis. 3. Review and approve or disapprove specific project proposals submitted by agencies of participating jurisdictions for purposes of in- clusion in or exclusion from the annual regional law and justice plan. 4. Prepare funding guidelines for project proposals submitted by agencies of participating jurisdictions. These guidelines shall define target crimes to be addressed, target populations to be assisted, and policies for funding. 5. Review staff suggestions for projects to be evaluated and recommend projects for evaluation. 6. The Committee, pursuant to guidelines established by the Governor's Council and taking into consideration such guidelines as may be suggested by the Committee, shall set priorities for the use of funds allocated to it on the basis of the annual allocation formula adopted pursuant to Section I of this agreement. Such priorities shall be subject to alteration by the Governor's Council. Priorities shall be set by approving by motion or resolution a project or set of projects whose total grant costs do not exceed the amount allocated by the adopted formula. III. The King County Law and Justice Planning Office staff, hereinafter referred to as "the staff," shall fulfill the following duties: A. Responsibilities to Committee. The staff shall: 1. Solicit and present to the Committee all applicable federal and state policy guidelines, special conditions, and format requirements related to the preparation of local law and justice plans. 2. Prepare and present written materials required by the State Division of Criminal Justice as components of the annual King County law and justice plan to be prepared pursuant to this agreement, including but not limited to collection and analysis 8 9 10 1 1 12 1 2 of data, identification of problems and development of alternative strategies; except that the initial project descriptions and 3 budgets proposed for inclusion in the annual plan shall be pre 4 pared by agents of the parties to this agreement. 5 3. Prepare and present recommended target crimes to 6 be addressed, target populations to be assisted and policies for 7 funding. 4. Prepare and present to the Committee project evaluation reports for selected projects, contingent on LEAA funding for evaluation staff to be located in the King County Law and Justice Planning Office. B. Responsibilities to Jurisdictions Which are 13 Parties to this Agreement. The staff shall: 14 1. Prepare and present written materials required by 15 the State Division of Criminal Justice as components of the annual 16 King County law and justice plan to be prepared pursuant to this 17 agreement, including but not limited to collection and analysis 18 of data, identification of problems and development of alternative 19 strategies; except that the initial project descriptions and 20 budgets proposed for inclusion in the annual plan shall be pre- 21 pared by agents of the parties to this agreement. 22 2. Solicit and present all applicable federal and 23 state policy guidelines, special conditions, and format require 24 ments related to the preparation of local law and justice plans. 25 3. Prepare and present project evaluation reports for 26 selected projects, contingent upon LEAA funding for evaluation 27 staff to be located in the King County Law and Justice Planning 28 Office. 29 4. Present the locally adopted annual plan in general, 30 and the included projects in particular, before the Governor's 31 Council on Criminal Justice, and the State Division of Criminal 32 Justice. 33 5. For agencies of participating jurisdictions other -5- than King County, advise and assist in the preparation of contracts for projects included in the annual law and justice plan, as approved by the Governor's Council on Criminal Justice, and process and submit such contracts to the King County Executive for signature. 6. Prepare and present the annual block grant applications to the State Division of Criminal Justice and the Governor's Committee on Criminal Justice. Such application shall include such information on component projects as may be required by State and Federal guidelines. 7. Submit progress reports and fiscal reports for the block grant to the State Division of Criminal Justice as required by the block grant contract. IV. The jurisdictions participating in this agreement shall have the following responsibilities and powers: 1. The agents of all parties to this agreement responsible for preparing the initial project proposals shall submit copies of the project proposals to the staff for review and editing prior to the presentation of the proposals to the Committee. 2. The legislative authority of each participating juris- diction shall approve or disapprove project(s) submitted by its agents and approved by the Committee for inclusion in the annual plan. Approval shall be given by motion or resolution. 3. The applicants for LEAA grant assistance shall submit copies of formal grant contracts to the staff for review and comment prior to submittal to the King County Executive for signature. 4. The project directors of LEAA grant- funded projects shall submit all LEAA grant progress reports and fiscal reports required as conditions of grant contracts to the staff. V. General Terms. A. Any party to this agreement shall be permitted to with- draw from this agreement upon three months' notice to each of the other parties. B. The duration of this agreement shall be for so long as funds under the Act are available to the eligible jurisdiction created by this agreement. C. It is understood that by signing this agreement the signing jurisdictions are bound to and become parties to identical agreements signed by King County with other jurisdictions. D. It is recognized that amendment of the provisions of this agreement may become necessary, and such amendment shall take place when both parties have executed a written addendum to this agreement. PARTICIPATING JURISDICTION: KING COUNTY, WASHINGTON: ,„,c2,--zd John Spellman