HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - No. 2010-135RESOLUTION NO. 2010-135
A RESOLUTION OF THE LODI CITY COUNCIL AUTHORIZING
THE LODI POLICE DEPARTMENT'S PARTICIPATION IN A TRAFFIC
INITIATIVE GRANT FUNDED BY THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
OFFICE OF TRAFFIC SAFETY
WHEREAS, the State of California Office of Traffic Safety statistics show the City of Lodi has a
significant problem with alcohol- and speed -related fatal and injury collisions, including those involving
hit-and-run drivers and motorcyclists; and
WHEREAS, the Lodi Police Department is eligible to receive a $125,000 grant from the Office of
Traffic Safety to develop and implement a comprehensive traffic safety enforcement program to reduce
fatal and injury collisionswhere the primary collision factor is driving underthe influence or speed; and
WHEREAS, this comprehensive traffic safety enforcement program will also work to reduce
motorcycle involved fatal and injury collisions; and
WHEREAS, the Lodi Police Department will deploy existing officers on weekend and holiday
evenings for motorcycle and DUI saturation enforcement and will conduct eight DUI checkpoints during
the grant period, as well as conducting driver's license checks at all DUI checkpoints to address hit-and-
run collisions.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Lodi City Council does hereby authorize City of
Lodi participation in a Traffic Initiative Grant Agreement between the State of California Office of Traffic
Safety and the Lodi Police Department, thereby accepting awarded funding in the amount of $125,000 to
the City to enhance traffic enforcement and education and purchase related materials.
Dated: August 4, 2010
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hereby certify that Resolution No. 2010-135 was passed and adopted by the City Council of the
City of Lodi in a regular meeting held August 4, 2010, by the following vote:
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS— Hansen, Hitchcock, Johnson, and Mayor Katzakian
NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS— None
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS— Mounce
ABSTAIN: COUNCIL MEMBERS — Non
HL
City Clerk
2010-135