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Recommendation to authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute an agreement, and any subsequent amendments, with the California Office of Traffic Safety to accept and expend grant funding in the amount of $239,000, to continue the Drug-Impaired Driving Initiative, for the period of October 1, 2018 through September 30, 2019. (Citywide)
DISCUSSION
On August 29, 2018, the City of Long Beach (City) Health and Human Services Department (Health Department) was notified of an award from the California Office of Traffic Safety (OTS). The grant agreement with the OTS provides funds to continue the Drug-Impaired Driving Initiative, a part of the Cannabis Education Program that is housed in the Health Department’s Community Health Bureau. The City has been awarded $239,000 for the period of October 1, 2018 through September 30, 2019. This is the second consecutive year the City has received such funding.
The Health Department will use this funding to continue its GreenlightLB campaign to educate Long Beach residents about the dangers and consequences of drug-impaired driving and, in turn, decrease drug-impaired driving with a primary focus on decreasing cannabis-impaired driving. The campaign includes education and two-way conversations on social media, and the production of a resource page for multiple audiences on the Health Department’s website. Outreach is conducted through multiple community-based partners to reach youth and parents, and through the Long Beach Collective Association to reach medical marijuana consumers.
This matter was reviewed by Deputy City Attorney Linda T. Vu on September 24, 2018 and by Revenue Management Officer Geraldine Alejo on September 27, 2018.
TIMING CONSIDERATIONS
City Council action is requested on October 23, 2018, to accept funding and continue the program.
FISCAL IMPACT
The City will receive reimbursement funding up to $239,000 for the period of October 1, 2018 through September 30, 2019. Sufficient funds a...
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