LEGISLATIVE ACTION ITEM
SPONSOR: City Council Member Teniadé Broughton
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INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT FOR COMMUNITY POLICING INNOVATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2024
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RECOMMENDATION:
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That City Council, based on action taken by the Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA), approve an interlocal agreement with the City of Pensacola to provide Community Policing Innovations within the Urban Core Community Redevelopment Area for the Fiscal Year 2024 in an amount not to exceed $259,400.
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HEARING REQUIRED: No Hearing Required
SUMMARY:
One of the primary obstacles to community redevelopment is the perception of a lack of safety. Safety concerns are typically related to real or perceived criminal activity involving both personal safety and the safety of property. Pursuant to Chapter 163, Part III, Florida Statutes, the CRA may undertake “community policing innovations” to address safety concerns within a community redevelopment area.
Community policing innovations are defined as “a policing technique or strategy designed to reduce crime by reducing opportunities for, and increasing the perceived risks of engaging in, criminal activity through visible presence of police in the community, including, but not limited to, community mobilization, neighborhood block watch, citizen patrol, citizen contact patrol, foot patrol, neighborhood storefront police stations, field interrogation, or intensified motorized patrol”.
Although, revitalization has reduced blight and enlivened the Urban Core Community Redevelopment Area, safety concerns of varying degrees remain. To address these concerns, the CRA and City of Pensacola annually enter into an Interlocal Agreement to provide community policing innovations within the entirety of the district from 17th Avenue to A Street.
For Fiscal Year 2024, the interlocal agreement will facilitate a CRA contribution of $259,400 towards the cost of four (4) full time community policing officers dedicated to the district. Two of those officers shall be assigned primarily to daytime hours and two shall be assigned primarily to evening and weekend hours. Any remaining funding shall be utilized for eligible community policing innovations within the district.
PRIOR ACTION:
August 15, 2022 - The CRA approved an Interlocal Agreement with the City of Pensacola for the purpose of providing community policing innovations within the Urban Core Redevelopment Area for Fiscal Year 2023 in an amount not to exceed $100,000.
September 15, 2022 - City Council approved an Interlocal Agreement with the CRA for the purpose of providing community policing innovations within the Urban Core Redevelopment Area for Fiscal Year 2023 in an amount not to exceed $100,000.
January 17, 2023 - The CRA approved Amendment No.1 to the Interlocal Agreement for Community Policing for the Fiscal Year 2023 with the City of Pensacola.
January 19, 2023 - City Council approved Amendment No.1 to the Interlocal Agreement for Community Policing for the Fiscal Year 2023 with the CRA.
August 14, 2023 - The CRA approved the FY24 Interlocal Agreement for Community Policing Innovations
FUNDING:
Budget: $ 259,400
Actual: $ 259,400
FINANCIAL IMPACT:
Funding in the amount of $259,400 has been included in the CRA Fiscal Year 2024 proposed budget for the interlocal agreement.
STAFF CONTACT:
Don Kraher, Council Executive
David Forte, Deputy City Administrator
Sherry Morris, Development Services Director
Victoria D’Angelo, CRA Division Manager
Eric Randall, Pensacola Police Chief
ATTACHMENTS:
1) FY 2024 Interlocal Agreement for Community Policing Innovations
PRESENTATION: No