HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution 2015-034 Approving High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area Grant AgreementMARANA RESOLUTION NO, 2015-034
RELATING TO TIME POLICE DEPARTMENT; APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING THE
TOWN MANAGER TO EXECUTE A HIGH INTENSITY DRUG TRAFFICKING AREA
( HIDTA) GRANT AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF TUCSON (COT) AND THE
TOWN OF MARANA TO RECEIVE FUNDING UNDER COT GRANT NUMBER
HT -15 -2505
WHEREAS the Anti -Drug Abuse Act of 1958 and the National Drug Control Policy
Reauthorization Act of 1998 authorized the Director of the Office of National Drug Control
Policy to designate areas within the United States which exhibit serious drug trafficking.
problems as f-Ii.gh Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas ( HIDTA); and
WHEREAS the Southern Arizona Counties of Cochise, La Paz, Maricopa, Mohave,
Pima, Pinal, Santa Cruz, and Yuma are designated target areas under the HIDTA Program; and
WHEREAS the IIIDTA Program provides federal funding to designated IIIDTA areas to
help eliminate or reduce drug trafficking and its harmful consequences; and
WHEREAS the City of Tucson has been awarded funding to coordinate efforts and
administer grants in the Southern Arizona Region on behalf of the Office of National Drug
Control Policy under the HIDTA Program; and
WHEREAS upon execution of a grant agreement, the City of Tucson will award grant
funding to the Town of Marana to reimburse salary and employee- related expenses for a Marana
Police Department officer for services provided in coordination with the Pima County /Tucson
Metro Counter Narcotics Alliance (CNA) funded under the HIDTA Program between January 1,
2015 and December 31, 201- 6; and
WHEREAS REA.S the Mayor and Council of the Town of Marana find it is in the best interests
of its citizens to enter into this grant agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY rI "HE MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF TtIE
TOWN OF MARANA, ARIZONA, as follows:
SECTION 1. The grant agreement between the Town of Marana and the City of Tucson
attached to and incorporated by this reference in this resolution as Exhibit .A is hereby approved,
and the Town Manager is hereby authorized and directed to execute it for and on behalf of the
Town of Marana.
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SECTION 2. The Town's Mana and staff are hereb directed and authorized to
undertake all other and further tasks re or beneficial to carr out the terms, obli and
objectives of the g rant a
PASSED AND ADOPTED b the Ma and Council of the Town of Marana, Arizona,
this 21st da of April, 2015.
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Ma Ed Honea
ATTEST: APPROVE AS TO FORM:
o el C. B nson, Town Clerk Fra Cas y , Town At rne
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