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Home My WebLink AboutCC RESO 14,512RESOLUTION NO. 14,512 RESOLUTION SUPPORTING THE CITY OF SAN DIEGO'S SPONSORSHIP OF LEGISLATION IN 1985 (AB 189 FUND) BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of National City, California, supports the City of San Diego's sponsorship of legislation of 1985 earmarking at least 15% of the AB 189 FUND for ARJIS as more particularly set forth in Exhibit "A" attached hereto. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Council direct that the City Clerk forward a copy of this Resolution No. 14,512 to Ed Struiksma, Chairman ARJIS Board of Directors. PASSED and ADOPTED this llth day of December, 1984. MAYOR ATTEST: (1-17---;;Z:-..— CITY CLERK THE CITY OF SAN DIEGO November 28, 1984 ED STRUIKSMA COUNCILMAN Councilman Jess VanDeventer City of National City 1243 National City Boulevard National City, CA 92050 RE: AB 189 Funding for ARJIS Dear Councilman VanDeventer: On behalf of the ARJIS Board, I have requested that the City of San Diego sponsor legislation in 1985 which would earmark at least 15% of the County's Criminal Justice Temporary Construction Fund (AB 189 Fund) for ARJIS. This request will be considered by the San Diego City Council's Public Safety and Services Committee on December 12, 1984. Thereafter, it will go before the Rules Committee and finally the full Council. It is anticipated that the proposal can be introduced in the State Legislature by mid -January. In order for this proposal to be successful, it will be necessary to have virtually unanimous support from the San Diego State Legislative delegation. To achieve this level of support from the delegation, I believe it is imperative that the city council of each city within the county indicate by resolution, its strong support of the proposal. This unified city support will be particularly important should the County Board of Supervisors decide to oppose the proposal. Therefore, I request that you place a resolution supporting this ARJIS funding legislation on your council docket at your earliest convenience. I am enclosing an analysis of the proposal prepared by San Diego City Staff. This analysis may be of assistance in drafting your council resolution. EXHIBIT "A" TO RESOLUTION NO. 14,512 City Administration Building • Charles C. Dail Concourse • 202 C Street • San Diego, Califonia 92101 • Phone 236-6655 Please route a certified copy of your council's resolution to me as soon as it has been adopted. It would also be helpful if you or another member of your council is authorized to contact your State Senator and Assembly Member regarding the legislation should the need arise. Thank you for your cooperation. Sincerely ED STRUI 'i, Chairman ARJIS Board o Directors ES/lb/kg cc: Ray Blair, Jr., City Manager, City of San Diego Lari Sheehan, Intergovernmental Relations, City of San Diego Enclosure . IRD Report #84-71 November 9, 1984 City of San Diego 1985 Sponsorship Program Permanent Funding Source for ARJIS (State) Proposal: To amend state law to provide that a fixed portion, fifteen per- cent (15%), of the "County Criminal Justice Temporary Construc- tion Fund" shall be payable annually to the automated regional justice information system (ARJIS). To provide that such funds may be used for improvement, operation and/or maintenance costs related to ARJIS. Source: ARJIS Board of Directors Present Law: In 1981, Assembly Bill 189 was enacted to authorize counties to establish a "county criminal justice facility temporary construc- tion fund." This fund, which has become known as the AB 189 fund, derives revenue from surcharges imposed upon parking cita- tions collected by the cities; and upon fines collected by the courts on parking and other vehicle code offenses. Monies in the AB 189 fund are allocated by the County Board of Supervisors for: (1) construction, reconstruction, expansion, improvement, operation or maintenance of county criminal justice or court facilities, including jails, juvenile halls, courtrooms; and (2) improvements of criminal justice automated information systems. In FY 1984-85, the County estimates the AB 189 fund will receive $2.3 million. In addition to the AB 189 fund, the Legislature in 1983 enacted SB 668 which authorizes counties to establish a second temporary construction fund to finance acquisition, construction and reha- bilitation of courtrooms or other facilities necessary for the operation of the courts, exclusively. This second temporary construction fund derives revenues from a surcharge on court collected vehicle code fines and forfeitures. SB 668 specifical- ly did not provide for any additional surcharge on parking cites collected by cities due to opposition from cities. In FY 1984-85 the Cdurthouse Construction Fund is estimated to receive $1.35 million. ARJIS Report Page 2 • Discussion: The ARJIS Board of Directors is requesting the City Council to include this proposal in the City's 1985 State Legislative Sponsor Program. A copy of the request from Ed Struiksma, Chairman of the ARJIS Board is attached. The provision of AB 189 which authorizes use of the criminal justice facilities temporary construction fund monies for improvements to automated justice information systems was includ- ed in the 1981 law specifically for ARJIS at the request of Assemblyman Larry Stirling. During the first year of the AB 189 fund's existence (FY '82-'83) in San Diego County, the ARJIS Board requested and received $300,000 from the fund. In FY 1983-84, ARJIS requested $511,370 from the AB 189 fund. This request was denied although the Coun- ty did provide $40,000 in general fund monies for an ARJIS evalu- ation project which was done by SANDAG's Criminal Justice Evaluation Unit. For the current fiscal year, ARJIS requested $381,000 in AB 189 funds. This request was partially denied by the County : the County did allocate $58,000 to ARJIS for con- tinuation of SANDAG's evaluation of the effectiveness of the system. The ARJIS Board has made these annual requests to the County for AB 189 funds based upon several factors: 1. The enabling legislation clearly authorizes the use of the funds for systems such as ARJIS; and in fact when AB 189 was enacted ARJIS was considered the only automated system in the state eligible under AB 189 for funds. 2. The size of the County's AB 189 fund is directly attributable to ARJIS member agencies' efforts to: issue and collect parking citations; issue misde- meanor release citations; and arrest felons and misdemeanants. 3. The success of the ARJIS system is directly related to maximum participation by all law enforcement agencies within the County - i.e. all cities and the County. Because data entry and inquiry transactions with the system involve costs, however, many of the smaller cities have indicated reluctance to continue participation due to budget constraints. In fact, the City of Oceanside withdrew from the system in FY 1983-84 for this reason. Therefore, the AB 189 funds requested by the ARJIS Board would have been ARJIS Report Page 3 used to offset member agency assessments and reduce the potential for further agency withdrawals. ARJIS has proven itself to be a significant and effective tool in the investigation and resolution of criminal cases within the County. The ongoing SANDAG evaluation of the system has revealed that ARJIS is already useful in 21% of the arrests made in the County, and provided assistance in 34% of the crime case clo- sures. These statistics will undoubtedly increase with continued use of the system by law enforcement. For these reasons, the ARJIS Board has been continually dis- tressed by the County's resistance to provide the requested AB 189 funds for ARJIS. Moreover, the ARJIS Board is aware that the County now has another courthouse construction fund derived from criminal fine surcharges at its disposal. Therefore, the ARJIS Board has determined to seek legislation which will earmark at least 15% of the AB 189 fund per year (approximately $350,000 in FY '84-'85) for ARJIS. LS:ml