HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC RESO 2021-64RESOLUTION NO. 2021 - 64
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ,NATIONAL CITY,
CALIFORNIA, AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO ENTER INTO'A MEMORANDUM OF
AGREEMENT WITH THE COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO BY AND THROUGH ITS HEALTH
AND HUMAN SERVICES AGENCY (HHSA) MOBILE CRISIS RESPONSE TEAM
(MCRT)
WHEREAS, the Covid-19 pandemic has caused many challenges for
communities, with one of those areas being mental health; and
WHEREAS, in National City, the Police Department responded to one thousand
one hundred and fifty-four (1154) calls for service in 2020 compared to four hundred forty-
seven (447) calls for service in 2009, an increase of thirty-two percent (32%); and
WHEREAS, the National City Police Department and the City Manager's Office is.
working with the County of San Diego by and through its Human Services Agency
("HHSA") to establish a Memorandum of Agreement to establish a Mobile Crisis
Response Team ("MCRT") in National City; and
WHEREAS, an MCRT will provide non -law enforcement behavioral health
intervention services for individuals and connect them to the most appropriate level of
health care; and
WHEREAS, the MCRT program aims to redirect mental health calls to behavioral
health clinicians, provide timely services to those in need, and redirect calls away from
law enforcement, as most mental health calls are not criminal; and
WHEREAS, the National City Police Department and the City Manager
recommend that City Council approve its request that the Mayor be authorized to enter
into a Memorandum of Agreement with the County of San Diego by and through its
Human Services Agency ("HHSA") to establish a Mobile Crisis Response Team ("MCRT")
in National City.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NATIONAL CITY,
CALIFORNIA, DOES RESOLVE, DECLARE, DETERMINE, AND ORDER AS
FOLLOWS:
Section 1: City Council authorizes the Mayor to enter into a Memorandum of
Agreement with the County of San Diego by and through its Human Services Agency
("HHSA") to establish a Mobile Crisis Response Team ("MCRT") in National City.
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Resolution No. 2021 — 64
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Section 2: The City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption of this
Resolution and enter it into the book of original Resolutions.
PASSED and ADOPTED this 1st day of June, 2021.
Alejandra Sotelo-Solis, Mayor
ATTEST:
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Luz Molina, ity Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Charles E. Bell Jr., At .rney
Passed and adopted by the City Council of the City of National City, California, on"June
1, 2021, by the following vote, to -wit:
Ayes: Sotelo=Solis, Rodriguez, Bush, Morrison, Rios.
Nays: None.
Absent: None.
Abstain: None.
AUTHENTICATED BY:
BY:
ALEJANDRA SOTELO-SOLIS
Alejandra Sotelo-Solis, Mayor
LUZ MOLINA
Luz Molina, City Clerk
Shelley Chapel,
, Deputy ity Clerk
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the above and foregoing is a full, true and correct copy of
RESOLUTION NO. 2021-64 of the City of National City, California, passed and adopted
by the City Council of said City on June 1, 2021.
Luz Molin City_Clerk
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