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BACKGROUND:
This legislation authorizes and directs the Division of Neighborhood Services to enter into an agreement with the Columbus Urban League to support its partnership with the Ohio Office of Criminal Justice Services to implement the Urban Crime Prevention Initiative (UCPI). The UCPI is a statewide model program based on a successful prototype developed by the Florida Attorney General's Office in conjunction with the Florida Consortium of Urban Leagues. The primary goal of UCPI is to reduce crime in a targeted urban neighborhood.
For Columbus, the targeted area is bounded by Broad Street on the south, Alum Creek on the east, 5th Avenue on the north, and I71 on the west. This targeted area has experienced three times the rate of violent crime according to local data as compared with Bureau of Justice Statistics. The project will focus on the use of exisiting community agencies and groups to implement crime reduction strategies, including an education component.
Council member Kevin Boyce sponsors this legislation. The $20,000 grant represents a portion of the $2 million Public Safety Initiatives fund created by Council in its 2005 budget amendments.
CONTRACT COMPLIANCE #: 314379453 (non-profit)
Emergency action is requested to expedite this crime prevention program.
FISCAL IMPACT:
City Council set aside $2 million in its 2005 amendments for Public Safety initiatives. This ordinances taps $20,000 of that amount.
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To authorize and direct the transfer of $20,000.00 within the General Fund and to authorize and direct the Division of Neighborhood Services to enter into an agreement with Columbus Urban League, Inc., to support its partnership with the Ohio Office of Criminal Justice Services to implement the Urban Crime Prevention Initiative (UCPI); to authorize the expenditure of $20,000.00 from the General Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($20,000.00)
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WHEREAS, the Ohio Off...
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