Agdapkt 2010-12-06 clsd and regular

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6.1 D REPORT To the Honorable Mayor and City Council From the Cit Mana er December 6, 2010 SUBJECT Agreement with the Redwood City Police Activities League for Youth Services RECOMMENDATION Approve and authorize the City Manager to execute an agreement between the City of Redwood City and the Redwood City Police Activities League for the provision of Youth Senrices. BACKGROUND The Redwood City Police Activities League (PAL), has been actively providing youth sports and collaborative after school programs for at-risk and potentially at-risk youth in the City of Redwood City for the past 15 years. PAL maintains its home on the Taft School campus at 3399 Bay Road and serves over 3,000 youth through its sports and collaborative youth programs. These programs include year-round sports for 2nd through 8` grades, boxing, karate, after-school programs, a tattoo removal program, dance and theater programs and an annual holiday toy drive in collaboration with the Redwood City Police and Fire Departments. This non-profit organization has been supported through public donations, volunteers and in-kind support from the Redwoad City Police Department. During the Fiscal Year 2009/2010 budget reductions, the police department eliminated the PAL Coordinator position (management analyst) and the Fiscal Year 2010/2011 adopted budget provided for the further restructuring of police staffing and support to PAL. Positions which had previously been dedicated to PAL and staffed by swom officers were eliminated and the position of a civilian executive director was created as a direct report to the PAL board of directors. The reductions in police staffing for PAL resulted in an aggregate savings of approximately $450,000 annually. To support the realignment of PAL from sworn police officer staffing to a civilian executive director and to provide programmatic support, $80,000 was budgeted in account 150-62115 - Police Activities League, in the adopted Fiscal Year 2010/2011 budget. An additional $80,000 will be budgeted in the Fiscal Year 2011/2012 budget and the total funding over two years shall not exceed $160,000. ALTERNATIVES The City Council could decide not to approve the agreement. FISCAL IMPACT The necessary funding has been budgeted in the adopted Fiscal Year 2010/2011 adopted budget.