Grant12 State of CA, Dept of Traffic Safety

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� , . General TR SCHEDULE A GxANT No: TR1301 GRANT DESCRIPTION PAGE 2 10. To provide a software application with the means of producing current reports ranking collision locations by number and primary collision factor(PCF). 11. To train 3 staff inembers in the usage and maintenance of the finalized version of the system software. 12. To establish a Geographic Information System(GIS)to track collision data and collision locations and to produce GIS maps. 13. To reduce the time between an incident and its date of entry into the GIS system from 180 days to 30 days. The corresponding salary savings are to be tracked and reported. 14. To improve Police Department and/or Traffic Engineering Department customer service by improving the time it takes to produce and track collision reports and also by reducing the time that it takes to analyze high collision locations from 60 minutes to 15 minutes. The corresponding salary savings are to be tracked and reported. 15. To establish Geographic Information Systems (GIS) including hardware, software and network cabling or other linking media for the Police Department andlor the Public Works Department. 16. To ensure the Police Department and/or the Public Works Department has timely access to current and complete traffic data required to identify, isolate and analyze critical traffic safety issues. 17. To identify, develop and support programs that will enhance the systems and the staff expertise to enable agencies to improve the efficiency and accuracy of identification, analysis and mitigation of critical traffic collision locations. Media Obiectives a. To issue a press release announcing the kick-off of the grant by November 15 of the first grant year. The press releases and media advisories, alerts, and materials must be emailed to the OTS Public Information Officer at pio�a�,ots.ca.gov, and copied to your OTS Coordinator, for approval 14 days prior to the issuance date of the release. b. To use the following standard language in all press, media, and printed materials: "Funding for this program was provided by a grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety,through the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration." c. To send all grant-related press releases, media advisories, alerts and general public materials to the OTS Public Information Officer(PIO) at pio(cr�,ots.ca.Ut,ov, with a copy to your OTS Coordinator. If an OTS template-based press release is used,the OTS PIO and Coordinator should be copied when the release is distributed to the press. If an OTS template is not used, a draft press release must first be sent to the OTS PIO for approval. Drafts should be sent for approval as early as possible to insure adequate turn-around time. Optimum lead time would be 10-20 days prior to the operation. Media communications reporting the results of grant activities such as checkpoints and saturation patrols are exempt from the advance approval requirement. Activities such as warrant or probation sweeps and court stings that could be compromised by advanced publicity are exempt from pre-publicity, but are encouraged to offer embargoed media coverage and to report results. OTS-38b(Rev. 8/09)