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HomeMy WebLinkAboutR8- Economic Development Agreement ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AGENCY OF THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO REQUEST FOR COMMISSION/COUNCIL ACTION From: Timothy C. Steinhaus Subject: RIO VISTA PROJECT Agency Administrator STAFFING Date: February 14, 1996 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Synopsis of Previous Commission/Council/Committee Action(s): On November 21, 1994, the Mayor and Common Council approved the Rio Vista Project for one (1) year. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Recommended Motion(s): (Mayor and Common Council) MOTION A: That the Mayor and Common Council receive and file the attached report from the Rio Vista Community Partnership. MOTION B: That the Mayor and Common Council approve continued staffing and support of the Rio Vista Project for a second year as outlined in the attached staff report in the amount of $90.200. (Community Development Commission MOTION C: That the Community Development Commission approve in concept the Economic Development Agency payment of $90,200 from bond proceeds for an eligible City project, to be determined, and that staff be directed to prepare the.necessary resolutions to be brought back for adoption. /1 Admin Services Timothy 'd. Steinhaus Agency Administrator -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Contact Person(s): Tim Steinhaus/Barbara Lindseth Phone: 5081 Project Area(s) : To be determined _ Ward(s) : Supporting Data Attached: Staff Report Funding Requirements: Amount: $90,200 Source: Bond Proceeds Budget Authority: Requested ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Commission/Council Notes: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TCS:bl:2139A COMMISSION MEETING AGENDA Meeting Date: 02/19/1996 Agenda Item Number: "`� � CITY OF SAN SERI_ iRDINO REQUEST OR COUNCIL ACT10 From: BARBARA DILLON Subject: RIO VISTA PROJECT STAFFING Dept: PERSONNEL Date: FEBRUARY 5, 1996 Synopsis of Previous Council action: On November 21, 1994, the Mayor and Common Council approved the Rio Vista Project for one year. Recommended motion: 1. That the attached report from the Rio Vista Community Partnership be received and filed. 2. Approve continued staffing and support of Rio Vista Project for a second year, as follows: • One(1)General Building Inspector, Range 1354, $2,595-$3,154/month. Total compensation for one year, including salary (11 months at Step 2 and 1 month at Step 3) and benefits of 28.5%, equals $42,200. • One (1) Fire Prevention Officer, Range 1354, $2,595-$3,154/month. Total compensation for one year, including salary (6 months at Step 2 and 6 months at Step 3) and benefits of 28.5%, equals $43,000. • Funding for board-ups and abatements ($5,000). -con't on next page- Signature Contact person: Barbara Dillon Phone: 384-5161 Supporting data attached: Yes _Ward: FUNDING REQUIREMENTS: Amount: $90,200 - Year 2 Source: (Acct. No.) (Acct. Description) Finance: Council Notes: CC, T,t 7S-f1'1f.7 r4.ri Ai.....A- la...... A1. CITY OF SAN BERR_.RDINO REQUEST , 3R COUNCIL ACTIO BARBARA DILLON RIO VISTA PROJECT STAFFING From: Subject: Dept: PERSONNEL Date: FEBRUARY 5, 1996 Synopsis of Previous Council action: On November 21, 1994, the Mayor and Common Council approved the Rio Vista Project for one year. Recommended motion: -con't from previous page- -3. That the Community Development Commission approve in concept the Economic Development Agency payment of$90,200 of debt service on the Economic Development Agency's City Hall financing; and that staff be directed to- prepare the necessary Community Development Commission and Mayor and Common Council resolutions to accomplish such payment from available tax increment revenues. Signature Barbara Dillon 384-5161 Contact person: Phone: Supporting data attached: Yes Ward: FUNDING REQUIREMENTS: Amount: $90,200 - Year 2 Source: (Acct No.) (Acct Description) Finance: Council Notes: CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO - REQUEST FUR COUNCIL ACTION STAFF REPORT RIO VISTA PROJECT STAFFING BACKGROUND On November 21, 1994, the Mayor and Common Council approved staffing needs for the Rio Vista Project for a period of one year. The project commenced April 3, 1995. Two positions were approved, with funding arranged from the Economic Development Agency (EDA), to help implement the Rio Vista Community Partnerships project: One (1) General Building Inspector One (1) Fire Prevention Officer REPORT The report for the Rio Vista Community Partnership is attached. RECOMMENDATIONS/COST Funding the same two positions for a second one-year period is recommended. The cost of funding these two positions for a second year and supporting the project through board-ups and abatements is as follows: One (1) General Building Inspector Range 1354, $2,595-$3,154/month Step 2 for 11 months $38,500 Step 3 for 1 month 3.700 (including all benefits) 42 200 One (1) Fire Prevention Officer Range 1354, $2,595-$3,154/month Step 2 for 6 months $21,000 Step 3 for 6 months $22,000 (including all benefits) 43 000 Board-ups/Abatements $5,000 The total cost for the second year is $90,200. There will be no cost to the general fund. attachment (� Y 4: ATTACHMENT 0 C I T Y O F r,J �°oNnFD ►��� 5an bernardino P O L I C E 0 E P A R T M E N T D A N I E L A . R O B B I N S C H I E F O F P O L I C E December 20, 1995 The Honorable Tom Minor Mayor of San Bernardino 300 N. D Street San Bernardino, CA Sir. The Rio Vista Community Partnership began in August, 1993 . After an investment of $250, 000 . 00 in goods, services and 2 . 5 years, the project has demonstrated success . Officially, the building was on the ground and staffed in February, 1995, with the Neighborhood Service Team. You were advised that Part I (violent) crimes would be reduced by 50 percent . The actual stats are closer to 45 percent through the first 10 months of activity by the Team which is comprised of a police officer, a building inspector and a fire inspector. Since forming the Neighborhood Service Team in February, 1995, the Partnership has grown significantly. The Partnership has established an advisory group consisting of 25 to 30 citizens within the area that has begun to work with the Neighborhood Service Team in solving problems within their own community. The Partnership has begun to work hand in hand with the Rio Vista Elementary School and Martin Luther King Junior High School in providing prevention program for school children to divert them from the influences of gangs and drugs . The Partnership has also established counselling programs for parents in dealing with incorrigible children. Diversion programs for gang and drugs are also available . Through cooperation with the City and County School Boards and the Economic Development Agency, a re-hab program is currently being established in the Rio Vista area. Structures that are currently boarded because of Enforcement efforts or from walk-away owners will be scheduled for re-hab and made available to the first time buyers through the First Time Buyers Program, thus revitalizing the neighborhood. PRIDE 14 P O S T O F F I C E 8 0 X 1 5 5 9 . S A N 8ERNAROIN0 , IN PROGRESS Currently, the Neighborhood Services Team has approximately 50 open cases ranging from enforcing code compliance/building department/fire code issues to painting area residences to assisting citizens in re-habing their own homes and providing crosswalks for children. The Rio Vista Community Partnership has been adopted by the California State Attorney General' s Office and the State Department of Education as a model program to be replicated in Central and Northern California. Thus far 35 cities have been given grant money to duplicate the Rio Vista Partnership in their cities . In November, 1995, the Partnership was asked to present our model at the National Problem Oriented Policing Conference . During that conference, the model was presented to representatives from agencies from across the United States and Canada. The Neighborhood Service Team established three goals when it was established: 1) to reduce crime; 2) to improve the quality of life; and #) to provide a violent free atmosphere . The efforts of the Rio Vista Community Partnership, to include the efforts of the Neighborhood Service Team, have achieved these goals . Sincerely, S POLICE DEPARTMENT R e, Admin. Sgt . Rodney h Officer /pl cc : Al Boughey, Dir. Planning & Building Services Will Wright, Chief, City of San Bernardino Fire Department Fred Wilson, Asst . City Administrator, City of San Bernardino City of San Bernardino San Bernardino Police Department Interoffice Memorandum To: Captain W. Farmer Entered into Record at C0unci11CmyDevCms Mtg: z 4(P From: Lieutenant F. Mankin by Subject : Rio Vista Information re Agenda Item Y Date : February 16, 1996 7 4 J Copies : now City Clark/CDC ecy -y 43affeernaltio BACKGROUND The Rio Vista Project was developed in 1993 after the need for long term programs and strategies to reduce violence and ensure a safe environment in the schools was recognized by the San Bernardino Gangs and Drug Task Force . Furthermore, these programs/strategies should be developed and structured to facilitate replication in other areas so that a formula for success could be transplanted where needed. ORGANIZATION Staff members representing five different agencies joined together to form an Operations Committee . These agencies are : San Bernardino City Unified School District; San Bernardino City Police; San Bernardino County Sheriff' s Department; San Bernardino County Superintendent of Schools; San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors . Representatives from these agencies came together with an Ad Hoc Committee that worked towards setting common goals, expectations and developing the formula that would accomplish them. This committee decided that the boundaries of the Rio Vista School district zone would serve as a good focus area for intervention strategies and development of a model program that would have the greatest chance of long term impact by application to a finite geographical area. The help of community leaders representing the cultural demographics of the Rio Vista Community was solicited and obtained to form a Community Advisory Committee . This Advisory Committee helped to ensure that the community was in the "driver' s seat" of the project ensuring that the real concerns of the community were addressed and not just the perceptions of a well meaning committee made up of the agency representatives . A survey seeking answers to the nature of the problems specific to the Rio Vista Community was sent to residents within its' boundaries to assist in this endeavor. With the problems in the community and their symptoms identified, the Rio Vista Project then began to address these THE SBPD IS COMMITTED TO PROVIDING: PROGRESSIVE QUALITY POLICE SERVICE; A SAFE ENVIRONMENT TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY nF lirg- �T �( issues through a Neighborhood Service Team that utilized the resources available through the represented agencies . The Mayor, City Council and Economic Development Agency committed $250, 000 . 00 as an investment in this project to help staff the Team with resource personnel that included code enforcement, building and fire inspectors . The Police Department made an officer available to coordinate the efforts of Team personnel . The Neighborhood Service Team was located in the heart of the Rio Vista area, at the Rio Vista School grounds making them readily accessible to the community. EFFECTIVENESS Part I crimes have been reduced by about 45% within the Rio Vista area as a result of the combined efforts of people within the community and representatives of the agencies . Part I crimes include murder, rape, robbery, aggravated assault, burglary, larceny and grand theft auto. The impact of this reduction of crime is manifested in people' s lives by the lessening of the perception and fear of crime . To date, there have been 30 to 50 building structures closed or boarded up to eliminate them as a hazard or nuisance thereby significantly reducing the blight within the area. There are currently 200 open cases being addressed through code enforcement and rehab programs to continue to improve the quality of life within the community. There will be an anticipated 200 additional similar cases, as early as next week, that will be addressed as the Neighborhood Services Team expand their efforts into surrounding geographic areas . The Neighborhood Service Team was implemented in February, 1995 . The occurrence of Part I crimes has been significantly reduced since then in the Rio Vista area as shown by the available statistics listed below. CRIME JAN 94 - JAN 95 FEB 95 - AUG 95 MURDER 7 2 RAPE 5 4 ROBBERY 50 31 AGGRAVATED ASSAULT 291 85 BURGLARY 148 52 LARCENY 193 104 GRAND THEFT AUTO 115 70 TOTAL 809 350 lAas . 8 A"'s r The Rio Vista Partnership has worked hand in hand with the schools to provide intervention/prevention programs for school children to divert them from the influences of drugs and gangs . Counselling programs for parents have been established as well to help them deal with the issues they are confronted with as they endeavor to counter behavioral problems with their children. A vocational program is being implemented that provides teen youth with an opportunity to learn marketable construction skills that will not only assist them with future employment but give them a chance to be actively involved in rehabilitating their communities as well . The average test scores of students are higher, student attendance is up as is school enrollment . These latter statistics can be viewed as a barometer of the positive impact this program has had on the lives of the school children and their families . The Rio Vista Community Partnership has been adopted by the California State Attorney General' s Office and the State Department of Education as a model program to be replicated in Central and Northern California. So far 35 cities have been given grant money to duplicate the Rio Vista Partnership in their communities . In November of 1995 the Partnership was asked to present the Rio Vista model at the National Problem Oriented Policing Conference wherein it was outlined to agency representatives from across the United States and Canada. The goals of the Rio Vista Partnership, through the efforts of the involved committees, agencies, community members and the Neighborhood Service Team, have been achieved: 1) reduce crime; 2) improve the quality of life; and 3) provide a safe environment . It is a success story brought about by a plan that works . Its' continued implementation is the best way to make our communities the kind of places our citizens want to live and thrive in.