It is recommended that the City Council:

1.  Authorize acceptance of a grant from the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Fiscal
     Year 2018 Program from the United States Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs and
     Bureau of Justice Assistance in the amount of $500,519.00;

2.  Authorize the execution of a Grant Agreement with the United States Department of Justice and
     related Memoranda of Understanding with Tarrant County and the Cities of Arlington and Bedford to
     designate the City of Fort Worth as the cognizant fiscal agency for the purpose of administrating this
     grant and determining the manner in which the grant money will be disbursed and utilized; and

3.  Adopt the attached appropriation ordinance increasing estimated receipts and appropriations in the
     Grants Operating Federal Fund in the amount of $500,519.00 subject to receipt of the grant.

The City of Fort Worth will apply for a grant from the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Fiscal Year 2018 Program, which has been established by the United States Department of Justice to allow local governments to support a broad range of activities aimed at preventing crime and improving the criminal justice system.  The City of Fort Worth applied for the grant in conjunction with the Cities of Arlington and Bedford and with Tarrant County.  Pursuant to the application terms, the City of Fort Worth is required to negotiate with the other jurisdictions to develop a program budget and strategy.  The jurisdictions agreed to funding distribution amounts and that the City of Fort Worth should serve as the cognizant agency for the Fiscal Year 2018 Program.  The cities and county included in the application have worked collaboratively under JAG programs since 2005.

A total amount of $500,519.00 is available to be shared among the jurisdictions listed below and will be distributed in the following manner:

Jurisdictions	Purpose Area	Amount
Fort Worth	Personnel Software	$252,948.00
Arlington	Police Equipment	$113,127.00
Bedford	Police Equipment	$9,314.00
Tarrant County	Mental Health Liaison	$125,130.00

No matching funds are required. The City of Fort Worth is responsible for submitting the full grant application and will, upon receipt of the grant funds, distribute the agreed upon funding amounts to the other jurisdictions on a reimbursable basis. In the JAG Program application, the City of Fort Worth
requested the amount of $252,948.00 for an automated personnel management platform.

The Fiscal Year 2016 and 2017 JAG Program M&C's were M&C C-27965 & M&C C-28525.  Initially the FY16 funds were planning to be used for in car video equipment and the FY17 funds were planning to be used for equipment and training for the Fort Worth Crime Lab.  The Fort Worth Police Department has now changed their view on how to best utilize those funds.  Therefore, the City is submitting new documentation to the DOJ describing the City's proposed use for the FY16 and FY17 funds from the JAG Program grant.  For FY16, the City now plans on using those funds for training and equipment for the Crime Lab and for FY17, the City is now planning on using those funds for the same automated personnel management platform that the funds for FY18 will be used for.  No council approval is necessary for this change since the amounts for the grants are not changing and the City is submitting the required documentation to the DOJ to change the use of those funds.

This program will serve ALL COUNCIL DISTRICTS.

Indirect costs are not eligible expenses for this grant.

This contract will be with a governmental entity, state agency or public institution of higher education: United States Department of Justice.