REQUEST FOR CITY COUNCIL ACTION
SUBMITTED TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council Members
SUBMITTED BY: Travis Hopkins, City Manager
VIA: Eric Parra, Chief of Police
PREPARED BY: Thoby Archer, Lieutenant and Ingrid Ono, Exec. Admin. Asst.
Subject:
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Approve and Authorize Execution of an Agreement with the Riverside County Sheriff’s Office and Partner Law Enforcement Agencies to Participate in the Fiscal Year 2025 Operation Stonegarden (OPSG) Grant
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Statement of Issue:
Huntington Beach Police Department (HBPD) previously agreed to a one-year agreement with the Riverside County Sheriff's Department to participate in Operation Stonegarden (OPSG) for Funding Year 2024. This funding year, HBPD will continue its partnership with the Riverside County Sheriff's Department (RCSD), and other regional law enforcement agencies including the Costa Mesa, Hawthorne, La Habra, Laguna Beach, Newport Beach, Orange, and Seal Beach Police Departments. HBPD requests to continue to participate in Operation Stonegarden (OPSG) for Fiscal Year 2025. RCSD will remain the OPSG Grant Administrator. The grant program's period of performance is September 1, 2025, through May 31, 2028; the operational project period for participating agencies begins upon Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) approval, April 10, 2026.
Financial Impact:
The proposed agreement would entitle the HBPD to a total allocation of $324,500 in FY 2025 OPSG grant funds, itemized as follows:
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Budget Category |
Description |
Amount |
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Operational Overtime |
Extra patrol shift overtime for HBPD personnel assigned to OPSG operations |
$170,160 |
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Fringe Benefits |
Fringe benefit costs associated with OPSG operational overtime |
$2,467 |
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Vessel Maintenance |
Maintenance of the HBPD vessel (Safe Boat) previously purchased with Stonegarden funds |
$1,780 |
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Flight Time |
Reimbursable airframe/flight costs when an HBPD helicopter is utilized in support of OPSG operations |
$25,593 |
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Equipment |
Boat radar ($4,500) and coastal monitoring system ($120,000) |
$124,500 |
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Total |
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$324,500 |
These figures are drawn from Exhibit A - FY 2025 OPSG Budget Worksheet and Exhibit C - FY 2025 OPSG Operations Order Report and reconcile with the total HBPD allocation reflected in the Riverside County Sheriff's Office sub-recipient summary.
Recommended Action:
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Approve and authorize Police Chief Eric G. Parra to execute “Agreement for Fiscal Year 2025 Operation Stonegarden (OPSG).”
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Alternative Action(s):
Do not approve and direct staff accordingly.
Analysis:
The Riverside County Sheriff's Department (RCSD) applied for and received grant funds from the Department of Homeland Security to serve as the OPSG Grant Administrator for the San Diego Sector for FY 2025. The funds are passed through the California Governor's Office of Emergency Services (Cal OES) in the amount of $2,700,000 and are further distributed among 11 partner law enforcement agencies in Riverside, Orange, and Los Angeles Counties to fund their participation in Operation Stonegarden (OPSG). The Huntington Beach Police Department's role in OPSG is to coordinate intelligence-based operations within the Huntington Beach area of responsibility and adjacent coastal areas, conduct high-visibility interdiction operations along I-405, and conduct harbor and coastal patrols and aerial support in response to maritime smuggling activity, in order to detect, prevent, and investigate incidents of human trafficking and the trafficking of illicit narcotics. At no time will HBPD violate SB 54 or assist in any immigration enforcement operations with federal entities. HBPD has participated in OPSG in prior grant years.
Environmental Status:
Pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15378(b)(5), administrative activities of governments that will not result in direct or indirect physical changes in the environment do not constitute a project.
Strategic Plan Goal:
Goal 8 - Public Safety, Strategy A - Community-wide comprehensive risk reduction program to optimize public safety's emergency response and reduce the number of calls.
Attachment(s):
1. Agreement for FY 2025 Operation Stonegarden (OPSG)