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261333 WH17E — CITY CLERK PINK -.�FINANCE CO1111C11 261��3 CANARY — DEPARTMENT GITY OF SAINT PALTL � BLUE — MAYOR File NO. a Council Resolution Presented By Referred To Committee: Date Out of Committee By Date WHEREAS�. The City of Saint Paul has submitted an application on behalf of itself and the County of Ramsey to the Minnesota Governor' s Commission on Crime Prevention and Control for a Planning Grant for the next fiscal year 1973-74; and WHEREAS, The Council of the City of Saint Paul ha.s been in- formed tha.t the Metropolit�,n Coun�il ha.s ,requested tha:t any planning funds to be �rovided to the City of 5aint PauT-Ramsey County by _ the Governor s Crime Commission be transmitted to the City through the Metropolitan Council thereby giving to the Metropolitan Council control over the usage of tt�.e�e funds and the scope of planning; and WHEREAS, The Nk�ryor and Council of the City of Saint Paul believe tha.t it would be consistent with the Federal La.w Enforcement Administration Act to ha.ve the local units of government establish their own planning program and priorities and tha.t the insertion of the Metropolitan Council as a sponsoring agency would subvert this intent; now, ;therefore, be it RESOLVED, Tha.t the Mayor and Council of the City of Saint Paul do hereby go on record as being -�c�a.�q opposed to any _attempts by the Metropolitan Council to act as a sponsoring agency - between the City-Ramsey County and the Governor' s State Commission on Crime Prevention and Control and, further� urges the Governor to contract directly with the City of Saint Paul to provide the needed LEAA Planning Funds for the City of Saint Paul-Ramsey � County Criminal Justice Coordina.ting Council for its 1973-74 planning budget. , COUI�CILMEN � Yeas ��er Nays Requested by Department of: Konopatzki �_ In Favor Levine � Meredith Against BY � Roedter Tedesco Mme.President$�[ �!'t Adopted by Council: Date I�IIAY 2 31973 Form Approve by City Attorney Certifie ssed by Co i retary BY By Approve y Mayor. ate 4 Approv by Mayor, r Sub ' '1 gy By Nu��EQ MAY 2 fi 1973 � . M� � 2�� CITY OF ST. PAUI, - COUIdTY OF RP.I�SEY . GFIMINAL JUSTICE ADVISORY CONiITTiE COUPICIL RESOLUTTGIv PRESENTED BY: Mayor Lawrence Coher, , Chairman, St . Paul-P.amsey Cour,ty Criminal Justice Advisory Corimittee/Chairman , Ramsey County Board oi Comrtissioners DATE : F'ebruary �3 , 1973 WHFREAS , The �t. Paul-Ramsey County Criminal J�ustice �.dvisory Co,�r:iitte� was "duly estaDlishc,d b}� Ordinance No . 14963 of the City or St. Paul in ucr_ordance witl-� the. Omnibus Crime Centrol and Safe Streets Act (P-ublic Law 90-35_t us amended by Pixblic Law 91-644) and to develop a coriprehensive ci,iminal just.ice p'lan for St . Paul and Ramsey Caunty ; W�ILP.EAS, The S-t . Paul-Ramsey County Crir:�inal Justice Advisory Cor�,�r�ittee wi]_.l endeavor �to es tablish a beneficial and cooperative relationship ��ith the Regton "C�" Criminal Justice Advisory Committee of the t•letropo�itan Cc�uncil ; WH'r;�EAS , The St . Yaul•�i<amsey County Cr�;ninal Justice !'�dvi�cry C��r::mi'ttnn caill active]_y so_lici�t the cooperation of the Region "G" Criminal Justice lldvisory C�mmittee in the development of the St. Paul-Rar;�sey County plan ; WI-ir'.kF'A �, The Clmnibus Cr. ime Control and Safe Streets l�ct requires -tha-L Fa.r-t B pi�IlI1:LI1F� iur�ds be made av��.ilable to r:�ajor cities and coun�ies ha.vin� a du'ly c:�rstitutEd coordinating c�ouncil such as the St. Paul-Ramsey Ccunty Cr;.�nirial. Justice Advisory Committee in order to develop a com2rehensiv�� plan and to coor. dinate functions at the local level ; AND WHEREA `, The c mtractual obligation specified in a grant agrec:men�t Le-lween the Governor' s Commission on Crime Prevention and Con�.rol anc� t}1� City of St, Pau� on behalf of the St. Paul-Ramsey County Criminal Justi�e �dvis��ry Commi�:tee can provide ior formal coo�eration between the Regiorl "G" Advisory Corrunittee and the St. Paul-Ramsey County Crim�inal Justice Advisory Committee ; NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED 1Y•L�i, T'he St. Paul-P.amsey County Cr�iminal �Justice Advisor�.Gomr,►ittee hereby declares its support for a grant _o�� plannin}�, fund�'�`�.�'�! , m the' Governor' s (��ais�ion on Crime 1'revention and Cori'�rol to the City o St . Paul ; ., y • ♦ COU:�:CTL RESOLUTION Pl.GF 2 � ANll �'UP.TI3ER IiE IT RESOLVED THAT, The St . Paul-Rarnsey County Criminal Jus-tice Adyisory CQnun�t,tee hereby opposes requiring or allowing a�y Fa�+�'�� pla�i . ` f'�urids to �`��;��c�rt�h" t]��: .�egion ��G;'� Crimina��Justice ��xy . Co , the Metri�l�.�an �ouncil, or any other such Com,-nittee or Counc'i�. YEAS NAYS \ L. Cohen Mayor, City of S-t. Paul �_ R. C cver Pi�obation Depa-rt;.tent �_ S. DeCoster Assistant County Ati.orney J. Edmunds Director, Ramsey County .•'elfare Hon. R. Faricy Judge , St . Paul :�u;�icipal Court J . Finley Ramsey County Board of Cor�issioners. K. Fitzpatrick City Attorne;� Hon. A Gingold Judge , St . Paul Dis�trict Cou-rt �_ �� Hon. J Kirby Judge , ��apleu�ood �!unicipal Court �; D. Lewis De�uty Director, Dept. of �-iuman RiLhts x _ Hon . D N,arsden Judge , St . Paul Dir�trict Court � _ W. McCutcheon Senator, Deputy Chief-St. Paul Police " D. Meredith CouncilMan, City of St. Paul J. I�Iilton State Senator ,� � R. Nelson Assistant Director , Court S�rvices �,• R. Rowan� Cnie� of Police , St. Paul Police De-:+. �� M. Rudensky Chief Consultant , 3 I�1 Cotnpan� Securi�� `___ R. Schaller Chief of Police , Villa�e of ;;apl��to�:3 �� M. Shea Secretary , St . Puui Ci�ly �',rchitec� �� ?; _ C. Simmer Department of Lducation _!� D. Thomson Attorney-at-Law B. Troje Director , Detention � Correctio;►;� l:ut'r�. M. Vacha Director, Alcohol � Drug D�pend�ncy Service , St . Paul Ramsey hospital ;�; G. Weber � Deputy Sherif� , Ramsey County Sherifi Adopted by the Committee February 23 , 1973 Approved r ebruary 2 3 , 1�7= � �.. )' , -� ) Dire c�or - � ��__ -�::.,_ , a.�..�_„___Chairman i PETt�R��C. FRANKLIN Th�' . �' ,J:�ABL� Lr',ti•;ZL;vC� D. COrir`; MAYOR, CITY OF ST. PAUL ,' • � St. Paul - Ramsey County Criminal Justice Advisory Committee ( 301 LOWRY HOTEL, SAINT PAUL, MINNESOTA 55102 • PHONE: 612-298-565�� May 17 , 1973 M E M 0 R A N D U M T0 : Phil Lee , Administrative Assistan�t, M yor' s Office �� FROM: Peter C. Franklin, Director, CJAC ` , SUBJECT: Proposal to Comply with Special Conditions on Minnesota' s 1973 Planning Grant Special Condition #2 placed on Minnesota' s 1973 Planning �rant requires the Governor's Crime Commission, within thirty days , to inform "LEAA SPECIAL of the formula and criteria for prompt distribution CONDITION of plannin funds for Region "G" and the Hennepin- l�inneapolis , amsey- t. au� (,— oo inating Councils to insure adequate local planriing 'in the Twin ities area. I surmize that this LEAA requirement was placed on Minnesota' s Planning Grant because of excessive delays FUNDING Capproximately six months in 1972 and the lapse of five DELAYS months this year) in distributing planning funds from the Crime Commission to Region "G" and the Coordinating Councils . To a great extent, the delays were caused by a mis- understanding early in 1972 over the authority and PROBLEMS role of Coordinating Councils to conduct criminal ju�tice planning in an area already served by a Regional Advisory Council (:Region "G" ? and the Metropolitan Council. � � ��3 Memorandum Phil Lee May 17 , 1973 Page 2 � The President' s Commission on Law Enforcement and Administration of Justice in their 1967 report indicated COORDINATING that much of the criminal justice "planning will have COUNCILS to be done at the municipal level. " Th.at criminal justice planning is "the responsibility of the cities" and that "in most cities there is as yet little planning or coordination of the cities anti-crime activities . A second problem was created by the passage of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 and the establishment of State Planning Agencies (:SPA' s ) to administer the bloc grant and planning funds. The Act clearly required comprehensive criminal justice planning at all levels of government: Federal , State , and Local. However, little was done by SPA' s to set the mechanism in motion to help core cities and urban counties develop either a planning capability or assist in coordination of services via the grants process. The Minnesota CGovernor' s Crime Commission? SPA turned 50 percent of the planning funds over to Regional Criminal Justice Councils that were under-funded, under- staffed and not given adequate guidelines on the planning process . Region "G" Criminal Justice Council is a case in point. Originally charged by the Crime Commission to "Develop a planning process and a c �nprehensive plan for the area" , they received limited guidelines from the Commission and produced in four years , at a cost in LEAA Planning Funds of $354 , 000 , nothing tangible in the way of a planning process or comprehensive plan for the large City-County area. It was this weakness in criminal justice planning for cities , nation-wide , that forced an amendment to the Safe Streets Act in 1970 which required adequate not token planning funds be made available to local units o government o 25� , 000 population or more or the expressed purpose of developing a comprehensive plan and coordinate funetions at the local level. Part B,Section 203 of Title . ' D O � s OF�ICE OF THE MAYOR 347 City Hall . � LAWRENCE D. COHEN To: Ruby Hunt From: �� . Phil Lee Subjec+: Resolution on LEAA funding Date: 5�1,��73 _ Attached is an explanation by Peter Franklin, Crimina.l Justice Director, on why we oppose what is called the "pass through" of local LEAA money by the Metro Council. Also, resolution that is similar is attached. It wa.s passed by the St. Paul-Ramsey County criminal justice cooriiinating committee(members named included). What the resolution opposes is half of a two-pron�ed approach by the Metro freaks to take over all money. What they couldn't divert legislatively, they are trying to accomplish locally. The mayor has mainta.ined a consistent position that Metro has no business in LEAA grants. We respectfully request your introduction and support of this resolution. Thank you. ec: Angela