2020-021 - Approving the Submission of an Application for an Extension of a Motor Vehicle Crime Prevention Authority (MVPCA), Formerly (ABTPA)

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# 1 # �* ., 1 is 1" # •' 1; —.1— WHEREAS, the Motor Vehicle Crime Prevention 1..# A.. formerly Texas Automobile Burglary and Theft Prevention Authority ("ABTPA"), provides funding for # #• prevention WHEREAS, under provisions of ., Texas Revised Civil Statutes Article receive4413(37) and Texas Administrative Code Title 43, Part 3, Chapter 57, entities are eligible to grants from# Burglary and Theft Prevention # to provide financial support to law enforcement agencies for automobile theft enforcement teams and to combat automobile burglaryjurisdiction; ♦ ♦ r. A i # '..:• # ' , w # w . R . #, A # ' r i.er 1911 1.55T, since that time, for 26 consecutive years, the City of Paris has been approved to continue the Task Force underand WHEREAS, there are two Paris police detectives assigned to the Task Force whose salaries are paid for by this grant who are allowed to investigate auto thefts and auto burglaries in a number of counties# ' . #, as to work cases on criminals # operate beyond jurisdictional WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Paris desires to extend the Motor Vehicle Crime Prevention Authority Grant entitled "Northeast Texas Auto Theft Task Force" project as described in the City is Paris GrantApplication # #r Fiscal year2020-2021 attached hereto as Exhibit "A" beginning September 1, 2020 and ending August 31, 2021, in the amount of $151,027.00 including a cash match from the City totaling $44,318.00 in the 2020-2021 Paris Police Department Budget, and to continue the existing Auto Theft Task Force and to hereby authorize the City Manager to execute the necessary documents; and WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Paris, Texas has agreed that in the event of loss or misuse of the ♦rant funds, the City of Paris, • be ♦ # # . Automobile . w # Authority;