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0 • • RESOLUTION No. 626 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF LOS ALTOS HILLS PETITIONING THE CALIFORNIA COUNCIL OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE FOR LEAA ACTION GRANT FUNDS WHEREAS, The Town of Los Altos Hills wishes to determine the most cost-effective, method of satisfying the needs and desires of its citizens for law enforcement services and to this end has joined with the Cities of Cupertino, Monte Sereno and Saratoga and the Santa Clara County Sheriff's Office to conduct a study to examine various alternative methods of satisfy- ing law enforcement requirements in the contract cities and the adjacent unincorporated areas. An application for a grant from the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration, U. S. Department of Justice, under Title I of the OMNIBUS CRIME CONTROL AND SAFE STREETS ACT OF 1968, will be prepared to assist in the funding of said study. The City Council of the Town of Los Altos Hills, therefore, petitions the California Council of Criminal Justice to reserve a portion of those LEAA Action Grant Funds which are designated to be made available to general local governments be applied to a project for "Determination of Law Enforce- ment Requirements for Santa Clara County Contract Cities. " The City Council of the Town of Los Altos Hills further petitions that whereas it is the expressed desire of all parties that the study be conducted in a fair and impartial manner without special or undue attention to the needs, desires or funding requirements of any party, and, since the successful implementation of the study results will require that all political and governmental bodies involved have confidence that the study was conducted in an unbiased manner, that GTE Sylvania Incorporated, Electronic Systems Group, Western Division, a corporation, be designated as the grantee and have responsibility for financial and technical administration of the project under the supervision and direction of a Policy Board pursuant to Section II H of the Financial Guide for Administration of Planning and Action Grants. GTE Sylvania has been selected as the contract vendor by unanimous vote of a Policy Board on the basis of the proposal presented by GTE Sylvania in free and open competition with other bidders. The Policy Board was composed of the City Managers of the four cities, the Messers. Fritschle, Huff, Inglis, Quinlan, and County Sheriff Geary. Two consultants, Professor More of San Jose State College and Chief Murray, Chief of Police of Milipitas, assisted the Policy Board in the selection process. The City Council of the Town of Los Altos Hills further resolves that conditional upon the receipt of the grant, the Town of Los Altos Hills will provide $2,000.00 in cash and in-kind services as specified by the City Manager as a part of the local participation portion of the study to GTE Sylvania. Said participation is conditioned upon receipt from GTE Sylvania -1-