94-14 v RESOLUTION NO. 94-14
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF ATLANTIC BEACH,
FLORIDA, URGING THE REINSTATEMENT OF FUNDING
FOR THE EDWARD BYRNE MEMORIAL STATE AND LOCAL
LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM IN THE
FEDERAL BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 1993/94
WHEREAS, the State of Florida and the City of Atlantic Beach
find that most crimes committed within their boundaries are
directly related to the addiction to or distribution of illegal
narcotics; and
WHEREAS, programs directed at drug abuse prevention,
treatment, and enforcement are often too costly for small
municipalities to absorb in their local budgets; and
WHEREAS, the local funding for drug abuse prevention,
treatment, and enforcement has been successfully supplemented for
several years through the Edward Byrne Memorial State and Local Law
Enforcement Assistance Program; and
WHEREAS, the City of Atlantic Beach has utilized federal grant
funding to help establish, train and equip a Special Weapons and
Tactics team to serve search warrants and conduct other drug
related investigations; and
WHEREAS, the City of Atlantic Beach has used federal grant
funding to help establish a community center for after school and
summer programs for low income, predominantly minority children in
a high crime area, and to provide on-site supervision to keep drug
dealers out of park areas and away from the children; and
WHEREAS, federal grant funding has contributed to the
formation and ongoing multi-jurisdictional drug task force
operations including Atlantic Beach, Jacksonville Beach, Naval
Investigative Services, and others; and
WHEREAS, the elimination of federal grant funding will place
an undue financial burden on small municipalities attempting to
provide drug prevention, treatment, and enforcement programs for
their citizens.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Commission of the
City of Atlantic Beach, Florida, requests that funding of the
Edward Byrne Memorial State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance
Program be reinstated in the federal budget at a level equal to
that in fiscal year 1993/94.
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Resolution No. 94-14
ADOPTED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF ATLANTIC BEACH, FLORIDA,
this 25th day of April , 1994.
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Lyman . letcher
Mayor/Presiding Officer
AT T E S T:
Maureen KingJ
City Clerk
App oved as to form and correctness:
lan C. sen
City At rney