ID 26-1148: Actions pertaining to the 2027 Selective Traffic Enforcement Program (STEP) grant: 1. Authorize the Chief of Police, or designee, to accept $630,500 in grant funding for the 2027 STEP grant awarded to the Fresno Police Department from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) through the California Office of Traffic Safety (OTS) 2. Authorize the Chief of Police or designee to execute the agreement and all related documentation applicable to the 2027 STEP grant 3. ***RESOLUTION - Adopting the 12th Amendment to the Annual Appropriation Resolution (AAR) No. 2026-159 to appropriate $472,800 for the Police Department’s 2027 Selective Traffic Enforcement Program (STEP) grant (Requires Five Affirmative Votes) (Subject to Mayor’s veto)

Description

Actions pertaining to the 2027 Selective Traffic Enforcement Program (STEP) grant: 1. Authorize the Chief of Police, or designee, to accept $630,500 in grant funding for the 2027 STEP grant awarded to the Fresno Police Department from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) through the California Office of Traffic Safety (OTS) 2. Authorize the Chief of Police or designee to execute the agreement and all related documentation applicable to the 2027 STEP grant 3. ***RESOLUTION - Adopting the 12th Amendment to the Annual Appropriation Resolution (AAR) No. 2026-159 to appropriate $472,800 for the Police Department’s 2027 Selective Traffic Enforcement Program (STEP) grant (Requires Five Affirmative Votes) (Subject to Mayor’s veto)

Summary

The City of Fresno’s proposed resolution would amend the 2026–27 budget to appropriate $472,800 for the Fresno Police Department’s Selective Traffic Enforcement Program (STEP), funded through a California Office of Traffic Safety grant. The broader grant, covering October 1, 2026–September 30, 2027, authorizes up to $630,500 in federal funds. Activities include DUI checkpoints and patrols, traffic and distracted-driving enforcement, pedestrian, bicycle, motorcycle, street-racing and sideshow operations, officer training, community outreach, supplies, and traffic-stop data software. The program responds to reported increases in fatal, injury, impaired-driving, and pedestrian and bicycle crashes. It aims to reduce traffic deaths and injuries while requiring quarterly reporting, data collection, and compliance with federal nondiscrimination and grant rules.