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local law enforcement organizations to support school site' security and general security infrastructure through partnerships between the local law enforcement entity and the school district. The Pleasanton Police Department through it's continued partnership with the Pleasanton Unified School District has been selected and awarded grant funding based on specific project information submitted to the COPS office. The award requires a fifty percent (50%) fund match, of which, the Pleasanton Unified School District will reimburse the City of Pleasanton as agreed to in the attachment. The SOS grant award gives the City of Pleasant on the opportunity to establish and enhance a variety of school safety equipment and/or programs to continue to improve school safety efforts. This SOS grant assists with the expenses of the proposed security measures. Examples of such security measures includes after hours security monitoring and the upgrade of locksets conducive to intruder drill protocol exercised throughout the district. The COPS office and the Department of Justice works with the Pleasanton Police Department, as the grantee, to ensure that these funds address the most pressing security needs of our young people while they are in school. This year, (FY05) Office of Justice Programs under the SOS grant distributed nearly $15 million to help schools in 187 jurisdictions, including Pleasanton, with high risk areas responding to growing safety concerns. Grantees are required to contribute a local match of 50 percent toward the total cost of the approved grant project. The match portion of the award totals $318,175 which represents fifty percent (50%) of the $636.350 project. The funds have been allocated to the City of Pleasanton Police Department based on specific project scope, cost and recognized need for the proposed security upgrades. The Council must hold a public hearing in this matter to authorize the allocation of the matching portion of the funds to accomplish the security projects at the various school sites. Through agreement between the City of Pleasanton and the Pleasanton Unified School District, the reimbursement of the fund match ($318,000) will be facilitated upon completion of the projects. RECOMMENDED EXPENDITURES In partnership, the City of Pleasant on and the Pleasanton Unified School District have studied the feasibility and forwarded two project recommendations that were authorized through the grant award. The Secure Our School Grant had awarded funding to aid in implementing the two listed projects. . Re-keying classroom doors so tl).ey lock from the inside during a lock down involving an active shooter, intruder or other emergency. Currently teachers and site staff have to open doors, exit their classrooms and lock them from the outside. Improving site security can be realized with the implementation of enhanced locking mechanisms that make for ease of use without the affected staff member needing to leave the security of the room. In the event of a site intruder or security emergency, SR:05:306 SOS Council Report 2005