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CITY COUNCIL <br />AGENDA ITEM 4A <br />STAFF ORIGINATOR: John Swenson, Public Safety Director <br />MEETING DATE: October 11, 2021 <br />TOPIC: Anoka County Toward Zero Deaths (TZD) Grant <br />VOTE REQUIRED: 3/5 <br />BACKGROUND: <br />The Lino Lakes Public Safety Department continues to participate in the Toward Zero Deaths <br />(TZD) program as part of the Anoka County TZD group. TZD is a statewide program that uses a <br />collaborate approach of education, enforcement, engineering, emergency medical services, and <br />"everyone" to work towards the goal of reducing traffic fatalities and serious injuries on <br />Minnesota roadways to zero. <br />Members from Lino Lakes Public Safety work together with members of other law enforcement <br />agencies within Anoka County to provide high visibility enforcement efforts throughout Anoka <br />County, focusing on impaired driving, speed violations, distracted driving, and seatbelt <br />violations. The costs associated with providing Lino Lakes Police Officers to provide this high <br />visibility enforcement activity is reimbursed through the TZD grant, provided by the Minnesota <br />Office of Traffic Safety (OTS). <br />In an effort to share responsibilities of the administration of the grant, each Anoka County <br />partner law enforcement agency rotates which agency is the grant administer. Lino Lakes has <br />volunteered to administer the grant for the next three years. The public safety department has <br />applied for the grant through the Minnesota OTS and it has been approved. With the approval of <br />Council, Lino Lakes will accept the TZD grant and begin administering it in October 2021 <br />through September 2024. <br />RECOMMENDATION: <br />Staff is seeking Council approval to accept the Office of Traffic Safety's Toward Zero Deaths <br />grant. <br />ATTACHMENTS: <br />Informational sheet for the Minnesota Toward Zero Deaths program <br />