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HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution 16 - 2022 - Porchlight CITY OF WHEAT RIDGE, COLORADO RESOLUTION NO. 16 Series of 2022 TITLE: A RESOLUTION APPROVING A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN PORCHLIGHT, A FAMILY JUSTICE CENTER, AND THE CITY OF WHEAT RIDGE CONCERNING THE PROVISION OF ON-SITE POLICE DEPARTMENT SERVICES AT THE CENTER WHEREAS, the City of Wheat Ridge, Colorado (the “City”), acting through its City Council (“Council”), is a home rule municipality with statutory and constitutional authority to provide law enforcement services; and WHEREAS, Porchlight, A Family Justice Center, is a Colorado Nonprofit Corporation, operating a Family Justice Center (“Center”) devoted to providing services to people impacted by domestic violence, sexual assault, elder abuse, child abuse, at-risk individual abuse, and human trafficking by facilitating access to a variety of services and staff of community organizations and government agencies in a single, safe location; and WHEREAS, one of the services coordinated and facilitated by the Center is access to law enforcement services; and WHEREAS, the Center has requested the voluntary participation of the Wheat Ridge Police Department (WRPD) in responding to requests for services from guests of the Center through, among other things, providing dedicated workspace on-site; and WHEREAS, the City Council finds that the Center’s mission of facilitating and coordinating the provision of services to people impacted by person-on-person crimes serves the public safety and welfare of the members of the public in Wheat Ridge and the larger community as a whole; and WHEREAS, the City Council therefore wishes to approve a memorandum of understanding concerning the provision of WRPD services to guests of the Center. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City of Wheat Ridge City Council, that: The attached Memorandum of Understanding between Porchlight, A Family Justice Center, and the City of Wheat Ridge concerning the provision of WRPD services at the Family Justice Center is hereby approved. The Mayor and Clerk are authorized to execute the same. DONE AND RESOLVED this 28th day of March 2022. Bud Starker, Mayor ATTEST: Stephen Kirkpatrick, City Clerk