Drug Abuse Resistance Education (DARE) Program Agreement with Copyrighted
November 2, 2020
City of Dubuque Consent Items # 4.
City Council Meeting
ITEM TITLE: Drug Abuse Resistance Education (DARE) ProgramAgreementwith
Dubuque Community Schools for School Year 2020-2021
SUM MARY: City Manager recommending approval of the Fiscal Year 2020-2021
Drug Abuse Resistance Education (DARE)Agreement between the City
of Dubuque Police Department and the Dubuque community School
District.
SUGGESTED Suggested Disposition: Receive and File;Approve
DISPOSITION:
ATTACHMENTS:
Description Type
DCSD DARE ContractAgreement-MVM Memo City Manager Memo
Staff Memo Staff Memo
Agreement Copy Staff Memo
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TO: The Honorable Mayor and City Council Members
FROM: Michael C. Van Milligen, City Manager
SUBJECT: Approval of Drug Abuse Resistance Education (DARE) Program
Agreement with Dubuque Community Schools, School Year 2020-2021
DATE: October 18, 2020
Chief of Police Mark Dalsing recommends City Council approval of the Fiscal Year
2020-2021 Drug Abuse Resistance Education (DARE) Agreement between the City of
Dubuque Police Department and the Dubuque Community School District. Dubuque
Community Schools agree to provide financial support for the DARE program by
contributing $6,320.
The contract was approved by the Dubuque Community Schools Board of Education on
October 12, 2020. The City Legal Department and the Police Department have
reviewed the agreement and concur with the requirements.
I concur with the recommendation and respectfully request Mayor and City Council
approval.
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Mic ael C. Van Milligen
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Attachment
cc: Crenna Brumwell, City Attorney
Cori Burbach, Assistant City Manager
Mark M. Dalsing, Chief of Police
THE CITY OF
DUB E MEMORANDUM
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October 15, 2020
TO: Michael C. Van Milligen
City Manager
FR: Mark M. Dalsing
Chief of Police
RE: Approval of Drug Abuse Resistance Education (DARE) Program Agreement with
Dubuque Community Schools, School Year 2020-2021
INTRODUCTION
The purpose of this memorandum is to seek approval of the FY2020-2021 DARE
agreement between the City of Dubuque Police Department and the Dubuque
Community School District. Dubuque Community Schools agrees to provide financial
support for the DARE Program by contributing $6,320.
BACKGROUND & DISCUSSION
For the past several years the Dubuque Police Department has provided DARE (Drug
Awareness Resistance Education) to the Dubuque Community Schools. Through the
DARE Program, the Dubuque Police Department provides specially trained police
officers to teach life skills and resistance techniques to middle school students with the
intent to better prepare the students to resist the pressures to use illegal drugs. As part
of this cooperative arrangement, Dubuque Community Schools will contribute $6,320.
Additionally, the agreement outlines the instruction and parent components of the
program. The contract review process begins in late July or early August for the current
school year. The contract was approved by the Dubuque Community Schools Board of
Education on October 12, 2020. The City Legal Department and the Police Department
have reviewed the agreement and concur with the requirements.
RECOMMENDATION
We recommend approval of the attached agreement between the City of Dubuque and
Dubuque Community Schools for the 2020-2021 school term, and accept the school
district's financial support of$6,320, beginning at the start of 2020-2021 school year.
ACTION REQUESTED
Council approval of the attached DARE contract between the City of Dubuque and
Dubuque Community Schools.
AGREEMENT
BETWEEN
CITY OF DUBUQUE
AND
DUBUQUE COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT
FOR
DRUG ABUSE RESISTANCE EDUCATION COOPERATIVE PROGRAM
FOR
SCHOOL YEAR 2020-2021
This Agreement, executed in triplicate, is entered into this 8�h day of September
2020, by and between the City of Dubuque, through its Police Department (City), and
the Dubuque Community School District (School District).
WHEREAS, City and School District have a strong desire and commitment to
reduce and prevent substance use among school children of the Dubuque community
through the continued implementation of the Drug Abuse Resistance Education
Cooperative Program (D.A.R.E. Program); and
WHEREAS, City presents D.A.R.E. Program to schools within the School District;
and
WHEREAS, School District desires to present D.A.R.E. Program at schools
within School District.
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS AGREED BY AND BETWEEN THE PARTIES AS
FOLLOWS:
1 . Desipnated Schools. City will present the D.A.R.E. Program to Thomas
Jefferson, Eleanor Roosevelt, and George Washington Middle Schools.
2. Term. The term of this Agreement is from August 24, 2020 through June
15, 2021 .
3. D.A.R.E. Proqram.
A. City will provide a ten (10) week D.A.R.E. Program that will teach
children at Thomas Jefferson, Eleanor Roosevelt, and George
Washington Middle Schools life skills and resistance techniques to better
prepare the children to resist the pressure to use drugs. The D.A.R.E.
Program will be taught by specially trained officers and the curriculum will
be designed to give students learning experiences through audio, visual,
and kinesthetic learning modalities, utilizing role playing and role modeling
as reinforcement tools.
B. City will spend informal time with the students during recess and
lunch to build rapport and encourage interaction.
C. City will provide a graduation program for those students
successfully completing the D.A.R.E. Program.
D. City will provide a Parent Training Program at least one (1 ) hour in
length. The Parent Training Program will provide an overview of the
D.A.R.E. Program, address parenting skills, identify some of the common
drugs used in Dubuque, and address gang concerns/prevention.
E. City will provide all D.A.R.E. Program materials and supplies,
including workbooks, graduation materials, and information packets, with
the exception of some art supplies used for some follow-up assignments.
4. Evaluation. City, in cooperation with School District, will provide evaluation
of the D.A.R.E. Program. Such evaluation will be available to School District and
City. City will provide feedback to the school staff and School District, and School
District will provide feedback to City.
5. D.A.R.E. Proqram Location.
A. School District will provide the premises and classroom time required for
the proper implementation of the D.A.R.E. Program. Premises will include the 6th
and 8th grade classrooms, other classrooms as agreed upon, the gym as
required, and other such premises as needed for student/parent education in
regard to the D.A.R.E. Program.
B. Classroom time. Classroom time (45-60 minutes) will be allotted for the
middle school curriculum class in each school. School District will further allow
City to use the furniture and equipment contained in the areas defined above and
other equipment such as audio visual equipment.
6. Consideration. School District will provide financial support to City for use
in implementing the D.A.R.E. Program in the amount of Six Thousand Three
Hundred Twenty Dollars ($6,320.00) as follows.
A. City will invoice School District by November 15, 2020.
$chool District will pay City by December 15, 2020,
Amount due is 50% ($3,160.00) of contract.
B. City will invoice School District by March 15, 2021 .
School District will pay City by April 15, 2021.
Amount due is 50% ($3,160.00) of contract.
7. Termination. Any party may terminate this Agreement for any reason by
providing written notice of intent to terminate this Agreement to the other party
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not less than ten (10) days prior to the beginning date of each semester of the
school year:
8. Compliance with applicable Laws. City and School District will not engage
in discriminatory hiring or any other employment practices that conflict with any
local, state, or federal laws.
9. Insurance and Indemnification,
A. City must maintain its membership in the Iowa Communities
Assurance Pool and add School District as an Additional Member. If City
discontinues its membership in ICAP, City will provide proof of a similar
policy of commercial general liability form coverage not less than
$2,000,000 naming School District as an additional insured on a primary
and non-contributory basis.
School District must provide proof of a policy of commercial general
liability form coverage not less than $2,000,000 naming City as an
additional insured on a primary and non-contributory basis.,
C. City will indemnify and hold School District, its staff, and students
harmless from and against, any and all claims, liability, and causes of
action arising from or related to the City's negligence in the performance
of this Agreement and the negligence of City's officers, agents, or
employees.
D. School District will indemnify and hold City harmless from and
against any and all claims, liability, and causes of action arising from or
related to the School District's negligence in the performance of this
Agreement and the negligence of School District's officers, agents, or
employees.
CITY OF DUBUQUE, IOWA
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DUBUQUE COMMUNITY
SCHOOL DISTRICT
By -
Tamara L. Ryan
President, Board of Education
Date: October 12, 2020
Send Contract to: Dawn Young
Law Enforcement Center
770 lowa Street
Dubuque, lA 52001
Copies to: Shirley Horstman
Rhonda Simpson
Mark Dalsing
Dubuque Community School District Code: 10-9332-2120-420-1119-000349 =
$6,320.00
This contract has been reviewed and approved as to form by Douglas M. Henry,
attorney for the Dubuque Community School District, and Crenna M. Brumwell,
Assistant City Attorney for the City of Dubuque, with the expectation that subsequent
extensions or renewals may be executed by the parties without the need for legal
review in the absence of textual change other than adjustment of dates and agreed
compensation.
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