2014/04/23 Council Agenda Packet

` 14 2. RBS EQUIPMENT: Purchase,maintenance, and operation of patrol boats and patrol boat equipment to perform the RBS elements in WAC 352-65-040 only. It does not include equipment unrelated to this mission such as equipment used in recovery operations(dive equipment, side scan sonar, etc.) or homeland security missions (night vision equipment, weapons, etc.), or any other equipment determined as unrelated by State Parks. All decisions by State Parks for equipment purchases shall be final. 3. RBS EDUCATION AND INSTRUCTION: Providing instruction classes in the state instruction class Adventures in Boating that qualifies graduates for the required mandatory boater education card. Costs may include classroom supplies,light refreshments, other goods and services necessary to promote and teach classes,and officer salaries,benefits and wages. Officer salaries will only be reimbursed for those officers who have successfully completed a State Parks Adventures in Boating Instructor Training class and are listed on our files. CHANGED FOR 2014: Only expenditures for the Adventures in Boating class will be reimbursed. The cost of other education and community events are the responsibility of the local agency to pay for. 4.RBS TRAINING: Only Washington State Parks training courses to train officers to meet the RBS requirements in WAC 352-65 will be reimbursed. CHANGED FOR 2014: Grant reimbursement does not include the cost of training courses not sponsored by State Parks. The cost for sending officers to attend other RBS training courses are the responsibility of the local agency to pay for. Use the following definitions when completing the application: On-Water Law Enforcement Hours: The estimated number of hours that all agency vessels will spend doing actual Recreation Boating Safety patrols on the water. These are the actual hours as documented on the patrol vessel hour meter or logbook. This is the same definition used when completing the Summary of Activities Report for each quarter. Do not includetime traveling to or from the water, or time spent in preparation for patrol. Extended Patrol Hours: The patrol hours completed in excess of a standard 8 hour day on Saturdays and Sundays. It also includes patrol hours completed on week days,in addition to Saturday and Sundays during the peak recreational boating period time from the Memorial Day weekend through Labor Day, September 1. Written Vessel Inspections—A written record for compliance with state requirements for recreational vessels contacted on the water, at ramps,docks and mooring areas by trained personnel documented using the State Parks Vessel Inspection form (P&R A-274). (Do not include written inspections completed at locations not located on the water or at facilities noted). 8 79