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Santa Monica
City Council Meeting: August 14, 2007
Agenda Item: 1 B
To: Mayor and City Council
From: Jim Hone, Fire Chief
Subject: Acceptance and Appropriation of FY 2006 Urban Area Security Initiative
Grant Funds
Recommended Action
Staff recommends that City Council authorize the City Manager to accept the FY 2006
Urban Area Security Initiative Grant funds and authorize budget changes outlined in the
Budget/Financial Impact section of this report.
Executive Summary
Urban Area Security Initiative (UASI) provides no-match grant funding for costs
associated with updating and implementing each State's Homeland Security Strategy
(SHSS) and to enhance the capability of local agencies to prevent and respond to
threats and/or incidents of terrorism. The City will receive $440,538 in 2006 UASI funds
which will be used for equipment and training in direct support of overall regional
security goals.
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Discussion
Background
As a result of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, the U.S. Department of
Homeland Security through the Office for Domestic Preparedness has been providing
financial assistance to state and local governments through a variety on no-match grant
programs.
The UASI grant program was created to support large "core" cities and those other
cities with contiguous borders to the core city. The UASI grant program- is 100%
federally funded from the Department of Homeland Security to the State of California.
The City of Los Angeles acts as the core city for the UASI grant and allots funds to
Santa Monica.
The Santa Monica Fire Department serves as the point of contact for the U.S.
Department of Homeland Security and coordinates with other city departments to
address the homeland security needs of the City of Santa Monica.
The City of Santa Monica has directly received approximately $3.2 million of
Department of Homeland Security no-match grant funding since 2001. These funds
have purchased necessary equipment, supplies and training in direct support of overall
regional goals to promote effective information gathering, sharing and response to
threats and/or acts of terrorism.
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Specifically these funds provided:
• Authorized training, tools and equipment to meet the minimum State and
Regional requirements for Weapons of Mass Destruction, Personal Protective
Equipment, Hazardous Material Response Team and Urban Search and Rescue
Team for the Fire Department.
• Impact/shatter-resistant glass for areas of the Public Safety Facility and vehicle
location and personnel notification hardware and software for the Police
Department.
• Authorized training and personnel notification hardware and software,
Geographical Information System (GIS) crisis information and mapping system,
and equipment to improve emergency communications for Emergency
Management.
• Traffic barricades and hand washing stations for the Environmental and Public
Works Management Department.
• Hazardous Materials Vehicle and all specialized equipment for detection,
identification and mitigation of hazardous materials incidents.
• Urban Search and Rescue tools and equipment.
• Fire and police personnel alerting and notification system.
• Satellite Phone for Emergency Operations Center.
• Regional Communications Center Radios, Mobile Data Terminals and other
equipment related to transition to Operational Control Division of the City of Los
Angeles Fire Department.
• Testing device for air purifying respirators.
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The 2006 no-match UASI grant funds will be used by the Fire Department to purchase
chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear or explosive certified self contained breathing
apparatus (SCBA); for training to sustain Hazardous Materials (Haz-Mat) Response and
Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) Teams; and to provide weapons of mass destruction
(WMD) response training.
Budget/Financial Impact
The following 2007/08 budget changes will be necessary:
1) Establish budget for revenue account number 20312.406792($440,538).
2) Appropriate $236,418 to Capital Outlay account 20312.588592 for purchase of
SCBA units.
3) Appropriate $204,120 to Supplies/Expenses account number 20312.555392 for
training costs associated with WMD response, Haz-Mat and USAR training.
Prepared by:
Cindy Tomlinson, Sr. Administrative Analyst -Fire
Approved:
Forwarded to Council:
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Jim Hone ~7. 1~~~~s P~~`aryiont Ewell
Fire Chief, Fire Department ~~''~; (xty>I~lanager
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