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Santa Monica'
City Council Meeting: July 08, 2008
Agenda Item: 1 _ H
To: Mayor and City Council
From: Jim Hone, Fire Chief
Subject: Acceptahce and Appropriation of FY 2007 Urban Area Security Initiative
Grant Funds
Recommended Action
Staff recommends that City Council authorize the City Manager to accept the FY 2007
Urban Area Security Initiative Grant funds and authorize budget changes to appropriate
funding in expenditure accounts and establish budget in revenue account.
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 $273,800 in 2007 UASI funds
which will be used for equipment in direct support of overall regional security goals.
Discussion
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 provided
financial assistance to state and local governments through 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.
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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 $3.6 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.
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.
• 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.
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• Testing device for air purifying respirators.
• Chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear or explosive (CBRNE) certified self
contained breathing apparatus (SCBA) for emergency responders.
The 2007 no-match UASI grant funds will be used to purchase a detection and data
linking system for CBRNE incidents. This system will provide the hazardous materials
team with the ability to link detection and data instrumentation at CBRNE weapons of
mass destruction incidents. Funds will also be used to purchase Personal Protective
Equipment (PPE) and detection equipment for mobile trailers used by the Police
Department. This equipment will provide Police personnel with the .necessary safety
equipment to successfully operate, sustain, and bring to a conclusion a CBRNE event in
the City.
Financial Impacts & Budget Actions
The following 2008/09 budget changes are needed to record receipt of the grant funds
and make them available for program use:
1) Establish a revenue budget in the amount of $273,800 at account number
20312.406793.
2) Appropriate $125,000 in operating account number 20312.555393.
3) Appropriate $148,800 in operating account number 20304.555393.
Prepared by:
Cindy Tomlinson, Senior Administrative Analyst -Fire
Approved: Forwarded to Council:
Jim Hine o " ' ~ P. L~ont Ewell
Fire ~'hief, Fire Department City Manager
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