sr-061411-3ccCity Council Meeting: June 14, 2011
Agenda Item: 3 "-' CC-
To: Mayor and City Council
From: Timothy J Jackman, Chief of Police
Subject: Acceptance of 2009 Urban Area Security Initiative (UASI) Grant Funds
Recommended Action
Staff recommends that the City Council:
1) Authorize the City Manager to accept a grant award in the amount of $304,608
from the 2009 Urban Area Security Initiative (UASI).
2) Authorize the budget changes outlined in the Financial Impact and Budget Actions
section of this report.
Executive Summary
In 2009, $304,608 was awarded to the City of Santa Monica Police Department as a
part of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Federal Emergency Management
Agency's UASI grant. Funds requested will be used to purchase homeland security
equipment and training that supports regional security goals, specifically a command
and control vehicle and personal protective equipment for use in a chemical /biological /
radioactive /nuclear /explosive (CBRNE) incident and CBRNE training.
Discussion
The UASI program focuses on enhancing regional preparedness in major metropolitan
areas. The UASI program directly supports the national priority of expanding regional
collaboration within the national preparedness guidelines and is intended to assist
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participating jurisdictions in developing integrated regional systems for prevention,
protection, response, and recovery from natural or man-made disasters.
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 the
City of Santa Monica.
The City of Santa Monica has directly received over $3 million of Department of
Homeland Security no-match grant funds 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.
The police department will use $304,608 of the 2009 no-match UASI grant to purchase
a Los Angeles Regional Common Operational Picture Program (LARCOPP) command
and control vehicle, personal protective equipment for use in a chemical /biological /
radioactive /nuclear /explosive (CBRNE) incident and CBRNE training.
Financial Impacts & Budget Actions
The following FY2010-11 budget changes will be necessary:
1) Increase the following revenue account of $304,608 at account number
20304.406794.
2) Appropriate the following operating expenditures:
$304,608 at account number 30304.555394 to reflect receipt of the Urban
Area Security Initiative (UASI) grant.
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The UASI grant program pays 100% of eligible project costs.
required.
Prepared by: Kevin McGowan, Assistant to the Chief of Police
Approved:
Timothy J
Chief of A
No local match is
Forwarded to Council:
Rod Gould
City Manager
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