SR 09-13-2011 3D~_
c;cyor City Council Report
Santa Munica
City Council Meeting: September 13, 2011
Agenda Item: ~JD
To: Mayor and City Council
From: Scott Ferguson, Fire Chief and Timothy J Jackman, Chief of Police
Subject: Acceptance of 2010 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 $316,799
from the 2010 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 2010, $316,799 was awarded to the City of Santa Monica Police and Fire
Departments as a part of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Federal
Emergency Management Agency's UASI grant. Funds were requested to purchase
homeland security equipment and training that supports .regional security goals,
specifically an automated license plate reading system for the Police department and
terrorism liaison officer training, hazardous material (HazMat) training and urban search
and rescue (USAR) training for the Fire department.
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
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
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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 $64,000 of the $316,799 UASI grant to purchase
automated license plate reading systems, computer server systems, and hardware to
store data retrieved by the license plate readers. The Fire department will use the
remaining $252,799 to fund terrorism liaison officer training, hazardous material
(HazMat) training, and urban search and rescue (USAR) training projects.
Financial Impacts & Budget Actions
The following FY2011-12 budget changes will be necessary:
1) Increase the following revenue account by $64,000 at account number
20304.406796 for the Police department.
2) Appropriate the following operating expenditures:
$64,000 at account number 20304.555396 to reflect receipt of the Urban
Area Security Initiative (UASI) grant for the Police department.
3) Increase the following revenue account by $252,799 at account number
20312.406796 for the Fire department.
4) Appropriate the following operating expenditures:
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$252,799 at account number 20312.555396 to reflect receipt of the Urban
Area Security Initiative (UASI) grant for the Fire department.
Prepared by: Kevin McGowan, Assistant to the Chief of Police
Forwarded to Council:
.Rod Gould
City Manager
Approved:
Approved: