SR-06-10-2014-3OCity Council Meeting: June 10, 2014
Agenda Item: ,3,0
To: Mayor and City Council
From: Scott Ferguson, Fire Chief
Lieutenant Robert Almada, Emergency Services Manager
Subject: Acceptance of 2013 State Homeland Security Grant Program
Recommended Action
Staff recommends that the City Council:
1) Authorize the City Manager to accept a grant award in the amount of $400,000
from the 2013 State Homeland Security Grant Program Funds ( SHSGP) to
purchase equipment that supports regional homeland security goals.
2) Authorize the budget changes outlined in the Financial Impact and Budget Actions
section of this report.
Executive Summary
The SHSGP program provides no -match grant funding for costs associated with
updating and implementing the State's Homeland Security Strategy, and enhancing the
capability of local agencies to prevent and respond to threats and /or incidents of
terrorism. In 2014, $400,000 was awarded to the City of Santa Monica Fire Department
and the Office of Emergency Management as a part of the U.S. Department of
Homeland Security, Federal Emergency Management Agency's SHSGP grant. Funds
were requested to purchase equipment that supports regional homeland security goals,
specifically interoperability equipment to strengthen communication capabilities and to
purchase portable lighting systems to be utilized in response to incidents.
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 SHSGP program focuses on enhancing regional preparedness in major
metropolitan areas. The SHSGP 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 grants are 100% federally funded from the Department of Homeland Security to the
State of California. The County of Los Angeles administers the SHSGP grant program.
The City of Santa Monica has directly received over $4.0 million of Department of
Homeland Security no -match grant funds since 2001. These funds have purchased
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 Fire Department would use $200,000 of the $400,000 SHSGP 2013 grant to
purchase interoperability equipment, such as microwave connectivity equipment to
improve Fire Department communications reliability and improve connections between
the communications center and the transmitter site. This equipment purchase also
would strengthen communication capabilities throughout the region.
The Office of Emergency Management would use the remaining $200,000 to fund
portable emergency solar area lighting systems to be utilized by the four Area A
jurisdictions (West Hollywood, Culver City, Beverly Hills, and Santa Monica) in response
to incidents.
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Financial Impacts & Budget Actions
Award of $400,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Federal
Emergency Management Agency, requires the following FY 2013 -14 budget changes to
reflect receipt of the 2013 State Homeland Security Grant Program Funds.
Establish revenue budgets as follows:
20227. 406804
20312. 406804
$ 200,000
$ 200,000
$ 400,000
Appropriate operating expenditures as follows:
20227. 555364
20312. 555364
$ 200,000
$ 200,000
$ 400,000
Prepared by: Terese Toomey, Principal Administrative Analyst
Approved:
Scott Fergu
Fire Chief
Approved:
Lio6tdnant Robert Almada
Emergency Services Manager
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Forwarded to Council:
Rod Gould
City Manager