SR 12-18-2018 3O
City Council
Report
City Council Meeting: December 18, 2018
Agenda Item: 3.O
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To: Mayor and City Council
From: Bill Walker, Fire Chief, Fire Department
Subject: State Homeland Security Grant Program (SHSGP) 2017 Grant Acceptance
for Homeland Security Projects
Recommended Action
Staff recommends that the City Council:
1. Authorize the City Manager to accept a grant awarded in the amount of $214,000
from the 2017 State Homeland Security Grant Program (SHSGP) for homeland
security projects, and to accept all grant renewals.
2. Authorize the City Manager to execute all necessary documents to accept the
grant and all grant renewals.
3. Authorize budget changes as outlined in the Financial Impacts & Budget Actions
section of this report.
Summary
In 2017, $214,000 was awarded to the Santa Monica Fire Department as a part of the
U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Federal Emergency Management
Agency's (FEMA) State Homeland Security Grant Program (SHSGP) grant. Staff
recommends that Council authorize acceptance the 2017 SHSGP grant funds and
execution of a subrecipient agreement with the County of Los Angeles for a
performance period of September 1, 2017 to May 31, 2020. The County of Los Angeles
administers the SHSGP grant on behalf of the Los Angeles-Long Beach Urban Area,
which includes Santa Monica. The Fire Department was awarded funding totaling
$214,000 to be used for Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear and Explosives
(CBRNE) Training and for Hazardous Materials Equipment (HazMat).
Discussion
The SHSGP program focus is on enhancing regional preparedness and capabilities in
major metropolitan areas. The Santa Monica Fire Department requested funds to send
staff to trainings that support its core public safety missions as well as regional
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homeland security goals and to fund enhanced technology for the Hazardous Materials
specialty apparatus. The following are the ten major regional homeland security focus
areas of the SHSGP grant program, known as Investment Justifications (IJ):
lJ # 1: Strengthen Capabilities of the State Threat Assessment System;
IJ # 2: Protect Critical Infrastructure and Key Resources;
IJ # 3: Enhance Cybersecurity;
IJ # 4: Strengthen Emergency Communications Capabilities Through Planning,
Governance, Technology and Equipment;
IJ # 5: Enhance Medical and Public Health Capabilities;
IJ # 6: Preventing Violent Extremism Through Multi-Jurisdictional/Inter-
Jurisdictional Collaboration and Coordination;
IJ # 7: Enhance Community Resilience, Including Partnerships With Volunteers
and Community Based Organizations and Programs;
IJ # 8: Strengthen Information Sharing and Collaboration;
IJ # 9: Enhance Multi-Jurisdictional/Inter-Jurisdictional All-Hazards Incident
Planning, Response & Recovery Capabilities; and
IJ #10: Homeland Security Exercise, Evaluation and Training Programs
The Fire Department would use $214,000 in funds to send members to training to
support the City’s Type I USAR and HazMat teams and specialized Haz Mat CBRNE
equipment. Procurement for projects funded by the SHSGP grant will follow Santa
Monica’s policies regarding competitive procurement processes.
The SHSGP program directly supports the national priority of expanding regional
collaboration within the National Preparedness Goal, which defines what it means for
the whole community to be prepared for all types of disasters and emergencies. The
SHSGP grant is intended to assist participating jurisdictions in developing integrated
regional systems for prevention, protection, response, and recovery from natural or
man-made disasters.
The SHSGP 2017 program’s agreement was just received by the City since it takes the
County of Los Angeles and the State the first year of the performance period to
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negotiate the workbook and approve the numerous regional projects before subrecipient
agreements can be processed. The program will fund projects in 29 high-threat, high
density areas selected by DHS. The County of Los Angeles is the region's grantor for
the SHSGP grant and allocates funds to the City of Santa Monica. A regional working
group and approval authority, made up of SHSGP stakeholders from throughout the Los
Angeles-Long Beach Urban Area, are the governance bodies that determine which
regional projects to submit to DHS for grant funding.
The SHSGP grant program is 100% federally funded by DHS and managed through the
State of California's Office of Emergency Services. The City of Santa Monica has
received over $10 million in federal security grant funding since 2003. These funds have
been used to purchase necessary interoperable communication and infrastructure
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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Financial Impacts
Staff seeks authority to accept a grant from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security,
Federal Emergency Management Agency for the 2017 SHSGP program to fund training
in direct support of overall regional goals to promote effective information gathering,
sharing, and response to threats and/or acts of terrorism.
FY 2018-19 Grant Budget Changes
Establish Revenue Budget Appropriate Funds
20190001.404297 20190001.555176
$214,000 $214,000
Prepared By: Terese Toomey, Principal Administrative Analyst
Approved
Forwarded to Council