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REQUEST FOR <br />COUNCIL ACTION <br />CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: <br />NOVEMBER 20, 2018 <br />TITLE: <br />RESOLUTION AND AGREEMENT <br />ACCEPTING CERT COURSE MANUALS <br />AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS KITS <br />PROVIDED THROUGH FY2016 <br />HOMELAND SECURITY GRANT <br />PROGRAM (HSGP) <br />(STRATEGIC PLAN NO. 1, 2F} <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: <br />APPROVED <br />❑ As Recommended <br />❑ As Amended <br />❑ Ordinance on 10 Reading <br />❑ Ordinance on 2nd Reading <br />❑ Implementing Resolution <br />❑ Set Public Hearing For <br />CONTINUED TO <br />FILE NUMBER <br />1. Adopt a resolution authorizing the City Manager and Chief of Police to act on behalf of the <br />City of Santa Ana for the purpose of obtaining items purchased from federal homeland <br />security grant funds provided by the US Department of Homeland Security and sub - <br />granted through the State of California. <br />2. Authorize the City Manager and Clerk of the Council to execute an agreement with the <br />County of Orange, commencing September 1, 2016, and running through August 31, <br />2019, to receive CERT course manuals and emergency preparedness kits purchased by <br />the County through the FY 2016 Homeland Security Grant Program, subject to non - <br />substantive changes approved by the City Manager and City Attorney. <br />DISCUSSION <br />The City of Santa Ana conducts multiple Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) <br />training courses each year. CERT teaches residents emergency preparedness skills and <br />information to enable them to care for themselves and to assist others in the event of a disaster <br />event where professional responders may not be available to help everyone at once. Graduates <br />of CERT training are issued a backpack emergency kit, usually purchased from City funds, <br />containing items such as personal protective equipment, flashlight, and first aid materials. <br />The Orange County Sheriffs Department Emergency Management Division administers the <br />Homeland Security Grant Program on behalf of all Orange County jurisdictions. The Sheriffs <br />Department has elected to utilize FY2016 HSGP funds to execute a bulk purchase of CERT <br />course student manuals and CERT backpack kits at more competitive pricing and to distribute <br />55A-1 <br />