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Police Department <br />www.santa-ana.org/police <br />Item # 27 <br />City of Santa Ana <br />20 Civic Center Plaza, Santa Ana, CA 92701 <br /> Staff Report <br />November 21, 2023 <br />TOPIC: Urban Areas Security Initiative Program Training Services <br />AGENDA TITLE <br />Approve Agreements with Mission-Centered Solutions, Inc. in the Amount of $189,875 <br />and Utility Response Training Associates, LLC in the Amount of $134,600 to Provide <br />Training Services for the Urban Area Security Initiative Grant Program (Non-General <br />Fund) <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />Authorize the City Manager to execute three-year agreements, with two one-year <br />renewal options, with the following two vendors to provide on-going training deliverables <br />to the Anaheim/Santa Ana Urban Area on an as-needed basis, for the period of <br />November 21, 2023 through November 20, 2026 in an aggregate amount not to exceed <br />$324,475, subject to non-substantive changes approved by the City Manager and City <br />Attorney: <br />•Mission-Centered Solutions, Inc. – total amount not to exceed $189,875 <br />(Agreement No. 2023-XXX) <br />•Utility Response Training Associates, LLC – total amount not to exceed <br />$134,600(Agreement No. 2023-XXX) <br />GOVERNMENT CODE §84308 APPLIES: Yes <br />DISCUSSION <br />The United States Department of Homeland Security, Federal Emergency Management <br />Agency, has developed the Urban Areas Security Initiative (UASI) funding program. <br />This initiative was designed to enhance the domestic preparedness of urban areas by <br />ensuring that all emergency Appropriation Adjustment and Agreements for UASI <br />Funded Training services first responders have adequate and appropriate equipment <br />and training to prevent, respond to, and recover from acts of terrorism. Santa Ana has <br />been designated as an Urban Area Core City since 2003. As such, for selected grant <br />years, Santa Ana is the fiduciary for the region and manages projects which include the <br />grant funded procurement of training, exercises, and equipment utilized by the 34 <br />jurisdictions in Orange County.