Item 36 - Resolution, Agreement, and Appropriation Adjustment Accepting the FY 2023 Emergency Management Performance Grant

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• A strategy and timeline for conducting training under 49 C.F.R. § 1570.109(b) and 49 C.F.R. Part 1580; • Plans for providing redundant and other appropriate backup systems necessary to ensure the continued operation of critical elements of the public transportation system in the event of a terrorist attack or other major incident; • Plans for providing service capabilities throughout the system in the event of a terrorist attack or other major incident in the city or region which the public transportation system serves; • Methods to mitigate damage within a public transportation system in case of an attack on the system, including a plan for communication and coordination with emergency responders; and • Other actions or procedures as the Secretary of Homeland Security determines are appropriate to address the security of the system. Allowable Costs Specific investments made in support of the funding priorities discussed in the annual IPR NOFO generally fall into one of the following six allowable expense categories: 1) Planning; 2) Operational Activities; 3) Equipment and Capital Projects; 4) Training and Awareness Campaigns; 5) Exercises; and 6) Management and Administration. The following provides guidance on allowable costs within each of these areas. Planning Planning activities that address the Soft Targets/Crowded Places Priority. IPR funds may be used for the following types of planning activities: • Development and enhancement of system -wide security risk management plans that ensure the continuity of essential functions, to include cyber; • Development or further strengthening of continuity plans, response plans, station action plans, risk assessments, and asset -specific remediation plans; • Development or further strengthening of security assessments, including multi -agency and multi - jurisdictional partnerships and conferences to facilitate planning activities; • Hiring of full or part-time staff and contractors or consultants to assist with planning activities only to the extent that such expenses are for the allowable activities within the scope of this grant (not for the purpose of hiring public safety personnel); hiring of contractors/consultants must follow the applicable federal procurement requirements at 2 C.F.R. §§ 200.317-200.327 • Materials required to conduct planning activities; • Conducting risk and resilience assessments on increasingly connected cyber and physical systems, on which security depends, using the Infrastructure Resilience Planning Framework and related CISA resources; • Planning activities related to alert and warning capabilities; and • Other project planning activities, with prior approval from FEMA. ��Nos��. e �� FEMA IPR Appendix 12023 Page F-2