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Police Department <br />www.santa-ana.org/pd <br />Item # 14 <br />City of Santa Ana <br />20 Civic Center Plaza, Santa Ana, CA 92701 <br /> Staff Report <br />February 4, 2025 <br />TOPIC: Urban Area Security Initiative Grant Training Agreement <br />AGENDA TITLE <br />Agreement with Elite Command Training to Provide Training Services for the Urban <br />Area Security Initiative Grant Program FY2021 - FY2025 (Specification No. 24-131A) <br />(Non-General Fund) <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />Authorize the City Manager to execute a three-year agreement, with two, one-year <br />renewal options, with Elite Command Training to provide on-going training deliverables <br />to the Anaheim/Santa Ana Urban Area on an as-needed basis, for the period of <br />February 4, 2025 through February 3, 2028 in an aggregate amount not to exceed <br />$498,672 (Agreement No. A-2025-XXX). <br />GOVERNMENT CODE §84308 APPLIES: Yes <br />DISCUSSION <br />The United States Department of Homeland Security has developed the Urban Areas <br />Security Initiative (UASI) grant funding program. UASI is designed to address the <br />unique planning, equipment, training, and exercise needs of high-threat, high-density <br />urban areas and provides funds to local emergency first responders that assist in <br />building an enhanced and sustainable capacity to prevent, protect, respond to, mitigate, <br />and recover from acts of terrorism. The grant specifically provides funding for anti- <br />terrorism equipment, planning, training, exercises, and technical assistance. Santa Ana <br />has been designated as an Urban Area Core City since 2003. As such, for selected <br />grant years, Santa Ana is the fiduciary for the region and manages projects, which <br />includes providing training and procuring equipment utilized by the 34 jurisdictions in <br />Orange County. <br />In an effort to address the unique needs of a high-density, high-threat urban area, the <br />Anaheim/ Santa Ana Urban Area (ASAUA) allocates a set percentage of its annual <br />grant allocation to fund training for the Orange County region. With program <br />management from the Santa Ana Police Department Homeland Security Division, the