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<br />REQUEST FOR <br />8 COUNCIL ACTION <br /> <br />CITY COUNCil MEETING DATE: <br /> <br /> <br />CLERK OF COUNCil USE ONLY: <br /> <br />MAY 17, 2004 <br /> <br />TITLE: <br /> <br />APPROVED <br />Q As Recommended <br />Q As Amended <br />Q Ordinance on 1 st Reading <br />Q Ordinance on 2nd Reading <br />Q Implementing Resolution <br />Q Set Public Hearing For <br /> <br />CONTRACT AWARD FOR <br />GAS MONITORS AND MAINTENANCE <br />(SPEC. NO. 04-047) <br /> <br />t?~¡z2 <br /> <br />CITY MANAGER <br /> <br />CONTINUED TO <br /> <br />( <br /> <br />FILE NUMBER <br /> <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br /> <br />Award a contract to Fisher Safety for the purchase of gas monitors and <br />maintenance in an amount not to exceed $12,134. <br /> <br />8 DISCUSSION <br /> <br />On September 18, 2000, the City of Santa Ana entered into an 18-month <br />agreement with the United States Department of Health and Human <br />Services to develop a Metropolitan Medical Response System (MMRS). The <br />MMRS included the coordination of multiple health and first-responder <br />agencies throughout the county in the development of an all-inclusive <br />response and mitigation plan, as well as the identification of training <br />requirements for the MMRS. The MMRS will be a principal resource in <br />responding to the health and medical consequences of large-scale <br />incidents involving weapons of mass destruction. <br /> <br />The equipment list identified under the MMRS plan includes monitors and <br />detectors. Equipment purchases include portable four- and five-gas <br />monitors and calibration kits, as well as maintenance to allow for <br />continuous use of the monitors. The gas monitors will provide <br />simultaneous detection of different gases, and will be used in <br />contaminated areas. <br /> <br />8 <br /> <br />22D-1 <br /> <br />C$.383 <br />