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Part Two - Program Specific Information, Continued Transit Agency Coordination with Urban Area Working Group Transit agencies located in urban areas that receive FY04 UAS1 grant program funds must coordinate their emergency plans with the UA WG. A copy ofthe transit agency's grant program proposal and budget plan should be shared with the UA WG, Any training or exercises conducted with FY04 UASI Transit System Program funds should also be coordinated with the UA WG. Sharing of information and coordination of activities is expected to continue, at a minimum, throughout the performance period for this program, NOTE: The transit agency must provide written concurrence that coordination with the UA WG has occurred, New Urban Areas - Assessment and. Strategy New urban areas must: Conduct an Urban Area Assessment. Newly identified urban areas receiving funding under this program may use previously collected assessment data ftom the 2003 State Homeland Security Assessment and Strategy (SHSAS) program, which in turn will guide development of an Urban Area Homeland Security Strategy, . Develop an Urban Area Homeland Security Strategy. Newly identified urban areas receiving funding under this program must develop a comprehensive Urban Area Homeland Security Strategy, This strategy must be developed jointly by all units of local government defined as the urban area and meet the requirements for a validated Urban Area Homeland Security Strategy as outlined in ODP's Urban Areas Security Initiative Administrator Handbook, which can be found at http://vrww.shsasresources,com, Note: Receipt of all funds is contingent upon submission of a validated Urban Area Assessment and a validated Urban Area Homeland Security Strategy, The Urban Area Homeland Security Strategies for the new urban areas were due to ODP by January 31, 1004. Continued on next page FY04 Urban Areas Security Initiative Page 14