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REQUEST FOR <br />COUNCIL ACTION <br />CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: <br />MARCH 3, 2008 <br />TITLE: <br />APPROPRIATION ADJUSTMENT AND <br />AGREEMENTS FOR FEMA PRE-DISASTER <br />MITIGATION GRANT PROGRAM AT ST. <br />JOSEPH HOSPITAL <br />~'~' <br />CITY MANAGER <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: <br />APPROVED <br />^ As Recommended <br />^ As Amended <br />^ Ordinance on 15S Reading <br />^ Ordinance on 2"d Reading <br />^ Implementing Resolution <br />^ Set Public Hearing For <br />CONTINUED TO <br />FILE NUMBER <br />1. Approve an appropriation adjustment accepting Federal Emergency <br />Management Agency Pre-Disaster Mitigation Program grant funds in the <br />amount of $6,000,000 in revenue account (no. 122-01-5362) and <br />appropriate the same to expenditure accounts (nos. 122-013-various) <br />for seismic mitigation projects at St. Joseph of Orange Hospital's <br />Main and East/West Buildings. <br />2. Adopt a resolution authorizing the City Manager and the Clerk of the <br />Council to execute an agreement with the Federal Emergency Management <br />Agency for the funding of the Main and EastlWest Building pre-disaster <br />seismic mitigation projects at St. Joseph Hospital of Orange. <br />3. Direct the City Attorney to prepare and authorize the City Manager and <br />Clerk of the Council to execute a subgrant agreement between the City <br />and St. Joseph Hospital of Orange in the amount of $6,000,000 to pass <br />through Federal Emergency Management Agency funding for seismic <br />mitigation projects at the St. Joseph facility. <br />DISCUSSION <br />On January 7, 2007 the City Council approved a resolution authorizing <br />sponsorship of a Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Pre-Disaster <br />Mitigation (PDM) program grant application on behalf of St. Joseph <br />Hospital of Orange to help fund seismic strengthening mitigation projects <br />planned for the Hospital's Main and East/West Buildings. Under the PDM <br />program, eligible non-profit organizations may be sponsored by an agency <br />that has an approved FEMA Local Hazard Mitigation Plan (LHMP) in place. <br />The City of Santa Ana's LHMP was approved on May 10, 2005 and includes <br />St. Joseph Hospital. The City was successful in obtaining the grant <br />funds under the PDM program in the amount of $3 million for each <br />building, for a total of $6 million. St. Joseph Hospital is assuming all <br />related costs and there is no matching fund requirement for the City of <br />Santa Ana. <br />20E-1 <br />