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REQUEST FOR <br />COUNCIL ACTION <br />CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: <br />APRIL 7, 2008 <br />TITLE: <br />FY HOMELAND SECURITY GRANT <br />PROGRAMS - MNII2S 2 0 0 7 <br />CITY MANAGER <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: <br />APPROVED <br />^ As Recommended <br />^ As Amended <br />^ Ordinance on 1 S~ Reading <br />^ Ordinance on 2nd Reading <br />^ Implementing Resolution <br />^ Set Public Hearing For_ <br />CONTINUED TO <br />FILE NUMBER <br />1. Adopt a resolution authorizing the City Manager and the Fire Chief to <br />execute on behalf of the City of Santa Ana any actions necessary for <br />the purpose of obtaining federal financial assistance provided through <br />a grant from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, related to the <br />2007 Metropolitan Medical Response System grant. <br />2. Authorize the City Manager and Clerk of the Council to execute the <br />attached sub-grantee agreement with Orange County in the amount of <br />$250,401, subject to non-substantive changes approved by the City <br />Manager and City Attorney for the 2007 Homeland Security Grant <br />Programs, Metropolitan Medical Response System grant. <br />3. Approve an Appropriation Adjustment recognizing the 2007 Homeland <br />Security Grant Programs, Metropolitan Medical Response System grant <br />funds and appropriate the same into the 2007 Metropolitan Medical <br />Response System grant expenditure account. <br />DISCUSSION <br />Through the California Governor's Office of Homeland Security, the <br />Metropolitan Medical Response System (MMRS) assists highly populated <br />jurisdictions to develop plans, conduct training and exercises, and <br />acquire pharmaceuticals and personal protective equipment, to achieve the <br />enhanced capability necessary to respond to a mass casualty event caused <br />by a WMD terrorist act. The County of Orange is the primary recipient of <br />the grant which is being shared by the County, Santa Ana, Anaheim and <br />Huntington Beach. The Santa Ana Fire Department is to receive $250,401 <br />of grant funding, excluding $7,744 (30) of the total award being retained <br />by the County of Orange for "management & accounting" of the grant (total <br />actual award to Santa Ana is $258,145). <br />21 A-1 <br />