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REQUEST FOR <br />COUNCIL ACTION <br />CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: <br />September 2, 2008 <br />TITLE: <br />FY2008 INTEROPERABLE EMERGENCY <br />COMMUNICATIONS GRANT PROGRAM <br />APPLICATION <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 />CI MANAGE <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />Adopt a resolution authorizing the City Manager and Chief of Police to <br />submit a grant application to the State of California, Office of Homeland <br />Security for fiscal year 2008 Interoperable Emergency Communications Grant <br />Program. <br />DISCUSSION <br />The United States Department of Homeland Security has developed the <br />Interoperable Emergency Communications Grant Program (IECGP). IECGP <br />provides planning, training, and exercise funding to local emergency first <br />responders to carry out initiatives to improve interoperable emergency <br />communications. (Equipment acquisition is not allowable under the IECGP ) <br />The City of Santa Ana will be the lead agency responsible for the fiscal <br />management of the FY 2008 IECGP. <br />The City of Santa Ana Police Department has worked with cities and counties <br />throughout Southern California to determine current capabilities and needs <br />and have established goals and objectives for implementing the IECGP. <br />FISCAL IMPACT <br />There is no fiscal impact associated with this action. Although this is a <br />reimbursable grant, grantees may elect to draw down funds up to 120 days <br />prior to expenditure/disbursement. Furthermore, approximately $66,279 will <br />be provided to the City of Santa Ana for Management and Administration <br />(M&A) of the grant in addition to the funding of salaries for time spent <br />coordinating grant efforts. <br />21 A-1 <br />