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REQUEST FOR <br />COUNCIL ACTION <br />CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: <br />MARCH 2, 2009 <br />TITLE: <br />APPROPRIATION ADJUSTMENT <br />ACCEPTING FY 2008 HOMELAND <br />SECURITY GRANT PROGRAM AND <br />RELATED AGREEMENTS <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 2~d Reading <br />^ Implementing Resolution <br />^ Set Public Hearing For <br />CONTINUED TO <br />FILE NUMBER <br />1. Authorize the City Manager and the Chief of Police to the attached <br />Subgrantee agreement with the City of Anaheim for reimbursement of <br />funds expended for the purchase of equipment, services, and training <br />authorized under the FY 2008 Urban Areas Security Initiative in an <br />amount not to exceed $4,000,000. <br />2. Direct the City Attorney to prepare and authorize the Chief of Police <br />and the Clerk of the Council to enter into reimbursement agreements for <br />equipment, services, or training with the County of Orange or any of <br />the cities located in the designated Anaheim/Santa Ana Urban Area in an <br />aggregate amount not to exceed $4,000,000. <br />3. Approve an Appropriation Adjustment recognizing the FY 2008 Urban Areas <br />Security Initiative in the amount of $4,000,000 in revenue account (no. <br />125-O1-5350-11) and appropriate same in the FY 2008 Urban Areas <br />Security Initiative Program Grant expenditure accounts (no. 125-342- <br />various). <br />DISCUSSION <br />The United States Department of Homeland Security <br />Areas Security Initiative funding program (UASI). <br />local emergency first responders to enhance <br />preparedness to prevent, respond to, and recover <br />The grant specifically provides funding for <br />planning, training, exercises and technical assist <br />has developed the Urban <br />UASI provides funds to <br />security and overall <br />from acts of terrorism. <br />anti-terror equipment, <br />once . <br />In FY 2006 the United States Department of Homeland Security combined the <br />Anaheim UASI and the Santa Ana UASI into a single Urban Area. The City of <br />Santa Ana now shares grant administrative responsibilities with the City of <br />Anaheim, annually alternating the function of lead administrative agency. <br />The City of Anaheim is the lead agency for FY 2008 funding and is therefore <br />the UASI Grantee, with the City of Santa Ana designated as a subgrantee <br />through Anaheim. 20B-1 <br />