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REQUEST FOR <br />COUNCIL ACTION <br />CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: <br />JT7NE 1, 2 0 0 9 <br />TITLE: <br />FY 2008 HOMELAND SECURITY GRANT <br />PROGRAMS - MNIlZS 2 0 0 8 <br />,~ .~% <br />{. <br />_~~ ~i~.:------.1. <br />CITY MANAGER <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: <br />APPROVED <br />^ As Recommended <br />^ As Amended <br />^ Ordinance on 15f Reading <br />^ Ordinance on 2nd Reading <br />^ Implementing Resolution <br />^ Set Public Hearing For_ <br />CONTINUED TO <br />FILE NUMBER <br />1. Authorize the City Manager and Clerk of the Council to execute the <br />attached sub-grantee agreement with the County of Orange in the amount <br />of $321,221, subject to non-substantive changes approved by the City <br />Manager and City Attorney for the 2008 Homeland Security Grant <br />Programs, Metropolitan Medical Response System grant. <br />2. Approve an Appropriation Adjustment recognizing the 2008 Homeland <br />Security Grant Programs, Metropolitan Medical Response System grant <br />funds and appropriate the same into the 2008 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 <br />the enhanced capability necessary to respond to a mass casualty event <br />caused by a WMD terrorist act. The County of Orange is the primary <br />recipient of the grant which is being shared by the County, Santa Ana, <br />Anaheim and Huntington Beach. The Santa Ana Fire Department is to <br />receive $321,221 of grant funding, of which $4,818 (1.50) is being <br />retained by the County of Orange for "management & accounting" of the <br />grant. <br />J <br />25B-1 <br />