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REQUEST FOR <br />COUNCIL ACTION <br />CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: <br />SEPTEMBER 8, 2009 <br />TITLE: <br />AGREEMENT WITH GTSI CORPORATION <br />TO DEVELOP COMMUNICATIONS PLANS <br />FOR SOUTHERN PLANNING AREA <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"`' Reading <br />^ Implementing Resolution <br />^ Set Public Hearing For_ <br />CONTINUED TO <br />FILE NUMBER <br />Authorize the City Manager and the Clerk of Council to execute the attached <br />agreement with GTSI Corporation to provide administrative and technical <br />planning support to the Southern Planning Area and develop emergency <br />communications plans and protocols for the region in an amount not to <br />exceed $2,143,028, subject to non-substantive changes approved by the City <br />Manager and City Attorney. <br />DISCUSSION <br />The United States Department of Homeland Security has developed the <br />Interoperable Emergency Communications Grant Program (IECGP). The IECGP <br />provides funds to emergency first responders to improve Interoperable <br />emergency communications, including communications in collective response <br />to natural disasters, acts of terrorism, and other man-made disasters. The <br />grant specifically provides funding for the creation of plans, protocols <br />and procedures. <br />The only eligible sub-grantees for the FY08 IECGP local awards are the <br />recognized Urban Area Security Initiative's (UASI) within each of the four <br />planning areas that are determined by the California Statewide <br />Interoperability Executive Committee (CalSIEC). The City of Santa Ana <br />continues to be designated as an Urban Area Core City and will handle grant <br />administrative responsibilities in representing the CalSIEC's Southern <br />Planning Area. <br />Santa Ana will work in collaboration with cities and counties in the <br />Southern Planning Area that include Imperial, Inyo, Los Angeles, Mono, <br />Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego, San Luis Obispo, Santa <br />Barbara, and Ventura counties to implement complimentary plans, protocols <br />and procedures for effective Interoperable communications. <br />25P-1 <br />