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<br /> REQUEST FOR <br /> <br /> COUNCIL ACTION <br /> CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: <br /> JUNE 7, 2010 <br /> TITLE: APPROVED <br /> ? As Recommended <br /> APPROPRIATION ADJUSTMENT ? As Amended <br /> ? Ordinance on 1ST Reading <br /> ACCEPTING FY 2009 INTEROPERABLE ? Ordinance on 2"d Reading <br /> EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS GRANT ? Implementing Resolution <br /> PROGRAM ? Set Public Hearing For <br /> CONTINUED TO <br /> ~'~-tg~-~-------~ FILE NUMBER <br /> CITY MANAGER <br /> RECOMMENDED ACTION <br /> 1. Adopt a resolution authorizing the City Manager and the Chief of Police to execute a grant <br /> award agreement with the California Emergency Management Agency for the FY 2009 <br /> Interoperable Emergency Communications Grant Program (IECGP) in the amount of <br /> $2,200,786. <br /> 2. Approve an Appropriation Adjustment recognizing the FY 2009 Interoperable Emergency <br /> Communications Grant Program in the amount of $2,200,786 in revenue account (no. <br /> 12514002-52001) and appropriate same in the FY 2009 Interoperable Emergency <br /> Communications Grant Program expenditure accounts (no.12514488-various). <br /> DISCUSSION <br /> The United States Department of Homeland Security has developed the Interoperable <br /> Emergency Communications Grant Program (IECGP). The IECGP provides funds to emergency <br /> first responders to improve interoperable emergency communications, including communications <br /> in collective response to natural disasters, acts of terrorism, and other man-made disasters. The <br /> grant specifically provides funding for the creation of plans, protocols and procedures and to <br /> conduct training and exercises. <br /> The only eligible sub-grantees for the FY09 IECGP local awards are the recognized Urban Area <br /> Security Initiative's (UASI) within each of the four planning areas that are determined by the <br /> California Statewide Interoperability Executive Committee (CaISIEC). The City of Santa Ana <br /> continues to be designated as an Urban Area Core City and will handle grant administrative <br /> responsibilities in representing the CaISIEC's Southern Planning Area. <br /> Santa Ana will work in collaboration with cities and counties in the Southern Planning Area that <br /> include Imperial, Inyo, Los Angeles, Mono, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego, San <br /> Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, and Ventura counties to implement complimentary plans, protocols <br /> and procedures for effective interoperable communications. <br /> 55A-1 <br /> <br />