25H - DEVELOP COMM PLANS AND TRAINING AND EXERCISE PLAN FOR SOUTHERN PLANNING AREA

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~ • Snx1n Arrn Polree Departrueut , L Ixleroperability Commrw/cntiars Carsrr/titrg, P/tnse lI one Mi~la~. Yours. GTSI-10-12549 Y7.0 accordance with the Charter and By-laws and will satisfy the requirements established by the NECP, Ca1SCIP and SAFECOM guidance. The proposed structure will be designed in such a way that all Urban and Operational Areas will be represented as part of the governing body. It will address and support the requirements for grant management/ administration, grant request and prioritization for the allocation and distribution of grant funds received for the SPA region. 2.6 Grant Allocation Methodology The SPA has been designated through the CaiEMA/ Ca1SIEC to serve as Governing Body and Subject Matter Experts for communications interoperabiliry needs/ requirements and coordination within the SPA and to develop SPA funding requirements in support of those needs. Associated with that responsibility is the requirement for the SPA to develop budget/ grant requirements and budget/ grant justification in support of those requirements, a methodology for allocating and distributing those funds once received and the tracking/ verification of fund expenditures to ensure compliance with grant guidance, financial management guidelines and overall SPA objectives. When there is competition for those funds received, the SPA would be responsible for the prioritization and allocation of those funds and the associated oversight on how those funds were expended. • The GTSI Team will develop and recommend to the SPA a specific methodology for measuring and priot•itizing all communications interoperability proposed projects competing for funding within the SPA. The methodology will be based on grant governance requirements and the projects ability to meet communications interoperability criteria required to be in compliance with the NECP, DHS/ SAFECOM Best Practices, CaIEMA/ CaISCIP requirements and that project's ability to meet SPA interoperability goals, The methodology will address the development and submission of Investment Justifications to CaISIEC/ Cal EMA• Based on that measurement, representa#ives will vote for approval/ acceptance of the projects to be awarded funding at a regular or special meeting of the SPA, as spelled out in the governance/ by-laws. A methodology will be developed and incorporated into the governance by-laws for the allocation/distribution of funds based on funds made available to support those projects. In the event grant funds are provided to the SPA as a whole, the SPA will serve as the authority to determine the distribution of grant fiends for projects meeting the goals of the region. A methodology for measuring and reporting the execution of those funds will be provided to the SPA, The methods used to award, distribute and track funds will be described in the governance by-laws. The methodology wil! include: • Process for establishing requirements based on communications operational/ interoperability needs within the SPA • Process for developing/ determining the funding requirements/ needs to meet NECP, CaISCIP, SPA established goals and objectives and communications interoperability within the SPA • Process for the development of the Investment Justifications • Process for the prioritization of the Investment Justifications • SPA voting requirements • Process for the SPA acceptance of grant funds -7- GTSI Col fdenrial and Proprietary. Use or disclosure of the data contained on thrs sheet rs subject to the restrictions on the rifle page of this proposal. 25H-20