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REQUEST FOR <br />COUNCIL ACTION <br />CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: <br />SEPTEMBER 19, 2011 <br />TITLE: <br />APPROPRIATION <br />ADJUSTMENT ACCEPTING <br />FY2011 HOMELAND <br />SECURITY GRANT PROGRAM <br />AND 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 1st Reading <br />? Ordinance on 2nd Reading <br />? Implementing Resolution <br />? Set Public Hearing For_ <br />CONTINUED TO <br />FILE NUMBER <br />1. Adopt a resolution authorizing the City Manager, and the Chief of Police, or his designee(s) to <br />execute a grant award agreement with the State of California, California Emergency <br />Management Agency for the FY2011 Urban Areas Security Initiative funding program in the <br />amount of $7,421,142 (CFDA#97.067). <br />2. Direct the City Attorney to prepare and authorize the Chief of Police and the Clerk of the <br />Council to enter into reimbursement agreements for equipment, services, or training with the <br />County of Orange or any of the cities located in the designated Anaheim/Santa Ana Urban <br />Area. <br />3. Approve an Appropriation Adjustment recognizing the FY 2011 Urban Areas Security Initiative <br />in the amount of $7,421,142 in revenue account (account no. 12514002-52001) and <br />appropriate same in the FY 2011 Urban Areas Security Initiative Program Grant expenditure <br />accounts (account no. 12514407-various). <br />DISCUSSION <br />The United States Department of Homeland Security has developed the Urban Areas Security <br />Initiative funding program (UASI). UASI provides funds to local emergency first responders to <br />enhance security and overall preparedness to prevent, respond to, and recover from acts of terrorism. <br />The grant specifically provides funding for anti-terror equipment, planning, training, exercises and <br />technical assistance. <br />In FY 2006 the United States Department of Homeland Security combined the Anaheim UASI and the <br />Santa Ana UASI into a single Urban Area. The City of Santa Ana will continue to be designated as <br />an Urban Area Core City and will share grant administrative responsibilities with the City of Anaheim. <br />55A-1