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REQUEST FOR <br />COUNCIL ACTION <br />CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: <br />JANUARY 19, 2016 <br />TITLE: <br />RESOLUTION AND APPROPRIATION <br />ADJUSTMENT ACCEPTING <br />ADDITIONAL FY 2015 HOMELAND <br />SECURITY GRANT PROGRAM <br />FUNDS <br />(STRATEGIC PLAN NO. 1, 2, & 6) <br />r <br />CITY MANAG <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: <br />APPROVED <br />❑ As Recommended <br />❑ <br />As Amended <br />❑ <br />Ordinance on tat Reading <br />❑ <br />Ordinance on 2 "d Reading <br />® <br />Implementing Resolution <br />❑ <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) <br />to amend the current agreement with the State of California Governor's Office of Emergency <br />Services for the FY 2015 Urban Areas Security Initiative funding program to accept <br />additional funding in the amount of $565,000. <br />2. Accept additional FY 2015 Urban Areas Security Initiative funds in the amount of $565,000 <br />in revenue account (no. 12514002- 52001) and appropriate same to expenditure accounts in <br />the respective fiscal year(s). <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 <br />terrorism. The grant specifically provides funding for anti - terror equipment, planning, training, <br />exercises and technical assistance. In FY 2006 the United States Department of Homeland <br />Security combined the Anaheim UASI and the Santa Ana UASI into a single Urban Area, The <br />City of Santa Ana will continue to be designated as an Urban Area Core City and will share grant <br />administrative responsibilities with the City of Anaheim. <br />In September of 2015 the City of Santa Ana was awarded $4,400,000 in UASI grant funds. In <br />December of 2015, the California Office of Emergency Services (CalOES) identified the City of <br />Santa Ana to receive additional FY2015 Homeland Security Grant Program (HSGP) funds in the <br />amount of $565,000 for use in supporting the Orange County Intelligence Assessment Center <br />(OCIAC). <br />55D -1 <br />