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HomeMy WebLinkAbout20A - HOMELAND SECURITY 2007 AAREQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: NOVEMBER 5, 2007 TITLE: APPROPRIATION ADJUSTMENT ACCEPTING FY 2007 HOMELAND SECURITY GRANT PROGRAM n. ~! CITY ANAGER RECOMMENDED ACTION CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: APPROVED ^ As Recommended ^ As Amended ^ Ordinance on 15f Reading ^ Ordinance on 2"d Reading ^ Implementing Resolution ^ Set Public Hearing For_ CONTINUED TO FILE NUMBER 1. Adopt a resolution authorizing the City Manager and the Chief of Police to execute a grant award agreement with the State of California, Office of Homeland Security for the FY 2007 Urban Areas Security Initiative funding program in the amount of $11,072,000. 2. Direct the City Attorney to prepare and authorize the Chief of Police and the Clerk of the Council to enter into reimbursement agreements for equipment, services, or training with the County of Orange or any of the cities located in the designated Anaheim/Santa Ana Urban Area. 3. Approve an appropriation adjustment recognizing the FY 2007 Urban Areas Security Initiative grant funds in the amount of $11,072,000 in revenue account no. 125-01-5350-7 and appropriate same in the FY 2007 Urban Areas Security Initiative Program Grant expenditure account nos. 125- 337-various and 125-017-6933. DISCUSSION The United States Department of Homeland Security Areas Security Initiative funding program (UASI). local emergency first responders to enhance preparedness to prevent, respond to, and recover The grant specifically provides funding for planning, training, exercises and technical assist< has developed the Urban UASI provides funds to security and overall from acts of terrorism. anti-terror equipment, once . In FY 2006, the United States Department of Homeland Security combined the Anaheim UASI and the Santa Ana UASI into a single Urban Area. The City of Santa Ana will continue to be designated as an Urban Area Core City and will share grant administrative responsibilities with the City of Anaheim. The City of Santa Ana Police and Fire Departments have worked with the City of Anaheim, the County of Orange, and cities within the Anaheim/Santa Ana Urban Area to determine current capabilities and needs and have established goals and objectives for the Anaheim/Santa Ana Urban Area. The City of 20A-1 FY 2007 Homeland Security Grant Program November 5, 2007 Page 2 Santa Ana will work in collaboration with the City of Anaheim to implement complimentary strategies for responding to acts of terrorism. For FY 2007, the combined Urban Area has been awarded $11,072,000 and the City of Santa Ana will be the lead administrative agency to implement the UASI projects under the Homeland Security Grant Program. As such, the City of Santa Ana will be responsible for the primary management and coordination of the grant projects. Agreements with the County of Orange and any of the cities in the Urban Area are also necessary to reimburse them for approved expenditures from the FY 2007 UASI Grant. FISCAL IMPACT Approval of the appropriation adjustment will increase revenues in the FY 2007 UASI Grant account no. 125-01-5350-7 by $11,072,000 and appropriate same in the FY 2007 UASI Grant expenditure accounts nos. 125-337-various and 125-017-6933. APPROVED AS TO FUNDS AND ACCOUNTS: y, ~,, ,; ~~ 1 M. W lters Chief of Police Police Department 1 n Francisco Gutierrez ~~t Executive Director Finance & Mgmt. Services Agency 20A-2 PJC:10.15.07 RESOLUTION NO. 2007- A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER AND, THE CHIEF OF POLICE TO ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA OFFICE OF HOMELAND SECURITY FOR THE FY2007 URBAN AREAS SECURITY INITIATIVE FUNDING PROGRAM BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The City Council of the City of Santa Ana hereby, finds, determines and declares as follows: A. The United States Department of Homeland Security has developed the Urban Areas Security Initiative funding program (UASI). UASI provides funds to local emergency first responders to enhance security and preparedness to prevent, respond to, and recover from acts of terrorism by providing funding for equipment, planning, training, exercises and technical assistance. B. In FY 2006 the United States Department of Homeland Security combined the Anaheim UASI with the Santa Ana UASI into a single Urban Area with the City of Santa Ana as the designated Urban Area Core City and provided for shared administrative responsibilities with the City of Anaheim. In FY 2007 the City of Santa Ana is the administrative agency. C. The City of Santa Ana has been awarded funding from the California Office of Homeland Security for the fiscal year 2007 UASI in the amount of $11,072,000.00. Section 2. The City Council of the City of Santa Ana hereby authorizes and directs the City Manager and the Chief of Police or his designee(s) to enter into an agreement with the State of California, Office of Homeland Security for the FY 2007 Urban Areas Security Initiative funding program in the amount of $11,072,000.00. Section 3. The City Council of the City of Santa Ana hereby authorizes and directs the City Attorney's Office to prepare and authorize the Chief of Police and the Clerk of the Council to enter into reimbursement agreements for equipment, services, or training with the County of Orange or any of the cities located in the designated Anaheim/Santa Ana Urban Area. Section 4. The City Council of the City of Santa Ana hereby approves an Appropriation Adjustment recognizing the FY 2007 Urban Areas Security Initiative in the 20A-3 amount of $11,072,000.00 and appropriate same in the FY 2007 Urban Areas Security Initiative Program Grant expenditure accounts. Section 5. This Resolution shall take effect immediately upon its adoption by the City Council, and the Clerk of the Council shall attest to and certify the vote adopting this Resolution. ADOPTED this day of 2007. Miguel A. Pulido Mayor APPROVED AS TO FORM: Joseph W. Fletcher, City Attorney By: Paula J. Coleman Assistant City Attorney AYES: NOES: Councilmembers Councilmembers ABSTAIN: Councilmembers NOT PRESENT: Councilmembers CERTIFICATE OF ATTESTATION AND ORIGINALITY I, PATRICIA E. HEALY, Clerk of the Council, do hereby attest to and certify the attached Resolution No. 2007-XXX to be the original resolution adopted by the City Council of the City of Santa Ana on . Date: Clerk of the Council City of Santa Ana 20A-4