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CITY COUNCil MEETING DATE:
CLERK OF COUNCil USE ONLY:
REQUEST FOR
COUNCIL ACTION
September 2, 2008
TITLE:
APPROVED
o As Recommended
o As Amended
o Ordinance on 15t Reading
o Ordinance on 2nd Reading
o Implementing Resolution
o Set Public Hearing For
FY2008 INTEROPERABLE EMERGENCY
COMMUNICATIONS GRANT PROGRAM
APPLICATION
CONTINUED TO
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FILE NUMBER
RECOMMENDED ACTION
Adopt a resolution authorizing the City Manager and Chief of Police to
submit a grant application to the State of California, Office of Homeland
Security for fiscal year 2008 Interoperable Emergency Communications Grant
Program.
DISCUSSION
The United States Department of Homeland Security has developed the
Interoperable Emergency Communications Grant Program (IECGP). IECGP
provides planning, training, and exercise funding to local emergency first
responders to carry out initiatives to improve interoperable emergency
communications. (Equipment acquisition is not allowable under the IECGP.)
The City of Santa Ana will be the lead agency responsible for the fiscal
management of the FY 2008 IECGP.
The City of Santa Ana Police Department has worked with cities and counties
throughout Southern California to determine current capabilities and needs
and have established goals and objectives for implementing the IECGP.
FISCAL IMPACT
There is no fiscal impact associated with this action. Although this is a
reimbursable grant, grantees may elect to draw down funds up to 120 days
prior to expenditure/disbursement. Furthermore, approximately $66,279 will
be provided to the City of Santa Ana for Management and Administration
(M&A) of the grant in addition to the funding of salaries for time spent
coordinating grant efforts.
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FY 2008 Homeland Security IECGP
September 2, 2008
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Paul M. Walters
Chief of Police
Police Department
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RESOLUTION NO. 2008-
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
SANTA ANA AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER AND
THE CHIEF OF POLICE TO SUBMIT A GRANT
APPLICATION TO THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA OFFICE
OF HOMELAND SECURITY FOR THE FY200B
INTEROPERABLE EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS
GRANT 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 along with the
Federal Emergency Management Agency, have created the
Interoperable Emergency Communications Grant Program (IECGP).
B. The California Office of Homeland Security has been designated to
administer the IECGP for the State of California.
C. IECGP provides funding for planning, training and exercises designed
to improve interoperable emergency communications capabilities
throughout the State.
D. The City of Santa Ana will be the lead agency for the Southern Planning
Area, responsible for submitting the application and fiscal management
for the FY 2008 IECGP Grant.
E. The City of Santa Ana Police Department has worked with the cities
and counties in the Southern Planning Area to determine current
capabilities and needs and have established goals and objectives for
implementing the IECGP, including
· Ensure that all participating agencies have a viable Tactical
Interoperable Communications Plan (TICP)
· Provide exercises and training on the TICPs
· Resolve MOU issues between the cities/counties in the Southern
Planning Area
· Adopt plans which support the California Statewide
Interoperability Executive Committee governance structure.
Section 2. The City Council of the City of Santa Ana hereby authorizes and directs
the City Manager and the Chief of Police to submit a grant application in the amount of
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Two Million, Two Hundred Nine Thousand, Three Hundred Seven Dollars ($2,209,307)
to the California Office of Homeland Security for the fiscal year 2008 Interoperable
Emergency Communications Grant Program to implement the goals and objectives
established by the Southern Planning Area.
Section 3. The City Council of the City of Santa Ana hereby authorizes and directs
the City Manager and/or Chief of Police to execute and submit all documents and take
any necessary action, for and on behalf of the City of Santa Ana, a public entity
established under the laws of the State of California, for the purpose of obtaining federal
financial assistance provided by the federal Department of Homeland Security and
subgranted through the State of California.
Section 4. 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
,2008.
Miguel A. Pulido
Mayor
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Joseph W. Fletcher, City Attorney
By:
Laura Sheedy
Assistant City Attorney
AYES: Councilmembers
NOES: Councilmembers
ABSTAIN: Councilmembers
NOT PRESENT: Councilmembers
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CERTIFICATE OF ATTESTATION AND ORIGINALITY
I, PATRICIA E. HEALY, Clerk of the Council, do hereby attest to and certify the
attached Resolution No. 200B-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
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