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Recommendation to authorize City Manager to execute a contract and all necessary amendments, including term extensions, with the Department of Homeland Security to receive and expend Department of Homeland Security grant funding for the 2012 Port Security Grant Program, in an amount not to exceed $601,034 for a period ending August 31, 2014; and increase appropriations in the General Grants Fund (SR 120) in the Fire Department (FD) by $703,379, and in the General Grants Fund (SR 120) in the Police Department (PD) by $98,000. (Citywide)
DISCUSSION
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has approved the Long Beach Fire Department’s and Long Beach Police Department’s grant proposals for the 2012 Port Security Grant Program (PSGP) for a total of $601,034. The grant priorities focus on infrastructure protection and reflect the DHS overall investment strategy, in which two priorities have been paramount: risk-based funding and regional security cooperation. PSGP funds support increased port-wide risk management; enhanced domain awareness, training and exercise, and further capabilities to prevent, detect, respond to and recover from attacks involving improvised explosive devices (IED) and other non-conventional weapons.
This grant requires, and the Port of Long Beach has agreed to provide, the necessary match to reimburse the Fire and Police Departments 25 percent of their total expenses made under this program.
Approved projects for the Fire Department total $703,379 (of which, $175,845, is from the Port match) and will be used for improving the interconnectivity between the Port and the City's Emergency Communications & Operations Center; Fireboat Crew Dive Training & Equipment; and Disaster Response Vehicles. The Police Department’s project totals $98,000 (of which, $24,500, is from the Port match) and will be used for a vehicle to respond to CBRNE (Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, and Explosives) incidents.
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