TITLE
Recommendation to authorize City Manager to execute a contract and all necessary amendments, including term extensions, with the City of Los Angeles to receive and expend Department of Homeland Security grant funding for the 2006 Urban Area Security Initiative (UASI) Grant, at an amount not to exceed $6,367,040 for a period ending March 31, 2008; and increase appropriations in the General Grants Fund (SR 120) in the Fire Department (FD) by $3,077,290; General Grants Fund
(SR 120) in the Department of Health and Human Services (HE) by $631,000; and General Grants Fund (SR 120) in the Police Department (PD) by $2,658,750. (Citywide)
DISCUSSION
The City of Long Beach has received federal homeland security funds under the Urban Area Security Initiative (UASI) program since 2003. Until 2006, the City of Long Beach was the lead city for the Long Beach UASI, a regional partnership of eight cities and the County of Los Angeles. As the lead city, Long Beach was the recipient of the grant funds and administered the funds on behalf of other cities in the Long Beach UASI. In 2006, the Department of Homeland Security combined the Long Beach UASI and the Los Angeles UASI to form the Los Angeles-Long Beach UASI. As the largest city in the region, the City of Los Angeles was named as the grant awardee, with responsibility for administration of the funds.
In order to distribute Long Beach's share of the UASI funds, the City of Los Angeles requires a formal funding agreement between the two cities. This agreement will be in effect from October 16, 2007 to March 31, 2008. Long Beach will receive $6,367,040 to use for homeland security purposes, including $90,000 to administer the Long Beach portion of the grant. These funds will primarily be used for public safety training and exercises, developing plans and protocols, and purchasing interoperable radio equipment, with a focus on protecting the City's assets and resources, continuing interoperability communications effor...
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