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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 FY 2015 Port Security Grant Program, in an amount not to exceed $1,360,000 for a period ending August 31, 2018; and
Increase appropriations in the General Grants Fund (SR 120) in the Fire Department (FD) by $150,000 and in the General Grants Fund (SR 120) in the Police Department (PD) by $1,210,000. (Citywide)
DISCUSSION
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has approved grant proposals submitted by the Fire Department and Police Department under the FY 2015 Port Security Grant Program (PSGP) for a total of $1,020,000 (excluding cost match of $340,000). 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.
The Fire Department has been approved for project costs of $150,000 to fund the purchase of Hazardous Materials and CBRNE (Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, and Explosives) detection and telemetry equipment to be installed on the new Fireboat 15. The Police Department has been approved for project costs of $1,210,000 to fund joint training and exercises with the Port of Long Beach Security Division and Harbor Patrol, as well as maintenance and sustainment funds for patrol vessels, detection equipment and supporting equipment.
This grant requires a 25 percent cost match of $340,000. The Port of Long Beach has agreed to provide the necessary cost match to reimburse 25 percent of the total ex...
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