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Recommendation to authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute an agreement, and any necessary documents, subcontracts, or subsequent amendments, including amendments to the award amount and agreement term, with the City of Los Angeles to accept and expend grant funding in an amount not to exceed $6,869,171 for Department of Homeland Security 2021 Urban Area Security Initiative Grant, for the period of
September 1, 2021 through May 31, 2024; and
Increase appropriations in the General Grants Fund Group in the Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Communications Department by $590,000, in the General Grants Fund Group in the Fire Department by $3,327,666, in the General Grants Fund Group in the Health and Human Services Department by $307,500, in the General Grants Fund Group in the Parks, Recreation and Marine Department by $125,235, in the General Grants Fund Group in the Police Department by $1,886,270, and in the General Grants Fund Group in the Technology and Innovation Department by $472,500, offset by grant revenue. (Citywide)
DISCUSSION
The City of Long Beach (City) has received grant funding from the Department of Homeland Security under the Urban Area Security Initiative (UASI) program since 2003. Until 2006, the City 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 the other cities in the Long Beach UASI. Beginning 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 the grant awardee, with the responsibility for administration of the funds.
To distribute the City’s share of UASI funds, the City of Los Angeles requires a formal funding agreement between the two cities. This agreement will be in effect from September ...
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