Form Rev 3/6/2023
RESOLUTION NO. __________
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CHULA VISTA ACCEPTING GRANT FUNDS F ROM THE
CALIFORNIA OFFICE OF TRAFFIC SAFETY FOR THE
EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES FIRST RESPONDER
EQUIPMENT PROGRAM AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS
THEREFOR
WHEREAS, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration provides grant funding made available to the California Office of Traffic Safety (OTS) who provides innovative, evidence-based education and enforcement programs and technologies design ed to improve road safety; and
WHEREAS, the purpose of the OTS grant program is to effectively administer traffic safety grants that deliver innovative programs and eliminate traffic fatalities and injuries on California roadways; and
WHEREAS, the Fire Department has been awarded $50,000 of grant funding to assist in the purchase of extrication equipment; and
WHEREAS, the Fire Department utilizes two different types of extrication equipment on its Truck Companies and Heavy Rescue; and
WHEREAS, utilizing the same equipment department-wide will increase efficiency and safety of the City’s firefighters and decrease the extrication time of a trapped victim providing for increased survivability; and
WHEREAS, the Fire Department will augment these funds with previously appropriated Measure P Sales Tax funds totaling $52,244 to purchase the extrication equipment and do so within the performance period ending date.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Chula Vista does hereby accept $50,000 from the California Office of Traffic Safety and appropriate $50,000 in the capital category of the Fire Grants Section of the Federal Grants Fund for the Emergency Medical Services First Responder Equipment Program.
Presented by Approved as to form by
Harry Muns Jill D.S. Maland
Fire Chief Lounsbery Ferguson Altona & Peak
Acting City Attorney