MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING
CITY OF RIVERSIDE, BY AND THROUGH ITS OFFICE OF EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT, AND THE CITY OF CORONA
REGARDING URBAN AREA SECURITY INITIATIVE (UASI) GRANT FUNDING FOR FEDERAL FISCAL YEAR 2022
This MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING (“MOU”) is effective _________, 2023, between the CITY OF RIVERSIDE, BY AND THROUGH ITS OFFICE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, and the CITY OF CORONA (“Participating Agency”) under the following terms and conditions:
1. The Participating Agency agrees to comply with the Grant Assurances for Urban Area Security Initiative (Attachment A).
2. The Participating Agency agrees to comply with United States Department of Homeland Security – Homeland Security Grant Program guidance, processes, and requirements.
3. The Participating Agency agrees that all equipment, supplies, and training funded through the UASI program is for the mutual benefit of the Riverside UASI Region and not for the exclusive benefit of the Participating Agency.
4. The Participating Agency agrees that all equipment, supplies, and technical expertise developed through training funded by the UASI program is to be made available for emergency use through established mutual aid systems, established mutual aid agreements, or made reasonably available through a valid request by a member jurisdiction or organization of the Riverside UASI.
5. The Participating Agency agrees to provide, prior to being funded, the most recent copy of their Single Audit Report.
6. The Participating Agency agrees to submit a Monthly Project Progress Report by the 15th day of each month in accordance with the UASI grant program guidelines.
7. The participating agency agrees to designate a Project Manager and Grant Manager for each project awarded and provide the contact information of those individuals to the City of Riverside Office of Emergency Management / UASI. Upon any changes to the original designation the agency will provide written notification and updated contact information.
8. The Participating Agency agrees to maintain all documentation supporting all expenditures reimbursed from grant funds, and ensure all expenditures are allowable under grant requirements. Recipients that expend $300,000 or more of federal funds during their respective fiscal year agree to submit an organization wide financial and compliance audit report. The audit shall be performed in accordance with the U. S. General Accounting Office Government Auditing Memorandum of Understanding - Urban Area Security Initiative Grant Funding 2 Standards and OMB Circular A-133 (Federal Grantor Agency: U. S. Department of Homeland Security; Pass-Through Agency: Office of Homeland Security; Program Title: Public Assistance Grants; Federal CFDA Number: 97.008). The records shall be maintained and retained in accordance with UASI grant requirements and shall be available for audit and inspection by the City and designated grant agent personnel.
9. The Participating Agency agrees that all its expenditures shall be in accordance with the approved project expenditures and allowable costs as submitted to the City and approved by the California Office of Emergency Services (Cal OES) and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security Grants Program Directorate.
10. The Participating Agency agrees to maintain adoption and implementation of (National Incident Management System) NIMS.
11. The Participating Agency agrees to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless the City, its agents, officers, and employees, from and against all liability arising out of the Participating Agency’s acts or omissions under this MOU.
12. The City agrees to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless the Participating Agency, its agents, officers, and employees, from and against all liability arising out of the City’s acts or omissions under this MOU.
13. The Participating Agency agrees to provide the Certificate of Non-Supplanting (Attachment B).
14. The Participating Agency agrees to provide the Certification regarding Debarment, Suspension, and Other responsibility matters (Attachment C).
15. The Participating Agency agrees to provide the Subrecipient Grants Management Assessment (Attachment D).
16 The Participating Agency agrees to provide the Grant Face Sheet (Attachment E).
17. The Participating Agency agrees to replace all UASI funded equipment if lost, stolen, or damaged beyond repair, the equipment shall be replaced with that of like kind or capability, at the custodial agency’s own expense.
18. The Subgrantee Performance Period for the FY2022 UASI funding cycle is from September 1, 2022 to January 01, 2025.
(Signatures on following page)
Memorandum of Understanding - Urban Area Security Initiative Grant Funding 3 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Memorandum of Understanding is entered into by the City of Riverside, by and through its Office of Emergency Management and the City of Corona, by and through its/their authorized representatives.
CITY OF RIVERSIDE PARTICIPATING AGENCY
By: ______________________________ By: ______________________________ Title: _____________________________ Title: _____________________________ Attest: Attest:
By: _____________________________ By: ____________________________ Donesia Gause
Title: _____________________________ Title: _____________________________ City Clerk
Approved as to form:
By: _____________________________
Deputy City Attorney
Memorandum of Understanding - Urban Area Security Initiative Grant Funding 4 Governing Body Resolution
(For Operational Areas and Urban Area’s)
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORONA THAT THE CITY MANAGER, OR FIRE CHIEF, is hereby authorized to execute for and on behalf of the named applicant, a public entity established under the laws of the State of California, any actions necessary for the purpose of obtaining federal financial assistance provided by the federal Department of Homeland Security and sub-granted through the State of California.
Passed and approved this _______________ day of ____________________________, 2023 Certification
I, Sylvia Edwards, duly appointed and City Clerk of the Mayor and City Council, do hereby certify that the above is a true and correct copy of a resolution passed and approved by the Mayor and City Council of the City of Corona on the
______________________ day of ____________________________________, 2023. __________________________________________
(City Clerk)
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(Signature)