APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY
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CITY ATTORNEY’S OFFICE
OAKLAND CITY COUNCIL
RESOLUTION NO. _______________ C.M.S.
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY ADMINSTRATOR TO:
(1) ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA OFFICE OF EMERGENCY SERVICES (CAL OES)
TO ACCEPT ONE MILLION EIGHT HUNDRED THOUSAND
DOLLARS ($1,800,000.00) IN GRANT FUNDS FOR THE PERIOD
FROM JULY 1, 2023 TO JUNE 30, 2032 AND ADDITIONAL
FUNDING UP TO TWENTY PERCENT (20%) OF THE ORIGINAL
TRI-ANNUAL AWARD, FOR A CUMULATIVE AMOUNT NOT TO
EXCEED TWO MILLION ONE HUNDRED SIXTY THOUSAND
DOLLARS ($2,160,000.00) FOR FULL -SCALE EXERCISES AND
TRAINING, AND RELA TED PERSONNEL AND SUPPLY
EXPENSES FOR THE OAKLAND FIRE DEPARTMENT’S URBAN
SEARCH AND RESCUE (US&R) TEAM AND CAL OES SWIFT
WATER TEAM FOUR, AND; (2) APPROPRIATE AND ADMINSTER
SAID GRANT FUNDS
WHEREAS, There are twenty-eight (28) Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) US&R Task Forces in the United States, with eight (8) in California. The City of Oakland is the Sponsoring Agency for a FEMA US&R Task Force, California Task Force 4 (CA-TF4). The Oakland Fire Department Task Force has agreements with fifteen (15) participating fire agencies from the Bay Area that provide Task Force personnel and support the training and responses of the Oakland Task Force. Federal funds are provided to sponsoring agencies to support a US&R Response System that provides for the coordination, development, and maintenance, of the effort to locate, extricate, and provide immediate medical treatment to victims trapped in collapsed structures, and to conduct other lifesaving operations.
WHEREAS, there are thirteen (13) California Office of Emergency Services (Cal OES) Swiftwater/Flood Search and Rescue Teams located throughout the state. The City of Oakland is the sponsoring agency for a Swiftwater/Flood Search and Rescue Team. Cal OES Swift Water Team Four (SW-TF4). These Swiftwater/Flood Search and Rescue Teams conduct search and rescue in the water environment, includes searching disaster areas that have become flooded, conducting rescue operations in collapsed structures inundated by floods, tsunamis, dam failure, or other water-related disasters, accessing and rescuing persons and companion animals trapped by flood waters during disasters.
2 WHEREAS, Cal OES is an agency that oversees training requirements for US&R Teams, including Swiftwater/Flood Search and Rescue Teams; and
WHEREAS, Cal OES supports all eight California US&R teams with State Joint Powers agreement funds; and
WHEREAS, CA-TF4 is eligible to apply for Training Funding for up to three Full-scale Exercise in the amount of not more than one million five hundred thousand dollars ($1,500,000.00) for personnel and supplies costs, to improve OFD’s ability to respond to natural disasters and WMD events; and
WHEREAS, the City of Oakland (City) is eligible to apply for Training Funding for up to three opportunities in the amount of not more than three hundred thousand dollars ($300,000.00) for personnel and supplies costs, to improve OFD’s ability to respond to Swiftwater/flood search and rescue events; and
WHEREAS, CA-TF4 is available to the City in the event of a disaster within Oakland or surrounding communities; and
WHEREAS, the Oakland City Charter Section 504(1) authorizes the City Administrator to negotiate contracts for joint governmental actions, subject to Council approval; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED: That the Oakland City Council, hereby authorizes the City Administrator to enter into an agreement with the State of California Office of Emergency Services to accept grant funds in the amount of one million eight hundred thousand dollars ($1,800,000.00), plus any supplemental funding not to exceed twenty percent (20%) of the original grant amount, for a total authorized grant award amount not to exceed two million one hundred sixty thousand dollars ($2,160,000.00) for the period from July 1, 2023 to June 30, 2032; and, be it
FURTHER RESOLVED: That the grant will be used for three scheduled full-scale exercises and training and to meet the personnel and supply expenses for the training of the Oakland Fire Department’s Urban Search and Rescue (US&R) Task Force and Swiftwater/flood Team, as they train in a full-scale exercise to respond to natural disasters or weapons of mass destruction incidents or Swiftwater/flood events for fiscal years (FY) 2023-2031; and, be it
FURTHER RESOLVED: That the City Administrator is authorized to accept, appropriate, and administer said grant funds for the purposes referenced above and in the report accompanying this legislation, and deposit such funds into the State of California Other Fund (2159), Special Operation - US&R Division Organization (20815), Project To Be Determined (TBD), and Special Operations – Emergency Response Program (PS18); and, be it
3 FURTHER RESOLVED: That all agreements authorized hereunder shall be reviewed and approved by the office of the City Attorney for form and legality and copies shall be placed on file in the Office of the City Clerk.
IN COUNCIL, OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA,
PASSED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE:
AYES - FIFE, GALLO, JENKINS, KALB, KAPLAN, RAMACHANDRAN, REID, AND
PRESIDENT FORTUNATO BAS
NOES –
ABSENT –
ABSTENTION –
ATTEST:
ASHA REED
City Clerk and Clerk of the Council of the
City of Oakland, California
3383384/AS