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File ID: 2025-01561 9/9/2025
Grant/Agreement: California Task Force Seven (CA-TF7) Urban Search and Rescue (US&R) Kentucky Flooding (G12706400)
File ID: 2025-01561
Location: Citywide
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution authorizing the Interim City Manager, or designee to: 1) execute Amendment M015 to Assistance Award/Amendment No. EMW-2023-CA-USR-0008 with the Department of Homeland Security, Federal Emergency Management Agency, for CA-TF7 US&R Kentucky Flooding Deployment; 2) accept federal funding for the Amendment in a total amount not to exceed $24,500 for the CA-TF7 US&R Kentucky Flooding Deployment; 3) establish an operating grant for the CA-TF7 US&R Kentucky Flooding Deployment grant project (G12706400); and 4) establish revenue and expenditure budgets for the CA-TF7 US&R Kentucky Flooding Deployment (G12706400) in the operating grant fund (Fund 2702).
Contact: Chris Costamagna, Fire Chief, (916) 808-1601, [email protected], Fire Department
Presenter: None
Attachments:
1-Description/Analysis
2-Resolution
3-Assistance Award Amendment M015
Description/Analysis
Issue Detail: On February 15, 2025, California Task Force Seven (CA-TF7) Red Incident Support Team (IST) representatives were activated by the Department of Homeland Security/Federal Emergency Management Agency (DHS/FEMA). As the sponsoring agency for CA-TF7 Urban Search and Rescue (US&R) program, the City of Sacramento (Fire Department) is responsible for providing trained personnel to staff positions on federal task force teams and incident support teams, and as a result of this deployment, the City must sign the DHS/FEMA Assistance Award/Amendment contracts (EMW-2023-CA-USR-0008, Amendment M015) in the amount of $24,500 to receive reimbursement for costs associated with deployment activities.
File ID: 2025-01561 9/9/2025
Policy Considerations: Acceptance of the federal US&R funding is consistent with City Council action relative to state and federal grant awards.
Economic Impacts: None.
Environmental Considerations: Ongoing administrative maintenance activities, such as purchases of supplies, equipment, or materials that are not made for purposes of a public construction project, do not constitute a “project” and are exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) CEQA Guidelines, Section 15061(b) (3), 15378(b) (2).
Sustainability: There are no sustainability considerations applicable to the acceptance of federal funding reimbursing DHS/FEMA-directed activities.
Commission/Committee Action: Not applicable.
Rationale for Recommendation: DHS/FEMA Assistance Award/Amendment contract (EMW-2023- CA-USR-0008, Amendment M015) in the amount of $24,500 must be signed and submitted to DHS/FEMA to receive reimbursement for costs associated with the Kentucky Flooding.
Financial Considerations: As the sponsoring agency, the City of Sacramento incurs costs related to the activation of the CA-TF7 US&R Team, and DHS/FEMA reimburses expenses directly related to these deployment activities. These amendments allow DHS/FEMA to obligate $24,500 of federal funds to cover labor and equipment expenses incurred by the City for activities associated with the Kentucky Flooding. Staff recommends the CA-TF7 US&R Team Kentucky Flooding operating grant project (G12706400) be established with revenue and expenditure budgets in the amount $24,500 in the Operating Grant Fund (Fund 2702).
Local Business Enterprise (LBE): Not applicable.
Resolution October 17, 2023 Page 1 of 2
RESOLUTION NO.
Adopted by the Sacramento City Council
September 09, 2025
GRANT/AGREEMENT: CALIFORNIA TASK FORCE SEVEN (CA-TF7) URBAN SEARCH AND RESCUE (US&R) TEAM’S KENTUCKY FLOODING (G12706400)
BACKGROUND
A. The City of Sacramento Fire Department has been the sponsoring agency for the CA-TF7 US&R Team since the inception of the Federal Urban Search & Rescue program in the early 1990’s. CA-TF7 has responded for emergency assistance to the terrorist attack of the World Trade Center in New York, to the Gulf Coast in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, to the Oso Washington mudslides, and various other events.
B. CA-TF7 can be deployed as an entire team, or individual Incident Support Team (IST) members, to provide overhead support to man-made and natural disasters as well as national special security events.
C. On February 15, 2025, CA-TF7 Red IST representatives were activated by the Department of Homeland Security/Federal Emergency Management Agency (DHS/FEMA) for deployment to Kentucky Flooding.
D. To receive reimbursement for costs associated with the deployment activities for the Kentucky Flooding deployment, the City must pass a resolution granting signature authority for the City Manager, or the City Manager’s designee, to sign Amendment M015 regarding DHS/FEMA Assistance Award/Amendment No. EMW-2023-CA-USR-0008.
BASED ON THE FACTS SET FORTH IN THE BACKGROUND, THE CITY COUNCIL RESOLVES AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The City Manager or the City Manager’s designee, including the Fire Chief, is authorized to execute Amendment M015 to DHS/FEMA Assistance Award/Amendment No. EMW-2023-CA-USR-0008.
Section 2. The City Manager or the City Manager’s designee, including the Fire Chief, is authorized to accept the federal funding for CA-TF7 US&R Team in the amount of $24,500 for Amendment M015.
Section 3. An operating grant shall be established for the CA-TF7 US&R Team Kentucky Flooding Deployment (G12706400).
Section 4. Revenue and expenditure budgets in the amount of $24,500 shall be established for the CA-TF7 US&R Kentucky Flooding Deployment Resolution October 17, 2023 Page 2 of 2
(G12706400) in the operating grant fund (Fund 2702).
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY ASSISTANCE AWARD/AMENDMENT FEMA Form 40-21
3. INSTRUMENT NUMBER6. CONTROL NUMBER4. AMENDMENT NUMBER9. RECIPIENT PROJECT MANAGER10. FEMA PROJECT OFFICER5. EFFECTIVE DATE Recipient is required to sign and return one (1) copy of this document to the issuing/administration office in Block 8.17. RECIPIENT REQUIREMENT18. RECIPIENT (Typed name and title)19. ASSISTANCE OFFICER (Typed name and title)20. SIGNATURE OF RECIPIENT20a. DATE21. SIGNATURE OF ASSISTANCE OFFICER 21a. DATERecipient is not required to sign this document.16. DESCRIPTION OF PROJECT14. ASSISTANCE AMOUNT15. ACCOUNTING & APPROPRIATION DATACOST REIMBURSEMENT11. ASSISTANCE ARRANGEMENTCOST SHARINGFIXED PRICEOTHERTREASURY CHECK REIMBURSEMENT12. PAYMENT METHODADVANCE CHECKLETTER OF CREDIT13. PAYMENT OFFICE FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY Office of the Chief Financial Officer Finance Services Branch 500 C Street, S.W., Patriot Plaza Washington, D.C. 204727. RECIPIENT NAME AND ADDRESSCOOPERATIVE AGREEMENT1. ASSISTANCE INSTRUMENTAMENDMENT2. TYPE OF ACTIONGRANTAWARD8. ISSUING/ADMINISTRATION OFFICE FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY Grants Management Division 500 C Street, S.W. Washington, D.C. 20472Specialist:EMW-2023-CA-USR-0008Scott Williams, 916-808-1604 The purpose of this Amendment, M015 is to obligate funding used in support of Flooding-KY. The total amount obligated under this agreement is hereby increased by $24,500 from $891,125.11 to $915,625.11. All terms and conditions remain unchanged and in full force and effect. Assistance Listing, formerly (formerly, Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance - CFDA) No. 97.025 applies. End of Amendment M015. *For each Activation, the grantee is reminded that all project related materials, both programmatic and financial, must be retained at least three years from the date the final expenditure report (not the date of this Amendment Notice) is submitted for each disaster.Nica Mathes, Section Chief - Mitigation BranchFeb 18, 2025 PREVIOUS AMOUNT AMOUNT THIS ACTIONTOTAL AMOUNT$915,625.11 M015See block 21aAN04424N2025T City of Sacramento (CA-TF7) 5770 Freeport Blvd. Suite #200 Sacramento, CA 95822 Raychelle Tunstalle, (202) 710-6858Elwood Ey, 202.646.40132025-06-3624EM-9044-XXXX-4104-D $891,125.11 $24,500