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File ID: 2025-01586 9/9/2025
Grant/Agreement: California Task Force Seven (CA-TF7) Urban Search and Rescue (US&R) Texas Flood (G12706500)
File ID: 2025-01586
Location: Citywide
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution authorizing the Interim City Manager, or designee to: 1) execute Amendment M021 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 Texas Flood Deployment; 2) accept federal funding for the Amendment in a total amount of $42,000 for the CA-TF7 US&R Texas Flood Deployment; 3) establish an operating grant for the CA-TF7 US&R Texas Flood Deployment grant project (G12706500); and 4) establish revenue and expenditure budgets for the CA-TF7 US&R Texas Flood Deployment (G12706500) 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 M021
Description/Analysis
Issue Detail: On July 17, 2025, California Task Force Seven (CA-TF7) US&R Task Force (Other) 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 M021) in the amount of $42,000 to receive reimbursement for costs associated with deployment activities.
File ID: 2025-01586 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 M021) in the amount of $42,000 must be signed and submitted to DHS/FEMA to receive reimbursement for costs associated with the Texas Flood.
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 $42,000 of federal funds to cover labor and equipment expenses incurred by the City for activities associated with the Texas Flood. Staff recommends the CA-TF7 US&R Team Texas Flood operating grant project (G12706500) be established with revenue and expenditure budgets in the amount $42,000 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 TEXAS FLOOD (G12706500)
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 with emergency assistance to the 2001 terrorist attack on the World Trade Center in New York City, to the Gulf Coast in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in 2005, to the fatal Oso Washington mudslides of 2014, and various other events to the present.
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 July 17, 202 5, CA-TF7 US&R Task Force (Other) representatives were activated by the Department of Homeland Security/Federal Emergency Management Agency (DHS/FEMA) for deployment to Texas Flood.
D. To receive reimbursement for costs associated with the deployment activities for the Texas Flood deployment, the City must pass a resolution granting signature authority for the Interim City Manager, or designee, to sign Amendment M021 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 Interim City Manager or designee, including the Fire Chief, is authorized to execute Amendment M021 to DHS/FEMA Assistance Award/Amendment No. EMW-2023-CA-USR-0008.
Section 2. The Interim City Manager or designee, including the Fire Chief, is authorized to accept the federal funding for CA-TF7 US&R Team in the amount of $42,000 for Amendment M021.
Section 3. An operating grant shall be established for the CA-TF7 US&R Team Texas Flood Deployment (G12706500).
Section 4. A revenue and expenditure budget in the amount of $42,000 shall be Resolution October 17, 2023 Page 2 of 2
established for the CA-TF7 US&R Texas Flood Deployment
(G12706500) 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, M021 is to obligate funding used in support of TX-FLOODING. The total amount obligated under this agreement is hereby increased by $42,000 from $835,247.44 to $877,247.44. 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 M021. *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 BranchAug 7, 2025 PREVIOUS AMOUNT AMOUNT THIS ACTIONTOTAL AMOUNT$877,247.44 M021See block 21a TN01830N2025T City of Sacramento (CA-TF7) 5770 Freeport Blvd. Suite #200 Sacramento, CA 95822 Raychelle Tunstalle, (202) 710-6858Elwood Ey, 202.646.4013 2025-6E-4879DR-9064-XXXX-4104-D $835,247.44 $42,000