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MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING
CITY OF RIVERSIDE, BY AND THROUGH ITS OFFICE OF EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT, AND THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO
REGARDING URBAN AREA SECURITY INITIATIVE (UASI) GRANT FUNDING FOR FEDERAL FISCAL YEAR 2023
This MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING (“MOU”) is effective ________, 2026, between THE CITY OF RIVERSIDE , BY AND THROUGH ITS OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, and THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO (“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 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.
7. 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 Standards and OMB Circular A-133 (Federal Granto r Agency: U. S. Department of Homeland Security; Pass -Through Agency: Office of Homeland Security; Memorandum of Understanding: Training - Urban Area Security Initiative Grant Funding
Program Title: Public Assistance Grants; Federal ALN Number: 97.067). 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.
8. 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.
9. The Participating Agency agrees to maintain adoption and implementation of (National Incident Management System) NIMS.
10. 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.
11. 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.
12. The Participating Agency agrees to provide the Certificate of Non -Supplanting (Attachment B).
13. The Participating Agency agrees to provide the Certification regarding Debarment, Suspension and Other responsibility matters (Attachment C).
14. The Subgrantee Performance Period for the FY 2023 UASI funding cycle is from September 1, 2023 to January 1, 2026.
15. The Participating Agency agrees to the use of a UASI Equipment Loan Agreement (Attachment D) that authorizes Participating Agencies the use of UASI Regional equipment to be utilized amongst the Riverside UASI region when requesting use of UASI Regional Equipment.
16. The Participating Agency agrees to use a Material Transfer Form (Attachment E) to document the use and return of equipment loaned pursuant to paragraph 15.
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Memorandum of Understanding: Training - Urban Area Security Initiative Grant Funding
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 San Bernardino, by and through its/their authorized representatives.
CITY OF RIVERSIDE PARTICIPATING AGENCY
By: ______________________________ By: ______________________________ Eric Levitt
Title: _____________________________ Title: _City Manager________________
Attest: Attest:
By: _____________________________ By: ____________________________ Donesia Gause Telicia Lopez, CMC
Title: _____________________________ Title: __City Clerk_________________ City Clerk
Approved as to form: Approved as to form:
By: _____________________________ By: _____________________________ Deputy City Attorney Best Best & Krieger LLP
City Attorney
Memorandum of Understanding: Training - Urban Area Security Initiative Grant Funding
Governing Body Resolution
(For Operational Areas and Urban Area’s)
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO THAT THE CITY MANAGER 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 18th day of February, 2026
Certification
I, ______________________________________________, duly appointed and City Clerk of the (Name)
Mayor and City Council of the City of San Bernardino 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 San Bernardino on the 18
th day of February, 2026.
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(Official Position)
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