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Item # 28
City of Santa Ana
20 Civic Center Plaza, Santa Ana, CA 92701
Staff Report
November 21, 2023
TOPIC: FY2022 Urban Area Security Initiative Program Additional Funding
AGENDA TITLE
Adopt a Resolution, Approve a Memorandum of Understanding and Appropriation Adjustment Accepting Additional FY 2022 Urban Area Security Initiative Grant Program Funds (Non-General Fund)
RECOMMENDED ACTION
1. Adopt a resolution authorizing and directing the City Manager and the Chief of Police or their designee(s) to accept an additional $105,000 in FY 2022 Urban Area Security Initiative Funding, increasing the sub-recipient award from $1,822,800 to $1,927,800.
RESOLUTION NO. 2023-XXX entitled A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA ACCEPTING ADDITIONAL FY2022 URBAN
AREA SECURITY INITIATIVE SUB-RECIPIENT FUNDING AND
APPROPRIATION ADJUSTMENT
2. Approve an Appropriation Adjustment recognizing an additional $105,000 in grant revenue from the FY 2022 Urban Area Security Initiative funding program revenue account and appropriate same to the FY 2022 Urban Area Security Initiative Program Grant expenditures accounts. (Requires five affirmative votes).
3. Authorize the City Manager and the Chief of Police to execute the Memorandum of Understanding with the City of Anaheim for the FY 2022 Urban Area Security Initiative Grant Program, subject to non-substantive changes approved by the City Manager and City Attorney (Agreement No. 2023-XXX).
GOVERNMENT CODE §84308 APPLIES: Yes
DISCUSSION
The Urban Area Security Initiative (UASI) program is approved by Congress through the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2022, and implemented by the U.S. Department of
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Homeland Security (DHS) through the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), to assist high-density urban areas to strengthen the nation’s communities against potential terrorist attacks and other hazards. The UASI program provides funds to local emergency first responders to enhance security and overall preparedness to prevent, respond to, and recover from acts of terrorism. The grant specifically provides funding for training, planning, equipment, exercises, and technical assistance.
In FY 2006 the DHS established a combined UASI in the Orange County Urban Area called the Anaheim/Santa Ana Urban Area (ASAUA) UASI. The City of Santa Ana now shares grant administrative responsibilities with the City of Anaheim, annually alternating the function of lead administrative agency. The City of Anaheim is the lead agency for FY 2022 funding and is therefore the UASI Sub-Grantee, with Santa Ana designated as a sub-recipient through Anaheim.
The Santa Ana Police Department has worked with the City of Anaheim, the County of Orange, and cities within the Anaheim/Santa Ana Urban Area to determine current capabilities and needs and have established goals and objectives for the Anaheim/Santa Ana Urban Area. The City of Santa Ana will work in collaboration with the City of Anaheim to implement complementary strategies for responding to acts of terrorism.
The FY 2022 funds will support the Homeland Security Training & Exercise Program to enhance capabilities across multiple disciplines and jurisdictions in areas such as active shooter, mass gathering and civil disturbances, cyber security, emergency management, and advanced life-saving techniques. This appropriation adjustment will add $105,000 to the current grant award of $1,822,800 previously approved by City Council on October 17, 2023, for a new total grant award of $1,927,800. The additional funding will be used to support regional exercise and regional training programs. The Memorandum of Understanding being presented for approval was inadvertently excluded from the October 17, 2023 staff report.
FISCAL IMPACT
Approval of the appropriation adjustment will recognize $105,000 in the FY 2022 Urban Area Security Initiative revenue account (no. 12514002-52001) and appropriate same to the Urban Area Security Initiative expenditure account for projected expenditure as follows:
Fiscal
Year
Accounting Unit
– Account No.
Fund
Description
Accounting Unit –
Account No.
Description
Amount
FY 23-24 12514491-
62300 OES UASI
UASI Cal OES
Anaheim, Contract
Services
Professional
$ 105,000
Total $ 105,000
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The amount shown above is an estimate based on projected grant projects. Any remaining balances not expended at the end of the fiscal year will be presented to the City Council for approval of carryovers to the subsequent fiscal year.
EXHIBIT(S)
1. Resolution
2. FY 2022 Award Amendment #1
3. FY 2022 Memorandum of Understanding
Submitted By: Robert Rodriguez, Acting Police Chief
Approved By: Steven A. Mendoza, Acting City Manager