REPORT TO COUNCIL
SUBJECT
Title
Approve Budget Modification No. 28 to Appropriate $10,000 of Department of Homeland Security, Bay Area Urban Area Security Initiative Grant Funds for Training
Report
GRANT SUMMARY
On November 21, 2013, the City Manager signed the agreement to accept Department of Homeland Security Bay Area Urban Area Security Initiative (UASI) grant funds in the amount of $10,000 to the Department of Public Safety (DPS) to host the Law Enforcement HazMat/WMD Operations Planning and Response Course. The upcoming training curriculum will cover response to critical incidents that occur in large venues and will be offered to all first responder agencies in Santa Clara County.
This course is designed for Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) and Hazardous Materials (Haz/Mat) teams, explosive ordinance disposal (EOD) teams, law enforcement, fire and dispatch personnel; emergency medical services (EMS) personnel; Federal tactical teams; emergency operations center (EOC) staff; and emergency planners. The course focuses on how to respond to and conduct tactical operations during an all hazards incident at a large venue.
DPS' Bureau of Special Operations, Office of Emergency Services will be responsible for the operational component of the grant. The Bureau of Special Operations, Division of Strategic Services will be responsible for managing the grant.
Granting Agency
Department of Homeland Security Bay Area UASI
EXISTING POLICY
Council Policy 7.1.5 Donations, Contributions and Sponsorships:
The City Manager may apply for grants of any dollar amount, but shall notify the Council when grants are being pursued. Council approval of a budget modification to appropriate grant monies is required before funds can be expended by staff. Such a budget modification shall include the use to which the grant would be placed; the objectives or goals of the City which will be achieved through use of the grant; the local match required, if any, plus the source of the local match; any increased cost to be locally funded upon termination of the grant; and the ability of the City to administer the grant. For grants under the amount of $5,000 that do not have any external reporting requirements or any local match requirement, Council approval of a budget modification is not required. The City Manager is authorized to accept and administratively appropriate the grant funds.
This grant does not meet all of the criteria to be administratively appropriated by the City Manager; therefore a budget modification is required. Grant funds from the Department of Homeland Security Bay Area UASI have external reporting requirements and fall under the federal single audit guidelines.
Sunnyvale General Plan
Goal SN-2, Effective Disaster Preparedness
Ensure that the City, its community members, businesses, faith-based organizations, community organizations and special needs populations are prepared to effectively respond and recover from major disasters and emergencies.
Goal SN-3, Safe and Secure City
Ensure a safe and secure environment for people and property in the community by providing effective public safety response, prevention, and education services.
ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW
N/A
FISCAL IMPACT
Required Local Match
NONE
Increased Cost To City Upon Grant Termination
NONE
Expenditures for Bay Area UASI approved training are reimbursable up to a cumulative total of the $10,000 appropriation. No overtime or backfill are authorized for this training opportunity. The grant funds will be used for instructor costs and course materials.
Budget Modification No. 28 has been prepared to appropriate Department of Homeland Security Bay Area UASI grant funds for training in the amount of $10,000 to a new project FFY 2013 UASI - Training - Law Enforcement HazMat/WMD Operations Planning and Response Course.
Budget Modification No. 28
FY 2013/14
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Current |
Increase/ (Decrease) |
Revised |
General Fund |
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Revenues |
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Homeland Security Grants - Training |
$0 |
$10,000 |
$10,000 |
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Expenditures |
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New Project - FFY 2013 UASI - Training - Law Enforcement HazMat/WMD Operations Planning and Response Course |
$0 |
$10,000 |
$10,000 |
PUBLIC CONTACT
Public contact was made by posting the Council agenda on the City's official-notice bulletin board outside City Hall, at the Sunnyvale Senior Center, Community Center and Department of Public Safety; and by making the agenda and report available at the Sunnyvale Public Library, the Office of the City Clerk and on the City's website.
RECOMMENDATION
Recommendation
Approve Budget Modification No. 28 to appropriate $10,000 of Department of Homeland Security Bay Area UASI grants funds for training to a new project, FFY 2013 UASI Law Enforcement HazMat/WMD Operations Planning and Response Course.
Staff
Prepared by: Ann Durkes, Manager / BA II
Reviewed by: Frank J. Grgurina, Chief of Public Safety
Reviewed by: Grace Leung, Director of Finance
Approved by: Robert A. Walker, Interim City Manager
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