REPORT TO COUNCIL
SUBJECT
Title
Approve Budget Modification No. 13 to Appropriate $99,816 of Department of Homeland Security Grant Funds for Participation in 2014 Urban Shield and California Emergency Managers Association Training Conference
Report
GRANT SUMMARY
The City Manager applied for, and on August 20, 2014, the City was awarded Department of Homeland Security grant funds in the amount of $99,816 for the Department of Public Safety to participate in the 2014 Urban Shield field training exercise and for the Lieutenant assigned to the Office of Emergency Services to attend the California Emergency Managers Association (CESA) Training Conference. Specifically, the total award includes:
2014 Urban Shield:
$75,103 for DPS' Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) Team participation
$19,500 for DPS' Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) Team participation
$ 2,700 for DPS personnel to participate in a simulated activation of the Emergency Operations Center (EOC)
2014 CESA Training Conference
$ 2,513 for the Lieutenant assigned to the Office of Emergency Services to attend the 2014 CESA Training Conference.
Department of Homeland Security grants are used to address the Santa Clara County operational area's identified needs for responding to acts of terrorism or catastrophic events. Funded activities include planning, organization, equipment, training, and field exercises. Grant guidelines require each operational area to appoint an Anti-Terrorism Approval Body (known as the Approval Authority). This body makes the final determination on the operational area's allocation of SHSGP grant funds. The Approval Authority consists of the County Sheriff, County Public Health Officer or designee responsible for Emergency Medical Services, County Fire Chief or Chief Fire Authority, a Municipal Fire Chief, and a Chief of Police. The Santa Clara County Fire Chief's Association selects the municipal fire chief representative, and the Santa Clara County Police Chie...
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