HomeMy WebLinkAbout2024-44 - Urban Area Security Initiative Grant (UASI)A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COSTA MESA,
CALIFORNIA, AUTHORIZING THE APPLICATION FOR AND ACCEPTANCE OF
FUNDS UNDER THE HOMELAND SECURITY GRANT PROGRAM ("HSGP") AND
THE URBAN AREA SECURITY INITIATIVE ("UASI") FOR THE FISCAL YEARS
2023, 2024, AND 2025 AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER, DIRECTOR OF
FINANCE, AND EMERGENCY SERVICES MANAGER TO TAKE ALL ACTIONS
NECESSARY TO OBTAIN THE FUNDING WITHIN THE PERMITTED GUIDELINES
OF THE HSGP.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COSTA MESA, CALIFORNIA HEREBY
FINDS, DETERMINES AND DECLARES AS FOLLOWS:
WHEREAS, in 2005, the cities of Anaheim and Santa Ana were selected as
administrators of the Urban Area Security Initiative ("UASI") Grant for the
Anaheim/Santa Ana Urban Area jurisdiction. Each year, Anaheim and Santa Ana
switch -off as the lead agency responsible for the program cycle; and
WHEREAS, Santa Ana, through the Santa Ana Police Department, is the lead
agency for the FY 2023 UASI Grant; and
WHEREAS, the City of Costa Mesa is within the Anaheim/Santa Ana Urban Area
jurisdiction. As part of this Urban Area, the City of Costa Mesa (the "City") is eligible to
receive equipment or services purchased with grant funds or to receive reimbursement
for purchases of authorized equipment, services, joint training exercises, and expenses
related to overtime for training evolutions, upon prior written approval from Santa Ana;
and
WHEREAS, the UASI Grant is a reimbursement grant, which requires that cities
must expend their own funds for eligible expenditures and then apply for
reimbursement. Each city is required to obtain prior written approval from the
Emergency Management Bureau of the Santa Ana Police Department for expenditures
it plans to submit for reimbursement to ensure that the expenditures/costs are
reimbursable; and
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WHEREAS, the FY 2023 UASI grant performance period for the Anaheim/Santa
Ana Urban Area is September 1, 2023 to May 31, 2026. The City of Costa Mesa ("City")
is considered a sub -recipient and must establish eligibility to receive grant funds by
submitting an eligibility package that includes an executed FY2023 UASI Sub -
Recipient Agreement; and
WHEREAS, the City desires to participate in the UASI Grant Program; and
WHEREAS, the City of Santa Ana, through the Santa Ana Police Department,
a political subdivision of the State of California, will transfer to the City UASI Program
grant funds, in arrears, as necessary to reimburse the City for reasonable and
permissible expenditures for grant purposes.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Costa
Mesa as follows:
Section 1. That the recitals contained in this Resolution are true and correct and
incorporated herein.
Section 2. The City Council hereby approves the application for and acceptance
of funds under the UASI Program and authorizes the City Manager, Director of Finance,
or Emergency Services Manager to execute the attached Sub -Recipient Agreement
with the City of Santa Ana for the FY 2023, 2024 and 2025 Urban Areas Security
Initiative (UASI) Grant Program and further authorizes that they take all actions to
implement this resolution, (within the permitted HSGP guidelines) to obtain the grant
funds for Fiscal Years 2023, 2024, and 2025.
Section 2. The City Council hereby agrees:
(a) The City will provide all matching funds required for the grant project and
that any cash match will be appropriated as required;
(b) Any liability arising out of the performance of the agreement shall be the
responsibility of the City;
(c) Grant funds shall not be used to supplant expenditures controlled by the
City Council;
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(d) The City Council authorizes the City to apply for federal assistance, and
the institutional, managerial and financial capability (including funds
sufficient to pay the non-federal share of the project cost, if any) to ensure
proper planning, management and completion of the project described in
the application; and
(e) The City Manager is authorized to execute the agreement on behalf of
the City.
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PASSED AND ADOPTED this 1st day of October, 2024.
n Stephens, Mayor
ATTEST:
IV
Brenda Green, Cit Clerk
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss
CITY OF COSTA MESA 1
, City Attorney
I, BRENDA GREEN, City Clerk of the City of Costa Mesa, DO HEREBY
CERTIFY that the above and foregoing is the original of Resolution No. 2024-44 and
was duly passed and adopted by the City Council of the City of Costa Mesa at a regular
meeting held on the 1st day of October, 2024, by the following roll call vote, to wit:
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: CHAVEZ, GAMEROS, HARPER, MARR, REYNOLDS, HARLAN,
AND STEPHENS.
NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: NONE.
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS: NONE.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereby set my hand and affixed the seal of the
City of Costa Mesa this 2nd day of October, 2024.
Brenda Green, Ci Clerk
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