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Council Meeting Date December 17, 2012 I Department ID Number FD12 014 I
CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH
REQUEST FOR CITY COUNCIL ACTION
SUBMITTED TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council Members
SUBMITTED BY: Fred A Wilson, City Manager
PREPARED BY: Patrick McIntosh, Fire Chief
SUBJECT: Adopt Resolution No 2012-94 authorizing certain City Officials to
execute applications and related documents to obtain Emergency
Management and Homeland Security Grants
Statement of Issue: The City Council is requested to adopt the attached resolution
designating specific City officials to execute applications and related documents for
emergency management and homeland security non -matching grants and matching grants
that do not require direct costs, but are matched with in -kind administrative expenditures
The resolution would also authorize the Finance Director to amend the adopted budget by
appropriating funds by the grant award amount
Financial Impact: The Fire Department will only apply for emergency management or
homeland security grants which require no City funding, but may require an in -kind
administrative match There will be no direct costs to the City of Huntington Beach and the
grants do not obligate the City for future funding
Recommended Action: Motion to
Adopt Resolution No 2012-94, "A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Huntington
Beach Authorizing Certain City Officials to Execute Grant Applications and Documents "
Alternative Action(s): Do not approve the resolution and direct staff accordingly
Item 23. - I xB -106-
REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION
MEETING DATE: 12/17/2012 DEPARTMENT ID NUMBER: FD12 014
Analysis: Over the past several years, the City's Office of Emergency Management and
Homeland Security has obtained many federal and state grants bringing over $6 million to
the City to improve the emergency management and homeland security program
These grants have been obtained from a number of federal and state agencies, often with
short application and performance timeframes They include Emergency Management
Program (EMPG), Citizen Corps, Hazard Mitigation, Amencorps Plan Writing grants and
Department of Homeland Security Grants, such as Urban Area Security Initiative (UASI),
Metropolitan Medical Response System (MMRS) and other related grants
The attached resolution (Attachment 1) will allow designated City staff members (City
Manager or designee, Fire Chief or the Emergency Services Coordinator) to quickly develop
and submit additional applications and execute related documents to obtain grant funding to
enhance the Emergency Management and Homeland Security Program These grants allow
for enhanced training of emergency response personnel and emergency managers, creation
of training exercises, and purchase of specialized equipment
Approval of this resolution also facilitates the expeditious spending of these grant funds and
allows the City to maintain consistency with federal and state grant timeframe requirements
In addition, it authorizes the Finance Director to increase budget appropriation for these
funds for immediate expense
The resolution authorizes certain positions to apply
grants It states that these positions are authorized
matching grants as long as they do not require direc
Environmental Status: None
Strategic Plan Goal:
Attachment(s):
Maintain public safety
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Resolution No 2012-94, "A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Huntington
Beach Authorizing Certain City Officials to Execute Grant Applications and
Documents "
HB -107- Item 23. - 2
ATTACHMENT #1
Item 23. - 3 HB -108-
RESOLUTION NO 2012-94
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH
AUTHORIZING CERTAIN CITY OFFICIALS TO
EXECUTE GRANT APPLICATIONS AND DOCUMENTS
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach desires to designate and
authorize certain classifications in the city service as the City's agents for purposes of applying for
and obtaining Emergency Management and Department of Homeland Security Grants (hereinafter
collectively referred to as "Eligible Grants")
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach does hereby resolve
as follows
1 That the City Manager (or lus designee), the Fire Chief, or the Emergency Services
Coordinator, is hereby authorized to execute for and on behalf of the City of Huntington Beach, a
public entity established under the laws of the State of California, any application and related
documents to file for non-matclung Eligible Grants and matclung grants that do not require direct
costs but are matched with in -kind administrative expenditures, such as administrative staff time
and other budgeted expenditures
2 That the City of Huntington Beach, a public entity established under the laws of the
State of California, hereby authorizes its agents to provide to the federal or state agency providing
the Eligible Grant for all matters pertaining to any such grant, the assurances and agreements
required
3 That the City Manager and/or the Director of Finance may amend the budget as
necessary to accept and appropriate such grant funding resulting from grant awards from those
applications
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach at a regular
meeting thereof held on the 17th day of December , 20 12.
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REVI D ND APPROVED INITIATED AND APPROVED
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APPROVED AS TO FORM
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City Attorney
12-3573/87571
Res. No. 2012-94
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss:
CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH )
I, JOAN L FLYNN the duly elected, qualified City Clerk of the City
of Huntington Beach, and ex-officio Clerk of the City Council of said City, do
hereby certify that the whole number of members of the City Council of the City
of Huntington Beach is seven, that the foregoing resolution was passed and
adopted by the affirmative vote of at least a majority of all the members of said
City Council at an Regular meeting thereof held on December 17, 2012 by the
following vote
AYES: Sullivan, Hardy, Harper, Boardman ,Carchio, Shaw, Katapodis
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
Clerk and ex-offici6berk of the
City Council of the City of
Huntington Beach, California