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File #: 20-1576 MEETING DATE: 5/4/2020
REQUEST FOR CITY COUNCIL ACTION
SUBMITTED TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council Members
SUBMITTED BY: Oliver Chi, City Manager
PREPARED BY: Scott Haberle, Fire Chief
Subject:
Adopt Resolution No. 2020-23 authorizing certain City Officials to execute Grant Applications
and Documents
Statement of Issue:
The City Council must designate 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.
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:
Adopt Resolution No. 2020-23, "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.
Analysis:
Over the past several years, the City's Office of Emergency Management and Homeland Security
has obtained many federal and state grants, bringing in funding 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, Americorps Plan Writing grants, and Department of Homeland
Security grants, such as the Urban Area Security Initiative (UASI), Metropolitan Medical Response
System (MMRS) and other grants.
The attached resolution will allow designated City staff members, including the City Manager, Fire
Chief, Chief Financial Officer, or Emergency Services Coordinator, to quickly develop and submit
additional applications and execute related documents to obtain grant funding to enhance the
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File #: 20-1576 MEETING DATE: 5/4/2020
Emergency Management and Homeland Security Program (Attachment 1).
The resolution authorizes these positions to apply for non-matching homeland security grants and
matching grants, as long as they do not require direct costs, but are matched with in-kind
administrative expenditures.
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.
A similar resolution was adopted by the City Council in June 2018, meeting State of California
guidelines at that time, which specified that authorizing resolutions can be used for up to three (3)
years. However, in 2019, these guidelines were revised to require agencies to annually adopt this
type of resolution. Accordingly, City staff will return during the first part of each calendar year with a
resolution authorizing specified City officials to execute grant applications and documents.
Environmental Status:
Not applicable.
Strategic Plan Goal:
Enhance and modernize public safety service delivery
Attachment(s):
1. Resolution No. 2020-23, "A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach
Authorizing Certain City Officials to Execute Grant Applications and Documents."
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RESOLUTION NO, 2020- 23
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:
That the City Manager (or his or her designee),the Chief Financial Officer, the Fire
Chief, or the Emergency Services Coordinator, is hereby authorized to execute for and on behalf
of the City of Huntington Beach, a Charter City established under the laws of the State of
California, any application and related documents to file for non-matching Eligible Grants and
matching grants that do not require direct costs but are matched with in-kind administrative
expenditures, such as administrative staff time and other budgeted expenditures.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach at a
regular meeting thereof held on the 4th day of May , 2020.
C—Mayor
VIE AN APPRQ ED: APPROVED AS TO FORM:
City Manager �—_q i ttorney ev
INITIATED AND APPROVED:
Fire Chief
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Res. No. 2020-23
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss:
CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH )
I, ROBIN ESTANISLAU, 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 a Regular meeting thereof held on May 4, 2020 by the following vote:
AYES: Posey, Delgleize, Hardy, Semeta, Peterson, Carr, Brenden
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
RECUSE: None
City Clerk and ex-officio Clerk of the
City Council of the City of
Huntington Beach, California