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APPROVED 6-0-1
(GRUEL-ABSENT)
File#: 25-336 MEETING DATE: 5/6/2025
REQUEST FOR CITY COUNCIL ACTION
SUBMITTED TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council Members
SUBMITTED BY: Travis Hopkins, City Manager
VIA: Eric McCoy, Fire Chief
PREPARED BY: Brevyn Mettler, Emergency Management Administrator
Bonnie To, Principal Management Analyst
Subject:
Adopt Resolution No. 2025-33 authorizing certain City officials to execute Emergency -
Management Grant Applications and Documents -
Statement of Issue:
The City Council is requested to adopt Resolution No. 2025-33 designating specific City officials to
apply for and obtain Emergency Management and Department of Homeland Security Grants. These
grants include, but are not limited to, Emergency Performance, State Homeland Security, and Urban
Area Security Initiative.
Financial Impact:
There is no financial impact for Eligible Grants that do not have a match requirement or Eligible
Grants that are matched with in-kind administrative expenditures, such as administrative staff time
and other budgeted expenditures. Furthermore, there are no direct costs to the City of Huntington
Beach, and the grants do not obligate the City for any future funding.
For any Eligible Grant that require direct costs for a match requirement, staff will request approval
from City Council before accepting these types of Eligible Grants.
Recommended Action:
Adopt Resolution No. 2025-33, "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 adopt 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
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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. These grants
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. Resolution No.
2025-33 (Attachment 1) will continue to allow designated City staff members (City Manager, Chief
Financial Officer, Fire Chief, or the Emergency Management Administrator) 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.
There is no financial impact for Eligible Grants that do not have a match requirement. There is no
financial impact for Eligible Grants that are matched with in-kind administrative expenditures, such as.;
administrative staff time and other budgeted expenditures. There are no direct costs to the City of
Huntington Beach, and the grants do not obligate the City for any future funding. For any Eligible
Grant that requires direct costs for a match requirement, staff will request for approval from City
Council before accepting these types of Eligible Grants.
In 2021, State guidelines were revised to require agencies to adopt this type of resolution every three
(3) years. Previously, it had to be submitted annually. At this time, City staff requests adoption of the
attached resolution authorizing specified City officials to execute grant applications and documents
for Eligible Grants. Approval of the proposed resolution also facilitates the expeditious spending of
these grant funds and allows the City to maintain consistency with federal and state grant timeframe_
requirements.
Environmental Status:
This action is not subject to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Sections
15060(c)(2) (the activity will not result in a direct or reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change
in the environment) and 15060(c)(3) (the activity is not a project as defined in Section 15378) of the
CEQA Guidelines, California Code of Regulations, Title 14, Chapter 3, because it has no potential for
resulting in physical change to the environment, directly or indirectly.
Strategic Plan Goal:
Goal 2 - Fiscal Stability, Strategy A- Consider new revenue sources and opportunities to support the
City's priority initiatives and projects.
For details, visit www.huntingtonbeachca.gov/strategicplan
Attachment(s):
1. Resolution No. 2025-33
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RESOLUTION NO. 2025-33
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,
including, but not limited to, Emergency Management Performance Grant, State Homeland
Security Grant, Urban Area Security Initiative, etc. (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 Management Administrator, 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. This resolution
shall remain in effect during fiscal years 2026, 2027 and 2028.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach at a
regular meeting thereof held on the 6th day of • May , 2025.
Mayor
REVIEWED AND APPROVED: APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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INITIATED AND APPROVED:
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Res. No. 2025-33
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss:
CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH )
I, LISA LANE BARNES, 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 6, 2025 by the following vote:
AYES: Twining, Kennedy, McKeon, Burns, Van Der Mark, Williams
NOES: None
ABSENT: Gruel
ABSTAIN: None
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City Clerk and ex-officio Clerk of the
City Council of the City of
Huntington Beach, California
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Dear City Council Members,
I am writing today to object to Agenda items 25-336 and 25-337. These items must
be voted on by the full City Council and receive majority votes.
Also, Agenda Item 25-363 is not in the best interests of the City of Huntington Beach
residents. It is beyond the defined responsibilities of the City Council, and will only
invite costly litigation.
Bonnie Benton
SUPPLEMENTAL
COMMUNICATION
Meeting Date: 5/6/2025
Agenda Item No. 16 (25-336)