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C. 29

To:	Board of Supervisors
From:	David O. Livingston, Sheriff-Coroner
Date:	January 18, 2022

Contra

Costa

County

Subject:

2021 Urban Area Security Initiative Grant

APPROVE	OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR	RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE

Action of Board On: 01/18/2022

APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED

OTHER

Clerks Notes:

VOTE OF SUPERVISORS

AYE:

John Gioia, District I Supervisor
Candace Andersen, District II Supervisor
Diane Burgis, District III Supervisor
Karen Mitchoff, District IV Supervisor
Federal D. Glover, District V Supervisor

Contact:

Chrystine Robbins, 925-655-0008

I hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of an action taken and entered on the minutes of the Board of Supervisors on the date shown.
ATTESTED: January 18, 2022
Monica Nino, County Administrator

BY:	, Deputy

RECOMMENDATION(S):

APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Sheriff-Coroner, or designee, to execute a contract with the City and County of San Francisco, in an amount not to exceed $634,686 as part of the 2021 U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Urban Area Security Initiative (UASI) Grant for homeland security related projects for the period November 1, 2021 through the end of the grant funding. (100% Federal)

FISCAL IMPACT:

No County Costs. $634,686; 100% 2021 Urban Area Security Initiative Grant from the City and County of San Francisco acting as fiscal agent for the Bay Area Urban Area Security Initiative. (CFDA # 97.067)

BACKGROUND:

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Urban Area Security Initiative Grant Program funds the unique planning, equipment, training, and exercise needs of high threat, high density urban areas. This grant assists designated regions in building an enhanced and sustainable capacity to prevent, protect against, respond to, and recover from acts of terrorism. California is home to five of these urban areas and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security designated the City and County of San Francisco as the fiscal agent for the Bay Area Urban Area Security Initiative (UASI).

The County, as a member of the Bay Area UASI, will receive $634,686. Funds will be used to enhance public safety capabilities of law enforcement agencies throughout the region by aggregating discrete criminal information sources into a unified platform. Without a regional system, there exists no active solution for connecting data across jurisdictions. Expand existing systems to participate in other state, regional, and national initiatives. Funding will also be used to: fund three prime movers for the Office of the Sheriff to assist with the movement of critical equipment during mutual aid deployments, search and rescue missions and other disasters; to purchase 80 Class 1 and 2 Hazmat suits for the County’s four participating Hazmat teams.

As the fiscal agent for the grant, the City and County of San Francisco has developed a standard form contract for use with all Bay Area UASI partner agencies requiring full indemnification of the City and County of San Francisco. The County has agreed to previous inter-agency agreements with the City and County of San Francisco, which contained the same language, to participate in regional homeland security efforts and access important Federal funding.

CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:

If unapproved, the County will not receive its share of the 2021 UASI Grant funds, and risk management and planning for regional response capabilities will need to be funded through another source or not performed at all.