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C. 22

To:	Board of Supervisors
From:	David O. Livingston, Sheriff-Coroner
Date:	May 26, 2020

Contra

Costa

County

Subject:

2019 Urban Area Security Initiative Grant

APPROVE	OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR	RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE

Action of Board On: 05/26/2020

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:

Mary Jane Robb, 925-335-1557

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: May 26, 2020
David Twa,

BY:	, Deputy

RECOMMENDATION(S):

APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Sheriff-Coroner, or designee, to execute a contract with the City and County of San Francisco to pay County in an amount not to exceed $766,078 as part of the 2019 U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Urban Area Security Initiative (UASI) Grant for homeland security related projects within the County for the period November 1, 2019 through the end of the grant funding. (100% Federal)

FISCAL IMPACT:

No County Costs. $766,078; 100% 2019 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 address 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 $766,078. 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 purchase integrated audio-visual technologies to be installed in the new Emergency Operations Center, including telephony, audio conferencing, multimedia presentation, web conferencing, room scheduling, video distribution and broadcast system, integrated displays and a high definition video wall. The technologies will facilitate custom workflows and support incident stabilization. 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:

Should the Board decide not to approve entering into this agreement, the County will not receive its share of the 2019 UASI Grant funds; risk management and planning to increase regional response capability will need to be either funded through another source or not performed.