TO:
Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
THROUGH:
Mark Danaj, City Manager
FROM:
Robert Espinosa, Fire Chief
Eve Irvine, Chief of Police
Bruce Moe, Finance Director
SUBJECT:Title
Joint Funding Agreement Between the Cities of Manhattan Beach, Gardena and Hawthorne to Provide Advanced Funding to the South Bay Regional Public Communications Authority (RCC) for a Department of Homeland Security, Urban Areas Security Initiative (UASI) Reimbursable Grant for Construction of Interagency Communications Interoperability Systems; Temporary Use of a Portion of General Fund Reserves (Finance Director Moe).
APPROVE; APPROPRIATE
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Recommended Action
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends that the City Council: a) authorize the City Manager to negotiate and execute a joint funding agreement on behalf of the City between the cities of Manhattan Beach, Gardena and Hawthorne, and b) appropriate $2.25 million from General Fund Financial Policy Reserves which will be reimbursed by grant funds after project completion.
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
Grant funds are available to the RCC and its member agencies which provide an opportunity to purchase and install communications equipment that will greatly enhance public safety for the community and the region. In addition, these grant funds, totaling $5 million, allow for more rapid deployment of the technologies that were being planned for the future, but for which resources are not currently available. Obtaining those resources would require long range financial planning and direct funding by RCC member agencies. It would also necessitate increased member assessments. As a result of this grant, the City and the RCC will save significant money, as well as achieve an important public safety goal of interoperable communications sooner than expected.
Fully functional, Interoperable communications will provide the RCC and its member agencies with t...
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