Title:
Title
Grant Application: Annual Federal Funds for California Task Force Seven (CA-TF7) Urban Search and Rescue (US&R) Team
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FileID
File ID: 2019-01133
Location
Location: Citywide
Recommendation:
Recommendation
Adopt a Resolution: 1) authorizing the City Manager or the City Manager's designee to apply, sign and submit documentation for annual federal funding from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS)/Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for the California Task Force Seven (CA-TF7), Urban Search & Rescue (US&R) Team; 2) accepting federal funds and/or equipment in the amount awarded; 3) establishing an operating grant project for CA-TF7 US&R (G12501900) including the revenue and expenditure budgets in G12501900 in the amount of the grant award; and 4) accepting all eligible CA-TF7 US&R grant-related expenditures beginning September 30, 2019.
Contact: Scott Williams, Assistant Chief, (916) 808-1690; Carol Renix, Support Services Manager, (916) 808-1355, Fire Department
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Presenter: None
Attachments:
1-Description/Analysis
2-Resolution
Description/Analysis
Issue Detail: The City of Sacramento is the sponsoring agency for the California Task Force Seven (CA-TF7) Urban Search and Rescue (US&R) Team. Each year, the City applies for annual federal funding from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS)/Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for the operation of CA-TF7. This report is recommending that the City Council authorize the City Manager, or his designee, the Fire Chief, to apply, sign and submit documentation for annual federal funding for Federal Fiscal Year (FY) 2020 (Federal FY is October 1, 2019 through September 30, 2020), with an anticipated performance period of 36 months, and accept any funds and/or equipment awarded to CA-TF7. Per FEMA, the amount of funding per award, subject to availability, is estimated to be $1,145,104.
Policy Considerations: Application for, and acceptance of the federal US&R funding is...
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