TO: Board of Supervisors
FROM: Sheriff Oscar Ortiz - Director of Emergency Services
REPORT BY: Angel Hernandez - Emergency Services Officer
SUBJECT: Resolution and Agreement for Participation in Fiscal Year 2022 UASI Grant Program
RECOMMENDATION
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Adopt a Resolution; and approve and authorize grant agreement 250162B and related Budget Amendment to participate in the Urban Area Security Initiative (UASI) administered by Bay Area UASI FY22 grant funding for the performance period of July 1, 2024, to December 31, 2024 to enhance regional preparedness. (Fiscal Impact: $7,872 Revenue; General Fund; Not Budgeted; Discretionary)
[4/5 vote required]
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BACKGROUND
UASI is a program under the Homeland Security Grant Program to enhance regional preparedness in major metropolitan areas throughout the United States. The UASI program directly supports expanding regional collaboration and is meant to assist participants in their creation of regional systems for prevention, protection, response, and recovery. The San Francisco Bay Area has been designated as one of the ten high-risk areas (Tier 1) in the United States. As a surrounding county, Napa County is included as a Bay Area UASI regional partner and is eligible to receive funds under this program. The City and County of San Francisco is the grantee for these funds and is responsible for executing subgrant agreements for the distribution of the funds to jurisdictions within the Region that apply by submitting project requests.
Napa Valley Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) is a community based and community supported volunteer organization staffed by local community members, which can deploy to assist the local community, such as during a large-scale disaster upon the request of the County Office of Emergency Services (OES) and/or Sheriff's Office. In 2024, Napa Valley CERT will host six basic trainings, two of which will be in Spanish, three skills trainings and facilitate an annual Full-Scale CERT E...
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