RESOLUTION NO. _____________

BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, COUNTY OF SAN MATEO, STATE OF CALIFORNIA

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RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING:

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THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD TO EXECUTION AN AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO FOR DISTRIBUTION OF FUNDS TO SAN MATEO COUNTY AS PART OF THE FY2007 DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE COPS TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM; AND

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THE SHERIFF TO EXECUTE AMENDMENTS AND MINOR MODIFICATIONS TO THIS AGREEMENT NOT TO EXCEED AN AGGREGATE OF $25,000, AND/OR MODIFY THE CONTRACT TERM AND/OR SERVICES SO LONG AS THE MODIFIED TERM OR SERVICES IS/ARE WITHIN THE CURRENT OR REVISED FISCAL PROVISIONS.

 

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RESOLVED, by the Board of Supervisors of the County of San Mateo, State of California, that

WHEREAS, the County of San Mateo has been awarded federal funding through the Department of Justice COPS Technology Program, for which the City and County of San Francisco serves as the lead agency and contracts with the recipient agencies for the distribution of the funds; and

WHEREAS, the Department of Justice has awarded these grant funds to the San Francisco Metropolitan Statistical Area to supplement Interoperable Communications within the region through a multi-phased initiative which includes public safety and transportation partners to achieve a 700/800 MHz network throughout the region; and

WHEREAS, the San Francisco Department of Emergency Management (SFDEM) has been designated to serve as the local administrator of the FY 2007 COPS Technology Program award; and

WHEREAS, the County of San Mateo which is one of the California Metropolitan Statistical Area members of the Bay Area has been selected to partner with the City of San Francisco and receive a portion of funding from the FY 2007 COPS Technology Grant; and

WHEREAS, as part of the FY2007 COPS Technology grant requirements, the County of San Mateo must enter into an Agreement with the City and County of San Francisco to receive a portion of the grant award, in the amount of Two Million Two Hundred Twenty Thousand Sixty Eight Dollars and Fifty Cents ($2,220,068.50), which includes $555,017 of County matching funds; and

WHEREAS, the money has been designated to fund a P25 Controller and Console and a 3600 baud Smartnet system to enhance local and regional interoperability in alignment with the Bay Area Regional Plan; and

WHEREAS, this Board has been presented with a form of such Agreement and Grant Assurances, and has examined and approved same as to both form and content, and desires to enter into same:

NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY DETERMINED AND ORDERED THAT:

1)

the President of this Board of Supervisors be, and is hereby authorized to, execute the Agreement with the City and County of San Francisco, for and on behalf of the County of San Mateo, and the Clerk of this Board of Supervisors shall attest the President’s signature thereto; and

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Sheriff shall be authorized to execute subsequent amendments and minor modifications not to exceed an aggregate of $25,000, and/or modify the contract term and/or services so long as the modified term or services is/are within the current or revised fiscal provisions.

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