RESOLUTION NO. _____________

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

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    RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE:

    1.

EXECUTION OF AN AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO FOR THE DISTRIBUTION OF FUNDS TO SAN MATEO COUNTY AS PART OF THE FY2007 SUPER URBAN AREA SECURITY INITIATIVE (SUASI) FEDERAL GRANT IN THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $1,288,053; AND

    2.

AUTHORIZE THE SHERIFF IN HIS CAPACITY AS OES AREA COORDINATOR TO EXECUTE CONTRACT AMENDMENTS WHICH MODIFY THE CONTRACT TERM AND/OR SERVICES SO LONG AS THE MODIFIED TERM OR SERVICES IS/ARE WITHIN THE CURRENT OR REVISED FISCAL PROVISIONS AND TO SIGN THE EXHIBIT B, GRANT ASSURANCES.

 

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

WHEREAS, the County of San Mateo has previously received federal Department of Homeland Security grant funds through the Super Urban Area Security Initiative Program (SUASI) 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, in October 2007, $27,300,000 in SUASI funding was awarded to the Bay Area SUASI region, which is comprised of three core cities: San Francisco, Oakland, and San Jose; ten bay area counties, and over 100 incorporated cities; and

WHEREAS, the San Francisco Department of Emergency Management (SFDEM) has been designated to serve as the local administrator of the FY2007 Super Urban Area Security Initiative (SUASI) grant award; and

WHEREAS, the County of San Mateo is one of the contiguous counties and mutual aid partners for the greater San Francisco urban region, and has been selected to partner with the City and receive a portion of funding from the FY2007 SUASI grant; and

WHEREAS, as part of the FY2007 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 One Million Two Hundred Eighty Eight Thousand Fifty Three Dollars ($1,288,053) which has been designated to fund the following projects: Training and Exercise ($200,000), Interoperable Communications ($990,000), and Citizen Preparedness and Resiliency ($98,053),

WHEREAS, this Board has been presented with a form of such Agreement, 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 THE:

    President of the Board of Supervisors is hereby authorized and directed to execute the Agreement with the City and County of San Francisco for the allocation of Fiscal Year 2007 Super Urban Area Security Initiative (FY 07 SUASI) grant program funding to the County of San Mateo, and the Clerk of this Board of Supervisors shall attest the President’s signature thereto and authorizes the Sheriff to sign the grant assurances.

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