RESOLUTION NO.

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

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RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE:

A.

PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD TO EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO FOR THE DISTRIBUTION OF FEDERAL FY 2009 BAY AREA URBAN AREA SECURITY INITIATIVE (UASI) GRANT FUNDS FOR SUPPORT OF THE NORTHERN CALIFORNIA REGIONAL INTELLIGENCE CENTER (NCRIC), IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $2,789,951, AND A TERM COMMENCING OCTOBER 1, 2009 THROUGH DECEMBER 31, 2011;

B.

SHERIFF TO SIGN GRANT ASSURANCES AND RELATED DOCUMENTS IN CONNECTION WITH THE UASI GRANT FUNDING THAT SUPPORTS THE NORTHERN CALIFORNIA REGIONAL INTELLIGENCE CENTER (NCRIC); AND

C.

SHERIFF TO EXECUTE INTERAGENCY AGREEMENTS WITH AGENCIES WHICH ASSIGN STAFF TO THE NCRIC, IN ORDER TO DISBURSE THE UASI FUNDS.

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

WHEREAS, since 1997, the Northern California High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (NCHIDTA) administers federal and state funding to implement a variety of public safety initiatives focusing on narcotics eradication; and

WHEREAS, since 2004, the Northern California Regional Terrorism Threat Assessment Center (NCRTTAC) through the NCHIDTA, administers federal and state funding to implement a variety of public safety initiatives focusing on anti-terrorism; and

WHEREAS, NCHIDTA and NCRTTAC are managed by the NCHIDTA Executive Board which has designated the San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office to serve as fiduciary and fiscal agent for the NCHIDTA; and

WHEREAS, since 2009 the NCHIDTA and NCRTTAC’s Fusion Center began doing business as the Northern California Regional Intelligence Center (NCRIC) in order to provide a clear description and single identity for the “All Crimes” Fusion Center; and

WHEREAS, the San Francisco Department of Emergency Management (SFDEM) has been designated to serve as the local administrator for the FY 2009 UASI grant award; and

WHEREAS, as part of the FY 2009 UASI 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 which has been designated to fund the NCRIC projects, in an amount not to exceed $2,789,951, and a term commencing October 1, 2009 through December 30, 2011; and

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:

A.

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 distribution of federal FY 2009 Department of Homeland Security Bay Area Urban Area Security Initiative (UASI) grant funds, and the Clerk of this Board of Supervisors shall attest the President’s signature thereto;

B.

Sheriff is hereby authorized to sign grant assurances and related documents in connection with the UASI grant funding that supports the Northern California Regional Intelligence Center (NCRIC); and

C.

Sheriff or Sheriff’s designee, in his capacity as fiscal agent for the NCRIC, is hereby authorized and directed to execute Agreements which involve the expenditure of NCRIC grant funding for and on behalf of the County of San Mateo. This authority is subject to the budget for the grant funding, and is subject to the County Counsel’s review as to form of the agreements signed by the Sheriff or his designee in this capacity.

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