COUNTY OF SAN MATEO

Inter-Departmental Correspondence

Sheriff’s Office

DATE:

April 12, 2011

BOARD MEETING DATE:

May 10, 2011

SPECIAL NOTICE/HEARING:

None

VOTE REQUIRED:

Majority

TO:

Honorable Board of Supervisors

FROM:

Greg Munks, Sheriff

SUBJECT:

First Amendment to the Agreement with the City and County of San Francisco for the Distribution of FY 2009 UASI Regional Funds

RECOMMENDATION:

Adopt a Resolution authorizing the President of the Board of Supervisors to execute the First Amendment to the Agreement with the City and County of San Francisco for the distribution of federal Fiscal Year 2009 United States Department of Homeland Security Bay Area Urban Area Security Initiative (UASI) grant funds, increasing the disbursement amount by $120,000 from $2,789,951 to $2,909,951.

BACKGROUND:

For the past 13 years, the Northern California High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (NCHIDTA) program has provided a stable source of federal funding and collaborative regional leadership to combat organized drug trafficking and related crime. In 2004, the Northern California Regional Terrorism Threat Assessment Center (NCRTTAC) was established under NCHIDTA management to make it possible for public safety agencies to identify and assess terrorist threats in the Bay Area. The NCRTTAC was co-located with the NCHIDTA to form an information “Fusion Center” for Northern California. In 2009, the Fusion Center began doing business as the Northern California Regional Intelligence Center (NCRIC). The United States Department of Homeland Security and the State of California have designated the NCRIC as the regional Fusion Center for the Bay Area. The NCRIC is funded by federal State Homeland Security Program funds, for which the California Emergency Management Agency (Cal EMA) serves as the grantee as well as federal Urban Area Security Initiative (UASI) funds, for which the City and County of San Francisco serves as the regional administrator.

Because the NCHIDTA and the NCRTTAC are funding streams and not legal entities, the Sheriff serves as the lead agency for both the NCHIDTA and the NCRTTAC.

On June 29, 2010, your Board entered into an Agreement (Resolution No. 070918) with the City and County of San Francisco for the Distribution of FY 2009 UASI Regional Funds in the amount of $2,789,951.

DISCUSSION:

The First Amendment to the Agreement with the City and County of San Francisco increases the distribution of federal Fiscal Year 2009 United States Department of Homeland Security Bay Area Urban Area Security Initiative (UASI) grant funds to the County by $120,000, from $2,789,951 to $2,909,951.

The Amendment also revises Appendix A – Authorized Expenditures and Timelines, of the Agreement by reallocating a portion of funding originally in Personnel, Contracts, Training and Overtime and moving it to Travel and Equipment. The reallocation and increase of funding will allow NCRIC personnel to travel in support of NCRIC related operations and activities and will provide for the purchase of equipment, which will support regional homeland security activities for the NCRIC Fusion Center. A detailed listing of the equipment items has also been added to Appendix A.

County Counsel has reviewed and approved the Resolution and Amendment as to form.

Approval of this Amendment contributes to the Shared Vision 2025 outcome of a Collaborative Community as NCRIC is a collaborative regional public safety undertaking which leads to safer communities by improving cooperation and information sharing between agencies.

PERFORMANCE MEASURES:

Measure

FY 2009-10 Actual

FY 2010-11 Projected

Number of investigative assists

1,080

1,200

Number of Tips/Leads (eGuardian)

734

750

FISCAL IMPACT:

All costs associated with the NCRIC operation are 100% reimbursable from federal funds. There will be no Net County Cost incurred as a result of this Amendment.