For City Council Meeting [September 27, 2022]
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council
APPROVAL: Marcus Fuller, City Manager
FROM: Mark P. Kling, Chief of Police
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Request City Council to (1) Adopt Resolution No. 7977 Amending the 2022-2023 Fiscal Year Budget; (2) Accept the Fiscal Year 2021 Homeland Security Grant Program (HGSP) in the Amount of $25,965; and (3) Authorize the City Manager to Execute all Documents.
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BACKGROUND
The California Emergency Management Agency (Cal EMA) is the agency vested with the duties, powers, purposes, responsibilities, and jurisdictions previously held within the Governor's Offices of Homeland Security (OHS) and Emergency Services (OES).
Specifically, Cal EMA is responsible for designing and implementing homeland security initiatives and ensuring the State's readiness is at its maximum potential to respond to and recover from the effects of all crises. Through these efforts, Cal EMA remains committed to the four mission areas of the HGSP - to prevent, prepare, respond and recover.
ANALYSIS/DISCUSSION
The California Governor's Office of Homeland Security allocates funds through the Office of Emergency Services. Proposed projects must relate to any of the State's priorities which are as follows:
* Interoperable Communications
* Catastrophic Planning
* Medical Surge
* Citizen Preparedness
* Critical Infrastructure
* Training/Equipment
* Food and Agriculture Safety
Applications for fiscal year 2021 funds for law enforcement were coordinated through the San Bernardino County Office of Emergency Services. The City of Rialto Police Department was awarded $25,965 for the purchase of equipment.
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
The proposed action does not meet the definition of a project as defined by Section 15378 California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). A "Project" means the whole of an action, which has a potential for resulting in either a direct physical change in the environment, or a reasonably foreseeable indirect physi...
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