HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 06232009 - C.49RECOMMENDATION(S):
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Sheriff-Coroner, or designee, to execute contract with the
City and County of San Francisco, as fiscal agent, for the fiscal year 2007 Public Safety
Interoperable Communications (PSIC) grant in an amount not to exceed $1,944,749 for
communication interoperability and homeland security related expenditures, including full
indemnification of the City and County of San Francisco against any claims arising out of
the performance of this agreement, for the period June 9, 2008 through June 30, 2010.
FISCAL IMPACT:
$502,099; County in-kind match of 20% to be provided primarily through the assignment of
personnel to the functions performed under this grant. If personnel match is less than 20%,
the match may be supplemented by settlement money from the Kinder-Morgan lawsuit.
Revenue; $1,944,749 U.S. Department of Homeland Security Bay Area Urban Area
Security Initiative (BA UASI) grant funding through the City and County of San Francisco,
the grant fiscal agent. Budgeted. (CFDA# 11.555)
APPROVE OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
Action of Board On: 06/23/2009 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER
Clerks Notes:
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
AYE:John Gioia, District I Supervisor
Gayle B. Uilkema, District II
Supervisor
Mary N. Piepho, District III
Supervisor
Susan A. Bonilla, District IV
Supervisor
Federal D. Glover, District V
Supervisor
Contact: Eileen Devlin, (925)
335-1557
I hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of an action taken and entered on the minutes of the Board
of Supervisors on the date shown.
ATTESTED: June 23, 2009
David J. Twa, County Administrator and Clerk of the Board of Supervisors
By: Celicia Nelson, Deputy
cc:
C. 49
To:Board of Supervisors
From:Warren Rupf, Sheriff-Coroner
Date:June 23, 2009
Contra
Costa
County
Subject:Distribution of Fiscal Year 2007 Public Safety Interoperable Communications (PSIC) Grant Funds
BACKGROUND:
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security identified 35 urban areas for targeted homeland
security efforts throughout the country and consolidated the separate San Jose, Oakland, and
San Francisco urban areas into a combined Bay Area Urban Area (BA UASI) for the
purpose of application for and distribution of federal homeland security program grant
funds. Homeland security grant program funds address the unique planning, equipment,
training, and exercise needs of high threat, high density urban areas, and assist them in
building an enhanced and sustainable capacity to prevent, protect against, respond to, and
recover from acts of terrorism. The City and County of San Francisco is the fiscal agent for
the BA UASI and has received a total of $14,528,292 in Public Safety Interoperable
Communications (PSIC) funding. The Office of the Sheriff has been participating with nine
other Bay Area counties, the cities of San Francisco, Oakland and San Jose, and with the
State of California Office of Emergency Services Region II as part of the Bay Area UASI.
The PSIC grant will fund the County's continued build-out of the East Bay Regional
Communication System. Sustained build-out of the local communication system is a
designated initiative and part of the Department of Homeland Security's mission to advance
public safety interoperable communications nationwide.
The City and County of San Francisco uses a standard form contract language with all nine
Bay Area UASI partner agencies requiring the full indemnification of the City and County
of San Francisco. The indemnification clause holds the County responsible for costs, which
shall include “…reasonable attorney’s fees, consultants and experts and related costs and
San Francisco’s costs of investigating any claims against San Francisco.” Risk Management
has reviewed the contract and is comfortable with the indemnification clause in the contract
since the City and County of San Francisco is acting solely as a fiscal agent for this funding.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
Should the Board choose not to take action on this item, the County will lose its share of
2007 PSIC grant funding. This funding will be used primarily for the continued build-out of
the East Bay Regional Communication System.
CHILDREN'S IMPACT STATEMENT: