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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 01222013 - C.24PDF Return C. 24 To: Board of Supervisors From: David O. Livingston, Office of the Sheriff Date: January 22, 2013 Contra Costa County Subject:Delta Interoperability Communications Grant APPROVE OTHER RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE Action of Board On: 01/22/2013 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER Clerks Notes: VOTE OF SUPERVISORS AYE:John Gioia, District I Supervisor Candace Andersen, District II Supervisor Mary N. Piepho, District III Supervisor Karen Mitchoff, District IV Supervisor Federal D. Glover, District V Supervisor Contact:Mary Jane Robb, 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: January 22, 2013 David Twa, BY:Carrie Del Bonta , Deputy RECOMMENDATION(S): APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Sheriff-Coroner, or designee, to apply for and execute an agreement to accept the Delta Interoperability Communications grant funds in the amount of $329,593 from the State of California Department of Water Resources, and to make required grant assurances, for a three year period effective from the date of execution of the agreement. FISCAL IMPACT: Approval of this agreement will permit the County to receive $329,593 from the State of California Department of Water Resources. No County match is required. FISCAL IMPACT: (CONT'D) BACKGROUND: Contra Costa County has a population of over one million residents as of the 2010 US Census. It has nineteen cities and is one of the state's counties in the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Area. The county is the ninth most populous in California and the fastest-growing county in the Bay Area with a growth rate of 10.6% since the 2000 census. Notably, Contra Costa County is one of the five counties in California's Delta. The Delta provides goods and services that are important to Statewide and regional interests. Twenty-two million Californians are supplied drinking water from the fresh water Delta, so it is imperative that the Delta region is prepared to provide interoperability for the large coverage area it represents. Since the Delta's emergency communications infrastructure is operated by a combination of State and local agencies the placement and enhancement of infrastructure would improve communications during wide-spread flooding or other natural disasters. The ability to respond quickly to these events would support protection of the State's water supply, reduce risk to people and property, and help with future flood protection. These Grant funds will be used to develop and implement a Delta region specific lnteroperability Communications Plan that supports communication between emergency response agencies including, but not limited to, local maintaining agencies, cities, operational areas, state and federal agencies. This plan includes the purchase and installation of microwave link equipment at Contra Costa County's Oakley Site and Sacramento County's new Isleton Site to provide the digital connection link between Delta counties participating in this grant application (Sacramento, San Joaquin, and Contra Costa) to make up the southern Delta radio system. The proposed agreement would have an effective date as of the last date of the required signatures of the parties and shall remain in effect for three years from the date of execution and is between Contra Costa County and the State of California Department of Water Resources. CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION: If this agreement is not approved, the County will not receive funds to develop and implement a Delta region specific lnteroperability Communications Plan that supports communication between emergency response agencies including, but not limited to, local maintaining agencies, cities, operational areas, state and federal agencies. CHILDREN'S IMPACT STATEMENT: Not Applicable AgendaQuick©2005 - 2022 Destiny Software Inc., All Rights Reserved