Recommendation to authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute an amendment to the existing grant agreement between the City of Long Beach and the County of Los Angeles to provide bioterrorism preparedness and public health infrastructure development, to extend the term of the agreement from July 1, 2012 through June 30, 2015, and to accept additional funding of $919,328, for a total grant amount of $2,817,484.  (Citywide)
Motion carries eight votes. Yes, 1414 is a report from Health and Human Services. It was the recommendation to authorize city manager to execute agreement between the city and the county of Los Angeles, to provide bioterrorism, prepared preparedness and public health infrastructure development for a total grant award of $2.8 million. The second grade has been in motion in a second. On the side of any public comment on the item seen on Mr. Wesson, this is a pretty important topic and is a big grant. Do you want to give us a quick update so we can have a quick report from Cheryl Barrett, one of our health department bureau managers. Good evening. Members of the City Council. This grant is something that we get as a recipient of funding opportunity direct from the CDC to L.A. County. We have been partners in this endeavor high as a regional effort in terms of increasing our capacity as a local health jurisdiction in responding to public health emergencies. Your health department will be the lead in terms of mass prophylaxis effort. And in particular, the funding that we're getting. This time around is. Really building our capabilities. For our public health laboratory and additional surveillance, as well as our community. Resilience effort to take part in an overall regional approach to community disaster recovery and also increasing the number of volunteers that we have in terms. Of surge capacity for those. Emergency situations. Let's remember your anger is. Thank you. Having worked at the Health Department and having been there with some of these exercises that the that they do in and the emergency preparedness totally supportive of this. It's another example of how our health department provides a wonderful service to the city in providing the safety for its citizens. And I totally support this. Seeing no further comment here. Is there any member of the public that wishes to address the Council on item 14? Seeing none of members cast your vote. I'm a yes. Yeah. Would you please cast your vote? Motion carries eight votes. Yes. Item 15.