Recommendation to authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute a contract, and all necessary amendments including term extensions, with the Department of Homeland Security to receive and expend grant funding for the 2021 Port Security Grant Program, in an amount of $942,000, with a Port of Long Beach cost match of $314,000, for a total amount not to exceed $1,256,000, for a period ending August 31, 2024; and Increase appropriations in the General Grants Fund Group in the Fire Department by $756,000, and the Police Department by $500,000, offset by federal and Port of Long Beach grant funds. (Citywide)
Thank you. Item 25, please. Item 25 A report from Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Communications. Fire and Police Recommendation to execute a contract with the Department of Homeland Security for the 2021 Port Security Grant program for a total amount not to exceed 1.2 million citywide. Emotion. They moved in second it. Is there any public comment on this? No public comment. We have a brief staff report. Oh. Yes. We can have a brief staff report from. Who's Commander Dowd? Oh. Deputy Chief LeBaron. Good evening, members of Council. Thank you for considering this item. Recommend the US Department of Homeland Security administers the Port Security Grant Program and prioritizes funding on infrastructure protection, and they reflect the DHS overall investment strategy in which two priorities have been paramount in risk based funding and regional security cooperation or Port Security Grant Program Finds support increased port wide risk management, enhanced domain awareness, training and exercise, and further capabilities to prevent, detect, respond to and recover from attacks involving improvised explosive devices and other non-conventional weapons. The Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Communications Department administers the SGP grant for the city. The police and fire departments can both be awarded funding for activities and equipment, meeting grant focus areas. The city has been awarded SGP funds for many years since at least 28 and the Port of Long Beach has provided the 25% percent cost match for these funds for grant year 2021. The grant being accepted was which was the last the grant was accepted. DHS has approved the grant proposal submitted by the Police Department under the FY 21 Port Security Grant Program for a total grant award of $500,000. Inclusive of the cost match provided by the Port of Long Beach, the grant project will fund one project to support port security, equipment, maintenance and once again, Harbor Department has agreed to contribute the 25% cost match requirement. So there is no hit to the general fund. The total cost share required from the PD portion of the grant is $125,000, which will be transferred to PD as revenue. And the cost matches budgeted in the Port of Long Beach for a 23 security division operating budget. The grant performance period is for September 1st, 2021 to August 31st, 2024. This concludes the report. All right. Thank you. Is there any public comment on this? No public comment or public comment has been moved and seconded. Thank you for the report. In questions Hearing none, please vote. The motion is. Carried.