Title
Dept/ Agency: Public Safety/Office of Emergency Management
Action: (X) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Application/Acceptance of Grant Funds
Purpose: To enhance the City of Newark and Urban Area Security Initiative (UASI) region’s ability to build, maintain, and sustain national preparedness capabilities related to Training, Maintenance, Situational Awareness Enhancements, Unified Approach to Active Shooter Incidents, Variable Message Boards, Meta Leadership Training, Intelligence Information Broadcasting System, Chemical Biological Radiological Nuclear and Explosives (CBRNE); Response Vehicles, Automated License Plate Recognition (ALPR); Equipment, Domestic Preparedness Planner (DPP) position, and Metropolitan Medical Response System (MMRS) positions and equipment.
Entity Name: Office of Emergency Management and Homeland Security and Preparedness
Entity Address: 480 Clinton Avenue, Newark, New Jersey 07108
Grant Amount: $1,788,500.00
Funding Source: State of New Jersey, Office of Homeland Security and Preparedness
Total Project Cost: $1,788,500.00
City Contribution: No municipal funds are required
Other Funding Source/Amount: $0.00
Contract Period: September 1, 2016 through August 31, 2019
Contract Basis: ( ) Bid ( ) State Vendor ( ) Prof. Ser. ( ) EUS
( ) Fair & Open ( ) No Reportable Contributions ( ) RFP ( ) RFQ
( ) Private Sale (X) Grant ( ) Sub-recipient ( ) n/a
Additional Information:
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WHEREAS, the Urban Areas Security Initiative (UASI) Grant Program’s mission is to enhance regional preparedness in major metropolitan areas through direct assistance to participating jurisdictions in developing an integrated regional system for prevention, protection, response and recovery from terrorist events or natural catastrophes; and
WHEREAS, on behalf of the City of Newark, the Coordinator of the Division of The Office of Emergency Management and Homeland Security and Preparedness, under the Department of Public Safety, submitted investment justifications to the State of New Jersey, Office of Homeland Security and Preparedness which submits the full application to the United States Department of Homeland Security and Preparedness on behalf of the UASI region requesting from the United States Department of Homeland Security for training, maintenance, Situational Awareness Enhancements, Unified Approach to Active Shooter Incidents, Variable Message Boards, Meta Leadership Training, Intelligence Information Broadcasting System, CBRNE Response Vehicles, ALPR Equipment, DPP position, and MMRS positions and equipment (a copy of the investment justifications is attached hereto and made a part hereof); and
WHEREAS, as a result of this application, the City of Newark has been awarded a grant in the amount of $1,788,500.00 from the Urban Areas Security Initiative (UASI) Grant for training, maintenance, Situational Awareness Enhancements, Unified Approach to Active Shooter Incidents, Variable Message Boards, Meta Leadership Training, Intelligence Information Broadcasting System, CBRNE Response Vehicles, ALPR Equipment, DPP position, and MMRS positions and equipment, commencing on September 1, 2016 and terminating on August 31, 2019 (a copy of the September 1, 2016, Award Letter from the New Jersey Office of Homeland and Security and Preparedness is attached hereto and made a part hereof); and
WHEREAS, the City must execute a grant agreement with the State of New Jersey, Office of Homeland Security and Preparedness in order to obtain the grant award with no municipal funds required (a copy of the grant agreement is attached hereto and made a part hereof).
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MUNICIPAL COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, THAT:
1. The Mayor and/or his designee, the Coordinator of the Division of the Office of Emergency Management and Homeland Security and Preparedness, under the Department of Public Safety, are hereby authorized to submit investment justifications to the State of New Jersey Office of Homeland Security and Preparedness, to request grant funding in the amount of $1,788,500.00 from the Urban Areas Security Initiative (UASI), for the prevention, protection, response and recovery from terrorist events or natural catastrophes with no municipal funds required.
2. The Municipal Council hereby ratifies its authorization of these investment justifications from the date of the investment justifications’ submission to the date of adoption of this authorizing resolution.
3. The grant award in the amount of $1,788,500.00 from the Urban Areas Security Initiative (UASI), is hereby accepted.
4. The Mayor and/or his designee, the Coordinator of the Division of the Office of Emergency Management and Homeland Security and Preparedness, under the Department of Public Safety, are hereby authorized to enter into and execute grant documents with the State of New Jersey Office of Homeland Security and Preparedness, to receive and expend the grant award in the amount of $1,788,500.00, for training, maintenance, Situational Awareness Enhancements, Unified Approach to Active Shooter Incidents, Variable Message Boards, Meta Leadership Training, Intelligence Information Broadcasting System, CBRNE Response Vehicles, ALPR Equipment, DPP position, and MMRS positions and equipment.
5. The agreement between the City of Newark and the State of New Jersey Office of Homeland Security and Preparedness is hereby ratified from September 1, 2016 to the date of adoption of this authorizing resolution.
6. No municipal funds are required for receipt or acceptance of this grant award.
7. The Coordinator of the Division of the Office of Emergency Management and Homeland Security and Preparedness, under the Department of Public Safety, shall file a fully-executed copy of the Urban Areas Security Initiative (UASI) application, the grant award letter and grant agreement in the Office of the City Clerk.
STATEMENT
This Resolution ratifies and authorizes the Mayor and/or his designee, the Coordinator of the Division of the Office of Emergency Management and Homeland Security and Preparedness, under the Department of Public Safety, to enter into and execute grant documents necessary to accept and expend Urban Areas Security Initiative (UASI) funding in the amount of $1,788,500.00, for the prevention, protection, response and recovery from terrorist events or natural catastrophes, for the period commencing September 1, 2016 and terminating August 31, 2019. No municipal funds are required.