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a. Approve and authorize the Contracts/Purchasing Officer to sign an Agreement and the included Grant Assurances, retroactive to November 1, 2016, with the City and County of San Francisco, to accept $176,908 in Urban Areas Security Initiative grant funds to partially fund replacement of Monterey County's Computer Aided Dispatch System;
b. Approve non-standard terms and conditions as recommended by the Director of the Department of Emergency Communications; and
c. Approve and authorize the Contracts/Purchasing Officer to sign up to three (3) future amendments to the Agreement, subject to County Counsel review, to accept additional Urban Areas Security Initiative grant funds where the amendments do not significantly change the terms of the Agreement.
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RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Board of Supervisors:
a. Approve and authorize the Contracts/Purchasing Officer to sign an Agreement and the included Grant Assurances, effective retroactive to November 1, 2016, with the City and County of San Francisco, to accept $176,908 in Urban Areas Security Initiative grant funds to partially fund replacement of Monterey County's Computer Aided Dispatch System;
b. Approve non-standard terms and conditions as recommended by the Director of the Department of Emergency Communications; and
c. Approve and authorize the Contracts/Purchasing Officer to sign up to three (3) future amendments to the Agreement, subject to County Counsel review, to accept additional Urban Areas Security Initiative grant funds where the amendments do not significantly change the terms of the Agreement.
SUMMARY/ DISCUSSION:
The County Department of Emergency Communications (ECD) has been awarded a grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), pursuant to its Urban Areas Security Initiative (UASI) Program, payable through the applicable Bay Area Urban Area (UASI Region), in the amount of $176,908 for the Fiscal Year (FY) 2016 grant cycle. The City and County of San Fra...
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