Santa Monica
City Council
Agenda Item I
I. Approval of Urban Area Security Initiative 2020 Additional Grant Acceptance and Approve Third\nContract Modification with Advanced Problem Solving\nRecommended Action\nStaff recommends that the City Council:\n1. Authorize the City Manager to accept an additional award in the amount of $62,000 from\nthe 2021 Urban Area Security Initiative (UASI) for homeland security projects in the Fire\nDepartment, and to approve all associated grant renewals.\n2. Authorize the City Manager to execute all necessary documents to accept the grant,\ngrant modifications, and all associated grant renewals.\n3. Authorize the City Manager to negotiate and execute a third modification to Contractual\nServices Agreement #10967, in an amount not to exceed $62,000 with Advanced\nProblem Solving, LLC, (“APS”) for video and curriculum development services for the Los\nAngeles Area Fire Chiefs Regional Training Group (LAAFCA RTG) for the Fire\nDepartment on the same terms and conditions. This will result in a five-year amended\nagreement with a new total contract amount not to exceed $4,932,000, with future year\nfunding contingent on council budget approval.\n4. Adopt a finding of categorical exemption pursuant to Section 15322 of the California\nEnvironmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines.\n5. Authorize budget changes as outlined in the Financial Impacts & Budget Actions section\nof this report.\nStaff Report Printout\na. 03 UASI 2022 Staff Report 5.23.23 Item 5.K\nb. APS Oaks exp 10.4.24\nc. CSA 10967 Original Agreement\nd. CSA APS through 12.5.23 Renewal