City Council

(35) 26-0306 BUDGET AND FINANCE COMMITTEE REPORT relative to a grant award for the Counter-Unmanned Aircraft Systems (C-UAS) Grant Program from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS), through the California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services (Cal-OES). Recommendations for Council action, SUBJECT TO THE APPROVAL OF THE MAYOR: 1. AUTHORIZE the Chief of Police, Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD), or designee, to: a. Retroactively apply for and accept the grant award from the FEMA, DHS, sub-awarded through the Cal-OES, for the C-UAS Grant Program in the amount of $9,770,209 for the period of July 4, 2025 through September 30, 2028, subject to the review and approval of the City Attorney as to form. b. Negotiate and execute the grant award agreement, subject to review and approval of the City Attorney as to form. 2. AUTHORIZE the LAPD to: a. Expend up to $9,770,209 in accordance with the grant award agreement. b. Issue a check to the Cal-OES, in the amount up to $9,770,209, for the purpose of purchasing grant reimbursable equipment and services from the Defense Logistics Agency of the United States Department of Defense, upon execution of the grant award agreement. c. Submit grant reimbursement requests to the Cal- OES, deposit grant receipts in the LAPD Grant Fund No. 339/70, and repay the loan to the Disaster Assistance Trust Fund No. 872 immediately upon reimbursement of grant expenditures. d. Prepare Controller instructions for any technical adjustments as necessary to implement Mayor and Council intentions, subject to the approval of the City Administrative Officer (CAO); and, AUTHORIZE the Controller to implement the instructions. 3. AUTHORIZE the Controller to: a. Authorize a loan of up to $9,770,209 from the Disaster Assistance Trust Fund No. 872 and transfer to the LAPD Grant Fund No. 339 to front-fund equipment purchases to be reimbursed by the C-UAS grant. b. Establish a grant receivable and appropriate $9,770,209 to appropriation account, account number to be determined, within Fund No. 339/70, for the receipt and disbursement of the C-UAS Grant Program award. Fiscal Impact Statement: The CAO reports that approval of the recommendations within the report will have no additional impact to the General Fund. Furthermore, to avoid a Reserve Fund impact, the LAPD will front-fund grant expenditures of up to $9,770,209 with a loan from the Disaster Assistance Trust Fund. All front-funded amounts are expected to be fully reimbursed by Cal-OES upon submission of eligible expenditure documentation, pending restoration of FEMA reimbursement operations. No matching funds or cost share are required for this grant. Financial Policies Statement: The CAO reports that the recommendations provided in the report are in compliance with the City's Financial Policies in that one-time grant funding will be utilized for one-time program expenditures.