Santa Monica

City Council

June 11, 2024 Order of Business 5 #G

Agenda Item G

G. Accept UASI 2023 Grant and Approve 3rd Modification with Advanced Problem Solving, LLC\nRecommended Action\nStaff recommends that the City Council:\n1. Authorize the City Manager to accept a grant award in the amount of $250,000 from the\n2022 Urban Area Security Initiative (UASI) for homeland security projects in the Fire\nDepartment;\n2. Authorize the City Manager to accept a grant award in the amount of $1,433,607 from\nthe 2023 Urban Area Security Initiative (UASI) for homeland security projects in the Fire\nand Police Departments;\n3. Authorize the City Manager to execute all necessary documents to accept the grants and\nany subsequent grant modifications;\n4. Adopt a finding of no possibility of significant effect pursuant to Section 15061(b)(3)\n(Common Sense Exemption) of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA)\nGuidelines;\n5. Authorize the City Manager to negotiate and execute a third modification to agreement\nno. 10967 in the amount of $850,000 with Advanced Problem Solving, LLC (APS), a\nCalifornia-based company, to coordinate and host the grant-funded Regional Training\nDelivery Model for the Fire Department. This will result in a five-year amended agreement\nwith a new total amount not to exceed $5,782,000, with future year funding contingent on\nCouncil budget approval; and