City of Alexandria, Virginia
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MEMORANDUM
DATE: SEPTEMBER 6, 2017
TO: THE HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL
FROM: MARK B. JINKS, CITY MANAGER /s/
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Consideration of Grant Application for FY 2017 Port Security Grant Program (PSPG).
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ISSUE: Consideration of a grant application to the 2017 Port Security Grant Program, U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).
RECOMMENDATION: That City Council:
(1) Ratify the grant application to the 2017 Port Security Grant Program, U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) in the amount of $392,693; and
(2) Authorize the City Manager to execute all the necessary documents.
BACKGROUND: For five of the last seven fiscal years, the City has applied for and was awarded a U.S. Port Security Grant from the Department of Homeland Security. Most of the applications have been focused on the recent maintenance work required annually for the fireboat. On June 2, 2017, FEMA opened the Federal 2017 grant application period for the Port Security Grant Program (PSGP), which focuses on securing and guarding harbors and port areas for the protection of critical infrastructure from terrorism.
Due to the application's submission schedule and City Council schedule, the Fire Department has already applied for this grant, but can withdraw from the process if Council does not ratify this grant application. Grant applications were due June 22, 2017.
The purpose of the PSGP is to support increased port-wide risk management, enhance domain awareness, conduct training and exercises, expand port recovery and resiliency capabilities, further capabilities to prevent, detect, respond to and recover from attacks involving Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) and other non-conventional weapons, and competitively award grant funding to assi...
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