Broward County Commission Regular Meeting

MOTION TO APPROVE Memorandum of Agreement between Broward County and the City of Miami to accept emergency equipment purchased with Urban Area Security Initiative (UASI) Grant funds from Fiscal Year 2010, effective upon execution in the amount of $111,268; authorize the Mayor and Clerk to execute same; and authorize the County Administrator to execute contracts, addenda, any amendments or revisions to the approved contracts, and to take the necessary administrative and budgetary actions for the implementation of the equipment award; providing for severability; and providing for an effective date.

ACTION:  (T-10:23 AM)  Approved.
 
VOTE: 9-0.

Board approval is necessary to enter into agreements with other governmental entities and to accept an equipment award.

This action provides for the distribution of emergency equipment purchased with UASI Fiscal Year 2010 grant funding.

None.

THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND GROWTH MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT AND THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT DIVISION RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE ABOVE MOTION.

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security, through the Florida Division of Emergency Management, has sub-granted the Fiscal Year 2010 UASI Grant Program to the City of Miami, to provide funds to address the equipment, training, planning, exercise and operational needs for urban areas, and assist in building an enhanced and sustainable capacity to prevent, respond to, and recover from natural disasters or acts of terrorism.

This year, in an effort to quickly expend "de-obligated" regional funds, the City of Miami proposed the purchase of emergency equipment that may be deployed during disaster events impacting the South Florida Region. Distribution of the equipment will be made to eight recipient-agencies in accordance with a vote by the Miami Urban Area Working Group. Broward County will receive two diesel generators with tandem trailers as stipulated in the Memorandum of Agreement, Attachment A – Regional Distribution of Equipment List, as reflected in Exhibit 1.