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FROM
CITY OF
NEWPORT BEACH
City Council Staff Report
June 28, 2016
Agenda Item No. 3
HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
Jon Lewis, Chief of Police - 949-644-3701, jlewis@nbpd.org
PREPARED BY: Katie Eing, Emergency Services Coordinator
PHONE: 949-644-3670, keing@nbpd.org
TITLE: Emergency Management Performance Grant Authorization
ABSTRACT:
In order for the City of Newport Beach to receive future funding from the Emergency
Management Performance Grant (EMPG), we must re -identify and re -authorize agents
of the City to execute all grant related documents as required by the Federal
Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) every two years.
RECOMMENDATION:
a) Determine that the action is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act
(CEQA) pursuant to Sections 15060(c)(2) and 15060(c)(3) of the CEQA Guidelines
because it will not result in a physical change to the environment, directly or
indirectly; and
b) Adopt Resolution No. 2016-80, A Resolution of the City Council of the City of
Newport Beach, California, Authorizing the City Manager and the Police Chief to Act
as the City's "Authorized Agents" to Sign and Execute Documents for the Purpose of
Participating in the Emergency Management Performance Grant Program.
FUNDING REQUIREMENTS:
The EMPG provides approximately $10,000 annually in revenue to support the City's
Emergency Management Program and activities.
DISCUSSION:
The City's Emergency Management Program is managed by the Police Department and
includes several key components: education, training, planning and multi -agency
coordination. The City is served by the Orange County Sherriff's Department
Emergency Management Bureau, which is the lead agency of the Orange County
Operational Area (OA). The OA is the countywide advisory body responsible for
preparing for, responding to and mitigating local emergencies. A primary function of this
group is the coordination of the State and Federal grants.
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The EMPG program provides grants to states to support state, local, tribal and territorial
governments in preparing for all hazards, as authorized by the Robert T. Stafford
Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.). Title VI of the
Stafford Act authorizes FEMA to make grants for the purpose of providing a system of
emergency preparedness for the protection of life and property in the United States from
hazards and to vest responsibility for emergency preparedness jointly in the federal
government and the states and their political subdivisions. The purpose of EMPG is to
sustain and improve comprehensive emergency management programs at the state,
tribal, territorial governments and local levels from all man-made and natural disasters
through the prevention, mitigation, response and recovery for all hazard events.
The City has received EMPG since 1998 and previously used the funding to purchase
equipment for the Emergency Operations Center (EOC), to conduct City-wide EOC
disaster exercises and training city staff on the National Incident Management System
(NIMS) as well as the Disaster Service Worker program.
ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW:
Staff recommends the City Council find this action is not subject to the California
Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Sections 15060(c)(2) (the activity will not
result in a direct or reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment)
and 15060(c)(3) (the activity is not a project as defined in Section 15378) of the CEQA
Guidelines, California Code of Regulations, Title 14, Chapter 3, because it has no
potential for resulting in physical change to the environment, directly or indirectly.
NOTICING:
The agenda item has been noticed according to the Brown Act (72 hours in advance of
the meeting at which the City Council considers the item).
ATTACHMENTS:
Attachment A — Resolution
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ATTACHMENT A
RESOLUTION NO. 2016-80
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF NEWPORT BEACH AUTHORIZING THE CITY
MANAGER AND THE POLICE CHIEF TO ACT AS THE
CITY'S "AUTHORIZED AGENTS" TO SIGN AND
EXECUTE DOCUMENTS FOR THE PURPOSE OF
PARTICIPATING IN THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
PERFORMANCE GRANT PROGRAM.
WHEREAS, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, in partnership with the
California Governor's Office of Emergency Services, administers the Emergency
Management Performance Grant Program nationally as state and local emergency
preparedness assistance; and
WHEREAS, the City of Newport Beach is eligible to apply for Emergency
Management Performance Grant funds; and
WHEREAS, the procedures established by the Federal Emergency Management
Agency and the California Governor's Office of Emergency Services require the
applicant to certify by resolution the designation of the individuals authorized to sign and
execute the Emergency Management Performance Grant Program.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council authorize the City
Manager and the Police Chief to act as the "Authorized Agents" to execute on behalf of
the City any actions necessary to obtain federal financial assistance provided by the
Federal Emergency Management Agency and sub -granted through the State of
California.
Adopted this 28th day of June, 2016.
Diane Dixon, Mayor
ATTEST:
Leilani I. Brown, City Clerk
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