HomeMy WebLinkAboutSR - - PREDISASTER MITIGATION COMPETITIVE GRANT PROGRAMAGENDA ITEM
April 14a', 2015
TO: Honorable Mayor and
Members of the City Council
THRU: Rick Otto
Interim City Manager
FROM: Patrick Dibb, Fire Chief
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To Be Presented By:
Alan Velasco, Fire Captain
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1. SUBJECT:
FYI Pre - disaster Mitigation Competitive Grant Program (PDM): Hazard Mitigation Plan
Authorized Agent.
I 2. SUMMARY:
The California Governor's Office of Emergency Services (Cal OES) has authorized a
reimbursement grant award to the City of Orange in the amount not to exceed $74,974.15 for
FY14 /15. In order to receive the grant the City must designate an Authorized Agent to sign, on
behalf of the City, documents pertaining to the grant. The goal of the PDM grant is to assist local
government to establish a Hazard Mitigation Plan for the protection of life and property in the City
of Orange. These Grant dollars will be utilized to hire an outside consultant to research, develop,
and author the Hazard Mitigation Plan for the entire City of Orange.
3. RECOMMENDED ACTION:
1. Designate Fire Chief and Deputy Chief of Services as Authorized Agents for the City of
Orange.
4. FISCAL IMPACT:
None
5. STRATEGIC PLAN GOAL(S):
Provide for a safe community.
b. Provide and maintain infrastructure necessary to ensure the safety of the public.
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Public Safety Goal 1.0 Protect residents and businesses from seismic hazards and other geologic
constraints.
Policy 1.1: Minimize the potential loss of life and damage to structures that may result from
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an earthquake.
Public Safety Goal 2.0 Protect the City from flood - related risks and hazards.
Policy 2.2: Protect critical public and private facilities located within areas subject to flooding
and dam inundation.
Public Safety Goal 3.0 Protect lives and property of Orange residents and businesses from
urban and wildland fire hazards.
Policy 3.1: Continue to identify and evaluate new potential fire hazards and fire hazard areas.
Public Safety Goal 4.0 Minimize risks to life, property, and the environment associated
with producing, using, storing, or transporting hazardous materials.
Policy 4.1: Assess potential risks of disposing, transporting, manufacturing and storing
existing hazardous materials, and develop appropriate mitigation measures in case
of accidents.
7. DISCUSSION and BACKGROUND:
The City of Orange is required to develop a Hazard Mitigation Plan as a condition for receiving
certain types of non - emergency disaster assistance, including funding for mitigation projects. The
Robert T Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (Public Law 93 -288), as
amended by the Disaster Mitigation Act of 2000, provides the legal basis for state, local and tribal
governments to undertake a risk -based approach to reducing risks from natural hazards through
mitigation planning. These Grant dollars will be utilized to hire an outside consultant to research,
develop, and author the Hazard Mitigation Plan for the entire City of Orange.
The Pre - Disaster Mitigation (PDM) grant program provides funds to states to assist state, local,
tribal and territorial governments for hazard mitigation planning and projects on an annual basis,
as authorized by Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42U.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, the states and their political subdivisions. The PDM program was put in
place to reduce overall risk to people and structures, while at the same time, also reducing
reliance on federal funding if an actual disaster were to occur.
The grant requires that:
• The training, tuition, overtime, backfill, travel and per diem costs must be in accordance with
the City and Fire Department's approved travel policies;
• Payment of overtime expenses will be for work performed by employees in excess of the
established workweek, usually 40 hours. In no case is dual compensation allowable. The
agency must have incurred the expense of paying overtime to fill a position vacated by an
employee sent to training;
• All backfill and overtime must be tracked including the emergency personnel attending the
training and the personnel backfilling the vacant position;
• The City of Orange preserves and maintains all documents, papers and records relevant to the
consultant costs, overtime, backfill, travel costs per diem for a period of three years;
• The City of Orange shall provide all records and information pertaining to the grant to Cal
OES for quarterly reports.
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8. ATTACHMENTS:
• DESIGNATION OF APPLICANT'S AGENT RESOLUTION
Hazard Mitigation Grant Program and Pre - Disaster Mitigation Program
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