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City Council Regular Meeting

Meeting Date:

02/20/2024

BACKGROUND

The purpose of this grant program is to solicit applications for projects that support state and local efforts to prevent terrorism and targeted violence and prepare for the threats and hazards that pose the greatest risk to the security of Texas citizens. The Office of the Governor (OOG), Public Safety Office (PSO) provides funding to implement investments that build, sustain, and deliver the 32 core capabilities essential to achieving a secure and resilient state.
This funding supports state, tribal and local preparedness activities that address high-priority preparedness gaps across all core capabilities where a nexus to terrorism exists. All investments must be consistent with capability targets set during the Threat and Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment (THIRA) process, and gaps identified in the Stakeholder Preparedness Review (SPR).
The State Homeland Security Program (SHSP) is intended to support investments that improve the ability of jurisdictions to:

Prevent a threatened or actual act of terrorism;
Protect its citizens, residents, visitors, and assets against the greatest threats and hazards;
Mitigate the loss of life and property by lessening the impact of future catastrophic events;
Respond quickly to save lives, protect property and the environment, and meet basic human needs in the aftermath of a catastrophic incident; and/or
Recover through a focus on the timely restoration, strengthening, accessibility and revitalization of the infrastructure, housing, and a sustainable economy, as well as the health, social, cultural, historic, and environmental fabric of communities affected by a catastrophic incident.

Many activities which support the achievement of target capabilities related to terrorism preparedness may simultaneously support enhanced preparedness for other hazards unrelated to acts of terrorism. However, all SHSP projects must assist grantees in achieving target capabilities related to preventing, preparing for, protecting against, or responding to acts of terrorism.

GOAL

Obtain equipment to create and enhance our all-hazards response as it relates to all associated emergency support functions and more specifically Emergency Support Function - 9: Search and Rescue, and Emergency Support Function - 10: Oil and Hazardous Materials Response.

COMMUNITY BENEFIT

This added capability enhancement will of course serve the City of Schertz and include immediately the 10 municipalities within the Northeast Partnership Political Region of over 225,000 and the Guada-Coma Emergency Response Group service area adding over 75,000 people totaling over 300,000 people not including the transient worker population by creating and adding to our emergency management, search and rescue, and hazardous materials response capabilities.

SUMMARY OF RECOMMENDED ACTION

Approval to pursue the State Homeland Security Program - Regular Projects (SHSP-R) grant program for the all-hazards capability creation and enhancement described, provided acceptance of the grant and funding of the City's share (0%) of the cost of the equipment shall not require further approval by the City Council.

RECOMMENDATION

Attachments
Resolution 24-R-17