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Brighton Police Department/ Office of Emergency Management
Reference: Intergovernmental Agreement the City of Brighton and City and County of Denver
To: Mayor and Members of City Council
Through: Marv Falconburg, Acting City Manager
Prepared By: Stephanie Hackett, Emergency Management Coordinator
Date Prepared: 11/25/2019
PURPOSE
The review and adopt the proposed Intergovernmental Agreement between the City and County of Denver and the City of Brighton. Adopting this agreement will allow the City of Brighton the opportunity to apply for Urban Area Security Initiative (UASI) funded goods, services and equipment as well as participate in activities, trainings and exercises sponsored by this grant in the future.
BACKGROUND
In 2002, The Homeland Security Act established the Homeland Security Grant Program and the City and County of Denver has been identified as an eligible candidate for the Urban Area Security Initiative (UASI) program since 2003. The purpose of the program is to assist urban areas in efforts to build, sustain and deliver capabilities necessary to prevent, protect against, mitigate, respond to and recover from acts of terrorism. Funding may also be used to enhance preparedness for other all hazards events provided the use of funds also enhances terrorism prevention, protection, preparation and response.
The purpose of this IGA is to provide for the distribution of UASI grant funds for goods and services through planning, organizing, equipping, training and exercising activities to eligible entities within the region.
As the core City and County of the UASI program, Denver has the responsibility of acting as the fiscal agent, solely responsible for ensuring compliance, as well as serving in the role the sole procurement and coordination agency for goods and service provide under the UASI program.
CRITERIA BY WHICH COUNCIL MUST CONSIDER THE ITEM
As a participating agency, the City of Brighton agrees to the following:
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