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File #: 22-037    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Resolution Status: Passed
File created: 11/29/2021 Departments: SHERIFF
On agenda: 1/11/2022 Final action: 1/11/2022
Title: Adopt a resolution: A) Authorizing an agreement with the City and County of San Francisco for the distribution of FY 2021 Urban Area Security Initiative grant funds for the Northern California Regional Intelligence Center, for a term commencing November 1, 2021 through December 31, 2022, in an amount not to exceed $6,597,741; and B) Authorizing the Sheriff or Sheriff's designee to execute interagency agreements in amounts that do not exceed $350,000, utilizing solely the $6,597,741 of grant funding, with other public agencies, for the purpose of reimbursing those agencies for the cost of personnel assigned to the Northern California Regional Intelligence Center.
Attachments: 1. 20220111_r_FY2021 UASI, 2. 20220111_a_FY2021 UASI
Special Notice / Hearing: None__
Vote Required: Majority

To: Honorable Board of Supervisors
From: Carlos G. Bolanos, Sheriff
Subject: FY 2021 Urban Area Security Initiative Grant

RECOMMENDATION:
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Adopt a resolution:

A) Authorizing an agreement with the City and County of San Francisco for the distribution of FY 2021 Urban Area Security Initiative grant funds for the Northern California Regional Intelligence Center, for a term commencing November 1, 2021 through December 31, 2022, in an amount not to exceed $6,597,741; and

B) Authorizing the Sheriff or Sheriff's designee to execute interagency agreements in amounts that do not exceed $350,000, utilizing solely the $6,597,741 of grant funding, with other public agencies, for the purpose of reimbursing those agencies for the cost of personnel assigned to the Northern California Regional Intelligence Center.

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BACKGROUND:
Over the past 20 years, the Northern California High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (NC HIDTA) program has provided a stable source of federal funding and collaborative regional leadership to combat organized drug trafficking and related crime. In 2004, the Northern California Regional Threat Assessment Center (NC RTAC) was established under the NC HIDTA management to make it possible for public safety agencies to identify and assess terrorist threats in the San Francisco Bay Area. The NC RTAC was co-located with the NC HIDTA to form an information "Fusion Center" for the federal Northern District of California.

In 2009, the Fusion Center began doing business as the Northern California Regional Intelligence Center (NCRIC). The United States Department of Homeland Security and the State of California have designated the NCRIC as the regional Fusion Center for the San Francisco Bay Area and serves as the focal point for the receipt, analysis, gathering, and sharing of threat-related information between the federal government and state, local, tribal, territo...

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