2005/11/09 Council Agenda Packet

6 • SNOHOMISH COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT 3509 109th Street S.W.,Everett,WA 98204 • (425) 423-7635 • Fax (425) 423-9152 September 26, 2005 Chief Jim Scharf Everett Police Department 3002 Wetmore Ave Everett, WA 98201 Dear Chief Scharf, On August 10, 2004, Snohomish County was awarded $460,601 for equipment purchases, from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Office of Domestic Preparedness (ODP)for the purpose of enhancing the preparedness of the nation to combat terrorism through FFY 2004 Law Enforcement Terrorism Prevention Program (LETPP) Grant Contract # E05- 076, (CFDA Title: 97.004,00P). The FFY 2004 LETPP seeks to provide law enforcement communities with enhanced capabilities for detecting, deterring, disrupting, and preventing acts of terrorism. Realistically, successful response to a terrorist incident may require mutual aid resources from all WMD equipment recipient agencies in Snohomish County. This equipment is considered part of the mutual aid resources available under the mutual aid agreements already in place among law enforcement, fire, EMS and hazardous materials service providers. The Snohomish County Department of Emergency Management (DEM) was designated Grant Manager for this project and has been working closely with the response community to effectively make use of this resource Attachment A is the Distribution Agreement between your agency and DEM. The federal funding also places property management responsibility upon this equipment. Attachment B provides the Department of Justice Property and Equipment Post Award Requirements, which will become the responsibility of the final recipient of the equipment. As a recipient of federal funding, Snohomish County Department of Emergency Management made certain assurances to the U.S. Department of Justice in the grant application. Some of the assurance must flow down to your jurisdiction as well. Specifically, non-discrimination and lobbying requirements require certifications by sub-recipients of the funding under this grant. The required certifications are enclosed with this letter as Attachment C. Attachment D provides the projected list of equipment that will be distributed to your jurisdiction through FFY 2004 State Homeland Security Law Enforcement Terrorism prevention Program (LETPP) grant. The law enforcement agencies within Snohomish County made the decisions on the equipment types and distribution. Population, geography, potential 13 1 Serving Snohomish County and the Cities of Arlington, Darrington, Gold Bar, Granite Falls, Index, Lake Stevens, Marysville, Monroe, Mukilteo, Snohomish, Stanwood and Sultan