2011/08/17 Council Agenda Packet

14 f. on-site visits to review equipment records, and inventories, to verify source documentation for reimbursement requests and performance reports, and to verify completion of deliverables. 3. As a sub-recipient of federal funds, the Sub-grantee is required to meet or exceed the monitoring activities, as outlined above, for all sub-contractors, consultants, and sub- recipients who receive pass-through funding from this Agreement. ARTICLE IX—GRANT AGREEMENT MODIFICATION REQUESTS A Sub-grantee may request a modification to the Grant Agreement in writing to the Department key personnel. Modifications may be requested for Grant Agreement end date, budget or scope change. ARTICLE X— NIMS COMPLIANCY 1. The Sub-grantee agrees that in order to receive Federal Fiscal Year 2011 (FFY11) federal preparedness funding, to include EMPG, the National Incident Management System (NIMS) compliance requirements for 2011 must be.met. . 2. In accordance with Homeland Security Presidential Directive (HSPD)-5, Management of Domestic Incidents, the adoption of the National Incident Management System (NIMS) is a requirement to receive Federal preparedness assistance, through grants, contracts, and other activities. The NIMS provides a consistent nationwide template to enable all levels of government, Tribal nations, nongovernmentalorganizations including voluntary organizations, and private sector partners to work together to prevent, 'protect against, respond to, recover from, and mitigate the effects of incidents, regardless of cause, size, location, or complexity. 3. All local government and Tribal nations sub-grantees should update their respective NIMS Compliance Assistance Support Tool (NIMSCAST) assessments and, if necessary, submit a Corrective Action Plan via NIMSCAST for FFY10. Corrective Action Plans are only required if a jurisdiction fails to meet one of the NIMS implementation activities. Comprehensive information concerning NIMS implementation for States, Tribal nations, local governments, nongovernmental organizations, and the private sector is available through the National Integration Center (NIC) at FEMA's NIMS Resource Center at http://www.fema.gov/nims. 4. Local governments and tribal nations should continue to implement NIMS training guidance (course curricula and instructor qualifications) contained in the Five-Year N1MS Training Plan, released in February 2008 and any successor guidance released by FEMA. [Note: Coursework and training developed and/or delivered by National Wildfire Coordinating Group (NWCG) meet the course and instructor requirements of the Five-Year NIMS Training Plan]. NIMS training guidance is available on FEMA's NIMS Resource Center at http://www.fema.gov/emergency/nims/NIMSTrainingCourses. ARTICLE XI — EMPG SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS 1. The Washington State Military Department Emergency Management Division (EMD) receives grant funding each year from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS)/Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) through the Emergency Management Performance Grant (EMPG) Program. The funding assists state and local governments enhance and sustain all-hazards emergency management capabilities as authorized by Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (Public Law 93-288, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 5121-5207). 2. A portion of the FFY11 EMPG grant has been identified by the state to be passed through to local jurisdictions and tribes that have emergency management programs to supplement their local/tribal operating budgets. Each jurisdiction or tribe that applied and met the qualificationsspecified in WAC 118-09 regarding emergency management assistance funds was awarded a sub-grant based on the size of their agency's emergency DHS-FEMA-EMPG-FFY 11 Page 6 of 24 Everett Emergency.Management E12-041 87