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A resolution approving an Urban Area Security Initiative (UASI) grant application from the Tennessee Emergency Management Agency to the Metropolitan Government, acting by and through the Office of Emergency Management, to fund costs related to enhancing security and the resilience of high-risk urban areas by building, sustaining, and improving capabilities to prevent, prepare for, protect against, and respond to acts of terrorism.
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WHEREAS, the Tennessee Emergency Management Agency is accepting applications for an Urban Area Security Initiative grant with an award of $3,943,092.00 with no cash match required to fund costs related to enhancing security and the resilience of high-risk urban areas by building, sustaining, and improving capabilities to prevent, prepare for, protect against, and respond to acts of terrorism; and,
WHEREAS, the Metropolitan Government is eligible to participate in this grant program; and,
WHEREAS, the Homeland Security Grant Program includes provisions related to immigration enforcement and border security. Because such activities are the purview of the federal government, the Metropolitan Government will not participate in them. The Office of Emergency Management would return any such funds allocated for this category to the State of Tennessee; and,
WHEREAS, this resolution approves the application for a grant award. Any grant award based on this application would also be subject to approval by the Metropolitan Council; and,
WHEREAS, it is to the benefit of the citizens of The Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County that this grant application be approved and submitted.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT OF NASHVILLE AND DAVIDSON COUNTY:
Section 1. That the application for an Urban Area Security Initiative (UASI) grant with an award of $3,943,092.00, a copy of which is attached hereto and incorporated herein, is hereby approved, and the Office of Emergency Management is authorized to submit said application to the Tennessee Emergency Management Agency.
Section 2. That this resolution shall take effect from and after its adoption, the welfare of The Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County requiring it.
Agenda Analysis
Analysis
This resolution approves an application for an Urban Area Security Initiative grant from the Tennessee Emergency Management Agency to the Office of Emergency Management.
If approved, the grant would fund costs related to enhancing security and the resilience of high-risk urban areas by building, sustaining and improving capabilities to prevent, prepare for, protect against, and respond to acts of terrorism.
The Homeland Security Grant Program includes provisions related to immigration enforcement and border security. The Metropolitan Government will not participate in these provisions, as they are not within the scope of local government. The Office of Emergency Management would return any such funds allocated for this category to the State of Tennessee. According to the grant eligibility provisions in the Notice of Funding Opportunity, noncompliance with an immigration term and condition may affect the agency’s decision to award the grant or terminate the grant, but the agency has not made a final determination about these terms.
If awarded, the grant amount would be $3,943,092 with no local cash match.