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A resolution approving an Urban Area Security Initiative grant application and accepting an Urban Area Security Initiative grant award from the Tennessee Emergency Management Agency to the Metropolitan Government, acting by and through the Office of Emergency Management, to enhance the protection of soft targets and crowded places by increasing the ability of police emergency response teams to detect, deter, protect, and, when needed, respond to soft target terrorist attacks.
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WHEREAS, the Tennessee Emergency Management Agency accepted an application for an Urban Area Security Initiative grant from the Metropolitan Government, acting by and through the Office of Emergency Management, to enhance the protection of soft targets and crowded places by increasing the ability of police emergency response teams to detect, deter, protect, and, when needed, respond to soft target terrorist attacks; and,
WHEREAS, the Tennessee Emergency Management Agency has awarded a grant in an amount not to exceed $591,642.71 with no cash match required to the Metropolitan Government, acting by and through the Office of Emergency Management, to enhance the protection of soft targets and crowded places by increasing the ability of police emergency response teams to detect, deter, protect, and, when needed, respond to soft target terrorist attacks; 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 this grant be accepted.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT OF NASHVILLE AND DAVIDSON COUNTY:
Section 1. That the Urban Area Security Initiative grant application and grant award by and between the Tennessee Emergency Management Agency, in an amount not to exceed $591,642.71, and the Metropolitan Government, acting by and through the Office of Emergency Management, to enhance the protection of soft targets and crowded places by increasi...
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