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MOTION TO ADOPT PROPOSED RESOLUTION 2024-R-09.
PROPOSED RESOLUTION 2024-R-09 IS A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF PEMBROKE PINES, FLORIDA, AUTHORIZING EXECUTION OF THE MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT (“MOA”) FOR PARTICIPATING MIAMI “URBAN AREA SECURITY INITIATIVE” (“UASI”) GRANT 2022 AGENCY “CITY OF PEMBROKE PINES,” THROUGH THE STATE OF FLORIDA, DIVISION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE MIAMI UASI, COMPRISED OF VARIOUS COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL ENTITIES THAT ARE PARTICIPATING AGENCIES, INCLUDING THE CITY OF PEMBROKE PINES; APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF THE MOA BETWEEN THE CITY OF MIAMI, AS SPONSORING AGENCY, AND THE CITY OF PEMBROKE PINES AS A PARTICIPATING AGENCY, WHICH PROVIDES FOR THE USE OF THE CITY OF PEMBROKE PINES’ SHARE OF THE GRANT PROCEEDS; PROVIDING FOR CONFLICTS; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
Summary Explanation and Background
SUMMARY EXPLANATION AND BACKGROUND:
1. On January 3, 2006 the Department of Homeland Security created a new Urban Area Security zone composed of the Cities of Fort Lauderdale, Miramar, Hollywood, Pembroke Pines, and Miami Gardens. The participating entities are deemed the Fort Lauderdale Urban Area Work Group (UAWG). Subsequently, Broward County, Coral Springs, Sunrise, and Palm Beach County were added to the Urban Area Work Group. In 2011, the Fort Lauderdale UASI was merged with the Miami UASI to create a unified funding recipient with similar critical vulnerabilities.
2. In 2023, the Ft. Lauderdale-Miami UASI was awarded $14,012,500 to implement projects and strategies to enhance the sustainability of critical infrastructures within the participating entities.
The strategies necessarily focus on enhancing detection, prevention, preparedness, response and recovery to all man-made or natural hazards. The City of Pembroke Pines received an allocation of $330,678 as its share of the $14,012,500 .
3. The UASI allocation projects are:...
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