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Home My WebLink About04/06/1993, C-4 - STATE OF CALIFORNIA GRANTS FOR FIRE STATION REPLACEMENT (PARTIAL) AND EMERGENCY MEDICAL EQUIPMENT. 411N�I�N��IIII��I��Nu��I�III city of San Laic OBisp0 Date. . April 6, 1993 iCOUNCIL AGENDA REPORT #ZW From: Robert F. Neumann, Fire Chief Prepared By: Tom Zeulner,.Acting Battalion Chief Subject: State of California Grants for Fire Station Replacement (Partial) and Emergency Medical Equipment. CAO RECONEM ENDATION: By motion, approve the request of the Fire Department Staff to submit applications for the following State of California grants: 1. The Earthquake Safety and Public Building Rehabilitation Bond Act of 1990 2. The Governor's Highway Traffic Safety Program Section 402 DISCUSSION: State and Federal Grants are occasionally offered to assist local governments with financial impacts associated with daily operations and/or State and Federal mandated programs. Grants provide an alternative revenue source that may be used to augment new or existing governmental projects. Prior to grant authorization, an application process is followed by qualifying for an application packet, filling out the required documents, and submitting them to the appropriate agency for approval. 1. The Earthquake Safety and Public Building Rehabilitation Bond Act of 1990 provides $50 million for retrofitting or replacing seismically deficient local government essential service, emergency and public safety buildings. Headquarters Fire Station has been determined to be seismically deficient and is to be vacated by 1996. At the time of seismic evaluation, rehabilitation cost estimates for the Station were well in excess of$1 million. Acquisition of a grant could provide funding of up to the equivalent of 75% of those costs. .Under the guidelines of the grant process, awarded funds could be applied to the construction of the new headquarters fire station. The City has submitted a pre-qualification questionnaire to determine if we meet all of the criteria for grant application. If chosen for application, the deadline is August 15, 1993. 2. The Governor's Highway Traffic Safety Program Grant provides,25% to 50% of the purchase price for rescue tools, ambulance equipment and other life saving tools and equipment that could decrease mortality and morbidity from traffic accidents. This traffic safety program grant could assist the City with funding it's medical disaster caches ($21,000), and replace a heart defibrillator ($11,000). Deadline for this application is April 15, 1993. MY Of San LUIS OBISPO ANNIU . Moores COUNCIL AGENDA REPORT Page 2 SIGNIFICANT DIPACTS There is no cost to apply for these grants. Minimal staff time will be required to fill out applications. There are no long term obligations with either of these grants. Funds received via these grants will be used toward already approved budget items. The city will thus save the amount of grant funds received. CONSEQUENCES OF NOT TAKING RECOMMENDED ACTIONS: Consequences of not approving the applications for the grants are strictly economic. Significant grant funds would be forfeited. CONCLUSION: Staff recommends the approval of seeking the two State of California Grants mentioned in the body of this report. Staff realizes minimal staff time must be given to handle the applications. Staff also believes that seeking grant funds to assist with city expenditures is economically correct at this time. FISCAL E%IPACT: Significant savings could be realized if the City is successful in this process. ATTACHMENTS: Attachment #1 Earthquake Safety and Public Buildings Rehabilitation Bond.Act Bond Act of 1990 Attachment #2 The Governor's Highway Traffic Safety Program..Section 402 STATE OF CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL SERVICES A�-� �—�-. INTRODUCTION ?t�-�In m.eP. — OFFICE OFTHE STATE ARCH ITECT Earthquake Safety and Public Buildings �) SEISMIC PROGRAMS SECTION Rehabilitation Bond Ac_t o_f 1990 Background The Earthquake Safety and Public Buildings Rehabilitation Act of 1990 provides $300 million in general obligation bonds for the reconstruction, repair, replacement, relocation or retrofitting of seismically deficient state and local government buildings. The Bond Act provides $250 million for program administration and retrofitting or replacing state-owned buildings and $50 million for program administration and retrofitting or replacing local government essential service, emergency and public safety buildings. The Department of General Services, Office of the State Architect (OSA) is designated as the state agency responsible for administrating the requirements of the Bond Act. OSA held public hearings during March 1992 to explain the Local Government Program and to solicit assistance in developing criteria. Priority and Funding The local government project funding will be available for the costs of retrofitting, reconstruction, repairing, replacing or relocation of seismically deficient essential service, emergency and public safety local buildings. These funds will only be available for projects not under construction, with the first priority for distribution of program funds going to projects located in Seismic Zone 4, San Diego and Sacramento Counties. Seismic rehabilitation is the only portion of a project that is eligible for funding. The abatement of falling hazards will be the first consideration followed by buildings or facilities for which partial, localized, or phased seismic retrofits will significantly reduce collapse hazards with minimal disruption, and then all other buildings requiring seismic retrofit. To be eligible for Bond Act funds, local governments participating in the program are required to provide at least 25 percent of the project's seismic retrofitting cost, and have determined no other state or federal funding source opportunities are available. The local government Bond Act fund allocation tentative goal is as follows: 1) 20 % for rural projects, 2) 79 percent for urban projects, 3) 1 % reserve. Unused funds from item one may be used for item two projects. Purpose The primary purpose of the Bond Act is to make funds available for the costs of retrofitting, reconstruction, repairing, replacing, or relocating seismically deficient essential service, emergency and public safety buildings. Local governments play an important role in emergency response operations during and following an earthquake; therefore, it is necessary to retrofit those essential service and public safety buildings which could become non-operational or pose serious threats to life and are critical to carrying out the Agency's emergency plan. ��3 AJL4 NAME OF PROGRAM EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES PROGRAM WHAT AGENCY IS National Highway Traffic.Safety Administration INVOLVED? Federal.Highway Administration U.S. Department of Transportation WHAT DOES THE Provides formula grants and other financial assistance for the PROGRAM OFFER? development of an emergency medical services system, in accordance with standard 11 "EMS" of the Highway Safety Act of 1966. This program is concerned with ambulance service and post emergency response, for which equipment and training of personnel can be supplied. Related information is available that includes ambulance standards, training programs, communication guidelines and certain suggested practices. The program targets all pre- hospital medical emergencies. �\ WHAT RESTRICTIONS This assistance is limited to emergency medical services rendered ARE THERE? outside the hospital. HOW ARE APPLICATIONS Contact office listed below. OBTAINED AND MADE? WHO SHOULD BE CONTACTED Emergency Medical Services Branch FOR FURTHER INFORMATION? Enforcement and Emergency Medical Services Division National Highway Traffic Safety Administration U.S. Department of Transportation - Washington, D.C. 20590 44. "� �