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ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: August 22, 2006 Action Agenda Item No. - ~~- SUBJECT: Grant Agreements - 2005 Buffer Zone Protection Program (BZPP) Grant Funds DEPARTMENT: Emergency Management PUBLIC NEARING: (Y/N) No ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: Memorandum of Agreement between Jack Ball, Emergency Management County and State of North Carolina Director, 919-968-2050 Memorandum of Agreement between County and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill PURPOSE: To accept grant funding, approve a memorandum of agreement between the County and State, and approve a subgrant agreement between the County and University for a State pass-through grant award of federal Homeland Security funds in the amount of $48,500 to reimburse the County for equipment purchased for improving the response to critical facilities and key resources in the County. BACKGROUND: The United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) awarded the State of North Carolina funding for homeland security equipment through the FY2005 Buffer Zone Protection Program (BZPP),. Federal funding is allocated in accordance with a DH5 risk assessment to provide funds to jurisdictions with critical facilities or key resources. Orange County has one critical facility, thus, is eligible for funding, Due to the nature of the grant funding stream at the federal level, the supplemental funding was approved first by DHS, and accepted by the Board on February 21, 2006. The Board accepted a subsequent subgrantee agreement between the County and University on June 27, 2006, In December 2004, Orange County Emergency Management, along with representatives from law enforcement agencies in the County, participated in a joint planning session with representatives from the North Carolina National Guard to develop a Buffer Zone Protection Plan far the site in Orange County, The plan included a vulnerability assessment that studied what resources and capabilities are necessary to reduce vulnerability of the site to a terrorist attack. In July 2005, Orange County received word that it qualified for funding in the amount of $48,500 under the BZPP for its vulnerable site. Staff coordinated with the law enforcement agencies and developed an equipment prioritization list in conjunction with the outcomes identified in the Buffer Zone Protection Plan. Staff then submitted a spending plan to the State of North Carolina for the equipment,. In July 2006, the County was notified that its spending plan had been approved.