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9 3 <br />North Carolina Department of Crime Control and Public Safety <br />Division of Emergency Management <br />4713 Mail Service Center • Raleigh, NC. 27699-4713 <br />Michael F. Easley Bryan E. Beatty <br />Governor Secretary <br />November 19, 2003 <br />Mr. John M. Link, Jr. <br />Orange County <br />P 0, Box 8181 <br />Hillsborough, NC 27278 <br />Re: US DHS FY2003 SHSGP Part II Grant Transmittal Latter <br />Dear Mr. Link: <br />This letter provides the Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) between the Department of Crime Control and Public <br />Safety, Division of Emergency Management and the County of Orange for funding under the Department of <br />Homeland Security (DHS) FY2003 State Homeland Security Grant Part If (SHSGP II). This program is designed to <br />improve domestic terrorism preparedness through the purchase of equipment for first responders, as well as to <br />provide funding to train and exercise for chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, and explosive (CBRNE) <br />incidents. Attached to the MOA are the following: 1) Annex A: NC Subgrant Instructions; 2) Annex B: Subgrant <br />Forms; and 3) Annex C: Federal Guidelines. The Agreement between the parties includes this transmittal letter, <br />MOA, Annex A, Annex B, and Annex C. The Agreement is complete only when you take these five elements as a <br />whole <br />If the county chooses to participate, please sign the Memorandum of Agreement, Designation of Agent and <br />Designation ofa Point of Contact Form, and give these forms to your NCEM Area Coordinators not later than <br />January30, 2004. The NCEM Area Coordinator will then route them through the Branch Offices to the NCEM <br />Homeland Security Branch Manager. Failure to meet this date could result in the grant funds being unencumbered <br />and used for other counties The Designation of Agent Form allows the County Manager to delegate grant signature <br />authority and a Point of Contact Form to designate a person who will be in day-to-day contact with NCEM. These <br />forms are in Annex B, NC Subgrant Forms. <br />If the county chooses not to participate, please sign the Declination Form in Annex B and return it to the NCEM <br />Area Coordinator not later than January 30, 2004.. <br />The CD-ROM included in this application package contains all three Annexes Instructions on grant application <br />procedures are contained in Annex A. An internet web tool will be used for the first time to submit detailed <br />worksheets. This online web tool will streamline the grant application process. Counties may submit equipment, <br />exercise, training, and planning deliverables at any time before the deadlines. The schedule deadlines are found in <br />Appendix A to Annex A. If you have any questions, or need further information, please contact your NCEM Area <br />Coordinator, Branch Manager, or the NCEM Homeland Security Branch Manager, Doug Boyd. <br />mcerely, <br />Dr Kenneth Taylor, <br />y? <br />Director <br />Attachments (4): <br />Memorandum of Agreement and three Annexes (A-C), CD-ROM containing Annex A, B, and C <br />Location: 116 West Jones Street • Raleigh, NC 27603-1135 • (919) 733-3867 <br />An Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer