Title
Consider/Discuss/Act on a Resolution Authorizing the City Manager to Accept and Implement a State Homeland Security Program (SHSP) - Homeland Security Grant Program (HSGP) award from the Department of Homeland Security through the Office of the Governor (OOG) to Purchase equipment for a Public Works Emergency Response Team (PWERT) Incident Traffic Control Trailer
Summary
COUNCIL GOAL: Safe and Secure Community and Operational Excellence
MEETING DATE: February 15, 2022
DEPARTMENT: Public Works
CONTACT: Paul Sparkman, Assistant Director of Public Works
Christian Fredriksen, Street Supervisor
RECOMMENDED CITY COUNCIL ACTION:
• Approval of Resolution to accept and implement the grant award to fund purchase of equipment for a PWERT Incident Traffic Control Trailer
ITEM SUMMARY:
• The SHSP focus is to support state and local efforts to prevent terrorism and targeted violence and to prepare for the threats and hazards that pose the greatest risk to the security of Texas citizens.
• This project will fund an Incident Traffic Control Trailer that can be deployed in response to any terrorism incident or attack. This trailer will provide direct support for all special response teams requiring perimeter and traffic control devices including barricades and portable sign stands.
• This equipment is a critical need before, during, and after a possible terrorism incident requiring the closure of multiple roadways to secure an area.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
• The North Central Texas Public Works Emergency Response Team (PWERT) is comprised of 72 member jurisdictions that was created to provide public works assistance when an emergency or disaster overwhelms local resources.
• As part of the 2019 North Central Texas (NCT) Threat and Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment, PWERT Leadership identified the need for securing an area against a complex coordinated terrorist attack. The ability to quickly deploy a self-contained trailer with sufficient resources to a jurisdiction requiring a mobile roadway closure platform would greatly improve the region’s capability to protect against, respond to, and recover from multi-hazard events.
• PWERT Leadership selected the City of McKinney and Kaufman County as the primary 2022 grant cache locations for the two Incident Traffic Control Trailers being purchased within the region.
FINANCIAL SUMMARY:
• There is no match required for this grant.
BOARD OR COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION:
• N/A