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Recommendation to Authorize the City Manager, or Their Designee, to Enter into an Agreement with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), to Accept and Allocate Fiscal Year 2019 Port Security Grant Program Funds in the Total Amount of $365,608; Award a Bid Contract to the Sole Bidder to Build and Provide a New Marine Patrol Boat and Trailer in the Amount Not to Exceed $487,477 to Safe Boats International; and
Adoption of Resolution Amending Fiscal Year 2019-20 Police Grants Fund Revenue and Expenditures Budget in the Amount of $365,608 for the Port Security Grant. (Police 3121)
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To: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The Alameda Police Department's (Department) Marine Patrol Unit has the capacity to protect and serve the critical waterfront surrounding and adjacent to the island of Alameda. In 2015, the Department's Marine Patrol Unit purchased a marine patrol boat using grant funds received from the State. That boat is now ill-equipped to handle the rougher waters that are anticipated, given the modified mission of the coalition of law enforcement agencies, which the Department's Marine Patrol Unit is a member, that patrol the waterways of the Alameda/Oakland area. This spring, the Department applied for a FEMA grant to finance a new patrol boat, and was awarded a grant in September.
The Department conducted a competitive bid process and is now prepared to recommend an award to Safe Boats International, who would supply a durable police boat that is better equipped to handle the rough waterways of the Alameda/Oakland area, in addition to meeting other objectives.
BACKGROUND
The Department purchased a patrol boat in 2015 after entering into a grant agreement with the State of California, Division of Boating and Waterways (DBW). The terms and conditions of that contract were to remain in effect for 15 years starting September 14, 2014. The patrol boat has been utilized to patrol the City of Alameda (City) ...
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