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Requesting acceptance of a $22,460 grant with no new match required, from the MA Emergency Management Agency to the Health & Human Services Department for emergency preparedness activities.
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To the Honorable Board:
I respectfully request that your Honorable Board accept a grant of $22,460.00 From Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency (MEMA) to Health & Human Services, under the provisions of MGL Chapter 44, Section 53A. This grant does not require the commitment of new matching funds. The purpose of this grant is to pay for:
1. Conduct an inventory and assessment of the city’s emergency management equipment and supplies, create an electronic database of these assets, and develop an equipment maintenance schedule. Funding will pay for a locally-based graduate student majoring in Emergency Management to conduct this work.
2. Design, develop, and facilitate a Tabletop Exercise (TTX) to assess our City’s response capability. Funding will pay for an EM consultant to conduct this work and for creation of info packets for TTX participants.
3. Purchase the following emergency management equipment and supplies: a 20’H x 15’W command post tent, accompanying 2.0-ton HVAC unit for the tent, and laptop and phone to be utilized by the emergency management team (initially used by the student).
4. Translate existing public information and data collection documents, such as evacuation instructions and EDS intake forms, into Spanish, Haitian Creole, Portuguese, and Nepali, which are the four most common languages spoken in Somerville after English. Funding will pay for translation service.
My staff will be available to answer any questions you may have. Thank you for your consideration of this item.
Respectfully submitted,
Joseph A. Curtatone, Mayor