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Cit 4 1 : 41 11 1 . 5 City Council Memorandum TO: HONORABLE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL FROM: FIRE DEPARTMENT DATE: July 26, 2011 ITEM NO: 39 WARD: ALL SUBJECT ISSUE: AGREEMENT WITH MLC & ASSOCIATES, INC. TO CONTINUE TO CONDUCT RISK AND GAP ANALYSIS FOR THE RIVERSIDE UASI At issue is whether to approve the attached agreement with MLC & Associates, Inc. for continuation of the Risk and Gap Analysis Project for the Riverside Urban Area Security Initiative (UASI) Project. RECOMMENDATIONS That the City Council: 1. Approve the attached agreement with MLC & Associates, Inc. in the amount of $200,000 for a period of eighteen months for continuation of the Risk and Gap Analysis; and 2. Authorize the City Manager or his designee to execute the attached agreement. BACKGROUND The Riverside UASI Risk and Gap Analysis Project is a multi -year plan to identify the threats to the UASI region and to determine what resources are either available or needed to respond to those threats. The first phase of the project was to identify the natural and human caused hazards that may affect the region or any of its local jurisdictions. A Request for Proposal (RFP) was issued on November 23, 2009 and MLC and Associates, Inc. received the highest ranking by an evaluation committee based on the overall quality of its proposal and presentation. Thus MLC and Associates Inc. was awarded a contract in June, 2010 to conduct a comprehensive hazard identification of the region's vulnerabilities in accordance with the incident hazard types in the 15 national planning scenarios identified by the U.S. Department of Security's National Preparedness Goal MLC successfully completed the first phase of the project and delivered a detailed regional analysis to the UASI. The second phase of the project is focused on the identification of the resources within the region that are available to respond to the various threats. This will include identification of facilities within the UASI region that can be classified as critical, such as schools, government buildings, hospitals, etc., and determination of the response resource needs relating to the previously identified regional threats. This phase of the project will provide data which supports the strategic application 39 -1