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Consider approving Resolution No. 2017-078 authorizing the transfer of a SolarTech Dynamic Message Board/Trailer to the City through a Homeland Security Program Property Transfer from the City of Richardson; and take appropriate action.
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BACKGROUND:
To ensure that the City of Farmers Branch is able to effectively respond to a severe weather event or other adverse incident, the City is a part of the Public Works Emergency Response Team (PWERT) compromised of fifty-one local cities. This PWERT working group allows mutual aid between the cities in the form of equipment and personnel in the event of an incident to facilitate a quicker recovery. Each year, the PWERT working group applies for grants through the Homeland Security Grant Program in order to build up an inventory of equipment for the participating cities to use during a response. When purchased with grant money, this equipment is positioned around the region in cache locations to allow for a quicker arrival time to cities in need.
The City of Farmers Branch was chosen as a cache location for PWERT equipment, along with 10 other locations in the region, to include: Allen, Ellis County, Weatherford, Tarrant County, Grand Prairie, Carrollton, Rowlett, Haltom City, Lancaster, and Richland Hills. A typical equipment cache includes a SolarTech Dynamic Message Board, a Magnum Mobile Light Tower, and a portable generator. The City of Farmers Branch is currently receiving its first piece of equipment, the SolarTech Dynamic Message Board/Trailer that was acquired by the expenditure of 2016 State Homeland Security Grant funds awarded to the City of Richardson. Per the equipment cache located in the City of Farmers Branch, the City of Richardson is transferring this piece of equipment to the City of Farmers Branch. As grant money is awarded in coming grant years, the City of Farmers Branch will receive a Magnum Mobile Light Tower, and a portable generator.
While the PWERT SolarTech Dynamic Message Boa...
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