Common use of PURPOSE/JUSTIFICATION OF RECOMMENDED ACTION Clause in Contracts

PURPOSE/JUSTIFICATION OF RECOMMENDED ACTION. The Department seeks to enter into the attached Agreement for participation in the OPSG Grant Program to enhance law enforcement preparedness and operational readiness along the land and water borders of the United States. The OPSG Grant Program provides funding to designated localities to enhance cooperation and coordination between law enforcement agencies in a joint mission to secure the nation’s land and water borders. The OPSG Grant Program aims to increase The Honorable Board of Supervisors 5/17/2016 law enforcement presence in each of the participating law enforcement agency’s designated area of jurisdiction in order to support the DHS, Bureau of Customs and Border Protection efforts in the region to improve border security and reduce border related crime. The Department will provide both boat and aircraft support for OPSG operations. The current participating agencies and signatories to the Agreement include Counties of San Diego, Los Angeles, Monterey, Orange, San ▇▇▇▇ Obispo, San Mateo, Santa ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, Santa ▇▇▇▇, and Ventura, and Cities of Carlsbad, Chula Vista, Coronado, El Cajon, Escondido, La Mesa, National City, Oceanside, San Diego, the San Diego Unified Port District, the University of California San Diego, California Highway Patrol, California Department of Fish and Wildlife, and Department of Parks and Recreation. The Department has participated in OPSG Grant Program since FY 2011 pursuant to earlier agreements. This new Agreement allocates funding in the amount of $350,000 from the FY 2015 grant.

PURPOSE/JUSTIFICATION OF RECOMMENDED ACTION. The Department seeks to enter into the attached Agreement for the participation in the OPSG Grant Program to enhance law enforcement preparedness and operational readiness along the land and water borders of the United States. The OPSG Grant Program provides funding to designated localities to enhance cooperation and coordination between law enforcement agencies in a joint mission to secure the nation’s land and water borders. The OPSG Grant Program aims to increase The Honorable Board of Supervisors 5/17/2016 law enforcement presence in each of the participating law enforcement agency’s designated area of jurisdiction in order to support the DHS, Bureau of Customs and Border Protection efforts in the region to improve border security and reduce border related crime. The Department will provide both boat and aircraft support for OPSG operations. The current participating agencies and signatories to the Agreement include the Counties of San Diego, Los Angeles, Monterey, Orange, San Diego, San ▇▇▇▇ Obispo, San Mateo, Santa ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, Santa ▇▇▇▇, and Ventura, and ; the Cities of Carlsbad, Chula Vista, Coronado, El Cajon, Escondido, La Mesa, Oceanside, National City, Oceanside, and San Diego; the California Highway Patrol, the San Diego Unified Port District, the University of California San Diego, and the California Highway Patrol, California Department Departments of Fish and Wildlife, Motor Vehicles, and Department of Parks and Recreation. The Department has participated in OPSG Grant Program since FY 2011 pursuant to earlier agreements. This new Agreement allocates funding in the amount of $350,000 from the FY 2015 grant2014 Grant.