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CITY COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM 4A STAFF ORIGINATOR: John Swenson, Public Safety Director MEETING DATE: January 11, 2016 TOPIC: Authorization to Enter into a Memorandum of Understanding with the City of Fridley VOTE REQUIRED: 3/5 INTRODUCTION As part of the Assistance to Firefighter Grant (AFG) application, staff is seeking authorization to enter into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the City of Fridley. BACKGROUND The 2016 AFG application process has opened and major emphasis in application scoring is inter-agency collaboration. Members of the Anoka County Fire Protection Council would like to submit a collaborative AFG grant application to enhance training for public safety personnel. The cities that have expressed an interest in pursuing this grant opportunity are Fridley, Andover, Columbia Heights, Coon Rapids, Ham Lake, Lexington, Linwood, and the cities served by SBM Fire Department (Spring Lake Park, Blaine, and Mounds View). If awarded the grant funds would be used to link all training facilities with video conferencing to improve and increase training. Use of the equipment and technology will increase high quality training opportunities and reduce the number of in person instructor led training. The total cost of the proposed project is $391,340. One of the grant requirements is a ten percent local funding match. The total local match for all participating Cities is $39,136. If awarded the Lino Lakes Public Safety Department would install this system in three locations (Police Station - 640 Town Center Parkway, Fire Station #1 – 7741 Lake Dr., Fire Station #2 – 1710 Birch St.). The Lino Lakes portion of the local matching funds would be $6,303. Attached is the proposed MOU. RECOMMENDATION Authorize the Public Safety Department to enter into MOU with the City of Fridley for a 2016 AFG grant application. ATTACHMENTS 2016 AFG MOU – City of Fridley