Legislation Details

Reference No. LTR 05112021b    Draft No. 1
Type: Agenda Letter Status: Approved
Meeting Body County Council
Meeting Date 5/11/2021
Introduced Date Public Hearing Date
Effective date:    
Title: Proposed letter to Mr. Christopher P. Logan, Acting Assistant Administrator, Grant Programs Directorate, Federal Emergency Management Agency, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, expressing full support for the Prince George’s County Department of Public Works and Transportation (DPW&T) application under the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s Transit Security Grant Program.
Proposers/Sponsors: County Executive
Attachments: 1. TSGP Letter to Christoper P. Logan, 2. Transit Security Grant Letter Transmittal, 3. Transit Security Grant AIS
Contact: Victor Weissberg, Department of Public Works and Transportation

Title

Proposed letter to Mr. Christopher P. Logan, Acting Assistant Administrator, Grant Programs Directorate, Federal Emergency Management Agency, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, expressing full support for the Prince George’s County Department of Public Works and Transportation (DPW&T) application under the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s Transit Security Grant Program.

 

Background

This letter supports the Department of Public Works and Transportation’s application to the Federal Emergency Management Agency for the FY 2021 Transit Security Grant Program, which closes on May 14, 2021.

 

The Federal Emergency Management Agency’s Transit Security Grant Program provides funding to eligible public transportation systems (which include intra-city bus, ferries and all forms of passenger rail) to protect critical transportation infrastructure and the traveling public from terrorism, and to increase transportation infrastructure resilience.