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Au.qust 26, 2003 (c) This grant will allow the Fire, Rescue and Emergency Services and Police Departments to purchase specific emergency equipment to be utilized in Weapons of Mass Destruction incidents. Items will include personal safety equipment for Fire and Police personnel; encrypted portable radios for Police; Mobile Data Terminals for Police; basic and advanced radiological detection equipment for the Fire Squad Companies; Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear (CBRN) compliant self-contained breathing apparatus for Fire personnel; and funds will also be used to complete a Homeland Security Assessment for the City. There is no local match. Financial Impact: · Grant funds awarded from the State total $491,588 with local cash matching funds totaling $65,804 for total programming funds of $557,392. Motion by Mr. Moody, and seconded by Mr. Whitehurst, to adopt the following ordinance, and was adopted by the following vote: "ORDINANCE TO APPROPRIATE $557,392 IN THE GRANTS FUND FOR THE PURCHASE OF FIRE AND POLICE EMERGENCY EQUIPMENT." Ayes: Benn, Griffin, Moody, Randall, Whitehurst, Holley Nays: None 03 - 304 - Adoption of a resolution authorizing the expansion of Hampton Roads Transit (HRT) bus service Route 57 to provide service from Victory Crossing to South Military Highway and Camelot Boulevard for a two-year trial period subject to funding, cost sharing, and other stated conditions. Recommendation: · Adoption of a resolution authorizing the expansion of Hampton Roads Transit bus service Route 57 to provide service from Victory Crossing to South Military Highway and Camelot Boulevard for a two-year trial period subject to funding, cost sharing, and other stated conditions. Purpose and Need: · This action will reestablish HRT service to Route 57, connecting Portsmouth and Chesapeake via the George Washington Highway and Airline Boulevard, with the intention of monitoring the ridership closely to determine if there are sufficient numbers to continue this route beyond the Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality (CMAQ) funding period ending October 2005. · The reinstated route will provide Portsmouth and Chesapeake residents with public transportation accessibility to Victory Crossing, which had not yet been developed when this route connecting the two cities was eliminated in December 2001 due to a lapse of federal CMAQ funding and Iow ridership. Financial Impact: · Temporary partial funding for this project appears to be available from the federal CMAQ program in the amount of 80 percent of the total cost of the project, while the cities of Portsmouth and Chesapeake shall both contribute the remaining 20 percent of the cost evenly, or approximately $21,685 annually. 1. C. C. Hawkins, 3088 Kenelm Drive, Chesapeake, spoke in support of this item.