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APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY
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CITY ATTORNEY’S OFFICE
OAKLAND CITY COUNCIL
RESOLUTION NO. _______________ C.M.S.
RESOLUTION:
1) AMENDING CITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION NO. 88776 C.M.S. TO
INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF GRANT AGREEMENTS TO NON-
PROFIT ENTITIES TO CONDUCT TOWN NIGHTS VIOLENCE
INTERVENTION EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE CITY OF OAKLAND
FOR A FIFTEEN -MONTH TERM BEGINNING JULY 1, 2021 AND
ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 2022 FOR AN ADDITIONAL AMOUNT OF
TWO HUNDRED SEVENTY-FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS ($275,000)
FOR A TOTAL AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED ONE MILLION EIGHT
HUNDRED TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS ($1,825,000); AND
2) AWARDING A NEW GRANT AGREEMENT TO FAMILY BRIDGES ,
INC. TO CONDUCT TOWN NIGHTS VIOLENCE INTERVENTION
EVENTS PROGRAM FOR A SIX-MONTH TERM BEGINNING APRIL
1, 2022 AND ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 2022 IN A TOTAL AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED SIXTY-FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS ($65,000).
WHEREAS, Town Nights serve as outlets for community members to come together and connect in safe, positive spaces to build community, nurture relationships and promote peace on the days and nights when violence happens most in the neighborhoods most impacted. Town Nights is a series of weekly, evening events in parks, street closures, or other community spaces designed to nurture cross -racial, cross -cultural and cross -generational relationships before violence or crisis happens; and
WHEREAS, inspired by Friday Night Lights program in Los Angeles, Oakland began a similar program Friday Summer Nights events in 2013 intended to disrupt violence by offering programming and extended-hour activities in neighborhoods with high rates of violence, during the peak hours when violence occurs. Events will take place in Fall/Winter 2021 and Summer 2022 and include programming (athletics, music, food, etc.) designed by youth and young adults recruited from the surrounding neighborhood; and
WHEREAS, Town Nights involves community violence intervention specialists, who engage with youth and young adults to offer conflict mediation and peace-making support and
also provides community-wide engagement and employment opportunities for youth and young adults; and
WHEREAS, past evaluatio ns of Oakland’s efforts found that during the weeks of the program, police incidents in and around the respective areas have declined in past summers and Los Angeles’ Friday Night Lights has similarly impacted violence; and
WHEREAS, on June 24, 2021, City Council adopted the Biennial Budget for Fiscal Years 2021-23 (Resolution No. 88717 C.M.S.), which allocated general purpose funds to the Department of Violence Prevention in the amount of $7,000,000 in Fiscal Year 2021-22 to address the dramatic uptick in community and gender-based violence during the pandemic as part of the City’s efforts to Reimagine Public Safety; and
WHEREAS, a portion of the $7,000,000 allocated to the Department of Violence Prevention will be used to fund grants to non-profit entities to administer Town Nights Events, a series of events designed to allow community members to gather in Oakland parks and neighborhoods to socialize in a safe environment; and
WHEREAS, Resolution No. 88776 C.M.S. awarded contracts to six agencies to provide a series of four Town Nights events at eight sites in November and December of 2021; and
WHEREAS, Town Nights Events require a contract term that includes Summer 2022; and
WHEREAS, to fully implement the Town Nights program for Summer 2022 the six agencies need additional funding to provide the same level of resources that were available in the fall series of Town Nights; and
WHEREAS, Family Bridges, Inc. will host the Town Nights Summer program series in the Chinatown neighborhood; and
WHEREAS, the organizations included below were selected based upon their connection to Oakland neighborhoods and people most impacted by violence as well as past performance as current DVP grantees, where applicable, and their abilit y to work with young people to put on large community events in Oakland; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED: That the City Council amends Resolution No. 88776 C.M.S. to increase the amount of the grant agreements with Town Nights non-profit entities identified below in the amounts specified therein and to award a new grant agreement to Family Bridges Inc. for a term of April 1, 2022 to September 30, 2022:
DVP Revised Town Nights Grants- General Purpose Fund
Agency Name Original Amount
Resolution 88776
Additional
or New
Award
Amount
Grand
Total
Communities United for Restorative Youth
Justice $350,000 $30,000 $380,000
Roots Community Health Center $350,000 $0 $380,000
Agency Name Original Amount
Resolution 88776
Additional
or New
Award
Amount
Grand
Total
TRYBE Inc. $450,000 $125,000 $575,000
Building Opportunities for Self-Sufficiency $100,000 $30,000 $130,000 Black Cultural Zone Community
Development Corporation $100,000 $30,000 $130,000
Movement Strategy Center
(Fiscal sponsor for Urban Peace Movement
Oakland)
$200,000
$60,000
$260,000
Family Bridges, Inc. No Award $65,000 $65,000
TOTAL $1,550,000 $340,000 $1,920,000
;and be it
FURTHER RESOLVED: That the City Administrator is hereby authorized to conduct all negotiations, execute and submit all documents, including but not limited to applications, agreements, payment requests and related actions which may be necessary for the above - referenced grant agreements; and be it
FURTHER RESOLVED: That each agreement shall be approved as to form and legality by the Office of the City Attorney and a fully executed copy of each agreement shall be filed with the Office of the City Clerk.
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IN COUNCIL, OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA,
PASSED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE:
AYES - FIFE, GALLO, KALB, KAPLAN, REID, TAYLOR, THAO AND
PRESIDENT FORTUNATO BAS
NOES –
ABSENT –
ABSTENTION –
ATTEST:
ASHA REED
City Clerk and Clerk of the Council of the
City of Oakland, California