APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY
CITY ATTORNEY’S OFFICE
OAKLAND CITY COUNCIL
RESOLUTION NO. C.M.S.
INTRODUCED BY VICE MAYOR KAPLAN
ADOPT A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING APPROVAL, APPROPRIATION
AND RE-ALLOCATION OF AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED ONE
MILLION SEVEN HUNDRED SEVENTY THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED
EIGHT DOLLARS ($1,770,608) TO CURRENT WORKFORCE
INNOVATION AND OPPORTUNITY ACT (WIOA) ADULT AND YOUTH
SERVICE PROVIDERS FOR OPERATIONAL SUPPORT FROM JULY 1,
2022 THROUGH JUNE 30, 2023 WITH THE APPROVAL OF THE
OAKLAND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT BOARD (OWDB), SUBJECT
TO FUNDING AVAILABILITY IN THE MIDCYCLE BUDGET
WHEREAS, the Oakland Workforce Development Board (OWDB) is mandated to oversee the expenditure of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2014 (WIOA) funding; and
WHEREAS, the OWDB budget is made up of multiple funding streams that support workforce development efforts, including Federal, State, City of Oakland, and miscellaneous grants from private businesses and philanthropic support; and
WHEREAS, the OWDB contracts with experienced local nonprofit organizations to provide workforce development services for recently displaced and long-term unemployed adults and low-income youth and young adults between the ages of 16-24; and
WHEREAS, in May 2019, the OWDB approved contracts with the current WIOA service providers for a three-year procurement cycle; and
WHEREAS, the City Council approved and authorized such contracts on July 9, 2019, pursuant to Resolution No. 87792 C.M.S.; and
WHEREAS, the first-year contracts were for the period of July 1, 2019 through June 30, 2020, with the option to renew for two additional years through June 30, 2022; and
WHEREAS, the City Council appropriated One Million Dollars ($1,000,000) to the Economic and Workforce Development Department to focus on flatland neighborhoods – Fruitvale, Chinatown, East Oakland, West Oakland – and impacted communities including youth, homeless and formerly incarcerated, pursuant to Resolution No. 88717 C.M.S., which adopted the Biennial Budget for Fiscal Years 2021-23 on June 24, 2021; and
WHEREAS, the current WIOA contracts are expected to expire June 30, 2022 without further renewals; and
WHEREAS, on March 24, 2022, the OWDB recommended a one year no cost extension to current WIOA service providers from July 1, 2022 to June 30, 2023 in light of COVID-19 hardships to allow providers to spend down an outstanding balance of Three Million One Hundred Eighty Thousand Dollars ($3,180,000); and
WHEREAS, given the challenges providers have been facing due to various economic circumstances and COVID-19 related impacts, this resolution would authorize a stop gap measure to provide service providers with the necessary financial operational support to continue delivering essential services to Oakland residents and businesses without interruption; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED: That the City Council hereby authorizes the City Administrator to negotiate and enter into contracts in a total amount not to exceed of One Million Seven Hundred Seventy Thousand Six Hundred Eight Dollars ($1,770,608) from the General Fund for FY 2021-23 adopted budget to the following current WIOA adult and youth service providers for operational support from July 1, 2022 through June 30, 2023, in the following amounts set forth below with the approval of the OWDB, subject to funding availability in the midcycle budget:
1) Civicorps for youth services in the amount of One Hundred Thousand Seven Hundred Thirty-Six Dollars ($100,736);
2) Lao Family Community Development, Inc. for adult and youth services in the amount of Six Hundred Forty-Six Thousand Nine Hundred Sixty-Four Dollars ($646,964);
3) Oakland Private Industry Council, Inc. for operator and adult services in the amount of Four Hundred Fourteen Thousand Nine Hundred Ninety Dollars ($414,990);
4) Spanish Speaking Unity Council of Alameda County, Inc. for adult and youth services in the amount of Four Hundred Seventy-One Thousand Five Hundred Twenty-Eight Dollars ($471,528); and
5) The Youth Employment Partnership, Inc. for youth services in the amount One Hundred Thirty-Six Thousand Three Hundred Ninety Dollars ($136,390).
FURTHER RESOLVED: That City Council authorizes any FY 2021-22 contracted funds not fully spent by service providers by June 30, 2022, to be carried over into FY 2022-23; and be it
FURTHER RESOLVED: That each contract for workforce development activities shall have specific performance benchmarks consistent with program regulations, and that the City shall terminate the contract of a service provider that materially fails to meet contract performance, with funds reallocated to existing service providers or an on-call pool; and be it
FURTHER RESOLVED: That funds in an amount to exceed Eight Hundred Eighty- Five Thousand Three Hundred Four Dollars ($885,304) shall be re-allocated from the FY 2021- 23 adopted budget in General Purpose Fund (1010), Workforce Development Organization (85311), Third-Party Grants Account (54912), Workforce Development Services Project (1006028), Workforce Development Program (SC03), to Projects to be determined; and be it
FURTHER RESOLVED: That additional funds in an amount to exceed Eight Hundred Eighty-Five Thousand Three Hundred Four Dollars ($885,304) are subject to funding availability in the Midcycle Budget; and be it
FURTHER RESOLVED: That the City Administrator is hereby authorized to spend such funds in FY 2022-2023 and take other action with respect to the authorized contracts consistent with the Resolution and its basic purposes, subject to review and approval by the City Attorney’s Office.
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
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