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CITY ATTORNEY’S OFFICE
OAKLAND CITY COUNCIL
892 7 9RESOLUTION NO. C.M.S.
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY ADMINISTRATOR TO: (1) ACCEPT AND
APPROPRIATE CLEAN CALIFORNIA GRANT FUNDS TO OAKLAND PUBLIC WORKS FOR SIX HUNDRED FORTY THOUSAND DOLLARS ($640,000) PER YEAR FOR TWO YEARS FOR A TOTAL OF $1,280,000 FROM THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (CALTRANS); AND (2) EXECUTE A TWO-
YEAR, CLEAN CALIFORNIA MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT BETWEEN CALTRANS
AND THE CITY OF OAKLAND (CITY) TO PROVIDE LITTER, BULKY WASTE, AND HOMELESS ENCAMPMENT DEBRIS REMOVAL SERVICES TO CALTRANS’ IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA’S RIGHTS OF WAY IN THE CITY
WHEREAS, Governor Gavin Newsom’s California Comeback Plan - the Clean California initiative, invests $1.1 billion in state and local governments to remove litter, debris, and graffiti; create jobs; and beautify public areas along highways, streets, and roads especially those in underserved rural and urban communities throughout the state. Clean California’s goal is to remove an additional 1.2 million cubic yards, or 21,000 tons of trash from the state system by June 2024; and
WHEREAS, illegal dumping is an epidemic in Oakland; according to Fiscal Year (FY) 2020-21 data from Oakland Public Works (OPW) work management system, OPW received over 35,613 service requests and crews removed 7,470 tons of debris from Oakland city streets.
A portion of the reported debris fall in Caltrans rights of way; and WHEREAS, in late 2021, Caltrans staff approached the City via the Caltrans Working Group, an interdepartmental team coordinated by the City Administrator’s Office, to discuss opportunities to use Clean California state funds allocated to Caltrans District 4, which includes Oakland; and
WHEREAS, in January 2022 Caltrans and the City began crafting a maintenance agreement for litter and debris removal in Caltrans rights of way; and WHEREAS, Caltrans encourages the City to leverage its contracts with community organizations focused on job creation to perform the work, thereby fulfilling one of Governor Newsom’s objectives for the Clean California initiative, job creation; and 2646873v8 / Attorney Initials - updated 12/28/2021
WHEREAS, Caltrans is interested in entering into an agreement with the City for litter and debris removal in Caltrans rights of way within the city of Oakland; and WHEREAS, Caltrans will provide Clean California grant of $640,000 per year for two- years, for a total of $1,280,000 to the City for cleaning Caltrans’ rights of way in the City of Oakland; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED: That the City Council hereby authorizes the City Administrator or his designee to accept and appropriate grant funds, and to execute on behalf of the City of Oakland all grant documents, including but not limited to, applications, agreements, amendments and requests for payment, necessary to secure Clean California grant funds in an amount of six hundred forty thousand dollars ($640,000) per year for two years for a total of $1,280,000 from Caltrans to provide litter, bulky wasteland homeless encampment debris removal services to Caltrans in Caltrans’rights of way in the City; and be it FURTHER RESOLVED, That the agreement shall be reviewed and approved by the Office of the City Attorney for form and legality and placed on file in the Office of the City Clerk.
IN COUNCIL, OAKLAND, JUN SI 2022
CALIFORNIA, PASSED BY THE
FOLLOWING VOTE:
AYES - FIFE, KALB, KAPLAN, REID, TAYLOR, JAND
PRESIDENT FORTUNATO BAS Qj
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ABSTENTION
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ATTEST:
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City Clerk and Clerk of the Council of the City
of Oakland, California