APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY
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CITY ATTORNEY’S OFFICE
OAKLAND CITY COUNCIL
RESOLUTION NO. _______________ C.M.S.
RESOLUTION AWARDING GRANT AGREEMENTS TO TWENTY-SIX
NON-PROFIT AND PUBLIC AGENCI ES TO PROVIDE SERVICES
UNTIL JUNE 30, 2024 TO ADDRESS THE IMPACT AND REDUCE
CONSUMPTION OF SUGAR SWEETENED BEVERAGES IN A TOTAL
AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $3,000,000 USING SUGAR-SWEETENED
BEVERAGE DISTRIBUTION TAX REVENUE IN THE AMOUNT NOT TO
EXCEED $1,000,000 FROM FISCAL YEAR 2021-22 REVENUES AND $2,000,000 FROM FISCAL YEAR 2022-23 REVENUES
WHEREAS, the City of Oakland voters passed Measure HH, the Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Distribution Tax Ordinan ce (the “Ordinance”) in November 201 6, approving a 1 cent per ounce general excise tax on the distribution of sugar-sweetened beverages in Oakland; and WHEREAS, all Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Distribution Tax ( “SSBDT”) revenue collected and remitted to the City is deposited in the City of Oakland ’sunrestricted general fund and in the Sugar Sweetened Beverage Tax Sub-fund to be used for any lawful government purpose; and
WHEREAS, Resolution No. 87062 C.M.S. established the Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Distribution Tax Fund (the “SSB DT Fund”) for the purpose of collecting the revenues from the tax, and established City Council policy to co nsider the Board’s recommendations regarding appropriations; and
WHEREAS, the Ordinance established the Communi ty Advisory Board to advise and make recommendations on how and to what extent the City Council should establish and/or fund programs to prevent or reduce the health conseq uences of the consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages in Oakland communities; and
WHEREAS, members were appointed and confirmed by resolution to the Sugar Sweetened Beverage Tax Community Advisory Board (the “Board”) in June 2017 and the Board began holding regular meetings in October 2017; and
WHEREAS, appropriations in the amount of $3,000,000 is available for grants in the FY2021-23 Biennial Budget and is allocated in the Measure HH (SSBDT) Fund (1030), Youth Services Organization (78251), Contract Contingencies (54011), Measure HH-Healthy Kids ________________________
CITY ATTORNEY’S OFFICE
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Program (1003817), and in the Childhood and Youth Services Program (YS03) to implement the Sugar Sweetened Beverage Tax Community Advisory Board’s recommendations; and
WHEREAS, a Request for Proposals (“RFP”) was developed by the City of Oakland staff based on the recommendations of the Board to direct funding to three funding areas and prioritize resources to neighborhoods most affected by the consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages, and the RFP was released in March 2022; and
WHEREAS, in April 2022, the Human Services Department (“HSD”) received 45 proposals from private non-profit and public entities to provide services for the SSBDT community grants program cycle 2022-2024; and
WHEREAS, all of the received proposals were ev aluated and scored through a rigorous process involving HSD and City Administrator’s Office (“CAO”) staff, members of the Board, and citizens of the Oakland community; and
WHEREAS, the HSD and CAO recommend the following twenty-six (26) grant funding awards in the not to exceed amounts specif ied below for FY 2022-24 for the programs as further described in the City Administrator’s report accompanying this resolution
Agency Name Project Title Funding Area Recommended
Funding
Amount
East Oakland
Youth
Development
Center
Health and Wellness
Program
Healthy Neighborhoods
$100,000
Mercy Retirement
and Care Center
Mercy Brown Bag
Program
Healthy Neighborhoods
$135,000
Native American
Health Center
Healthy Oakland
Families
Prevention and Mitigation
$95,000
Lifelong Medical
Care
LifeLong Oral Health –
East Oakland
Prevention and Mitigation
$105,000
Oakland Soccer
Club
Youth Program Healthy Neighborhoods
$50,000
City Slicker
Farms
Backyard Gardens
Programs
Healthy Neighborhoods
$60,000
Safe Passages The Legacy of Our
Foods Program
Healthy Neighborhoods
$105,000
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Agency Name Project Title Funding Area Recommended
Funding
Amount
Roots Community
Health Center
Food Matters: Building
Healthy Food Systems
Healthy Neighborhoods
$245,000
Bay Area
Community
Resources
Healthy Options at
Point of Sale (HOPS)
Policy and Advocacy
$145,000
YMCA of the
East Bay
YMCA and Healthy
Me
Healthy Neighborhoods
$95,000
SOS: Meals on
Wheels
Meals that Heal: Health
Improvements for
Homebound Seniors in
Oakland
Healthy Neighborhoods
$155,000
Community
Kitchens
Mobile Oasis Healthy Neighborhoods
$145,000
Acta Non Verba:
Youth Urban
Farm Project
Youth Urban Farm
Project
Healthy Neighborhoods
$145,000
Planting Justice Combatting Food
Apartheid through
Alternatives to SSBs
Healthy Neighborhoods
$95,000
Youth
Employment
Partnership
Peer-to-Peer Nutrition Healthy Neighborhoods
$95,000
Oakland Lacrosse
Club
Healthy Students Healthy Neighborhoods
$100,000
InAdvance Sugar Freedom Project Policy and Advocacy
$170,000
Kids Cooking for
Life
Nutrition & Cooking to
Enhance Lives of
Oakland Youth
Healthy Neighborhoods
$40,000
Friends of Peralta
Hacienda
Historical Park
Health and Nutrition
Network at Peralta
Healthy
Neighborhoods/Policy and
Advocacy
$145,000
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Agency Name Project Title Funding Area Recommended
Funding
Amount
Health Initiatives
for Youth
FOOD! in Context Healthy Neighborhoods
$95,000
Soccer without
Borders
Oakland Global Goal 5
Girls Soccer League
Healthy Neighborhoods
$50,000
Asian Health
Services
Mobile Oral Health
Services
Healthy Neighborhoods
$95,000
TIDES Center Youth Action Board Healthy Neighborhoods
$120,000
Black Cultural
Zone Community
Development
Corporation
Liberation Park @
Eastmont and On-The-
Road
Healthy Neighborhoods
$145,000
Public Health
Institute Center
for Wellness &
Nutrition
Oakland on the Move:
Tackling Sugary
Drinks
Policy and Advocacy $195,000
Living the Dream Healthy Athletic
Nutrition Program
Healthy Neighborhoods
$75,000
; and
WHEREAS, the grants will be funded using $1,000,000 from FY 2021-2022 SSBDT revenue and $2,000,000 from FY 2022-2023 SSBDT revenues; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED: That the City Council hereby aw ards grant agreements to the aforementioned service providers in the amounts specified above for a total amount not to exceed $3,000,000 to provide services to reduce the consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages until June 30, 2024.
IN COUNCIL, OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA,
PASSED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE:
AYES - FIFE, GALLO, KALB, KAPL AN, 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