APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY
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CITY ATTORNEY’S OFFICE
OAKLAND CITY COUNCIL
RESOLUTION NO. _______________ C.M.S.
A RESOLUTION ACCEPTING, APPROPRIATING, AND AUTHORIZING
AN AGREEMENT FOR RECEIPT OF AN ENCAMPMENT RESOLUTION
FUNDING (ERF) GRANT FROM THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA IN THE
AMOUNT OF FOUR MILLION SEVEN HUNDRED THIRTY -ONE
THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED DOLLARS AND ONE CENT
($4,731,300.01) TO FUND INTERIM HOUSING CONSTRUCTION,
OPERATIONS, AND SERVICES AT 2601 WOOD STREET THROUGH
JUNE 30, 2024
WHEREAS, the number of unsheltered persons in the City of Oakland exceeds 3,300 per the most recent Point -In-Time Homeless Count and Survey, conducted in February 2022, which is an increase from the same survey conducted in January 2019; and
WHEREAS, approximately 50 percent of the homeless population in Alameda County resides in Oakland; and
WHEREAS, the current number of unsheltered persons in Oakland significantly exceeds the number of available shelter and interim housing beds; and
WHEREAS, analysis and evidence has demonstrated that providing safe and stable interim housing combined with essential support services are two primary components of a successful transition out of homelessness; and
WHEREAS, the State of California released a fun ding opportunity , entitled the Encampment Resolution Funding (ESF) Program, to fund projects supporting the transition of clients residing in homeless encampments to safe and stable housing; and
WHEREAS, the City sought to secure this additional funding for interim housing operations and services at 2601 Wood Street; and
WHEREAS, in April 2022, the State of California awarded the City a grant in the amount of four million seven hundred thirty one thousand three hundred dollars and one cent ($4,731,300.01) to fund construction, operations, and services to be provided at 2601 Wood Street through June 30, 2024, which was included and allocated in the City’s 2022-23 Adopted Midcycle Budget; and
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WHEREAS, an interim housing program at 2 601 Wood Street is projected to provide interim housing to former residents of the Wood Street encampment and additional homeless residents throughout the City of Oakland; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED: That the City Council hereby accepts, appropriates, and authorizes an agreement for the receipt of grant funding awarded by the State of California in the amount of four million seven hundred thirty-one thousand three hundred dollars and one cent ($4,731,300.01) for the purpose of funding interim housing construction, operations, and services to be provided at the City-leased property located at 2601 Wood Street through June 30, 2024; and be it
FURTHER RESOLVED: That the City Council hereby appropriates and allocates the aforementioned grant funds in the State of California Other (2159), Community Housing Services Organization (78411), Third Party: Grants Contract Account (54912), in Project (1006324), as indicated in the 2022-23 Adopted Midcycle Budget.
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