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APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY22 JUL 14 PH M 45
CITY ATTORNEY’S OFFICE
OAKLAND CITY COUNCIL
89367^RESOLUTION NO. C.M.S.
RESOLUTION:
1) ACCEPTING AND APPROPRIATING A CALIFORNIA VIOLENCE
INTERVENTION AND PREVENTION (CALVIP) GRANT FROM THE
CALIFORNIA BOARD OF STATE AND COMMUNITY
CORRECTIONS (BSCC) IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED FIVE
MILLION NINE HUNDRED NINETY-NINE THOUSAND NINE
HUNDRED FORTY-EIGHT DOLLARS ($5,999,948) FOR THE PERIOD OF JULY 1,2022, TO DECEMBER 31, 2025 (42 MONTHS);
2) AUTHORIZING THE CITY ADMINISTRATOR TO TAKE ALL STEPS NECESSARY FOR THE CITY TO RECEIVE THE CALVIP GRANT;
3) WAIVING THE CITY OF OAKLAND’S LOCAL AND SMALL LOCAL
BUSINESS ENTERPRISE PROGRAM (L/SLBE) REQUIREMENTS
AND COMPETITIVE BIDDING PROCESS AND AWARDING AN
AGREEMENT IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED THREE
HUNDRED TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS ($325,000) FOR A
TERM ENDING DECEMBER 31, 2025, TO URBAN INSTITUTE TO
EVALUATE THE CAL VIP-FUNDED PROGRAM;
4) WAIVING THE CITY OF OAKLAND’S L/SLBE REQUIREMENTS
AND COMPETITIVE BIDDING PROCESS AND AWARDING AN
AGREEMENT IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED TWO HUNDRED
TWENTY THOUSAND DOLLARS ($220,000) FOR A TERM OF JULY
1,2023 TO JUNE 30,2025, TO FAITH IN ACTION EAST BAY INC. TO SUPPORT THE CALVIP-FUNDED PROGRAM;
5) WAIVING THE CITY OF OAKLAND’S L/SLBE REQUIREMENTS
AND COMPETITIVE BIDDING PROCESS AND AWARDING AN
AGREEMENT IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED ONE HUNDRED
TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED SIXTY DOLLARS
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($125,960) FOR A TERM ENDING JUNE 30, 2025, TO HERU
CONSULTING TO DELIVER TRAINING IN THE PREVENTION AND
INTERVENTION FAMILY SYSTEMS APPROACH;
6) WAIVING THE CITY OF OAKLAND’S L/SLBE REQUIREMENTS
AND COMPETITIVE BIDDING PROCESS AND AWARDING AN
AGREEMENT IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED SIXTY-SIX
THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED SEVENTY-SIX DOLLARS ($66,776)
FOR A TERM ENDING JUNE 30, 2025, TO ROCA INC. TO DELIVER
THE REWIRE COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL THEORY TRAINING
CURRICULUM;
7) AUTHORIZING THE CITY ADMINISTRATOR TO ADD SIX (6) 1.0 FULL-TIME EQUIVALENT (FIE) CASE MANAGER 1 POSITIONS
TO THE DEPARTMENT OF VIOLENCE PREVENTION (DVP) FOR
THE TERM OF OCTOBER 1, 2022, TO JUNE 30, 2025, (33 MONTHS)
FOR A TOTAL AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED TWO MILLION FOUR
HUNDRED FIFTY-ONE THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED AND SIX
DOLLARS ($2,451,906);
8) AUTHORIZING THE CITY ADMINISTRATOR TO ADD ONE (1) 1.0
FTE HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES PROGRAM PLANNER
POSITION TO THE DVP FOR THE TERM OF OCTOBER 1, 2022, TO JUNE 30, 2025, (33 MONTHS) FOR A TOTAL AMOUNT NOT TO
EXCEED FIVE HUNDRED SEVENTY-FOUR THOUSAND NINE
HUNDRED FORTY-EIGHT DOLLARS ($574,948);
9) AUTHORIZING THE CITY ADMINISTRATOR TO ADD ONE (1) 1.0
FTE CASE MANAGER II, SUPERVISING POSITION TO THE DVP
FOR THE TERM OF OCTOBER 1, 2022, TO JUNE 30, 2025, (33
MONTHS) FOR A TOTAL AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED FIVE
HUNDRED TWENTY-ONE THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED FORTY-
THREE DOLLARS ($521,343);
10) ALLOCATING CAL VIP FUNDS IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED
ONE MILLION SEVEN HUNDRED EIGHTY THOUSAND SEVEN
HUNDRED NINETY-ONE DOLLARS ($1,780,791) TO AUGMENT
EXISTING VIOLENCE PREVENTION SERVICES IN THE DVP
THROUGH DECEMBER 31,2025.
WHEREAS, Oakland ended 2021 with 134 homicides, its greatest number of annual homicides since 2006, and 1,656 shootings with injury; and WHEREAS, a network analysis conducted by Drs. Anthony Braga and Lisa Barao in 2019 and 2020 identified three groups that are responsible for the majority of group-driven gun violence in Oakland; and
WHEREAS, the DVP seeks to provide dedicated outreach and services to individuals affiliated with these three groups and their families in order to prevent future gun violence; and WHEREAS, the City of Oakland applied for and received a grant from the Board of State and Community Corrections (BSCC) through its California Violence Intervention and Prevention (CalVIP) grant program in the amount of Five Million Nine Hundred Ninety-Nine Thousand Nine Hundred Forty-Eight Dollars ($5,999,948) for the period of July 1, 2022, to December 31, 2025, to focus resources on individuals affiliated with these three groups and their families; and WHEREAS, the CalVIP grant program requires a 100% cash or in-kind match in order for the City to receive grant funds;
WHEREAS, the CalVIP program considers cash expenditures for items such as salaries and benefits, facilities, supplies or equipment purchased by the grantee to be a cash match when such expenditures are used to augment the project; and
WHEREAS, DVP recommends that Five Million Nine Hundred Ninety-Nine Thousand Nine Hundred Forty-Eight Dollars ($5,999,948) be allocated as match to fund two (2) 1.0 Full time Equivalent (FTE) Program Analyst III positions, one (1)1.0 FTE Program Analyst II position, one (1) 0.40-0.50 FTE Program Analyst II position, one (1)0.50 FTE Outreach Developer position, one (1) 0.30 FTE Budget and Grants Administrator position, one (1) 0.5 FTE Program Analyst III position; one (1) 0.30 FTE Administrative Services Manager I position, one (1) ).50 FTE Accountant II position, one (1) 0.10 FTE Chief of Violence Prevention position, one (1) 0.30 FTE Project Manager II position, one (1) 0.30 FTE Captain of Police position, an agreement with Roca, Inc. for $66,776 to provide training in the REWIRE cognitive behavioral theory curriculum, $1,050,000 in DVP contracts with employment providers, $900,000 in DVP contracts with life coaching providers, and $28,082 in funding for the DVP’s data management system to support implementation of the CalVIP project and fulfill grant requirements; and WHEREAS, the $5,999,948 in local match funds is available in the following project budgets: $1,146,577 from Fund 2252, Org 70211, Project 1005669, Program PS37; $782,959 from Fund 1010, Org 70111, Project 1006367, Program SC22; $548,459 from Fund 1010, Org 70211, Project 1006367, Program SC22; $221,898 from Fund 2152, Org 70111, Project 1005670, Program SC22; $329,249 from Fund 1010, Org 70111, Project 1003738, Program SC22; $257,321 from Fund 2252, Org 70211, Project 1005667, Program PS37; $296,733 from Fund 2252, Org 108630, Project 1001323, Program PS37; and $371,903 from Fund 1010, Org 108630, Project 1000008, Program PS03; $66,766 from Fund 2252, Org 70211, Project 1005363, Program PS37; $1,050,000 from Fund 2252, Org 70211, Project 1005653, Program PS37; $900,000 from Fund 2252, Org 70211, Project 1005651, Program PS37; $28,082 from Fund 2252, Org 02111, Project 1001362, Program PS37; and
WHEREAS, the DVP recommends allocating CalVIP grant funds to fund six (6) 1.0 FTE Case Manager I positions, one (1) 1.0 FTE Health & Human Services Program Planner position, and one (1) 1.0 FTE Case Manager II, Supervising position for the term of October 1, 2022 to June 30, 2025 (33 months); and
WHEREAS, Oakland Municipal Code (OMC) section 2.04.05l.A requires the City Administrator to conduct a request for proposals/qualifications (RFP/Q) process for professional services contracts greater than $50,000 and OMC section 2.04.051.B allows Council to waive the RFP/Q requirements upon a finding by the Council that it is in the best interest of the City to do so; and
WHEREAS, the City, as the CalVIP grantee, is required to submit a final evaluation report for the funded CalVIP project to the BSCC, which can be conducted by the grantee or an evaluation firm of the grantee’s choosing; and
WHEREAS, the City Administrator's Office selected Urban Institute through Request for Qualifications (RFQ) #267688 to perform an evaluation of DVP violence prevention and intervention services funded through the Oakland Public Safety and Services V iolence Prevention Act of 2014, also known as Measure Z, for the period of July 1, 2022 through June 30, 2025; and WHEREAS, staff recommends that the City Council make the finding that it is in the best interests of the City to waive the advertising and competitive bidding requirements of the OMC and the L/SLBE requirements and enter into a contract with Urban Institute to evaluate the CalVIP program for a total not to exceed Three Hundred Twenty-Five Thousand Dollars ($325,000) for a term ending December 31,2025 in order to align evaluation efforts of DVP programs and services; and
WHEREAS, Faith in Action East Bay, Inc. is a founding member of Oakland’s Ceasefire strategy and is funded through an existing CalVIP grant held by the DVP to conduct and coordinate Ceasefire custom notifications through June 30, 2023;
WHEREAS, staff recommends that the City Council make the finding that it is in the best interests of the City to waive the advertising and competitive bidding requirements of the OMC and the L/SLBE requirements and enter into a contract with Faith in Action East Bay, Inc. to continue managing the Ceasefire custom notification process through June 20,2025, for a total not to exceed Two Hundred Twenty Thousand Dollars ($220,000); and WHEREAS, Dr. Andrae Brown, president of Heru Consulting, is a licensed family therapist who previously adapted the prevention and intervention family systems approach for implementation by the United States Agency for International Development in the Eastern Caribbean and has extensive experience training staff to apply the model; WHEREAS, staff recommends that the City Council make the finding that it is in the best interests of the City to waive the advertising and competitive bidding requirements of the OMC and the L/SLBE requirements and enter into a contract with Heru Consulting to deliver the prevention and intervention family systems approach for a total not to exceed One Hundred Twenty-Five Thousand Nine Hundred Sixty Dollars ($125,960) for a term ending June 30, 2025; and
WHEREAS, Roca, Inc. is a nationally-recognized nonprofit organization that uses relentless outreach and cognitive behavioral techniques to engage individuals at the center of urban violence in changing their destructive behaviors and becoming productive members of their communities; and
WHEREAS, Roca, Inc. developed the REWIRE cognitive behavioral theory (CBT) skills curriculum in partnership with physicians from Massachusetts General Hospital based on research on trauma-informed CBT interventions and for use with individuals who are actively involved in violence; and
WHEREAS, staff recommends that the City Council make the finding that it is in the best interests of the City to waive the advertising and competitive bidding requirements of the OMC and the L/SLBE requirements and enter into a contract with Roca, Inc. for a total not to exceed Sixty-Six Thousand Seven Hundred Seventy-Six Dollars ($66,776) for a term ending June 30, 2025; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED: That the City Council hereby authorizes the City Administrator to accept and appropriate a grant in an amount not to exceed Five Million Nine Hundred Ninety-Nine Thousand Nine Hundred Forty-Eight Dollars ($5,999,948) from the BSCC for the DVP’s CalVIP program; and be it
FURTHER RESOLVED: That the City Council hereby appropriates said funds to California Board of State and Community Corrections Fund (2152), Oakland Unite (70211), CALVIP 2022-2025 Project (TBD), and Fostering Safe and Healthy Communities Program (SC22); and be it
FURTHER RESOLVED: That the City Administrator is authorized to add six (6) 1.0 FTE Case Manager I positions, one (1) 1.0 FTE Health & Human Services Program Planner position, and one (1) 1.0 FTE Case Manager II, Supervising position to the DVP for the term of October 1, 2022, to June 30, 2025, (33 months) for a total amount not to exceed Three Million Five Hundred Forty-Eight Thousand One-Hundred Ninety-Seven Dollars ($3,548,197); and be it FURTHER RESOLVED: That the City Council finds and determines that pursuant to OMC Section 2.04.051 .A and based upon the reasons stated above and in the City Administrator's report accompanying this resolution, it is in the best interest of the City to waive the advertising and competitive bidding requirements of the OMC and the L/SLBE requirements and authorize the City Administrator to enter into a contract with Urban Institute for a total not to exceed Three Hundred Twenty-Five Thousand Dollars ($325,000) for a term ending December 31,2025; and be it
FURTHER RESOLVED: That the City Council finds and determines that pursuant to OMC Section 2.04.051 .A and based upon the reasons stated above and in the City Administrator's report accompanying this resolution, it is in the best interest of the City to waive the advertising and competitive bidding requirements of the OMC and the L/SLBE requirements and authorize the City Administrator to enter into a contract with Faith in Action East Bay, Inc. for a total not to
exceed Two Hundred Twenty Thousand Dollars ($220,000) for a term ending June 20, 2025; and be it
FURTHER RESOLVED: That the City Council finds and determines that pursuant to OMC Section 2.04.05l.A and based upon the reasons stated above and in the City Administrator's report accompanying this resolution, it is in the best interest of the City to waive the advertising and competitive bidding requirements of the OMC and the L/SLBE requirements and authorize the City Administrator to enter into a contract with Hern Consulting for a total not to exceed One Hundred Twenty-Five Thousand Nine Hundred Sixty Dollars ($125,960) for a term ending June 30, 2025; and be it
FURTHER RESOLVED: That the City Council finds and determines that pursuant to OMC Section 2.04.051.A and based upon the reasons stated above and in the City Administrator's report accompanying this resolution, it is in the best interest of the City to waive the advertising and competitive bidding requirements of the OMC and the L/SLBE requirements and authorize the City Administrator to enter into a contract with Roca, Inc. for a total not to exceed Sixty-Six Thousand Seven Hundred Seventy-Six Dollars ($66,776) for a term ending June 30, 2025; and be it
FURTHER RESOLVED: That the City Council hereby allocates CalVIP funds in an amount not to exceed one million seven hundred eighty thousand seven hundred ninety-one dollars ($1,780,791) to augment existing violence prevention services in the DVP through December 31, 2025; and be it
FURTHER RESOLVED: That the City Administrator is hereby authorized to complete all required negotiations, certifications, assurances, agreements, and documentation required to modify or extend at no-cost the grant award; and be it
FURTHER RESOLVED: That prior to execution, all agreements shall be reviewed and approved as to form and legality by the Office of the City Attorney and placed on file in the Office of the City Clerk.
IN COUNCIL, OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA, JUL 1 9 2022
PASSED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE:
Mk GALLO, KALB, HdM4M$4,00jTAYLOR, THAO AND
PRESIDENT FORTUNATO BAS
AYES-
NOES-
ABSENT-gf
ABSTENTION- 0
ATTEST:
ASHA REED
City Clerk and Clerk of the Council of the
City of Oakland, California