APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY
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CITY ATTORNEY’S OFFICE
OAKLAND CITY COUNCIL
RESOLUTION NO. ______________ C.M.S.
INTRODUCED BY COUNCIL PRESIDENT NIKKI FORTUNATO BAS
RESOLUTION AWARDING GRANT AGREEMENTS TO COMMUNITY SERVICE PROVIDERS FOR A TOTAL AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED SIX MILLION sNINETY- ONE THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED FIFTY ( $6,091,250) DOLLARS IN
ACCORDANCE WITH CITY COUNCIL BUDGET APPROPRIATIONS AND
ALLOCATIONS AS ADOPTED BY RESOLUTION NO. 89283 C.M.S. (ATTACHED HERETO AS EXHIBIT A), WHICH AMENDED THE FISCAL YEAR 2022 -23 BUDGET
WHEREAS, on June 24, 2021, the City Council adopted the Fiscal Year (FY) 2021 -23 biennial budget (Resolution No. 88721 C.M.S.), which appropriated funds for the expenditures proposed by said budget; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has a longstanding policy of adopting a two -year budget and making mid-cycle adjustments to the biennial budget; and
WHEREAS, in May and June 2022, the City Council reviewed the City’s revenues and expenditures as part of the midcycle budget review process and, on June 30, 2022, adopted FY 2022-23 Midcycle Budget Adjustments to balance the FY 2021 -23 biennial budget (Resolution No. 88721 C.M.S.); and
WHEREAS, the ongoing COVID -19 pandemic, and related economic and public safety issues, has had devastating negative impacts on much of Oakland, including having a disproportionate negative impact on Black, Latinx, Indigenous and Asian Pacific Islan der communities, and harming local small businesses; and
WHEREAS, the budget amendments adopted by the Council on June 30, 2022, included funding to be used to issue grants and contracts to community -based organizations to provide urgently-needed activities to help protect community health and safety, increase equity, reduce vulnerabilities and negative impacts on our community, increase local economic opportunity, and other needs for hard-hit communities; and
WHEREAS, the City Council wishes to expedite the issuance of these grants and contracts to improve the lives of Oakland community members; and
WHEREAS, Oakland Municipal Code (“O.M.C.”) section 2.04.040(B) requires advertising and bidding for purchase orders and contracts for supplies, constructio n services and professional services; and
WHEREAS, the needs of Oakland residents impacted by COVID-19, and broader health, safety and economic issues are great and the City must act quickly to address these needs; and
WHEREAS, compliance with the compet itive processes required by O.M.C. sections
2.04.040 will delay purchases and the award of contracts to address the negative impacts of COVID-19; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to O.M.C. sections 2.04.050(I)(5) and 2.04.051(B), the City Council may waive the advertising and bidding requirements for purchase orders and contracts for supplies, construction services and professional services upon a finding that doing so is in the best interest of the City; and
WHEREAS, the City Council wishes to provide grant funding to the following entities for various community-related services and activities in the specified amounts for Fiscal Year 2022 - 23:
TABLE 1
Grantee FY 2022-23 Amount
Saba Grocers Initiative
Community food cards
$1,000,000
P.L.A.C.E. (People Linking Art Community
& Ecology)
Educational workshops on permaculture
Contingent upon Council appropriation
$10,000
Oakland Housing Secure
$750,000 for legal services
$750,000
Oakland Housing Secure
$250,000 for rental assistance,
Contingent upon Council appropriation
$250,000
Fuse Corps
Climate sustainability fellows
$160,000
Community Kitchens
Prepared meal support for the most
vulnerable Oaklanders
$200,000
Unity Council, fiscal sponsor of Oakland
Vietnamese Chamber of Commerce
Little Saigon business support and safety
resources
$110,500
Legal Services for Prisoners with Children
Fiscal sponsor of Taylor Memorial UMC
Affordable Housing Program
$175,000
HCEB Increase Contract
Pilot security program for 3rd and Peralta
$200,000
Fire Safe Council
Oakland Community Preparedness &
Response (OCP&R)
$125, 000
Oakland Private Industry Council
Technical Equipment Infrastructure
Improvements
50,000
Peralta Service Corporation
Re-entry employment and training services
$400,000
Native American Health Center
Employment and training services for youth
and young adults
$200,000
Spanish Speaking Citizens Foundation
Healthy neighbohoods
$350,000
East Oakland Collective
Homeless services
$200,000
Feather River Camp
Vegetation management, platform tent repair,
technology upgrades/operating costs
reduction investments
$50,000
Family Support Advocates
Support for victims and families of violent
crime assistance offering healing education
advocacy and training
$75,000
Black Cultural Zone
Funding their community messenger cohort
$175,000
Ok program
Transportation for youth from extracurricular
activities
$25,000
Thy Word
community food distribution
$50,000
NAACP
Youth Development, mentoring and violence
prevention
$10,000
Homies Empowerment
Youth Development, mentoring and violence
prevention
$50,000
East Oakland Youth Development Center
Youth serving, education and training
$50,000
Youth Uprising
Youth serving, education and training
$50,000
East Oakland Boxing Association
Youth serving, education and training
$25,000
Lend a hand
Youth serving, education and training
$25,000
Kingmakers of Oakland
Youth development, mentoring and violence
prevention
$25,000
Chery Ward Ministries
Workforce development for youth
$25,000
Construction Resource Center
Support small, minority, local business
contractors’ access to opportunity
$400,000
Love Life Foundation
Lovelife Campaign
$10,000
West Coast Blues Society
Cleaning of Blues Walk of Fame and 7th
Street Blues Festival
$62,000
Project Touchdown
Math and science tutoring and mentoring
$83,750
program
Movement Strategy Center, fiscal sponsor of
TAY CTE Hub
Strategic plan for Career Technical
Education Hub
$350,000
Legal Services for Prisoners with Children
Housing for re-entry population, including
seniors, and support with re-entry services
$250,000
Center for Independent Living
Home assessment cases to support local
residents with improved access to funding
accessibility improvements to housing
$120,000
TOTAL $6,091,250
RESOLVED: That the City Administrator is hereby authorized to negotiate and execute grant agreements or contracts in accordance with the City Council’s budget appropriations and allocations in Exhibit 2 to Resolution No. 89283 C.M.S. (attached hereto as Exhibit A) as enumerated above in Table 1; and be it
FURTHER RESOLVED: That these agreements are not professional services contracts as defined by City ordinance as they do not provide goods or services to the City but rather they are grants to private n on-profit entities that serve the public at large, therefore the competitive request for proposal/qualifications process is not required under Oakland Municipal Code section
2.04.015; and be it
FURTHER RESOLVED: That prior to execution, all contracts a nd grant agreements shall be reviewed and approved as to form and legality by the City Attorney, and executed copies shall be filed with the City Clerk, and be it
FURTHER RESOLVED : That this Resolution shall take effect immediately upon its passage.
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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