2646873v8 / Attorney Initials - updated 12/28/2021
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY
CITY ATTORNEY’S OFFICE
OAKLAND CITY COUNCIL
RESOLUTION NO. _______________ C.M.S.
RESOLUTION ACCEPTING AND APPROPRIAT ING A BYRNE
DISCRETIONARY GRANTS PROGRAM AWARD FROM THE OFFICE
OF JUSTICE PROGRAMS BUREAU OF JUSTICE ASSISTNACE (BJA) IN
AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND
DOLLARS ($ 200,000) FOR THE PERIOD OF OCTOBER 1, 2022 , TO SEPTEMBER 3 0, 2024 (24 MONTHS); AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY ADMINISTRATOR TO:
1) TAKE ALL STEPS NECESSARY FOR THE CITY TO RECEIVE THE BJA GRANT;
2) ADD ONE (1) 1.0 FULL-TIME EQUIVALENT (FTE) PROGRAM
ANALYST I POSITION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF VIOLENCE
PREVENTION (DVP) FOR THE TERM OF JANUARY 1, 202 3, TO
MAY 31, 202 4, ( 17 MONTHS ) FOR A TOTAL AMOUNT NOT TO
EXCEED ONE HUNDRED NINETY-NINE THOUSAND FIVE
HUNDRED TWENTY-NINE DOLLARS ($199,529);
3) ALLOCATING BJA FUNDS IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED FOUR HUNDRED SEVENTY-ONE DOLLARS ($ 471) TO AUGMENT
EXISTING VIOLENCE PREVENTION SERVICES IN THE DVP
THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30, 2024.
WHEREAS, Oakland ended 2021 with 134 homicides, its greatest number of annual homicides since 2006, and 1,656 assaults with a firearm; and
WHEREAS, data collected by the Oakland Police Department in 2021 indicate that shooting and homicide victims are primarily Black or Latino (77%) and male (70%), and they have a median age of 34; and
WHEREAS, a network analysis conducted by Drs. Anthony Braga and Lisa Barao in 2019 and 2020 revealed that 34% of shooting and homicide victims and 43% of shooting and homicide suspects had a known affiliation with one of 59 active violent groups in Oakland; and
WHEREAS, the DVP delivers and funds three primary services in response to shootings and homicides to reduce the likelihood of future violence: (1) violence interruption; (2) hospital- based response; and (3) a 24/7 response to shootings and homicides known as the triangle incident response; and
WHEREAS, the DVP requires additional support to facilitate these violent incident crisis response activities through administrative and contract management; and
WHEREAS, the DVP applied for and received a grant in the amount of two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000) from the BJA through its Byrne Discretionary Grant Program for the period of October 1, 2022, to September 30, 2024 (24 months) to support the DVP’s violent incident crisis response activities through administrative and contract management; and
WHEREAS, the DVP recommends allocating BJA grant funds to fund one (1) 1.0 FTE Program Analyst I position for the term of January 1, 2022, to May 31, 2024 (17 months); now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED: That the City Council hereby accepts and appropriates a grant in an amount not to exceed Two Hundred Thousand Dollars ($ 200,000) from the BJA through the Byrne Discretionary Grant Program; and be it
FURTHER RESOLVED: That the City Council hereby appropriates said funds to Department of Justice Fund (2112), Oakland Unite Organization (70211) Byrne 2023-2024 Project (TBD), and Fostering Safe and Healthy Communities Program (SC22); and be it
FURTHER RESOLVED: That the C ity Administrator is authorized to add one (1) 1.0 FTE Program Analyst I position to the DVP for the term of January 1, 2023, to May 31, 2024, (17 months) for a total amount not to exceed One Hundred Ninety -Nine Thousand Five Hundred Twenty-Nine Dollars ($199,529); and be it
FURTHER RESOLVED: That the City Council hereby allocates BJA funds in an amount not to exceed four hundred seventy -one dollars ($471) to augment existing violence pre vention services in the DVP through September 30, 2024; 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,
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