APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY
CITY ATTORNEY’S OFFICE
OAKLAND CITY COUNCIL
RESOLUTION NO. _______________ C.M.S.
RESOLUTION ACCEPTING AND APPROPRIAT ING A GILEAD
FOUNDATION GRANT FROM THE OAKLAND FUND FOR PUBLIC
INNOVATION IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED ONE MILLION
EIGHT HUN DRED THOUSAND DOLLARS ($ 1,800,000) FOR THE
PERIOD OF JULY 1, 2022 , TO JUNE 30, 202 5 (3 YEARS ); AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY ADMINISTRATOR TO:
1. TAKE ALL STEPS NECESSARY FOR THE CITY TO RECEIVE THE GILEAD GRANT;
2. WAIVE 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 SIXTY-SIX
THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED FIFTY DOLLARS ($66,250) FOR A TERM ENDING JUNE 30, 2025, TO URBAN INSTITUTE TO EVALUATE
GRANT ACTIVITIES;
3. ADD TWO (2) 1.0 FULL-TIME EQUIVALENT (FTE) CASE MANAGER I
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 EIGHT
HUNDRED SEVENTEEN THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED TWO
DOLLARS ($817,302);
4. 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);
5. ALLOCATE GRANT FUNDS IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED
THREE HUNDRED FORTY-ONE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED
DOLLARS ($341,500) TO AUGMENT EXISTING VIOLENCE
PREVENTION SERVICES IN THE DVP THROUGH JUNE 30, 2025.
WHEREAS, the Gilead Foundation’s Creating Possible Fund is focused on reducing equity gaps in education and improving the mental health and wellness of middle and high school students in the United States; and
WHEREAS, violence is an issue of education equity given that students who are routinely exposed to violence at home and in the community often experience toxic stress that leads to cognitive impairment, hyperactivity, and attention deficits that make it very challenging to succeed in the classroom; and
WHEREAS, Oakland has experienced an uptick in community and gender-based violence since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, ending 2021 with 134 homicides, 1,656 assaults with a firearm, and 3,219 reported incidents of domestic violence; and
WHEREAS, the majority of high school students who live in Oakland neighborhoods most impacted by community and gender-based violence attend school in the Oakland Unified School District (OUSD), which educates roughly 10,000 students in grades 9 through 12 each year; and
WHEREAS, incidents of violence are experienced by high school students in Oakland both vicariously and directly; in 2021, 6% of shootings with injury, 2% of domestic violence incidents, 13% of rapes, and 24% of other sex offenses reported to OPD involved victims between the ages of 14 and 18; and
WHEREAS, the DVP applied for and received a grant in the amount of one million eight hundred thousand dollars ($1,800,000) from the Gilead Foundation through the Oakland Fund for Public Innovation (OFPI) for the period of July 1, 2022, to June 30, 2025 (3 years) to decrease the spread of violence among high school students in O USD by creating family and community contexts that support resistance to violence transmission; and
WHEREAS, the DVP recommends allocating CalVIP grant funds to fund two (2) 1.0 FTE Case Manager I positions and one (1) 1.0 FTE Health & Human Services Program Planner position for the term of October 1, 2022, to June 30, 2025, (33 months); and
WHEREAS, Oakland Municipal Code (OMC) section 2.04.051.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, Urban Institute does not meet the city’s minimum participation requirement associated with the Local/Small Business Enterprise (L/BSE) Programs , which only Council has the authority to waive ; 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 Violence 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 Gilead Foundation grant activities for a total not to exceed Sixty-Six Thousand Two Hundred Fifty Dollars ($66,250) for a term ending June 30, 2025, in order to align evaluation efforts of DVP programs and services; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED: That the City Council hereby accepts and appropriates a Gilead Foundation grant in an amount not to exceed one million eight hundred thousand dollars ($1,800,000) from OFPI; and be it
FURTHER RESOLVED: That the City Council hereby appropriates said funds to Social Services Fund (2994), Oakland Unite Organization (70211), Gilead 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 two (2) 1.0 FTE Case Manager I positions and one (1) 1.0 FTE Health & Human Services Program Planner position for the term of October 1, 2022, to June 30, 2025, (33 months) for a total amount not to exceed One Million Three Hundred Ninety -Two Thousand Two Hundred Fifty Dollars ($1,392,250); 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 Sixty- Six Thousand Two Hundred Fifty Dollars ($66,250) for a term ending June 30, 2025; and be it
FURTHER RESOLVED: That the City Council hereby allocates grant funds in an amount not to exceed Three Hundred Forty -One Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($341,500) to augment existing violence prevention services in the DVP through June 30, 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,
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