Life Enrichment Committee
April 25, 2023
AGENDA REPORT
TO: Steven Falk FROM: Joe DeVries
Interim City Administrator Deputy City Administrator
SUBJECT: OUSD and Community Kitchens DATE: April 11, 2023 Grant Agreement Award
City Administrator Approval Date:
RECOMMENDATION
Staff Recommends That the City Council Adopt a Resolution:
1) Awarding A Grant Agreement To The Oakland Unified School District For An Amount Not To Exceed One Million Dollars ($1,000,000) In Accordance With City Council Budget Appropriations And Allocations As Adopted By Resolution No. 88717 C.M.S.; and
2) Awarding A Grant Agreement To Community Kitchens, Inc. For An Amount Not To Exceed Two Hundred Thousand Dollars ($200,000) In Accordance With City Council Budget Appropriations And Allocations As Adopted By Resolution No. 89376 C.M.S.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The proposed resolution will authorize the City Administrator to negotiate and execute independent grant agreements between the City of Oakland and the following entities:
1.) The Oakland Unified School District
2.) Community Kitchens, Inc
Funding for the grant agreements has been established by the FY 2021-23 Biennial Budget via Resolution No. 88717 C.M.S and the FY 2022-2023 Midcycle Budget via Resolution No. 89283 C.M.S. However, the specific grant agreements through which the funds will be allocated require City Council authorization which this resolution authorizes.
BACKGROUND/LEGISLATIVE HISTORY
Oakland Unified School District (OUSD)
The Oakland Unified School District serves almost 35,000 children across 108 facilities and campuses – more young people than any organization in Oakland. The OUSD Central Kitchen and Instructional Garden is located in West Oakland and serves as a hub to produce nutritious meals and integrate access to healthy food with environment, food and garden education. The Apr 13, 2023
Steven Falk, Interim City Administrator
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Center delivers fresh meals to schools across Oakland, supports school gardens, with the harvests shared with students, staff and the community, and provides student internships and dual enrolment learning opportunities with Laney College.
On August 1, 2019, the Oakland City Council adopted Resolution No. 87834 C.M.S. which amended Resolution No 87761 CMS to add the Oakland Unified School District to the list of organizations to be awarded grant agreements. This action allocated a portion of Measure HH (the Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Tax) funding to support the Central Kitchen.
On June 24, 2021, the Oakland City Council adopted Resolution No. 88717 C.M.S. which adopted the Fiscal Year (FY) 2021-23 Biennial Budget Policy and appropriated funds for said budget expenditures. Through the budget adoption, the Council continued the City’s support of the OUSD Central Kitchen using Measure HH dollars in this current budget cycle.
Community Kitchens, Inc.
Community Kitchens is a food justice organization providing a free, accessible meal program for Oakland’s most vulnerable community members. Their mission is to feed people left behind by other food programs and to build community and solidarity through food. They bring together over 50 local restaurants and 10 community groups to prepare and distribute meals to unhoused, at-risk youth, and shut in or low-income seniors every day. Their meals are distributed by a network of community organizations to marginalized communities and individuals affected by food insecurity. Over 4,500 meals were distributed between July and December of 2022. The $200,000 in grant funding will allow them to double the number of meals provided daily, which would go a long way in addressing food insecurity in Oakland.
On July 26, 2022, the Oakland City Council adopted Resolution No. 89376 C.M.S, which awarded grant agreements to various community service providers.
ANALYSIS AND POLICY ALTERNATIVES
Although the Oakland City Council adopted Resolution No. 88717 C.M.S. on June 24, 2021, which authorized the City Administrator to transfer Funds to departments in order to award grant agreements to various community service providers, the legal name for Oakland Unified School District was omitted from the legislation. Similarly, when the Oakland City Council adopted Resolution No. 89376 C.M.S, On July 26, 2022, which awarded grant agreements to community service providers, the legal names for Community Kitchens, Inc was omitted from the legislation.
The proposed resolution seeks to correct these oversights and grant proper authority to the City Administrator to execute the grant agreement between the City of Oakland and the respective entities. The FY 2021-23 Biennial Budget includes appropriations for a grant agreement with the Oakland Unified School District in the amount of $1,000,000. The FY 2023-2023 Midcycle budget includes appropriations for grant agreements with Community Kitchens, Inc in the amount of $200,000.
Steven Falk, Interim City Administrator
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April 25, 2023
Adoption of these changes will advance the Citywide priority of providing holistic community safety and housing, economic and cultural security by providing quality meals to the most vulnerable Oakland residents.
FISCAL IMPACT
The adoption of this resolution will authorize the City Administrator to negotiate and execute a grant agreement with two (2) organizations:
1.) Oakland Unified School District
2.) Community Kitchens, Inc
Funding for the grant agreements are available from the FY 2021-23 Biennial Budget and FY 2022-2023 Midcycle budget as detailed in Table 1 below:
Table 1: Funding Sources
Grantee Fund
Source Organization Project FY 2022-23
Amount
Oakland Unified
School District
1010 –
General
Purpose
Fund (GPF)
78311- City
Administrator:
Admin
1004117 - GPF
Hunger Program
FY1819
$1,000,000
Community
Kitchens, Inc. 1010 – GPF
78311- City
Administrator:
Admin
1005635 - GPF
Hunger Program
FY2023
$200,000
TOTAL FUNDING $1,200,000
There is no additional request from the General Purpose Fund.
PUBLIC OUTREACH / INTEREST
No outreach was deemed necessary for this informational report beyond the standard City Council agenda noticing procedures.
SUSTAINABLE OPPORTUNITIES
Economic: The economic opportunity associated to this resolution are significant as the grant funding will enable the continuation of the programs to serve the community without interruption.
Environmental: There are no environmental opportunities associated with this report.
However, the Oakland Unified School District educates students in agricultural practices that reduce the carbon footprint from the atmosphere, which supports our climate action goals.
Race and Equity: A racial equity analysis has not been conducted; however, these programs provide a critical service to children, seniors and other Oakland residents. Eighty-nine percent (89%) of the children served by OUSD are from Black, Latino, Asian, Pacific Islander or Native Steven Falk, Interim City Administrator
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American families, and over 50% speak a language other than English at home. Community Kitchens are unable to capture demographic data – however, their grants provide affordable food options and provides homelessness intervention services in priority areas indicated in the Equity Indicators Report.
ACTION REQUESTED OF THE CITY COUNCIL
Staff Recommends That the City Council Adopt a Resolution:
1) Awarding A Grant Agreement To The Oakland Unified School District For An Amount Not To Exceed One Million Dollars ($1,000,000) In Accordance With City Council Budget Appropriations And Allocations As Adopted By Resolution No. 88717 C.M.S.; and 2) Awarding A Grant Agreement To Community Kitchens, Inc. For An Amount Not To Exceed Two Hundred Thousand Dollars ($200,000) In Accordance With City Council Budget Appropriations And Allocations As Adopted By Resolution No. 89376 C.M.S;
For questions regarding this report, please contact Michael Akanji, City Administrator Analyst, at (510) 238-6454.
Respectfully submitted,
JOE DEVRIES
Deputy City Administrator
Prepared By:
Michael Akanji, City Administrator Analyst