APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY
CITY ATTORNEY’S OFFICE
OAKLAND CITY COUNCIL
RESOLUTION NO. ______________ C.M.S.
RESOLUTION:
1. EXTENDING THE END DATE OF EXISTING GRANT
AGREEMENTS WITH FOUR NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS
FUNDED TO CONDUCT SUMMER 2023 TOWN NIGHTS VIOLENCE
PREVENTION EVENTS FROM JUNE 30, 2023, TO SEPTEMBER 30,
2023, WITH NO CHANGE IN FUNDING AMOUNT; AND
2. RENEWING EXISTNG GRANT AGREEMENTS WITH NON-PROFIT
ORGANIZATIONS AND PUBLIC AGENCIES TO PROVIDE
VIOLENCE PREVENTION AND INTERVENTION SERVICES FOR
THE PERIOD OF JULY 1, 2023, TO JUNE 30, 2024, IN A TOTAL
AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED THIRTEEN MILLION ONE HUNDRED
FORTY-EIGHT THOUSAND DOLLARS ($13,148,000); AND
3. RENEWING EXISTING GRANT AGREEMENTS WITH NON-
PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS TO CONDUCT SUMMER 2024 TOWN
NIGHTS VIOLENCE PREVENTION EVENTS FOR THE PERIOD OF
OCTOBER 1, 2023, TO SEPTEMBER 1, 2024, IN AN AMOUNT NOT
TO EXCEED ONE MILLION FIFTY-THREE THOUSAND DOLLARS
($1,053,000).
WHEREAS, Oakland voters passed the Measure Z Public Safety and Services Violence Prevention Act (Measure Z) in November 2014, which approved the collection of taxes for 10 years to fund violence prevention and intervention objectives and established a Public Safety and Services Violence Prevention Oversight Commission (SSOC) to oversee Measure Z expenditures; and
WHEREAS, the Oakland Police Department, Oakland Fire Department, and Oakland Department of Violence Prevention (DVP) administer Measure Z funds for violence prevention and intervention programs and services; and
WHEREAS, on June 24, 2021, City Council adopted the Biennial Budget for Fiscal Years 2021-23 (Resolution No. 88717 C.M.S.), which allocated general purpose funds to the DVP in the amount of $7,000,000 in Fiscal Year 2021-22 and $10,000,000 in Fiscal Year 2022-
2 23 to address the dramatic uptick in community and gender-based violence during the pandemic and as part of the City's efforts to reimagine public safety; and
WHEREAS, based on the results of a competitive request for qualifications process, DVP recommended that the City enter into grant agreements with 31 non-profit and public agencies for the term of July 1, 2022, to June 30, 2023, in the total amount of $19,350,000, to implement violence intervention programs and services outlined in the DVP’s Fiscal Year 2022- 2024 Strategic Spending Plan; and
WHEREAS, the SSOC reviewed and conditionally approved the DVP’s Fiscal Year 2022-2023 funding recommendations on May 23, 2022; and
WHEREAS, City Council reviewed and approved the DVP’s Fiscal Year 2022-2023 funding recommendations on June 21, 2022, (Resolution No. 89273 C.M.S.) and approved an amendment to these recommendations on November 1, 2022, (Resolution No. 89462 C.M.S.) that reassigned funding sources for two contracts but preserved total funding amounts; and
WHEREAS, City Council added $450,000 to three Fiscal Year 2022-2023 grant agreements approved through Resolutions No. 89273 and 89462 C.M.S. to fully fund Summer 2023 Town Nights events at seven sites with no change in term (Resolution No. 89648 C.M.S.); and
WHEREAS, City Council waived the City of Oakland’s Local and Small Local Business Enterprise Program requirements and competitive bidding process and awarded new grant agreements to Family Bridges, Inc. and East Oakland Boxing Association to conduct Summer 2023 Town Nights events for a six-month term beginning April 1, 2023, and ending September 30, 2023, each in a total amount not to exceed One Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($150,000) (Resolution No. 89648 C.M.S.); and
WHEREAS, the DVP recommends that the City extend the end date of existing grant agreements with four non-profit agencies funded to conduct Summer 2023 Town Nights events from June 30, 2023, to September 30, 2023, with no change in funding amount; and
WHEREAS, the DVP recommends that the City renew existing grant agreements with non-profit and public agencies for a total amount not to exceed Thirteen Million One Hundred Forty-Eight Thousand Dollars ($13,148,000) to provide violence prevention and intervention services for the period July 1, 2023, to June 30, 2024; and
WHEREAS, the DVP recommends that the City renew existing grant agreements with six non-profit agencies to conduct Summer 2024 Town Nights events for the term of October 1, 2023, to September 30, 2024, in an amount not to exceed One Million Fifty-Three Thousand Dollars ($1,053,000); and
WHEREAS, the recommended awards for Fiscal Year 2023-2024 will be supported in part by $7,338,240 proposed in the Biennial Budget for Fiscal Year 2023-2025 using restricted funds collected for group and gun violence prevention programs as authorized by Measure Z, available in the Measure Z – Violence Prevention and Public Safety Act Fund (2252), Oakland Unite Organization (70211) and Measure Z, Projects TBD; and
3 WHEREAS, one Fiscal Year 2023-2024 grant award to Center for Employment Opportunities will be funded by a state grant received by the Oakland Workforce Development Board in an amount up to $200,000; and
WHEREAS, general purpose funds proposed in the Biennial Budget for Fiscal Year 2023-2025 in the amount of $6,155,760 will subsidize Fiscal Year 2023-2024 grant awards, available in the General Purpose Fund (1010), Oakland Unite Organization (70211), General Purpose, Projects TBD; and
WHEREAS, Measure Z reserve funds in the amount of $507,000 will be used to fully satisfy the recommended Fiscal Year 2023-2024 grant awards, available in the Measure Z – Violence Prevention and Public Safety Act Fund (2252), Oakland Unite Organization (70211), Measure Z Service Prior Year Reserve Project (1004313); now therefore be it
RESOLVED: That the City Administrator is hereby authorized to extend the end date of existing grant agreements with the four non-profit agencies listed in Table 1 that are funded to conduct Summer 2023 Town Nights events from June 30, 2023, to September 30, 2023, with no change in funding amount
Table 1. Summer 2023 Town Nights Grants That Require Contract Extension.
Agency Amount
Trybe (host organization and fiscal sponsor for Homies Empowerment) $300,000 Communities United for Restorative Youth Justice $150,000 Building Opportunities for Self-Sufficiency (fiscal sponsor for Khadafy Washington Foundation, Hoover-Foster Resident Action Council, and Adamika Village)
$450,000
Destiny Arts Center $150,000
Subtotal $1,050,000
; and be it
FURTHER RESOLVED: That the City Administrator is hereby authorized to renew existing grant agreements with the non-profit and public agencies listed in Tables 2-4 in the amounts specified for a total amount not to exceed Thirteen Million One Hundred Forty-Eight Thousand Dollars ($13,148,000) to provide violence prevention and intervention services for the term of July 1, 2023, to June 30, 2024
Table 2. FY23-24 Grant Award Recommendations for the Group and Gun Violence Response Strategy.
Activity Agency Amount
Violent Incident Crisis Response
Violence
interruption
Youth ALIVE! $468,000
Communities United for Restorative Youth Justice $234,000 Building Opportunities for Self-Sufficiency $468,000
Trybe $234,000
Community & Youth Outreach, Inc. $312,000
Hospital-based
Intervention
Youth ALIVE! $292,500
4 Activity Agency Amount
Family support Youth ALIVE! $214,500
Emergency
relocation
Youth ALIVE! $206,700
Subtotal $2,429,700
Youth Diversion and Youth & Adult Life Coaching
Youth diversion Community Works West $156,000
National Institute for Criminal Justice Reform $156,000 Oakland Unified School District $66,300
Youth life
coaching
East Bay Asian Youth Center $382,200
Safe Passages $214,500
The Mentoring Center $214,500
Adult life
coaching
The Mentoring Center $366,600
Roots Community Health Center $210,600
Communities United for Restorative Youth Justice $234,000 Community & Youth Outreach, Inc. $366,600
Abode Services $117,000
Subtotal $2,484,300
Youth Career Exploration and Adult Employment & Education Support Adult
Employment
Center for Employment Opportunities $200,000
Oakland Private Industry Council $234,000
Youth Employment Partnership $234,000
Youth
Employment
Lao Family Community Development $156,000
Oakland Kids First $156,000
Safe Passages $39,000
Youth Employment Partnership $312,000
Subtotal $1,331,000
School-Site Violence Intervention and Prevention Teams
Life coaching
and violence
interruption
Family Violence Law Center (Fiscal sponsor for Youth
ALIVE!)
$468,000
Communities United for Restorative Youth Justice $234,000 Community & Youth Outreach, Inc. $156,000
East Bay Asian Youth Center $234,000
Student Program for Academic and Athletic Transitioning $156,000 Restorative
justice
Restorative Justice for Oakland Youth $273,000
Gender-based
violence support
Family Violence Law Center $351,000
Subtotal $1,872,000
Total $8,117,000
Table 3. FY23-24 Grant Award Recommendations for the Gender-Based Violence Strategy.
Activity Agency Amount
Crisis Response
24-hour hotline Family Violence Law Center (with BAWAR) $312,000 Ruby’s Place (with S.H.A.D.E.) $195,000
5 Activity Agency Amount
24-hour bedside
advocacy
Family Violence Law Center (with Progressive
Transitions)
$195,000
Subtotal $702,000
Housing
Emergency
shelter
Covenant House $312,000
Family Violence Law Center (with BAWAR) $156,000
Sister to Sister $156,000
Transitional
housing
Building Opportunities for Self-Sufficiency (fiscal sponsor for Love Never Fails)
$234,000
Subtotal $858,000
Wraparound supports
Life coaching East Bay Asian Youth Center $195,000
Legal advocacy Family Violence Law Center (with Bay Area Legal Aid and Justice At Last)
$507,000
Employment Building Opportunities for Self-Sufficiency (with S.H.A.D.E., Love Never Fails, and Realized Potential)
$273,000
Therapeutic
support
Family Violence Law Center (with Mujeres Unidas y
Activas and BAWAR)
$234,000
Building Opportunities for Self-Sufficiency (Fiscal sponsor for A Safe Place, Adamika Village, Love Never Fails, and Men Creating Peace)
$234,000
Oakland Unified School District – Office of Equity $156,000 Safe space
alternative
Youth Women’s Freedom Center $156,000
Oakland LGBTQ Community Center $117,000
Subtotal $1,872,000
Total $3,432,000
Table 4. FY23-24 Grant Award Recommendations for the Community Healing and Restoration Strategy.
Agency Amount
Healing and Restorative Activities
Catholic Charities $156,000
Restorative Justice for Oakland Youth $156,000
Urban Peace Movement (fiscal sponsor of Movement Strategy Center) $273,000 Building Opportunities for Self-Sufficiency (fiscal sponsor of Khadafy Washington Foundation and Adamika Village)
$195,000
Subtotal $780,000
Therapeutic Supports
Catholic Charities $156,000
Subtotal $156,000
Community Capacity Building
Urban Strategies Council $195,000
Subtotal $195,000
Mini Grants
Youth Leadership Institute $468,000
Subtotal $468,000
6 Agency Amount
Total $1,599,000
; and be it
FURTHER RESOLVED: That the City Administrator is hereby authorized to renew existing grant agreements with the six non-profit agencies listed in Table 5 to conduct Summer 2024 Town Nights events for the term of October 1, 2023, to September 30, 2024, in an amount not to exceed One Million Fifty-Three Thousand Dollars ($1,053,000)
Table 5. FY23-24 Grant Award Recommendations for Summer 2024 Town Nights.
Agency Amount
Trybe (host organization and fiscal sponsor for Homies Empowerment) $234,000 Communities United for Restorative Youth Justice $117,000 Building Opportunities for Self-Sufficiency (fiscal sponsor for Khadafy Washington Foundation, Hoover-Foster Resident Action Council, and Adamika Village)
$351,000
Destiny Arts Center $117,000
Family Bridges, Inc. $117,000
East Oakland Boxing Association $117,000
Subtotal $1,053,000
; and be it
FURTHER RESOLVED: That the recommended Fiscal Year 2023-2024 grant awards will be supported in part by $7,338,240 proposed in the Biennial Budget for Fiscal Year 2023- 2025 using restricted funds collected for group and gun violence prevention programs as authorized by Measure Z, available in the Measure Z – Violence Prevention and Public Safety Act Fund (2252), Oakland Unite Organization (70211) and Measure Z, Projects TBD; and be it
FURTHER RESOLVED: That one grant award to Center for Employment Opportunities will be funded by a state received by the Oakland Workforce Development Board in an amount up to $200,000; and be it
FURTHER RESOLVED: That general purpose funds proposed in the Biennial Budget for Fiscal Year 2023-2025 in the amount of $6,155,760 will subsidize Fiscal Year 2023-2024 grant awards, available in the General Purpose Fund (1010), Oakland Unite Organization (70211), General Purpose, Projects TBD; and be it
FURTHER RESOLVED: That Measure Z reserve funds in the amount of $507,000 will be used to fully satisfy the recommended Fiscal Year 2023-2024 grant awards, available in the Measure Z – Violence Prevention and Public Safety Act Fund (2252), Oakland Unite Organization (70211), Measure Z Service Prior Year Reserve Project (1004313); and be it
FURTHER RESOLVED: That if available funds change during the mid-cycle budget, including if additional Measure Z revenues or general purpose funds become available, DVP will use these additional Fiscal Year 2023-2024 Measure Z revenues or general purpose funds prior to use of Measure Z Reserve funds available in the Measure Z – Violence Prevention and Public 7 Safety Act Fund (2252), Oakland Unite Organization (70211), Measure Z Service Prior Year Reserve Project (1004313) to cover the difference; and be it
FURTHER RESOLVED: That if Measure Z Safety and Services Act revenue projections for Fiscal Year 2023-2024 change, either positively or negatively, DVP may amend the grant agreements to adjust the grant amounts by the same percentage during the grant-award process; and be it
FURTHER RESOLVED: That if General Purpose Fund projections for Fiscal Year 2023-2024 change, either positively or negatively, DVP may amend the grant agreements to adjust the grant amounts by the same percentage during the grant-award process; and be it
FURTHER RESOLVED: That any unexpended balances due to grantees not meeting their deliverables shall be placed into the Measure Z – Violence Prevention and Public Safety Act Fund (2252), Oakland Unite Organization (70211), and Measure Z Service Prior Year Reserve Project (1004313) or and/or General Purpose Fund (1010), Oakland Unite Organization (70211), Reimaging Public Safety Project (1006367); and be it
FURTHER RESOLVED: That the City Administrator or designee is authorized to complete all required negotiations, certifications, assurances, and documentation required to accept, modify, extend, and/or amend the above-referenced grants for services without increasing the amount of the grants except as specified above.
IN COUNCIL, OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA,
PASSED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE:
AYES - FIFE, GALLO, JENKINS, KALB, KAPLAN, RAMACHANDRAN, REID, AND
PRESIDENT FORTUNATO BAS
NOES –
ABSENT –
ABSTENTION –
ATTEST:
ASHA REED
City Clerk and Clerk of the Council of the
City of Oakland, California
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