Oakland City Council
July 18, 2023

APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY ________________________ CITY ATTORNEY’S OFFICE OAKLAND CITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION NO. _______________ C.M.S. INTRODUCED BY COUNCIL MEMBER DAN KALB RESOLUTION AWARDING A GRANT IN THE AMOUNT OF $11,000 FROM PRESIDENT PRO TEM KALB’S MURAL FUNDS (FUND 85521) TO ARTIST DEBRA KOPPMAN FOR A COMMUNITY MURAL OUTSIDE STUDIO NAGA INDO-AMERICAN MARTIAL ARTS AT 5850 SAN PABLO AVENUE WHEREAS, on July 26, 2021, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 88783 C.M.S., which amended Resolution No. 88717 C.M.S., the adoption of the FY 2021-23 Biennial Budget adjustments, to appropriate additional funding for murals across the City of Oakland, business improvement district support, cameras in commercial corridors, transportation, and capital projects; and WHEREAS, pursuant to Resolution No. 88783 C.M.S., each Council District office was allocated $60,000 for public art murals, to be funded by Fund 85521; and WHEREAS, Council President Pro Tem Kalb wishes to grant $11,000 of his public art mural funding to artist Debra Koppman who is working with District 1-based non-profit martial arts school Studio Naga, located at 5850 San Pablo Avenue in Oakland; and WHEREAS, Studio Naga has operated since 2000, and is a community which supports change and growth in a diverse, supportive environment, and WHEREAS, the studio teaches children and adults the Indonesian martial art, Poekoelan Tjimindie Tulen, which ground fighting, self-defense, forms, animal movement, meditation, weapons, and free sparring and training offers benefits in physical fitness, self-defense, confidence, flexibility, mental focus, and self-expression; and WHEREAS, the studio has been featured MSN, NPR, and other publications, and are known for stressing leadership development and peer support; and WHEREAS, the studio struggled to stay afloat during the COVID pandemic and has often struggled with graffiti and other defacement of their exterior walls; and WHEREAS, at the July 6, 2023 meeting of Oakland’s Public Art Advisory Committee, the committee approved the proposed mural design; and WHEREAS, the mural will be sited on the long exterior façade of the brick building occupied by Studio Naga at 5850 San Pablo Avenue, at the corner of 59th Street and San Pablo Avenue; and 2 WHEREAS, the mural is a collaborative effort between the artist, the martial arts studio, and the community, which will participate in the painting of the wall; now, therefore be it RESOLVED: That the City Administrator is authorized to execute a grant agreement with artist Debra Koppman, in coordination with Studio Naga, for their mural. IN COUNCIL, OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA, PASSED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE: AYES - FIFE, GALLO, KALB, KAPLAN, REID, JENKINS, RAMACHANDRAN AND PRESIDENT FORTUNATO BAS NOES – ABSENT – ABSTENTION – ATTEST: ASHA REED City Clerk and Clerk of the Council of the City of Oakland, California