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:
1) ACCEPTING AND APPROPRIATING A CALIFORNIA VIOLENCE
INTERVENTION AND PREVENTION GRANT FROM THE
CALIFORNIA BOARD OF STATE AND COMMUNITY
CORRECTIONS IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED NINE
THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED SEVENTY-FOUR DOLLARS ($9,174)
FOR THE PERIOD OF JULY 1, 2023, TO JUNE 30, 2025;
2) AUTHORIZING THE CITY ADMINISTRATOR TO TAKE ALL
STEPS NECESSARY FOR THE CITY TO RECEIVE THE CALVIP
GRANT; AND
3) AUTHORIZING THE CITY ADMINISTRATOR TO ADD ONE 0.8
FULL-TIME EQUIVALENT ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT I
POSITION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF VIOLENCE PREVENTION
(DVP) FOR THE TERM OF JULY 1, 2023, TO JUNE 30, 2025, FOR A
TOTAL AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED TWO HUNDRED FIFTY
THOUSAND DOLLARS ($250,000) USING CALVIP COHORT IV
FUNDING ACCEPTED BY THE CITY IN JULY 2022 THROUGH
RESOLUTION NO. 89367 C.M.S.
WHEREAS, In 2022, there were 122 homicides and 1,266 shootings with injury in Oakland; and
WHEREAS, the City of Oakland’s Department of Violence Prevention (DVP) provides dedicated outreach and services to individuals involved in group-driven violence and their families in order to prevent future violence; and
WHEREAS, the City of Oakland applied for and received a grant from the Board of State and Community Corrections (BSCC) through cohort IV of the California Violence Intervention and Prevention (CalVIP) grant program in the amount of Five Million Nine Hundred Ninety-Nine Thousand Nine Hundred Forty-Eight Dollars ($5,999,948) for the period of July 1, 2022, to December 31, 2025, to focus resources on individuals affiliated with these violent groups and their families (Resolution No. 89367 C.M.S.); and
WHEREAS, the City of Oakland’s CalVIP cohort IV grant included funding for twenty- seven (27) community engagement team (CET) members to perform street outreach to individuals who are involved in or affiliated with group violence in order to mediate conflicts and connect individuals to helpful services; and
WHEREAS, the DVP requires administrative support in order to efficiently process payments for CET members, connect outreach individuals to helpful services, collect data on CET outreach activities, and organize professional development opportunities for CET members; and
WHEREAS, the hiring of several grant-funded staff positions from the CalVIP cohort IV grant was delayed by several months during Fiscal Year 2022-2023, which resulted in salary savings; and
WHEREAS, DVP recommends that Two Hundred and Fifty Thousand Dollars ($250,000) of salary savings be reallocated to fund one (1) 0.8 Full-time Equivalent (FTE) Administrative Assistant I position to provide the required administrative support for the CET program; and
WHEREAS, cohort IV recipients of CalVIP funding were invited to apply for up to Nine Thousand One Hundred Seventy-Four Dollars ($9,174) in additional funding to provide mental health services to frontline workers, and the DVP submitted an application for this funding on April 28, 2023; and
WHEREAS, the DVP was notified on September 8, 2023, that its application for funding was approved in the amount of Nine Thousand One Hundred Seventy-Four Dollars ($9,174); now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED: That the City Council hereby authorizes the City Administrator to accept and appropriate a grant in an amount not to exceed Nine Thousand One Hundred Seventy-Four Dollars ($9,174) from the BSCC for mental health services for frontline workers as part of the DVP’s cohort IV CalVIP grant; and be it
FURTHER RESOLVED: That the City Council hereby appropriates said funds to California Board of State and Community Corrections Fund (2152), Oakland Unite (70111), CALVIP 2022-2025 Project (1006525), and Fostering Safe and Healthy Communities Program (SC22); and be it
FURTHER RESOLVED: That the City Administrator is authorized to create one (1)
0.8 Full-time Equivalent (FTE) Administrative Assistant I position to provide the required administrative support for the CET program; 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