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APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY
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CITY ATTORNEY’S OFFICE
OAKLAND CITY COUNCIL
RESOLUTION NO. ______________ C.M.S.
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY ADMINISTRATOR TO
AWARD GRANT AGREEMENTS FOR THE 20
23-2024 CORRIDOR
SAFETY AMBASSADOR PROG RAM TO NON-PROFIT
ORGANIZATIONS JACK LONDO N IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT,
SPANISH SPEAKING UNITY COUNCI L OF ALAMEDA COUNTY, INC.
AND BLACK CULTURAL ZONE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
CORPORATION FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2023-2024 AS SET FORTH IN TABLE 1 TO THIS RESOLUTION FOR A TOTAL AM OUNT NOT TO
EXCEED ONE MILLION DOLLARS ($1,000,000) TO IMMEDIATELY
ENHANCE SECURITY AMBASSADOR AND PERSONNEL AND SAFETY
PROGRAMS DURING THE 2023 HOLI DAY SHOPPING SEASON AND
THROUGHOUT THE PROGRAM YE AR IN HIGH PRIORITY
NEIGHBORHOOD BUSINESS CORRIDORS INCLUDING THE
DOWNTOWN, HEGENBERGER, AND FRUITVALE, COMMERCIAL
CORRIDORS
WHEREAS, with the coming 2023 holiday season and as the City of Oakland (City) and other employers in the downtown area continue to recover from the disruption of business closures during the Covid-19 pandemic, the City wishes to take actions to improve public safety in the downtown area and other critical business and cultural corridors of the City, such as the Downtown, Hegenberger, and Fruitvale commercial corridors; and WHEREAS, with the rise in crime and to improve public safety, the City wishes to support community driven solutions to attract patrons, visitors and s hoppers to key commercial and cultural corridors; and
WHEREAS, the City wishes to enter into grant agreements with a Business Improvement District and other commercial corridor-serving non-profit orga nizations to provide funding to increase and improve security from a holistic, community solutions approach as part of the 2023- 2024 Corridor Safety and Ambassador Program; and
WHEREAS, the grant funds will be used to immediately expand existing ambassador programs, as well as existing private security focused on commercial corridors; and WHEREAS, the funding for the grants is availabl e from the Fiscal Year (FY) 2023-24 General Purpose Fund (1010); and
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WHEREAS, the FY 2023-25 adopted budget provides One Million Dollars ($1,000,000) in funding to build on this pilot launch of the Commercial Corridor Safety and Ambassador Grants and implement a comprehensive Corridor Safety Program; and WHEREAS, the City wishes to award a Commerci al Corridor Safety and Ambassador Grant to the Jack London Business Improvement District, a Nonprofit Corporation, in an amount up to Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($500,000), as set forth in Table 1 to enhance Ambassador, Safety and Security Initiativ es during the holiday shopping season in neighborhood shopping areas; and
WHEREAS, the City wishes to award a Commerci al Corridor Safety and Ambassador Grant to the Black Cultural Zone Community Development Corporation, a Nonprofit Corporation, an amount up to Two Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($250,000) as set forth in Table 1 to enhance Ambassador, Safety and Security Initiatives during the holiday shopping season; and WHEREAS, the City wishes to award a Commerci al Corridor Safety and Ambassador Grant to the Spanish Speaking Unity Council of Alameda County, Inc., a Nonprofit Corporation, an amount up to Two Hundred Fifty Thousand Do llars ($250,000), as set forth in Table 1 to enhance Ambassador, Safety and Security Init iatives during the holiday shopping season; and therefore, now be it
RESOLVED: That Administrator is authorized to negotiate, draft, execute and award grants to the Jack London Improvement District, the Spanish Speaking Unity Council of Alameda County, Inc. and the Black Cultural Zone Commun ity Development Corporation, for the Fiscal Year 2023-2024, in an amount not to exceed On e Million Dollars ($1,000,000) for the purposes set forth herein and in Table 1 and up to the amounts provided in Table 1, which hereby is incorporated by reference; and be it
FURTHER RESOLVED: That the One Million Dollars ($1,000,000) in funding for these grants are available as part of the FY 2023- 24 adopted budget in General Purpose Fund (1010), Business Development Organization (85411), Miscellaneous Contract Services Account (54919), Business Corridor Community Am bassador Project (1007109), Bu siness Creation, Attraction, Retention, & Expansion Program (SC11); and be it
FURTHER RESOLVED: That the City Administrator is authorized to modify, extend or amend the grant agreements without increasing the amount of the grant awards.
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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TABLE 1
Commercial Corridor Safety and Ambassador Grants ($1,000,000):
Grantee Individual Maximum
Grant Amount
Total Not-to-Exceed
Grant Amount
Jack London Improvement
District (3615695), a Nonprofit
Corporation, to serve the
Downtown commercial district
$500,000 $500,000
Black Cultural Zone Community
Development Corporation
(4533653), a Nonprofit
Corporation to serve the
Hegenberger commercial corridor
$250,000 $250,000
Spanish Speaking Unity Council
of Alameda County, Inc.
(527967), a Nonprofit
Corporation to serve the Fruitvale
commercial district
$250,000 $250,000
TOTAL $1,000,000