APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY
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CITY ATTORNEY’S OFFICE
OAKLAND CITY COUNCIL
RESOLUTION NO. _______________ C.M.S.
INTRODUCED BY REBECCA KAPLAN AND CARROLL FIFE
RESOLUTION AWARDING A GRANT AGREEMENT WITH THE
INTERFAITH COUNCIL OF ALAMEDA COUNTY IN AN AMOUNT NOT
TO EXCEED $ 450,000 TO PROVIDE ONE OR MORE SAFE PARKING
PROGRAMS FOR PERSONS LIVING IN VEHICLES FOR A GRANT
TERM COMMENCING ON JANUARY 1, 2024 AND ENDING DECEMBER
31, 2024 , UTILIZING FUNDS FROM MEASURE Q FUND BALANCE
(FUND 2244) AND MAKING CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL
QUALITY ACT FINDINGS
WHEREAS, based on the 2022 Point-In-Time Count for Alameda County, approximately 3,337 individuals are living outside and unsheltered in the City of Oakland at any given time; and
WHEREAS, approximately 86% of homeless individuals in Oakland resided in Alameda County prior to homelessness; and
WHEREAS, many homeless individuals and fami lies in Oakland are living in their vehicles; and
WHEREAS, the City wishes to provide funding to the Interfaith Council of Alameda County, a nonprofit organization, (“ICAC”) to provide approximately three safe parking programs for persons living in their vehicles to supplement existing homeless interventions; and WHEREAS, the City has engaged in discussions with faith leaders who have organized as the ICAC (“Grantee”) to operate safe parking programs at various sites for unsheltered persons in Oakland who are living in their vehicles; and
WHEREAS, the safe parking programs will be on sites owned or controlled by local faith- based organizations, and the Grantee’s programs provide portable toilets, wash stations, access to showers, and wastewater dumping; and
WHEREAS, the City desires to execute a grant agreement with the Interfaith Council of Alameda County in an amount not to exceed $450,000 to operate safe parking sites with their faith- based partners; now, therefore, be it
2 RESOLVED: That the City Council authorizes the City Administrator to enter into a grant agreement with the Grantee in an amount not to exceed $450,000 to provide safe parking programs for persons living in vehicles for a grant term commencing January 1, 2024, and ending December 31, 2024, and be it
FURTHER RESOLVED: That the City Council hereby authorizes the carryforward and reallocation of funds in the amount not to exceed $ 450,000 in FY 2022 -2023 in the Measure Q Fund (2244) for the grant term to support the Grantee’s safe parking programs; and be it FURTHER RESOLVED: That the City Council authorizes the City Administrator to conduct all negotiations, execute and submit all documents, including but not limited to applications, agreements, amendments, modifications, payment requests, and related actions which may be necessary for the above -referenced grant agreement without returning to Council; and be it
FURTHER RESOLVED: That the grant agreement shall be reviewed as to form and legality by the Office of the City Attorney and copies will be filed in the Office of the City Clerk; and be it
FURTHER RESOLVED: That the City Council hereby finds and determines that the actions authorized under this Resolution and the subsequent operation and administration of safe parking sites, are exempt from additional review and analysis under the California Environmental Quality Act (“CEQA”) and the CEQA Guidelines (Cal. Code Regs., title 14, section 15000 et seq:
“CEQA Guidelines”) under CEQA Guidelines section 15303, “New Construction or Conversion of Small Structures, ” and/or section 15304, “Minor Alterations to Land, ” and/or section 15311, “Accessory Structures,” and/or section 15332, “In Fill Development Projects.”
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