APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY
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CITY ATTORNEY’S OFFICE
OAKLAND CITY COUNCIL
RESOLUTION NO. ______________ C.M.S.
RESOLUTION ACCEPTING AND AUTHORIZING TWO -YEAR
MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING FOR THE RECEIPT OF IN-
KIND SERVICES VALUED AT UP TO $ 120,000 PER YEAR FROM
COMMUNITY BOARD PROGRAM (COMMUNITY BOARDS) FOR THE
COMMUNITY POLICE REVIEW AGENCY’S DEVELOPMENT AND
IMPLEMENTATION OF A MEDIATION PROGRAM
WHEREAS, Oakland’s Community Police Review Agency (“CPRA”) is a civilian oversight agency and the investigative arm of the Oakland Police Commission (“Commission”); and
WHEREAS, Oakland Municipal Code (“OMC”) section 2.45.070 (N) tasks the Commission, in association with the CPRA Director and Chief of the Oakland Police Department, with the establishment of rules and procedures for the mediation and resolution of complaints of misconduct; and
WHEREAS, in March 2023, Oakland’s Office of the Inspector General recommended that the Commission, CPRA, and OPD work together to ensure a comprehensive implementation strategy and program design for a mediation program are memorialized; and
WHEREAS, the CPRA seeks to partner with the longest -running non -profit conflict resolution center, the Community Board Program (“Community Boards”), to build a mediation program for the City of Oakland; and
WHEREAS, Community Boards has been provisionally granted a two-year proposal for external grant funding to establish and operate a mediation program, as further explained in the report accompanying this Resolution; and
WHEREAS, Community Boards will receive the grant funding and use the funding to hire a program Mediation Coordinator and other operational expenses to build out the program in coordination with and on behalf of the CPRA; and
WHEREAS, the total value of the services to be funded i s approximately $1 20,000 per year, with approximately $70,000 per year for a mediation coordinator and an unknown additional amount of funds that will also be donated as in-kind services for the City; and
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WHEREAS, pursuant to Oakland Municipal Code section 2.04.160, the City Council must accept gifts and donations to the City in amounts over $50,000; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED: That the City Council accepts and authorizes the Director of the Community Police Review Agency to enter into a memorandum of understanding for receipt of in-kind services valued at up to $120,000 per year from Community Boards for the CPRA ’s development and implementation of a mediation program; and be it FURTHER RESOLVED: That the Director of the Community Police Review Agency is authorized to complete all required negotiations and documentation required to modify, extend, and/or amend the above-referenced agreement for services, consistent with the purposes of this Resolution.
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