APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY
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CITY ATTORNEY’S OFFICE
OAKLAND CITY COUNCIL
RESOLUTION NO. ______________ C.M.S.
RESOLUTION:
1) ACCEPTING AND APPROPRIAT ING A GRANT FROM THE
ALAMEDA COUNTY PROBATION DEPARTMENT IN AN AMOUNT
NOT TO EXCEED ONE MILLION DOLLARS ($1,000,000) FOR THE PERIOD OF JULY 1, 2024, TO JUNE 30, 2027; AND
2) AUTHORIZING THE CITY ADMINISTRATOR TO TAKE ALL STEPS NECESSARY FOR THE CITY TO RECEIVE THE GRANT; AND
3) ADDING ONE (1) FULL -TIME EQUIVALENT (FTE) CASE
MANAGER POSITION I P OSITION IN THE DEPAR TMENT OF
VIOLENCE PREVENTION FOR THE PERIOD OF OCTOBER 1, 2024,
TO JUNE 30, 2027 , IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED FOUR
HUNDRED FIFTY -TWO THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED SIXTY-
EIGHT DOLLARS ($45 2,468) AND ALLOCATING GRANT FUNDS
FOR THIS PURPOSE; AND
4) AMENDING RESOLUTION NO. 90061 C.M.S. TO REDUCE GENERAL
PURPOSE FUND ALLOCAT IONS AND ALLOCATING GRANT
FUNDS IN AN AMOUNT N OT TO EXCEED FOUR HUNDRED
THOUSAND DOLLARS ($4 00,000) TO SUPPORT G RANTS WITH
NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS THAT WILL HOST SUMMER 202 4
TOWN NIGHTS EVENTS.
WHEREAS, there were 120 homicides and 1,537 assaults with a firearm in Oakland in 2023; and
WHEREAS, the City of Oakland’s Department of Violence Prevention (DVP) is charged with funding and delivering violence prevention and intervention services that reduce group and gun violence in Oakland; and
WHEREAS, the DVP participates in Oakland’s Ceasefire -Lifeline strategy for reducing group violence by providing intensive life coaching and violence interruption services to individuals at imminent risk for gun violence; and
2 WHEREAS, the Alameda County Probation Department (ACPD) also participates in Oakland’s Ceasefire-Lifeline strategy by identifying individuals at imminent risk for gun violence and attending custom notifications and call-ins to deliver the Ceasefire-Lifeline message; and
WHEREAS, ACPD desires to further support Oakland’s Ceasefire -Lifeline strategy by adding and funding a 1.0 full -time equivalent (FTE) Case Manager I position in the DVP from October 1, 2024, to June 30, 2027, who will deliver intensive life coaching services to individuals 21 years old and under; and
WHEREAS, ACPD also desires to support strategies that reduce violence in Oakland by increasing social capital and community cohesion in neighborhoods most impacted by violence ; and
WHEREAS, the DVP operates Town Nights, which is a series of community events hosted on Friday nights during summer months in neighborhoods with high rates of violent crime, for the purpose of building community cohesion and capacity to address violence; and
WHEREAS, ACPD desires to support the operation of Town Nights during Summer 2024 at eight locations in Oakland; and
WHEREAS, Resolution No. 90061 C.M.S. awarded grant agreements to non -profit organizations to operate Town Nights using general purpose funds, and DVP seeks to use $400,000 of the ACPD funds for these grants; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED: That the City Council hereby authorizes the City Administrator to accept and appropriate a grant from ACPD in an amount not to exceed One Million Dollars ($1,000,000) for the term of July 1, 2024, to June 30, 2027; and be it
FURTHER RESOLVED: That the City Council hereby appropriates said funds to Project (To-be-determined), Award (To -be-determined), Fund (To-be-determined), Fostering Safe and Healthy Communities Program (SC22), and Oakland Unite Organization (70211); and be it
FURTHER RESOLVED: That the City Administrator is authorized to add one (1) 1.0 FTE Case Manager I position in the Department of Violence Prevention for the period of October 1, 2024, to June 30, 2027 , for a total amount not to exceed Four Hundred Fifty -Two Thousand Four Hundred Sixty-Eight Dollars ($452,468); and be it
FURTHER RESOLVED: That the City Council hereby amends Resolution No. 90061 C.M.S. to reduce the general purpose fund allocations and allocate ACPD funds in an amount not to exceed Four Hundred Thousand Dollars ($400,000) to support grants with the agencies awarded from January 1, 2024, to September 30, 2024, to host Summer 2024 Town Nights events, such that the funding for each grant is allocated as stated in Table 1:
3 Table 1. ACPD Funding Allocations for Summer 2024 Town Nights Events.
Agency ACPD funding
amount
General
Purpose Funds
Total Grant
Award
Building Opportunities for Self-
Sufficiency
$52,500 $22,500 $75,000
Communities United for Restorative
Youth Justice
$52,500 $22,500 $75,000
Destiny Arts Center $52,500 $22,500 $75,000
East Oakland Boxing Association $52,500 $22,500 $75,000 Trybe, Inc. $190,000 $115,000 $305,000
Total $400,000 $205,000 $605,000
; 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, 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