APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY
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CITY ATTORNEY’S OFFICE
OAKLAND CITY COUNCIL
RESOLUTION NO. ______________ C.M.S.
RESOLUTION:
1. AMENDING AN EXISTING GRANT WITH YOUTH ALIVE FOR
VIOLENCE PREVENTION AND INTERVENTION SERVICES FOR
THE PERIOD OF OCTOBER 1, 2023, TO JUNE 30, 2025, TO ADD TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS ($200,000) THAT WAS
ORIGINALLY AWARDED TO CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE
DIOCESE OF OAKLAND FOR A TOTAL AMOUNT NOT TO
EXCEED THREE MILLION EIGHT HUNDRED THIRTEEN
THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED FIFTY DOLLARS ($3,813,750),
WITH THE ABILITY TO EXTEND THE AGREEMENT FOR AN
ADDITIONAL THREE MONTHS IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED
FIVE HUNDRED SIXTY-SIX THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED FIFTY
DOLLARS ($566,250) CONTINGENT ON AVAILABLE FUNDS; AND
2. AWARDING A GRANT TO URBAN PEACE MOVEMENT–
OAKLAND FOR COMMUNITY HEALING SERVICES FOR THE
PERIOD OF JULY 1, 2024, TO JUNE 30, 2025, IN A TOTAL AMOUNT
NOT TO EXCEED THREE HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND
DOLLARS ($350,000) USING FUNDS ORIGINALLY AWARDED TO
MOVEMENT STRATEGY CENTER AS URBAN PEACE
MOVEMENT’S FISCAL SPONSOR, WITH THE ABILITY TO
EXTEND THE AGREEMENT FOR AN ADDITIONAL THREE
MONTHS IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED EIGHTY-SEVEN
THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($87,500) CONTINGENT
ON AVAILABLE FUNDS; AND
3. AMENDING AN EXISTING GRANT WITH COMMUNITIES UNITED
FOR RESTORATIVE YOUTH JUSTICE FOR VIOLENCE
PREVENTION AND INTERVENTION SERVICES FOR THE PERIOD
OF OCTOBER 1, 2023, TO JUNE 30, 2025, TO ADD ONE HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS ($150,000) THAT WAS ORIGINALLY
AWARDED TO COMMUNITY & YOUTH OUTREACH, INC., FOR A
TOTAL AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED TWO MILLION THREE
HUNDRED FIFTY-FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS ($2,355,000), WITH
2 THE ABILITY TO EXTEND THE AGREEMENT FOR AN
ADDITIONAL THREE MONTHS IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED
THREE HUNDRED FIFTY-TWO THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED
DOLLARS ($352,500) CONTINGENT ON AVAILABLE FUNDS.
WHEREAS, Oakland voters passed the Measure Z Public Safety and Services Violence Prevention Act (Measure Z) in November 2014, which approved the collection of taxes for 10 years to fund violence prevention and intervention objectives and established a Public Safety and Services Violence Prevention Oversight Commission (SSOC) to oversee Measure Z expenditures; and
WHEREAS, the Oakland Police Department, Oakland Fire Department, and Oakland Department of Violence Prevention (DVP) administer Measure Z funds for violence prevention and intervention programs and services; and
WHEREAS, on September 19, 2023, City Council approved Resolution No. 89899 C.M.S., which authorized the City to enter into grant agreements with 23 non-profit organizations and public agencies for the term of October 1, 2023, to June 30, 2025, in a total amount not to exceed of Twenty-Eight Million Eighty-Seven Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($28,087,500) based on request for qualifications (RFQ) #267700,4 for violence prevention and intervention services outlined in the DVP’s 2022-2024 Strategic Spending Plan, with the ability to extend the agreements for three months in an amount not to exceed Four Million Twelve Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($4,012,500) contingent on available funds; and
WHEREAS, Resolution No. 89899 C.M.S. awarded Three Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($350,000) to Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Oakland to deliver therapy services to family members of homicide victims for the period of October 1, 2023, to June 30, 2025, with the ability to extend the grant for three months in an amount not to exceed Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000) contingent on available funds; and
WHEREAS, Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Oakland notified the DVP in January 2024 that they were unable to continue delivering therapy services beyond January 31, 2024; and
WHEREAS, the DVP desires to continue funding these critical therapy services from July 1, 2024, to June 30, 2025, for a total cost of Two Hundred Thousand Dollars ($200,000); and
WHEREAS, issuing a new request for qualifications for therapy services and reviewing proposals would take at least six months and would significantly delay access to therapy services for family members of homicide victims; and
WHEREAS, although Youth Alive did not apply to RFQ #267700,4 to deliver therapy services, Youth Alive currently delivers therapy services to individuals impacted by violence through other funding sources and has the ability to augment their therapy services to serve family members of homicide victims with additional funding from the City; and
WHEREAS, Resolution No. 89899 C.M.S. awarded Six Hundred Twelve Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($612,500) to Movement Strategy Center as a fiscal sponsor of Urban Peace Movement to deliver community healing services and financial support to family members of 3 homicide victims for the period of October 1, 2023, to June 30, 2025, with the ability to extend the grant for three months in an amount not to exceed Eighty-Seven Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($87,500) contingent on available funds; and
WHEREAS, Urban Peace Movement notified the DVP on April 5, 2024, that they will no longer be fiscally sponsored by Movement Strategy Center effective June 29, 2024, and will process all grant agreements going forward through their own 501(c)(3) known as “Urban Peace Movement – Oakland”; and
WHEREAS, the DVP desires to terminate its grant with Movement Strategy Center effective June 29, 2024, and execute a new grant with Urban Peace Movement – Oakland in an amount not to exceed Three Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($350,000) to continue service delivery as intended through Resolution No. 89899 C.M.S., with the ability to extend the grant for three months in an amount not to exceed Eighty-Seven Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($87,500) contingent on available funds; and
WHEREAS, Resolution No. 89899 C.M.S. awarded Three Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($350,000) to Community & Youth Outreach, Inc. to deliver school-based violence interruption services for the period of October 1, 2023, to June 30, 2025, with the ability to extend the agreement for three months in an amount not to exceed Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000) contingent on available funds; and
WHEREAS, Community & Youth Outreach, Inc. notified the DVP on April 16, 2024, that the agency will dissolve on August 1, 2024, and will be unable to perform the services identified through its grant agreement thereafter; and
WHEREAS, the DVP notified Community & Youth Outreach, Inc. on April 29, 2024, that the City will terminate their grant agreement effective May 31, 2024, due to their pending default, which is incapable of cure; and
WHEREAS, the DVP desires to continue funding the school-based violence interruption services originally delivered by Community & Youth Outreach, Inc., which will cost One Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($150,000) from July 1, 2024, to June 30, 2025; and
WHEREAS, Communities United for Restorative Youth Justice was awarded funds through Resolution No. 89899 C.M.S. to deliver school-based violence interruption services at one school site from October 1, 2023, to June 30, 2025; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED: That the City Administrator is hereby authorized to amend an existing grant with Youth Alive for violence prevention and intervention services for the period of October 1, 2023, to June 30, 2025, to add Two Hundred Thousand Dollars ($200,000) that was originally awarded to Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Oakland for the period of July 1, 2024, to June 30, 2025, for a total amount not to exceed Three Million Eight Hundred Thirteen Thousand Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($3,813,750), with the ability to extend the agreement for an additional three months in an amount not to exceed Five Hundred Sixty-Six Thousand Two Hundred Fifty Dollars ($566,250) contingent on available funds; and be it
FURTHER RESOLVED: That the City Administrator is hereby authorized to award a grant to Urban Peace Movement – Oakland for community healing services for the period of July 4 1, 2024, to June 30, 2025, in a total amount not to exceed Three Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($350,000) using funds originally awarded to Movement Strategy Center as Urban Peace Movement’s fiscal sponsor, with the ability to extend the agreement for an additional three months in an amount not to exceed Eighty-Seven Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($87,500) contingent on available funds; and be it
FURTHER RESOLVED: That the City Administrator is hereby authorized to amend an existing grant with Communities United for Restorative Youth Justice for violence prevention and intervention services for the period of October 1, 2023, to June 30, 2025, to add One Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($150,000) that was originally awarded to Community & Youth Outreach, Inc. for the period of July 1, 2024, to June 30, 2025, for a total amount not to exceed Two Million Three Hundred Fifty-Five Thousand Dollars ($2,355,000), with the ability to extend the agreement for an additional three months in an amount not to exceed Three Hundred Fifty-Two Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($352,500) contingent on available funds; and be it
FURTHER RESOLVED: Funds are available in the General Purpose Fund (1010), Oakland Unite Organization (70211), Project (1007417), Fostering Safe and Healthy Communities Program (SC22); and be it
FURTHER RESOLVED: Funds are available in the Measure Z – Violence Prevention and Public Safety Act Fund (2252), Oakland Unite Organization (70211), Measure Z Program (PS37), and Measure Z, Project 1007442; and be it
FURTHER RESOLVED: That any unexpended balances shall be placed into the Measure Z – Violence Prevention and Public Safety Act Fund (2252), Oakland Unite Organization (70211), and Measure Z Service Prior Year Reserve Project (1004313) or and/or General Purpose Fund (1010), Oakland Unite Organization (70211), Reimaging Public Safety Project (1006367); and be it
FURTHER RESOLVED: That the City Administrator or designee is authorized to complete all required negotiations, certifications, assurances, and documentation required to accept, modify, extend, and/or amend the above-referenced grants for services without increasing the amount of the grants except as specified above. 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 3352753v1 / FH - updated 5/22/2024