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 KAISER
PERMANENTE THROUGH A N EAST BAY COMMUNITY
FOUNDATION DONOR-ADVISED FUND IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO
EXCEED THREE MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS
($3,500,000) FOR THE PERI OD OF OCTOBER 1, 2024, TO
SEPTEMBER 30, 2027; AND
2) ADDING FOUR (4) FULL -TIME EQUIVALE NT (FTE) CASE
MANAGER I POSITION S IN THE DEPARTMENT OF VIOLENCE
PREVENTION FOR THE P ERIOD OF JANUARY 1, 202 5, TO
SEPTEMBER 30, 2027 , IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED ONE
MILLION SEVEN HUNDRED FORTY THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED
FIFTY-SIX DOLLARS ($ 1,740,256) AND ALLOCATING GRANT
FUNDS FOR THIS PURPOSE; AND
3) ADDING ONE (1) FTE VIOLENCE PREVENTION SERVICES
SUPERVISOR POSITION IN THE DEP ARTMENT OF VIOLENCE
PREVENTION FOR THE P ERIOD OF JANUARY 1, 2025, TO
SEPTEMBER 30, 2027, IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED FIVE
HUNDRED FIFTY-FIVE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED THIRTY-
FOUR DOLLARS ($555,534) AND ALLOCATING GRANT FUNDS FOR
THIS PURPOSE; AND
4) ADDING ONE (1) FTE VIOLENCE PREVENTION SERVICES
MANAGER POSITION, OR IN THE ALTERNATIVE, ONE (1) FTE
VIOLENCE PREVENTION PROGRAM PLANNER POSI TION, IN
THE DEPARTMENT OF VI OLENCE PREVENTION FO R THE
PERIOD OF JANUARY 1, 2025, TO SEPTEMBER 30, 2027, IN AN
AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED EIGHT HUNDRED THIRTY-SEVEN
THOUSAND SEVENTY-SEVEN DOLLARS ($837,077) AND
ALLOCATING GRANT FUNDS FOR THIS PURPOSE; AND
2 5) AUTHORIZING THE CITY ADMINISTR ATOR TO OVERSEE THE
DISTRIBUTION OF UP T O THREE HUNDRED SIXTY THOUSAND
DOLLARS ($360,000) IN GRANT FUNDS AS S TIPENDS AND
INCENTIVES TO SUPPOR T RESIDENTS IN MEETI NG BASIC
NEEDS AND REDUCING RISK FOR VIOLENCE.
WHEREAS, there were 120 ho micides and 1,537 assaults with a firearm in Oakland in 2023; and
WHEREAS, a significant amount of Oakland’s gun violence is driven by conflicts between individuals who are affiliated with street groups and networks; 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 violence in Oakland; and
WHEREAS, the DVP participates in Oakland’s Ceasefire -Lifeline strategy for re ducing group violence by providing intensive life coaching and violence interruption services to individuals at imminent risk for gun violence; and
WHEREAS, the DVP submitted a grant application to Kaiser Permanente in April 2024 to expand the DVP’s capacity to deliver intensive life coaching and violence interruption services over three years; and
WHEREAS, Kaiser Permanente notified the DVP on September 3, 2024, that the DVP’s grant application was selected for funding , which will be distributed to the City through the East Bay Community Foundation donor-advised fund; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED: That the City Council hereby authorizes the City Administrator to accept and appropriate a grant from Kaiser Permanente through an East B ay Community Foundation Donor-Advised Fund in an amount not to exceed Three Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($3,500,000) for the term of October 1, 2024, to September 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 four (4) 4.0 FTE Case Manager I positions in the Department of Violence Prevention for the period of January 1, 2025, to September 30, 2027, for a total amount not to exceed One Million Seven Hundred Forty Thousand Two Hundred Fifty-Six Dollars ($1,740,256); and be it FURTHER RESOLVED: That the City Administrator is authorized to add one (1) 1.0 FTE Violence Prevention Services Supervisor position in the Department of Violence Prevention for the period of January 1, 2025, to September 30, 2027, for a total amount not to exceed Five Hundred Fifty-Five Thousand Five Hundred Thirty-Four Dollars ($555,534); and be it FURTHER RESOLVED: That the City Administrator is authorized to add one (1) 1.0 FTE Violence Prevention Services Manager position, or in the alternative, one (1) 1.0 FTE 3 Violence Prevention Program Planner position, as necessary to comply with the terms of the grant program, in the Department of Violence Prevention for the period of January 1, 2025, to September 30, 2027, for a total amount not to exceed Eight Hundred Thirty-Seven Thousand Seventy-Seven Dollars ($837,077); and be it
FURTHER RESOLVED: That the City Administrator is authorized to oversee the distribution of up to $ 360,000 in grant funds received from Kaiser Permanente as stipends and grant incentives for clients engaged in the life coaching services, to support these re sidents in meeting basic needs and reducing their risk of violence; 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
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