1 APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY
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CITY ATTORNEY’S OFFICE
OAKLAND CITY COUNCIL
RESOLUTION NO. ______________ C.M.S.
RESOLUTION AMENDING RESOLUTION 90358 C.M.S., WHICH AWARDED A
PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT FOR OUTREACH SERVICES TO OPERATION DIGNITY IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $1,200,000 FOR A T ERM ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 2025, TO INCR EASE THE AMOUNT BY $200,000 U SING
MEASURE Q FUNDING IN ORDER TO ADD A CLINICAL CARE TEAM
WHEREAS, the homeless population will likely continue to significantly spike without serious intervention and comprehensive strategies to address the crisis; and
WHEREAS, in 2017, 2019, 2022, and 2024, the Homelessness “Point in Time” ( P I T ) count increased from 2,761, to 4,071, to 5,055 to 5,490 respectively; and
WHEREAS, this likely increase of 9% in 2024 is a result the substantial upward pressure of increased residential rents, the end of the State and Federal COVID-19 State of Emergencies in February and May 2023, the end of Alameda County’s Rental Eviction Moratorium in April 2023, and the end of the City of Oakland’s Rental Eviction Moratorium at the end of July 2023; and
WHEREAS, studies show that providing de cent, safe and stable housing co upled with holistic crucial wrap around a nd supportive services and outrea c h a r e p r i m a r y m e c h a n i s m s t o successful transitions from homelessness to a stable, safer, and healthier ways of living; and
WHEREAS, outreach teams are a critical component to the City of Oakland ’s Encampment Management Policy, and to the Encampment Management Team’s strategies, response to homelessness, and to Encampment Management Team int erventions and operations; and
WHEREAS, integrating a Clinical Care Team into Operation Dignity’s exis ting framework will offer increased crisis management services, provide for increased touch points to the homeless populations increasing service and shelter offers and ultimately cooperation during encampment operations and interventions; and
WHEREAS, outreach teams that have a long-standing relationship with the City of Oakland and our homeless population is an important continuum in the engagement of unsheltered individuals; and
2 WHEREAS, trust is critical in relationshi p building and is a powerful t ool for outreach teams and homeless individuals to accept services and shelter at intervention sites; and
WHEREAS, the current number of homeless individuals in Oakland far outp aces the number of existing shelter beds, transitional housing or perman ent supportive ho using units available, the work of outreach workers becomes ever more criti cal in the unsheltered population complying with mitigation strategies for cleanliness and compliance in City sanctioned homeless encampments; and
WHEREAS, both the City of Oakland and voters passed capital bond Measu res Q, the 2020, Oakland Parks and Recreation Preservation, Litter Reducti on, and Homeless Support Act and Measure U, the Affordable H ousing in Oakland Infrastructure Bond devoted to housing, including providing more permane nt supportive housing and trans itional housing to serve the unsheltered population; and
WHEREAS, funding for Measure Q is appropriated in Fund (2244) Community Homelessness Organization (02141), Homeless Services & Support (NB41), Measure Q Homeless Project (1005349), and $950,000 is allocated towards this award to Operation Dignity for outreach services; and
WHEREAS, on July 16, 2024, the City passed Resolution No. 90358 C.M.S., which authorized the City Administrator to award a Professional Service Agreement to Operation Dignity for mobile outreach services with a term of July 1, 2024 through September 30, 2025 in an amount not to exceed $1,200,000, using $450,000 of State of California Homeless Housing, Assistance, and Prevention (HHAP) funding and $750,000 of Measure Q funding; and
WHEREAS, staff now seeks to amend the agreement for existing services with Operation Dignity from July 1, 2024 throu gh September 30, 2025 using an a dditional $200,000 of appropriated Measure Q funds allocated to Operation Dignity for a total contract amount of $1,400,000; and; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED: That the City Council authorizes the City Administrator to en ter into a Professional Services Agreement with Operation Dignity for the term July 1, 2024 through September 30, 2025 for homeless intervention services including a clinical care team in a total amount not to exceed $1,400,000, using HHAP funds and appropria ted Measure Q funds; and be it
FURTHER RESOLVED: That the City Administrator is authorized to make such amendments to the approved Profe ssional Services Agreement, inc luding entering into an amendment if the Professional Services Agreement has already be en executed, as may be necessary to achieve the purposes of this resolution, subject to any applicable funding regulations and requirements; and be it
3 FURTHER RESOLVED: That prior to execution, all agreements and amendments shall be reviewed and approved as to form and legality by the City Attorney, and executed copies shall be filed with 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