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APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY
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CITY ATTORNEY’S OFFICE
OAKLAND CITY COUNCIL
RESOLUTION NO. ______________ C.M.S.
RESOLUTION 1) AWARDING GRANTS FOR THE 2024-2025 CORRIDOR
SAFETY AMBASSADOR PROG RAM TO NON-PROFIT
ORGANIZATIONS LAUREL DISTRICT ASSOCIATION IN AN AMOUNT
NOT TO EXCEED TWO HUNDRE D THOUSAND DOLLARS ($200,000),
BLACK CULTURAL ZONE CO MMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
CORPORATION AND SPANISH SPEAKING UNITY COUNCIL OF
ALAMEDA COUNTY, INC., IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED ONE
HUNDRED THOUSAND DO LLARS ($100,000) PER GRANTEE, AND TO TRYBE INC. IN AN AMOUNT NO T TO EXCEED FIFTY THOUSAND
DOLLARS ($50,000) FOR A TOTAL AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED FOUR HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUS AND DOLLARS ($450,000) TO
IMMEDIATELY ENHANCE SAFETY AMBASSADOR AND PERSONNEL
AND SAFETY PROGRAM S DURING THE 2024 HOL IDAY SHOPPING
SEASON AND THROUGHOUT THE PROGRAM YEAR IN HIGH
PRIORITY NEIGHBORHOOD BUSI NESS CORRIDORS INCLUDING
THE DIMOND, LAUREL, LITTLE SAIGON, HEGENBERGER, AND
FRUITVALE BUSINESS CORRIDORS AND TO ESTABLISH A
COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE LINKING CITY SERVICES AND
TRAINING FOR SAFETY AMBASSA DORS AND PERSONNEL; AND 2)
AUTHORIZING THE CITY ADMINI STRATOR TO NEGOTIATE AND
ENTER INTO GRANT AGREEMENTS WITH GRANTEES FOR FISCAL
YEAR 2024-2025 WITH AUTHORITY TO EXTEND THE TERMS
WITHOUT INCREASING THE AMOUNT OF THE GRANT AWARDS
WHEREAS, with the coming 2024 holiday season and as the City of Oakland (City) and its business community continue to recover from the disruption of business closures during the Covid-19 pandemic, the City wishes to take actions to improve public safety in the downtown area and other critical business and cu ltural corridors of the City, su ch as the Dimond, Laurel, Little Saigon, Hegenberger, and Fruitvale business corridors; and
WHEREAS, to improve public safety, the City wishes to support community driven solutions to attract patrons, visitors and shoppers to key commercial and cultural corridors; and
2 WHEREAS, the City wishes to improve service delivery and deepen access to community resources to address crime and safety by connecting and training safety ambassadors and personnel to City programs such as 311, MACRO, and the Neighborhood Enhanced Service Team; and
WHEREAS, the City wishes to award a Commerc ial Corridor Safety and Ambassador Grant to the Laurel District Association, a Nonprofit Corporation, in an amount up to Two Hundred Thousand Dollars ($200,000) as set forth in Table 1, to enhance Ambassador, Safety and Security Initiatives during the holiday shopping season in neighborhood shopping areas; and
WHEREAS, the City wishes to award a Commerc ial Corridor Safety and Ambassador Grant to the Black Cultural Zone Community Development Corporation, a Nonprofit Corporation, an amount up to One Hundred Thousa nd Dollars ($100,000) as set forth in Table 1, to enhance Ambassador, Safety and Security Initiatives during the holiday shopping season; and
WHEREAS, the City wishes to award a Commer cial Corridor Safety and Ambassador Grant to the Spanish Speaking Unity Council of Alameda County, Inc., a Nonprofit Corporation, in an amount up to One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000), as set forth in Table 1, to enhance Ambassador, Safety and Security Initiatives during the holiday shopping season in neighborhood shopping areas; and
WHEREAS, the City wishes to award a Commer cial Corridor Safety and Ambassador Grant to Trybe Inc., a Nonprofit Corporation, an amount up to Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000), as set forth in Table 1 to enhance Ambassador, Safety and Security Initiatives during the holiday shopping season in neighborhood shopping areas and to convene and support the Community of Practice; and
WHEREAS, the funding for the Co mmercial Corridor Safety and Ambassador Program is available as part of the General Purpos e Fund (1010), Business Development Organization (85411) Third Party Grants Contracts Account (54912), Project to be Determined (TBD) Business Creation, Attraction, Retention, & Expansion Program (SC11); now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED: That the City Council hereby awar ds grants to the Laurel District Association for the Fiscal Year 2024-2025 in an amount not to exceed Two Hundred Thousand Dollars ($200,000), the Black Cultural Zone Community Development Corporation, and the Spanish Speaking Unity Council of Alameda C ounty, Inc., in an amount not to exceed One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000) per grantee, and Trybe Inc. in an amount not to exceed Fifty Thousand Dollars for a total award not to exceed Four Hundred and Fifty Thousand Dollars ($450,000) as set forth in Table 1 and up to the amounts provided in Table 1, which is hereby is incorporated by reference, for the purposes set forth herein; and be it
FURTHER RESOLVED: That the City Administrator is authorized to negotiate, draft and execute grant agreements with the Laurel Di strict Association for an amount not to exceed Two Hundred Thousand Dollars ($200,000); Black Cultural Zone Community Development Corporation and the Spanish Speaking Unity Co uncil of Alameda County, Inc. for an amount no to exceed One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000) each and, Trybe Inc, for an amount not to exceed Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000) for the Fiscal Year 2024-2025, for a total award not to 3 exceed Four Hundred and Fifty Thousand Dollars ($450,000) as set forth in Table 1 and up to the amounts provided in Table 1; and be it
FURTHER RESOLVED: That the City Administrator is authorized to modify, extend or amend the grant agreements wit hout increasing the amount of the grant awards and to take any other action necessary and consistent with this Resolution and its basic purposes.
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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4 TABLE 1
Commercial Corridor Safety and Ambassador Grants ($450,000):
Grantee Individual Not-to-
Exceed Grant Amount
Black Cultural Zone
Community
Development
Corporation, a Nonprofit
Cor
poration (4533653)
$100,000
Laurel District
Association, a Nonprofit
Cor
poration (2592345)
$200,000
Spanish Speaking Unity
Council of Alameda
County, Inc., a
Nonprofit Corporation
(527967)
$100,000
Trybe Inc., a Nonprofit
Corporation (3623859)
$50,000
Total Not-to-Exceed
Grant Amount
$450,000