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 A GRANT WITH OAKLAND PRIVATE INDUSTRY
COUNCIL FOR EMPLOYMENT SERVICES FROM OCTOBER 1,
2025, TO SEPTEMBER 30, 2026, TO ADD NINETY THOUSAND
DOLLARS ($90,000) FOR A TOTAL AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED
THREE HUNDRED NINETY THOUSAND DOLLARS ($390,000); AND
2. AMENDING A GRANT WITH THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR
CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM FOR COMMUNITY VIOLENCE
INTERVENTION SERVICES FROM OCTOBER 1, 2025, TO
SEPTEMBER 30, 2026, TO ADD ONE HUNDRED THREE
THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED TWELVE DOLLARS ($103,112) FOR A
TOTAL AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED FIVE HUNDRED THIRTY-
EIGHT THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED TWELVE DOLLARS
($538,112); AND
3. AMENDING A GRANT WITH COMMUNITIES UNITED FOR
RESTORATIVE YOUTH JUSTICE FOR COMMUNITY AND
SCHOOL-BASED VIOLENCE INTERVENTION SERVICES FROM
OCTOBER 1, 2025, TO SEPTEMBER 30, 2026, TO ADD ONE
HUNDRED THIRTY THOUSAND DOLLARS ($130,000) FOR
SCHOOL-BASED VIOLENCE INTERVENTION SERVICES FROM
OCTOBER 1, 2025, TO JUNE 30, 2026, FOR A TOTAL AMOUNT NOT
TO EXCEED ONE MILLION NINETY-FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS
($1,095,000)
WHEREAS, on November 5, 2024, Oakland voters passed Measure NN (Fund 2255), the Oakland Community Violence Reduction and Emergency Response Act, which approved the collection of parcel and parking taxes for nine years to fund activit ies within the Department of Violence Prevention (DVP), Oakland Police Department (OPD), and Oakland Fire Department (OFD) in furtherance of the following goals: (1) reduce homicides, robberies, car jackings and break-ins, domestic violence, and other gun -related violence; (2) reduce response time for 911 emergency calls for service and improve the quality of response; and (3) reduce the incidence of human trafficking, including the sexual exploitation of minors; and
2 WHEREAS, Measure NN allocates 40% of tax revenues to the DVP following an initial allocation of 3% to administrative expenses and $3,000,000 to the Oakland Fire Department; and
WHEREAS, Measure NN requires that 75% of funds received by the DVP be allocated to grants with community-based organizations; and
WHEREAS, in May 2025, the City of Oakland’s Finance Department estimated Measure NN revenue allocated to the DVP for Fiscal Year 2025-2026 to be Seventeen Million Eighty-Five Thousand Nine Hundred Twenty-Two Dollars ($17,085,922), which required the DVP to award Twelve Million Eight-Hundred Fourteen Dollars ($12,814,000) in grants to community-based organizations; and
WHEREAS, on May 20, 2025, City Council awarded twenty-one grants to community- based organizations to deliver community violence intervention services from October 1, 2025, to September 30, 2026, in a total amount not to exceed Ten Million Seven Hundred Sixty-Five Thousand Dollars ($10,765,000) and five grants to community-based organizations to deliver school-based violence intervention services from October 1, 2025, to June 30, 2026, in a total amount not to exceed Two Million Fifty Thousand Dollars ($2,050,000) using Measure NN funds allocated to the DVP for Fiscal Year 2025-2026, for a total of Twelve Million Eight Hundred Fifteen Thousand Dollars ($12,815,000); and
WHEREAS, in July 2025, the Finance Department revised Measure NN revenue projections for the DVP for Fiscal Year 2025-2026 to Seventeen Million Three Hundred Forty- Four Thousand One Hundred Forty-Nine Dollars ($17,344,149), requiring Thirteen Million Eight Thousand One Hundred Twelve Dollars ($13,008,112) to be awarded to community-based organizations; and
WHEREAS, the DVP must award an additional One Hundred Ninety-Three Thousand One Hundred Twelve Dollars ($193,112) to community-based organizations to comply with Measure NN requirements for Fiscal Year 2025-2026; and
WHEREAS, the DVP desires to add Ninety Thousand Dollars ($90,000) to a grant with Oakland Private Industry Council from October 1, 2025, to September 30, 2026, to increase monthly incentive payments for participants in two four-month employment training cohorts from $375 to $1,000, for a total grant amount of Three Hundred Ninety Thousand Dollars ($390,000); and
WHEREAS, the DVP desires to add One Hundred Three Thousand One Hundred Twelve Dollars ($103,112) to a grant with The National Institute for Criminal Justice Reform from October 1, 2025, to September 30, 2026, to increase funding available for the emergency relocation of individuals at imminent risk of lethal violence, for a total grant amount of Five Hundred Thirty-Eight Thousand One Hundred Twelve Dollars ($538,112); and
WHEREAS, the grants approved by City Council on May 20, 2025, included a grant to Student Program for Academic & Athletic Transitioning (SPAAT) in the amount of One Hundred Thirty Thousand Dollars ($130,000) for school-based life coaching services to be delivered at McClymonds High School from October 1, 2025, to June 30, 2026; and
3 WHEREAS, SPAAT notified the DVP on August 28, 2025, that they would be unable to continue delivering school-based life coaching services at McClymonds High School from October 1, 2025, to June 30, 2026; and
WHEREAS, the DVP desires to reallocate One Hundred Thirty Thousand Dollars ($130,000) in funding for school-based life coaching services at McClymonds High School from October 1, 2025, to June 30, 2026, from SPAAT to Communities United for Restorative Youth Justice, which is already funded by the DVP to deliver school-based life coaching services at Fremont High School and Oakland Technical High School, as well as school-based violence interruption services at Bunche Academy, Fremont High School, McClymonds High School, and Oakland Technical High School, for a total grant amount of One Million Ninety-Five Thousand Dollars ($1,095,000); and
WHEREAS, prior to execution, all grant 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; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED: An existing grant with Oakland Private Industry Council for employment services from October 1, 2025, to September 30, 2026, is amended to add Ninety Thousand Dollars ($90,000), for a total grant amount not to exceed Three Hundred Ninety Thousand Dollars ($390,000); and be it
FURTHER RESOLVED: An existing grant with The National Institute for Criminal Justice Reform for community violence intervention services from October 1, 2025, to September 30, 2026, is amended to add One Hundred Three Thousand One Hundred Twelve Dollars ($103,112), for a total grant amount not to exceed Five Hundred Thirty-Eight Thousand One Hundred Twelve Dollars ($538,112); and be it
FURTHER RESOLVED: An existing grant with Communities United for Restorative Youth Justice for community and school -based violence intervention services from October 1, 2025, to September 30, 2026, is amended to add One Hundred Thirty Thousand Dollars ($130,000) for school-based life coaching services from October 1, 2025, to June 30, 2026 , for a total grant amount not to exceed One Million Ninety-Five Thousand Dollars ($1,095,000); and be it
FURTHER RESOLVED: That funding for these grant agreements was appropriated in the Fiscal Year 2025-2027 Biennial Budget in Fund (2255), Organization (70211), Program (PS37), and Project (1008064); and be it
FURTHER RESOLVED: That any unexpended balances due to grantees not meeting their deliverables shall be placed in Fund (2255), Organization (70211), Program (PS37), and Project (1008064); and be it
FURTHER RESOLVED: That the City Administrator or designee is authorized to enter into grant agreements with the community-based organizations identified above and is further 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 otherwise stated herein.
4 IN COUNCIL, OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA,
PASSED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE:
AYES - BROWN, FIFE, GALLO, HOUSTON, RAMACHANDRAN, UNGER, WANG, AND
PRESIDENT JENKINS
NOES –
ABSENT –
ABSTENTION –
ATTEST:
ASHA REED
City Clerk and Clerk of the Council of the
City of Oakland, California