Tuesday, September 30, 2025
4:00 PM
City of Oakland
Office of the City Clerk
Oakland City Hall,
1 Frank H. Ogawa Plaza, Room 201
Oakland, California 94612
City Council Chamber, 3rd Floor
*Special Life Enrichment Committee
Agenda - FINAL
September 30, 2025*Special Life Enrichment
Committee
Agenda - FINAL
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September 30, 2025*Special Life Enrichment
Committee
Agenda - FINAL
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• Non-Consent Item shall mean, for the purposes of a City Council agenda for a Regular Meeting or Special Meeting, any action or informational item that: 1) a Standing Committee has forwarded to the full Council without unanimous recommendation for approval; 2) has a high level of public interest or controversy as determined by a Standing Committee Chair, the Rules and Legislation Committee, or pursuant to Rule 28; or 3) requires a public hearing or is otherwise ineligible by law as a Consent Item.
September 30, 2025*Special Life Enrichment
Committee
Agenda - FINAL
COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP:
Councilmember Noel Gallo, District 5; Councilmember Ken Houston, District 7; Councilmember Charlene Wang, District 2; Chairperson: Councilmember Carrol Fife, District 3;
Roll Call / Call To Order
1 No Minutes To Be Approved
Determination Of Schedule Of Outstanding Committee Items2 26-0038
View ReportAttachments:
Subject: Honoring Creative Growth Art Center
From: Councilmember Fife
Recommendation: Adopt A Resolution Honoring Creative Growth Art Center Upon Their 50th Anniversary For Outstanding Service To The City Of Oakland And Contemporary Artists With Developmental Disabilities
3 26-0019
Sponsors: Fife
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Attachments:
Legislative History
9/25/25 *Rules & Legislation
Committee
Scheduled to the *Special Life Enrichment
Committee
Subject: Honoring Diamano Coura West African Dance Company From: Councilmember Fife
Recommendation: Adopt A Resolution Honoring Diamano Coura West African Dance Company Upon Their 50th Anniversary For Outstanding Service To The City Of Oakland Through The Presentation Of Traditional West African Music, Dance, Theater, And Culture 4 26-0020
Sponsors: Fife
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Attachments:
Legislative History
9/25/25 *Rules & Legislation
Committee
Scheduled to the *Special Life Enrichment
Committee
September 30, 2025*Special Life Enrichment
Committee
Agenda - FINAL
Subject: Amend Resolution 90767 C.M.S. - OFCY FY 2025-2026 Grant Renewals And Programmatic Changes
From: Human Services Department
Recommendation: Adopt A Resolution Amending Resolution No. 90767 C.M.S., Which Awarded Oakland Fund For Children And Youth (OFCY) Grants To Seventy-Four (74) Nonprofit And Public Agencies For One Hundred And Forty-Four (144) Distinct Grant Programs Providing Direct Services For Fiscal Year 2025-2026, To: (1) Correct The Total Awarded Amount From Eighteen Million Two Hundred Fifty-Two Thousand Two Hundred And Eighty-Two Dollars ($18,252,282), To Eighteen Million Five Hundred Twenty-Seven Thousand Three Hundred And Eighty-Two Dollars ($18,527,382); And (2) Change The Lead Agency Without Changes To The Grant Amounts For The Following: (1) Replace Asian Pacific Environmental Network (APEN) With The Center For Empowered Politics Education Fund (CEPEF) As The Fiscal Sponsor For AYPAL Building API Community Power Youth Leadership And Development Program (2) Replace The Oakland Leaf Foundation With Girls Inc Of Alameda County As The Grantee Agency For Learning Without Limits Expanded Learning Program
5 26-0054
Sponsors: Human Services Department
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View Attachment A
View Legislation
Attachments:
Legislative History
9/25/25 *Rules & Legislation
Committee
Scheduled to the *Special Life Enrichment
Committee
September 30, 2025*Special Life Enrichment
Committee
Agenda - FINAL
Subject: CHS FY 25-26 Contracts
From: Human Service Department
Recommendation: Adopt A Resolution (1) Awarding And/Or Amending Grant Agreements And Professional Services Agreements To The Homeless Service Providers And For The Terms And Amounts Identified In Table 2 And Table 3, Using Previously Appropriated State And Local Funding;
(2) Waiving The Local/Small Local Business Enterprise (L/SLBE) Requirement For The Providers Identified In Table 4 For The Provision Of Hygiene Services At Encampments And Homeless Systems Support;
(3) Authorizing The City Administrator To Increase The Agreements And Move Funding Identified In Table 2 And Table 3 Using Funding That City Council Has Appropriated For The Programs During The Term Of Such Agreements;
(4) Appropriating Funds From The Housing Fast Support Network (HFSN) Lease Revenues Received In Fiscal Year 2025/26 And Amending Resolution 90420 C.M.S., Which Awarded A Grant Agreement To Bay Area Community Services For The HFSN Program, To Change The Funding From County Of Alameda Social Services Agency To State Permanent Local Housing Allocation;
(5) And Making California Environmental Quality Act Findings 6 26-0055
Sponsors: Human Services Department
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View Legislation
Attachments:
Legislative History
9/25/25 *Rules & Legislation
Committee
Scheduled to the *Special Life Enrichment
Committee
September 30, 2025*Special Life Enrichment
Committee
Agenda - FINAL
Subject: Medi-Cal Administrative Activities Memorandum Of Understanding From: Human Services Department
Recommendation: Adopt A Resolution Accepting And Appropriating Three Hundred Forty-One Thousand Seventy One Dollars ($341,071) For Medi-Cal Related Activities Through The Medi-Cal Administrative Activities (MAA) Program And Accepting And Appropriating Any Additional Funds That May Come Available And Authorizing The City Administrator To Enter Into A MAA Memorandum Of Understanding With Alameda County Health To Allow For Administrative Reimbursement To The City Of Oakland For Performing Medi-Cal Administrative Activity, For Fiscal Year 2025- 2026 And Every Fiscal Year Thereafter
7 26-0096
Sponsors: Human Services Department
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View Legislation
Attachments:
Legislative History
9/25/25 *Rules & Legislation
Committee
Scheduled to the *Special Life Enrichment
Committee
September 30, 2025*Special Life Enrichment
Committee
Agenda - FINAL
Subject: Oakland Paratransit For The Elderly And Disabled Program (OPED) Measure BB Funds For FY 25-26
From: Human Services Department
Recommendation: Adopt A Resolution (1) Accepting And Appropriating Direct Local Program Distribution Measure BB Funds In The Amount Of $3,197,068 For Fiscal Year (FY) 2025-2026 From The Alameda County Transportation Commission For Oakland Paratransit For The Elderly And Disabled Program To Provide Access To Specialized Transportation Services;
(2) Awarding Reimbursement Agreements For Paratransit Services For FY 2025-2026 In The Amounts Of $850,000 (Five Rivers Transit Solutions, Inc.), $600,000 (Quality Transit, LLC), $350,000 (Bay Area Charters, Inc.), $25,000 (One Access, Medical Transportation) And $75,000 (GoGo Technologies, Inc.);
(3) Awarding Grant Agreements In The Amount Of $50,000 (City Of Emeryville) For Paratransit Services And $300,000 (Service Opportunity For Seniors) For Meal Delivery Services To Isolated And Dependent Elderly And Disabled Persons; And (4) Authorizing The City Administrator To Accept And Appropriate Any Additional Direct Local Distribution Funds That May Become Available For FY 2025-2026 And Amend The Aforementioned Agreements To Increase The Amounts Within The Limits Of The Funding 8 26-0097
Sponsors: Human Services Department
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View Legislation
Attachments:
Legislative History
9/25/25 *Rules & Legislation
Committee
Scheduled to the *Special Life Enrichment
Committee
Open Forum
Adjournment
* In the event of a quorum of the City Council participates on this Committee, the meeting is noticed as a Special Meeting of the City Council; however no final City Council action can be taken.
September 30, 2025*Special Life Enrichment
Committee
Agenda - FINAL
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