APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY
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CITY ATTORNEY’S OFFICE
OAKLAND CITY COUNCIL
RESOLUTION NO. _______________ C.M.S.
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY ADMINISTRATOR TO
EXTEND THE END DATE OF A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
AGREEMENT WITH THE URBAN INSTITUTE FOR EVALUATION
SERVICES, IN THE AMOUNT OF THREE HUNDRED TWENTY-FIVE
THOUSAND DOLLARS ($325,000), FROM DECEMBER 31, 2025, TO JUNE 30, 2026, AT NO ADDITIONAL COST
WHEREAS, the City of Oakland’s Department of Violence Prevention (DVP) is mandated to reduce levels of gun violence, domestic violence, and commercial sexual exploitation in Oakland; and
WHEREAS, the DVP applied for and received a grant from the Board of State and Community Corrections (BSCC) through Cohort 4 of the California Violence Intervention and Prevention (CalVIP) Grant Program, in the amount of Five Million Nine Hundred Ninety-Nine Thousand Nine Hundred Forty -Eight Dollars ($5,999,948) , for the period of July 1, 2022, to December 31, 2025, to provide intensive life coaching services to individuals at the highest risk of group violence in Oakland; and
WHEREAS, as a condition of funding, the DVP is required to submit a local evaluation plan and a final evaluation report to the BSCC for the CalVIP -funded project , and these deliverables may be developed either by the grantee or an evaluation firm of the grantee’s choosing; and
WHEREAS, the City Council approved a contract with The Urban Institute for Three Hundred Twenty -Five Thousand Dollars ($325,000) for the term of September 1, 2022, to December 31, 2025, to perform evaluation services for the DVP’s CalVIP Cohort 4 grant and to prepare the required local evaluation plan and final evaluation report for the BSCC (Resolution No. 89367 C.M.S.); and
WHEREAS, in January 2025, the BSCC notified the DVP that the grant term would be extended from December 31, 2025, to June 30, 2026, and the City Administrator signed a revised grant agreement accepting the new end date of the grant; and
WHEREAS, the DVP desires to extend the end date of The Urban Institute’s contract from December 31, 2025, to June 30, 2026, at no additional cost to align with the new grant end date and allow the final evaluation report to include the entire program period; and
WHEREAS, prior to execution, the agreement 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: That the City Council her eby authorizes the City Administrator to extend the professional services agreement authorized through Resolution No. 89367 C.M.S. with The Urban Institute for CalVIP Cohort 4 evaluation services , to extend the end date from December 31, 2025, to June 30, 2026; and be it
FURTHER RESOLVED: That the City Administrator is hereby authorized to extend, modify, or amend the agreement, including increases within the City Administrator’s purchase authority, without returning to City Council, consistent with the purposes of this resolution.
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
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