1 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 GRANT S FOR THE 2025-2027 CORRIDOR SAFETY
AMBASSADOR PROGRAM TO NO N-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS
BLACK CULTURAL ZONE, DOWNTO WN OAKLAND ASSOCIATION,
LAUREL DISTRICT ASSOCIATIO N JACK LONDON IMPROVEMENT
DISTRICT, OAKLAND CHINATOW N IMPROVEMENT COUNCIL,
SPANISH SPEAKING UNITY COUNCI L OF ALAMEDA COUNTY, INC, AND TRYBE INC. FOR THE FISCAL YEARS 2025-2027 IN AN AMOUNT
SET FORTH IN TABLE ONE FOR A TOTAL AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED TWO MILLION DOLLARS ($2,000,000) TO IMMEDIATELY ENHANCE
SAFETY AMBASSADOR AND PERSONNEL AND SAFETY PROGRAMS
THROUGHOUT THE PROGRAM YE AR IN HIGH PRIORITY
NEIGHBORHOOD BUSINESS CO RRIDORS INCLUDING THE
CHINATOWN, DIMOND, DOWNTOWN, ELMHURST, LAUREL, LITTLE
SAIGON, HAVENSCOURT, HEGENBERGER, AND FRUITVALE
BUSINESS CORRIDORS AND TO ESTABLISH A COMMUNITY OF
PRACTICE LINKING CITY SERVIC ES AND TRAINING FOR SAFETY AMBASSADORS AND PERSONNEL; AND
2) AUTHORIZING THE CITY ADMINISTRATOR TO NEGOTIATE AND
ENTER INTO GRANT AGREEMENTS WITH GRANTEES FOR FISCAL
YEARS 2025-2027 WITH AUTHORIT Y TO EXTEND THE TERMS
WITHOUT INCREASING THE AMOUNT OF THE GRANT AWARDS
WHEREAS, with the coming 2025 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 bus iness and cultural corridors of the City, such as the Chinatown, Dimond, Downtown, Elmhurst, Laurel, Litt le Saigon, Havenscourt, Hegenbe rger, and Fruitvale business corridors; and
2 WHEREAS, to improve public safety, the City wishes to continue to support community driven solutions to attract patrons, visitors and shoppers to key commercial and cultural corridors; and
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 Fiscal Year (FY) 2025-2027 adopt ed biennial budget provides Two Million Dollars ($2,000,000) in funding to build on the Four Hundred and Fifty Thousand Dollar ($450,000) launch of the Commercial Corridor Safety and Ambassador Grants and established the Community of Practice from the FY 2025-2027 adopted budget, and
WHEREAS, the Two Million Dollars ($2,000,000) in funding for the Commercial Corridor Safety and Ambassador Program grants is available from the FY 2025-27 adopted budget, with One Million Dollars ($1,000,000) in each of the Fiscal Years, in General Purpose Fund (1010), Economic Development Organization ( 85411), Third Party Grants Account (54912), Business Creation, Attraction, Retention, & Expansion Program (SC11), across Business Corridor Community Ambassador Project (1007109). Funding may ultimately be reallocated across Business Corridor Community Ambassador Project (1007109), 1010 Ambassador-Fruitvale Project (1007554), 1010 Amba ssador-Hegenberger Proj ect (1007555), 1010 Ambassador- Dimond-Laurel Project (1007556), and potentially other Projects to be determined (TBD); and
WHEREAS, the City wishes to award a Commerc ial Corridor Safety and Ambassador Grant to the 1) Black Cultural Zone Comm unity Development Corporation, a Nonprofit Corporation, 2) the Downtown Oakland Association, a Nonprofit Corporation, 3) the Jack London Improvement District, a Nonprofit Corporation, 4) the Laurel Di strict Association, a Nonprofit Corporation, 5) the Oakland Chinatown Improvement Council, a Nonprofit Corporation, 6) Spanish Speaking Unity Council of Alameda County, Inc., a Nonprofit Corporation, and 7) Trybe Inc., a Nonprofit Corporation, in the amounts set forth in Table 1, to enhance Ambassador, Safety and Security Initiatives in neighborhood shopping areas and, where applicable, to convene and support the Community of Practice; and
RESOLVED: That the City Council hereby awards grants to the Black Cultural Zone Community Development Corporation (4533653), the Downtown Oakland Association (3117656) the Jack London Improvement District (3615695), the Laurel District Association (2592345), the Oakland Chinatown Improvement Council (47 95540), the Spanish Speaking Unity Council of Alameda County, Inc. (527967) a nd Trybe Inc. (3623859), for the Fiscal Year 2024-2025, for a total award not to exceed Two Million Dollars ($2,000,000) and up to the amounts per grantee as set forth herein and provided in Table 1, which is hereby is incor porated by reference, for the purposes set forth herein; and be it
RESOLVED: That the City Administrator is authorized to negotiate, draft and execute grant agreements with the Bl ack Cultural Zone Community Development Corporation, the Downtown Oakland Association, the Jack London Improvement District, the Laurel District Association, the Oakland Chinatown Improvement Council, the Spanish Speaking Unity Council of Alameda, Inc., and Trybe Inc., for the Fisc al Years 2025-2027, , in an amount not to exceed 3 Four Hundred Thousand Dollars ($400,000) per grantee for a total award not to exceed Two Million Dollars ($ 2,000,000) as set forth in Table 1 and up to the amounts provided in Table 1; and be it
FURTHER RESOLVED: That the City Administrato r is authorized to modify, extend or amend the grant agreements without 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 - 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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4 TABLE 1
Commercial Corridor Safety and Ambassador Grants ($2,000,000):
Grantee Individual Not-to-
Exceed Grant
Amount
Black Cultural Zone Community
Development Corporation, a
Non
profit Corporation
$400,000
Downtown Oakland Association, a
Nonprofit Corporation
$300,000
Jack London Improvement
District, a Nonprofit Corporation
$300,000
Laurel District Association, a
Nonprofit Corporation
$300,000
Oakland Chinatown Improvement
Council, a Nonprofit Corporation
$100,000
Spanish Speaking Unity Council
of Alameda County, Inc., a
Non
profit Corporation
$300,000
Trybe Inc., a Nonprofit
Corporation
$300,000
Total Not-to-Exceed Grant
Amount
$2,000,000