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
ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH THE YOUTH VENTURES JOINT
POWERS AUTHORITY (YVJPA), THROUGH ITS FISCAL SPONSOR
PHILANTROPIC VENTURES FOUNDATION , IN THE AMOUNT OF
$150,000 PER YEAR FOR FISCAL YEARS 2025-26 AND 2026-27, FOR THE CITY OF OAKLAND’S ANNUAL CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE YVJPA
WHEREAS, in 2006, the County of Alameda County, the City of Oakland, and the Oakland Unified School District formed a joint public entity named the Youth Ventures Joint Powers Authority (“YVJPA”) with the goal of enhancing their collective efforts to improve outcomes for youth and their families; and
WHEREAS, in 2016, First 5 Alameda County, the Peralta Community College District, and the Alameda County Office of Education were added to the YVJPA; and
WHEREAS, as a Charter member, the City of Oakland must contribute $150,000 annually in membership dues to the YVJPA; and
WHEREAS, in December 2020, the Y VJPA approved a resolution to establish a partnership with the Oakland Thrives Leadership Council ( “OTLC”) specifying that the OTLC would serve as the YVJPA’s lead organizational structure to achieve its mission to improve outcomes for children, youth and families in Oakland, and which approved the use of membership dues to support the backbone functions of the OTLC; and
WHEREAS, in February 2024, the YVJPA entered into a fiscal sponsorship agreement with the Philanthropic Ventures Foundation; and
WHEREAS, funds totaling $300,000 ($150,000 for each fiscal year) are budgeted and available for Fiscal Years (“FY”) 2025-2027 within the General Purpose Fund (1010), Department of Human Services -Administration Organization (78111), JPA Youth Activities Project (1005959), and Childhood & Youth Services Program (YS03) for the annual contributions; now, therefore, be it
2 RESOLVED: That the City Council hereby authorizes the City Administrator to enter into an agreement with the Youth Ventures Joint Powers Authority, through its fiscal sponsor Philanthropic Ventures Foundation, in the amount of $150,000 each year for FY 2025-2026 and FY 2026-2027 for the City of Oakland’s annual contributions to the YVJPA.
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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