December 6, 2022
Library and Community Services
DATE: November 22, 2022
TO: Mayor Butt and Members of the City Council
FROM:
LaShonda White, Interim Director of Library and
Community Services
Sam Vaughn, Deputy Director of Community Services –
Office of Neighborhood Safety
Subject:
Grant Award from the East Bay Community Foundation
FINANCIAL IMPACT: The receipt of these grants will provide $90,000 to the Office of Neighborhood Safety to provide general and
emergency support services and opportunities for the
ONS Operation Peacemaker Fellowship.
PREVIOUS COUNCIL
ACTION:
N/A
STATEMENT OF THE
ISSUE:
City staff is requesting Acceptance and Appropriation of the grant awards from the East Bay Community
Foundation in the amount of $90,000 to provide general
and emergency support for the Office of Neighborhood
Safety (ONS) Operation Peacemaker Fellowship
supported by ONS street outreach efforts.
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
ACCEPT and APPROPRIATE grant awards totaling
$90,000 from the East Bay Community Foundation
(EBCF) for the Office of Neighborhood Safety (ONS)
Operation Peacemaker Fellowship Program – Library
and Community Services Department (LaShonda
White/Sam Vaughn, 510-620-5404).
AGENDA
REPORT
December 6, 2022
DISCUSSION:
The Office of Neighborhood Safety (ONS) received grant awards in the amount of $30,000 for FY2020-2021, $30,000 for FY2021-2022, and $30,000 for FY2022-2023 totaling $90,000 from the East Bay Community Foundation (EBCF) to provide general operating support for the ONS Operation Peacemaker Fellowship Program. The funds will be used to provide supportive services and emergency services to Richmond youth most likely to be impacted by gun violence. This City Council action will authorize ONS to appropriate and utilize the funds as directed in the grant. The grantor, EBCF, confirmed that these funds do not have a time limit for expenditure.
DOCUMENTS ATTACHED:
Attachment 1 – Grant Award Letter for 2020
Attachment 2 – Grant Award letter for 2021
Attachment 3 – Grant Award letter for 2022
Attachment 4 – Email confirmation of no time limit on expenditure of funds Attachment 5 - Resolution