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CITY O F .AGENDAREPORT

C O f H A Y I A ' i 9 : 12TO: Officeof theCityAdministratorATT N: Deborah EdgerlyFROM: DepartmentofHum an ServicesDATE: May 23, 2006RE: Resolution Autho rizing the City Administrator toNego tiateand Execute anAgreement for 205,848Between the CityofOaklandand the YouthEmploymentPartnershiptoSupport theSubsidized Summer YouthEmploymentProgramStrategy inAccordance withMeasureY for thePeriodofJuly1,2006 throug hJune30,2007,withTwoOne-YearOptionsto Renew

SUMMARYStaffrequ ests the City Counc il's authorization for the City Administrator to nego tiate andexecute anagreement fo r 205,848 withtheYouth Employment Partnership tosupporttheSubsidized Summer Youth Employment Program Strategy in accordance with Measure Y:Violence Preve ntion and Public Safety Act of 2004 (Me asure Y : VPPSA ) for the period of July1,2006 through June 30, 2007, with two one-year options to renew pending City Councilapproval foreach renewal.Theprogramprovidessummerjobplacement andsupportive servicesforup to 115youth iden tifiedasbeing ch ronically truant, school dropouts, suspended orexpelledfor violence,or onprobation.FISCAL IMPACTThese funds, a total of 205,848, are located in the Violenc e Prevention and PublicSafetyAc t of2004 Measure YFund(2251),H HS Administration organization(78111),D HSMeasure YSubsidized Summer Youth Em ployme nt Program Strategy Project (G2612 62). Thereis noimpact on the Gene ral Fund. CKGROUND

O nJune7 ,2005, City Counc il approved specific program recomm endations fo rMeasureY:VPPSAfunded violence prevention programs. The recommendations included allocating fundsto existing violence preve ntion programs and allocating funds to community based organizationsorpublic agencies throughacompetitive Request fo rProposal (RFP) process. N ine(9)programstrategies were allocated through acom petitive Requestfo rProposal (RFP) process whichw asdeveloped and implemented during FY 05-06. The recommendations from this RFP wereapproved byCity Councilon May 2,2006and thecontracts will begino nJuly 1,2006.

Item:Public Safety CommitteeM ay23 ,2006

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Deborah EdgerlyDHS Subsidized Summ er Emp loymen t Strategy Page 2In FY 05-06, approx imate ly 2.3 million was also contracted for key programs such as theSubsidized Summ er Youth Emp loyment Program Strategy. This strategy provides 205,848 pe ryear to support 115 jobplacementsdirectly to theMayor'sSummerJobsProgramforhighriskyouth. In FY 05-06, approximately 7,000fromthe Subsidized Summer Y outh Employme ntProgram Strategy wasallocatedto theMayor's Summer Jobs Program. Theremaining fundswere no t expended because City Council approvedthespecific program recomme ndations fo rMeasure Y:VPPSA onJune7,2005 whichdid notallow enough timetoallocateall thefunds forthat summ er's program. The rem ainingfunds from FY05-06are now allocated to the MeasureY;VPPSAcarry forward plan.KEYISSUESA NDIMPACTSInFY 2006-07, the 205,848 for the Subsidized Summe r Youth Employme nt Program Strategywillb eallocatedto thelead agency thatwasselected toimplementth e entire Mayor's SummerJobs Program through a com petitive bidding process overseen by the O akland WorkforceInvestmentB oard (WIB) Youth Council. Aftera thorough review of proposals by anindependent panel of outside experts in February, 2006, the Youth Employment Partnership(YEP) was recomm ended forfunding as the lead agency to implement the May or's Sum mer JobsProgram. In addition to Y EP 's outstanding track record for serving high risk youth, the reviewpanel was also impressed with the partnership YEP developed withth eScotlanCenter for Youthan dFamilies (West Oakland), East Bay Asian Youth Center (Central Oakland) and YouthUpRising(East Oakland), The W IBYouth Council concurred withth epanel'sdecisiona ndagreed to allocate 125,000 from the W IB to support the Mayor's Summer Jobs Program forYEP and its partner agencies for FY 2006-07. Staff is recommending the City Council allocateMeasure Y :VPPSA Subsidized Summ er Youth Employme nt Program Strategy fundsto Y EP toplace 115 Measure Y: VPPSA high risk youth in the M ayor's Summ er Jobs Program.PROGRAMDESCRIPTIONThe Subsidized Summer Youth Employment Program Strategy, underth eauspicesof theM ayor's Su mm er Jobs Program, will serve up to 115 youthidentifiedas being chronically truant,school dropouts, suspended or expelled for violence, or on probation. The City of Oakland worksin auniq ue citywide partnership with Oakland em ployers,businesses,andnon profit agenciestoprovide employ me nt training and placement for Oakland youth. The May or's SummerJobsProgram bring s these com munity partners together in a concerted effort to provide large num bersof O akland youth the opportunity to experience the world of work, earn m oney, build theiremploym ent skills, and receive on-the-job training that can he lp them becom e self-supportingadults.

Item:PublicSafety CommitteeMay 23,2006

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Deborah EdgerlyDHS Subsidized Summer Emp loyment Strategy Page3The Subsidized Summ er Youth Employme nt Program Strategy will emphasize placing MeasureY:VPPSA high risk 14 and 15 year-olds in jobs through the M ayor's Summer Jobs Program.Servingthisagegroupiscriticalgiven thelackofemploymentandprogram opportunitiesforthem duringthe summer. Theyouth willreceiveoneweekof competency-based pre-employme nt trainingan dthenbeassignedto apaid internship withapublicornon-profitagency, where they will workfor atotal of 160hours. Em ploym ent counselors will visit theyouth once a week at their job sites. The yo uthwillalso receive we eklyclassroomtraining toenhance their basic an d wo rk maturity skills and will be eligible to receivecashincentives formeetingself-defined developme ntal benchm arks. Toreflect the geographic and ethnic diversityof O akland,YE P hascreated aprogram partne rship that spanstheCity, includingth e ScotlanCenter for Youth and Fam ilies, Youth UpRising, and the East Bay Asian Yo uth Center. Me asureY:VPPSA highriskyou th participantsin theM ayor's Summ er Jobs Program mayrequire moreextensive support services. Therefore,Y EP and itspartners willaccesstheMeasure Y:VPPSAnetwork ofprogramstoensurethe supportive services needsof thehighriskyouth participantsare met.SUSTAINABLEOPPORTUNITIESEconomic: TheSubsidized Summer Youth Employme nt Program strategyo fMe asure Ywillenhance business de velopment and retention by preparing you th to be productive workers in thefuture.E nvi ronmenta l : Noenv ironmental impactsareanticipated.Social Equity: Providing youth who have been chronically truant or been involved in thecourt system with trainingandwork expe rience that willenable themtoachieveagreater degreeof social equ ity.DISABILITY AND SENIORCITIZENACCESSAllprogramsfunded through M easure Y; VPPSA are accessible to persons withdisabilities andmobilityimpaired seniors. AllM easure Yprograms contribute toincreasingthesafetyo fOakland comm unities whichisparticularly beneficialtoresidents withdisabilities an d seniors.RECOMMENDATIONANDRATIONALEStaffrequests the CityCouncil'sauthorization for the City Adm inistrator to neg otiate andexecute anagreement fo r 205,848withtheYouth EmploymentPartnershiptosupporttheSubsidized Sum mer Youth Em ployme nt Program Strategy in accordance with Measure Y:Violence Prevention and Public Safety Act of 2004 (Measure Y: VPPSA) for the period of July1,2006 through June30 ,2007, w ithtw oone-year optionstorenew pending City Councilapproval fo reach renewal.

Item:PublicSafety CommitteeMay 2 3, 2006

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Deborah EdgerlyDHSSubsidizedSummer Em ployment Strategy Page4ACTION REQUESTED OF THE CITY COUNCI LStaff requests the City Council's authorization for the City Administrator to negotiate andexecuteanagreement fo r 205,848 w ithth eYou th Employm ent Partnership tosupport theSubsidized Summ er Youth Em ployment Program Strategyi naccordance with M easureY :Violence Prevention and Public SafetyAc t of 2004 (Measure Y : VPPSA ) for the period of July1,2006 through June 30, 2007, with two one-year options to renew.

Respectfully submitted,

A N D R E A Y O U N G D A H L \\Director, De partme ntofHum an ServicesReviewedby:Sara BedfordManager, PolicyandPlanning U nitPrepared by:A lAulettaWorkforce D evelopment Manager, CED A

APPROVED FORFORWARDINGTOTHEPUBLIC SAFETYCOMMITTEE:

THE CITYADMINISTRATOR

Item:Public Safety Commit teeMay 23,2006

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Approved as to Form and Legal ity

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OAKLANDCITYCOUNCILR E S O L U T I O N No. C.M.S.

RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITYADMINISTRATOR TO NEGOTIATE ANDEXECUTEANAGREEMENTFOR 205,848BE T W E E N THECITYOFOAKLANDANDTHE YOUTH EMPLOYMENT PARTNERSHIP TO SUPPORT THE SUBSIDIZEDSUMMER YOUTHE MP LOYME NT P ROGRAM STRATEGYIN ACCORDANCEWITHMEASURE Y FOR THEPERIODOF JULY 1,2006THROUGH J U N E 30,2007,WITHTWO ONE-YEAR OPTIONS TO R E N E W

WHEREAS,CityofOakland voterspassedMeasure Y, the Violence Preventionand Public Safety Act of 2004, in Nov em ber 2004, approving a series of taxes to supportviolence prevention objectives, programs and services to reduce violence among children, youthandyoung adults in O akland; andWHEREAS,M easureYresourcesareavailable an dviolence prevention programswereapprovedb yCity CouncilonJune7 ,2005;an dWHEREAS,theCityCouncilapproved 205,848of the FY2005-06totalMeasure Yrevenuetosupportthe Subsidized Summer Youth Employment Program Strategy throughtheM ayor's Summ er Jobs Program to serve 11 5 youth identified as being ch ronically truant, school

dropouts, suspe nded or expelled for violence , or on probation; andWHEREAS,the funding for this contract is available in Pu blic Saf ety Act / 2004Measure Y F und (2251), HHS Adm inistration organization (781 11 ), DH S M easure Y Project(G261262);andWHEREAS,the R eque st for Proposals fromprivate non-profit and public entities toprovide program servicesfor theMayor's Summ er Jobs Programfor theperiodofJuly 1,2006through Jun e 30, 2008, was released in January, 2006; andWHEREAS,trained reviewe rs evaluated three proposals for the M ayor's Summ er Jobs

Program inaccordance w ithth ecriteriain theRequestfo rProposals; an dWHEREAS,the review panel recommended and theOakland Workforce InvestmentBoard Youth Co uncil approved therecomm endat ionfor theYo uth Employme nt Partnershiptoru nthe M ayor's Summ er Jobs Program operations and thus run the Subsidized Summe r You thEmployment Program StrategyofMe asureY; and

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WHEREAS,the CityCouncil findsthat thisagreementshall not result in thelossofemployment orsalaryby anypersonhavingpermanentstatusin the competitive services; nowtherefore, be it

RESOLVED:Thatthe City Administratorishereby authorized to negotiate an dexecutean agreement for 205,848 with the Youth Employm ent Partnership to support the SubsidizedSummer Youth Employment Program Strategy inaccordance withM easure Y: ViolencePrevention andPublic SafetyAct of2004 (Measure Y:VPPSA)for the period ofJuly 1,2006throughJune30,2007, withtw o one-year optionstorenew pen ding City Counc il approvalforeachrenewal;and be it

FURTHERRESOLVED:These funds willbeallocatedfrom Public SafetyAct / 2004MeasureYFund (2251),HHSA dministration organization (7811 1),DHS MeasureYProjects( G2 6 12 6 2 ) ; a n d b e i tFURTHERRESOLVED:ThattheC ity Adm inistrator is hereby authorized toconductall negotiations, execute an d submit al l documents, includingbut not limited to applications,

agreements, amendments, modifications, payment requests and related actions which may benecessary in accordance with its basic pu rpose; and be itFURTHERRESOLVED: That said agreement shall be approved as toform and legalityby theOffice of theCity Attorneyandplaced onfilein the Office of the City Clerk.

IN C OUNC I L, OAK LAND, C ALI FO R NI A, , 2006PASSED BY THEFOLLOWINGVOTE:

AYES-BROOKS, BRUNNER, CHANG, KERNIGHAN, NADEL, QUAN, REID an dPR ESI DENT DE LAF U E N T ENOES-AB SENT-ABSTENT1ON-

ATTEST: LATONDASIMMONSCityClerkan dClerkof theC o u n c i l

o f th e City ofO a k l a n d , C a l i f o r n i a