Oakland Volunteers Clean, Green, and Beautify Photo by Franklin West Mike Perlmutter Environmental Stewardship Team Supervisor, Oakland Public Works •55 sq. miles •>400K people •33% white, 33%African American or Black, 17% Asian, 25% Hispanic or Latino, 25% white •>25% immigrant •40% speak language other than English at home •>150 languages spoken •>150k households •Median household income $51k •20% below poverty level •~40k businesses Photos clockwise from top: Yoo Seung Ho, Natausha Greenblott, Ross Cameron Photo by Miguel Vieira G Street and 89th Avenue. Photo courtesy of Oakland North Jungle Hill, near Harrington Ave. and Santa Rita St. Photo courtesy of Oakland North Garber Park Stewards West Oakland Library landscaping August 27, 2011 Community cleanup with Caesar Chavez School. Courtesy of Councilmember Noel Gallo Damon Slough cleanup behind Oakland Coliseum Cleanup San Leandro Bay June 23, 2015 Volunteers remove spray paint cans from Leona Canyon, Creek to Bay Day 2014 Photo by Mike Perlmutter Leona Canyon volunteers Creek to Bay Day 2014 Photo by Mike Perlmutter Monofilament recycling station installed by volunteer Joyce Stanek. Fruitvale Bridge Park Nancy Au and Karen D. at 35th Ave and 17th Street http://oaklandwiki.org/Mosaic_Tile_Trash_Cans Adopt a Drain Sign-ups November 2002 - November 2015 700 650 600 550 As of January 6, 2016 500 685 volunteers KTVU TV news story and 450 have adopted large storm event 400 998 of Oakland’s 7,578 350 drains (13%). 300 250 Oakland North blog and Number Number of Adopters 200 KPIX TV news story 150 100 Adopt a Drain website 50 launched February 2013 0 Adopt a Drain Model Expansion Cities with Adopt a Drain program based on Oakland’s • Burlington, Vermont • Fort Worth, Texas • Riverside, California Oakland coordinating with other cities on Adopt a Drain expansion and improvements • CA: Alameda*; Berkeley*; Brisbane; Los Angeles; San Francisco*; San Jose*; Riverside*; Torrance • GA: Fulton County • OR: Ashland • MN: St. Paul*; Owatonna • MI: Mundy Township • TX: Fort Worth • VT: Burlington* • WA: Bothell; Seattle; Shoreline* *Cities actively coordinating on Adopt a Drain 2.0. Volunteer & City Coordination 1. Volunteers contact the City via volunteer program, service request center, or other department 2. Volunteer proposes project 3. Staff assess project jurisdiction, safety, feasibility, appropriateness 4. Staff work with volunteers on proposal modifications, resource requests, and authorizations 5. Volunteer agrees to volunteer guidelines, signs waiver 6. Volunteer may commence project 7. City support via tool loans, supplies, debris pick-up, publicity, and technical assistance 8. Volunteers report progress, volunteer hours, obstacles 9. City coordination and support continues throughout life of project Future program development • Expanded program scope • Capacity building for volunteer leaders: – Trainings – Resource guides and published best practices – Newsletter or listserve – Dynamic volunteer calendar of events – Funding – Recruitment and publicity assistance • Integrated online geospatial project management tracking tool • Better program metrics • Community outreach to increase, diversify, and direct volunteers Stakeholders • Business Improvement Districts • Businesses • Schools – public and private • City departments • Offices of elected officials • County, state, and federal government • NGO’s • Individuals Community Partners Dr. Herbert Guice Christian Academy 10th Avenue Neighborhood Group Hillside Gardeners of Montclair Piedmont Avenue Neighborhood Improvement Driver Park Group 25th Ave. Neighborhood Watch Homeowner Asso of Harrington Ave League (PANIL) E. 31st St. Neighborhood Watch 31st St. Block Club Integral Group Piedmont Merchants East Bay Academy for Young Scientists 37th St. Clean Jingletown Cmty Arts & Business Piedmont Pines Neighborhood Association East Lake Merchants Assoc. 38th Ave. Neighbors Keith Freeman Quality Fine Foods Market East Oakland Boxing Association 50th & Manila Home Alert King's Boxing Gym Quality Watch Group East Oakland Leadership Academy Aaron Metals L. Chaste Corp Rainbow Community NCPC, EBALDC Acts Full Gospel Church Lake Neighbors Reach Academy EBAYC Adams Point Action Council Laney College Rouse Tires Edna Brewer Middle School PTSA Alliance Metals, City Slicker Farms, Clawson Laurel Village Association Safety First; Koreatown BID Loft Energy Solutions Longfellow Community Association SAHNA Alpha Omega Foundation ESD,PWA, City of Oakland Longfellow Neighbors San Pablo Corridor Coalition America Home Care First Presbyterian Landscape Group Lucha Unida Scenic Streets American Indian Child Resource Center Friant & Assoc. Maxwell Park NCPC School of Urban Missions Athens Community Group Friends of Arroyo Viejo Men Of Valor Academy Sequoia Hills, Oak Knoll Neigh. Assn Baywood Learning Center Friends of Beaconsfield Canyon Merrimac St/28th Street N'hood Watch Shalom of Oakland Beat 22X NCPC Friends of Bella Vista Park Millmont Neighbors Shepherd Canyon Homeowners Berlin Way Neighborhood Watch Friends of Dimond Library Mitchell Street Home Owners Simi Management Corp. Bicycle Trails Council of the East Bay (BTCEB) Friends of Elmhurst Library (FOEL) Montclair Park Restoration Project Simpson Temple Church Blandon /Glenly Road Neighbor; FOEL Friends of FROG Park Montclair Village Assoc. South Hills Homeowners Brooklyn Neighborhood Beautification Project Friends of Garber Park MORH I Community Center South Hills NCPC Beat 35Y Brown Family Friends of Glen Echo Creek MSIC St. James COGIC Butters Land Trust Friends of Joaquin Miller Park NCPC Representative St. Louise Studios Cantonese Speaking Citizens Acad Friends of Lafayette Square Park Neighborhood Watch Stanley Sweeper Cascade Volunteers Friends of Leona Canyon and Lion Creek Neighbors of Beat 35y Temescal Clean Team Center for Community Futures Friends of Maxwell Park New Hope Covenant Church Temescal Pool Neighbors Chabot Estates Homeowners Assoc. Friends of McCrea's Park NEWT (Native Environment Watershed Transformation) Temescal Telegraph Community Association Changing OUR Grounds Friends of Montclair Railroad Trail Newton House Tenants of Caldecott Lane Church of the Good Shepherd MBC Friends of Moraga Canyon North Hills Landscape Committee The Friends of Barry Place Clean Freaks Friends of Oak Park North Oakland Neighborhood Group (Oakland City The Rock Church of Oakland Coast Guard District 11 staff Friends of Peralta Creek & Cesar Chavez Park Church) The Shepherd Law Group Community Uprising Friends of Peralta Hacienda Historical Park NPS 6682 The Winner's Circle Consolidated Cleaning Services Friends of Sausal Creek Oak Knoll Clean Team/King Estates Tzu Chi Foundation CORE Foods Friends of the Gardens at Lake Merritt Oakland Beautiful Neighborhood Beautification Project Uncle Ron's Landscaping Council Member, District 5 Friends of the Oakland Public Library Oakland Progress Project Vietnamese American Community Center of the East Cresco Equipment Rentals Friends of Wood Park Oakland Shines Bay Culver St. Neighborhood Watch Fruitvale Alliance Neighbors Oakmore Homes Assoc. Visit Oakland Diamond Improvement Association G & G Iron Works Old Oakland Neighbors Vuitton E. Meals Youth D. C. Dimond Clean Team Geo Care, Inc. Old Oakland Parks Wallace Street Neighbors Dimond Improvement Association Glenview Neighborhood Association Our House Westlake Middle School DMV Neighbors Association (DNA) Goden Gate Community Alliance Parkinson Enterprises Where the Sidewalk Ends Dover Street Park Neighbors Harrioak Neighbors Patterson Ave. Neighbors Downtown Oakland Association and HD & M Co. People's Grocery Lake Merritt Uptown Association Impacts Tangibles Community • Cleaner city • Community engagement • Increased and healthier green spaces • Neighborhood pride • Improved water quality (reduced trash) • Increased public awareness and safety • Benefits other environmental measures • Community teaching tool (air quality, wildlife habitat, etc.) • Connection to larger community and • Credit for environmental mandates environmental initiatives • Public art • Added City capacity Thank you! Brazile Clark , Gordon Matassa, Deidre Martin, Mike Perlmutter, Jen Stern, Daniela Milián-Cavenecia.