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C. 41
To: Board of Supervisors From: David Twa, County Administrator Date: February  6, 2018		Contra Costa County
Subject: Racial Justice Task Force Project Facilitation and Data Analysis Contract Amendment
APPROVE OTHER RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
Action of Board On:   02/06/2018 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER Clerks Notes:
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS AYE: John Gioia, District I Supervisor Candace Andersen, District II Supervisor Diane Burgis, District III Supervisor Karen Mitchoff, District IV Supervisor Federal D. Glover, District V Supervisor Contact: L. DeLaney, 925-335-1097	I hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of an action taken and entered on the minutes of the Board of Supervisors on the date shown. ATTESTED:     February  6, 2018 David Twa,   BY: , Deputy
RECOMMENDATION(S): APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the County Administrator, or designee, to execute a contract amendment with Resource Development Associates, to increase the payment limit by $55,650, to a new payment limit of $225,650, for the provision of additional project facilitation and data analysis services for the Racial Justice Task Force, with no change to the term of Feb. 14, 2017 to June 30, 2018. (100% AB 109 Public Safety Realignment) FISCAL IMPACT: The contract amendment will increase expenditures by up to $55,650. The contract is 100% funded by AB 109 Public Safety Realignment revenue from the State, from the allocation provided to the County Administrator's Office for data evaluation. BACKGROUND: At it September 13, 2016 meeting, the Board of Supervisors appointed a 17-member Racial

The Public Protection Committee first considered this matter on its agenda in July 2015 in response to an April 2015 letter to the Board of Supervisors from the Racial Justice Coalition. After PPC discussion and direction, staff returned with a comprehensive report to the PPC in September 2015 with data related to race in the local justice system, the County’s Workplace Diversity Training, and information regarding outside diversity and implicit bias trainings. In November 2015 the PPC discussed the data from the September 2015 staff report and how it compared to the County’s 2008 report on Disproportionate Minority Contacts (DMC) in the local juvenile justice system. This led to joint recommendations to the PPC in December 2015 by the Chief Probation Officer, District Attorney, and Public Defender that included:  
  

• the County convene a Task Force to revisit and expand upon the findings of the County’s 2008 juvenile justice DMC report,
• the County enter into a contract for a facilitator to help guide the Task Force through this process, and
• a researcher be retained to help the Task Force collect and analyze data during the process.