Meeting Minutes
City of Oakland
Oakland, California 94612 |
LaTonda Simmons, City Clerk |
*Rules & Legislation Committee
Oakland City Hall, 1 Frank H. Ogawa Plaza, Oakland, California, 94612 |
City of Oakland Website: http://www.oaklandnet.com |
Thursday, April 05, 2007
10:30 AM
City Council Chambers - 3rd Floor
Roll Call / Call to Order
Present: Vice Mayor Chang, Member Reid, Member Brunner and Chair De La |
Fuente |
The Oakland City Council Rules and Legislation Committee convened at 10:50 |
a.m., with Councilmember President De La Fuente presiding as Chairperson |
1
Closed Session
A motion was made by Vice Mayor Chang, seconded by Member Brunner, |
to *Approve as Submitted. The motion carried by the following vote: |
Aye; 4 - Vice Mayor Chang, Member Reid, Member Brunner and Chair De La |
Fuente |
The Office of the City Attorney scheduled a Close Session for Tuesday, April |
17, 2007 to begin at 3:30 p.m. |
2
Approval of the Draft Minutes from the Committee meeting of March 22, 2007
A motion was made by Member Reid, seconded by Member Brunner, to |
*Approve the Minutes. The motion carried by the following vote: |
Aye; 4 - Vice Mayor Chang, Member Reid, Member Brunner and Chair De La |
Fuente |
3
Determination of Schedule of Outstanding Committee Items
A motion was made by Member Brunner, seconded by Vice Mayor Chang, |
to *Approve with the following amendments. The motion carried by the |
following vote: |
Aye; 4 - Vice Mayor Chang, Member Reid, Member Brunner and Chair De La |
Fuente |
The following individual(s) spoke and did not indicate a position on this item: |
FROM THE APRIL 19, 2007 RULES AND LEGISLATION COMMITTEE AGENDA
#1
Subject: Boards And Commission Directory Compliance |
From: Councilmember Jean Quan |
Recommendation: Receive An Informational Report From The Office Of The City Attorney |
Addressing The Boards And Commissions Directory Listings And Their Compliance With |
Sunshine And Brown And Maddy Acts |
Scheduled to *Rules & Legislation Committee on 4/26/2007
#2
Subject: Assembly Bills 29 And 1231 Analysis |
From: Council President Ignacio De La Fuente |
Recommendation: Request For A Bill Analysis And Resolution From CEDA Regarding |
Assembly Bill 29 (Hancock), Assembly Bill 1231(Garcia) Proposing Criteria For Prop 1C |
$850,000,000 Regional Planning, Housing And Infill Incentive Grants |
Scheduled to *Rules & Legislation Committee on 5/10/2007
#3
Subject: Assembly Bill 792 |
From: Council President Ignacio De La Fuente |
Recommendation: Adopt A Resolution From CEDA Regarding Assembly Bill 792 (Garcia) |
Proposing Criteria For The Prop 1C $100,000,000 Affordable Housing Innovation Fund |
Scheduled to *Rules & Legislation Committee on 5/10/2007
#4
From: Council President Ignacio De La Fuente |
Recommendation: Adopt A Resolution From CEDA Regarding Senate Bill 167 (Negrete |
McLeod) Proposing Criteria For The Prop 84 $90 Million Set Aside From The Communities And |
Climate Change Reduction Program For Planning Grants And Incentives |
Scheduled to *Rules & Legislation Committee on 5/10/2007
4
Scheduling of Agenda Items and revisions to the agenda(s) for the Council Committee |
meetings of April 10, 2007 (SUPPLEMENTAL) |
4-1
Subject: Paul Coverdell National Forensic Sciences Program |
From: Oakland Police Department |
Recommendation: Adopt A Resolution Authorizing The City Administrator, On |
Behalf Of The City Of Oakland, To Accept And Appropriate Grant Funds In An |
Amount Not To Exceed Twenty-One Thousand And Seventy-Three Dollars |
($21,073) From The State Of California, Governor's Office Of Emergency Services, |
For Implementation Of The 2007 Paul Coverdell National Forensic Sciences |
Improvement Act Program, And Appropriate Said Funds To The Police Department; |
On The May 8, 2007 Public Safety Committee Agenda |
Scheduled to *Public Safety Committee on 5/8/2007
4-2
Subject: 2007 California Seat Belt Compliance Campaign |
From: Oakland Police Department |
Recommendation: Adopt A Resolution Authorizing The City Administrator, On |
Behalf Of The City Of Oakland, To Accept And Appropriate Grant Funds In An |
Amount Not To Exceed Eighty-Two Thousand Seven Hundred And Forty-One |
Dollars ($82,741) From The State Of California, Office Of Traffic Safety, For The |
Police Department's Participation In The 2007 Twenty-One Day California Seat Belt |
Compliance Campaign; On The May 8, 2007 Public Safety Committee Agenda |
Scheduled to *Public Safety Committee on 5/8/2007
4-3
Subject: 2007-2008 Selective Traffic Enforcement Program |
From: Oakland Police Department |
Recommendation: Adopt A Resolution Authorizing The City Administrator, On |
Behalf Of The City Of Oakland, To Accept And Appropriate Grant Funds In An |
Amount Not To Exceed Seven Hundred Four Thousand Six Hundred And Eighty |
Dollars ($704,680) From The State Of California, Office Of Traffic Safety, For |
Implementation Of The 2007/2008 Selective Traffic Enforcement Program In The |
Police Department; On The May 8, 2007 Public Safety Committee Agenda |
Scheduled to *Public Safety Committee on 5/8/2007
The following individual(s) spoke and did not indicate a position on this item: |
4-4
Subject: Councilmember Larry Reid - Travel Authorization |
From: Councilmember Larry Reid |
Recommendation: Adopt A Resolution Authorizing Councilmember Larry E. Reid |
To Attend The National Forum For Black Public Administrators From April 20-26, |
2007 |
Scheduled to Concurrent Meeting of the Oakland Redevelopment |
Agency/City Council on 4/17/2007 |
4-5
Subject: Project Priority Funds - District Seven |
From: Councilmember Larry Reid |
Recommendation: Adopt A Resolution Authorizing An Immediate Grant of $15,000 |
From Councilmember Larry E. Reid's Priority Project Funds For Operating |
Expenses To A Safe Place, A Non-Profit Agency That Provides Shelter for Battered |
Women and Their Children |
Scheduled to Concurrent Meeting of the Oakland Redevelopment |
Agency/City Council on 4/17/2007 |
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4-6
Subject: Project Priority Funds - District Seven |
From: Councilmember Larry Reid |
Recommendation: Adopt A Resolution Authorizing An Immediate Grant of $15,000 |
From Councilmember Larry E. Reid's Priority Project Funds For Operating |
Expenses To Ariel Outreach Mission, A Non-Profit Agency That Operates An |
Emergency Shelter For Women |
Scheduled to Concurrent Meeting of the Oakland Redevelopment |
Agency/City Council on 4/17/2007 |
4-7
Subject: Community Action Partnership Funding |
From: Department of Human Services |
Recommendation: A Request To Withdraw From The April 24, 2007 Life |
Enrichment Committee Agenda An Informational Report On The Potential Impact |
To Oakland's Community Action Partnership If The Federal Community Services |
Block Grant (CSBG) Funding Is Eliminated And A Resolution Opposing The |
President's 2008 Federal Budget Proposal To Eliminate CSBG Funding |
REASON: Withdraw due to recent developments in Congress |
*Withdrawn with No New Date
The following individual(s) spoke and did not indicate a position on this item: |
4-8
Subject: Child Development Services Grants |
From: Department of Human Services |
Recommendation: Adopt A Resolution Authorizing The City Administrator, On |
Behalf Of The City Of Oakland, To Apply For, Accept, And Appropriate Head Start |
And Early Head Start Basic And Training And Technical Assistance Grants For |
Program Year 2007-2008 From The U.S. Department Of Health And Human |
Services, Administration For Children And Families (DHHS/ACF) In The Estimated |
Amount Of $14,513,944, And Authorizing A Grant Agreement With The Unity |
Council For The Estimated Amount Of $4,613,555 To Fund Child Development |
Services In Accord With Said Grants; On The May 8, 2007 Life Enrichment |
Committee Agenda |
Scheduled to *Life Enrichment Committee on 5/8/2007
4-9
From: Department of Human Services |
Recommendation: Receive An Informational Report on the Oakland Permanent |
Access To Housing (PATH) Homeless Plan; On The May 8, 2007 Community And |
Economic Development Committee Agenda |
This item is currently scheduled on the May 8, 2007 Life Enrichment Committee |
Agenda and staff is requesting it to be scheduled the same day for CEDA |
Scheduled to *Life Enrichment Committee on 5/8/2007
4-10
Subject: Operation Dignity, Inc. - Agreement |
From: Department of Human Services |
Recommendation: Adopt A Resolution Authorizing An Agreement With Operation |
Dignity, Inc. For The Homeless Mobile Outreach Program (HMOP) In An Amount |
Not To Exceed $358,620 For The Period Of July 1, 2007 Through June 30, 2009; |
On The June 12, 2007 Life Enrichment Committee Agenda |
Scheduled to *Life Enrichment Committee on 6/12/2007
4-11
Subject: Homeless Encampments Initiative |
From: Department of Human Services |
Recommendation: Receive An Informational Report On the Proposed Homeless |
Encampments Initiative of Oakland's Permanent Access To Housing (PATH) Plan |
Scheduled to *Life Enrichment Committee on 5/8/2007
The following individual(s) spoke and did not indicate a position on this item: |
4-12
Subject: Volunteers Of America - Contract |
From: Department of Human Services |
Recommendation: Adopt A Resolution Authorizing The City Administrator To |
Execute An Agreement Between The City Of Oakland And Volunteers Of America, |
Bay Area, Inc. For An Amount Not To Exceed $78,000 To Provide Project Choice |
Reentry Housing Assistance For The Period Of May 1, 2007 To December 31, |
2007; On The May 8, 2007 Public Safety Committee Agenda |
Scheduled to *Public Safety Committee on 5/8/2007
4-13
Subject: Measure Y Programs |
From: Department of Human Services |
Recommendation: Receive An Informational Report On Progress Of Fiscal Year |
2006-2007 Measure Y (Violence Prevention And Public Safety Act Of 2004) |
Violence Prevention Grantees And Programs, And A Recommendation To Exercise |
The City's Option To Renew For One Year Grant Agreements Between The City Of |
Oakland And Various Agencies; On The May 22, 2007 Public Safety Committee |
Agenda |
Scheduled to *Public Safety Committee on 5/22/2007
The following individual(s) spoke and did not indicate a position on this item: |
4-14
Subject: Attitudinal Healing Connection, Inc. - Agreement |
From: Department of Human Services |
Recommendation: Adopt A Resolution Authorizing The City Administrator To |
Execute An Agreement Between The City Of Oakland And Attitudinal Healing |
Connection, Inc. For An Amount Not To Exceed $25,000 To Provide Restorative |
Justice Training For The Period Of July 1, 2007 To June 30, 2008 A One-Year |
Option To Renew; On The May 22, 2007 Public Safety Committee Agenda |
Scheduled to *Public Safety Committee on 5/22/2007
4-15
Subject: Purchase Of Various Properties From Alameda County |
From: Community and Economic Development Agency |
Recommendation: A Request To Withdraw From The May 8, 2007 Community And |
Economic Development Committee Agenda An Agency Resolution Authorizing The |
Purchase Of The Following Tax-Defaulted Properties In The Coliseum And Central |
City East Redevelopment Project Areas From The County Of Alameda: (1) 7951 |
MacArthur Boulevard (APN# 40-3407-1), Purchase Price $165,261 Plus Interest; |
(2) 7963 MacArthur Boulevard (APN# 40-3407-2), Purchase Price $188,270 Plus |
Interest; (3) 812 Fruitvale Avenue (APN# 33-2198-8), Purchase Price $48,509 Plus |
Interest; (4) 917 73rd Avenue (APN# 41-4153-35), Purchase Price $7,860 Plus |
Interest; And (5) 606 Clara Street (APN# 44-5014-6-3), Purchase Price $256,029 |
Plus Interest |
Reason: Item being replace with a new request, which contains a couple of property |
locations different from those listed herein |
*Withdrawn with No New Date
4-16
Subject: Final Map For Tract 7627 |
From: Community and Economic Development Agency |
Recommendation: Adopt A Resolution Approving A Final Map For Tract 7627 To |
Convert Twenty-Six Rental Housing Units To Condominium Ownership At 1800 |
57th Avenue |
Scheduled to Concurrent Meeting of the Oakland Redevelopment |
Agency/City Council on 5/1/2007 |
4-17
Subject: Coliseum Commercial Tenant Improvement Program |
From: Community and Economic Development Agency |
Recommendation: Adopt An Agency Resolution Adopting The Coliseum |
Commercial Tenant Improvement Program, Allocating $225,000 For The Program |
From Coliseum Redevelopment Project Funds And Authorizing The Agency |
Administrator To Enter Into Grant Contracts And Third-Party Design Contracts |
Necessary To Administer The Program Without Returning To The Agency; On The |
May 22, 2007 Community And Economic Development Committee Agenda |
Scheduled to *Community & Economic Development Committee on |
5/22/2007 |
4-18
Subject: Purchase Of Various Properties From Alameda County |
From: Community and Economic Development Agency |
Recommendation: Adopt An Agency Resolution Authorizing The Purchase Of The |
Following Tax-Defaulted Properties In The Coliseum And Central City East |
Redevelopment Project Areas From The County Of Alameda: (1) 7951 MacArthur |
Boulevard (APN# 40-3407-1), Purchase Price $165,261 Plus Interest; (2) 7963 |
MacArthur Boulevard (APN# 40-3407-2), Purchase Price $188,270 Plus Interest; |
(3) Sunshine Court (APN# 40-3319-47-3), Purchase Price $6,375 Plus Interest; (4) |
Sunshine Court (APN# 40-3319-47-2), Purchase Price $8,145 Plus Interest; And (5) |
606 Clara Street (APN# 44-5014-6-3), Purchase Price $256,029 Plus Interest; On |
The May 22, 2007 Community And Economic Development Committee Agenda |
Scheduled to *Community & Economic Development Committee on |
5/22/2007 |
4-19
Subject: Williams Energy Settlement |
From: Public Works Agency |
Recommendation: Adopt A Resolution Authorizing The City Administrator To: 1) |
Appropriate $95,020 Solar Project-Related Interest And Refund Revenue; 2) |
Allocate $1,500,000 Of Williams Energy Settlement Funds; And 3) Accept And |
Appropriate $666,666.67 Of Reliant Energy Settlement Funds For Alternative |
Energy Or Energy Efficiency Activities; On The May 22, 2007 Public Works |
Committee Agenda |
Scheduled to *Public Works Committee on 5/22/2007
4-20
Subject: Slope Stabilization And Drain Improvements |
From: Public Works Agency |
Recommendation: Adopt A Resolution Rejecting The Single Bid and Authorizing |
The City Administrator To Award A Negotiated Construction Contract To Beliveau |
Engineering Contractors, Inc. For The Construction Of Slope Stabilization Piers And |
Drainage Improvements In Joaquin Miller Park (Project Nos. C282850, C244870 |
And C195610) For An Amount Not To Exceed Four Hundred Thirty-Eight |
Thousand Three Hundred Eighty-Two Dollars ($438,382.00) |
Scheduled to *Public Works Committee on 4/24/2007
4-21
Subject: Performance Measure Reports |
From: Office of the City Administrator |
Recommendation: Receive Follow-Up Informational Reports From The Department |
Of Human Services, Library Department, Museum Department And Office Of Parks |
And Recreation On Performance Results Of Fiscal Year 2005-2006 And |
Suggestions For Performance Measures; On The Life Enrichment Committee |
Agenda |
To Be Scheduled As Follows: |
May 8 - Office of Parks and Recreation |
May 22 - Department of Human Services |
Accepted
The following individual(s) spoke and did not indicate a position on this item: |
4-22
Subject: Measure Z Oversight Committee Report |
From: Office Of The City Administrator |
Recommendation: Receive An Annual Report Of The Measure Z Community |
Oversight Committee For 2006 |
Scheduled to *Public Safety Committee on 4/24/2007
ADDITIONAL ITEMS SUBMITTED ON THE DAIS
Subject: 7th Street Streetscape Improvement Project |
From: Community and Economic Development Agency |
Recommendation: Adopt A Resolution Authorizing The City Of Oakland To Apply For, Accept, |
And Appropriate Up To Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($500,000.00) In Fiscal Year 2007 Safe |
Routes To Transit Grants Funds For The 7th Street Streetscape Improvement Project |
*Withdrawn with No New Date
Subject: Analysis Of Assembly Bill 1648 |
From: Councilmember Nancy Nadel |
Recommendation: Action On A Bill Analysis Of Assembly Bill 1648 (Leno), An Act To Amend |
Sections 832.5 And 832.7 Of The Penal Code, Relating To Peace Officer Records, To Make |
Specified Information In Certain Disciplinary Records Available To The Public |
Scheduled to *Rules & Legislation Committee on 5/3/2007
Subject: Municipal Code Chapter 4.28 - Amendment |
From: Finance and Management Agency |
Recommendation: Adopt An Ordinance Amending Chapter 4.28 Of The Oakland Municipal |
Code To Establish And Codify The Claim Requirements And Procedures For Utility Users Tax |
Refunds Of Tax, Penalties Or Interest, Overpaid, Erroneously Or Illegally Collected, And Amend |
Section 4.28.120 To Grant Authority To The Utility Users Tax Administrator To Examine Books, |
Records And Witnesses, And To Issue Administrative Subpoenas To Persons In Violation Of |
Chapter 4.28. |
Scheduled to *Finance & Management Committee on 4/24/2007
Subject: Municipal Code Chapter 8.02 - Amendment |
From: Finance and Management Agency |
Recommendation: Adopt An Ordinance Repealing And Reenacting Chapter 8.02 Of The Oakland |
Municipal Code Relating To Security Alarm Systems And Modifying Chapter 1.12 To Provide |
For Fines In Chapter 8.02 And Approval Of A Resolution Authorizing The City Administrator To |
Transfer One Hundred Seventy-Seven Thousand Three Hundred Thirty-Four Dollars |
($177,334.00) From The Oakland Police Department Fiscal Year 2006-2007 General Purpose |
Operating Budget To The Finance And Management Agency's Revenue Division Fiscal Year |
2006-2007 General Purpose Operating Budget To Support Continuation Of The Security Alarm |
Program, And Authorize Waiving The Competitive Bid Process And Authorizing An Increase To |
The Previously Approved Contract For Software And Maintenance Services With Progressive |
Solutions, Inc. For The Acquisition Of Additional Software To Administer The Billing And |
Collection Of False Alarm Permits And Fines In The Amount Of One Hundred Five Thousand |
Dollars ($105,000.00) For A Total Contract Amount Not-To-Exceed Seven Hundred |
Twenty-Two Thousand Dollars ($722,000.00) |
Scheduled to *Finance & Management Committee on 4/24/2007
5
A review of the Agendas for the Concurrent Meeting of ORA/City Council for the meeting |
of April 17, 2007 and the Rules and Legislation Committee meeting of April 19, 2007 |
A motion was made by Member Reid, seconded by Vice Mayor Chang, to |
*Approve with the following amendments. The motion carried by the |
following vote: |
Aye; 4 - Vice Mayor Chang, Member Reid, Member Brunner and Chair De La |
Fuente |
Refer to the notation under item 3 |
The following individual(s) spoke and did not indicate a position on this item: |
6
Subject: Federal Legislative Agenda |
From: Office of the City Council |
Recommendation: Receive An Informational Report On The Federal Legislative Agenda For |
2007 |
A motion was made by Vice Mayor Chang, seconded by Member Brunner, |
that this matter be Scheduled to the Concurrent Meeting of the Oakland |
Redevelopment Agency/City Council, to be heard at the April 17, 2007 |
meeting as a Non-Consent item. The motion carried by the following vote: |
Aye; 4 - Vice Mayor Chang, Member Reid, Member Brunner and Chair De La |
Fuente |
This item was forwarded to this agenda by the April 5, 2007 Rules and |
Legislation Committee. The Committee also directed staff to return with a |
supplemental report addressing the following: 1) How much money did |
Oakland get from the Federal government and what did Platinum do to help |
secure the funding in each case? 2) What are the top priorities that Platinum is |
working on for Oakland? 3) Regarding the Waterfront and Estuary, what has |
been done to secure assistance from the Army Corps of Engineers and the |
Coastal Commission? 4) What is the list of programs referred to under |
National Programs and Federal Grants? 5) In regards to the Radical Roving |
Recreation Program, the Oakland Youth Center and the Lake Merritt |
Improvement Project, when was the funding requested, who approved it and |
what department in working on the programs? 6) In regards to the Transit |
Village Developments, it was our understanding that no funds were available |
for these programs, is that correct or incorrect, and if incorrect, what are the |
funding possibilities? 7) What does the Water Resources Development Act |
mean? 8) Is the funding listed the only amount the City has received from the |
Federal government for the Port? |
The following individual(s) spoke and did not indicate a position on this item: |
7
Subject: Analysis Of Senate Bill 2 |
From: Councilmember Desley Brooks |
Recommendation: Action On A Bill Analysis And Recommendation On Senate Bill 2 Local |
Planning (Senator Cedillo) Related To Emergency Shelters And Transitional Residential |
Facilities |
A motion was made by Member Brunner, seconded by Vice Mayor Chang, |
that this matter be Accepted. The motion carried by the following vote: |
Aye; 4 - Vice Mayor Chang, Member Reid, Member Brunner and Chair De La |
Fuente |
The Committee accepted the report, but decided to oppose the Senate Bill and |
oppose and watch as recommended by staff |
The following individual(s) spoke and did not indicate a position on this item: |
OPEN FORUM (TOTAL TIME AVAILABLE: 15 MINUTES)
The following individual(s) spoke under Open Forum: |
Adjournment
There being no further business, and upon the motion duly made, the Oakland |
City Council Rules and Legislation Committee adjourned the meeting at 11:47 |
a.m. |
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