City of Oakland Legistar System

DEFINITION OF TERMS:

Consent Item: any action item that a subject matter Committee has forwarded to the full Council

with unanimous recommendation for approval and is not controversial, and does not have a high

level of public interest as determined by the Rules Committee.

Non-Consent Item: any action that a subject-matter Committee has forwarded to the full Council

without unanimous recommendation for approval, or having a high level of public interest, or is

controversial as determined by the Rules Committee.

Action Item: any resolution, ordinance, public hearing, motion, or recommendation requiring

official vote and approval of the City Council to be effective.

Informational Item: an item of the agenda consisting only of an informational report that does

not require or permit Council action.

Roll Call / Call to Order

COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP:

Danny Wan, District 2 ; Larry Reid, District 7; Vice Mayor Henry Chang,

At-Large; and Chairperson Ignacio De La Fuente, District 5

Approval of the Draft Minutes from the Committee meeting of October 7, 2004

Determination of Schedule of Outstanding Committee Items

Scheduling of Agenda Items and revisions to the agenda(s) for the ORA/City Council

meetings of October 26, 2004 (SUPPLEMENTAL)

(CMTE PENDING 10-21)

Subject: Metropolitan Medical Response System

From: Oakland Fire Department

Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution authorizing the City Administrator

to accept and appropriate five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000.00) from

the U.S. Department of Homeland Security/FEMA - Metropolitan Medical

Response System (MMRS) to fund the Oakland Fire Department MMRS

Program and Enhance Integrated, Systematic Mass Casualty Preparedness,

with primary focus on terrorist events involving radiological, nuclear,

chemical, biological, or explosive agents; on the November 9, 2004 Public

Safety Committee agenda

Subject: Emergency Response Services for Oakland

From: Oakland Fire Department

Recommendation; Adopt a Resolution authorizing the City Administrator

to: 1) accept and appropriate a payment of two hundred and eighty

thousand dollars ($280,000.00) from the U.S. Department of Homeland

Security/FEMA - Metropolitan Medical Response System (MMRS) to pay

for emergency response coordination services by the Oakland Fire

Department MMRS Program, and, 2) enter into a contract with the U.S.

Department of Homeland Security/FEMA MMRS to provide emergency

response services in Oakland and surrounding jurisdictions for a period of

one (1) year; on the November 9, 2004 Public Safety Committee agenda

Subject: Oakland's Elementary Schools - Critical Incident Response Plan

From: Oakland Police Department

Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution authorizing the City Administrator

to enter into a professional services agreement with and accept and

appropriate a maximum of thirteen thousand eight hundred and

seventy-seven dollars ($13,877) from the Oakland Unified School District

(OUSD), for use by the Police Department, to cover the overtime costs of a

Sergeant of Police to prepare and implement a critical incident response

plan for Oakland's Elementary Schools for the period of July 1, 2004

through June 30, 2005; on the November 9, 2004 Public Safety Committee

agenda

Subject: Pathways to Change Juvenile Repeat Offender Program

From: Oakland Police Department

Recommendation; Adopt a Resolution authorizing the City Administrator

to enter into a funding agreement between the City of Oakland and the East

Bay Community Foundation (Safe Passages) in an amount not to exceed

two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000) for the period of July 1, 2004

through June 30, 2005 for services associated with the "Pathways to

Change" Juvenile Repeat Offender Program; on the November 9, 2004

Public Safety Committee agenda

Subject: 2004 Forensic Casework DNA Backlog Reduction Program

From: Oakland Police Department

Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution authorizing the acceptance and

appropriation of grant funds in the amount of ninety-eight thousand three

hundred and forty-four dollars ($98,344) from the U.S. Department of

Justice, National Institute of Justice (USDOJ/NIJ) for the 2004 Forensic

Casework DNA Backlog Reduction Program; on the November 9, 2004

Public Safety Committee agenda

Subject: 2004 DNA Capacity Enhancement Program

From: Oakland Police Department

Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution authorizing the acceptance and

appropriation of grant funds in the amount of eighty-two thousand seven

hundred and twenty-seven dollars ($82,727) from the U.S. Department of

Justice, National Institute of Justice (USDOJ/NIJ) for the 2004 DNA

Capacity Enhancement Program; on the November 9, 2004 Public Safety

Committee agenda

Subject: Oakland Health Profile 2004

From: Councilmember Nadel/Department of Human Services

Recommendation: A Presentation from the Department of Public Health

on their "Oakland Health Profile 2004"; on the December 14, 2004 Life

Enrichment Committee agenda

Subject: Afterschool Initiative of 2004

From: Councilmember Wan

Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution honoring the Oakland Fund for

Children and Youth Staff and Board Members of the Planning and

Oversight Committee for their outstanding work on the Afterschool

Initiative of 2004; on the November 16, 2004 City Council agenda as a

Ceremonial item

Subject: Municipal Improvement Fund "Pay-Go Funds"

From: Council President Ignacio De La Fuente/Councilmember Quan

Recommendation; Adopt a Resolution directing the Oakland City Attorney

to pursue amendments to the 1982 Trust Agreement with Bank of America

in order to clarify that the Mayor and individual City Councilmembers have

the option of providing the funds related to that agreement (commonly

referred to as Municipal Improvement Fund "Pay-Go Funds") to projects at

public schools in Oakland; on the November 9, 2004 Finance and

Management Committee agenda

Subject: Joseph T. Yew - Service Recognition

From: Councilmember Wan

Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution honoring Joseph T. Yew, Jr. for

five years of outstanding service to the City of Oakland; on the November

16, 2004 City Council agenda as a Ceremonial item

Subject: Chief Richard L. Word - Service Recognition

From: Councilmember Reid

Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution honoring Chief Richard L. Word for

his 20 years of dedication and service to the City of Oakland; on the

November 16, 2004 City Council agenda as a Ceremonial item

Subject: Mandela Gateway Public Artwork - Robert Ellison

From: Cultural Arts and Marketing Department

Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution authorizing a professional services

agreement between the City of Oakland and Robert Ellison in an amount

not to exceed forty three thousand dollars ($43,000) for the creation of

public artwork for Mandela Gateway; on the November 9, 2004 Life

Enrichment Committee agenda

Subject: Sausal Creek Townhomes Project - Increase of Area Median

Income

From: Community and Economic Development Agency

Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution to amend Resolution No. 2004-11

C.M.S. to increase the maximum income limit for qualified purchasers to

120% of the area median income (AMI), with an average income level not

to exceed 100% of AMI, for Sausal Creek Townhomes Project located at

2464 26th Avenue; on the December 14, 2004 Community and Economic

Development Committee agenda

Subject: Pavement Management Technical Assistance Program

From: Public Works Agency

Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution authorizing an application to the

Metropolitan Transportation Commission for up to $25,000 in consulting

services through the Pavement Management Technical Assistance Program

and payment of local matching funds in the amount of $2,867.50 from

Measure B Funds; on the November 9, 2004 Public Works Committee

agenda

Subject: Improvements to the City's Contracting Process

From: Office of the City Administrator

Recommendation: Receive a Special Report from the Budget Advisory

Committee (BAC) on certain improvements to the City's contracting

process; on the November 9, 2004 Finance and Management Committee

agenda

Subject: BART - Earthquake Safety Program

From: Citizens for BART Earthquake Safety

Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution endorsing the November 2, 2004 Ballot Measure

regarding the BART Earthquake Safety Program and Measure AA

This item was withdrawn from the October 14, 2004 Rules and Legislation

Committee agenda and rescheduled to the October 21, 2004 Rules and

Legislation Committee agenda

Subject: Measure CC

From: East Bay Regional Park District

Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution declaring the Oakland City Council's support of

Measure CC - Park access, wildfire protection, public safety, and environmental

maintenance measure

This item was withdrawn from the October 14, 2004 Rules and Legislation

Committee agenda and rescheduled to the October 21, 2004 Rules and

Legislation Committee agenda

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