Oakland, California 94612 |
LaTonda Simmons, Interim City |
Clerk |
Concurrent Meeting of the |
Oakland Redevelopment Agency/ |
City Council/Joint Powers |
Financing Authority |
Meeting Agenda
City of Oakland
SUPPLEMENTAL
Oakland City Hall, 1 Frank H. Ogawa Plaza, Oakland, California, 94612 |
City of Oakland Website: http://www.oaklandnet.com |
City Council Chambers - 3rd Floor
6:00 PM
Tuesday, January 18, 2005
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. |
1
Pledge of Allegiance
2
Roll Call / ORA & Council |
COUNCIL MEMBERS; Vice Mayor Jane Brunner, Dist. 1; Danny Wan, Dist. 2; Nancy |
Nadel, Dist. 3; Jean Quan, Dist. 4; Desley Brooks, Dist. 6; Larry Reid, Dist. 7; Henry |
Chang, At-Large, and President Ignacio De La Fuente, Dist. 5 |
3
Open Forum / Citizens Comments |
(Time Available: 15 minutes) |
4
Modifications to the Consent Calendar, and requests from Councilmember(s) to pull an |
item from the Consent Calendar, shall be scheduled for the next-succeeding City Council |
meeting as a non-consent item. |
5
Motion for 'Members' Requests for Reconsideration' of an Action taken at the preceding |
Council Meeting, shall be scheduled for the next-succeeding City Council meeting as a |
non-consent item. (Motion Maker must have voted on prevailing side) |
6
Requests from Councilmember(s) to schedule an Action Item considered by Committee |
but not forwarded to Council, shall be scheduled for the next-succeeding City Council |
meeting as a non-consent item. |
7
Approval of the Draft Minutes from the Concurrent Meetings of the Oakland |
Redevelopment Agency/City Council held on January 4, 2005 |
8. PRESENTATION OF CEREMONIAL MATTERS
8.1
"State of the City" by Mayor Jerry Brown
8.2
Subject: Calvin N. Wong - Service Recognition |
From: Councilmember Chang |
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution honoring Calvin N. Wong for thirty-two years of |
distinguished service to the Citizens of Oakland |
8.3
Subject: Jim Brown - Dedicated Service |
From: Councilmember Larry Reid |
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution honoring and recognizing Jim Brown for his 27 |
years of service and dedication to the City of Oakland and congratulating him on his |
retirement |
This item was withdrawn and rescheduled at the January 13, 2005 Rules |
and Legislation Committee Meeting |
8.4
Subject: "Rebuilding Together Oakland" |
From: Councilmember Nancy Nadel |
Recommendation: A Presentation and adoption of a Resolution in appreciation of the |
work of "Rebuilding Together Oakland" |
8.5
Subject: "Stand Up for Choice Day" |
From: Councilmember Nancy Nadel |
Recommendation: A Presentation and adoption of a Resolution recognizing January 22, |
2005 as "Stand Up for Choice Day" |
9. COUNCIL ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS / ANNOUNCEMENTS
10. CONSENT CALENDAR (CC) ITEMS:
10.1CC-CC
Subject: Declaration of a Local Emergency due to AIDS epidemic |
From: Office of the City Attorney |
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution renewing and continuing the City Council's |
Declaration of a Local Emergency due to the existence of a critical public health crisis |
with regard to the AIDS epidemic |
10.2CC-CC
Subject: Medical Cannabis Health Emergency |
From: Office of the City Attorney |
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution renewing the City Council's Declaration of a |
local public health emergency with respect to safe, affordable access to Medical |
Cannabis in the City of Oakland |
10.3CC-CC
Subject: Ester S. Concepcion - Dedicated Service |
From: Finance and Management Agency |
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution commending Esther S. Concepcion for 34 years of |
devoted and dedicated service and congratulating her on her retirement |
10.4CC-CC
Subject: Ponce G. Flores - Devoted and Dedicated Service |
From: Finance and Management Agency |
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution commending Ponce G. Flores for 31 years of |
devoted and dedicated service and congratulating him on his retirement |
10.5CC-CC
Subject: Iona Young - Dedicated Service |
From: Finance and Management Agency |
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution commending Iona Young for 10 years of |
outstanding dedicated service to the City of Oakland |
10.6CC-CC
Subject: Michael T. McBride - Dedicated Service |
From: Finance and Management Agency |
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution commending Michael T. McBride for 27 years of |
outstanding dedicated service to the City of Oakland |
10.7CC
Subject: Police Services Agency - Performance Audit |
From: Finance and Management Agency |
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution authorizing the City Administrator to enter into a |
professional services contract with Public Financial Management, Inc. to conduct a |
performance audit of the Oakland Police Service Agency overtime and related staffing |
issues for an amount not to exceed $180,000 |
This item was moved to the Non-Consent Calendar at the January 13, 2005 |
Rules and Legislation Committee and will be discussed under Item 16. |
Subject: Lion Creek Restoration Project at Coliseum Gardens Park |
From: Public Works Agency |
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution authorizing the City Administrator to accept and |
appropriate funds from Union Pacific Railroad in the amount of $579,000 and from the |
Oakland Army Base in the amount of $70,000 for the implementation of the Lion Creek |
Restoration Project at Coliseum Gardens Park |
The January 11, 2005 Public Works Committee approved |
recommendations; 3 Ayes, 1 Absent - Quan |
Subject: 8th Street Parking Improvements |
From: Public Works Agency |
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution authorizing the installation of diagonal parking |
and a bike lane on 8th Street from Broadway to Jefferson Street by reducing traffic lanes |
from four (4) lanes to two (2) lanes for approximately fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000) |
The January 11, 2005 Public Works Committee approved |
recommendations; 3 Ayes, 1 Absent - Quan |
Subject: Establishment of Parking Zones on Designated Streets |
From: Public Works Agency |
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution approving the establishment of two-hour parking |
zones on both sides of International Boulevard and East 12th Street between 5th Avenue |
and 10th Avenue, for an amount not to exceed seventeen hundred dollars ($1,700) |
The January 11, 2005 Public Works Committee approved |
recommendations; 4 Ayes |
Subject: Installation of Stop Signs Brann Street |
From: Public Works Agency |
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution approving installation of stops signs on Brann |
Street at Morcom Avenue and on 22nd Avenue at East 32nd Street, for an amount not to |
exceed eight hundred fifty dollars ($850.00) |
The January 11, 2005 Public Works Committee approved |
recommendations; 4 Ayes |
Subject: Citizens Survey - Agreement |
From: Office of the City Administrator |
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution authorizing a professional services agreement |
between the City of Oakland and Fairbank, Maslin, Maullin, and Associates, a Public |
Opinion Research Firm, in an amount not to exceed sixty thousand dollars ($60,000), to |
administer a City of Oakland Citizens Survey for the purposes of gathering statistics on |
citizen's experiences |
The January 11, 2005 Finance and Management Committee approved |
recommendations and directed staff to delete all questions requesting |
feedback on specific individuals such as the Mayor, City Attorney, City |
Auditor, and Council members; 4 Ayes |
Subject: Racial Profiling Program |
From: Oakland Police Department |
Recommendation: Receive a Report from the Oakland Police Department outlining the |
Department's Racial Profiling Program and technical guide on promoting cooperative |
strategies to reduce racial profiling |
The January 11, 2005 Public Safety Committee received and forwarded |
this report; 3 Ayes, 1 Excused - Wan |
Subject: Purchase of Urban Search and Rescue Equipment |
From: Oakland Fire Department |
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution authorizing the City Administrator to apply for, |
accept and appropriate a grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA |
) for the period of September 1, 2004 to August 31, 2006 in the amount of one million |
three thousand thirty five dollars ($1,003,035) for training, personnel and administrative |
costs and acquisition, storage and maintenance of equipment for the Fire Department's |
Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) Team; and, waiving formal biding and authorizing the |
City Administrator to purchase USAR Team equipment from the General Service |
Administration (GSA) without return to Council |
The January 11, 2005 Public Safety Committee approved |
recommendations; 3 Ayes, 1 Excused - Wan |
Subject: East Bay Task Force - Overtime Reimbursement Costs |
From: Oakland Police Department |
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution authorizing the City Administrator to accept and |
appropriate fifty-eight thousand six hundred sixty-five dollars ($58,665) from the United |
States Department of Justice, Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), to the Oakland |
Police Department for overtime reimbursement costs of four (4) police officers assigned |
to the East Bay Task Force for the period October 1, 2004 through September 30, 2005 |
The January 11, 2005 Public Safety Committee approved |
recommendations; 3 Ayes, 1 Excused - Wan |
Subject: Oakland Area Violent Drug Task Force |
From: Oakland Police Department |
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution authorizing the City Administrator to accept and |
appropriate one hundred and two thousand six hundred and sixty-three dollars and |
seventy-five cents ($102,663.75) in Federal funds from the United States Department of |
Justice, Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), to the Oakland Police Department, for |
overtime reimbursement costs of six (6) police officers and one (1) sergeant assigned to |
the Oakland Area Violent Drug Task Force, for the period October 1, 2004 through |
September 30, 2005 |
The January 11, 2005 Public Safety Committee approved |
recommendations; 3 Ayes, 1 Excused - Wan |
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A disclosure of non-confidential Closed Session Discussion pursuant to Section 15 to the |
Sunshine Ordinance |
COMMENCING AT 7:00 P.M. OR AS SOON AS REASONABLY PRACTICAL |
THEREAFTER: |
13
Reconsideration of Ordinances pursuant to Charter Section 216
14. Consideration of items with statutory Public Hearing Requirements:
14.1
Subject: Central City East 5 Year Implementation Plan - Public Hearing |
From: Community and Economic Development Agency |
Recommendation: Conduct a Public Hearing and upon conclusion adopt the following |
pieces of Legislation: |
1) An Agency Resolution amending the five-year Implementation Plan for the Central |
City East Redevelopment Project |
2) An Agency Resolution adopting the Central City East Homeownership Rehabilitation |
Program, allocating $547,249 in Fiscal Year 2004-2005 for the program from Central |
City East Low and Moderate Income Housing Funds, and authorizing the Agency |
Administrator to make loans for the program without returning to the Agency |
3) An Agency Resolution adopting the Central City East Commercial Facade |
Improvement Program, allocating $100,000 for the program from Fiscal Year 2004-2005 |
Central City East Redevelopment funds, and authorizing the Agency Administrator to |
make grants and enter into design contracts under the program without returning to the |
Agency |
4) An Agency Resolution adopting the Central City East Commercial Tenant |
Improvement Program, allocating $125,000 for the program from Fiscal Year 2004-2005 |
Central City East Redevelopment funds, and authorizing the Agency Administrator to |
make grants and enter into design contracts for the program without returning to the |
Agency |
The December 14, 2005 Community and Economic Development |
Committee approved recommendations; 4 Ayes |
ACTION ON NON-CONSENT ITEMS:
15
Subject: Vacancy of District Two City Council Office |
From: Councilmember Danny Wan |
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution declaring a vacancy in the District Two City |
Council Office as of January 18, 2005 |
15.1
Subject: Special Election to Fill Vacancy in District Two |
From: Councilmember Danny Wan |
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution calling a Special Election to fill the vacancy in |
the District 2 City Council Office and directing the City Administrator and City Clerk to |
prepare and conduct the Special Election consistent with State and Local Requirements |
including the possibility of an all Mail Ballot Election |
16
Subject: Police Services Agency - Performance Audit |
From: Finance and Management Agency |
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution authorizing the City Administrator to enter into a |
professional services contract with Public Financial Management, Inc. to conduct a |
performance audit of the Oakland Police Service Agency overtime and related staffing |
issues for an amount not to exceed $180,000 |
This item was moved to Non-Consent at the January 13, 2005 Rules and |
Legislation Committee. A revised resolution can be found under Item 16. |
The original resolution can be found under Item 10.7CC. |
S-17
Subject: 1728 San Pablo Avenue - Sale of Real Property |
From: Community and Economic Development Agency |
Recommendation: Adopt the following pieces of legislation: |
1) A Resolution approving the sale of real property located at 1728 San Pablo Avenue for |
$1.3 Million to Silver Sound Electronics Inc., for rehabilitation as a retail and office |
project |
2) An Agency Resolution authorizing the sale of real property located at 1728 San Pablo |
Avenue for $1.3 Million to Silver Sound Electronics Inc., for rehabilitation as a retail and |
office project, and authorizing a disposition and development agreement for the project |
The January 11, 2005 Finance and Managment Committee approved |
recommendations; 3 Ayes, 1 No - Brunner |
S-18
Subject: Central District Redevelopment Project Tax Allocation Bonds |
From: Finance and Management Agency |
Recommendation: Adopt the following pieces of legislation: |
1) Adopt a Resolution of the City Council of the City of Oakland approving issuance by |
the Redevelopment Agency of the City of Oakland of not to exceed $55,000,000 |
aggregate principal amount of Redevelopment Agency of the City of Oakland Central |
District Redevelopment Project Subordinated Tax Allocation Bonds, Series 2005, the |
execution of an interest rate swap, and providing other matters properly relating thereto |
2) Adopt an Agency Resolution authorizing the issuance and prescribing the terms, |
conditions and form of not to exceed $55,000,000 principal amount of the |
Redevelopment Agency of the City of Oakland Central District Redevelopment Project |
Subordinated Tax Allocation Bonds, Series 2005, approving the form of and authorizing |
the execution and delivery of a first amendment to indenture of trust, a first supplemental |
indenture of trust, a bond purchase agreement, an interest rate swap and related |
agreements, an auction agent agreement and broker-dealer agreements; approving the |
form of and authorizing the distribution of a preliminary official statement and |
authorizing execution and delivery of an official statement; approving the retention of |
bond counsel and other agents; authorizing payment of costs of issuance; and authorizing |
and approving necessary actions in connection therewith |
3) Adopt a Resolution of the Oakland Joint Powers Financing Authority authorizing the |
purchase and sale of not to exceed $55,000,000 principal amount of Redevelopment |
Agency of the City of Oakland Central District Redevelopment Project Subordinated Tax |
Allocation Bonds, Series 2005, upon certain terms and conditions, approving distribution |
of official statement relating thereto, and proving other matters properly relating thereto |
The January 11, 2005 Finance and Managment Committee approved |
recommendations; 3 Ayes, 1 No - Brunner |
S-19
Subject: Thirteen (13) Off-Street Parking Facilities - Management Agreement |
From: Public Works Agency |
Recommendation: Action on a Report to request authorization to negotiate a contract, |
starting with the first-ranked parking management firm for the management of thirteen ( |
13) off-street parking facilities |
The January 11, 2005 Finance and Managment Committee approved |
recommendations; 3 Ayes, 1 Abstain - Brunner |
S-20
Subject: State of California Emergency Housing and Assistance Program |
From: Department of Human Services |
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution authorizing the City Administrator to apply for, |
accept, and appropriate loan funding in an amount up to $1,000,000 from the State of |
California Emergency Housing and Assistance Program (EHAP) for major rehabilitation |
of the City's transitional housing facilities |
At the Rules and Legislation Committee meeting of Thursday, January 13, |
2005 an Urgency Finding was made to place this item on the agenda that |
the matter is time sensitive and that substantial adverse impact could result |
if deferred to a subsequent meeting. |
This item requires an Urgency Finding pursuant to Section 2.20.080 E(2) of |
the Sunshine Ordinance requiring a 2/3 majority vote. |
Continuation of Open Forum
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