Concurrent Meeting of the Oakland |
Redevelopment Agency/City Council |
City of Oakland
Online Meeting Agenda
Oakland, California |
94612 |
Oakland City Hall, 1 Frank H. Ogawa Plaza, Oakland, California, 94612 |
City of Oakland Website: http://www.oaklandnet.com |
Oakland City Hall, 3rd Floor
6:00 PM
Tuesday, November 4, 2003
Pledge of Allegiance
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Roll Call / ORA & Council |
COUNCIL MEMBERS; Jane Brunner, Dist. 1; Danny Wan, Dist. 2; Vice Mayor 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 |
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Open Forum / Citizens Comments |
(Time Available: 15 minutes) |
3
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. |
4
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") |
5
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. |
6
Approval of the Draft Minutes from the Concurrent Meeting of the Oakland Redevelopment |
Agency/City Council held on October 21, 2003 |
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8. Presentation of Ceremonial Matters
9. Council Acknowledgements / Announcements
10. CONSENT CALENDAR (CC) ITEMS:
The following Consent Calendar items are considered to be routine and will be |
acted upon by one motion of the City Council, unless a member of the public or |
a Councilmember requests the opportunity to speak on an item noticed. |
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 |
10.1CC
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 |
10.2CC
Subject: Emma Monroe - Settlement Agreement |
From: Office of the City Attorney |
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution authorizing and directing the City |
Attorney to compromise and settle the case of Emma Monroe, in the amount of |
$9,175.00 as a result of property damage sustained when a City of Oakland |
vehicle collided with her parked vehicle.(Oakland Fire Department) |
10.3CC
Subject: Kent Luu, Lena Luu, and Lily Luu - Settlement Agreement |
From: Office of the City Attorney |
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution authorizing and directing the City |
Attorney to compromise and settle the case of Kent Luu, Lena Luu, Lily Luu v. |
City of Oakland, et al., Alameda County Superior Court case no. 2002-045902, |
our file no. 21760, in the amount of $13,750.00 as a result of an automobile |
accident with an Oakland Police Department patrol vehicle |
10.4CC
Subject: Marc A. Singer - Settlement Agreement |
From: Office of the City Attorney |
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution authorizing and directing the City |
Attorney to compromise and settle the case of Marc A. Singer v. City of |
Oakland, et al., Alameda County Superior Court Case no. 2001-031132, our |
file no. 21494, in the amount of $8,000.00 as a result of a trip and fall on a |
sidewalk (Public Works Agency) |
10.5CC
Subject: David and Gwendolyn McClure - Settlement Agreement |
From: Office of the City Attorney |
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution authorizing and directing the City |
Attorney to compromise and settle the case of David and Gwendolyn McClure, |
in the amount of $7,753.86, as a result of property damage sustained due to a |
sewer flood caused by a clogged city sewer main. (Public Works Agency) |
10.6CC
Subject: Gertrude Schiffman - Settlement Agreement |
From: Office of the City Attorney |
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution authorizing and directing the City |
Attorney to compromise and settle the case of Gertrude Schiffman v. City of |
Oakland, Alameda County Superior Court No. 2001-034700, our file no. 21420, |
a personal injury case in the amount of $47,450.00 (Public Works Agency) Ms. |
Schiffman tripped and fell on a sidewalk on MacArthur Boulevard |
10.7CC
Subject: Audrey & Gilbert Yuen - Settlement Agreement |
From: Office of the City Attorney |
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution authorizing and directing the City |
Attorney to compromise and settle the case of Audrey Yuen & Gilbert Yuen v. |
City of Oakland, et al., Alameda County Superior Court Case No. 834096-8, |
our file no. 20508, in the amount of $225,000.00 as a result of sewage |
intrusion into plaintiffs' home (Public Works Agency) |
10.8CC
Subject: Councilmember Travel Authorization |
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution authorizing Councilmember Larry Reid |
to attend the Bay Area World Trade Center "Trade and Friendship Mission" in |
Ghana, Africa from November 19 through 26, 2003 |
10.9CC
Subject: Councilmember Travel Authorization |
From: Councilmember Brooks |
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution authorizing Councilmember Desley |
Brooks to attend the Bay Area World Trade Center "Trade and Friendship |
Mission" in Ghana, Africa from November 19 through 26, 2003 |
Subject: Judith McKee - Oakland Museum of California Foundation Board |
From: Office of the Mayor |
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution appointing Judith McKee as a Trustee |
of the Oakland Museum of California Foundation Board |
Subject: Donna Allen - Health and Human Services Commission |
From: Office of the Mayor |
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution appointing Donna Allen as a member of |
the Health and Human Services Commission. |
Subject: Eva Aguillard and Chris Finn - Commission on Persons with |
Disabilities |
From: Office of the Mayor |
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution appointing Eva Aguillard and Chris Finn |
as members of the Commission on Persons with Disabilities |
Subject: David Means - Community Policing Advisory Board |
From: Councilmember Brooks |
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution appointing David Means as a member |
of the Community Policing Advisory Board |
Subject: Wayne Yang, Charles Kong - Children's Fund Planning and |
Oversight Committee |
From: Councilmember Chang |
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution appointing Wayne Yang, and |
reappointing Charles Kong as members of the Children's Fund Planning and |
Oversight Committee |
Subject: Purchase of Real Property - 1414 73rd Avenue |
From: Community & Economic Development Agency |
Recommendation: Approve the Final Passage (Second Reading ) of an |
Ordinance authorizing the City Manager to enter into a purchase and sale |
agreement to purchase a portion of the real property located at 1414 73rd |
Avenue from Lawrence P. Davenport for a total amount not to exceed $80,000 |
including closing costs |
Introduction (First Reading) was approved on October 21, 2003; Vote Count 8 Ayes.
Subject: Lexus and Infiniti Automobile Delearship |
From: Community and Economic Development Agency |
Recommendation: Approve the Final Passage (Second Reading) of an |
Ordinance authorizing the sale from the City Of Oakland to the Redevelopment |
Agency of the City Of Oakland for $419,407, for a portion of the former railroad |
spur (a portion of APN 041-3902-013) located between Hassler Way and |
Damon Slough which was used for various redevelopment projects known as |
the Lexus and Infiniti automobile dealerships |
Introduction (First Reading) was approved on October 21, 2003; Vote Count 8 Ayes.
Subject: Joint Living and Working Quarters |
From: Community and Economic Development Agency |
Recommendation: Approve the Final Passage (Second Reading) of an |
Ordinance amending the Oakland Planning Code to allow the conversion of |
existing non-residential buildings to residentially-oriented joint living and |
working quarters in the downtown area bounded by Highway 980/Brush Street, |
the estuary shoreline, the Lake Merritt/Estuary Channel, the western shore of |
Lake Merritt, and 27th Street |
Introduction (First Reading) was approved on October 21, 2003; Vote Count 7 Ayes, 1 |
Abstain-Nadel. |
Revised Recommendation: At the October 21, 2003, City Council meeting staff was |
directed to make the following amendments to the ordinance (1) remove the standard |
that the total floor area of the project does not exceed 100,000 square feet, and (2) any |
change to exterior of buildings over 100,000 square feet is subject to design review. |
Subject: Large-Scale Combined Retail and Grocery Sales |
From: Community and Economic Development Agency |
Recommendation: Approve the Final Passage (Second Reading) of an |
Ordinance amending the Oakland Planning Code to define "Large-Scale |
Combined Retail and Grocery Sales Commercial Activities"; and to prohibit this |
activity type in all zones (TITLE CHANGE) |
Introduction (First Reading) was approved on October 21, 2003; Vote Count 7 Ayes; 1 |
No-Brooks. |
Subject: Salary Ordinance Amendment |
From: Finance and Management Agency |
Recommendation: Approve the Final Passage (Second Reading) of an |
Ordinance amending the salary schedule of Ordinance No. 12298 C.M.S. (The |
Salary Ordinance) to add the classifications of Animal Care Attendant, PT, |
Animal Care Attendant, PPT, Animal Care Attendant, Assistant Budget |
Analyst, Curator of Special Projects, Curator of Special Projects, PPT, |
Financial Analyst, PPT, Marine and Aquatics Supervisor and Sports Official, |
PT, and to amend the classifications of Assistant to the City Auditor, Complaint |
Investigator II, Jailer III, Legal Secretary II, Legal Secretary, Supervising, |
Payroll Control Specialist, Program and Performance Auditor, Senior Aide, PT |
and Special Needs Coordinator |
Introduction (First Reading) was approved on October 21, 2003; Vote Count 8 Ayes.
Subject: Conflict of Interest Code |
From: Office of the City Attorney |
Recommendation: Approve the Final Passage (Second Reading) of an |
Ordinance amending Ordinance Number 11562 C.M.S., adopted on March 23, |
1993, as amended, Oakland Municipal Code Chapter 3.16, enacting a Conflict |
of Interest Code for City of Oakland Employees, Members of Boards and |
Commissions, and Consultant Positions |
Introduction (First Reading) was approved on October 21, 2003; Vote Count 8 Ayes.
Subject: Enforcement of Public Nuisance Actions |
From: Councilmember Quan and President De La Fuente |
Recommendation: Approve the Final Passage (Second Reading) of the |
Ordinance amending Chapter 1.08 of the "Civil Penalties", Chapter 1.12 |
"Administrative Citations", and Chapter 1.16 "Alternative Administrative |
Procedures for Abatement of Certain Violations" of the Oakland Municipal |
Code for enforcement of public nuisance actions |
Introduction (First Reading) was approved as amended on October 21, 2003; Vote |
Count 8 Ayes. |
Revised Recommendation:At the October 21, 2003 City Council staff was directed to |
include the additional language: " Whereas, the City Council intends that the |
amendments authorized apply to the fullest extent possible to any and all nuisance |
properties including, but not limited to, properties owned, operated, regulated or |
overseen by the Oakland Housing Authority; and". |
Subject: 2004 Oakland Municipal Nominating Election |
From: Office of the City Clerk |
Recommendation: Adopt the following legislation related to the Statewide |
Primary Election: |
1) Approve the Introduction (First Reading) of an Ordinance establishing the |
date of the City of Oakland Municipal Nominating Election as Tuesday, March |
2, 2004 to conform with the Statewide Primary Election; and |
Final Passage (Second Reading) has been scheduled for November 18, 2003.
2) Adopt a Resolution requesting consolidation of the City of Oakland |
Municipal Nominating Election with the Statewide Primary Election to be held in |
the City of Oakland on Tuesday, March 2, 2004 |
Subject: Fruitvale Business Improvement Management District |
From: Community and Economic Development Agency |
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution approving and confirming the annual |
report of the Fruitvale Business Improvement Management District Advisory |
Board and the continuing annual assessment for the Fruitvale Business |
Improvement Management District for Fiscal Years 2003-2004 |
Subject: Lakeshore/Lake Park Business Improvement Management District |
From: Community and Economic Development Agency |
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution approving and confirming the annual |
report of the Lakeshore/Lake Park Business Improvement Management District |
Advisory Board and the continuing annual assessment for the Lakeshore/Lake |
Park Business Improvement Management District for Fiscal Years 2003-2004 |
Subject: Installation of Stop Signs - Madrone Avenue |
From: Public Works Agency |
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution approving: 1) installation of stop signs |
on Madrone Avenue at Steele Street, on Holly Street at 79th Avenue, and on |
Laird Avenue at 68th Avenue; and 2) establishment of a no parking zone on |
both sides of Independent Road from 66th Avenue to Coliseum Way and on |
the East Side of 66th Avenue from Independent Road to 505 66th Avenue |
The October 28, 2003 Public Works Committee approved recommendation; 4 Ayes.
Subject: Installation of Stop Signs - 11th Street |
From: Public Works Agency |
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution approving the installation of: 1) stop |
signs on 11th Street at Center Street, Washington Street at 2nd Street, and |
East 12th Street at 37th Avenue; 2) a two-hour parking zone on MacArthur |
Boulevard (both sides) between 89th Avenue and 90th Avenue; and 3) |
four-hour parking zones on Martin Luther King Junior Way (east side) between |
3rd Street and 4th Street and 4th Street (south side) between Martin Luther |
King Junior Way and Jefferson Street |
The October 28, 2003 Public Works Committee approved recommendation; 4 Ayes.
Subject: On-Call Curb Ramps Project |
From: Public Works Agency |
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution authorizing the rejection of all bids for |
On-Call Curb Ramps Project (Fiscal Year 2001-2002) (Project No. C209110), |
and formally re-bid the project with return to Council for award |
The October 28, 2003 Public Works Committee approved recommendation; 4 Ayes.
Subject: Joaquin Miller Park Cascade Landscaping Project |
From: Public Works Agency |
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution authorizing the City Manager to award |
a construction contract to the lowest responsible, and responsive bidder in |
accordance with the Joaquin Miller Park Cascade Landscaping Project, Project |
No. C197230, and contractor's firm, fixed bid for an amount not to exceed the |
City's engineer's estimate, ninety one thousand dollars ($91,000), or if initial |
bids are non-responsive and/or non-responsible, authorizing the City Manager |
to reject all such bids and re-bid and/or negotiate a contract, and award a |
construction contract for said project without return to City Council |
(PURSUANT TO SECTION 902-E OF THE CITY CHARTER, THIS ITEM |
REQUIRES A 2/3 VOTE) |
The October 28, 2003 Public Works Committee approved recommendation; 4 Ayes.
Subject: Lake Merritt Dock at 17th Street and Lakeside |
From: Public Works Agency |
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution authorizing the City Manager to enter |
into a Construction Agreement with Vortex Inc., in an amount not to exceed |
ninety two thousand two hundred dollars ($92,200) for the construction of the |
Lake Merritt Dock at 17th Street and Lakeside Drive, Project No. |
G139410(PURSUANT TO SECTION 902-E OF THE CITY CHARTER, THIS |
ITEM REQUIRES A 2/3 VOTE) |
The October 28, 2003 Public Works Committee approved recommendation; 4 Ayes.
Subject: Laurel Streetscape Improvement |
From: Public Works Agency |
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution authorizing the rejection of all bids on |
the Laurel Streetscape Improvement on MacArthur Boulevard (between 35th |
Avenue and High Street) (Project No. C194710), and formally re-bid with return |
to Council for award |
The October 28, 2003 Public Works Committee approved recommendation; 4 Ayes.
Subject: Edes Avenue Project |
From: Public Works Agency |
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution authorizing award of a contract to Mosto |
Construction for the improvement of Edes Avenue (Project Number C166310) |
in the amount of two hundred thirty-one thousand one hundred sixty-eight |
dollars and fifty cents ($231,168.50) (PURSUANT TO SECTION 902-E OF |
THE CITY CHARTER, THIS ITEM REQUIRES A 2/3 VOTE) |
The October 28, 2003 Public Works Committee approved recommendation; 4 Ayes.
Subject: Business Tax Board Of Review |
From: Office of the City Attorney |
Recommendation: Approve Introduction (First Reading) of an Ordinance |
amending Chapter 5.04 of the Oakland Municipal Code to remove the City |
Attorney as a member of the Business Tax Board of Review and provide that |
the City Manager shall select an employee of the City to serve as a member of |
the Business Tax Board Of Review |
The October 28 2003 Finance and Management Committee approved recommendation; |
4 Ayes. |
Final Passage (Second Reading) has been scheduled for November 18, 2003. |
Subject: Gross Rental Receipts |
From: Finance and Management Agency |
Recommendation: Approve the Introduction (First Reading) an Ordinance |
rescinding Section 5.04.450 of the Oakland Municipal Code to allow taxpayers |
to report gross rental receipts separately for the purpose of paying the annual |
business tax |
The October 28, 2003 Finance and Management Committee approved |
recommendation; 4 Ayes. |
Final Passage (Second Reading) has been scheduled for November 18, 2003. |
Subject: Shop Oakland Parking Program |
From: Community and Economic Development Agency |
Recommendation: Approve Recommendation requesting authorization of free |
three-hour parking at designated meters and free parking at City parking |
garages during the 2003 holiday season |
The October 28, 2003 Finance and Management Committee approved recommendation |
with direction to staff to conduct a survey measuring the impact of the free parking |
campaign and return in six months to Committee; 4 Ayes. |
Subject: Pedestrian and Bicycle Related Streetscape Improvements |
From: Community and Economic and Development Agency |
Recommendation: Adopt an Agency Resolution authorizing an application to |
the Alameda County Transportation Improvement Authority for grant funds |
from the Measure B Bicycle and Pedestrian Countywide Discretion Fund for |
planning and feasibility studies for intermodal streetscape improvements on |
Telegraph Avenue |
The October 28, 2003 Community and Economic Development Committee approved |
recommendation; 4 Ayes. |
Subject: Operating Supporting Grants |
From: Community and Economic Development |
Recommendations: Adopt the following legislation regarding grants to |
Community Development Housing Organizations: |
1) Adopt a Resolution authorizing a grant of $150,000.00 in Federal HOME |
funds to provide operating support and technical assistance to Oakland |
Community Housing, Inc., and |
2) Adopt a Resolution authorizing a grant of $150,000.00 in Federal HOME |
funds to provide operation support and technical assistance to Resources for |
Community Development, and |
3) Adopt a Resolution authorizing a grant of $200,000.00 in Federal HOME |
funds to provide operating support and technical assistance to East Bay Asian |
Local Development Corporation |
The October 28, 2003 Community and Economic Development Committee approved |
recommendation; 4 Ayes. |
Subject: Sale of Real Property - 1072 55th Street |
From: Community and Economic Development Agency |
Recommendation: Adopt the following legislation regarding the sale of real |
property: |
1) Adopt an Ordinance authorizing the sale of the property at 1072 55th Street |
to the Redevelopment Agency for $415,000.00, and |
Final Passage (Second Reading) has been scheduled for November 18, 2003.
2) Adopt an Agency Resolution authorizing the purchase of the property at |
1072 55th Street from the City for $415,000.00 |
The October 28, 2003 Community and Economic Development Committee approved |
recommendation; 4 Ayes. |
Subject: Massage Service Activities |
From: Councilmember Jane Brunner |
Recommendation: Adopt an Ordinance regarding an urgency measure |
adopting an Interim Ordinance pursuant to Government Code Section 65858 |
imposing a moratorium on massage service activities |
Item S-10.39CC has been renoticed as Item S-31 on the non-consent portion of this |
agenda. |
Subject: Managed Health Network (MHN) |
From: Oakland Police Department |
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution authorizing a professional services |
agreement between the City of Oakland and Managed Health Network (MHN) |
in an amount not to exceed ninety-four thousand five hundred fifty-two dollars |
($94,552) for the period of July 1, 2003 to June 30, 2005, for a Counseling |
Program for sworn members of the Police Department and their dependants |
The October 28, 2003 Public Safety Committee approved recommendation; 4 Ayes.
Subject: Public Ethics Commission Bylaws |
From: Office of the City Manager |
Recommendation: Approve Recommendation to obtain required City Council |
ratification of amendments to the Public Ethics Commission Bylaws pertaining |
to committee organization and compliance with the Sunshine Ordinance |
The October 30, 2003 Rules and Legislation Committee approved recommendations; 3 |
Ayes, 1 Excused-Reid. |
COMMENCING AT 7:00 P.M. OR AS SOON AS REASONABLY PRACTICAL THEREAFTER:
An oral report from the Agency Counsel / City Attorney of final decisions made during Closed |
Session |
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A disclosure of non-confidential Closed Session Discussion pursuant to Section 15 to the |
Sunshine Ordinance |
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Reconsideration of Ordinances pursuant to Charter Section 216
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14. Consideration of items with statutory Public Hearing Requirements: |
Subject: Montclair Business Improvement District - Public Hearing |
From: Community and Economic Development Agency |
Recommendation: Conduct a Public Hearing and upon conclusion Adopt a |
Resolution confirming the annual report of the Montclair Business Improvement |
District Advisory Board and levying the annual assessment for the Montclair |
Business Improvement District for Fiscal Year 2004-2005 |
14.1
Subject: Rockridge Business Improvement District - Public Hearing |
From: Community and Economic Development Agency |
Recommendation: Conduct a Public Hearing and upon conclusion Adopt a |
Resolution confirming the annual report of the Rockridge Business |
Improvement District Advisory Board and levying the annual assessment for |
the Rockridge Business Improvement District for Fiscal Year 2004-2005 |
14.2
Subject: West Oakland Redevelopment Plan - Public Hearing |
From: Community and Economic Development Agency |
Recommendation: Conduct a Public Hearing and upon conclusion Adopt the |
following legislation: |
1) Adopt a Resolution electing to receive a portion of the tax increments from |
the West Oakland Redevelopment Project Area, |
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2) Adopt an Agency Resolution approving and adopting Rules Governing |
Participation by Property Owners and the Extension of Reasonable |
Preferences to Business Occupants in the West Oakland Redevelopment |
Project Area |
3) Adopt an Agency Resolution certifying and making findings as to the Final |
Environmental Impact Report on the West Oakland Redevelopment Project |
4) Adopt a Resolution certifying and making findings as to the Final |
Environmental Impact Report on the West Oakland Redevelopment Project, |
5) Adopt an Agency Resolution approving the Redevelopment Plan for the |
West Oakland Redevelopment Project, and |
6) Adopt an Ordinance approving and adopting the Redevelopment Plan for |
the West Oakland Redevelopment Project |
Final Passage (Second Reading) has been scheduled for November 18, 2003. |
The October 14, 2003, Community and Economic Development Committee approved |
recommendations 3 Ayes, 1 Excused-Chang. |
Subject: Joint-use School and Public Library - Public Hearing |
From: Oakland Public Library |
Recommendation: Conduct a Public Hearing and upon conclusion Adopt the |
following legislation regarding the Joint-use School and Public Library: |
1) Adopt a Resolution authorizing the City Manager to apply for, accept and |
appropriate funds in an amount not to exceed six million five hundred thousand |
dollars ($6.5 million) from the State of California Proposition 14 Funds |
(California Reading and Literacy Improvement and Public Library Construction |
and Renovation Bond Act of 2000) for the Fiscal Year 2003-2004 for the |
development of a joint-use school and public library with the Oakland Unified |
School District and consenting to the use of Redevelopment Agency funds as |
matching funds for this grant, and authorizing an amendment to the |
Repayment Agreement with the Redevelopment Agency to accept this funding |
of $3.5 million in Coliseum Redevelopment Set-aside Funds, and |
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2) Adopt an Agency Resolution authorizing the use of $3.5 million in Coliseum |
School Setaside Funds as local matching funds for construction of a public |
library at 81st and Rudsdale |
The October 14, 2003 Finance and Management Committee approved |
recommendations 4 Ayes. |
The October 14, 2003 Life Enrichment Committee approved recommendations 3 Ayes, |
1 Excused-Chang. |
Subject: Secondary Units - Planning Code Amendment - Public Hearing |
From: Community and Economic Development Agency |
Recommendation: Conduct a Public Hearing and upon conclusion Approve the |
Introduction (First Reading) of an Ordinance amending the Oakland Planning |
Code to modify the minimum street pavement width requirements provided by |
Ordinance 12501 C.M.S. related to standards for Secondary Units |
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Final Passage (Second Reading) has been scheduled for November 18, 2003.
ACTION ON NON-CONSENT ITEMS:
Subject: Education Teach-ins |
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution in support of Teach-ins and Day of |
Action to support education |
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Subject: Measure X Limited Charter Review Committee Recommendations |
From: Measure X Limited Charter Review Committee |
Recommendation: A Continued discussion to Approve a Report regarding a |
Resolution for the Council's consideration reflecting Charter amendments |
prepared by San Francisco City Attorney's Office that reflect the Measure X |
Limited Charter Review Committee and City Councilmember recommendations |
regarding (A) Balance of Powers among Branches of Government, (B) the |
Elected City Attorney, (C) Setting Pay for Elected Officials, (D) Term Limits for |
Elected Officials, (E) Mayor's Attendance at Council Meetings, (F) Number of |
Councilmembers and At-Large Representatives, (G) City Council Structure and |
Procedures; and (H) Role of the City Manager (I) determining whether said |
Charter amendment shall appear on the March 2, 2004 or November 2, 2004 |
Ballot (J) need to check report (TITLE CHANGE) |
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Subject: Recycling Services |
From: Public Works Agency |
Recommendation: Approve Recommendations and Receive a follow-up report |
in response to an unsolicited proposal from California Waste Solutions; and |
approve recommendations for establishing service parameters and soliciting |
proposals for recycling services in the area of the City currently serviced by |
California Waste Solutions; and a recommendation to enter into negotiations |
with Waste Management of Alameda County to address Citywide recycling |
service equity issues |
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Revised Recommendation: The October 21, 2003 Public Works Committee directed |
that the Request For Proposal include separate points for local business and small |
business; points for employing Oakland citizens with retention language; require a |
prevailing wage; standards of cleanliness; and service area limitation (no one company |
for all of Oakland; 2 Ayes, 1 Abstain-Brooks, 1 Excused-Chang. |
Subject: Risk Management Incentive Program |
From: Office of the City Manager |
Recommendation: Approve Recommendations regarding implementation of |
the Risk Management Incentive Program |
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Revised Recommendation: The October 14, 2003 Finance and Management |
Committee did not take action on the proposed resolutions, but approved staff's |
recommended Alternative D; 3 Ayes, 1 No-Nadel. |
Subject: Discrimination Based on Sexual Orientation |
From: Vice Mayor Nadel; Councilmembers Wan and Quan |
Recommendation: Approve the Introduction (First Reading) of an Ordinance |
updating language in the City Of Oakland's Municipal Code Chapter 9.44 |
discrimination based on sexual orientation and amending Section 9.44.010 |
definitions to include discrimination based on gender identity or expression |
and Section 9.44.020 unlawful practices to allow the use of restroom facilities |
consistent with a person's gender identity |
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The October 14, 2003 Finance and Management Committee approved |
recommendations; 4 Ayes. |
Final Passage (Second Reading) has been scheduled for November 18, 2003. |
Subject: Oakland Convention and Visitors Bureau |
From: Cultural Arts and Marketing |
Recommendation: An annual report of the FY 2002-2003 performance of the |
Oakland Convention and Visitors Bureau (OCVB) and Adopt a Resolution |
authorizing the City Manager to negotiate and execute a two-year professional |
services agreement with the Oakland Convention and Visitors Bureau to |
provide Visitor Marketing Services in an amount not to exceed $900,000.00 for |
Fiscal Year 2003-2004 and not to exceed $650,000.00 for Fiscal Year |
2004-2005 and to pay OCVB up to fifty percent of the amount of the City's |
Transient Occupancy Tax that exceed $10,262,773.00 each Fiscal Year |
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The October 14, 2003 Community and Economic Development Committee approved |
recommendation; 2 Ayes, 1 Abstained-Brunner, 1 Excused-Chang. |
Subject: Fox Theater Restoration |
From: Community and Economic Development Agency |
Recommendation: Adopt an Agency Resolution authorizing the Agency |
Administrator to negotiate and execute an Exclusive Negotiation Agreement |
with Fox Theater 1 Corporation, to develop the Fox Theater and attached |
wrap-around buildings into a performing arts center and home for the Oakland |
School for the Arts, and authorizing the expenditure of up to eight hundred |
thousand dollars ( $800,000.00) for testing, design, cleanup and related work |
during the exclusive negotiating period |
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The October 14, 2003 Community and Economic Development Committee approved |
recommendation; 3 Ayes, 1 Excused-Chang. |
Subject: West Oakland Weed & Seed Initiative |
From: Oakland Police Department |
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution authorizing the City Manager, on behalf |
of the City of Oakland, to accept and appropriate a grant in the amount of two |
hundred twenty-five thousand dollars ($225,000) from the U.S. Department of |
Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Executive Office of Weed and Seed for the |
continued program implementation of the West Oakland Weed and Seed |
Initiative and authorizing a funding agreement in an amount not to exceed |
twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) with the Oakland Police Activities |
League for truancy and mentoring services associated with the program |
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The October 14, 2003 Public Safety Committee approved recommendation; 3 Ayes, 1 |
Abstained-Quan. |
Subject: Creations of Special Assessment Districts |
From: Oakland Fire Department |
Recommendation: Adopt the following legislation: |
1) Adopt an Ordinance establishing procedures for the creation of special |
assessment districts to fund services and programs for fire suppression, |
prevention and preparedness within designated areas of the City Of Oakland, |
and |
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Final Passage (Second Reading) has been scheduled for November 18, 2003.
2) Adopt a Resolution of Intention to form the Oakland Wildfire Prevention |
Assessment District, accepting and granting preliminary approval of the |
engineer's report, directing filing of the engineer's report and proposed |
assessment district boundary map, submitting the proposed assessment to the |
district assessees for majority protest procedure, and scheduling a Public |
Hearing for January 6, 2004, and |
Revised Recommendation: The October 14, 2003 Public Safety Committee approved |
recommendations with amendments to the resolution to add the boundary description, |
clarify the Citizens Advisory Committee, and impose a cap on Administration Costs; 4 |
Ayes. |
3) Adopt a Resolution authorizing the City Manager to execute the ballot for all |
the City owned properties on which assessments are to be levied for the |
Oakland Wildfire Assessment District to support the formation of the District |
and approve the assessments and, if the district is formed, to take the |
necessary actions to pay the amount of the assessments of the City owned |
properties in an amount not to exceed a total of $1,489,774.00 over the ten |
year assessment period |
(Number not used)
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Subject: City owned surplus properties |
From: Community and Economic Development Agency |
Recommendation: Approve the Introduction (First Reading) of an Ordinance |
authorizing the City Manager to enter into purchase and sales agreements for |
the sale of eleven City owned surplus properties from the public auction |
conducted on October 3, 2003 to the following high bidders: (1 APN |
045-5304-057-02, 056 for $140,000) Jeff Ku; (3-APN 044-4989-006 for |
$227,000) Oakland Community Housing, Inc.; (4-APN 048-6854-002-06 and |
5-APN 048-6854-003-02 for $100,000,7-APN 048-6818-001-01 for $135,000) |
Hirst Shafer Construction and Development, Inc.; (6-APN 048-6869-007 for |
$240,000) Amelia Lim; (8-APN 048D-7302-059 for $81,000) Henry Hernandez; |
(9-APN 048D-7303-067 for $50,000 and 10-APN 048D-7303-068 for $50,000) |
Wayne Huey; and (11-APN 048H-7606-051-04 for $455,000) Traci Ann |
McKnight |
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Final Passage (Second Reading) has been scheduled for November 18, 2003.
Subject: City owned surplus properties - Impartial Financial Analysis |
From: Office of the City Auditor |
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Subject: Low Law Enforcement Policy towards Medical Cannabis |
From: Office of the City Manger |
Recommendation: A Continued discussion to Approve Recommendations |
regarding conditions to fall under the City's Low Law Enforcement Policy |
towards Medical Cannabis and to select one medical cannabis provider |
association to administer the City's Medical Cannabis Distribution Program |
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At the October 30, 2003, Rules and Legislation Committee this item was scheduled for |
discussion at the November 18, 2003 Closed Session meeting, and additionally, the |
Rules and Legislation Committee scheduled two proposed alternative ordinances |
(Nadel/Quan) for consideration at the December 2, 2003, City Council meeting. |
Subject: Construction of Bulbouts - Ray's Electric |
From: Public Works Agency |
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution authorizing award of a contract to Ray's |
Electric for the construction of bulbouts on Grand Avenue (Project Number |
G170430) in the amount of three hundred thirty-five thousand nine hundred |
thirty dollars ($335,930) (PURSUANT TO SECTION 902-E OF THE CITY |
CHARTER, THIS ITEM REQUIRES A 2/3 VOTE) |
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The October 28, 2003 Public Works Committee approved recommendation; 3 Ayes, 1 |
Abstained-Brooks. |
Subject: Lease Agreement for 530 Lake Park Avenue |
From: Community and Economic and Development Agency |
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution authorizing the City Manager to enter |
into a two-year lease with Peter and Helen Shiu for real property located at 530 |
Lake Park Avenue, for use as a community meeting facility and community |
police station, for two years in the amount of $25,200 (Year 1), and $27,600 |
(Year 2), and tenant improvements (not to exceed $2,000), plus telephone, and |
utility costs |
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The October 28, 2003 Finance and Management Committee approved |
recommendation; 3 Ayes, 1 No-Brunner. |
Subject: Oakland Fund for Children and Youth |
From: Department of Human Services |
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution authorizing the City Manager to |
negotiate and execute a contract between the City of Oakland and Community |
Crime Prevention Associates in an amount not to exceed $260,000 to evaluate |
the Oakland Fund for Children and Youth for the period of October 1, 2003 |
through September 30, 2004 with two one-year options to renew |
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The October 28, 2003 Life Enrichment Committee approved recommendation; 3 Ayes, |
1 No-Brunner. |
Subject: Oakland Fund for Children and Youth Request for Proposals |
From: Department of Human Services |
Recommendation: Approve Recommendation for the Oakland Fund for |
Children and Youth Fiscal Year 2004-2005 Request for Proposals and Fiscal |
Year 2004-2005 After School Initiative Request for Qualifications |
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The October 28, 2003 Life Enrichment Committee approved recommendation; 3 Ayes, |
1 Abstain-Brunner. |
Subject: Massage Service Activities |
From: Councilmember Jane Brunner |
Recommendation: Adopt an urgency measure adopting an Interim Ordinance |
pursuant to Government Code Section 65858 imposing a moratorium on |
massage service activities |
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NOTICE OF ADDITIONAL URGENCY AGENDA ITEM S-32 FOR THE CONCURRENT |
MEETING OF THE OAKLAND REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY/CITY COUNCIL NOVEMBER 4, |
2003 |
(PURSUANT TO CALIFORNIA GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 65858, |
INTRODUCTION AND ADOPTION OF THIS ORDINANCE REQUIRES A VOTE OF 4/5 |
OF THE MEMBERS (7 AFFIRMATIVE VOTES). THIS ORDINANCE IS INTRODUCED |
AND ADOPTED AT THE SAME MEETING AND IT IS IN EFFECT IMMEDIATELY FOR |
A 45 DAY PERIOD UPON ADOPTION.) |
The October, 28, 2003 Public Safety Committee approved recommendation; 3 Ayes, 1 |
Abstain - Brooks. |
Item S-31 was previously noticed as Item S-10.39CC. |
Continuation of Open Forum
ADJOURNMENT OF COUNCIL SESSION |
(Meeting shall conclude no later than 10:30 p.m., unless extended by Majority Vote of the |
Council) |
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