Meeting Minutes
City of Oakland
Oakland, California 94612 |
LaTonda Simmons, City Clerk |
*Finance & Management Committee
Oakland City Hall, 1 Frank H. Ogawa Plaza, Oakland, California 94612 |
City of Oakland Website: http://www.oaklandnet.com |
Tuesday, April 24, 2007
2:00 PM
Hearing Room One - 1st Floor
Roll Call / Call to Order
Councilmember Present: 4 - Member De La Fuente, Member Brunner, Chair |
Quan and Member Nadel |
The Oakland City Council Finance And Management Committee convened at |
2:20 p.m., with Councilmember Quan presiding as Chairperson. |
1
Approval of the Draft Minutes from the Committee Meeting held on March 27, 2007
A motion was made by Member De La Fuente, seconded by Member |
Brunner, to *Approve the Minutes. The motion carried by the following |
vote: |
Councilmember Aye: Member De La Fuente, Member Brunner, Chair Quan |
and Member Nadel |
2
Determination of Schedule of Outstanding Committee Items
A motion was made by Member Brunner, seconded by Member Nadel, to |
*Approve as Submitted. The motion carried by the following vote: |
Councilmember Aye: Member De La Fuente, Member Brunner, Chair Quan |
and Member Nadel |
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Subject: Jack London Square - Mixed-Use District Parking Program |
From: Community and Economic Development Agency |
Recommendation: Action On A Report And Recommendation For Review And Consideration |
Of A New Jack London District Interim Mixed Use Permit Parking Program |
Approve The Concept Of The Interim Mixed-Use District Permit Parking Program For The |
Jack London District And Direct Staff To Return To City Council With An Implementation |
Plan for the Jack London District As Well As A Recommended Process For Analyzing |
City-Wide On-Street Parking Issues By January 2007 |
A motion was made by Member Nadel, seconded by Member De La |
Fuente, that this matter be *Approve the Recommendation of Staff, and |
Forward to the Concurrent Meeting of the Oakland Redevelopment |
Agency/City Council, due back on May 1, 2007 as a Non-Consent Calendar |
item. The motion carried by the following vote: |
Councilmember Aye: Member De La Fuente, Member Brunner, Chair Quan |
and Member Nadel |
The Committee directed staff to include the following information to the Permit |
Parking Program: 1) the language “cost-neutral” and 2) provide annual |
updates |
The following individual(s) spoke in favor of this item: |
The following individual(s) spoke and did not indicate a position on this item: |
4
Subject: Annual Workers' Compensation Report |
From: Finance and Management Agency |
Recommendation: Receive An Informational Report On The Workers' Compensation Program |
For Fiscal Year 2005-2006 |
Continued to *Finance & Management Committee on 5/8/2007
The Committee directed staff to return to the 5/8/07 Committee meeting with the |
following information: 1) a detailed analysis by classification of all the 1400 |
open and active workers' compensation claims (i.e. how long the claimant has |
been off work, and are they misusing the system); 2) a comparison analysis with |
surrounding city's police departments workers' compensation claims filed |
during their training academies and a comparison analysis of carpal tunnel |
injuries in other city agencies that have employees that do work or work in |
positions similar to Communication Dispatcher; 3) more detail on the one |
hundred million dollars of liability cost associated with workers' compensation |
claims. The staff from the Public Works Agency was also directed to work |
closely with the City Administrator to develop a new strategy for the future to |
decrease the current trend of increase in filed workers' compensation claims |
The following individual(s) spoke and did not indicate a position on this item: |
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Subject: Super Urban Area Security Initiative Grant |
From: Oakland Fire Department |
Recommendation: Adopt A Resolution Authorizing The City Administrator Or Her Designee |
To Enter Into An Agreement With The City And County Of San Francisco For Distribution Of |
Fiscal Year 2006 Super Urban Area Security Initiative (SUASI) Grant Funds In The Amount |
Of One Million Three Hundred Eighty Thousand Five Hundred Eighty One Dollars |
($1,380,581.00), To Approve The Preliminary Spending Plan, To Waive Central Services |
Overhead Fees, And To Accept, Appropriate And Administer The Fiscal Year 2006 SUASI |
Grant Allocations And To Expend Funds In Accord With The Preliminary Spending Plan |
Without Further Council Authorization, Including The Award Of Contracts In Excess Of The |
City Administrator's Purchasing Authorization, Provided City Bidding Requirements And |
Purchasing Programs/Policies Are Followed |
Continued to *Finance & Management Committee on 5/8/2007
The Committee directed staff to provide the following information: 1) a detailed |
chart of the overall duties for the 4.0 full time positions funded by the SUASI |
grant; 2) the requirements or options for the administrative charges; 3) a |
detailed explanation of the East Bay Terrorism Warning Group; and 4) more |
details on the allocation of the $497, 000. |
The following individual(s) spoke and did not indicate a position on this item: |
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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. |
A motion was made by Member Nadel, seconded by Member De La |
Fuente, that this matter be *Approve the Recommendation of Staff, and |
Forward to the Concurrent Meeting of the Oakland Redevelopment |
Agency/City Council, due back on May 1, 2007 as a Non-Consent Calendar |
item. The motion carried by the following vote: |
Councilmember Aye: Member De La Fuente, Member Brunner, Chair Quan |
and Member Nadel |
The following individual(s) spoke and did not indicate a position on this item: |
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Subject: Municipal Code Chapter 8.02 - Amendment |
From: Finance and Management Agency |
Recommendation: Adpot The Following Pieces Of Legislation: |
1) 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 |
This item was withdrawn and rescheduled to the May 8, 2007 Finance and |
Management Committee Agenda at the April 19, 2007 Rules and Legislation |
Committee |
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 Finance and Management Committee adjourned the meeting at |
4:15 p.m. |
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be taken. |
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