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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.

Subject: First Responder Advanced Life Support (FRALS) Services

Agreement

From: Oakland Fire Department

Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution authorizing the City Administrator

to enter into a First Responder Advanced Life Support (FRALS) Services

Agreement with Alameda County Emergency Medical Services District for

the term July 2004 to June 30, 2009 and to appropriate payment anticipated

to be $962,000 for the first year (Based on $37,000 per each of 26 First

Responder Paramedic Units), with a 3% increase per year for the term of

the agreement; on the March 22, 2005 Public Safety Committee agenda

Subject: Eminent Domain Litigation

From: Office of the City Attorney

Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution authorizing and directing the City

Attorney to compromise and settle the Eminent Domain Litigation of City

of Oakland v. Orkin, Inc. dba Thrifty Oil Company ("Thrifty") in the

amount of $326,820 ($131,820 plus the City's $195,000 deposit which

Thrifty previously withdrew) as compensation for the City's Condemnation

of 862-868 - 98th Avenue for the City's widening of 98th Avenue (San

Mateo County Superior Court Action No. 336725); on the March 1, 2005

City Council agenda

Subject: Chicago Climate Exchange

From: Vice Mayor Brunner

Recommendation: Action on a Report and Recommendation for the City

of Oakland to negotiate a contract to join the Chicago Climate Exchange,

the World's First Multi-National and Multi-sector Market for reducing and

Trading Greenhouse Gas Emissions; on the March 8, 2005 Finance and

Management Committee agenda

Subject: Port of Oakland Billboards

From: Vice Mayor Brunner

Recommendation: Action on a Report regarding Billboards at the Port of

Oakland, which will include a review of the City of Oakland's current Land

Use Authority Billboards at the Port of Oakland and recommendations as to

how the City can further regulate the installation of Billboards within the

City Limits, and request to the Port of Oakland to postpone the approval of

any new Billboards for 45 days; on the March 8, 2005 Community and

Economic Development Committee agenda

Subject: Appointment to the Community Policing Advisory Board

From: Council President De La Fuente

Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution appointing Brendan Mulholland as

a member of the Community Policing Advisory Board representing City

Council District 5; on the March 1, 2005 City Council agenda

Subject: "Michael Morgan Day"

From: Council President De La Fuente

Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution honoring Maestro Michael Morgan

on his 15th Anniversary as the Conductor and Musical Director of the

Oakland East Bay Symphony and proclaiming May 20, 2005 as "Michael

Morgan Day" in the City of Oakland; on the May 17, 2005 City Council

agenda as a Ceremonial item

Subject: Mariann Mitchell - Service Recognition

From: Councilmember Reid

Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution commending Police Service

Technician Mariann Mitchell for selfless acts of kindness above and

beyond the call of duty; on the March 1, 2005 City Council agenda

Subject: Victor Bullock - Service Recognition

From: Councilmember Reid

Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution commending Officer Victor

Bullock for selfless acts of kindness above and beyond the call of duty; on

the March 1, 2005 City Council Agenda

Subject: Riders Case Negotiated Settlement

From: Councilmember Reid

Recommendation: Receive a status report on bringing Oakland Police

Department into compliance with the negotiated settlement arising from the

Riders case; on the Public Safety Committee agenda as soon as possible

Subject: West Oakland Bay Trail

From: Public Works Agency

Recommendation: A request to reschedule from the March 8, 2005 Public

Works Committee agenda to the March 22, 2005 Public Works Committee

agenda adopt a Resolution authorizing the City Administrator to increase

the Change Order Limit by Seventy Thousand One Hundred Seventy-One

Dollars ($70,171) on the Construction Contract with Vanguard

Construction for the West Oakland Bay Trail, for a total contract amount

not-to-exceed Six Hundred Sixty-Nine Thousand and Seventy-Six Dollars

($669,076)

Subject: Leona Quarry Geologic Hazard Abatement District (GHAD)

From: Public Works Agency

Recommendation: Adopt the following pieces of legislation by the Leona

Quarry Geologic Hazard Abatement District (GHAD) Board:

(1.) A resolution appointing Chairperson, Treasurer/Clerk, interim General

Manager, and Attorney for the Leona Quarry Geologic Hazard Abatement

District (GHAD) and approving agreements for services of the

Treasurer/Clerk, interim General Manager and Attorney;

(2.) A resolution accepting petition and setting a Public Hearing for

annexation of four lots into existing Leona Quarry GHAD;

(3.) A resolution accepting Amendment 1 to the Leona Quarry GHAD Plan

of Control and setting a Public Hearing;

(4.) A resolution approving the GHAD budget; and

(5.) A resolution of intention to order an assessment for the Leona Quarry

GHAD and set a Public Hearing to consider the proposed assessment and

establish all assessments, reserve funding and/or other long-term financing,

and other requirements necessary to fully fund the GHAD in accordance

with Condition of Approval Number 24; on the March 8, 2005 Public

Works Committee agenda and setting a Public Hearing

Subject: Memorial Park Project

From: Public Works Agency

Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution authorizing the City Administrator

to reject all bids for the Memorial Park Project, to revise the scope of work,

negotiate a contract, and award a construction contract without return to

City Council for an amount not to exceed six hundred and thirty thousand

dollars ($630,000); on the March 8, 2005 Public Works Committee agenda

Subject: Amendment to the Master Fee Schedule

From: Public Works Agency

Recommendation: Approve the Introduction of an Ordinance amending

Ordinance Number 12611 C.M.S. (Master Fee Schedule), modifying fees

for parking facilities operated by the City of Oakland; on the March 22,

2005 Finance and Management Committee agenda

Subject: Fiscal Year 2004-2005 Revenue and Expenditure Results

From: Office of the City Administrator

Recommendation: Action on a Report on Fiscal Year 2004-2005 Second

Quarter Revenue and Expenditure Results and Year-End Projections; for

City's selected funds (General Purpose, Telecommunications, Contract

Compliance, Equipment and Facilities); on the March 8, 2005 Finance and

Management Committee agenda

Subject: Assessment Processes for the Landscaping and Lighting

Assessment District

From: Office of the City Administrator

Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution initiating the Fiscal Year 2005-2006

assessment processes for the City of Oakland Landscaping and Lighting

Assessment District and authorizing the City Administrator to order a

preliminary Engineer's Report pursuant to the California Streets and

Highways Code Section 22622; on the March 8, 2005 Finance and

Management Committee agenda

Subject: Assessment Processes for the Wildfire Prevention Assessment

District

From: Office of the City Administrator

Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution initiating the Fiscal Year 2005-2006

assessment processes for the City of Oakland Wildfire Prevention

Assessment District and authorizing the City Administrator to order A

preliminary Annual Report pursuant to Oakland Municipal Code; on the

March 8, 2005 Finance and Management Committee agenda

Subject: Amendment to Chapter 3.20 of The Oakland Municipal Code

From: The Public Ethics Commission

Recommendation: Action on a Report and Recommendation from the Public Ethics

Commission to amend Chapter 3.20 of the Oakland Municipal Code (aka "The Lobbyist

Registration Act") to provide 1) a restriction on elected officials from acting as

professional lobbyists for one-year after leaving office; 2) a limitation on the amount of

gifts lobbyists can give to city officials, staff and their immediate families; 3) quarterly

disclosure of a lobbyist's fundraising activities; 4) quarterly disclosure of any

employment relationship among lobbyists, city officials and staff; 5) disclosure of the

names and titles of the persons whom a lobbyist attempts to influence; and 6)

misdemeanor prosecution for knowing and willful violations of the act and a one-year

practice ban upon conviction

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