Meeting Minutes
City of Oakland
Oakland, California 94612 |
LaTonda Simmons, City Clerk |
*Rules & Legislation Committee
Oakland City Hall, 1 Frank H. Ogawa Plaza, Oakland, California, 94612 |
City of Oakland Website: http://www.oaklandnet.com |
Thursday, May 18, 2006
10:30 AM
City Council Chambers - 3rd Floor
Roll Call / Call to Order
The Oakland City Council Rules and Legislation Committee convened at 10:40 |
AM with Council President De La Fuente presiding as Chairperson. |
1
Closed Session
A motion was made to *Approve as Submitted. The motion carried.
The Office of the City Attorney schedled a Closed Session for May 30, 2006 at |
4 PM. |
2
Approval of the Draft Minutes from the Committee meeting of May 4, 2006
A motion was made to *Approve the Minutes. The motion carried.
3
Determination of Schedule of Outstanding Committee Items
There was no action necessary for this item
4
Scheduling of Agenda Items and revisions to the agenda(s) for the Council Committee |
meetings of May 23, 2006 (SUPPLEMENTAL) |
A motion was made to *Approve with the following amendments. The |
motion carried. |
S-4-1
Subject: West Oakland Transportation Plan |
From: Councilmember Larry Reid |
Recommendation: Hear A 5 Minute Presentation On The West Oakland Community |
Based Transportation Plan |
Scheduled to Concurrent Meeting of the Oakland Redevelopment Agency / |
City Council on 5/30/2006 |
The Committee requested that the presentation be limited to 5 minutes |
S-4-2
Subject: Vice Mayor Jean Quan - Urban Park And Recreation Summit |
From: Vice Mayor Jean Quan |
Recommendation: Adopt A Resolution Authorizing Councilmember Jean Quan To |
Travel To Chicago To Attend The Urban Park And Recreation Summit, May 17-18, |
2006; On The May 30, 2006 City Council Agenda |
Scheduled to Concurrent Meeting of the Oakland Redevelopment Agency / |
City Council on 5/30/2006 |
S-4-3
Subject: Tree View Ordinance |
From: Vice Mayor Jean Quan |
Recommendation: Adopt An Ordinance Amending Oakland Municipal Code |
Chapter 15.52, The View Ordinance Governing The Rights Of View And Tree |
Owners, To Provide That Tree Ownership Includes Trees That Are Allowed To |
Sprout On The Owner's Land As A Result Of Natural Regeneration As Well As |
Trees That Are Planted By The Owner |
Scheduled to *Public Works Committee on 6/13/2006
S-4-4
Subject: Disposable Food Service Ware |
From: Vice Mayor Jean Quan |
Recommendation: Adopt An Ordinance To Prohibit The Use Of Polystyrene Foam |
Disposable Food Service Ware And Require The Use Of Biodegradable Or |
Compostable Disposable Food Service Ware By Food Vendors and City Facilities |
Scheduled to *Public Works Committee on 6/13/2006
S-4-5
Subject: "Cold Hit" Cases |
From: Councilmember Larry Reid |
Recommendation: Receive An Informational Report On The Oakland Police |
Department's Efforts To Investigate DNA "Cold Hit" Cases |
Scheduled to *Public Safety Committee on 6/13/2006
S-4-6
Subject: City Council Expenses |
From: Vice Mayor Jean Quan |
Recommendation: Discussion And Action On A Report On The Use Of Funds |
Appropriated For City Council Personnel Expenses For Non-Personnel Purposes |
And Conditions For Grants To External Organizations |
Scheduled to *Finance & Management Committee on 6/13/2006
S-4-7
Subject: Public Art Design - Carmen Flores Community Center |
From: Cultural Arts And Marketing Division |
Recommendation: Adopt A Resolution Authorizing The City Administrator To |
Negotiate And Execute A Professional Services Agreement With Joaquin A. |
Newman For Public Art Design And Fabrication Services For Carmen Flores |
Community Center In An Amount Not To Exceed Twenty Thousand Seven Hundred |
Dollars ($20,700) |
Scheduled to *Life Enrichment Committee on 6/13/2006
S-4-8
Subject: Public Art Design - 66th Avenue Gateway Project |
From: Cultural Arts And Marketing |
Recommendation: Adopt A Resolution Authorizing The City Administrator To |
Negotiate And Execute Professional Services Agreement With Valerie Otani And |
Fernanda D'Agostino For Public Art Design And Fabrication Services For The 66th |
Avenue Gateway Project In An Amount Not To Exceed One Hundred Thousand |
Dollars ($100,000) Per Artist |
Scheduled to *Life Enrichment Committee on 6/27/2006
S-4-9
Subject: Public Art Design - Rockridge-Temescal Greenbelt |
From: Cultural Arts And Marketing |
Recommendation: Adopt A Resolution Authorizing A Professional Services |
Agreement With Mark Brest Van Kempen For Public Art Design And Fabrication |
Services For The Rockridge-Temescal Greenbelt In An Amount Not To Exceed |
Sixty Thousand Dollars ($60,000) |
Scheduled to *Life Enrichment Committee on 6/27/2006
S-4-10
Subject: Public Art Design - Measure DD Lake Merritt-Estuary Channel Project |
From: Cultural Arts And Marketing |
Recommendation: Adopt A Resolution Authorizing The City Administrator To |
Negotiate And Execute Professional Services Agreements With Artists John Roloff |
And Lewis DeSoto For Public Art Design And Fabrication Services For The Lake |
Merritt-Oakland Estuary Channel Project In An Amount Not To Exceed Seventy |
Seven Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($77,500) Per Artist |
Scheduled to *Life Enrichment Committee on 7/11/2006
S-4-11
Subject: Arts and Cultural Services In Oakland |
From: Cultural Arts And Marketing Division |
Recommendation: Adopt A Resolution Authorizing The City Administrator To Enter |
Into Cultural Services Contracts With Seventy-Three (73) Oakland-Based Nonprofit |
Organzations And Individual Artists Providing Arts And Cultural Services In |
Oakland During Fiscal Year 2006-2007 In A Total Amount Not To Exceed |
$1,180,261.96 |
Scheduled to *Life Enrichment Committee on 6/13/2006
This item will also appear on the June 20, 2006 City Council Agenda as a |
Public Hearing |
S-4-12
Subject: Panoramic Hill - Rezoning |
From: Community and Economic Development Agency |
Recommendation: Conduct A Public Hearing And Upon Conclusion Adopt An |
Ordinance To Rezone The Panoramic Hill Neighborhood, Comprising |
Approximately 30 Acres Of Land, In An Area Generally Located North of Dwight |
Way, South Of Panoramic Place, East Of The Oakland Berkeley Border, And West |
Of Panoramic Way, From The R-20 Low Density Residential Zone / S-4 Design |
Review Combining Zone and S-18 Mediated Residential Design Review Combining |
Zone To R-10 Estate Residential Zone / S-4 Design Review Combining Zone and |
S-18 Mediated Residential Design Review Combining Zone (Case File Number |
RZ04-042); On The May 30, 2006 City Council Agenda |
Scheduled to Concurrent Meeting of the Oakland Redevelopment Agency / |
City Council on 5/30/2006 |
S-4-13
Subject: Mills Act Property Tax Abatement Program |
From: Community And Economic Development Agency |
Recommendation: Conduct A Public Hearing And Upon Conclusion Adopt The |
Following Pieces of Legislation: |
1) A City Ordinance Adopting A Two-Year Pilot Mills Act Property Tax Abatement |
Program For Qualified Historic Properties, Making Related Amendments To The |
City's Master Fee Schedule And Adopting A Model Mills Act Agreement; |
Scheduled to *Finance & Management Committee on 7/11/2006
This item will also appear on the July 11, 2006 Community and Economic |
Development Committee Agenda and the July 18, 2006 City Council Agenda as |
a Public Hearing |
2) A City Resolution Amending The Historic Preservation Element Of The General Plan To |
Clarify The Definition Of Qualified Historic Properties for Mills Act Contracts; And |
Scheduled to *Finance & Management Committee on 7/11/2006
This item will also appear on the July 11, 2006 Community and Economic |
Development Committee Agenda and the July 18, 2006 City Council Agenda as |
a Public Hearing |
3) An Agency Resolution Appropriating $3,500 Of West Oakland Redevelopment Plan Funds |
For A Johanna Favrot Fund For Historic Preservation Matching Fund Grant Through The |
National Trust For Historic Preservation To Fund An Economic Analysis Of The Mills Act |
Program |
Scheduled to *Finance & Management Committee on 7/11/2006
This item will also appear on the July 11, 2006 Community and Economic |
Development Committee Agenda and the July 18, 2006 City Council Agenda as |
a Public Hearing |
S-4-14
Subject: Revocable And Conditional Permit For 2847 Peralta Street |
From: Community And Economic Development Agency |
Recommendation: Adopt A Resolution Granting Peralta Street LLC A Revocable |
And Conditional Permit To Allow Electrical Transformer Vaults For New Buildings |
At 2847 Peralta Street To Encroach Under The Public Sidewalk Along Hannah |
Street and Peralta Street |
Scheduled to *Public Works Committee on 6/13/2006
S-4-15
Subject: Final Map Tract - 1000 Apgar Street |
From: Community And Economic Development Agency |
Recommendation: Adopt The Following Pieces Of Legislation: |
1) A Resolution Conditionally Approving The Final Map For Tract 7672 For A |
Residential Home Subdivision At 1000 Apgar Street And Conditionally Accepting |
An Irrevocable Offer Of Dedication For An On-Site Public Access Easement |
Scheduled to Concurrent Meeting of the Oakland Redevelopment Agency / |
City Council on 6/20/2006 |
S-4-16
Subject: Oakland Food System Assessment Study |
From: Office Of The Mayor |
Recommendation: Receive An Informational Report On The Oakland Food System |
Assessment Study |
Scheduled to *Community & Economic Development Committee on |
6/27/2006 |
This item will also appear on the June 27, 2006 Life Enrichment Committee |
Agenda |
S-4-17
Subject: Oakland City Stables Concessionaire |
From: Office Of Parks And Recreation |
Recommendation: Adopt A Resolution Authorizing The City Administrator To |
Negotiate And Execute A Concessionaire Agreement Between The City Of Oakland |
And Metropolitan Equestrian Preservation Society To Operate And Manage |
Equestrian Programs And Provide Facility Improvements To Oakland City Stables, |
Located At 13560 Skyline Boulevard, Oakland, California For A Five Year Term |
With Three Consecutive Five Year Options To Renew |
Scheduled to *Life Enrichment Committee on 7/11/2006
ADDITIONAL ITEMS SUBMITTED ON THE DAIS
Subject: Recognition of Michael McPherson |
From: Councilmember Larry Reid |
Recommendation: Adopt A Resolution Recognizing And Honoring Michael McPherson Upon |
His Retirement From The Oakland Business Development Corporation After 25 Years Of |
Dedicated Service |
Scheduled to Concurrent Meeting of the Oakland Redevelopment |
Agency/City Council on 5/30/2006 |
Subject: Digital Community Initiative |
Recommendation: Receive An Informational Report Regarding The Work In Progress To |
Develop A Digital Community Initiative |
Scheduled to *Community & Economic Development Committee
for scheduling as soon as possible
5
A review of the Agendas for the Concurrent Meeting of ORA/City Council for the |
meeting(s) of May 30, 2006 and the Rules and Legislation Committee of June 1, 2006 |
A motion was made to *Approve as Submitted. The motion carried.
The following individual(s) spoke and did not indicate a position on this item: |
6
A Review of the Boards and Commissions Vacancy Report
This item was withdrawn at the May 11, 2006 Rules and Legislation Committee |
Meeting |
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 Rules and Legislation Committee adjourned the meeting at 11:20 |
AM |
NOTE:
Americans With Disabilities Act |
If you need special assistance to participate in Oakland City Council and Committee meetings |
please contact the Office of the City Clerk. When possible, please notify the City Clerk 48 hours |
prior to the meeting so we can make reasonable arrangements to ensure accessibility. Also, in |
compliance with Oakland's policy for people with environmental illness or multiple chemical |
sensitivities, please refrain from wearing strongly scented products to meetings. |
Office of the City Clerk - Agenda Management Unit |
Recorded Agenda: (510) 238-2386 |
Telecommunications Display Device: (510) 839-6451 |
*
In the event a quorum of the City Council participates on this Committee, the meeting is |
noticed as a Special Meeting of the City Council; however, no final City Council action can |
be taken. |
City Clerk and Clerk of the Council