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, January 06, 2005
10:30 AM
City Council Chambers - 3rd Floor
The Oakland City Council Rules and Legislation Committee convened at |
10:55 A.M., with President De La Fuente presiding as Chairperson. |
Roll Call / Call to Order
Present: Member Reid, Member Brunner and Chair De La Fuente |
COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP:
1
Closed Session
A motion was made by Member Reid, seconded by Member Brunner, to |
*Approve as Submitted. The motion carried by the following vote: |
Excused; 1 - Member Chang |
Aye; 3 - Member Reid, Member Brunner and Chair De La Fuente |
2
Approval of the Draft Minutes from the Committee meetings of December 2, 9, and 16, |
2004 |
A motion was made by Member Reid, seconded by Member Brunner, to |
*Approve as Submitted. The motion carried by the following vote: |
Excused; 1 - Member Chang |
Aye; 3 - Member Reid, Member Brunner and Chair De La Fuente |
3
Determination of Schedule of Outstanding Committee Items
A motion was made by Member Reid, seconded by Member Brunner, to |
*Approve as Submitted. The motion carried by the following vote: |
Excused; 1 - Member Chang |
Aye; 3 - Member Reid, Member Brunner and Chair De La Fuente |
4
Scheduling of Agenda Items and revisions to the agenda(s) for the Council Committee |
meetings of January 11, 2005 (SUPPLEMENTAL) |
A motion was made by Member Reid, seconded by Member Brunner, to |
*Approve as Submitted. The motion carried by the following vote: |
Excused; 1 - Member Chang |
Aye; 3 - Member Reid, Member Brunner and Chair De La Fuente |
The following individual(s) spoke and did not indicate a position on this item: |
4-1
Subject: Fireman's Fund Heritage Program |
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution to accept and appropriate a grant for one |
hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) from the Fireman's Fund Heritage Program to |
the Oakland Fire Department Office of Emergency Services for the Citizens of |
Oakland Respond to Emergencies (CORE) Program (05-0014) |
Scheduled to *Public Safety Committee on 1/25/2005
4-2
Subject: Emergency Management Board Proceedings |
From: Oakland Fire Department |
Recommendation: Receive a Semi-annual report on Emergency Management |
Board proceedings for the period July - December 2004 (05-0015) |
Scheduled to *Public Safety Committee on 1/25/2005
4-3
Subject: Proposed Koi Nation Casino |
From: Councilmembers Quan and Nadel and Vice Mayor Brunner |
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution declaring the City Council's opposition to |
the establishment of casinos and legalized gambling within its municipal borders |
and directing the City Administrator to negotiate a contract with qualified |
consultants to advise the City with respect to the establishment of the Lower Lake |
Rancheria-Koi Nation Casino in Oakland (04-1003) |
Scheduled to Concurrent Meeting of the Oakland Redevelopment Agency / |
City Council on 1/11/2005 |
as a Special City Council meeting
4-4
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 (05-0003) |
Scheduled to Concurrent Meeting of the Oakland Redevelopment Agency / |
City Council on 1/18/2005 |
as a Ceremonial item
4-5
Subject: Amendment to the Oakland Municipal Code |
From: Councilmember Danny Wan |
Recommendation: Approve the Introduction and Final Passage of an urgency |
Ordinance, pursuant to Government Code Section 65858, imposing a moratorium |
on massage service activities (05-0012) |
Scheduled to *Public Safety Committee on 1/25/2005
4-6
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" (05-0017) |
Scheduled to Concurrent Meeting of the Oakland Redevelopment Agency / |
City Council on 1/18/2005 |
4-7
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" (05-0018) |
Scheduled to Concurrent Meeting of the Oakland Redevelopment Agency / |
City Council on 1/18/2005 |
4-8
Subject: Subaru Lot - Promissory Note |
From: Community and Economic Development Agency |
Recommendation: Adopt the following pieces of Legislation: |
1) A Resolution authorizing the City Administrator to elect on behalf of the City |
of Oakland to fulfill OBRA's financial obligations under a Promissory Note to |
purchase the 16.5-acre Subaru Lot property acquired on November 18, 2004; and |
(05-0016) |
Scheduled to *Community & Economic Development Committee on |
1/25/2005 |
2) An Agency Resolution authorizing the Agency Administrator to elect on behalf of the |
Redevelopment Agency to fulfill OBRA's financial obligations under a Promissory Note to |
purchase the 16.5-acre Subaru Lot property acquired on November 18, 2004 (05-0016-1) |
Scheduled to *Community & Economic Development Committee on |
1/25/2005 |
4-9
Subject: Mayor's Summer Jobs Program |
From: Community and Economic Development Agency |
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution authorizing the City Administrator to apply |
for, accept and appropriate grant funds and contributions from private foundations |
and corporations on behalf of the Oakland Workforce Investment Board to fund the |
Mayor's Summer Jobs Program (05-0019) |
Scheduled to *Community & Economic Development Committee on |
2/8/2005 |
4-10
Subject: Wood Street Development - West Oakland |
From: Community and Economic Development Agency |
Recommendation: A Request to schedule a Public Workshop - Review and |
consideration of major policy issues associated with the proposed Wood Street |
("Central Station") Development, West Oakland: the construction of |
approximately 1,570 residential units, including 186 live-work units in converted |
warehouses; 13,000 square feet of neighborhood-serving commercial uses; plus |
14,487 square feet of public/community uses associated with the historic 16th |
Street Train Station, and restoration of the signal tower and main hall of the 16th |
Street Station; on the February 22, 2005 Community and Economic Development |
Committee agenda (05-0021) |
*Rescheduled to *Rules & Legislation Committee on 1/20/2005
for scheduling
4-11
Subject: Risk Management Activities |
From: Public Works Agency |
Recommendation: Receive an Informational Report on the Public Works Agency |
Risk Management Activities (05-0009) |
Scheduled to *Finance & Management Committee on 1/25/2005
4-12
Subject: Asbestos Management Group of California, Inc., - Agreement |
From: Public Works Agency |
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution authorizing the City Administrator, or her |
designee, to award a construction contract to Asbestos Management Group of |
California, Inc., for the Municipal Boathouse renovation - Selective Demolition |
Phase (Project No. C241910) in the amount of seventy six thousand three hundred |
dollars ($76,300) (05-0010) |
Scheduled to *Public Works Committee on 1/25/2005
4-13
Subject: Donation of One Surplus GMC Fleetwood Vehicle |
From: Public Works Agency |
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution authorizing the donation of one surplus |
1990 GMC Fleetwood command post vehicle to the East Bay Regional Park |
District (05-0011) |
Scheduled to *Public Works Committee on 2/8/2005
4-14
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 |
(04-0956) |
Scheduled to Concurrent Meeting of the Oakland Redevelopment Agency / |
City Council on 1/18/2005 |
4-15
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 (05-0001) |
Scheduled to Concurrent Meeting of the Oakland Redevelopment Agency / |
City Council on 1/18/2005 |
4-16
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 (05-0002) |
Scheduled to Concurrent Meeting of the Oakland Redevelopment Agency / |
City Council on 1/18/2005 |
4-17
Subject: Workers' Compensation Report |
From: Finance and Management Agency/Risk Management |
Recommendation: Receive an Annual Workers' Compensation Report for |
2003-2004 (05-0005) |
Scheduled to *Finance & Management Committee on 1/25/2005
4-18
Subject: Self-Insurance General Liability Fund (Fund 1100) |
From: Finance and Management Agency/Risk Management Division |
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution authorizing the budgetary appropriation of |
monies from the Self-Insurance General Liability Fund (Fund 1100) to departments |
for Fiscal Year 2005/06 and 2006/07 allocation of general liability costs based on |
implementation of the "Phoenix Model" of risk management cost allocation |
(05-0006) |
Scheduled to *Finance & Management Committee on 1/25/2005
4-19
Subject: Designation of State Financial Assistance Representatives |
From: Finance and Management Agency - Accounting |
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution designating the Director of Finance and |
Management Agency, Controller and Assistant Controller as authorized |
representatives for the purpose of receipt, processing and coordination of all |
inquiries and requirements necessary to obtain available Federal Financial |
Assistance under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance |
Act of 1988, and State Financial Assistance under the Natural Disaster Assistance |
Act (05-0007) |
Scheduled to *Finance & Management Committee on 1/25/2005
4-20
Subject: Enterasys, Inc. - Agreement |
From: Finance and Management Agency/Information Technology |
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution authorizing the City Administrator or her |
designee to execute a seven year contract for the lease of data network equipment |
and services with Enterasys Inc., for an amount not to exceed $215,000 annually or |
$1,500,000 over the term of the contract without return to Council (05-0008) |
Scheduled to *Finance & Management Committee on 1/25/2005
4-21
Subject: ShoreTel - Agreement |
From: Finance and Management Agency |
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution approving the successful completion of the |
Voice Over IP Pilot Project and authorizing the City Administrator or her designee |
to execute a seven year contract for the lease of telephone equipment and services |
with ShoreTel (formerly Shoreline) Communications Inc., for an amount not to |
exceed $275,000 annually or $1,650,000 over the term of the contract without |
return to Council (05-0020) |
Scheduled to *Finance & Management Committee on 1/25/2005
4-22
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 (05-0022) |
Scheduled to Concurrent Meeting of the Oakland Redevelopment Agency / |
City Council on 1/18/2005 |
4-23
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 |
(04-0958) |
Scheduled to Concurrent Meeting of the Oakland Redevelopment Agency / |
City Council on 1/18/2005 |
4-24
Subject: Francisco & Associates - Contract |
From: City Administrator's Budget Office |
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution authorizing the City Administrator to |
execute a contract with Francisco & Associates for a two-year amount not to |
exceed $31,339 to perform district engineering services for the Violence |
Prevention and Public Safety Act of 2004 (Measure Y) for Fiscal Years 2005-06 |
and 2006-07 (05-0004) |
Scheduled to *Finance & Management Committee on 1/25/2005
ADDITIONAL REQUEST SUBMITTED ON THE DIAS
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 (05-0023) |
Scheduled to Concurrent Meeting of the Oakland Redevelopment Agency / |
City Council on 1/18/2005 |
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 (05-0024) |
Scheduled to Concurrent Meeting of the Oakland Redevelopment Agency / |
City Council on 1/18/2005 |
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A review of the Agendas for the Concurrent Meeting of ORA/City Council for the |
meeting(s) of January 18, 2005 |
A motion was made by Member Brunner, seconded by Member Reid, to |
*Approve as Submitted. The motion carried by the following vote: |
Excused; 1 - Member Chang |
Aye; 3 - Member Reid, Member Brunner and Chair De La Fuente |
The following individual(s) spoke and did not indicate a position on this item: |
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 at 11:34 A.M. |
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noticed as a Special Meeting of the City Council; however, no final City Council action can |
be taken. |
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