Meeting Minutes
City of Oakland
Oakland, California 94612 |
*Public Safety Committee
Oakland City Hall, 1 Frank H. Ogawa Plaza, Oakland, California, 94612 |
City of Oakland Website: http://www.oaklandnet.com |
Tuesday, May 25, 2004
7:30 PM
Hearing Room One - 1st Floor
The Oakland City Council Public Safety Committee convened at 7:37 p.m. with |
Councilmember Reid presiding as Chairperson. |
Roll Call / Call to Order
Councilmember Present: 4 - Member Nadel, Member Brooks, Member Quan |
and Chair Reid |
1
Approval of the Draft Minutes from the Committee Meeting held on May 11, 2004
A motion was made by Member Brooks, seconded by Member Nadel, to * |
Approve as Submitted. The motion carried by the following vote: |
Councilmember Aye: Member Nadel, Member Brooks, Member Quan and |
Chair Reid |
2
Determination of Schedule of Outstanding Committee Items
A motion was made by Member Brooks, seconded by Member Nadel, to * |
Approve as Submitted. The motion carried by the following vote: |
Councilmember Aye: Member Nadel, Member Brooks, Member Quan and |
Chair Reid |
3
Subject: Oakland International Airport - Marine Security Zone |
From: Oakland Police Department |
Recommendation: Adopt an Ordinance amending the Oakland Municipal Code to add Chapter |
10.57 establishing a 200-Yard Marine Security Zone for the waters surrounding the Oakland |
International Airport (04-0367) |
A motion was made by Member Quan, seconded by Member Nadel, 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 25, 2004. The motion carried by the following vote: |
Councilmember Aye: Member Nadel, Member Brooks, Member Quan and |
Chair Reid |
4
Subject: City of Oakland Waterways |
From: Oakland Police Department |
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution authorizing the City Administrator or her designee to |
accept the donation of a twenty-four (24) foot, used, custom built Farralon brand boat, valued at |
approximately sixty-five thousand dollars ($65,000), from the East Bay Regional Parks Police |
Department for use by the Oakland Police Department, for law enforcement and homeland |
security on City of Oakland waterways (04-0369) |
A motion was made by Member Quan, seconded by Member Nadel, 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 June 1, 2004. The motion carried by the following vote: |
Councilmember Aye: Member Nadel, Member Brooks, Member Quan and |
Chair Reid |
5
Subject: Vehicle and Traffic - Oakland Municipal Code |
From: Oakland Police Department |
Recommendation: Adopt an Ordinance repealing and/or modifying certain sections of Title 10 - |
"Vehicles and Traffic" of the Oakland Municipal Code (OMC) that could be subject to a |
challenge of preemption and amending the violation category of the remaining sections of Title |
10 of the Oakland Municipal Code from misdemeanors to infractions (04-0378) |
A motion was made by Member Brooks, seconded by Member Quan, 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 June 1, 2004. The motion carried by the following vote: |
Councilmember Aye: Member Nadel, Member Brooks, Member Quan and |
Chair Reid |
The following individuals spoke and did not indicate a position on this item: |
6
Subject: Oakland Safe Streets Task Force |
From: Oakland Police Department |
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution authorizing the City Administrator to accept and |
appropriate an aggregate amount not to exceed forty-two thousand eight hundred seventy-seven |
dollars and ninety-two cents ($42,877.92) in reimbursement costs from the Federal Bureau of |
Investigation (FBI) of four (4) police officers assigned to the Oakland Safe Streets Task Force ( |
OSSTF) for the period of October 1, 2003 through September 30, 2004 (04-0385) |
A motion was made by Member Nadel, seconded by Member Brooks, 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 June 1, 2004. The motion carried by the following vote: |
Councilmember Aye: Member Nadel, Member Brooks, Member Quan and |
Chair Reid |
7
Subject: Keeping of Animals in the City |
From: City Council Legislative Analyst |
Recommendation: A follow-up Report and Recommendation to adopt an Ordinance amending |
Section 6.04.320 of the Oakland Municipal Code concerning the keeping of fowl in the City |
and prohibiting the keeping of roosters in the City; adding Section 6.04.390 to the Oakland |
Municipal Code to prohibit the keeping of certain farm animals on properties smaller than one |
acre; adding Section 6.04.400 to limit the number of dogs per household to four; and adding |
Section 6.04.410 to add exemptions to the provisions of this Ordinance (04-0117-1) |
Continued to *Public Safety Committee
The following individual spoke against this item: |
The following individual spoke and did not indicate a position on this item: |
The Committee moved, seconded and carried a motion to continue this item to |
allow staff to compare the proposed ordinance to similar legislation from other |
cities and address those items not considered in the proposed legislation and |
also include information on the citizen's ability to submit small claims; survey |
of neighbors exceeding the proposed limits; provisions for responsible parties |
involved with training and care of special animals, etc; provisions and |
definitions for goats, pigs and non-agricultural birds; and grandfathered |
provisions for required permitting of individuals that exceed limitations. |
Open Forum (TOTAL TIME AVAILABLE: 15 MINUTES)
The following individuals spoke and did not indicate a position on this item: |
Adjournment
There being no further business, and upon the motion duly made, the Oakland |
City Council Public Safety Committee adjourned the meeting at 9:10 p.m. |
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In the event of 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. |
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