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, March 15, 2007
10:30 AM
City Council Chambers - 3rd Floor
Roll Call / Call to Order
Excused: Chair De La Fuente |
Present: Vice Mayor Chang, Member Reid and Member Brunner |
The Oakland City Council Rules and Legislation Committee convened at 10:53 |
AM with Councilmember Reid presiding as Chairperson. |
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Closed Session
A motion was made by Vice Mayor Chang, seconded by Member Brunner, |
to *Approve as Submitted. The motion carried by the following vote: |
Excused; 1 - Chair De La Fuente |
Aye; 3 - Vice Mayor Chang, Member Reid and Member Brunner |
The Office of the City Attorney scheduled a Closed Session for Tuesday, March |
20, 2007 from 4 PM to 6 PM |
2
Approval of the Draft Minutes from the Committee meeting of February 28, 2007
A motion was made by Member Reid, seconded by Vice Mayor Chang, to |
*Approve the Minutes. The motion carried by the following vote: |
Excused; 1 - Chair De La Fuente |
Aye; 3 - Vice Mayor Chang, Member Reid and Member Brunner |
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 (ORA/City Council |
meeting of March 20, 3007 (SUPPLEMENTAL) |
S-4-1
Subject: Auditor's Office - Peer Review |
From: Office of the City Auditor |
Recommendation: Receive An Informational Report On The Results Of Peer Review |
Of The Office Of The City Auditor, Conducted By The Association Of Local |
Government Auditors For The Period January 1, 2004 - December 31, 2006 |
Scheduled to *Finance & Management Committee on 3/27/2007
S-4-2
Subject: Newsracks And Newspaper Multi-Racks |
From: Councilmember Jane Brunner |
Recommendation: Action On A Report And Recommendation On The City's Current |
Regulations For The Placement And Maintenance Of Newsracks And Newspaper |
Multi-Racks In Public Rights Of Way, Enforcement Options Currently Available To |
Ensure Well-Maintained Newsracks And Newspaper Multi-Racks, And |
Recommendations To Improve Newsrack And Newspaper Multi-Rack Maintenance |
Scheduled to *Community & Economic Development Committee on |
4/24/2007 |
S-4-3
Subject: State-Of-The-Art Education Center |
From: Councilmember Pat Kernighan |
Recommendation: Adopt A Resolution of City Council Support For The Oakland |
Unified School District Board Of Directors' Decision To Plan And Construct A |
New, State-Of-The-Art Education Center To House The Five Schools Located On |
The School District's 2nd Avenue Properties; On The March 29, 2007 Rules And |
Legislation Committee Agenda |
*Withdrawn with No New Date
S-4-4
Subject: Race And Gender Disparity Evaluation Report |
From: Office of the City Administrator |
Recommendation: Action On A Report On The Findings And Recommendations Of |
The Race And Gender Disparity Study (Commonly Referred To As A "Croson |
Study") Conducted By Mason Tillman Associates (Per City Council Resolution No. |
79138 C.M.S.) For The City's Bidding And Award Of City Contracts |
Continued to *Rules & Legislation Committee on 3/29/2007
The following individual(s) spoke and did not indicate a position on this item: |
S-4-5
Subject: Oakland Police Department Reorganization |
From: Oakland Police Department |
Recommendation: Receive A Report From The Chief Of Police On The Oakland |
Police Department Assessment Project, Conducted By Harnett Associates, On |
Organizational And Operational Recommendations To Improve The Department's |
Effectiveness In Reducing Crime In The City |
*Withdrawn and Rescheduled to *Public Safety Committee on 4/24/2007
S-4-6
Subject: Healthy Oakland Initiative - Implementation And Management |
From: Vice Mayor Henry Chang |
Recommendation: Adopt A Resolution Authorizing Wavier Of The Request For |
Proposals/Qualifications Process For A Professional Services Agreement With Larry |
J. Platt, MD, MPH, For A Total Amount Not To Exceed Fifty-Thousand Dollars |
($50,000) To Implement And Manage The Healthy Oaklanders Initiative - A |
12-Month Pilot Program Focused On Improving The Health And Wellness Of |
Oakland Residents |
Scheduled to *Life Enrichment Committee on 4/24/2007
S-4-7
Subject: Oakland Ice Center Management And Operation |
From: Councilmember Larry Reid |
Recommendation: Adopt One Of The Following Pieces Of Legislation: |
1) An Agency Resolution Authorizing The Agency Administrator To Negotiate And |
Execute A Three-Year Agreement With Rink Management Services Corporation For |
Management And Operation Of The Oakland Ice Center For A Base Monthly Fee |
Not To Exceed $4,900, Plus An Annual Incentive Fee Not To Exceed 20 Percent Of |
Net Revenue Adjusted For Any Deferred Expenses That May Be Earned During |
The Previous Year In Excess Of $7,603, Pursuant To Specific Criteria; Or |
Scheduled to Concurrent Meeting of the Oakland Redevelopment Agency / |
City Council on 4/3/2007 |
S-4-8
Subject: Assembly Bills 29 And 1231 And Senate Bill 46 Analysis |
From: Council President Ignacio De La Fuente |
Recommendation: Adopt The Following Pieces Of Legislation: |
1) A Resolution To Support Assembly Bill 29 (Hancock) Establishing The Regional |
Planning, Housing And Infill Incentives Program, If Amended (TITLE CHANGE); |
And |
Scheduled to *Rules & Legislation Committee on 4/19/2007
S-4-9
Subject: Public Art Advisory Commission Appointment |
From: Cultural Arts and Marketing |
Recommendation: Adopt A Resolution Appointing Andrew Woodd As A Member |
Of The Cultural Affairs Commission's Public Art Advisory Committee |
Scheduled to Concurrent Meeting of the Oakland Redevelopment Agency / |
City Council on 4/3/2007 |
S-4-10
Subject: 2007 - 2008 Senior Aides Program |
From: Department of Human Services |
Recommendation: Adopt A Resolution Authorizing The City Administrator To |
Apply For And Accept Funds In The Estimated Amount Of $1,062,768 From Senior |
Service America, Inc., For The City Of Oakland Senior Aides Program For The |
Fiscal Year 2007-2008 |
Scheduled to *Life Enrichment Committee on 5/22/2007
S-4-11
Subject: 2007 - 2008 Linkages And Respite Programs |
From: Department of Human Services |
Recommendation: Adopt A Resolution Authorizing The City Administrator To |
Apply For And Accept Grant Funds From The Alameda County Area Agency On |
Aging In The Amount Of $220,034 For The Linkages Program And $8,945 For The |
Respite Program For Fiscal Year 2007-2008; And Authorizing The City |
Administrator To Apply For And Accept $280,000 From Alameda County For |
Targeted Case Management Claims; And Authorizing The Appropriation Of A |
Balance Of $21,450 In The Linkages Handipark Funds For The Linkages Program |
Fiscal Year 2007-2008 |
Scheduled to *Life Enrichment Committee on 5/22/2007
S-4-12
Subject: 2007 - 2008 Multipurpose Senior Services Program |
From: Department of Human Services |
Recommendation: Adopt A Resolution Authorizing The City Administrator To |
Apply For, Accept And Appropriate A Grant In The Amount Of $1,756,850.00, |
From The State Department Of Aging For The Multipurpose Senior Services |
Program (MSSP) For Fiscal Year 2007-2008 |
Scheduled to *Life Enrichment Committee on 5/22/2007
S-4-13
Subject: 2007 - 2009 Senior Companion And Foster Grandparent Programs |
From: Department of Human Services |
Recommendation: Adopt A Resolution Authorizing The City Administrator To |
Apply For, Accept And Appropriate Grant Funds From The Corporation For |
National And Community Services (CNCS) In The Amount Of $330,474 And The |
Alameda County Area Agency On Aging In The Amount Of $21,742 And The City |
Of Berkeley In The Amount Of $14,825 For The Senior Companion Program (SCP) |
And Foster Grandparent Program (FGP) For The Fiscal Year 2007-2009 |
Scheduled to *Life Enrichment Committee on 5/22/2007
S-4-14
Subject: 2007 - 2008 Paratransit Services |
From: Department of Human Services |
Recommendation: Adopt A Resolution Authorizing The City Administrator To |
Apply For And Accept Funds In The Amount Of $992,597 From Alameda County |
Transportation Improvement Authority (ACTIA) Measure B Funds, For The Fiscal |
Year 2007-2008 For Paratransit Services And Approval Of A Five Year |
(2007-2012) Agreement With Alameda County Transportation Improvement |
Authority (ACTIA); And Authorizing The City Administrator To Execute Contracts |
To Provide Paratransit Services For Fiscal Year 2007-2008, In Amounts Not To |
Exceed, As Follows: 1) V.I.P. Express Transport, Inc. For $400,000, 2) Bay Area |
Community Services (BACS) For $235,000, 3) Friendly Transportation DBA |
Friendly Cab Company, Metro Yellow Cab Company, And Yellow Cab Company |
For $150,000, 4) Veterans Transportation Inc. DBA Veterans Cab Company For |
$150,000; And Authorizing The City Administrator To Execute Amendments To |
The Contracts For Any Additional Amounts Received Under The Measure B Grant |
Without Returning To City Council |
Scheduled to *Life Enrichment Committee on 5/22/2007
S-4-15
Subject: After School Program Grant Awards |
From: Department of Human Services |
Recommendation: Adopt A Resolution Appropriating $345,000 In Interest Income |
Earned To The Oakland Fund For Children And Youth; And Authorizing The City |
Administrator To Negotiate And Execute Grant Agreements Between The City Of |
Oakland And Various Non-Profit And Public Agencies To Provide Direct Services |
For Children And Youth For Fiscal Year 2007-2008 In An Amount Not To Exceed |
$1,500,000 For After School Program Grant Awards Of $50,000 Each |
Scheduled to *Life Enrichment Committee on 5/22/2007
S-4-16
Subject: 2007 Summer Food Service Program |
From: Department of Human Services |
Recommendation: Adopt A Resolution Authorizing The City Administrator, On |
Behalf Of The City Of Oakland, To Apply For, Accept And Appropriate The |
Summer Food Service Program Grant From The California Department Of |
Education Nutrition Services Division In An Estimated Amount Of $550,000 And |
To Waive The Request For Proposals/Qualifications Process To Execute A |
Professional Services Agreement Between The City And The San Lorenzo Unified |
School District In An Amount Not To Exceed $200,000 To Provide Food Services |
For The 2007 Summer Food Service Program For Children |
Scheduled to *Life Enrichment Committee on 5/8/2007
S-4-17
Subject: Calhome Program Grant |
From: Community and Economic Development Agency |
Recommendation: Adopt A Resolution Authorizing The City Administrator To |
Apply For, Accept And Appropriate Grant Funds In An Amount Not To Exceed $1 |
Million From The California Department Of Housing And Community Development |
For Funding From The Calhome Program For First-Time Homebuyer Mortgage |
Assistance Programs |
Scheduled to Concurrent Meeting of the Oakland Redevelopment Agency / |
City Council on 4/17/2007 |
S-4-18
Subject: McKillop Roadway Restoration Project |
From: Public Works Agency |
Recommendation: Adopt A Resolution Amending Resolution No. 80186 C.M.S. |
Adopted On October 3, 2006 Which Appropriated $1,693,550.00 Of City Funds For |
Emergency Response And Permanent Storm Mitigation Measures For The McKillop |
Roadway Restoration Project, To Appropriate An Additional $1,906,450.00 (For A |
Total Project Appropriation Of $3,600,000.00) |
Scheduled to *Finance & Management Committee on 3/27/2007
S-4-19
Subject: Caltrans Maintenance Activities |
From: Public Works Agency |
Recommendation: Receive A Progress Report On Caltrans Maintenance Activities In |
The City Of Oakland |
Scheduled to *Public Works Committee on 4/24/2007
S-4-20
Subject: Salary Ordinance Amendment |
From: Finance and Management Agency |
Recommendation: Adopt An Ordinance Amending The Salary Schedule Of |
Ordinance No. 12187 (The Salary Ordinance) To: Add The Permanent Full Time |
Equivalent Classifications Of Latent Print Examiner I, Latent Print Examiner II, And |
Latent Print Examiner III; To Re-Title The Full Time Classification Assistant |
Criminalist To Criminalist I; And To Adjust The Salary Of The Full Time |
Classification Claims And Risk Manager |
Scheduled to *Finance & Management Committee on 3/27/2007
ADDITIONAL ITEMS SUBMITTED ON THE DAIS
Subject: Commercial Facade Improvement Program |
From: Community and Economic Development Agency |
Recommendation: Adopt The Following Pieces Of Legislation: |
1) A Resolution Adopting Revised Program Guidelines For The Facade Improvement Program In |
Neighborhood Commercial Revitalization (NCR) Program Target Areas And Authorizing The |
City Administrator To Negotiate And Execute All Design Contracts For The Facade |
Improvement Program Without Returning To The City Council; And |
Scheduled to *Community & Economic Development Committee on |
5/8/2007 |
Subject: Assembly Bill 792 |
From: Council President Ignacio De La Fuente |
Recommendation: Receive An Informational Report Regarding Assembly Bill 792 (Garcia) |
Proposing Criteria For The Prop 1C $100,000,000 Affordable Housing Innovation Fund |
Scheduled to *Rules & Legislation Committee on 4/19/2007
From: Council President Ignacio De La Fuente |
Recommendation: Receive An Informational Report Regarding Senate Bill 167 (Negrete |
McLeod) Proposing Criteria For The Prop 84 $90 Million Set Aside From The Communities And |
Climate Change Reduction Program For Planning Grants And Incentives |
Scheduled to *Rules & Legislation Committee on 4/19/2007
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A review of the Council Committees' actions from March 13, 2007 and determination of |
scheduling to the ORA/City Council meeting of March 20, 2007 or future dates (MATRIX) |
A motion was made by Vice Mayor Chang, seconded by Member Brunner, |
to *Approve as Submitted. The motion carried by the following vote: |
Excused; 1 - Chair De La Fuente |
Aye; 3 - Vice Mayor Chang, Member Reid and Member Brunner |
The following individual(s) spoke and did not indicate a position on this item: |
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A review of the Agendas for the Council Committees for the meeting(s) of March 27, 2007
A motion was made by Member Brunner, seconded by Vice Mayor Chang, |
to *Approve with the following amendments. The motion carried by the |
following vote: |
Excused; 1 - Chair De La Fuente |
Aye; 3 - Vice Mayor Chang, Member Reid and Member Brunner |
The Committee scheduled the March 27, 2007 Public Works Committee |
Meeting to begin at 12:00 Noon |
The following individual(s) spoke and did not indicate a position on this item: |
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A Review of the Boards and Commissions Directory and Vacancies
A motion was made by Member Brunner, seconded by Vice Mayor Chang, |
to *Approve as Submitted. The motion carried by the following vote: |
Excused; 1 - Chair De La Fuente |
Aye; 3 - Vice Mayor Chang, Member Reid and Member Brunner |
The following individual(s) spoke and did not indicate a position on this item: |
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Subject: Opposition To CalWorks Cash Assistance Cuts |
From: Councilmember Nadel |
Recommendation: Adopt A Resolution Opposing The Governor's Proposed Cuts In The |
2007-2008 State Budget Of $324.4 Million In CalWorks Cash Assistance Benefits To |
Low-Income Families |
A motion was made by Vice Mayor Chang, seconded by Member Brunner, |
that this matter be *Approve as Amended the Recommendation of Staff, |
and Forward to the Concurrent Meeting of the Oakland Redevelopment |
Agency / City Council, due back on March 20, 2007 as a Consent Calendar |
item. The motion carried by the following vote: |
Excused; 1 - Chair De La Fuente |
Aye; 3 - Vice Mayor Chang, Member Reid and Member Brunner |
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 the meeting at 11:05 |
AM. |
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