Meeting Minutes
City of Oakland
Oakland, California 94612 |
LaTonda Simmons, City Clerk |
*Special Concurrent Meeting of the Redevelopment Agency |
and Council Community & Economic Development |
Committee |
Oakland City Hall, 1 Frank H. Ogawa Plaza, Oakland, California 94612 |
City of Oakland Website: http://www.oaklandnet.com |
Tuesday, June 26, 2007
3:30 PM
Hearing Room One - 1st Floor
Roll Call / Call to Order
Councilmember Present: 4 - Chair Brunner, Vice Mayor Chang, Member Reid |
and Member De La Fuente |
The Oakland City Council Community And Economic Development Committee |
convened at 3:50p.m., with Councilmember Jane Brunner presiding as |
Chairperson. |
1
Approval of the Draft Minutes from the Committee Meeting held on June 12, 2007
A motion was made by Vice Mayor Chang, seconded by Member De La |
Fuente, to *Approve the Minutes. The motion carried by the following |
vote: |
Councilmember Aye: Chair Brunner, Vice Mayor Chang, Member Reid and |
Member De La Fuente |
2
Determination of Schedule of Outstanding Committee Items
A motion was made by Member De La Fuente, seconded by Vice Mayor |
Chang, to *Approve as Submitted. The motion carried by the following |
vote: |
Councilmember Aye: Chair Brunner, Vice Mayor Chang, Member Reid and |
Member De La Fuente |
3
Subject: Purchase Of 36 Units In The Wood Street Development District |
From: Community and Economic Development Agency |
Recommendation: Adopt An Agency Resolution Authorizing The Redevelopment Agency To |
Purchase 36 Units At The Pacific Cannery Lofts And Zephyr Gate Development In The Wood |
Street Development District At Market Rate Prices And To Resell These Units At Affordable |
Sales Prices To Low And Moderate Income Homebuyers, And Allocating An Amount Not To |
Exceed $10,350,000 To Subsidize The Affordability Of The Units |
Continued to *Community & Economic Development Committee on |
9/11/2007 |
4
Subject: As-Needed General Consulting Services |
From: Community and Economic Development Agency |
Recommendation: Adopt An Agency Resolution Authorizing The Agency Administrator To |
Award, Negotiate, And Execute Professional Services Agreements Without Returning To The |
Agency With Economic Consultants To Provide As-Needed General Economic Consulting |
Services In A Total Amount Not To Exceed $480,000 Or Up To $160,000 Per Contract, Plus An |
Allocation For A Contract Amount Compliance Fee To The City In An Amount Not To Exceed |
3% Of The Contract Mount, For The Following Redevelopment Project Areas: |
Broadway/Macarthur/San Pablo, Central City East, Central District, Coliseum, Oakland Army |
Base, And West Oakland |
A motion was made by Member Reid, seconded by Member De La Fuente, |
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 July 3, 2007 as a Non-Consent item. The |
motion carried by the following vote: |
Councilmember Aye: Chair Brunner, Vice Mayor Chang, Member Reid and |
Member De La Fuente |
The Committee amended the resolution at the third Further Resolved to add the |
following language: that the funding for the as-needed services and an |
additional 3 percent contract compliance fee will be allocated from "one or |
more of" the six participating redevelopment project areas "based on where the |
project is located" on a project-by-project basis. |
The following individual(s) spoke and did not indicate a position on this item: |
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Subject: Subsidy Increase For Affordable Housing |
From: Community and Economic Development Agency |
Recommendation: Action On A Report And Recommendation To Increase The Maximum |
Subsidy Amount From 40% to 50% Of The Total Development Cost Of The Affordable Units |
For The Affordable Homeownership Development Program |
A motion was made by Member De La Fuente, seconded by Member Reid, |
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 July 3, 2007 as a Non-Consent item. The motion |
carried by the following vote: |
Councilmember Aye: Chair Brunner, Vice Mayor Chang, Member Reid and |
Member De La Fuente |
The Committee directed staff to explore the options of contracting out the City's |
affordable homeownership program and return to a future committee meeting |
with a report. |
The following individual(s) spoke and did not indicate a position on this item: |
The following individual(s) spoke in favor of this item: |
The following individual(s) spoke against this item: |
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Subject: Fruitvale/International Boulevard NCD - Security Services |
From: Community and Economic Development Agency |
Recommendation: Adopt An Agency Resolution Authorizing And Allocating A $38,965 Grant |
To The Unity Council From Coliseum Redevelopment Funds For The Provision Of Security |
Services To Properties In The Fruitvale Property Business Improvement District From January 1, |
2007, Through December 31, 2007 |
A motion was made by Member De La Fuente, seconded by Member Reid, |
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 July 3, 2007 as a Consent Calendar item. The motion |
carried by the following vote: |
Councilmember Aye: Chair Brunner, Vice Mayor Chang, Member Reid and |
Member De La Fuente |
The following individual(s) spoke in favor of this item: |
The following individual(s) spoke and did not indicate a position on this item: |
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Subject: Oakland Army Base - Memorandum Of Agreement |
From: Community and Economic Development Agency |
Recommendation: Adopt The Following Pieces of Legislation: |
1) A City Council Resolution Authorizing The City Administrator To Negotiate And Execute |
Amendments To The July 8, 2003 Memorandum Of Agreement For Oakland Army Base |
Including The Following Provisions: (A) A One-Year Extension Of The Deadline To Fund The |
West Oakland Community Fund; (B) Reimbursement From The Port Of Oakland To The |
Oakland Redevelopment Agency Of Two Hundred Eighty Thousand Dollars ($280,000) In Army |
Base Transactions Costs; And (C) Defining The Terms And Conditions Of The Port Of Oakland |
Berth 21 Construction Easement; And |
A motion was made by Member De La Fuente, seconded by Member Reid, |
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 July 3, 2007 as a Non-Consent item. The |
motion carried by the following vote: |
Councilmember Aye: Chair Brunner, Vice Mayor Chang, Member Reid and |
Member De La Fuente |
The Committee approved the recommendations of staff and amended the |
resolution on the first resolved to strike through the language "or the Agency" |
The Committee directed staff to return with a supplemental report with |
information from the Port of Oakland on the possibilities of a 3 year extension |
for the Memorandum of Agreements for the Oakland Army Base. |
2) An Agency Resolution Auhorizing The Agency Administrator To Negotiate And Execute: 1) |
Amendments To The July 8, 2003 Memorandum Of Agreement For Oakland Army Base |
Including The Following Provisions: (A) A One-Year Extension Of The Deadline To Fund The |
West Oakland Community Fund, (B) Reimbursement From The Port Of Oakland To The |
Oakland Redevelopment Agency Of Two Hundred Eighty Thousand Dollars ($280,000) In Army |
Base Transaction Costs, And (C) Defining The Terms And Conditions Of The Port Of Oakland |
Berth 21 Construction Easement; (2) A Berth 21 Construction Easement In Favor Of The Port Of |
Oakland; And (3) A Construction And Demolition Easement Along The Boundary Between The |
Oakland Redevelopment Agency And The Port Of Oakland |
*Approve as Amended the Recommendation of Staff, and Forward to |
Concurrent Meeting of the Oakland Redevelopment Agency/City Council |
on 7/3/2007 |
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Subject: Newsracks - Municipal Code Amendment |
From: Community and Economic Development Agency |
Recommendation: Adopt An Ordinance Repealing The City Of Oakland Municipal Code, Title |
12, Chapter 12.48 "Newsracks- Montclair Newsrack District" And Amending The Oakland |
Municipal Code Chapter 12.50 - "Newsracks - Citywide Controls" To Increase Maintenance |
Standards, Declare The Storage And Accumulation Of Inoperable Or Wrecked Newsracks A |
Public Nuisance, Modify Newsrack Abatement Procedures and Adopt guidelines For The |
Placement Of Newsracks In The Public Right-Of-Way On a City-Wide Basis |
A motion was made by Vice Mayor Chang, seconded by Member De La |
Fuente, 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 July 3, 2007 as a |
Consent Calendar item. The motion carried by the following vote: |
Councilmember Aye: Chair Brunner, Vice Mayor Chang, Member Reid and |
Member De La Fuente |
The Committee approved the recommendations of staff and amended page two |
of the Ordinance to include the following information: 1) to delete 12.50 and |
replace it with 12.48 municipal codes. The staff report was also amended on |
page four to change 5 days to 7 days. |
The following individual(s) spoke and did not indicate a position on this item: |
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Subject: Allocation Of Funds For Repairs To The Oakland Ice Center |
From: Community And Economic Development Agency |
Recommendation: Adopt An Agency Resolution Approving The Allocation Redevelopment |
Agency Funds In The Amount Of $300,000 As Funds For Necessary Capital Improvements, |
Repairs And Rehabilitation To The Oakland Ice Center |
A motion was made by Member De La Fuente, seconded by Vice Mayor |
Chang, 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 July 3, 2007 as a Consent Calendar |
item. The motion carried by the following vote: |
Councilmember Aye: Chair Brunner, Vice Mayor Chang, Member Reid and |
Member 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 Community And Economic Development Committee adjourned the |
meeting at 5:25 p.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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