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, October 21, 2004
10:30 AM
City Council Chambers - 3rd Floor
The Oakland City Council Rules and Legislation Committee convened at 11:18 |
A.M., with Pro Tempore Reid presiding as Chairperson. |
Roll Call / Call to Order
Excused: Chair De La Fuente |
Present: Member Chang, Member Reid and Member Wan |
1
Closed Session
A motion was made by Member Wan, seconded by Member Chang, to |
*Approve as Submitted. The motion carried by the following vote: |
Excused; 1 - Chair De La Fuente |
Aye; 3 - Member Chang, Member Reid and Member Wan |
2
Approval of the Draft Minutes from the Committee meeting of October 7, 2004
A motion was made by Member Chang, seconded by Member Wan, to |
*Approve as Submitted. The motion carried by the following vote: |
Excused; 1 - Chair De La Fuente |
Aye; 3 - Member Chang, Member Reid and Member Wan |
3
Determination of Schedule of Outstanding Committee Items
A motion was made by Member Wan, seconded by Member Chang, to |
*Approve as Submitted. The motion carried by the following vote: |
Excused; 1 - Chair De La Fuente |
Aye; 3 - Member Chang, Member Reid and Member Wan |
4
Scheduling of Agenda Items and revisions to the agenda(s) for the ORA/City Council |
meetings of October 26, 2004 (SUPPLEMENTAL) |
A motion was made by Member Chang, seconded by Member Wan, to |
*Approve as Submitted. The motion carried by the following vote: |
Excused; 1 - Chair De La Fuente |
Aye; 3 - Member Chang, Member Reid and Member Wan |
The following individual(s) spoke on this item: |
S-4-1
Subject: Metropolitan Medical Response System |
From: Oakland Fire Department |
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution authorizing the City Administrator to accept |
and appropriate five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000.00) from the U.S. |
Department of Homeland Security/FEMA - Metropolitan Medical Response |
System (MMRS) to fund the Oakland Fire Department MMRS Program and |
Enhance Integrated, Systematic Mass Casualty Preparedness, with primary focus |
on terrorist events involving radiological, nuclear, chemical, biological, or |
explosive agents (04-0864) |
Scheduled to *Public Safety Committee on 11/9/2004
S-4-2
Subject: Emergency Response Services for Oakland |
From: Oakland Fire Department |
Recommendation; Adopt a Resolution authorizing the City Administrator to: 1) |
accept and appropriate a payment of two hundred and eighty thousand dollars |
($280,000.00) from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security/FEMA - |
Metropolitan Medical Response System (MMRS) to pay for emergency response |
coordination services by the Oakland Fire Department MMRS Program, and, 2) |
enter into a contract with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security/FEMA |
MMRS to provide emergency response services in Oakland and surrounding |
jurisdictions for a period of one (1) year (04-0865) |
Scheduled to *Public Safety Committee on 11/9/2004
S-4-3
Subject: Oakland's Elementary Schools - Critical Incident Response Plan |
From: Oakland Police Department |
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution authorizing the City Administrator to enter |
into a professional services agreement with and accept and appropriate a maximum |
of thirteen thousand eight hundred and seventy-seven dollars ($13,877) from the |
Oakland Unified School District (OUSD), for use by the Police Department, to |
cover the overtime costs of a Sergeant of Police to prepare and implement a |
Critical Incident Response Plan for Oakland's Elementary Schools for the period of |
July 1, 2004 through June 30, 2005 (04-0862) |
Scheduled to *Public Safety Committee on 11/9/2004
S-4-4
Subject: Pathways to Change Juvenile Repeat Offender Program |
From: Oakland Police Department |
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution authorizing the City Administrator to enter |
into a funding agreement between the City of Oakland and the East Bay |
Community Foundation (Safe Passages) in an amount not to exceed two hundred |
thousand dollars ($200,000) for the period of July 1, 2004 through June 30, 2005 |
for services associated with the "Pathways to Change" Juvenile Repeat Offender |
Program (04-0863) |
Scheduled to *Public Safety Committee on 11/9/2004
S-4-5
Subject: 2004 Forensic Casework DNA Backlog Reduction Program |
From: Oakland Police Department |
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution authorizing the City Administrator to accept |
and appropriate grant funds in the amount of ninety-eight thousand three hundred |
and forty-four dollars ($98,344) from the U.S. Department of Justice, National |
Institute of Justice (USDOJ/NIJ) for the 2004 Forensic Casework DNA Backlog |
Reduction Program (04-0868) |
Scheduled to *Public Safety Committee on 11/9/2004
S-4-6
Subject: 2004 DNA Capacity Enhancement Program |
From: Oakland Police Department |
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution authorizing the City Administrator the |
accept and appropriate grant funds in the amount of eighty-two thousand seven |
hundred and twenty-seven dollars ($82,727) from the U.S. Department of Justice, |
National Institute of Justice (USDOJ/NIJ) for the 2004 DNA Capacity |
Enhancement Program (04-0869) |
Scheduled to *Public Safety Committee on 11/9/2004
S-4-7
Subject: Oakland Health Profile 2004 |
From: Councilmember Nadel/Department of Public Health |
Recommendation: A Presentation from the Department of Public Health on their |
"Oakland Health Profile 2004" (04-0854) |
Scheduled to *Life Enrichment Committee on 12/14/2004
S-4-8
Subject: Afterschool Initiative of 2004 |
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution honoring the Oakland Fund for Children |
and Youth Staff and Board Members of the Planning and Oversight Committee for |
their outstanding work on the Afterschool Initiative of 2004 (04-0855) |
Scheduled to Concurrent Meeting of the Oakland Redevelopment Agency / |
City Council on 11/16/2004 |
S-4-9
Subject: Municipal Improvement Fund "Pay-Go Funds" |
From: Council President Ignacio De La Fuente/Councilmember Quan |
Recommendation; Adopt a Resolution directing the Oakland City Attorney to |
pursue amendments to the 1982 Trust Agreement with Bank of America in order to |
clarify that the Mayor and individual City Councilmembers have the option of |
providing the funds related to that agreement (commonly referred to as Municipal |
Improvement Fund "Pay-Go Funds") to projects at public schools in Oakland |
(04-0856) |
Scheduled to *Finance & Management Committee on 11/9/2004
S-4-10
Subject: Joseph T. Yew - Service Recognition |
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution honoring Joseph T. Yew, Jr. for five years |
of outstanding service to the City of Oakland (04-0857) |
Scheduled to Concurrent Meeting of the Oakland Redevelopment Agency / |
City Council on 11/16/2004 |
S-4-11
Subject: Chief Richard L. Word - Service Recognition |
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution honoring Chief Richard L. Word for his 20 |
years of dedication and service to the City of Oakland (04-0860) |
Scheduled to Concurrent Meeting of the Oakland Redevelopment Agency / |
City Council on 11/16/2004 |
S-4-12
Subject: Mandela Gateway Public Artwork - Robert Ellison |
From: Cultural Arts and Marketing Department |
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution authorizing a professional services |
agreement between the City of Oakland and Robert Ellison in an amount not to |
exceed forty three thousand dollars ($43,000) for the creation of public artwork for |
Mandela Gateway (04-0867) |
Scheduled to *Life Enrichment Committee on 11/9/2004
S-4-13
Subject: Sausal Creek Townhomes Project - Increase of Area Median Income |
From: Community and Economic Development Agency |
Recommendation: Adopt an Agency Resolution to amend Resolution No. 2004-11 |
C.M.S. to increase the maximum income limit for qualified purchasers to 100% of |
Area Median Income for Sausal Creek Townhomes Project located at 2464 26th |
Avenue (04-0866) |
Scheduled to *Community & Economic Development Committee on |
12/14/2004 |
S-4-14
Subject: Pavement Management Technical Assistance Program |
From: Public Works Agency |
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution authorizing an application to the |
Metropolitan Transportation Commission for up to $25,000 in consulting services |
through the Pavement Management Technical Assistance Program and payment of |
local matching funds in the amount of $2,867.50 from Measure B Funds |
(04-0861) |
Scheduled to *Public Works Committee on 11/9/2004
S-4-15
Subject: Improvements to the City's Contracting Process |
From: Office of the City Administrator |
Recommendation: Receive a Special Report from the Budget Advisory Committee |
(BAC) on certain improvements to the City's contracting process (04-0859) |
Scheduled to *Finance & Management Committee on 11/9/2004
ADDITIONAL REQUEST SUBMITTED ON THE DIAS
Subject: Amendment to the Oakland Municipal Code |
From: President of the Council De La Fuente |
Recommendation: An Ordinance adding Chapter 10.28__ to Title 10, vehicles and traffic, of |
the Oakland Municipal Code, regulating the parking of noncommercial buses, campers, camp |
trailers, semitrailers, trailers, trailer coaches, trailer buses, fifth-wheel travel trailers, |
factory-built housing, house cars, mobilehomes, motorhomes, recreational vehicles or RV's, or |
vehicles built or modified for domicile of persons or animals on city streets, portions thereof or |
city throughfares throughout the city (04-0684) |
*Rescheduled to *Public Safety Committee on 11/9/2004
Subject: 2004 City Council Retreat |
From: Office of the City Administrator |
Recommendation: A request to schedule the date and time, Friday, November 19, 2004, from |
9:00am until 5:00pm |
LOCATION: Joaquin Miller Conference Center |
Financial Outlook & Budget |
· Overview of budget revenues, projections and limitations, including discretionary vs. |
non-discretionary funding |
· Financial forecast for FY 2005-07 |
· Highlight of major budget-related issues for FY 2005-07, discussion and Council input / |
direction |
· Overview of the Capital Improvement Program status & future projects |
· Overview of the Oakland Redevelopment Agency budget and major projects |
Council Questions and Discussion |
11:30 am - 12:30 pm: LUNCH BREAK |
Council Goals / Priorities |
· Establishing a short list of Mayor & Council budget priorities for FY 2005-07 |
· Discussion of how the Mayor, City Administrator and Council see City's progress and |
short/long term goals |
· Discussion of City's legislative lobbying agenda, particularly a strategy on state prison |
reform |
· Capital maintenance / deferred maintenance |
Public Input / Open Forum |
4:45 pm - 5:00 pm: NEXT STEPS, WRAP-UP (04-0746) |
*Rescheduled to Special Concurrent Meeting of the ORA and City Council |
Retreat on 11/29/2004 |
5
A review of the Agenda for the Concurrent Meeting of ORA/City Council for the meeting |
of November 2, 2004. |
No Action Taken
S-6
Subject: BART - Earthquake Safety Program |
From: Citizens for BART Earthquake Safety |
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution endorsing the November 2, 2004 Ballot Measure |
regarding the BART Earthquake Safety Program and Measure AA (04-0726) |
No Action Taken
The following individual(s) spoke on this item: |
S-7
From: East Bay Regional Park District |
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution declaring the Oakland City Council's support of |
Measure CC - Park access, wildfire protection, public safety, and environmental maintenance |
measure (04-0803) |
No Action Taken
The following individual(s) spoke on this item: |
OPEN FORUM (TOTAL TIME AVAILABLE: 15 MINUTES)
The following individual(s) spoke under Open Forum: |
Adjournment
The Oakland City Council Rules and Legislation Committee convened at 11:47 |
A.M., with Pro Tempore Reid presiding as Chairperson. |
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be taken. |
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