Concurrent Meeting of the Oakland |
Redevelopment Agency/City Council |
City of Oakland
Online Meeting Agenda
Oakland, California |
94612 |
Oakland City Hall, 1 Frank H. Ogawa Plaza, Oakland, California, 94612 |
City of Oakland Website: http://www.oaklandnet.com |
Oakland City Hall, 3rd Floor
6:00 PM
Tuesday, May 4, 2004
Pledge of Allegiance
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Roll Call / ORA & Council |
COUNCIL MEMBERS; Jane Brunner, Dist. 1; Danny Wan, Dist. 2; Nancy Nadel, Dist. 3; Jean |
Quan, Dist. 4; Desley Brooks, Dist. 6; Larry Reid, Dist. 7; Vice Mayor Henry Chang, At-Large, |
and President Ignacio De La Fuente, Dist. 5 |
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Open Forum / Citizens Comments |
(Time Available: 15 minutes) |
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Modifications to the Consent Calendar, and requests from Councilmember(s) to pull an item |
from the Consent Calendar, shall be scheduled for the next-succeeding City Council meeting |
as a non-consent item. |
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Motion for 'Members' Requests for Reconsideration' of an Action taken at the preceding |
Council Meeting, shall be scheduled for the next-succeeding City Council meeting as a non- |
consent item. (Motion Maker must have voted on prevailing side) |
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Requests from Councilmember(s) to schedule an Action Item considered by Committee but |
not forwarded to Council, shall be scheduled for the next-succeeding City Council meeting as |
a non-consent item. |
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Approval of the Draft Minutes from the Special Concurrent Meeting held on March 30 and |
Concurrent Meeting of the Oakland Redevelopment Agency/City Council/Joint Powers |
Financing Authority held on April 20, 2004 |
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8. PRESENTATION OF CEREMONIAL MATTERS
Subject: Municipal Clerks Week |
From: President De La Fuente |
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution declaring May 2 through May 8, 2004 |
as Municipal Clerks Week |
8.1
Subject: Youth Recognition Day |
From: Councilmember Brooks |
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution declaring May 14, 2004 Youth |
8.2
Recognition Day in the City of Oakland and Recognizing the many |
contributions of young people and the Oakland Youth Commission |
Subject: Historic Preservation Week |
From: Councilmember Nadel |
A Presentation of a Mayoral Proclamation proclaiming May 3 - 7, 2004 as |
Oakland Historic Preservation Week in the City of Oakland |
8.3
9. COUNCIL ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS / ANNOUNCEMENTS
10. CONSENT CALENDAR (CC) ITEMS:
Subject: Declaration of a Local Emergency due to AIDS epidemic |
From: Office of the City Attorney |
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution renewing and continuing the City |
Council's Declaration of a Local Emergency due to the existence of a critical |
public health crisis with regard to the AIDS epidemic |
10.1CC
Subject: Medical Cannabis Health Emergency |
From: Office of the City Attorney |
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution renewing the City Council's Declaration |
of a local public health emergency with respect to safe, affordable access to |
Medical Cannabis in the City of Oakland |
10.2CC
2) Approve the Introduction (First Reading) of an Ordinance authorizing the |
City Manager to enter into a purchase and sale agreement with Emily Ray |
Trustee for the Emily Ray Trust of 1992 for the City's acquisition of real |
property located at 7318 International Boulevard, Oakland, California, in the |
amount of $391,105, excluding closing costs |
10.3CC
Introduction (First Reading) was approved on April 20, 2004; Vote Count - 8 Ayes
Subject: Laurel Streetscape Improvement |
From: Public Works Agency |
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution authorizing award of a construction |
contract to the responsible low bidder, Ray's Electric, in an amount of one |
million five hundred two thousand eight hundred eighty four dollars and twenty |
five cents ($1,502,884.25) for Laurel Streetscape Improvement on MacArthur |
Boulevard (between 35th Avenue and High Street) (PURSUANT TO SECTION |
902-E OF THE CITY CHARTER, THIS ITEM REQUIRES A 2/3 VOTE) |
10.4CC
The April 27, 2004 Public Works Committee approved recommendations; 4 Ayes
Subject: Landscaping and Lighting Assessment District |
From: Office of the City Manager |
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution of Intention and accepting the Fiscal |
Year 2004-2005 Preliminary Engineer's Report for the City of Oakland |
Landscaping and Lighting Assessment District and setting the date for a |
Public Hearing |
10.5CC
The April 27, 2004 Finance and Management Committee approved recommendations; |
4 Ayes |
Subject: Tucker Technologies Inc., |
From: Finance and Management Agency |
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution awarding a contract for miscellaneous |
cable (low voltage communications) wiring, installation and repairs to Tucker |
Technologies, Inc. for a one-year period not to exceed $400,000 per year, and |
to extend the term of the contract for an additional one-year term without |
return to Council |
10.6CC
The April 27, 2004 Finance and Management Committee approved recommendations; |
4 Ayes |
Subject: 901 Franklin Street Parking Garage |
From: Community and Economic Development Agency |
Recommendation: Adopt an Agency Resolution authorizing an Operation and |
Management Agreement with CMA Asset Managers, Inc. to manage and |
operate an Agency-owned parking garage located at 901 Franklin Street |
10.7CC
The April 27, 2004 Community and Economic Development Committee approved |
recommendations; 3 Ayes, 1 Excused |
Subject: Pedestrian Streetscape Enhancements - Telegraph Avenue |
From: Community and Economic Development Agency |
Recommendation: Adopt an Agency Resolution authorizing a contract for an |
amount not to exceed $145,000 with Korve Engineering to prepare a planning |
study and preliminary construction drawings for pedestrian streetscape |
enhancements to Telegraph Avenue from 20th Street to Claremont Avenue |
10.8CC
The April 27, 2004 Community and Economic Development Committee approved |
recommendations; 3 Ayes, 1 Excused |
Subject: Final Map for Tract 7464 |
From: Community and Economic Development Agency |
10.9CC
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution approving Final Map of Tract 7464, a |
100-lot subdivision located at Mandela Parkway, Oakland, Alameda County, |
California, and accepting offers for dedication contained thereon and |
authorizing the Superintendent of Streets to enter into an agreement with Ettie |
Street, LLC for improvements to be constructed in said subdivision; fixing the |
amount of security to guarantee the faithful performance of such agreement |
and adopting plans and specifications for such improvements |
The April 27, 2004 Community and Economic Development Committee approved |
recommendations; 3 Ayes, 1 Excused |
Subject: 2004 Summer Food Service Program |
From: Department of Human Services |
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution authorizing the City Manager, 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 $747,177 and to execute a |
professional services agreement in an amount not to exceed $417,380 |
between the City and the San Lorenzo Unified School District to provide food |
services for the 2004 Summer Food Service Program for Children |
The April 27, 2004 Life Enrichment Committee approved recommendations; 4 Ayes
Subject: Alameda County Measure B Funds for 2004-2005 Paratransit |
Services |
From: Department of Human Services |
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution authorizing the City Manager to apply |
for, accept, and appropriate funds in the amount of $824,705 from Alameda |
County Transportation Improvement Authority (ACTIA) Measure B Funds for |
the Fiscal Year 2004-2005 for paratransit services |
The April 27, 2004 Life Enrichment Committee approved recommendations; 4 Ayes
Subject: Citizens of Oakland Respond to Emergencies (CORE) Program |
From: Oakland Fire Department |
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution to accept and appropriate a grant for |
nine thousand six hundred eighty-nine dollars and thirty cents ($9,689.30), for |
Fiscal Year December 4, 2003 to December 5, 2004 from the Federal |
Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the State of California Go Serv |
Grant for Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) enhancement, |
awarded and administered by the Alameda County Sheriff's Department, |
Operational Area to the Oakland Fire Department Office of Emergency |
Services (OES) for the City of Oakland's Citizens of Oakland Respond to |
Emergencies (CORE) Program |
The April 27, 2004 Public Safety Committee approved recommendations; 3 Ayes, 1 |
Excused |
Subject: Project Safe Neighborhoods/Project Exile |
From: Oakland Police Department |
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution authorizing a professional services |
agreement between the City of Oakland and Habiba Productions, LLC in an |
amount not to exceed seventy-six thousand two hundred ninety-nine dollars |
and forty-one cents ($76,299.41), for the production of a thirty-second video |
public service announcement about Project Safe Neighborhoods/Project Exile |
for the period May 1, 2004 through August 15, 2004 |
The April 27, 2004 Public Safety Committee approved recommendations; 3 Ayes, 1 |
Excused |
Subject: State Funding for California State Universities |
From: President De La Fuente |
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution declaring the City of Oakland's Support |
for the "Save the CSU" Coalition's efforts to preserve State funding for |
California State Universities |
The April 29, 2004 Rules and Legislation Committee approved recommendations; 3 |
Ayes, 1 Excused |
COMMENCING AT 7:00 P.M. OR AS SOON AS REASONABLY PRACTICAL THEREAFTER:
An oral report from the Agency Counsel / City Attorney of final decisions made during Closed |
Session |
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A disclosure of non-confidential Closed Session Discussion pursuant to Section 15 to the |
Sunshine Ordinance |
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Reconsideration of Ordinances pursuant to Charter Section 216
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14. Consideration of items with statutory Public Hearing Requirements:
Subject: Landmark Designation - Samm/Dalton/Cooper Mansion - Public |
Hearing |
and Cooper Brothers Grocery Store |
From: Community and Economic Development Agency |
Recommendation: Conduct a Public Hearing and upon conclusion approve the |
Introduction (First Reading) of an Ordinance designating the Samm/Dalton/ |
Cooper Mansion and Cooper Brothers Grocery Store (historic name: Samm ( |
Jacob) /Dalton (Henry) /Cooper (Freddie) House and Corner Store) at 1454 8 |
th Street (the house) and 1450 8th Street (the store) as a landmark pursuant |
to Section 17.102.030 of the Oakland Planning Code (Councilmember Nadel, |
14.1
Final Passage (Second Reading) has been scheduled for May 18, 2004.
Subject: Landmark Designation - Victorian Legal Center - Public Hearing |
From: Community and Economic Development Agency |
Recommendation: Conduct a Public Hearing and upon conclusion approve the |
Introduction (First Reading) of an Ordinance designating the Victorian Legal |
Center - Law Offices of Warren B. Wilson (historic name: Mason-Elsey-Wilson |
House) at 653 11th Street as a landmark pursuant to Section 17.102.030 of |
the Oakland Planning Code (Councilmember Nadel, District 3) |
14.2
Final Passage (Second Reading) has been scheduled for May 18, 2004.
Subject: Approval of Tentative Tract Map 7485 - Public Hearing |
From: Community and Economic Development Agency |
Recommendation: Conduct a Public Hearing and upon conclusion adopt a |
Resolution denying the appeal and sustaining the decision of the City |
Planning Commission in approving the Tentative Tract Map TTM7485, to re- |
subdivide two existing parcels into five parcels (East Side of Crestmont Drive |
at the intersection with Westfield Way, APNs: (37A-3148-040 and 37A-3148- |
041)(Councilmember Quan, District 4) |
14.3
ACTION ON NON-CONSENT ITEMS:
Items 15 through 15.3 were withdrawn and rescheduled to the May 18, 2004 City |
Council agenda. |
Subject: California Waste Solutions - Northern Half of the City |
From: Public Works Agency |
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution authorizing the City Manager to enter |
into an agreement with California Waste Solutions to provide weekly single |
stream residential recycling collection and processing services in the northern |
half of the City from January 1, 2005 through December 31, 2012 in an initial |
amount of approximately $2,575,000 per year |
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Subject: Waste Management of Alameda County - Southern Half of the City |
From: Public Works Agency |
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution authorizing the Fifth Amendment to the |
Franchise Agreement for solid waste and yard waste collection and disposal |
services with Waste Management of Alameda County and authorizing weekly |
single stream residential recycling collection and processing services in the |
southern half of the City; weekly yard waste collection; and weekly residential |
food scraps recycling throughout the City from January 1, 2005 through |
December 31, 2012 in an initial amount of approximately $2,957,000 per year |
15.1
Subject: Residential Food Scraps Recycling Program |
From: Public Works Agency |
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution authorizing the City Manager to enter |
into an agreement with the Alameda County Waste Management Authority for |
$761,000 in funding to purchase containers for the Residential Food Scraps |
Recycling Program and development of public education materials |
15.2
Subject: Solid Waste Collection and Disposal Rates |
From: Public Works Agency |
Recommendation: Approve the Introduction (First Reading) of an Ordinance |
amending Ordinance No. 11820 C.M.S. increasing rates charged for solid |
waste collection and disposal for multi-family and single-family ratepayers, and |
increasing City fees paid by Waste Management of Alameda County to the |
City of Oakland |
15.3
Final Passage (Second Reading) has been scheduled for May 18, 2004.
Subject: Levy Premium FoodService Limited Partnership - Consession |
Agreement |
From: President De La Fuente |
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution approving the Oakland/Alameda |
County Joint Powers Authority (JPA) Contract with Levy Premium FoodService |
Limited Partnership to provide food services at the Oakland Arena |
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REVISED RECOMMENDATION: The April 27, 2004 Finance and Management |
Committee directed staff to prepare a supplemental report that provides an analysis |
comparing the new Levy contract to the old Aramark contract and also highlights the |
new language; 4 Ayes |
Subject: Local 790 - Part Time Employees |
From: Finance and Management Agency |
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution approving the Memoranda of |
Understanding between the City of Oakland and Service Employees |
International Union, Local 790; representing employees in Representation Unit |
SI1 (Part-time Employees) covering the period of July 1, 2002 through June |
30, 2008 |
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This item was previously discussed in Closed Session and was scheduled directly to |
the City Council agenda by the April 22, 2004 Rules and Legislation Committee. |
Subject: Wildfire Prevention Assessment District Advisory Board |
From: Oakland Fire Department |
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution confirming Mayor and Council |
Appointees: Deputy Chief Ernest Robinson, Mr. Gordon Piper, Mr. Ben Fay, |
Ms. Aileen Warren, Mr. Ken Benson, Ms. Tamia Marg, Dr. Bob Sieben, Ms. Jill |
Broadhurst, Ms. Sally Kilburg, Ms. Susan Burnett, and Mr. Carl Hackney, to |
the Wildfire Prevention Assessment District Advisory Board |
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Subject: Arctic National Wildlife Refuge |
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution honoring the Arctic National Wildlife |
Refuge by refraining from knowingly purchasing goods or services from |
companies that obtain leases or develop oil fields in the coastal plain of the |
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Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, should the United States Congress ever |
permit drilling there |
This item was withdrawn and rescheduled from the April 20, 2004 City Council Agenda.
Subject: Oakland's Enterprise Zone - Senate Bill 1179 |
From: Community and Economic Development Agency |
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution in support of Senate Bill 1179, a |
proposal to extend the life of Oakland 's Enterprise Zone and other zones in |
California for an additional five years |
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The April 22, 2004 Rules and Legislation Committee approved recommendations; 3 |
Ayes, 1 Excused |
Subject: Appointments to the Parks and Recreation Advisory Board |
From: Office of the Mayor |
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution appointing Jeffrey Taylor, Ben Tate, |
Brad Ricards, Barbara Schock, and Rosa Linda Armendariz as members of |
the Parks and Recreation Advisory Board |
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This item was withdrawn and rescheduled from the April 20, 2004 City Council Agenda.
Subject: Appointment to the Oakland Housing Authority |
From: Office of the Mayor |
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution appointing Ramon Terraza as a |
member of the Oakland Housing Authority |
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This item was withdrawn and rescheduled from the April 20, 2004 City Council Agenda.
Subject: Appointment to the Landmarks Preservation Advisory Board |
From: Office of the Mayor |
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution reappointing Barbara Armstrong and |
Yui Hay Lee, and appointing Pamela Kershaw, Kelly Kahn, and Neal Parish as |
members of the Landmarks Preservation Advisory Board |
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This item was withdrawn and rescheduled from the April 20, 2004 City Council Agenda.
Subject: Appointments to the Library Advisory Commission |
From: Office of the Mayor |
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Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution appointing Genevieve Katz and Marian |
Wilson Sylvestre, and reappointing Deborah Callon-Eudaley and Arthur Noble |
as members of the Library Advisory Commission |
Subject: Elizabeth Rowan - Settlement Agreement |
From: Office of the City Attorney |
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution authorizing and directing the City |
Attorney to compromise and settle the case of Elizabeth Rowan v. City of |
Oakland, et al., Alameda County Superior Court number 2002-040313, our file |
number 22048, in the amount of $55,000.00 (Public Works Agency - Trip and |
Fall) |
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Subject: Juliet A. Borsah - Settlement Agreement |
From: Office of the City Attorney |
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution authorizing and directing the City |
Attorney to compromise and settle the case of Juliet A. Borsah v. City of |
Oakland, et al., Alameda County Superior Court case number 2002-052027, |
our file number 22386, in the amount of $47,500.00. (Office of Public Works, |
Sidewalk Trip and Fall) |
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Subject: Lenard Miller - Settlement Agreement |
From: Office of the City Attorney |
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution authorizing and directing the City |
Attorney to compromise and settle the Case of Lenard Miller, City of Oakland, |
et al., United States District Court case number C 00 1801 MJJ., our file |
number 990365, in the amount of $19,900.00. This case involves allegations |
of false arrest and excessive force. (Oakland Police Department-Alleged Civil |
Rights Violation) |
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Subject: Meisa Jones - Settlement Agreement |
From: Office of the City Attorney |
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution authorizing and directing the City |
Attorney to compromise and settle the Claim of Farmers Insurance as |
subrogee of Meisa Jones in the amount of $7,737.90 As a result of a vehicle |
collision involving a City Vehicle (OPD) |
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Subject: Department of the Navy - Settlement Agreement |
From: Office of the City Attorney |
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution 1) authorizing and directing the Agency |
Counsel to compromise and settle the case of Oakland Redevelopment |
Agency, et al., v. United States of America, et al., Federal District Court |
number C02-4652MHP, our file number X01619, for a payment of two million, |
one hundred thousand dollars ($2,100,000) by defendant Department of the |
Navy to the Oakland Base Reuse Authority ("OBRA") and (2) authorizing the |
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Agency Administrator to accept said funds from OBRA in satisfaction of the |
Loan Made by the Redevelopment Agency to OBRA |
Subject: Career to Work Program |
From: Department of Human Services |
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution authorizing the City Manager to |
negotiate and execute an agreement with the Oakland Unified School District ( |
OUSD) in an amount not to exceed $600,000 for Fiscal Years 2003-2005 to |
provide internship stipends for students participating in the Career Academies |
Program |
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REVISED RECOMMENDATION: The April 27, 2004 Life Enrichment Committee |
directed staff to include in the contract approval of payment for the program through |
the Summer of 2004 and directed staff to hold future payments contingent upon a |
meeting between City officials and School District representatives; 4 Ayes |
Subject: Oakland Waterfront Trail Project |
From: Community and Economic Development Agency |
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution authorizing the application for, |
acceptance, and appropriation of $210,000 from the State of California |
Department of Parks and Recreation Land and Water Conservation Fund |
Program for trail and pier access components of the 66th Avenue Gateway (a |
Measure DD Oakland Waterfront Trail Project) |
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REVISED RECOMMENDATION: The April 27, 2004 Life Enrichment Committee |
directed staff to amend the Resolution to specify that the funds are for trail access and |
pier improvements, 4 Ayes |
Subject: Oakland's Liquor Stores |
From: Office of the City Attorney |
Recommendation: A report and recommendations regarding a Report Card on |
Oakland's Liquor Stores: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly |
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REVISED RECOMMENDATION: The April 27, 2004 Public Safety Committee |
approved recommendations and directed staff to return at a later date with revisions or |
updates to aid enforcement of the Deemed Approved Ordinance and also procedures |
and clear criteria for enforcement; 3 Ayes, 1 Excused |
Continuation of Open Forum
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