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, September 16, 2003
Pledge of Allegiance
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Roll Call / ORA & Council |
COUNCIL MEMBERS; Jane Brunner, Dist. 1; Danny Wan, Dist. 2; Vice Mayor Nancy Nadel, |
Dist. 3; Jean Quan, Dist. 4; Desley Brooks, Dist. 6; Larry Reid, Dist. 7; 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 Concurrent Meeting of the Oakland Redevelopment |
Agency/City Council held on July 29, 2003 |
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8. Presentation of Ceremonial Matters
Recommendation: Presentation of a Proclamation acknowledging service to |
the Oakland Unified School District By Mayoral School Board Appointee Viola |
Gonzales |
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9. Council Acknowledgements / Announcements
10. CONSENT CALENDAR (CC) ITEMS:
The following Consent Calendar items are considered to be routine and will be |
acted upon by one motion of the City Council, unless a member of the public or |
a Councilmember requests the opportunity to speak on an item noticed. |
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 |
10.1
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 |
10.2
Subject: Margaret Russell - Oakland Museum of California Foundation |
From: Office of the Mayor |
Recommendations: Adopt a Resolution appointing Margaret M. Russell as a |
member of the Oakland Museum of California Foundation |
10.3
Subject: Gloria Cox - Health and Human Services Commission |
From: Office of the Mayor |
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution appointing Gloria Cox Crowell as a |
member of the Health and Human Services Commission |
10.4
Subject: Benjamin Scott - Budget Advisory Committee |
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution appointing Benjamin Scott as a |
member of the Budget Advisory Committee |
10.5
Subject: Gwen McDonald and Marcus Clark - Civil Service Board |
From: Office of the Mayor |
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution appointing Gwen McDonald and re- |
appointing Marcus Clark as members of the Civil Service Board |
10.6
Subject: Hillery Bolt Trippe and Jean Rubsamen - Housing, |
Residential Rent and Relocation Board |
From: Office of the Mayor |
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution appointing Hillery Bolt Trippe and Jean |
Rubsamen as members of the Housing, Residential Rent, and Relocation |
Board |
10.7
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution appointing Alex Pedersen as |
Councilmember Wan's District Two Adult Representative member of the |
Children's Fund Planning and Oversight Committee |
10.8
Subject: Benjamin Fay - Budget Advisory Committee |
From: Councilmember Chang |
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution appointing Benjamin Fay as At-Large |
Representative as a member of the Budget Advisory Committee |
10.9
Subject: Marcia McClean - 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 Marcia McClean v. City of |
Oakland, et al., Alameda County Superior Court Case No. 2001-023537, our |
file no. 21563, in the amount of |
$7,500.00 (Public Works Agency) |
10.10
Subject: Conco Cement - 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 Conco Cement, in the amount |
of $10,610.64, as a result of property damage sustained when the driver of a |
City of Oakland vehicle rear-ended the vehicle driven by Ashley N. Watson ( |
Oakland Police Department) |
10.11
Subject: Antonous Boykin - 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 Antonous Boykin in the amount |
of $5,600.00 as a result of a vehicle collision involving a City vehicle (Oakland |
Police Department) |
10.12
Subject: Jermain Jenkins, Jada Powell et. al. - 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 Jermain Jenkins, Jada Powell |
as the guardian ad litem for Jatasia Jenkins, Jermain Jenkins Jr., Earsey |
Jenkins, and their attorney of record Craig M. Boeger, Esq. in the amount of |
twenty thousand seven hundred fifty dollars and no cents ($20,750.00), as a |
result of bodily injuries sustained when a City employee driving a City vehicle |
failed to stop at the red signal light and collided with the vehicle driven by |
Jermain Jenkins (Public Works Agency) |
10.13
Subject: Kereem Thurston - 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 Kereem Thurston v. City of |
Oakland, et. al., United States District Court Case No. C-01 3839 WDB, our file |
no. 21395, in the amount of $15,000.00; This case involves a claim of use of |
excessive force (Oakland Police Department-Alleged Civil Rights Violation) |
Subject: Chesarae Fletcher and Jeffrey Fletcher - 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 Chesarae Fletcher and Jeffrey |
Fletcher v. City of Oakland, Superior Court, County of Alameda, Case No. |
2002041360 in the amount of |
$8,500.00 (Public Works Agency) |
Subject: Daniel McClosky - 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 Daniel McClosky v. City of |
Oakland, Superior Court, County of Alameda, Case No. 2002065331 in the |
amount of $10,000.00 (Public Works Agency) |
10.16
Subject: Progressive Insurance - 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 Progressive Insurance as |
Subrogee of Beatrice Pecot in the amount of $14,063.06 as a result of a |
vehicle collision involving a City vehicle |
(Oakland Police Department) |
10.17
Subject: Kerry Salisbury - 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 Kerry Salisbury v. City of |
Oakland, Alameda County Superior Court No. 2002-040857, our file no. 21795, |
a defamation and breach of contract case in the amount of $9,000.00; Mr. |
Salisbury, a former employee, claims that comments made after his departure |
in June 2001 were defamatory and violated a written agreement with the City ( |
Life Enrichment Agency) |
Subject: Jackie Stewart - 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 Jackie Stewart v. City of |
Oakland, Alameda County Superior Court No. 2001-035552. our file no. 21404, |
a personal injury case in the amount of $8,500.00; Ms. Stewart tripped and fell |
in a pothole on Lincoln Way (Public Works Agency) |
Subject: Oakland's Stolen Gun Ordinance |
From: Oakland Police Department |
Recommendation: Approve the Final Passage (Second Reading) of an |
Ordinance amending Sections 9.36.131 and 9.36.141 of the Oakland Municipal |
Code providing a 60 day reporting period during which the owner or person in |
possession of a firearm is required to report the theft or loss of a firearm |
occurring between August 1, 1992 and July 30, 2002 |
(Introduction [First Reading] was approved on July 29, 2003; Vote Count 8 Ayes)
Subject: Paul Wang Enterprises |
From: Community and Economic Development Agency |
Recommendation: Approve recommendations for the following legislation: |
1 ) Approve the Final Passage (Second Reading) of an Ordinance rescinding |
Ordinance 12223 C.M.S., and transferring ownership of six City-owned |
properties at 2824 82nd Avenue, 8207 Golf Links Road, 8251-8329 Golf Links |
Road, 8379 Golf Links Road, 8477 Golf Links Road, and 8395 Golf Links Road |
to the Redevelopment Agency of the City of Oakland; and |
2) Approve the Final Passage (Second Reading) of Ordinance rescinding |
Ordinance 12217 C.M.S. and authorizing the negotiation and execution of a |
Disposition and Development Agreement with Paul Wang Enterprises, to |
provide for the sale and development of nine City-owned properties at 938 46th |
Street, 62nd Street at Marshall Street, 1027 62nd Street, 1311 Campbell |
Street, 820 Peralta Street, 901 70th Avenue, 1088 71st Avenue, 3214 |
Courtland Avenue, and 2849 Kitchener Court/4291 Wilshire Boulevard, with six |
units of affordable housing and six units of market-rate housing |
(Introduction [First Reading] was approved on July 29, 2003; Vote Count 7 Ayes, 1 |
Abstain - Brooks) |
Subject: Oakland Base Reuse Authority Joint Powers Agreement |
From: Community and Economic Development Agency |
Recommendation: Approve Final Passage (Second Reading) of an Ordinance |
altering the Port area boundary to include and exclude various specified |
parcels at and adjacent to the former Oakland Army Base |
(Introduction [First Reading] was approved on July 29, 2003; Vote Count 8 Ayes)
Subject: Commercial Business Security Devices |
From: Community and Economic Development Agency |
Recommendation: Approve the Final Passage (Second Reading) of an |
Ordinance amending the Oakland Planning Code to prohibit the use of barbed |
wire and razor wire in the Commercial and S-1, S-2, S-3, and S-15 Zoning |
Districts; establish fence height limits in these districts; and relocate fence |
regulations within the Code |
(Introduction [First Reading] was approved on July 29, 2003; Vote Count 8 Ayes)
Subject: 9507 Edes Avenue - Disposition and Development |
From: Community and Economic Development Agency |
Recommendation: Approve the Final Passage (Second Reading) of an |
Ordinance rescinding Ordinance No. 12219 C.M.S., and authorizing the sale of |
the City-owned property at 9507 Edes Avenue to the Redevelopment Agency |
at its fair market value; and |
(Introduction [First Reading] was approved on July 29, 2003; Vote Count 8 Ayes)
Subject: Palo Seco Substation Expansion |
From: Community and Economic Development Agency |
Recommendation: Approve the Final Passage (Second Reading) of an |
Ordinance authorizing the City Manager to enter into a purchase and sales |
agreement in the amount of six thousand three hundred dollars ($6,300.00) |
with Pacific Gas and Electric Company to grant a permanent easement for |
expansion of Palo Seco Substation to provide emergency back up power to the |
Oakland Hills over the City owned property located on Monterey Blvd. (APN: |
029A 1330 034 00) |
(Introduction [First Reading] was approved on July 29, 2003; Vote Count 8 Ayes)
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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Consideration of items with statutory Public Hearing Requirements:
Subject: Delinquent Real Property Transfer Taxes - Public Hearing |
From: Finance and Management Agency |
Recommendation: Conduct a Public Hearing regarding the assessment of liens |
for Delinquent Real Property Transfer Taxes and upon conclusion adopt one of |
the following Resolutions: |
1) Adopt a Resolution accepting and confirming reports of the Interim City |
Manager on the costs incurred by the City of Oakland for delinquent real |
property transfer taxes, and confirming the recordation of liens, administrative |
charges, and assessment charges, as necessary, pursuant to Chapter 4.20 of |
the Oakland Municipal Code, and directing the notice of lien and assessment |
charges to be turned over to the County Tax Collector for collection; or |
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2) Adopt a Resolution overruling protests and objections, and accepting and |
confirming reports of the Interim City Manager on the costs incurred by the City |
of Oakland for delinquent real property transfer taxes, and authorizing the |
recordation of liens, administrative charges as necessary - pursuant to Chapter |
4.20 of the Oakland Municipal Code, and directing the notice of lien and |
assessment charges to be turned over to the County Tax Collector for |
3) Adopt a Resolution continuing hearing on reports of the Interim City |
Manager on the delinquent real property transfer taxes and confirming the |
recordation of liens, admininstrative charges, and assessment charges as |
necessary pursuant to Chapter 4.20 of the Oakland Municipal Code, and |
directing the notice of lien and assessment charges to be turned over to the |
Alameda County Tax Collector for collection |
Subject: Delinquent Business Taxes - Public Hearing |
From: Finance and Management Agency |
Recommendation: Conduct a Public Hearing regarding the assessment of liens |
for Delinquent Business Tax and upon conclusion adopt one of the following |
Resolutions: |
1) Adopt a Resolution accepting and confirming reports of the Interim City |
Manager on the costs incurred by the City of Oakland for delinquent business |
taxes and confirming the recordation of liens, administrative charges and |
assessment charges as necessary - pursuant to Title 5, Chapter 5.04 of the |
Oakland Municipal Code, and directing the notice of lien and assessment |
charges to be turned over to the County for collection; or |
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2) Adopt a Resolution overruling protests and accepting and confirming |
reports of the Interim City Manager on the delinquent business taxes, and |
confirming the recordation of liens, administrative charges, and assessment |
charges as necessary, pursuant to Title 5, Chapter 5.04 of the Oakland |
Municipal Code, and directing the notice of lien and assessment charges to be |
turned over to the County Tax Collector for collection; or |
3) Adopt a Resolution continuing hearing on reports of the Interim City |
Manager on the delinquent business taxes, and confirming the recordation of |
liens, administrative charges and assessment charges, as necessary, pursuant |
to Title 5, Chapter 5.04 of the Oakland Municipal Code |
Subject: Delinquent Mandatory Garbage Fees - Public Hearing |
From: Finance and Management Agency |
Recommendation: Conduct a Public Hearing regarding Delinquent Mandatory |
Garbage Fees for April - June 2003, quarterly accounts and January - March |
2003 monthly accounts and upon conclusion adopt one of the following |
Resolutions: |
1) Adopt a Resolution accepting and confirming reports of the Interim City |
Manager on the costs incurred by the City of Oakland for delinquent garbage |
service fees, and confirming the recordation of liens, administrative charges, |
and assessment charges, as necessary, pursuant to Chapter 8.28 of the |
Oakland Municipal Code, and directing the notice of lien and assessment |
charges to be turned over to the County Tax Collector for collection; or |
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2) Adopt a Resolution overruling protests and objections, and accepting and |
confirming reports of the Interim City Manager on the costs incurred by the City |
of Oakland for delinquent garbage service fees, and authorizing the |
recordation of liens, administrative charges, as necessary, pursuant to Chapter |
8.28 of the Oakland Municipal Code, and directing the notice of lien and |
assessment charges to be turned over to the County Tax Collector for |
collection; or |
3) Adopt a Resolution continuing hearing on reports of the Interim City |
Manager on the delinquent garbage service fees, and confirming the |
recordation of liens, administrative charges, and assessment charges, as |
necessary, pursuant to Chapter 8.28 of the Oakland Municipal Code, and |
directing the notice of lien and assessment charges to be turned over to the |
Alameda County Tax Collector for collection |
Subject: Delinquent Transient Occupancy Taxes - Public Hearing |
From: Finance and Management Agency |
Recommendation: Conduct a Public Hearing regarding the assessment of liens |
for Delinquent Transient Occupancy Taxes and upon conclusion adopt one of |
the following Resolutions: |
1) Adopt a Resolution accepting and confirming reports of the Interim City |
Manager on the costs incurred by the City of Oakland for Delinquent Transient |
Occupancy Taxes and confirming the recordation of liens, administrative |
charges, and assessment charges as necessary pursuant to Title 4, Chapter |
4.24 of the Oakland Municipal Code, and directing the notice of lien and |
assessment charges to be turned over to the County for collection; or |
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2) Adopt a Resolution overruling protests and accepting and confirming |
reports of the Interim City Manager on the Delinquent Transient Occupancy |
Taxes and confirming the recordation of liens, administrative charges and |
assessment charges as necessary pursuant to Title 4, Chapter 4.24 of the |
Oakland Municipal Code, and directing the notice of lien and assessment |
charges to be turned over to the County Tax Collector for collection; or |
3) Adopt a Resolution continuing hearing on reports of the Interim City |
Manager on the Delinquent Transient Occupancy Taxes and confirming the |
recordation of liens, administrative charges and assessment charges as |
necessary pursuant to Title 4, Chapter 4.24 of the Oakland Municipal Code |
Subject: Sewer Service Charge Increase - Public Hearing |
From: Public Works Agency |
Recommendation: Conduct a Public Hearing and upon conclusion approve the |
Introduction (First Reading) of an Ordinance amending Chapter 13 of the |
Oakland Municipal Code (Section 13.04.020) increasing the sewer service |
charge and providing for annual increases of eleven percent through January 1 |
, 2009 and increases based on the Consumer Price Index thereafter |
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(Final Passage [Second Reading] has been scheduled for September 30, 2003)
Subject: Tree Removal Appeal - Lot 2006-Moore Drive - Public Hearing |
From: Office of Parks and Recreation |
Recommendation: Conduct a Public Hearing and upon conclusion adopt a |
Resolution denying the appeal filed by Ken Paskow and Sheryl Klein against |
the decision of the Director of the Office of Parks and Recreation approving the |
issuance of tree removal permit DR03-068 (Lot 2006, Moore Drive) |
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Subject: Tree Removal Appeal - 5812 Ayala Avenue - Public Hearing |
From: Office of Parks and Recreation |
Recommendation: Conduct a Public Hearing and upon conclusion adopt a |
Resolution denying the appeal filed by John Wagers against the decision of the |
Director of the Office of Parks and Recreation approving the issuance of tree |
removal permit DR03-067 (5812 Ayala Avenue) |
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(Items 19 and 20 were withdrawn with no new date at the September 11, 2003, Rules |
and Legislation Committee) |
ACTION ON NON-CONSENT ITEMS:
Subject: Education Partnership Committee Meetings |
From: Councilmember Chang |
Recommendation: Approve a report recommending to hold in abeyance future |
meetings of the Education Partnership Committee |
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Recommendation: The July 17, 2003, Rules and Legislation Committee approved |
recommendation; 4 Ayes. |
(This item was withdrawn and rescheduled from the July 29, 2003, City Council meeting |
as a non-consent item) |
Subject: CDBG District Boundaries Adjustments |
From: Community and Economic Development Agency |
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution to amend Resolution No. 76276 C.M.S. |
to extend the term of elected Community Development District Board and |
Citizens Advisory Committee members to two-years; and to realign Community |
Development District boundaries based upon the new low and moderate |
income block group determinations from the 2000 Census data and the |
redistricting of City Council District boundaries |
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(This item was withdrawn at the September 11, 2003, Rules and Legislation Committee |
and rescheduled for the September 30, 2003 City Council meeting) |
Subject: Downtown Tenant Improvement Program |
From: Community and Economic Development Agency |
Recommendation: Adopt an Agency Resolution adopting the Downtown |
Tenant Improvement Program participation criteria to provide matching grants |
to targeted retail, restaurants, arts and entertainment catalyst projects |
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Recommendation: The July 22, 2003, Community and Economic Development |
Committee approved recommendation; 4 Ayes. |
(This item was rescheduled from the July 29, 2003, City Council meeting as a non- |
consent item) |
Subject: Establishing Prohibitions on False Endorsements in Campaign |
Literature |
From: Public Ethics Commission |
Recommendation: Approve the Introduction (First Reading) of an Ordinance |
establishing prohibitions on false endorsements in campaign literature |
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approved recommendation; 4 Ayes. |
(Final Passage [Second Reading] has been scheduled for September 30, 2003) |
Subject: Fenton's Creamery |
From: Office of the City Attorney |
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution denying the appeal of E. Felizardo and |
upholding the Planning Commission decision to approve the Design Review |
and variances for the restoration and rehabilitation of Fenton's Creamery at |
4226 Piedmont Avenue and further directing the Planning Commission to |
review all aspects of Fenton's current facility and to make appropriate |
determinations concerning conformity with the applicable provisions of the |
Zoning Code pertaining to legal non-conforming uses |
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Recommendation: The July 29, 2003 City Council meeting directed staff to prepare the |
above resolution; 8 Ayes. |
Subject: Opposition to Proposition 54 |
From: Vice Mayor Nadel and Councilmember Wan |
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution of the Oakland City Council declaring |
its opposition to Proposition 54, the initiative /constitutional amendment |
prohibiting the collection and use of information about race, ethnicity, color or |
national origin by state and local governments, public universities, and school |
districts. |
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Time Sensitive: This item was forwarded directly to the Council agenda due to its time- |
sensitive nature and in accordance with the City Council Rules and Procedures, Rule |
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Subject: Safe Routes to School Second Cycle Project |
From: Public Works Agency |
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution authorizing the City Manager to award |
a construction contract in an amount not to exceed $370,000.00 to the lowest |
responsive bidder for the Safe Routes to School Second Cycle Project (City |
Project No. G219210, Federal Project No. STPLHSR-5012(063)), without |
return to Council" |
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Subject: Installations of Stop Signs |
From: Public Works Agency |
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution approving the installation of stop signs |
on Bancroft and 77th Avenue |
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Subject: Central City East Redevelopment Project Area Committee (PAC) |
From: Community and Economic Development Agency |
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution amending the procedure of formation |
for the Central City East Redevelopment Project Area Committee to replace |
the Melrose High Hopes Neighborhood Crime Prevention Council with the |
Yorkshire Neighborhood Association |
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Subject: Port of Oakland's Conflict of Interest Code |
From: Office of the City Attorney |
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution approving a Conflict of Interest Code |
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for designated employees of the Port of Oakland |
Subject: Advancing California's Emerging Technologies (ACET) |
From: Community and Economic Development Agency |
Recommendation: Adopt an Agency Resolution authorizing an owner |
participation agreement with Advancing California's Emerging Technologies ( |
ACET) for the development of a high-technology business incubator facility in |
the Coliseum Project Area, and the contribution of $1,610,000 in Agency funds |
to the project |
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(This item was withdrawn with no new date at the September 11, 2003, Rules and |
Legislation Committee) |
Continuation of Open Forum
ADJOURNMENT OF COUNCIL SESSION |
(Meeting shall conclude no later than 10:30 p.m., unless extended by Majority Vote of the |
Council) |