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Meeting Minutes - DRAFT  
*Special Life Enrichment Committee  
Tuesday, April 21, 2026  
4:00 PM  
City Council Chamber, 3rd Floor  
The Oakland City Council Special Life Enrichment Committee Convened At 4:02 P.M.  
With Councilmember Fife Presiding As Chairperson  
There Being No Further Business, The Oakland City Council Life Enrichment  
Committee Adjourned The Meeting At 5:57 P.M.  
COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP:  
Roll Call / Call To Order  
3 - Noel Gallo, Carroll Fife, and Charlene Wang  
1 - Ken Houston  
Present  
Excused  
1 There Are No Minutes To Be Approved  
The Roll Call was modified to note Councilmember Houston present at 4:07 p.m.  
Determination Of Schedule Of Outstanding Committee Items  
2
Attachments: View Report  
Amendments As Follows:  
Withdrawing Item 5 From This Agenda Regarding "Contract For Customized Goods  
And Apparel" And Scheduling To The Life Enrichment Pending List No Date  
Specific.  
1 Speaker Spoke On This Item  
A motion was made that this matter be Accepted as Amended. The motion  
carried by the following vote:  
4 - Gallo Fife Wang, Houston  
0
Aye  
NO VOTE  
Subject: Contract For Customized Goods And Apparel  
From: Parks, Recreation And Youth Development Department  
Recommendation: Adopt A Resolution (1) Authorizing The City Administrator To Enter  
Into An Agreement With N6 Properties DBA Alpine Awards Inc. To Provide Customizable  
Goods And Clothing, Including Athletic, Casual, Uniform, And Weather-Related Apparel  
For Department Of Parks, Recreation And Youth Development Programs, For An Amount  
Not To Exceed $500,000 Over A Five-Year Term; And (2) Waiving The Local  
Business/Small Business Enterprise Program Requirements  
Attachments: View Report  
Pending List No Date Specific  
This City Resolution be * Withdrawn and Rescheduled.to go before the *Life  
Enrichment Committee Pending List No Date Specific  
3
Subject: Library Agreement With City Of Piedmont  
From:  
Oakland Public Library  
Recommendation: Adopt A Resolution (1) Authorizing The City Administrator To Enter  
Into An Agreement With City Of Piedmont To Receive One Million Eighty-Two Thousand  
Nine Hundred Fifty-Five Dollars And No Cents ($1,082,955) To Provide Oakland Public  
Library Services To Piedmont Residents For Fiscal Years 2025-2026, 2026-2027, And  
2027-2028; And (2) Accepting And Appropriating Said Funds  
Oakland Public Library  
Sponsors:  
Attachments: View Report  
The Committee Approved The Recommendation Of Staff And To Forward This Item  
To The May 5, 2026 City Council Agenda On Consent  
1 Speaker Spoke On This Item  
A motion was made by Ken Houston, seconded by Charlene Wang, that this  
matter be Approved the Recommendation of Staff, and Forward to go before the  
* Concurrent Meeting of the Oakland Redevelopment Successor Agency and the  
City Council, to be heard 5/5/2026. The motion carried by the following vote:  
4 - Gallo Fife Wang, Houston  
0
Aye  
NO VOTE  
4
Subject: Library Agreement With City of Emeryville  
From: Oakland Public Library  
Recommendation: Adopt A Resolution (1) Authorizing The City Administrator To Enter  
Into An Agreement With City Of Emeryville To Receive Four Hundred And Fifty-Nine  
Thousand Eight Hundred Twenty-Seven Dollars And No Cents ($459,827) To Provide  
Oakland Public Library Services To Emeryville Residents For Fiscal Years 2026-2027,  
2027-2028, And 2028-2029; And (2) Accepting And Appropriating Said Funds  
Oakland Public Library  
Sponsors:  
Attachments: View Report  
The Committee Approved The Recommendation Of Staff And To Forward This Item  
To The May 5, 2026 City Council Agenda On Consent  
1 Speaker Spoke On This Item  
A motion was made by Noel Gallo, seconded by Ken Houston, that this matter be  
Approved the Recommendation of Staff, and Forward to go before the *  
Concurrent Meeting of the Oakland Redevelopment Successor Agency and the  
City Council, to be heard 5/5/2026. The motion carried by the following vote:  
4 - Gallo Fife Wang, Houston  
0
Aye  
NO VOTE  
5
Subject: Contract For Customized Goods And Apparel  
From: Parks, Recreation And Youth Development Department  
Recommendation: Adopt A Resolution (1) Authorizing The City Administrator To Enter  
Into An Agreement With N6 Properties DBA Alpine Awards Inc. To Provide Customizable  
Goods And Clothing, Including Athletic, Casual, Uniform, And Weather-Related Apparel  
For Department Of Parks, Recreation And Youth Development Programs, For An Amount  
Not To Exceed $500,000 Over A Five-Year Term; And (2) Waiving The Local  
Business/Small Business Enterprise Program Requirements  
Attachments: View Report  
This Item Was Withdrawn Under Item 2, And Scheduled To The Pending List No  
Date Specific.  
2 Speakers Spoke On This Item  
6
Subject: Acceptance Of Oakland Parks And Recreation Foundation Grants  
From: Parks, Recreation, And Youth Development Department  
Recommendation: Adopt A Resolution Authorizing The City Administrator To: (1) Accept  
Monetary Grants, Gifts, And Donations From The Oakland Parks And Recreation  
Foundation (OPRF) In An Amount Not To Exceed $10,000,000 Through June 30, 2036;  
(2) Appropriate Said Funds For The City Of Oakland Parks, Recreation And Youth  
Development Department; And (3) Accept Goods And In-Kind Services From OPRF  
Valued In An Amount Not To Exceed $10,000,000 Through June 30, 2036  
Attachments: View Report  
The Committee Approved The Recommendation Of Staff And To Forward This Item  
To The May 5, 2026 City Council Agenda On Consent  
3 Speakers Spoke On This Item  
A motion was made by Noel Gallo, seconded by Charlene Wang, that this matter  
be Approved the Recommendation of Staff, and Forward to go before the *  
Concurrent Meeting of the Oakland Redevelopment Successor Agency and the  
City Council, to be heard 5/5/2026. The motion carried by the following vote:  
4 - Gallo Fife Wang, Houston  
0
Aye  
NO VOTE  
7
Subject:  
Service Term Awards FY 2026 - 2028  
From: Human Services Department  
Mayor’s Summer Youth Employment Program And OFCY Summer Program  
Recommendation: Adopt A Resolution Accepting The Planning And Oversight  
Committee Recommendation: To (1) Award Nine (9) Grants Within The Youth Summer  
Jobs / Mayor’s Summer Youth Employment Program Funding Strategy Totaling An  
Amount Not To Exceed One Million Four Hundred Eighty Thousand Two Hundred Fifty  
Three Dollars And Sixty Cents ($ 1,480,253.60) For Two Summer Program Service Term  
Grant Cycles: June 1, 2026, Through September 30, 2026, And June 1, 2027, Through  
September 30, 2027, Contingent Upon Funding Availability And Program Performance  
(2) Award Twelve (12) Grants Across Four Funding Strategies (Elementary  
School-Based Expanded Learning, Middle School-Based Expanded Learning, Youth  
Development And Leadership, And Career Access And Employment), Totaling An  
Amount Not To Exceed One Million Seven Hundred Thousand And Twelve Five Hundred  
And Fifty Eight Dollars ($1,712,558.00) For Two Summer Program Service Term Grant  
Cycles: June 1, 2026, Through September 30, 2026, And June 1, 2027, Through  
September 30, 2027, Contingent Upon Funding Availability And Program Performance  
Human Services Department  
Sponsors:  
Attachments: View Report  
The Committee Approved The Recommendation Of Staff And To Forward This Item  
To The May 5, 2026 City Council Agenda On Consent  
3 Speakers Spoke On This Item  
A motion was made by Noel Gallo, seconded by Charlene Wang, that this matter  
be Approved the Recommendation of Staff, and Forward to go before the *  
Concurrent Meeting of the Oakland Redevelopment Successor Agency and the  
City Council, to be heard 5/5/2026. The motion carried by the following vote:  
4 - Gallo Fife Wang, Houston  
0
Aye  
NO VOTE  
8
Subject: L/SLBE Certification And Road Map Update  
From: Department Of Workplace And Employment Standards  
Recommendation: Receive An Informational Report On (1) The Impact Of Ordinance  
13825 C.M.S That Amended The Local And Small Local Business Enterprise (L/SLBE)  
Program Certification Requirements And (2) Draft Road Map For Maximizing Contracting  
Opportunities For Local And Small Local Business Enterprises  
Attachments: View Report  
11 Speakers Spoke On This Item  
A motion was made by Ken Houston, seconded by Carroll Fife, that this matter be  
Received and Filed. The motion carried by the following vote:  
4 - Gallo Fife Wang, Houston  
0
Aye  
NO VOTE  
Open Forum  
Adjournment  
2 Speakers Spoke During Open Forum  
There Being No Further Business, The Oakland City Council Special Life  
Enrichment Committee Adjourned The Meeting At 6:11 P.M.  
* In the event of a quorum of the City Council participates on this Committee, the  
meeting is noticed as a Special Meeting of the City Council; however no final City  
Council action can be taken.  
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