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Meeting Minutes - FINAL  
*Public Safety Committee  
Oakland City Hall, 1 Frank H. Ogawa Plaza,  
Oakland, California 94612  
City of Oakland Website: http://www.oaklandca.gov  
Tuesday, December 9, 2025  
6:00 PM  
City Council Chamber, 3rd Floor  
The Oakland City Council Public Safety Committee Convened At 6:01 P.M. With  
Councilmember Wang As Chairperson  
COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP:  
Roll Call / Call To Order  
4 - Rowena Brown, Carroll Fife, Ken Houston , and Charlene Wang  
Present  
1
Approval Of The Draft Minutes From The Committee Meetings Held On July 8, 2025, July  
22, 2025, September 10, 2025, September 30, 2025, October 14, 2025, And The  
Special Meeting On November 18, 2025  
25-0897  
Attachments: View Report - July 8, 2025  
View Report - July 22, 2025  
View Report - September 10, 2025  
View Report - September 30, 2025  
View Report - October 14, 2025  
View Report - November 18, 2025  
0 Speakers Spoke On This Item  
A motion was made by Ken Houston, seconded by Rowena Brown, that this  
matter be Accepted. The motion carried by the following vote:  
4 - Brown Fife Houston, Wang  
0
Aye  
NO VOTE  
Determination Of Schedule Of Outstanding Committee Items  
26-0275  
2
Attachments: View Report  
Amendments Made Under The December 9, 2025 Public Safety Committee Agenda  
Item 6  
Regarding "OPD Surveillance Technology 2024 Annual Reports" Was Withdrawn  
With No New date  
1 Speaker Spoke On This Item  
A motion was made by Rowena Brown, seconded by Ken Houston, that this  
matter be Accepted as Amended. The motion carried by the following vote:  
4 - Brown Fife Houston, Wang  
0
Aye  
NO VOTE  
3
Subject: OPD Citizens Options For Public Safety (COPS) Grant  
From: Oakland Police Department  
Recommendation: Adopt A Resolution Authorizing The City Administrator To Accept And  
Appropriate The Fiscal Years 2024 And 2025 State Of California “Citizens Options For  
Public Safety” For: (1) (State COPS Grant XXVI) Allocation In The Amount Of Eight  
Hundred Fifty-One Thousand Seventy-Two Dollars ($851,072) To Fund Helicopter  
Maintenance, Computer/Technology Upgrades, Marketing Supplies, Workforce Supplies,  
Asset Management, And Technology/Refurbished Workstations; And (2) (State COPS  
Grant XXVII) Allocation In The Amount Of Five Hundred Twenty-Nine Thousand Nine  
Hundred Thirty-Seven Dollars ($529,937) To Fund Helicopter Maintenance, Crime Lab  
Equipment Upgrades, Training, And Computer/Technology Upgrades  
26-0237  
Attachments: View Report  
View Legislation  
91004 C.M.S.  
The Committee Approved The Recommendations Of Staff And To Forward This  
Item To The December 16, 2025 City Council Agenda On Consent  
1 Speaker Spoke On This Item  
A motion was made by Carroll Fife, 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 12/16/2025. The motion carried by the following vote:  
4 - Brown Fife Houston, Wang  
0
Aye  
NO VOTE  
4
Subject: Contract With Bright Research Group Inc And Roca, Inc. For Training Services  
From: Department Of Violence Prevention  
Recommendation: Adopt A Resolution: (1) Authorizing The City Administrator To Enter  
Into A Professional Services Agreement With Bright Research Group Inc For Training  
And Capacity Building Services From January 1, 2026, To December 31, 2026, For A  
Total Contract Amount Not To Exceed Seventy-Five Thousand Dollars ($75,000) And  
Waiving The Competitive Request For Proposal/Qualifications Requirement; And  
(2) Authorizing The City Administrator To Enter Into A Professional Services Agreement  
With Roca, Inc. For Cognitive Behavioral Theory Training Services For The Term Of  
January 1, 2026, To September 30, 2026, In An Amount Not To Exceed Thirty-Six  
Thousand Dollars ($36,000) And Waiving The Competitive Request For  
Proposal/Qualifications And Local/Small Local Business Enterprise Program  
Requirements  
26-0244  
Attachments: View Report  
View Legislation  
91005 C.M.S.  
The Committee Approved The Recommendations Of Staff And To Forward This  
Item To The December 16, 2025 City Council Agenda On Consent  
2 Speakers Spoke On This Item  
A motion was made by Rowena Brown, seconded by Carroll Fife, 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 12/16/2025. The motion carried by the following vote:  
4 - Brown Fife Houston, Wang  
0
Aye  
NO VOTE  
5
Subject: Contract Amendment With The University Of Pennsylvania For  
Ceasefire-Lifeline Evaluation  
From:  
Department Of Violence Prevention  
Recommendation: Adopt A Resolution To: (1) Amending Resolution No. 90732 C.M.S.  
To Correct The Business Name From University Of Pennsylvania’s Crime And Justice  
Policy Lab To The Trustees Of The University Of Pennsylvania; And  
(2) Amending A Professional Services Agreement With The Trustees Of The University  
Of Pennsylvania For The Term Starting July 1, 2025, To Add Three Hundred Sixty-Two  
Thousand Eighty-Seven Dollars ($362,087) For A Total Amount Not To Exceed Four  
Hundred Thirty-Nine Thousand Nine Hundred Fifty-Two Dollars ($439,952) And To  
Extend The End Date To December 31, 2028, To Evaluate The City Of Oakland’s  
Ceasefire-Lifeline Strategy; And  
(3) Waiving The City Of Oakland’s Local And Small Local Business Enterprise Program  
Requirements And Competitive Bidding Process  
26-0245  
Attachments: View Report  
View Legislation  
91006 C.M.S.  
The Committee Approved The Recommendations Of Staff And To Forward This  
Item To The December 16, 2025 City Council Agenda On Consent  
2 Speakers Spoke On This Item  
A motion was made by Carroll Fife, seconded by Rowena Brown, 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 12/16/2025. The motion carried by the following vote:  
4 - Brown Fife Houston, Wang  
0
Aye  
NO VOTE  
6
Subject: OPD Surveillance Technology 2024 Annual Reports  
From: Oakland Police Department  
Recommendation: Receive An Informational Report Of The Oakland Police Department’s  
Surveillance Technology 2024 Annual Reports  
25-0850  
Attachments: View Report  
View Attachment A  
This Item Was Withdrawn With No New Date From This Agenda  
2 Speakers Spoke On This Item  
This Informational Report be Withdrawn with No New Date.  
Councilmember Brown made a motion, seconded by Councilmember Fife to approve the  
urgency finding for the following reasons: That there is a need to take immediate action which  
came to the attention of the local body after the agenda was posted, and that the need to take  
immediate action is required to avoid a substantial adverse impact that would occur if the  
action were deferred to a subsequent special or regular meeting; The Motion Passed With 4  
Ayes  
S7  
Subject: Lind Marine Contract  
From: Oakland Police Department  
Recommendation: Adopt A Resolution Authorizing The City Administrator To (1) Waive  
The City Of Oakland’s Local/Small/Local Business Enterprise Program Requirements  
(L/SLBE) And Request For Proposal/Qualifications (RFP/Q) Competitive Process; And  
(2) Enter Into A Professional Services Agreement With Lind Marine From January 1,  
2026 To December 31, 2027, To Provide For The Removal Of Abandoned, Derelict, And  
Sunken Vessels In The Oakland Estuary, For A Total Amount Not To Exceed One Million  
Four Hundred And Fifty-Six Thousand, Two Hundred And Fifty-Eight Dollars ($1,456,258)  
26-0291  
Attachments: View Report  
View Legislation  
91007 C.M.S.  
The Committee Approved The Recommendations Of Staff And To Forward This  
Item To The December 16, 2025 City Council Agenda On Consent  
1 Speaker Spoke On This Item  
A motion was made by Charlene Wang, seconded by Carroll Fife, 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 12/16/2025. The motion carried by the following vote:  
4 - Brown Fife Houston, Wang  
0
Aye  
NO VOTE  
Open Forum  
Adjournment  
1 Speaker Spoke During Open Forum  
There Being No Further Business, The Oakland City Council Public Safety  
Committee Adjourned The Meeting At 7:12 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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