Meeting Minutes
City of Oakland
Oakland, California 94612 |
LaTonda Simmons, City Clerk |
*Special Concurrent Meeting of the Redevelopment Agency |
and Finance and Management Committee |
Hearing Room 1, 1 Frank H. Ogawa Plaza, Council Chambers, 3rd Floor |
City of Oakland Website: http://www.oaklandnet.com |
Tuesday, June 12, 2007
1:00 PM
Hearing Room One - 1st Floor
Roll Call / Call to Order
Councilmember Present: 4 - Chair Quan, Member De La Fuente, Member |
Nadel and Member Brunner |
The Oakland City Council Finance and Management Committee convened at |
1:10 p.m., with Councilmember Jean Quan presiding as Chairperson. |
1
Approval of the Draft Minutes from the Committee Meeting held on May 22, 2007
A motion was made by Member De La Fuente, seconded by Member |
Nadel, to *Approve the Minutes. The motion carried by the following vote: |
Councilmember Aye: Chair Quan, Member De La Fuente, Member Nadel and |
Member Brunner |
2
Determination of Schedule of Outstanding Committee Items
A motion was made by Member De La Fuente, seconded by Member |
Nadel, to *Approve with the following amendments. The motion carried |
by the following vote: |
Councilmember Aye: Chair Quan, Member De La Fuente, Member Nadel and |
Member Brunner |
The following individual(s) spoke and did not indicate a position on this item: |
FROM THE PENDING/NO SPECIFIC DATE
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Subject: Environmentally Preferable Purchasing Policy |
From: Public Works Agency |
Recommendation: Adopt A Resolution Adopting An Environmentally Preferable Purchasing |
Policy For The City Of Oakland That Adds Environmental And Human Health Attribute |
Criteria In The Acquisition Of Goods And Services, Complementing Traditional Purchasing |
Criteria Such As Performance, Quality, Service, Price And Local Availability And In Goods |
And Services Provided Through Grant Programs By City Grant Recipients |
Scheduled to *Finance & Management Committee on 6/26/2007
FROM THE BOARDS/COMMISSION REPORTS
3
Subject: Civil Service Board Quarterly Report |
From: Office Of Personnel |
Recommendation: Receive An Informational Report Of The Activities Of The Civil Service |
Board For The Period Beginning April 1, 2007 And Ending June 30, 2007 |
Scheduled to *Finance & Management Committee on 6/26/2007
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Subject: Community Facilities Districts |
From: Office of the City Administrator |
Recommendation: Adopt The Following Pieces Of Legislation: |
1) A Resolution Approving The City Council Of The City Of Oakland Aprroving Local Goals |
And Policies And Appraisal Standards For Community Facilities Districts; And |
A motion was made by Member Nadel, seconded by Member De La |
Fuente, that this matter be *Approve the Recommendation of Staff, and |
Forward to the Concurrent Meeting of the Oakland Redevelopment |
Agency/City Council, due back on June 19, 2007 as a Consent Calendar |
item. The motion carried by the following vote: |
Councilmember Aye: Chair Quan, Member De La Fuente, Member Nadel and |
Member Brunner |
The following individual(s) spoke and did not indicate a position on this item: |
2) A Resolution Of Intention Of The City Of Oakland To Establish Community Facilities |
District No. 2007-1, In The Wood Street Project Area Generally Bounded By 10th Street, |
Wood Street, West Grand Avenue And Frontage Road, Interstate-880, Levy A Special Tax To |
Finance Certain Public Services And Approving A Proposed Boundary Map For Community |
Facilities District No. 2007-1 |
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Subject: Parcel Purchases At Various Locations |
From: Community and Economic Development Agency |
Recommendation: Adopt The Following Pieces Of Legislation: |
1) An Agency Resolution Authorizing The Purchase Of The Following Tax Defaulted |
Properties In The Coliseum And Central City East Redevlopment Project Areas From The |
County Of Alameda: (1) 7951 MacArthur Boulevard (APN 40-3407-1), Purchase Price |
$165,261 Plus Interest; (2)7963 MacArthur Boulevard (APN 40-3407-2), Purchase Price |
$188,270 Plus Interest; And (3) 606 Clara Street (APN 44-5014-6-3), Purcahse Price $256,029 |
Plus Interst; And |
A motion was made by Member Nadel, seconded by Member De La |
Fuente, that this matter be *Approve as Amended the Recommendation of |
Staff, and Forward to the Concurrent Meeting of the Oakland |
Redevelopment Agency/City Council, due back on June 19, 2007 as a |
Consent Calendar item. The motion carried by the following vote: |
Councilmember Aye: Chair Quan, Member De La Fuente, Member Nadel and |
Member Brunner |
The Committee amended the resolution to add a “further resolved” including |
the following language: if any type of toxins are found on the parcels staff has |
the ability to cancel the transaction and bring back to City Council for further |
direction. |
2) An City Ordinance Authorizing The Purchase Of Two Tax Defaulted Parcels On Sunshine |
Court (APN 40-3319-47-3 And APN 40-3319-47-2) From The County Of Alameda For A |
Price Not To Exceed $14,520 Plus Interest, And Accepting A Contribution Of $14,520 Plus |
Interest From The Redevelopment Agency Under The Cooperation Agreement For The |
Purchase Of The Properties; And |
3) An Agency Resolution Authorizing The Contribution Of $14,520 Plus Interest In Agency |
Funds To The City Under The Cooperation Agreement For The Acquisition Of Sunshine Court |
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Subject: Parking Fines Increase |
From: Finance and Management Agency |
Recommendation: Adopt An Ordinance Amending Oakland Municipal Code Section 10.48.010 |
"Parking Fines" To Increase The Fines For Violations Of Oakland Traffic Code Sections |
10.40.020A1 "No Parking In A Red Zone"; 10.44.120A "Residential Permit Parking Zone", |
And To Modify The Code And Description Of The Oakland Traffic Code Section 10.40.020B |
"No Parking - Red Zone, Green Zone" |
*Rescheduled to Special Concurrent Meeting of the Oakland |
Redevelopment Agency/City Council Fiscal Year 2007 2009 Proposed |
Policy Budget on 6/19/2007 |
The following individual(s) spoke and did not indicate a position on this item: |
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Subject: Uncollectible, Defaulted And Delinquent Loans |
From: Community and Economic Development Agency |
Recommendation: Adopt A Resolution To Remove Non-Performing Loans Receivable Of |
Approximately $806,912 From The Oakland Redevelopment Agency Accounts |
A motion was made by Member Brunner, seconded by Member De La |
Fuente, that this matter be *Approve the Recommendation of Staff, and |
Forward to the Concurrent Meeting of the Oakland Redevelopment |
Agency/City Council, due back on June 19, 2007 as a Consent Calendar |
item. The motion carried by the following vote: |
Councilmember Aye: Chair Quan, Member De La Fuente, Member Nadel and |
Member Brunner |
The Committee directed staff to include in all future reports on loans the |
Collective Enforcement Reports on the collections of loans. |
The following individual(s) spoke and did not indicate a position on this item: |
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Subject: Peter And Helen Shiu - Lease |
From: Community and Economic Development Agency |
Recommendation: Adopt A Resolution Authorizing The City Administrator To Enter Into A |
Two-Year Lease With An Additional Two Year Option, With Peter And Helen Shiu For Real |
Property Located At 530 Lake Park Avenue, For Use As A Community Meeting Facility In An |
Annual Amount Not To Exceed $40,000 Plus Telephone And Utility Costs And A $200 |
Monthly Water Charge, For The Initial Term And The Option Term |
A motion was made by Member Nadel, seconded by Member De La |
Fuente, that this matter be *Approve the Recommendation of Staff, and |
Forward to the Concurrent Meeting of the Oakland Redevelopment |
Agency/City Council, due back on June 19, 2007 as a Consent Calendar |
item. The motion carried by the following vote: |
Councilmember Aye: Chair Quan, Member De La Fuente, Member Nadel and |
Member Brunner |
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Subject: Joaquin Miller/Montera School Pathway Project |
From: Councilmember Jean Quan |
Recommendation: Adopt A Resolution Authorizing The City Administrator To Accept And |
Appropriate Donations For The Joaquin Miller/Montera Schools Pathway Project And |
Establishing A Trust Account For The Deposit Of Said Donations For This Project |
*Rescheduled to *Finance & Management Committee on 6/26/2007
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Subject: Equal Access Ordinance Implementation |
From: Office of Personnel |
Recommendation: Action On A Follow-Up Report On The Status Of The Implementation Of |
The Equal Access Ordinance And Recommendations For Improving Language Access To City |
Of Oakland Services |
Continued to *Finance & Management Committee on 7/10/2007
DUE TO THE PRESENCE OF COUNCILMEMBER DESLEY BROOKS-, A |
QUORUM OF THE CITY COUNCIL WAS NOTED, AND A MOTION WAS |
MADE AND SECONDED TO ADJOURN THE MEETING OF THE FINANCE |
AND MANGEMENT COMMITTEE, AND TO CONVENE AS A SPECIAL |
MEETING OF THE FULL COUNCIL AT 4:00 P.M. |
The Committee directed staff to do the following: 1) implement the Equal |
Access Ordinance to be implemented as is; 2) present the now delinquent |
annual report on Equal Access to the Committee on July 10, 2007; no later than |
the end of this legislative year July 17, 2007; 3) as part of that report present a |
list for final approval of specific positions, titles, targets, and boiler plate |
language, which shall focus on for bilingual recruitment; 4) provide the |
Annual Department Compliance Plans called for in the 2001 Ordinance and |
originally due in 2002 and 2003 by no later than the first Finance and |
Management Committee on September 11, 2007 as well as an overall plan for |
job recruitment bilingual materials and access. |
The following individual(s) spoke and did not indicate a position on this item: |
- Council Member Desley Brooks |
The following individual(s) spoke in favor of this item: |
The following individual(s) spoke and indicated a neutral position on this item: |
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Subject: Voluntary Earthquake Retrofitting Incentive Program |
From: Councilmembers Jean Quan and Jane Brunner |
Recommendation: Adopt The Following Pieces Of Legislation: |
1) An Ordinance Adopting Oakland Municipal Code Chapter 15.30 To Establish A Voluntary |
Seismic Strengthening Reimbursement Incentive Program For Residential Buildings And |
Amending The Master Fee Schedule To Establish A Voluntary Seismic Strengthening Permit |
Fee; And |
A motion was made by Member Brunner, seconded by Member De La |
Fuente, that this matter be *Approve as Amended the Recommendation of |
Staff, and Forward to the Concurrent Meeting of the Oakland |
Redevelopment Agency/City Council, due back on June 19, 2007 as a |
Non-Consent item. The motion carried by the following vote: |
Councilmember Abstained: Member Nadel |
Councilmember Aye: Chair Quan, Member De La Fuente and Member Brunner |
The Committee approved the recommendations of staff and referred the funding |
portion of the resolution to the June 19, 2007 Special Budget Meeting. |
The following individual(s) spoke and did not indicate a position on this item: |
2) A Resolution Authorizing Creation Of A Reserved Account In The General Fund To Provide |
Funding For The Voluntary Seismic Strengthening Reimbursement Incentive Program With A |
Portion Of The Annual Receipts From The Real Property Transfer Tax (Oakland Municipal |
Code Title 4, Chapter 4.20) In An Amount Not To Exceed $500,000 For The 2007-2008 Fiscal |
Year And $1,000,000 For Each Fiscal Year Thereafter. |
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Subject: Police Department Salary Savings Expenditures |
From: Councilmember Patricia Kernighan |
Recommendation: Receive An Informational Report From The Chief Of Police On The Status |
Of The Oakland Police Department's Salary Savings For Fiscal Year 2005-2006 And Fiscal |
Year 2006-2007 |
Continued to *Finance & Management Committee on 6/26/2007
This item was also heard at the 6/12/07 Public Safety Committee. The |
Committee directed staff to return with a chart listing for each position the |
unbudgeted allocations (i.e. comp time, meal time allowance, stand-by pay, |
acting pay and annuities). The Committee also requested the actual salary |
savings (not the net amount). |
The following individual(s) spoke and did not indicate a position on this item: |
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Subject: Municipal Code Chapter 8.02 - Amendment |
From: Finance and Management Agency |
Recommendation: Adpot The Following Pieces Of Legislation: |
1) An Ordinance Repealing And Reenacting Chapter 8.02 Of The Oakland Municipal Code |
Relating To Security Alarm Systems And Modifying Chapter 1.12 To Provide For Fines In |
Chapter 8.02; And |
2) A Resolution Authorizing The City Administrator To Transfer One Hundred |
Seventy-Seven Thousand Three Hundred Thirty-Four Dollars ($177,334.00) From The Oakland |
Police Department Fiscal Year 2006-2007 General Purpose Operating Budget To The Finance |
And Management Agency's Revenue Division Fiscal Year 2006-2007 General Purpose |
Operating Budget To Support Continuation Of The Security Alarm Program, And Authorize |
Waiving The Competitive Bid Process And Authorizing An Increase To The Previously |
Approved Contract For Software And Maintenance Services With Progressive Solutions, Inc. |
For The Acquisition Of Additional Software To Administer The Billing And Collection Of |
False Alarm Permits And Fines In The Amount Of One Hundred Five Thousand Dollars |
($105,000.00) For A Total Contract Amount Not-To-Exceed Seven Hundred Twenty-Two |
Thousand Dollars ($722,000.00) |
This item was withdrawn at the June 7, 2007 Rules and Legislation Committee |
and rescheduled to the October 9, 2007 Finance and Management Committee |
Agenda. |
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Subject: Workforce Diversity Study |
From: Council President Ignacio De La Fuente |
Recommendation: Action On A Report And Recommendations On The Findings And |
Recommendations Of A Race And Gender Disparity Study Of The City's Workforce Diversity |
In Comparison To the Relevant Labor Pool |
A motion was made by Member Brunner, seconded by Member De La |
Fuente, that this matter be Accepted and forwarded to the Concurrent |
Meeting of the Oakland Redevelopment Agency/City Council, due back on |
July 3, 2007 as a Consent Calendar item. The motion carried by the |
following vote: |
Councilmember Aye: Chair Quan, Member De La Fuente, Member Nadel and |
Member Brunner |
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Subject: Tax And Revenue Anticipation Notes |
From: Finance and Management Agency |
Recommendation: Adopt A Resolution Authorizing The Sale Of 2007-2008 Tax And Revenue |
Anticipation Notes, Series A And Series B (Federally Taxable); Authorizing The Execution |
And Delivery Of Related Documents and Approving Certain Related Actions |
A motion was made by Member Nadel, seconded by Member De La |
Fuente, that this matter be *Approve the Recommendation of Staff, and |
Forward to the Concurrent Meeting of the Oakland Redevelopment |
Agency/City Council, due back on June 19, 2007 as a Consent Calendar |
item. The motion carried by the following vote: |
Councilmember Aye: Chair Quan, Member De La Fuente, Member Nadel and |
Member Brunner |
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Subject: Parking Ordinance Amendment |
From: Finance and Management Agency |
Recommendation: Adopt An Ordinance Amending Oakland Municipal Code Sections |
10.36.010 "Parking Meter Defined," 10.36.020 "Parking Meter Installation-Painting Of Lines," |
10.36.030 "Deposit Of Coins - Amount Of Coins Corresponds To Value Of Coins," 10.36.050 |
"Parking Meter Indication That Space Is Illegally In Use," 10.48.010 "Scheduling Of Parking |
Fines" To Apply To Pay-And-Display Parking Meters And Adding Section 10.36.015 |
"Acceptable Card And Pay-And-Display Meter Defined" |
A motion was made by Member De La Fuente, seconded by Member |
Brunner, that this matter be *Approve as Amended the Recommendation |
of Staff, and Forward to the Concurrent Meeting of the Oakland |
Redevelopment Agency/City Council, due back on June 19, 2007. The |
motion carried by the following vote: |
Councilmember Aye: Chair Quan, Member De La Fuente, Member Nadel and |
Member Brunner |
The Committee directed staff to amend the ordinance to state that the printed |
receipts from the Pay and Display Meters can be placed at any location on the |
vehicle's dashboard. |
The following individual(s) spoke and did not indicate a position on this item: |
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Subject: Fiscal Accountability And Transparency |
From: Councilmember Jean Quan |
Recommendation: Adopt The Following Pieces Of Legislation: |
1) A Resolution Establishing Rules And Reporting Requirements To Enhance Fiscal |
Accountability And Transparency As Follows: (1) Policy And Rules Regarding Substantial Or |
Material Alteration Of Funding Allocations In A Policy Budget, And A Policy Regarding The |
Transfer Of Funds Budgeted To Personnel Accounts; (2) Policy And Rules For Pay-Go |
Account Expenditures And Grants And Project Priority Fund Expenditures And Grants; (3) |
Approved List Of Organizations For The Purchase Of Event Tables; And (4) Annual Reporting |
Of All City Of Oakland-Funded Travel Expenditures; And |
*Rescheduled to *Finance & Management Committee on 6/26/2007
The following individual(s) spoke and did not indicate a position on this item: |
2) An Agency Resolution Establishing Rules And Reporting Requirements To Enhance Fiscal |
Accountability And Transparency AS Follows: (1) Approved List Of Organizations For The |
Purchase Of Event Tables; And (2) Annual Reporting Of All City Of Oakland-Funded Travel |
Expenditures |
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Subject: Purchasing Ordinance Amendment |
From: Office of the City Auditor |
Recommendation: Adopt An Ordinance Amending Oakland Municipal Code Title 2.04 |
("Purchasing Ordinance") To Add Section 2.04.____ Authorizing The City Auditor To |
Purchase Professional Services Necessary To Carry Out The Duties Of The Office |
*Rescheduled to *Finance & Management Committee on 6/26/2007
Open Forum (TOTAL TIME AVAILABLE: 15 MINUTES)
The following individual(s) spoke under Open Forum: |
Adjournment
There being no further business, and upon the motion duly made, the Oakland |
City Council Finance and Management Committee adjourned the meeting at |
4:30 p.m. |
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