Meeting Minutes
City of Oakland
Oakland, California 94612 |
LaTonda Simmons, City Clerk |
*Life Enrichment Committee
Oakland City Hall, 1 Frank H. Ogawa Plaza, Oakland, California 94612 |
City of Oakland Website: http://www.oaklandnet.com |
Tuesday, December 14, 2004
6:00 PM
Hearing Room One - 1st Floor
The Oakland City Council Life Enrichment Committee convened at 6:15 P.M., |
with Councilmember Brunner presiding as Pro Tem. |
Roll Call / Call to Order
Councilmember Excused: 1 - Chair Chang |
Councilmember Present: 2 - Member Quan and Member Wan |
COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP:
Jane Brunner, District 1; Danny Wan, District 2; Jean Quan, District 4; |
Chairperson Henry Chang, Jr., At-Large |
1
Approval of the Draft Minutes from the Committee Meeting held on November 9, 2004
A motion was made by Member Quan, seconded by Member Wan, to |
*Approve as Submitted. The motion carried by the following vote: |
Councilmember Excused: Chair Chang |
Councilmember Aye: Member Quan and Member Wan |
2
Determination of Schedule of Outstanding Committee Items
A motion was made by Member Quan, seconded by Member Wan, to |
*Approve as Submitted. The motion carried by the following vote: |
Councilmember Excused: Chair Chang |
Councilmember Aye: Member Quan and Member Wan |
Receive a Follow-up Report from the Director, Department of Human Services, regarding |
Alice Street Learning Center (04-0999) |
*Withdrawn with No New Date
Receive an Semi-annual Report on Welfare Reform Impacts (04-0999-1) |
*Withdrawn with No New Date
3
Subject: Oakland Health Profile 2004 |
From: Councilmember Nadel/Department of Public Health |
Recommendation: A Presentation from the Department of Public Health on their "Oakland |
Health Profile 2004" (04-0854) |
This item was withdrawn and rescheduled to the January 11, 2005 Life |
Enrichment Committee agenda |
4
Subject: Community Action Partnership (CAP) Program |
From: Department of Human Services |
Recommendation: Receive a Supplemental Informational Report to the Community Action |
Partnership (CAP) Annual Report on the history, structure, governance and funding process of |
the Community Services Block Grant Program (04-0565) |
A motion was made by Member Wan, seconded by Member Quan, that |
this matter be *Received and Filed. The motion carried by the following |
vote: |
Councilmember Excused: Chair Chang |
Councilmember Aye: Member Quan and Member Wan |
5
Subject: Mayor's Commission on Persons with Disabilities |
From: Office of the Mayor |
Recommendation: Receive an Informational Report from the Mayor's Commission on Persons |
with Disabilities (04-0883) |
A motion was made by Member Wan, seconded by Member Quan, that |
this matter be *Received and Filed. The motion carried by the following |
vote: |
Councilmember Excused: Chair Chang |
Councilmember Aye: Member Quan and Member Wan |
6
Subject: City of Oakland's Immigrant Food Stamp Promotion Project |
From: Department of Human Services |
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution authorizing the City Administrator to |
accept and appropriate a grant in the amount of $125,000 from the U.S. Department of |
Agriculture and to execute a contract with the Alameda County Community Food Bank in an |
amount not to exceed $112,500 to implement the City of Oakland's Immigrant Food Stamp |
Promotion Project (04-0875) |
A motion was made by Member Wan, seconded by Member Quan, that |
this matter be Scheduled to the City Council, to be heard at the December |
21, 2004 meeting as a Consent Calendar item The motion carried by the |
following vote: |
Councilmember Excused: Chair Chang |
Councilmember Aye: Member Quan and Member Wan |
The Committee directed staff to work with the Alameda County Community |
Food Bank to develop a list of performance and evaluation criteria. |
7
Subject: Oakland Children's Fairyland Inc. Management and Operation Agreement |
From: Office of the City Administrator |
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution authorizing an agreement between the City of Oakland |
and Oakland Children's Fairyland, Inc., for the operation and management of Children's |
Fairyland, for a fifteen-year term expiring on December 31, 2019, under which the City will |
pay an annual amount not to exceed $83,000 and utility and insurance premium costs |
(projected to be an annual average of $68,000 in utilities and an annual average of $95,000 for |
insurance premium costs) for an estimated annual total of $246,000 (04-0905) |
A motion was made by Member Wan, seconded by Member Quan, that |
this matter be Scheduled to the City Council, to be heard at the January 4, |
2005 meeting. The motion carried by the following vote: |
Councilmember Excused: Chair Chang |
Councilmember Aye: Member Quan and Member Wan |
The Committee directed staff to return to the January 04, 2005, City Council |
meeting with a Supplemental Report including the following: 1) options to |
amend the board structure and appointment process to include a 1 to 3 ratio |
allowing the City Council to appointment members to the board |
2) a written report explaining the insurance agreement |
3) a plan for a monthly “Free Admission Day” for Oakland residents |
The following individual(s) spoke in favor of this item: |
8
Subject: Dragon Boats Donation |
From: Office of Parks and Recreation |
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution authorizing acceptance of the donations of two (2) |
dragon boats and two (2) kettledrums for use in the Office of Parks and Recreation programs |
(04-0911) |
A motion was made by Member Quan, seconded by Member Wan, that |
this matter be Scheduled to the City Council, to be heard at the December |
21, 2004 meeting as a Consent Calendar item The motion carried by the |
following vote: |
Councilmember Excused: Chair Chang |
Councilmember Aye: Member Quan and Member Wan |
The following individual(s) spoke in favor of this item: |
Open Forum (TOTAL TIME AVAILABLE: 15 MINUTES)
The following individual(s) spoke and did not indicate a position on this item: |
Adjournment
There being no further business, and upon the motion duly made, the Oakland |
City Council Life Enrichment Committee adjourned at 7:20 P.M. |
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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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