Meeting Minutes
City of Oakland
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Oakland, California 94612 |
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LaTonda Simmons, Interim City |
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Clerk |
*Rules & Legislation Committee
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Oakland City Hall, 1 Frank H. Ogawa Plaza, Oakland, California, 94612 |
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City of Oakland Website: http://www.oaklandnet.com |
Thursday, November 18, 2004
10:30 AM
City Council Chambers - 3rd Floor
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The Oakland City Council Rules and Legislation Committee convened at 10:46 |
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A.M., with President of the Council De La Fuente presiding as Chairperson |
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Due to a lack of quorum, no formal action was taken pursuant to Resolution |
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Number 78307 Rule 27. |
Roll Call / Call to Order
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Excused: Member Reid and Member Wan |
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Present: Member Chang and Chair De La Fuente |
COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP:
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Closed Session
No Action Taken
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No formal action taken due to lack of quorum pursuant to Resolution Number |
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78307 Rule 27. |
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Approval of the Draft Minutes from the Committee meetings of October 21, 2004 and |
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October 28, 2004 |
No Action Taken
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No formal action taken due to lack of quorum pursuant to Resolution Number |
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78307 Rule 27. |
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Determination of Schedule of Outstanding Committee Items
No Action Taken
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No formal action taken due to lack of quorum pursuant to Resolution Number |
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78307 Rule 27. |
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Scheduling of Agenda Items to the agenda(s) for the future Council Committee and |
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ORA/City Council meetings |
No Action Taken
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No formal action taken due to lack of quorum pursuant to Resolution Number |
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78307 Rule 27. |
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The following individual(s) spoke and did not indicate a position on this item: |
S-4-1
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Subject: Oakland City Stables |
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From: Life Enrichment Committee |
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Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution authorizing the City Administrator to |
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negotiate and execute an agreement for the management and operation of Oakland |
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City Stables (04-0909) |
Scheduled to *Life Enrichment Committee on 12/14/2004
S-4-2
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Subject: Specialized Equipment and Training for Terrorist Activities |
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From: Oakland Fire Department |
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Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution authorizing the City Administrator to |
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accept and appropriate a grant for $76,870 from the Federal Emergency |
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Management Agency (FEMA), United States Fire Administration (USFA), to the |
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Oakland Fire Department for Equipment and Training that will increase |
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capabilities to respond to terrorist-related Chemical, Biological, Radiological, |
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Nuclear, and Explosives (CBRNE) incidents and other hazardous materials |
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incidents (04-0913) |
Scheduled to *Public Safety Committee on 12/14/2004
S-4-3
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Subject: Police Department's Family Violence Intervention Unit |
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From: Oakland Police Department |
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Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution authorizing the acceptance of ninety-five |
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thousand seven hundred and one dollars ($95,701) from the State of California, |
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Office of Emergency Services, Law Enforcement Specialized Units Grant Program, |
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and authorizing a professional services agreement with the Family Violence Law |
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Center in the amount of three hundred forty-nine thousand nine hundred and |
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thirty-four dollars ($349,934) for continued services associated with the Police |
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Department's Family Violence Intervention Unit (FVIU) for the period of July 1, |
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2004 through June 30, 2005 (04-0910) |
Scheduled to *Public Safety Committee on 12/14/2004
S-4-4
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Subject: Sobriety Checkpoint Program |
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From: Oakland Police Department |
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Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution authorizing the City Administrator on the |
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behalf of the City of Oakland to accept and appropriate a grant in the amount of |
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ninety-seven thousand five hundred and eighty dollars ($97,580) from the State of |
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California, Office of Traffic Safety, for the Police Department to conduct a |
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Sobriety Checkpoint Program (04-0917) |
Scheduled to *Public Safety Committee on 12/14/2004
S-4-5
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Subject: Preventing Reckless Driving and Exhibition - Sideshows |
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From: Oakland Police Department |
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Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution authorizing the City Administrator on |
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behalf of the City of Oakland to enter into a contract for services with, and receive |
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thirty thousand dollars ($30,000) from, with the California Highway Patrol for |
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increased traffic enforcement operations targeted at preventing reckless driving and |
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exhibitions of speed commonly referred to as Sideshows (04-0919) |
Scheduled to *Public Safety Committee on 12/14/2004
S-4-6
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Subject: November 2004 General Municipal Election Results |
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From: Office of the City Clerk |
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Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution declaring the results of the Municipal |
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General Election held on Tuesday, November 2, 2004 (04-0922) |
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Scheduled to Concurrent Meeting of the Oakland Redevelopment Agency / |
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City Council on 12/7/2004 |
S-4-7
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Subject: 2005 Meeting Schedule for January through July |
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From: Office of the City Clerk |
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Recommendation: Approve the proposed schedule of Oakland City Council and |
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Council Committee meeting dates beginning January 2005 to July 2005 |
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The Matrix of Oakland City Council and Council Committee Dates will be |
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distributed at the November 18, 2004 Rules and Legislation Committee Meeting |
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(04-0924) |
Approved
S-4-8
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Subject: Zoning Regulations for the City of Oakland |
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From: Councilmember Brunner |
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Recommendation: A request to withdraw from the December 14, 2004 and |
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reschedule to the January 11, 2005 Community and Economic Development |
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Agenda a report on the status of the update to the City's Zoning Regulations, |
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including all staff and consultant costs (04-0826-1) |
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Withdrawn and Rescheduled to *Community & Economic Development |
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Committee on 1/11/2005 |
S-4-9
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Subject: Amendment to the Council Rules and Procedures |
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Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution amending Rule 7 of the Council's Rules of |
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Procedure Resolution No. 78307 C.M.S. to require a motion and a second to (1) |
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remove an item from the City Council's Consent Item Calendar and place on the |
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Non-Consent Calender of the next Council meeting or (2) place on the agenda of |
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the next Council meeting any action item that was considered by a subject matter |
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Committee, but was not forwarded to Council and setting forth the Council's Rules |
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of Procedure, as amended, in their entirety (04-0930) |
Scheduled to *Rules & Legislation Committee on 12/16/2004
S-4-10
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Subject: Fox Theater Renovation |
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From: Community and Economic Development Agency |
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Recommendation: Adopt a Redevelopment Agency Resolution authorizing the |
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Agency to: amend the professional services contract with California Capital Group |
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(CCG) to increase the original contract amount of four hundred and thirty-two |
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thousand and five hundred dollars ($432,500) by seven hundred and forty-six |
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thousand dollars ($746,000) for a total contract amount not to exceed one million |
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one hundred and seventy-eight thousand and five hundred dollars ($1,178,500), to |
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conduct the design development and cost refinement phase of the renovation of the |
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Fox Theater and wrap-around buildings into a Performing Arts Center and Home |
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for the Oakland School for the Arts (03-0054b-1) |
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Scheduled to *Community & Economic Development Committee on |
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12/14/2004 |
S-4-11
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Subject: Housing Development Systems, Inc. |
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From: Community and Economic Development Agency |
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Recommendation: Adopt the following pieces of Legislation: |
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(1) A Resolution authorizing a contract in an amount not to exceed $485,000 with |
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Housing Development Systems, Inc., to purchase software, equipment, installation, |
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customization and maintenance services for the implementation of a grant and loan |
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information management system; authorizing waiver of formal bidding for |
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software and equipment purchased under the contract; allocating up to $200,000 in |
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previously budgeted capital improvement funds; reallocating $200,000 in |
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previously budgeted mortgage revenue bond funds; and accepting a contribution of |
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$100,000 from the Redevelopment Agency under the cooperation agreement for |
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this contract and related costs (04-0349-1) |
Scheduled to *Finance & Management Committee on 12/14/2004
4-11
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(2) An Agency Resolution authorizing a contribution of $100,000 in Low and |
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Moderate Income Housing Funds to the City under the cooperation agreement for |
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the purchase of a grant and loan information management system (04-0349-1a) |
Scheduled to *Finance & Management Committee on 12/14/2004
S-4-12
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Subject: Measure DD- Oakland Trust for Clean Water and Safe Parks |
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From: Community and Economic Development Agency |
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Recommendation: A request to reschedule from the December 14, 2004 Life |
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Enrichment Committee agenda to the January 11, 2005 Life Enrichment |
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Committee agenda a Report regarding Oakland Trust for Clean Water and Safe |
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Parks (Measure - DD) program implementation progress report #1 and |
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recommendation to revise expenditure plan (04-0840-1) |
Scheduled to *Life Enrichment Committee on 12/14/2004
S-4-13
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Subject: Central City East 5 Year Implementation Plan |
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From: Community and Economic Development Agency |
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Recommendation: Adopt the following pieces of Legislation: |
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1) An Agency Resolution amending the five-year Implementation Plan for the |
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Central City East Redevelopment Project (04-0841) |
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*Withdrawn and Rescheduled to *Community & Economic Development |
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Committee on 12/14/2004 |
4-13
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2) An Agency Resolution adopting the Central City East Homeownership |
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Rehabilitation Program, allocating $547,249 in Fiscal Year 2004-2005 for the |
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program from Central City East Low and Moderate Income Housing Funds, and |
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authorizing the Agency Administrator to make loans for the program without |
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returning to the Agency (04-0841-1) |
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*Withdrawn and Rescheduled to *Community & Economic Development |
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Committee on 12/14/2004 |
4-13
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3) An Agency Resolution adopting the Central City East Commercial Facade |
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Improvement Program, allocating $100,000 for the program from Fiscal Year |
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2004-2005 Central City East Redevelopment funds, and authorizing the Agency |
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Administrator to make grants and enter into design contracts under the program |
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without returning to the Agency (04-0841-2) |
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*Withdrawn and Rescheduled to *Community & Economic Development |
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Committee on 12/14/2004 |
4-13
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4) An Agency Resolution adopting the Central City East Commercial Tenant |
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Improvement Program, allocating $125,000 for the program from Fiscal Year |
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2004-2005 Central City East Redevelopment funds, and authorizing the Agency |
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Administrator to make grants and enter into design contracts for the program |
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without returning to the Agency (04-0841-3) |
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*Withdrawn and Rescheduled to *Community & Economic Development |
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Committee on 12/14/2004 |
S-4-14
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Subject: Representation Of Low Income Rent Adjustment Clients |
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From: Community and Economic Development Agency |
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Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution authorizing the City Administrator to |
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approve a contract between the City of Oakland and the East Bay Community Law |
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Center for one year in the amount of $100,000 for representation of Low Income |
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Rent Adjustment Clients (04-0874-1) |
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Scheduled to *Community & Economic Development Committee on |
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12/14/2004 |
4-15
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Subject: Bicycle Master Plan |
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From: Community and Economic Development Agency |
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Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution certifying that the Bicycle Master Plan, |
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adopted July 20, 1999, is current and in compliance with the Streets and Highways |
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Code Section 891.2 (04-0906) |
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Scheduled to *Community & Economic Development Committee on |
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1/11/2005 |
S-4-16
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Subject: Bicycle Master Plan Update |
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From: Community and Economic Development Agency |
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Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution authorizing the City Administrator to |
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negotiate and execute a contract for an amount not to exceed $200,000 with Wilbur |
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Smith Associates for professional services of planning, engineering, and |
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environmental review for the Bicycle Master Plan Update (04-0906b) |
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Scheduled to *Community & Economic Development Committee on |
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1/11/2005 |
S-4-17
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Subject: Oakland Coliseum Intercity Rail Platform |
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From: Community and Economic Development Agency |
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Recommendation: Adopt the following pieces of legislation: |
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1) A City Resolution authorizing a fourth amendment to the Agreement with the |
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San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District for design and engineering of the |
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Oakland Coliseum Intercity Rail Platform to extend the term of the Agreement, |
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expand the scope of services, and modify the budget to allocate $500,000 of |
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previously allocated construction and acquisition funds towards design and |
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engineering services (04-0907) |
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Scheduled to *Community & Economic Development Committee on |
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1/11/2005 |
S-4-18
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Subject: Final Map of Tract 7466 |
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From: Community and Economic Development Agency |
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Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution approving final map of Tract 7466, a |
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twenty-four lot subdivision located on Mac Arthur Boulevard, Oakland, Alameda |
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County, California (04-0914) |
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Scheduled to Concurrent Meeting of the Oakland Redevelopment Agency / |
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City Council on 12/7/2004 |
S-4-19
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Subject: Diane Foster & Associates |
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From: Community and Economic Development Agency |
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Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution authorizing the City Administrator to amend |
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a professional or specialized services contract with Diane Foster & Associates to |
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provide a needs analysis for the Planning & Zoning Division for an additional fee |
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of twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) for a total fee not to exceed eighty-five |
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thousand dollars ($85,000) (04-0927) |
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Scheduled to *Community & Economic Development Committee on |
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1/11/2005 |
S-4-20
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Subject: 11th Street and Oak Street Public Right-of-way |
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From: Public Works Agency |
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Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution accepting and expressing appreciation for a |
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gift-in-place with an estimated value of $5,844 from Affordable Housing |
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Associates to provide and install benches and planting improvements at the 11th |
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Street and Oak Street Public Right-of-way (Plaza) in conjunction with their |
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development at Oak Street Terrace, 1109 Oak Street; and to authorize the City |
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Administrator to execute a no-cost agreement with Affordable Housing Associates |
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for maintenance of the Plaza (04-0899) |
Scheduled to *Public Works Committee on 12/14/2004
S-4-21
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Subject: City of Oakland's 9-1-1 system |
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From: Finance and Management Agency |
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Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution authorizing the City Administrator to |
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negotiate and execute contracts without return to Council to acquire necessary |
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equipment and services to upgrade the City of Oakland's 9-1-1 system customer |
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premise equipment (CPE) and related equipment; with: (A) five hundred seventy |
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five thousand dollars ($575,000) associated with a contract with Southern Bell |
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Company (SBC) for equipment and services and the waiving of competitive |
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bidding; and (B) two hundred twenty thousand ($220,000) in competitively bid |
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contracts, for computer equipment, peripherals and related equipment at the City of |
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Oakland 9-1-1 Center; for a grand total amount not to exceed seven hundred ninety |
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five thousand dollars ($795,000); with all costs to be paid from the State of |
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California 9-1-1 Program (04-0900) |
Scheduled to *Finance & Management Committee on 12/14/2004
S-4-22
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Subject: Liens for Delinquent Business Taxes - Public Hearing |
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From: Finance and Management Agency |
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Recommendation: Conduct a Public Hearing on Assessment of Liens for |
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Delinquent Business Taxes (04-0901) |
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Scheduled to Concurrent Meeting of the Oakland Redevelopment Agency / |
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City Council on 4/5/2005 |
S-4-23
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Subject: Delinquent Mandatory Garbage Fees - Public Hearing |
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From: Finance and Management Agency |
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Recommendation: Conduct a Public Hearing on delinquent mandatory garbage |
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fees monthly accounts and, quarterly accounts |
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[Enter body here.] (04-0902) |
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Scheduled to Concurrent Meeting of the Oakland Redevelopment |
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Agency/City Council on 4/5/2005 |
S-4-24
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Subject: Delinquent Transient Occupancy Taxes - Public Hearing |
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From: Finance and Management Agency |
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Recommendation: Conduct a Public Hearing on Assessment of Liens for |
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delinquent transient occupancy taxes (04-0903) |
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Scheduled to Concurrent Meeting of the Oakland Redevelopment |
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Agency/City Council on 4/5/2005 |
S-4-25
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Subject: Delinquent Real Property Transfer Taxes - Public Hearing |
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From: Finance and Management Agency |
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Recommendation: Conduct a Public Hearing on the assessment of Liens for |
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delinquent real property transfer taxes (04-0904) |
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Scheduled to Concurrent Meeting of the Oakland Redevelopment Agency / |
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City Council on 4/5/2005 |
S-4-26
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Subject: Gray and Reynolds Properties, Inc. Tax Sharing Agreement |
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From: Community and Economic Development Agency |
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Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution authorizing a Tax Sharing Agreement |
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with Gray and Reynolds Properties, Inc., for development of a mixed-use boat |
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mall and office project at 1221 Embarcadero Drive (04-0912) |
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Scheduled to *Community & Economic Development Committee on |
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1/11/2005 |
S-4-34
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Subject: Recognition of Chief of Police Richard Word - Police Call Box |
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From: Finance and Management Agency |
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Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution authorizing the presentation of a City of |
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Oakland Police Call Box and pedestal to Chief of Police, Richard Word in |
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recognition of this 20 years of service to the Oakland Police Department (04-0931) |
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Scheduled to Concurrent Meeting of the Oakland Redevelopment Agency / |
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City Council on 12/7/2004 |
S-4-28
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Subject: Dragon Boats Donation |
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From: Office of Parks and Recreation |
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Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution authorizing acceptance of the donations of |
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two (2) dragon boats and two (2) kettledrums for use in the Office of Parks and |
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Recreation programs (04-0911) |
Scheduled to *Life Enrichment Committee on 12/14/2004
S-4-29
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Subject: Gwendolyn Austin - Service Recognition |
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From: Office of Parks and Recreation |
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Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution commending Gwendolyn Austin for forty |
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four years of outstanding and distinguished service to the City of Oakland |
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(04-0920) |
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Scheduled to Concurrent Meeting of the Oakland Redevelopment Agency / |
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City Council on 12/7/2004 |
S-4-30
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Subject: Leslie R. Colbert - Service Recognition |
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From: Office of Parks and Recreation |
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Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution Commending Leslie R. Colbert for thirty six |
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years of outstanding and distinguished service to the City of Oakland (04-0921) |
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Scheduled to Concurrent Meeting of the Oakland Redevelopment Agency / |
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City Council on 12/7/2004 |
4-31
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Subject: Oakland Children's Fairyland Inc. Management and Operation |
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Agreement |
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From: Office of the City Administrator |
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Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution authorizing an agreement between the City |
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of Oakland and Oakland Children's Fairyland, Inc., for the operation and |
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management of Children's Fairyland, for a fifteen-year term expiring on December |
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31, 2019, under which the City will pay an annual amount not to exceed $83,000 |
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and utility and insurance premium costs (projected to be an annual average of |
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$68,000 in utilities and an annual average of $95,000 for insurance premium costs) |
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for an estimated annual total of $246,000 (04-0905) |
Scheduled to *Life Enrichment Committee on 12/14/2004
S-4-32
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Subject: City of Oakland - Revenue and Expenditures |
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From: Office of the City Manager |
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Recommendation: Receive a Report on the Fiscal Year 2004-2005 First Quarter |
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Revenue and Expenditure Results and Year-End Projections for City's selected |
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funds (General Purpose, Telecommunications, Contract Compliance, Equipment |
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and Facilities) (04-0915) |
Scheduled to *Finance & Management Committee on 12/14/2004
S-4-33
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Subject: Police Executive Research Forum (PERF) |
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From: Office of the City Administrator |
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Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution authorizing the City Administrator to |
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execute a contract with the Police Executive Research Forum (PERF) to conduct a |
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search for the position of Chief of Police in an amount not to exceed $62,000 |
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(04-0916) |
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Scheduled to Concurrent Meeting of the Oakland Redevelopment Agency / |
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City Council on 12/7/2004 |
4-34
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Subject: Planning Commission Appeal - Golden Bear Sports Bar - Public |
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Hearing |
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From: Office of City Administrator |
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Recommendation: Conduct a Public Hearing and upon conclusion adopt a |
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resolution denying the appeal of the Golden Bear Sports Bar and confirming the |
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decision to deny the application of James Dailey for a permit to operate a pool |
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room at 389 Grand Ave (04-0926) |
*Withdrawn with No New Date
S-4-35
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Subject: Boychoir Academy Musical Presentation |
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From: Pacific Academy Outside Agency |
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Recommendation: A request for the National Anthem to be sung by the Pacific |
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Boychoir, an Oakland-based Grammy Award Winning Choir; on January 4, 2005 |
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on the City Council agenda (04-0925) |
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Scheduled to Concurrent Meeting of the Oakland Redevelopment Agency / |
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City Council on 1/3/2005 |
ADDITIONAL REQUESTS SUBMITTED ON THE DAIS
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A review of the Agendas for the Special Concurrent Meetings of the ORA/City Council for |
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November 29, 2004 and November 30, 2004 |
No Action Taken
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No formal action taken due to lack of quorum pursuant to Resolution Number |
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78307 Rule 27. |
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Subject: Amendment to the Oakland Municipal Code |
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From: Oakland Public Ethics Commission |
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Recommendation: Action on a Report from the Public Ethics Commission to amend Chapter |
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3.13 of the Oakland Municipal Code (aka "The Limited Public Financing Act") to provide, |
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among other things, that 1) matching funds be available only to candidates for City Council and |
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the Oakland School Board; 2) the maximum amount which a candidate may receive in |
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matching funds be raised from 15 percent to 25 percent of the voluntary expenditure limit; 3) |
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require candidates to collect eligible contributions only from sources located within the City of |
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Oakland; 4) candidates may receive an initial grant of matching funds upon a determination of |
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eligibility; and 5) run-off candidates shall be limited in the receipt of matching funds (04-0760) |
*Rescheduled to *Rules & Legislation Committee on 12/2/2004
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No formal action taken due to lack of quorum pursuant to Resolution Number |
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78307 Rule 27. |
OPEN FORUM (TOTAL TIME AVAILABLE: 15 MINUTES)
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The following individual(s) spoke under Open Forum: |
Adjournment
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There being no further business, and upon the motion duly made, the Oakland |
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City Council Rules and Legislation Committee adjourned 11:14 A.M. |
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