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