Meeting Minutes
City of Oakland
Oakland, California 94612 |
LaTonda Simmons, 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, December 16, 2004
10:30 AM
City Council Chambers - 3rd Floor
The Oakland City Council Rule and Legislation Committee convened at 11:00 |
a.m., with Councilmember Reid presiding as Pro-Tem Chairperson. |
Roll Call / Call to Order
Excused: Chair De La Fuente |
Present: Member Chang, Member Reid and Member Wan |
COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP:
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Closed Session
*Approve as Submitted
2
Approval of the Draft Minutes from the Committee meeting of December 9, 2004
The minutes of December 9, 2004 will be approved at the January 14, 2005 |
Rules and Legislation Committee |
3
Determination of Schedule of Outstanding Committee Items
A motion was made by Member Chang, seconded by Member Wan, to |
*Approve as Submitted. The motion carried by the following vote: |
Excused; 1 - Chair De La Fuente |
Aye; 3 - Member Chang, Member Reid and Member Wan |
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Scheduling of Agenda Items and revisions to the agenda(s) for the ORA/City Council |
meeting of December 21, 2004 (SUPPLEMENTAL) |
The following individual(s) spoke and did not indicate a position on this item: |
S-4-1
Subject: Purchase of Urban Search and Rescue Equipment |
From: Oakland Fire Department |
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution authorizing the City Administrator to apply |
for, accept and appropriate a grant from the Federal Emergency Management |
Agency (FEMA) for the period of September 1, 2004 to August 31, 2006 in the |
amount of one million three thousand thirty five dollars ($1,003,035) for training, |
personnel and administrative costs and acquisition, storage and maintenance of |
equipment for the Fire Department's Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) Team; and, |
waiving formal biding and authorizing the City Administrator to purchase USAR |
Team equipment from the General Service Administration (GSA) without return to |
Council (04-0992) |
Scheduled to *Public Safety Committee on 1/11/2005
S-4-2
Subject: East Bay Task Force - Overtime Reimbursement Costs |
From: Oakland Police Department |
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution authorizing the City Administrator to accept |
and appropriate fifty-eight thousand six hundred sixty-five dollars ($58,665) from |
the United States Department of Justice, Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), |
to the Oakland Police Department for overtime reimbursement costs of four (4) |
police officers assigned to the East Bay Task Force for the period October 1, 2004 |
through September 30, 2005 (04-0998) |
Scheduled to *Public Safety Committee on 1/11/2005
S-4-3
Subject: Oakland Area Violent Drug Task Force |
From: Oakland Police Department |
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution authorizing the City Administrator to |
accept and appropriate one hundred and two thousand six hundred and sixty-three |
dollars and seventy-five cents ($102,663.75) in Federal funds from the United |
States Department of Justice, Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), to the |
Oakland Police Department, for overtime reimbursement costs of six (6) police |
officers and one (1) sergeant assigned to the Oakland Area Violent Drug Task |
Force, for the period October 1, 2004 through September 30, 2005 (04-1002) |
Scheduled to *Public Safety Committee on 1/11/2005
S-4-4
Subject: Volunteer Blood Donor Month |
From: Councilmember Nadel |
Recommendation: Hear a Presentation and adopt a Resolution declaring January |
2005 as "Volunteer Blood Donor Month" in the City of Oakland (04-0989) |
Scheduled to City Council on 1/4/2005
The following individual(s) spoke and did not indicate a position on this item: |
4-5
Subject: Sustainable Community Development Initiative |
From: Office of the Mayor |
Recommendation: Receive an Informational Report on policy recommendations, |
priority activity areas, and objectives adopted by the City Council for the City's |
Sustainability Programs (TITLE CHANGE) (04-0990) |
Scheduled to *Public Works Committee on 1/11/2005
The following individual(s) spoke and did not indicate a position on this item: |
S-4-6
Subject: Renald A. Abellera - Service Recognition |
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution commending Renald A. Abellera for 29.5 |
years of outstanding and dedicated service and congratulating him on his |
retirement (04-0991) |
Scheduled to City Council on 1/4/2005
As a Ceremonial Item
S-4-7
Subject: Calvin N. Wong - Service Recognition |
From: Councilmember Chang |
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution honoring Calvin N. Wong for thirty-two |
years of distinguished service to the Citizens of Oakland (04-0993) |
Scheduled to City Council on 1/18/2005
The following individual(s) spoke and did not indicate a position on this item: |
S-4-8
Subject: Beverly Garcia - Service Recognition |
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution commending Beverly Garcia for 29 years of |
outstanding and dedicated service to the City of Oakland and congratulating her on |
her retirement (04-0995) |
Scheduled to City Council on 1/4/2005
As a Ceremonial Item
S-4-9
Subject: Proposed Koi Nation Casino |
From: Councilmembers Quan and Nadel and Vice Mayor Brunner |
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution declaring the City Council's opposition to |
the establishment of casinos and legalized gambling within its municipal borders |
and directing the City Administrator to negotiate a contract with qualified |
consultants to advise the City with respect to the establishment of the Lower Lake |
Rancheria-Koi Nation Casino in Oakland (04-1003) |
A motion was made that this matter be Scheduled to the *Community & |
Economic Development Committee, to be heard at the January 11, 2005 |
meeting. The motion carried unanimously. |
There will be a special City Council Meeting on January 11, 2005 |
This item will go to City Council on January 18, 2005 |
S-4-10
Subject: Opposition to Casinos in Oakland |
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution in Opposition to Casinos in Oakland; on the |
December 21, 2004 City Council agenda (04-1004) |
Scheduled to *Community & Economic Development Committee on |
1/11/2005 |
There will be a Special City Council meeting on January 11, 2005 |
This item to go to City Council on January 18, 2005 |
The following individual(s) spoke and did not indicate a position on this item: |
The following individual(s) spoke against this item: |
There will be a Special City Council meeting on January 11, 2005 |
This item will go to City Council on January 18, 2005 |
S-4-11
Subject: Declaration of Property Various Interests - Uptown Project |
From: Community and Economic Development Agency |
Recommendation: Adopt an Agency Resolution of Necessity declaring certain |
property interests at 1920 San Pablo Avenue, Oakland, CA 94612 (Assessor Parcel |
Number: 008-0643-006), 1954 San Pablo Avenue, Oakland, CA 94612 (Assessor |
Parcel Number: 008-0644-021, 610 William Street, Oakland, CA 94612 (Assessor |
Parcel Number 008-0644-020) as necessary for public purposes and authorizing |
Agency Counsel to initiate condemnation proceedings for the acquisition of said |
property interests for Redevelopment purposes as part of Uptown Project |
(04-0996) |
Scheduled to *Community & Economic Development Committee on |
1/25/2005 |
S-4-12
Subject: Surplus City-Owned Real Property - 7th and Castro Streets |
From: Community and Economic Development Agency |
Recommendation: Adopt an Ordinance authorizing the City Administrator to enter |
into an offer to purchase agreement with Tuan Nguyen, Thong Nguyen and Carl |
Nguyen (the adjoining property owners) for sale of surplus City real property |
located at 7th and Castro Streets for the Fair Market Value of $191,000 (04-0997) |
Scheduled to *Community & Economic Development Committee on |
1/25/2005 |
S-4-13
Subject: Central District Redevelopment Project Tax Allocation Bonds |
From: Finance and Management Agency |
Recommendation: Adopt the following pieces of legislation: |
1) Adopt a Resolution of the City Council of the City of Oakland approving |
issuance by the Redevelopment Agency of the City of Oakland of not to exceed |
$55,000,000 aggregate principal amount of Redevelopment Agency of the City of |
Oakland Central District Redevelopment Project Subordinated Tax Allocation |
Bonds, Series 2005, the execution of an interest rate swap, and providing other |
matters properly relating thereto (04-1000) |
Scheduled to *Finance & Management Committee on 1/11/2005
S-4-14
Subject: Represented Bargaining Unit Members |
From: Office of Personnel |
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution approving the tentative agreement between |
the City of Oakland and International Federation of Professional and Technical |
Engineers, Local 21 to add fair share fee provisions covering Bargaining Units |
UH1, UM2 and TM2 to the MOU dated July 1, 2002 to June 30, 2008, that will |
require bargaining unit members to pay Local 21 a fee for representing them in |
negotiations (04-1001) |
Scheduled to City Council on 1/4/2005
The following individual(s) spoke and did not indicate a position on this item: |
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A review of the Council Committees' actions from December 14, 2004 and determination of |
scheduling to the ORA/City Council meeting of December 21, 2004 (MATRIX) |
*Approve as Submitted
The following individual(s) spoke and did not indicate a position on this item: |
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A review of the Agendas for the City Council Committee meeting(s) for the week of |
December 28, 2004 |
No Action Taken
All Legislative meetings for the week of December 27, 2004 have been |
cancelled due to the 2004 holiday recess |
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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) |
Accepted
The following individual(s) spoke and did not indicate a position on 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 Rules and Legislation Committee adjourned the meeting at 11:46 |
a.m. |
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In the event 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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