Meeting Minutes
City of Oakland
Oakland, California 94612 |
LaTonda Simmons, City Clerk |
Special Public Safety Committee
Oakland City Hall, 1 Frank H. Ogawa Plaza, Oakland, California, 94612 |
City of Oakland Website: http://www.oaklandnet.com |
Tuesday, June 27, 2006
10:30 AM
Hearing Room One - 1st Floor
Roll Call / Call to Order
Councilmember Present: 4 - Member Kernighan, Member Nadel, Vice Mayor |
Quan and Chair Reid |
The Oakland City Council Special Public Safety Committee convened at 10:40 |
a.m. with Councilmember Kernighan presiding as Chairperson. |
1
Approval of the Draft Minutes from the Committee Meeting held on June 13, 2006
A motion was made by Member Nadel, seconded by Chair Reid, to |
*Approve the Minutes. The motion carried by the following vote: |
Councilmember Aye: Member Kernighan, Member Nadel, Vice Mayor Quan |
and Chair Reid |
2
Determination of Schedule of Outstanding Committee Items
A motion was made by Chair Reid, seconded by Vice Mayor Quan, to |
*Approve as Submitted. The motion carried by the following vote: |
Councilmember Aye: Member Kernighan, Member Nadel, Vice Mayor Quan |
and Chair Reid |
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Subject: Monthly Informational Report on Measure Y |
From: Office of the City Administrator |
Recommendation: Receive An Informational Report On The Measure Y Accelerated Police |
Recruiting, Hiring, Training and Deployment Strategy (06-0241-3) |
A motion was made by Member Nadel, seconded by Vice Mayor Quan, |
that this matter be *Received and Filed. The motion carried by the |
following vote: |
Councilmember Aye: Member Kernighan, Member Nadel, Vice Mayor Quan |
and Chair Reid |
The Committee directed staff to include in future monthly reports a running |
tally of new hires and attrition rates. The Committee also directed staff to |
synchronize other related reports to this monthly report. The Committee also |
directed staff take a detailed look at the background check process for Rangers. |
Staff was also directed to include Chinese language newspapers in the list of |
publications utilized for police officer recruitment and to link up with the high |
school academies. |
The following individual(s) spoke and did not indicate a position on this item: |
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Subject: "Cold Hit" Cases |
From: Councilmember Larry Reid |
Recommendation: Receive An Informational Report On The Oakland Police Department's |
Efforts To Investigate DNA "Cold Hit" Cases (06-0432) |
A motion was made by Vice Mayor Quan, seconded by Chair Reid, that |
this matter be *Received and Forwarded to the Concurrent Meeting of the |
Oakland Redevelopment Agency/City Council, due back on July 18, 2006 |
as a Non-Consent item. The motion carried by the following vote: |
Councilmember Aye: Member Kernighan, Member Nadel, Vice Mayor Quan |
and Chair Reid |
The Committee directed staff to provide updated information to the Full |
Council on how many positions have been filled and to consider adding this |
item to the budget. The Committee also directed staff to consider using the Cold |
Hit program for property crimes. |
The following individual(s) spoke and did not indicate a position on this item: |
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Subject: Goat Grazing Services |
From: Oakland Fire Department |
Recommendation: Adopt A Resolution Authorizing The City Administrator To Enter Into A |
Two (2) Year Agreement With Ecosystem Concepts, Inc., A Corporation, For Goat Grazing |
Services To Reduce Wildland Fuels On City Owned Parkland In An Amount Of Two Hundred |
Sixty-Five Thousand Dollars ($265,000) Per Year For A Total Contract Amount Not To |
Exceed Five Hundred And Thirty Thousand Dollars ($530,000) For The Two Year Period |
From July 1, 2006 To June 30, 2008 (06-0449) |
A motion was made by Member Nadel, seconded by Chair Reid, 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 July 18, 2006 as a Non-Consent item. The motion carried by |
the following vote: |
Councilmember Aye: Member Kernighan, Member Nadel, Vice Mayor Quan |
and Chair Reid |
The Committee directed staff to report to Full Council the actual acreage size |
in the program. The Committee also directed staff to continue discussing the |
following issues with the Wildfire Assessment Board: 1) accountability |
measures; 2) defining the areas for goat grazing and noting areas where goats |
are not to be utilized; and 3) staff training of contractors. |
The following individual(s) spoke and indicated a neutral position on this item: |
The following individual(s) spoke and did not indicate a position on this item: |
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Subject: National Incident Management System (NIMS) |
From: Oakland Fire Department |
Recommendation: Adopt A Resolution Adopting The National Incident Management System |
(NIMS) For The City Of Oakland And Implementing Mandated NIMS Training For All City Of |
Oakland Employees To Comply With Homeland Security Presidential Directive (HSPD-5), |
Management Of Domestic Emergency Incidents (06-0452) |
A motion was made by Vice Mayor Quan, seconded by Member Nadel, |
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 July 18, 2006 as a Consent Calendar item. The |
motion carried by the following vote: |
Councilmember Aye: Member Kernighan, Member Nadel, Vice Mayor Quan |
and Chair Reid |
The following individual(s) spoke and did not indicate a position on this item: |
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Subject: The Natural Disaster Assistance Act |
From: Oakland Fire Department |
Recommendation: Adopt A Resolution Re-Designating The Manager Of The Office Of |
Emergency Services As An Additional Authorized Agent To Those Specified In Oakland City |
Council Resolution No. 70955 C.M.S., Dated, February 15, 2005, To Receive, Process And |
Coordinate All Inquiries And Requirements Necessary To Obtain Available Federal Financial |
Assistance Under The Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief And Emergency Assistance Act Of |
1988, And State Financial Assistance Under The Natural Disaster Assistance Act (06-0453) |
A motion was made by Vice Mayor Quan, seconded by Member Nadel, |
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 July 18, 2006 as a Consent Calendar item. The |
motion carried by the following vote: |
Councilmember Aye: Member Kernighan, Member Nadel, Vice Mayor Quan |
and Chair Reid |
The following individual(s) spoke and did not indicate a position on this item: |
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Subject: Updates To The Alameda County Oil Spill Contingency Plan |
From: Oakland Fire Department |
Recommendation: Adopt A Resolution Authorizing The City Administrator To Apply For, |
Accept And Appropriate A Grant From The California Department Of Fish And Game In The |
Amount Of Thirty Five Thousand Dollars ($35,000) To Reimburse Oakland Its Costs And The |
Costs Of Participating Agencies Incurred In Updating And Revising The Alameda County Oil |
Spill Contingency Plan, And Certifying The Department Of Fish And Game And Oil Spill |
Prevention Response ("DFG-OSPR") Grant Agreement (06-0454) |
A motion was made by Member Nadel, seconded by Vice Mayor Quan, |
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 July 18, 2006 as a Consent Calendar item. The |
motion carried by the following vote: |
Councilmember Aye: Member Kernighan, Member Nadel, Vice Mayor Quan |
and Chair Reid |
The following individual(s) spoke and did not indicate a position on this item: |
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Subject: Second Year Program Implementation Of Project First |
From: Oakland Police Department |
Recommendation: Adopt A Resolution Authorizing The City Administrator, On Behalf Of The |
City Of Oakland, To Accept And Appropriate Grant Funds In An Amount Not To Exceed Two |
Hundred Thousand Dollars ($200,000) From The State Of California, Corrections Standard |
Authority, Title V Community Prevention Grants Program, And Authorizing A Funding |
Agreement In An Amount Not To Exceed One Hundred Seventy Thousand Dollars ($170,000) |
With Safe Passages For Second Year Program Implementation Of Project First, And |
Appropriate Said Funds To The Police Department (06-0477) |
A motion was made by Vice Mayor Quan, seconded by Member Nadel, |
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 July 18, 2006 as a Consent Calendar item. The |
motion carried by the following vote: |
Councilmember Aye: Member Kernighan, Member Nadel, Vice Mayor Quan |
and Chair Reid |
The Committee directed staff to report to future committee meetings with the |
following information: 1) full program evaluation; 2) number of students |
served; and 3) recidivism rates. The Committee also suggested that the |
evaluation system used by Safe Passages would be appropriate for this |
program. |
The following individual(s) spoke and did not indicate a position on this item: |
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Subject: Second Year Program Implementation Of The Oakland Youth Court |
From: Oakland Police Department |
Recommendation: Adopt A Resolution Authorizing the City Administrator, On Behalf Of The |
City Of Oakland, To Accept And Appropriate Grant Funds In An Amount Not To Exceed Two |
Hundred Thousand Dollars ($200,000) From The State Of California, Corrections Standard |
Authority, Title V Community Prevention Grants Program, And Authorize A Funding |
Agreement In An Amount Not To Exceed One Hundred Eighty Thousand Dollars ($180,000) |
With The Donald P. McCullum Youth Court For Second Year Program Implementation Of The |
Interface Project, And Appropriate Said Funds To The Police Department (06-0478) |
A motion was made by Member Nadel, seconded by Chair Reid, 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 July 18, 2006 as a Consent Calendar item. The motion carried |
by the following vote: |
Councilmember Aye: Member Kernighan, Member Nadel, Vice Mayor Quan |
and Chair Reid |
The following individual(s) spoke and did not indicate a position on this item: |
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Subject: Donald P. McCullum Youth Court - Continued Program Implementation |
From: Oakland Police Department |
Recommendation: Adopt A Resolution Authorizing The City Administrator, On Behalf Of The |
City Of Oakland, To Accept And Appropriate Grant Funds In An Amount Not To Exceed |
Twenty-Three Thousand Seven Hundred And Fifty-Three Dollars ($23,753) From The State Of |
California, Corrections Standard Authority, Juvenile Accountability Block Grant (JABG) |
Program, And Authorizing A Funding Agreement In An Amount Not To Exceed Twenty |
Thousand Dollars ($20,000) With The Donald P. McCullum Youth Court For Continued |
Program Implementation Of The Oakland Youth Court, Interface Project, And Appropriate |
Said Funds To The Police Department (06-0481) |
A motion was made by Member Nadel, seconded by Chair Reid, 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 July 18, 2006 as a Consent Calendar item. The motion carried |
by the following vote: |
Councilmember Aye: Member Kernighan, Member Nadel, Vice Mayor Quan |
and Chair Reid |
The following individual(s) spoke and did not indicate a position on this item: |
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Subject: West Oakland Weed And Seed Initiative - Fifth Year |
From: Oakland Police Department |
Recommendation: Adopt A Resolution Authorizing the City Administrator, On Behalf Of The |
City of Oakland, To Accept And Appropriate Grant Funds In An Amount Not To Exceed Two |
Hundred Twenty-Five Thousand Dollars ($225,000) From The U.S. Department Of Justice, |
Office Of Justice Programs, Community Capacity Development Office, For Fifth Year Program |
Implementation Of The West Oakland Weed And Seed Initiative And Appropriate Said Funds |
To The Police Department (06-0479) |
A motion was made by Member Nadel, seconded by Chair Reid, 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 July 18, 2006 as a Consent Calendar item. The motion carried |
by the following vote: |
Councilmember Aye: Member Kernighan, Member Nadel, Vice Mayor Quan |
and Chair Reid |
The Committee directed staff to submit a supplemental report to Full Council |
with results from the last six months. The Committee also directed staff to |
return to the committee in Fall 2006 with a report on the last four years of the |
program. The Committee also directed staff to address issues of prevention, |
intervention and treatment along with domestic violence, drugs and |
prostitution. Staff was also directed to determine how other such centers are |
funded and the extent of parent involvement. |
The following individual(s) spoke and did not indicate a position on this item: |
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Subject: Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Program |
From: Oakland Police Department |
Recommendation: Adopt A Resolution Authorizing The City Administrator, On Behalf Of The |
City Of Oakland, To Accept And Appropriate Grant Funds In An Amount Not To Exceed Six |
Thousand Seven Hundred Eighty-Nine Dollars ($6,789) From The U.S. Department Of Justice, |
Bureau Of Justice Assistance, Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Program, And Appropriate |
Said Funds To The Police Department (06-0480) |
A motion was made by Chair Reid, seconded by Vice Mayor Quan, 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 July 18, 2006 as a Consent Calendar item. The motion carried |
by the following vote: |
Councilmember Aye: Member Kernighan, Member Nadel, Vice Mayor Quan |
and Chair Reid |
The following individual(s) spoke and did not indicate a position on this item: |
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Subject: Van Pelt Parade Fire Engine - Community Event Utilization |
From: Oakland Fire Department |
Recommendation: Adopt A Resolution To Authorize The Use Of The 1967 Van Pelt Parade |
Fire Engine By The Oakland Fire Department At Community Events Throughout The City Of |
Oakland And In Neighboring Cities And Counties And To Allow The Lending Of The Same |
Parade Fire Engine To City Of Oakland Employee Organizations Such As International |
Association Of Firefighters Local 55, Oakland Firefighters Random Acts, Oakland Black |
Firefighters Association And Women Firefighters Associations And To Non-Profit |
Organizations Such As Special Olympics And YMCA For Appearances At Local Community |
Events That Promote Civic Participation And Benefit The Economically Disadvantaged, |
Seniors, Disabled Persons And Youth (06-0495) |
A motion was made by Chair Reid, seconded by Member Nadel, 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 July 18, 2006 as a Consent Calendar item. The motion carried |
by the following vote: |
Councilmember Aye: Member Kernighan, Member Nadel, Vice Mayor Quan |
and Chair Reid |
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 Special Public Safety Committee adjourned the meeting at 12:09 |
p.m. |
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be taken. |
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