Oakland, California 94612 |
LaTonda Simmons, City Clerk |
Concurrent Meeting of the |
Oakland Redevelopment Agency/ |
City Council |
Meeting Agenda
City of Oakland
SUPPLEMENTAL
1 Frank H. Ogawa Plaza, Council Chambers, 3rd Floor |
City of Oakland Website: http://www.oaklandnet.com |
Oakland City Hall, 3rd Floor
6:00 PM
Tuesday, April 04, 2006
Consent Item: any action item that a subject matter Committee has forwarded to the full Council |
with unanimous recommendation for approval and is not controversial, and does not have a high |
level of public interest as determined by the Rules Committee. |
Non-Consent Item: any action that a subject-matter Committee has forwarded to the full Council |
without unanimous recommendation for approval, or having a high level of public interest, or is |
controversial as determined by the Rules Committee. |
Action Item: any resolution, ordinance, public hearing, motion, or recommendation requiring |
official vote and approval of the City Council to be effective. |
Informational Item: an item of the agenda consisting only of an informational report that does |
not require or permit Council action. |
1
Pledge of Allegiance
2
Roll Call / ORA & Council
3
Open Forum / Citizens Comments |
(Time Available: 15 minutes) |
4
Modifications to the Consent Calendar, and requests from Councilmember(s) to pull an |
item from the Consent Calendar, shall be scheduled for the next-succeeding City Council |
meeting as a non-consent item. |
5
Motion for 'Members' Requests for Reconsideration' of an Action taken at the preceding |
Council Meeting, shall be scheduled for the next-succeeding City Council meeting as a |
non-consent item. (Motion Maker must have voted on prevailing side) |
6
Requests from Councilmember(s) to schedule an Action Item considered by Committee |
but not forwarded to Council, shall be scheduled for the next-succeeding City Council |
meeting as a non-consent item. |
7
Approval of the Draft Minutes from the Special and Concurrent Meeting of the Oakland |
Redevelopment Agency/City Council held on March 14, 2006 and March 21, 2006 |
8. PRESENTATION OF CEREMONIAL MATTERS
8.1
Subject: Earth Month 2006 |
From: Public Works Agency |
Recommendation: Adopt A Resolution To Acknowledge The Urban Environmental |
Accords Signed By Mayor Jerry Brown On January 5, 2005 On The Occasion Of United |
Nations World Environment Day And Declaring Oakland A Green City And Proclaiming |
April, 2006 As Earth Month In Recognition Of The 36th Anniversary Of Earth Day And |
The Several Community Events To Celebrate Oakland As A Sustainable City |
8.2
Subject: Declaring A Season For Non-Violence |
From: Councilmember Nancy Nadel |
Recommendation: Adopt A Resolution Declaring January 24, 2006 To April 4, 2006 As |
A Season For Non-Violence |
8.3
Subject: Danny Wong - Recognition |
From: Community And Economic Development Agency |
Recommendation: Adopt A Resolution Commending Daniel "Danny" Wong For 34 |
Years Of Dedicated Service And Congratulating Him On His Retirement From The City |
Of Oakland |
S-8.4
Subject: Resolution for Shirley J. Walker |
From: Office of the City Administrator |
Recommendation: Adopt A Resolution Honoring The Achievements Of Shirley J. |
Walker For Thirty-Two Years Of Exemplary And Dedicated Service To The City Of |
Oakland Upon Her Retirement |
Pursuant to Section 2.20.080(E)2 of the Sunshine Ordinance an urgency |
finding was made at the March 30, 2006 Rules and Legislation Committee |
to place this item on the agenda for the following reasons: That there is a |
need to take immediate action which came to the attention of the local body |
after the agenda was posted, and that the need to take immediate action |
relates to a purely ceremonial or commendatory action. |
This item requires an urgency finding pursuant to Section 2.20.080 E(2) of |
the Sunshine Ordinance requiring a 2/3 majority vote. |
S-8.5
From: Councilmember Brunner |
Recommendation: Adopt A Resolution Recognizing Tim Monroe For The Completion |
Of “Tristo: Tim's Radical Inline Skate Tour Of Oakland” By Skating Each And Every |
Street In The City Of Oakland |
Pursuant to Section 2.20.080(E)2 of the Sunshine Ordinance an urgency |
finding was made at the March 30, 2006 Rules and Legislation Committee |
to place this item on the agenda for the following reasons: That there is a |
need to take immediate action which came to the attention of the local body |
after the agenda was posted, and that the need to take immediate action |
relates to a purely ceremonial or commendatory action. |
This item requires an urgency finding pursuant to Section 2.20.080 E(2) of |
the Sunshine Ordinance requiring a 2/3 majority vote. |
S-8.6
Subject: House Resolution 4437 |
From: Councilmember Brooks |
Recommendation: Adopt A Resolution Opposing House Resolution 4437, Which Would |
Make Felons Of 11 Million Undocumented Immigrants, Criminalize Contact With |
Undocumented Immigrants And Frustrate The Dreams Of Legal Immigrants Seeking |
Citizenship |
Pursuant to Section 2.20.080(E)2 of the Sunshine Ordinance an urgency |
finding was made at the March 30, 2006 Rules and Legislation Committee |
to place this item on the agenda for the following reasons: That there is a |
need to take immediate action which came to the attention of the local body |
after the agenda was posted, and that the need to take immediate action |
relates to a purely ceremonial or commendatory action. |
This item requires an urgency finding pursuant to Section 2.20.080 E(2) of |
the Sunshine Ordinance requiring a 2/3 majority vote. |
9. COUNCIL ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS / ANNOUNCEMENTS
10. CONSENT CALENDAR (CC) ITEMS:
10.1-CC
Subject: Declaration Of A Local Emergency Due To AIDS Epidemic |
From: Office Of The City Attorney |
Recommendation: Adopt A Resolution Renewing And Continuing The City Council's |
Declaration Of A Local Emergency Due To The Existence Of A Critical Public Health |
Crisis With Regard To The AIDS Epidemic |
10.2-CC
Subject: Medical Cannabis Health Emergency |
From: Office Of The City Attorney |
Recommendation: Adopt A Resolution Renewing The City Council's Declaration Of A |
Local Public Health Emergency With Respect To Safe, Affordable Access To Medical |
Cannabis In The City Of Oakland |
10.3-CC
Subject: Lynart Collins - Settlement |
From: Office of the City Attorney |
Recommendation: Adopt A Resolution Authorizing And Directing The City Attorney To |
Compromise And Settle The Case Of Lynart Collins V. City Of Oakland, Et Al., United |
States District Court Case No. C-05-00672 Wha, Our File No. 24310 For A Total |
Amount Of $15,000.00. This Case Involves The Shooting Of Plaintiff By An Oakland |
Police Officer (Oakland Police Department) |
Council discussed this item in closed session on March 21, 2006. Motion |
authorizing settlement passed by unanimous vote: 8 Ayes |
10.4-CC
Subject: Alameda County - Settlement |
From: Office of the City Attorney |
Recommendation: Adopt A Resolution Authorizing And Directing The City Attorney To |
Compromise And Settle The Case Of County Of Alameda V. City Of Oakland, Alameda |
County Superior Court Case No. RG05-200248, Our File No. X02621 In The Amount Of |
$45,000.00. This Case Involves A Trip And Fall Accident On A Deteriorated Portion Of |
The Sidewalk (Public Works Agency) |
Council discussed this item in closed session on March 21, 2006. Motion |
authorizing settlement passed by unanimous vote: 8 Ayes |
10.5-CC
Subject: Port Local 10 - Settlement |
From: Office of the City Attorney |
Recommendation: Adopt A Resolution Authorizing And Directing The City Attorney To |
Compromise And Settle The Claims In The Amounts Specified Of Each Plaintiff As Set |
Forth In The Body Of This Resolution. Each Plaintiff Is A Party In The Consolidated |
Matters Of Port Local 10 Warehouse And Longshoremen Et Al. (“Local 10”) V. City Of |
Oakland, Et Al., United States District Court Case No. C03-2962 TEH (JL), Our File No. |
X01958 And Sri Louise Coles Et Al. V. City Of Oakland Et Al., United States District |
Court Case No. C03-2961 TEH, Our File No. 23333. This Settlement Is For A Sum Not |
To Exceed A Total Of Three Hundred Ninety-Three Thousand Seven Hundred Fifty |
Dollars And No Cents ($393,750.00) Payable To The Plaintiffs In The Amounts Set |
Forth In The Body Of This Resolution And To Their Respective Attorneys Of Record |
John L. Burris, James B. Chanin, Robert S. Remar Or Haddad And Sherwin. Plaintiffs' |
Lawsuits Arise From The April 7, 2003 Port Of Oakland Police Action (Excessive Force/ |
Civil Rights Violation) |
Council discussed this item in closed session on February 7, 2006. Motion |
authorizing settlement passed by unanimous vote: 8 Ayes |
10.6-CC
Subject: Public Infrastructure Improvements |
From: Community And Economic Development Agency |
Recommendation: Adopt The Following Pieces Of Legislation: |
1) A Resolution Approving The Final Map For Tract 7502 For The Prairie Stone I |
Residential Home Project At 313 105th Avenue And Accepting Offers Of Dedication |
For On-Site Public Utility, Sanitary Sewer, And Emergency Vehicle Assess Easements; |
And |
2) A Resolution Approving A Subdivision Improvement Agreement With Marinwood |
Enterprises, Inc., For The Final Map For Tract 7502 For Construction Of Public |
Infrastructure Improvements For The Prairie Stone I Residential Home Project at 313 |
105th Avenue |
10.7-CC
Subject: Opposition To Proposed State Budget Cuts |
From: Vice Mayor Quan And Councilmember Reid |
Recommendation: Adopt A Resolution Opposing The Governor's Current Proposed State |
Budget Cut Of $114 Million Dollars To Child Care Funding |
S-10.8-CC
Subject: Hydrology And Creek Restoration Design Services |
From: Public Works Agency |
Recommendation: Adopt A Resolution Authorizing Amendment No. 2 To The |
Professional Services Agreement With Kleinfelder, Inc., For As-Needed Hydrology And |
Creek Restoration Design Services For An Amount Not To Exceed Four Hundred |
Thousand Dollars ($400,000), Bringing The Total Contract Amount To Six Hundred |
Thousand Dollars ($600,000) |
The March 28, 2006 Public Works Committee approved recommendations; |
4 Ayes |
S-10.9-CC
Subject: Beliveau Engineering Contractors, Inc - Contract |
From: Public Works Agency |
Recommendation: Adopt A Resolution Authorizing The City Administrator, Or Her |
Designee, To Award A Construction Contract To Beliveau Engineering Contractors, Inc., |
For The Lincoln Square Junk Ship Renovation Project (G250510) In The Amount Not |
To Exceed Four Hundred And Six Thousand Dollars ($406,000.00) |
The March 28, 2006 Public Works Committee approved recommendations; |
4 Ayes |
Subject: Implementation Of Residential Permit Parking |
From: Public Works Agency |
Recommendation: Adopt A Resolution Approving Implementation Of Residential Permit |
Parking (RPP) On 38th Street From Shafter Avenue To Manila Avenue, And On |
Montgomery Street From John Street To Ridgeway Avenue, Both As An Addition To |
The Existing Area "A" RPP |
The March 28, 2006 Public Works Committee approved recommendations |
and directed staff to consider an amendment to revise the Residential |
Permit Parking fee schedule during the next budget cycle; 3 Ayes; 1 |
Abstain - Brooks |
Subject: Rehabilitation Of Sanitary Sewers At Various Locations |
From: Public Works Agency |
Recommendation: Adopt A Resolution Authorizing Award Of A Contract To Darcy And |
Harty Construction, Inc. For The Rehabilitation Of Sanitary Sewers At Various |
Locations -The Easement Between Merrit Avenue And Wesley Avenue, Stonewall Road, |
Delmont Avenue And Oakdale Avenue, The Easement Between Ney Avenue And |
Outlook Avenue, The Easement Between Glenbrook Drive And Yorkshire Drive And |
The Easement Between Grand Avenue And Walker Avenue (Project No. C260910) For |
The Amount Of Three Hundred Fifty-Two Thousand Four Hundred Fifty-Seven Dollars ( |
$352,457.00) |
The March 28, 2006 Public Works Committee approved recommendations; |
4 Ayes |
Subject: Phase II Market Street Bikeway Project |
From: Public Works Agency |
Recommendation: Adopt A Resolution Approving The Phase II Market Street Bikeway |
Project, From West MacArthur Boulevard To 3rd Street, And Reducing Travel Lanes |
From Four (4) Through Lanes To Two (2) Through Lanes And A Center Left-Turn Lane |
Between West MacArthur Boulevard And 24th Street, At An Estimated Cost Of Four |
Hundred Thousand Dollars ($400,000.00) |
The March 28, 2006 Public Works Committee approved recommendations; |
4 Ayes |
Subject: Citywide Pedestrian Safety Program |
From: Public Works Agency |
Recommendation: Adopt A Resolution Authorizing The City Administrator To Award A |
Construction Contract To Phoenix Electric, The Lowest Responsible And Responsive |
Bidder, For The Citywide Pedestrian Safety Program (City Project No. C188510) In The |
Amount Of Five Hundred Seventy-Nine Thousand Five Hundred Thirty-Six Dollars ($ |
579,536.00), And Rejecting All Other Bids |
The March 28, 2006 Public Works Committee approved recommendations; |
4 Ayes |
Subject: Traffic Signal Installations |
From: Public Works Agency |
Recommendation: Adopt A Resolution Authorizing The City Administrator To Award A |
Construction Contract To Ray's Electric, The Lowest Responsible and Responsive |
Bidder, For Traffic Signal Installations On 14th Avenue At East 29th Street/19th Avenue |
(City Project No. C229210), And Bancroft Avenue At 57th Avenue/Trask Street (City |
Project No. C232510) In The Amount Of Three Hundred Eighty-Six Thousand One |
Hundred Sixty-Five Dollars ($386,165.00), And Rejecting All Other Bids |
The March 28, 2006 Public Works Committee approved recommendations; |
4 Ayes |
Subject: Brandywine Webster, LLC - Permit |
From: Community And Economic Development Agency |
Recommendation: Adopt A Resolution Granting Brandywine Webster, LLC, A |
Revocable And Conditional Permit For A New Building At 2100 Franklin Street To |
Allow A Vault And Electrical Transformers To Encroach Under The Sidewalk Along 21 |
st Street |
The March 28, 2006 Public Works Committee approved recommendations; |
4 Ayes |
Subject: Granicus, Inc. - Agreement |
From: Finanace And Management Agency |
Recommendation: Adopt A Resolution Authorizing The City Administrator To Procure |
From Granicus, Inc. Enhanced Web-Based Video Software And Hardware And |
Installation In An Amount Not To Exceed $78,000, And To Enter Into A Managed |
Services Contract With Granicus, Inc. In An Amount Not To Exceed $36,000 Per Year |
The March 28, 2006 Finance and Management Committee approved |
recommendations; 4 Ayes |
Subject: Office Of The City Auditor Positions Report |
From: Office Of The City Administrator |
Recommendations: Adopt A Resolution Authorizing The City Administrator To |
Appropriate $69,839 In Fiscal Year 2005-2006 To Fund Positions In The City Auditor's |
Office |
The March 28, 2006 Finance and Management Committee approved the |
resolution as amended to reflect that 3 temporary positions will be funded. |
Staff was directed to return in 2 weeks with the following: The time frame |
for when the charter required audits will be done. Staff was also directed |
to return in July with the following information: 1) A review of the City |
Auditor's Office to determine if full funding will be approved, that review |
will include a determination as to if the Auditor's office is fully |
functioning; 2) The number of audits performed last year; 3) Has a peer |
review taken place in the last year and if not why; and 4) Is it possible to |
place the employees relocated from the Auditor's office to other agencies in |
vacant positions as to preserve the $405,718; 4 Ayes |
Subject: Opposition To Senate Bill 1206 |
From: Community And Economic Development Agency |
Recommendation: Adopt A Resolution To Oppose The Passage Of Senate Bill 1206: |
Redevelopment Law Reforms |
The March 30, 2006 Rules and Legislation Committee approved |
recommendations; 4 Ayes |
11
An oral report from the Agency Counsel / City Attorney of final decisions made during |
Closed Session |
12
A disclosure of non-confidential Closed Session Discussion pursuant to Section 15 of the |
Sunshine Ordinance |
COMMENCING AT 7:00 P.M. OR AS SOON AS REASONABLY PRACTICAL |
THEREAFTER: |
13
Reconsideration of Ordinances pursuant to Charter Section 216
14. Consideration of items with statutory Public Hearing Requirements:
There are no Public Hearings scheduled for this agenda
ACTION ON NON-CONSENT ITEMS:
15
Subject: Local Emergency Due To Winter Storms |
From: Oakland Fire Department |
Recommendation: Adopt A Resolution Renewing And Continuing The |
Local Emergency Due To Winter Storms First Proclaimed By The City Of Oakland On |
January 5, 2006 |
16
Subject: PUEBLO Survey Findings - Report |
From: Oakland Police Department |
Recommendation: Receive A Report Of Survey Findings: City Of Oakland/People |
United For A Better Oakland (PUEBLO) On Police Services And The Filing Of |
Complaints |
The February 14, 2006 Public Safety Committee received and forwarded |
this report to council; 4 Ayes |
The Committee directed staff to prepare a Supplemental report with the |
following information: 1) details on citizen initiated police contact and why |
it turned into a negative experience 2) breakdown of police services |
specifically in dealing with domestic violence and car theft calls since |
officers have received training in this area 3) expand more on these |
responses - failure to act - officer disinterest - officer did not solve the |
problem - racial profiling - income - discourteous and rude behavior 4) a |
closer look at the youth responders and their experiences |
17
Subject: State Lobbyist Contract - Townsend Public Affairs |
From: Office of the Mayor |
Recommendation: Adopt A Resolution Authorizing The City Administrator To Enter |
Into An Agreement With Townsend Public Affairs, Inc. To Serve As The City's State |
Legislative Representative For The Period April 5, 2006 Through January 5, 2007, A |
Period Of Eight Months, In An Amount Not To Exceed Eighty Thousand Dollars ($80, |
000) (TITLE CHANGE) |
The March 16, 2006 Rules and Legislation Committee approved |
recommendations: 4 Ayes |
The Committee requested a supplemental report addressing the following: |
Who will Platinum Advisors be accountable to; What do the earmarked |
funds mean and have we received the funds; What were the Council |
priorities at the time Platinum was selected; and Who is Platinum taking |
directions from? |
At the March 23, 2006 Rules and Legislation Committee Meeting, the |
Committee approved a change to the title of this report; 4 Ayes |
18
Subject: Accelerated Police Recruiting, Training And Hiring Plan |
From: Office of the City Administrator |
Recommendation: Adopt A Resolution Authorizing The City Administrator To |
Appropriate $2,846,561 In General Purpose Funds And Measure Y Funds To Implement |
An Accelerated Recruiting, Training And Hiring Plan For Oakland Police Officers |
19
Subject: Housing, Residential Rent And Relocation Board - Appointments |
From: Office of the Mayor |
Recommendation: Adopt A Resolution Appointing Charles Hargrave, Ricardo Hunter |
And Jessica Leavitt And Re-Appointing Laura Arreola As Members Of The Housing, |
Residential Rent And Relocation Board |
This item was rescheduled to this agenda at the March 21, 2006 City |
Council meeting |
20
Subject: Youth Advisory Commission - Appointments |
From: Office of the Mayor |
Recommendation: Adopt A Resolution Appointing Edward Baraona, Glenda Frost, |
Malcolm Gaines, Craig Gentry, Katrina Gilbert, Breanne Camille Gladney, Connie Ip, |
Olivia Lau, Rocio Molina, Jasmine Moore, Andy Nguyen, Rickey Michael Robinson, |
Renato Rocha, Lexus Monae Stomas, Annie Takahashi, Diana Tran, Patrick Sean |
Weston, And Lafiea Gary As Members Of The Youth Advisory Commission |
S-21
Subject: Landscaping And Lighting Assessment District |
From: Office Of The City Administrator - Budget Office |
Recommendation: Adopt A Resolution Of Intention And Accepting The Fiscal Year |
2006-2007 Preliminary Engineer's Report For The City Of Oakland Landscaping And |
Lighting Assessment District, Setting The Date For A Public Hearing, And Authorizing |
The Preparation And Mailing Of Notices And Ballots |
The Committee March 28, 2006 Finance and Management approved the |
resolution as amended to include performance standards and language that |
would allow the standards to be reviewed and/or amended by Council |
annually as well as language that would prohibit the use of the money until |
performance standards are approved by council. Staff was also requested |
to examine a proactive re-lamping program for the City and the impact of |
a low-income subsidy; 3 Ayes, 1 No - De La Fuente |
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