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Meeting Minutes - FINAL

*Rules & Legislation Committee

Oakland City Hall, 1 Frank H. Ogawa Plaza,

Oakland, California, 94612

City of Oakland Website: http://www.oaklandca.gov

Thursday, February 5, 2026

10:30 AM

City Council Chamber, 3rd Floor

The Oakland City Council Rules And Legislation Committee Convened At 10:35 A.M. With

Council President Jenkins Presiding As Chairperson

COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP:

1 Roll Call / Call To Order

3 - Rowena Brown, Janani Ramachandran, and Kevin Jenkins

1 - Carroll Fife

Present

Excused

Approval Of The Draft Minutes From The Committee Meeting Of January 22, 2026

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Attachments: View Report

0 Speakers Spoke On This Item

A motion was made by Rowena Brown, seconded by Janani Ramachandran, that

this matter be Accepted. The motion carried by the following vote:

3 - Brown, Ramachandran, and Jenkins

Aye:

Excused:

NO VOTE:

1 - Fife

3 New Scheduling Items

12 Speakers Spoke On This Item

A motion was made by Janani Ramachandran, seconded by Rowena Brown, that

this matter be Accepted as Amended. The motion carried by the following vote:

3 - Brown, Ramachandran, and Jenkins

Aye:

Excused:

NO VOTE:

1 - Fife

3.1

Subject: Travel Reimbursement For Councilmember’s Jenkins And Ramachandran

From: Councilmember Ramachandran And Council President Jenkins

Recommendation: Adopt A Resolution Authorizing Reimbursement From The City

Council Contingency Fund For Travel Costs In An Amount Not To Exceed $2,500 Each

For Councilmembers Kevin Jenkins And Janani Ramachandran To Travel To

Washington, D.C. For Federal Advocacy

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Attachments: View Memo

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Pursuant To Rule 24, A Statement Was Made On Record As To The Item Bypassing

Committee

On Consent

This City Resolution be Scheduled.to go before the * Concurrent Meeting of the

Oakland Redevelopment Successor Agency and the City Council to be heard

2/17/2026

3.2

Subject: Reappointment To Public Safety Planning And Oversight Commission

(Measure NN)

From:

Office Of The Mayor

Recommendation: Adopt A Resolution Confirming The Mayor’s Reappointment Of

Rownee Winn As A Member Of The Oakland Public Safety Planning And Oversight

Commission

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Pursuant To Rule 24, A Statement Was Made On Record As To The Item Bypassing

Committee

On Consent

This City Resolution be Scheduled.to go before the * Concurrent Meeting of the

Oakland Redevelopment Successor Agency and the City Council to be heard

2/17/2026

3.3

Subject: Appointments To The HeadStart Advisory Board

From: Office Of The Mayor

Recommendation: Adopt A Resolution Confirming The Mayor’s Appointment Of Gabriela

Aranda And Reverend To Niya Scott-Smith And Reappointments Of Christina Michaud,

Julia Forte Frudden, And Kevin Bremond As Members Of The Head Start Advisory

Board

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Pursuant To Rule 24, A Statement Was Made On Record As To The Item Bypassing

Committee

On Consent

This City Resolution be Scheduled.to go before the * Concurrent Meeting of the

Oakland Redevelopment Successor Agency and the City Council to be heard

2/17/2026

3.4

Subject: Reappointments To The Housing, Residential Rent, And Relocation Board

From:

Office Of The Mayor

Recommendation: Adopt A Resolution Confirming The Mayor’s Reappointment Of Kara

Brodfuehrer As A Landlord Representative And Cinthya Munoz Ramos As A Tenant

Representative And Deseanna Williams As An Alternative Tenant Representative To The

Housing, Residential Rent And Relocation Board

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Attachments: View Memo

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This City Resolution be Scheduled.to go before the *Rules & Legislation

Committee to be heard 2/19/2026

3.5

Subject: Repeal 2020 Encampment Management Policy And Adopt 2025 Encampment

Abatement Policy

From:

Councilmember Houston

Recommendation: Adopt A Resolution Amending Resolution No. 88341 To Repeal The

2020 Encampment Management Policy And Replace With A 2025 Encampment

Abatement Policy That (A) Defines “Encampment” To Exclude Vehicles And Authorizes

Citation And Towing Of Inhabited Vehicles By City Departments Pursuant To The

California Vehicle Code And Oakland Vehicle Code; (B) Continues To Require

Reasonable Efforts To Make Shelter Offers And 7-Day Notice Prior To Non-Urgent

Encampment Closures; And (C) Clarifies Emergency And Urgent Health And Safety

Conditions That Authorize Immediate, 24-Hour, Or 72-Hour Notice For Encampment

Closures, Including Encampments Blocking Sidewalks

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Attachments: View Report

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View Exhibit B

View Supplemental Map - 11/20/2025

View Supplemental Legislation - 11/20/2025

View Supplemental Exhibit A - 11/20/2025

View Supplemental Exhibit B - 11/20/2025

View Supplemental Exhibit B Redline Sept 10 EAP - 11/20/2025

View Supplemental Proposed Amendments: D2 Wang - 11/25/2025

This City Resolution be Scheduled.to go before the *Life Enrichment Committee

to be heard 2/24/2026

3.6

Subject: Citywide Cooperative Agreements FY 2026-27

From:

Finance Department

Recommendation: Adopt A Resolution Approving Ongoing Cooperative Purchase

Agreements Exceeding $250,000 For Citywide Commodity Goods And Services

Contracts As Outlined In Table 1 In An Additional Amount Not To Exceed Eight Million

Forty-Thousand Dollars ($8,040,000)

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This City Resolution be Scheduled.to go before the *Finance & Management

Committee to be heard 2/24/2026

3.7

Subject: Issuance of An Unconditional Certificate Of Completion For The 4430, 4440,

and 4448 Howe Street Public Improvements

From:

Department Of Transportation

Recommendation: Adopt A Resolution Accepting Public Infrastructure Improvements,

Directing The Filing Of An Unconditional Certificate Of Completion (“UCC”) For The

4430, 4440, And 4448 Howe Street Public Improvements Per The Subdivision

Improvement Agreement (“SIA”) For Deferred Construction Of Public Infrastructure

Improvements, And Making California Environmental Quality Act (“CEQA”) Findings

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Attachments: View Report

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View Exhibit A

This City Resolution be Scheduled.to go before the * Public Works And

Transportation Committee to be heard 2/24/2026

3.8

Subject: Adeline Street Bridge Seismic Retrofit Project Construction Phase

From:

Department Of Transportation

Recommendation: Adopt The Following Pieces Of Legislation:

1) A Resolution Authorizing The City Administrator To Award A Construction Contract To

Bay Line Cutting & Coring Inc. In An Amount Not To Exceed Three Million Three Hundred

Thirty-One Thousand One Hundred Forty Four Dollars ($3,331,144); Waiving The Five

Percent (5%) Maximum Mobilization Requirement Per Section 9-3.4 Of The Project

Specifications; And Adopting Appropriate California Environmental Quality Act Findings;

And

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This City Resolution be Scheduled.to go before the * Public Works And

Transportation Committee to be heard 2/24/2026

2) A Resolution Authorizing The City Administrator To Amend The Professional Services

Agreement With Biggs Cardosa Associates, Inc. For Design For Adeline Street Bridge

Seismic Retrofit Project (Project No. 1000967) By Increasing The Contract Amount By

Two Hundred Thousand Dollars ($200,000) For A Total Contract Amount Not-To-Exceed

Nine Hundred Eighteen Thousand Dollars ($918,000); And Adopting Appropriate

California Environmental Quality Act Findings; And

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Attachments: View Report

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This City Resolution be Scheduled.to go before the * Public Works And

Transportation Committee to be heard 2/24/2026

3) A Resolution Authorizing The City Administrator To Enter Into A Professional Services

Agreement With Biggs Cardosa Associates, Inc. To Provide Special Inspection And

Material Testing Services For The Adeline Bridge Seismic Retrofit Project (Project No.

1000967) For An Amount Not To Exceed Two Hundred Thousand Dollars ($200,000);

And Adopting Appropriate California Environmental Quality Act Findings

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Attachments: View Report

View Attachment A

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This City Resolution be Scheduled.to go before the * Public Works And

Transportation Committee to be heard 2/24/2026

3.9

Subject: 2025 Library Commission Annual Report

From:

Oakland Public Library

Recommendation: Receive An Informational Report From The Oakland Public Library

Commission (LC) For The 2025 Calendar Year; On The February 24, 2026 Life

Enrichment Committee Agenda

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This Informational Report be Scheduled.to go before the *Life Enrichment

Committee to be heard 3/24/2026

3.10

Subject: Atthowe Fine Arts Services Contract Renewal

From:

Oakland Public Library

Recommendation: Adopt A Resolution Waiving The Request For

Proposals/Qualifications Requirements, And Awarding A Contract To Atthowe

Transportation Cooperative Corp. Dba Atthowe Fine Art Services For The Storage Of

Select African American Museum Library Materials For A Five Year Term In An Amount

Not To Exceed Three Hundred Thousand Dollars ($300,000)

26-0408

This City Resolution be Scheduled.to go before the *Life Enrichment Committee

to be heard 2/24/2026

3.11

Subject: Innovative Services Contract Renewal

From:

Oakland Public Library

Recommendation: Adopt A Resolution Waiving The Competitive Multiple-Step

Solicitation Process, And Awarding A Contract To Innovative Interfaces, Inc. For The

Oakland Public Library Integrated Library System, Including Computer Hardware And

Software And Maintenance Services For A Five Year Term In An Amount Not To Exceed

Two Million Dollars ($2,000,000)

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This City Resolution be Scheduled.to go before the *Life Enrichment Committee

to be heard 2/24/2026

3.12

Subject: PSA With Stryker Sales, LLC, Emergency Medical Equipment

From: Oakland Fire Department

Recommendation: Adopt A Resolution Authorizing The City Administrator To: (1) Enter

Into A Cooperative Purchasing Agreement With Stryker Sales LLC For The Purchase,

Lease, Maintenance, And Repair Of Advanced Life Support Equipment (ALS) In An

Amount Not To Exceed Six Hundred Eighty-One Thousand Eight Hundred Seventy-Seven

Dollars ($681,877.80) Per Year For Five (5) Years For A Total Not To Exceed Amount Of

Three Million Four Hundred Nine Thousand Three Hundred Eighty-Nine Dollars

($3,409,389.00); And (2) Waiving The Advertising And Competitive Bidding Process

Requirements, And Local Business Enterprise And Small Local Business Enterprise

(LBE/SLBE) Program Requirements For The Proposed Cooperative Purchasing

Agreement With Stryker Sales, LLC

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Attachments: View Report

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This City Resolution be Scheduled.to go before the *Public Safety Committee to

be heard 2/24/2026

3.13

Subject: OPD Surveillance Tech 2024 Annual Reports

From:

Oakland Police Department

Recommendation: Adopt A Resolution (1) Accepting The Annual Reports For The

Following City Of Oakland Police Department Surveillance Technologies: (A) Automated

License Plate Readers; (B) Crime Lab Biometrics DNA Analysis Technology; (C)

Forward Looking Infrared (FLIR); (D) Live Stream Transmitter; (E) Unmanned Aerial

System (UAS Or Drone) ; (F) Forensic Logic Coplink/Crimetracer System; (G) Pen

To Use Each Of These Technologies

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Attachments: View Report

This City Resolution be Scheduled.to go before the *Public Safety Committee to

be heard 2/24/2026

3.14

Subject: Informational Report Regarding The Oakland Police Department Overtime

From: Councilmember Wang

Recommendation: Receive An Informational Report From City Administrator Regarding

The Oakland Police Dept. Overtime; The Current System Used For Tracking And

Approving Overtime; The Process In Place To Improve The Approval And Tracking

Process; On The February 24, 2026 Public Safety Committee Agenda

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This Informational Report be Withdrawn with No New Date.

3.15

Subject: Port Liaison Committee Vice Chairman Appointment

From:

Councilmember Houston

Recommendation: A Motion To Designate Councilmember Houston As Vice Chair Of

The City/Port Liaison Committee ; On The March 3, 2026 City Council Agenda On

Consent

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This Report and Recommendation be * Withdrawn and Rescheduled.to go before

the City/Port Liaison Committee Pending List - No Date Specific

3.16

Subject: Oakland’s 2025 Business Closures

From:

Councilmember Wang

Recommendation: Receive An Informational Report From City Administrator Regarding

Oakland’s 2025 Business Closures: Including Sector-Specific, Business Size And

Geographic Mapping Data, Closure Causation, Economic Business Analysis To Include

Projected Reductions In Sales Tax And General Fund Revenue; On The March 10, 2026

Community And Economic Development Committee Agenda

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This City Resolution be * Withdrawn and Rescheduled.to go before the

*Community & Economic Development Committee Pending List - No Date

Specific

3.17

Subject: Professional Services Agreement Amendment With American Building

Service, Inc.

From:

Human Services Department

Recommendation: Adopt A Resolution Authorizing The City Administrator To Execute An

Amendment To An Existing Professional Services Agreement With American Building

Service, Inc., Increasing The Current Agreement Of Two Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars

($250,000) By An Additional Seven Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($750,000) For A

New Total Agreement Amount Not To Exceed One Million Dollars ($1,000,000) And

Extending The Term End Date From December 31, 2026 To June 30, 2029 For Regular

Janitorial And Cleaning Services At Early Childhood Facilities; On The March 10, 2026

Life Enrichment Committee Agenda

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This City Resolution be Scheduled.to go before the *Life Enrichment Committee

to be heard 3/10/2026

3.18

Subject: Appeal Of The 1205 Franklin Street Major Variance Self-Storage Conversion

Project

From:

Planning And Building Department

Recommendation: Adopt A Resolution Denying The Appeal By John Kevlin,

Representing TC I 1205 Franklin, LLC, The Property Owner At 1205 Franklin Street (The

“Property”), , And Thus Upholding The Planning Commission’s Denial Of A Major

Variance For The Conversion Of The Second And Third Floor Offices Into A Self- Or

Mini-Storage Industrial Activity In An Existing Building At The Property; And Adopting

Appropriate California Environmental Quality Act Findings; On The March 17, 2026 City

Council Agenda As A Public Hearing

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As A Public Hearing

This City Resolution be Scheduled.to go before the * Concurrent Meeting of the

Oakland Redevelopment Successor Agency and the City Council to be heard

3/17/2026

Review Of Draft Agendas, Pending Lists, City Council And Committee Meetings

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Attachments: February 10, 2026 Finance And Management Committee Agenda

February 10, 2026 Public Works And Transportation Committee

Agenda

February 10, 2026 Community And Economic Development

Committee Agenda

February 10, 2026 Life Enrichment Committee Agenda

February 10, 2026 Public Safety Committee Agenda

February 12, 2026 Rules And Legislation Committee Agenda

Finance And Management Committee Pending List

Public Works And Transportation Committee Pending List

Community And Economic Development Committee Pending List

Life Enrichment Committee Pending List

Education Partnership Committee Pending List

Public Safety Committee Pending List

Rules And Legislation Committee Pending List

Port Liason Committee Pending List

Draft February 17, 2026 City Council Agenda

Draft February 19, 2026 Rules And Legislation Committee Agenda

1 Speaker Spoke On This Item

A motion was made by Rowena Brown, seconded by Janani Ramachandran, that

this matter be Accepted as Amended. The motion carried by the following vote:

3 - Brown, Ramachandran, and Jenkins

Aye:

Excused:

NO VOTE:

1 - Fife

Changes Made To The Finance And Management Committee Pending List - Under

Quarterly Reports

Subject: OPD Overtime Report

From:

Oakland Police Department

Recommendation: Receive An Informational Report Regarding OPD Overtime

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This Informational Report be Scheduled.to go before the *Finance &

Management Committee to be heard 3/10/2026

Open Forum

1 Speaker Spoke During Open Forum

Adjournment

There Being No Further Business, The Oakland City Council Rules And Legislation

Committee Adjourned The Meeting At 11:15 A.M.

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