Meeting Minutes
City of Oakland
Oakland, California 94612 |
*Rules & Legislation Committee
Oakland City Hall, 1 Frank H. Ogawa Plaza, Oakland, California, 94612 |
City of Oakland Website: http://www.oaklandnet.com |
Thursday, April 08, 2004
10:30 AM
City Council Chambers - 3rd Floor
The Oakland City Council Rules and Legislation Committee convened at 10:45 |
a.m., with President De La Fuente presiding as Chairperson. |
Roll Call / Call to Order
Present: Member Chang, Member Reid, Member Wan and Chair De La Fuente
1
Closed Session
A motion was made by Member Wan, seconded by Member Chang, to * |
Approve as Submitted. The motion carried by the following vote: |
Aye; 4 - Member Chang, Member Reid, Member Wan and Chair De La Fuente
2
Approval of the Draft Minutes from the Committee meeting of April 1, 2004
A motion was made by Member Wan, seconded by Member Chang, to * |
Approve the Minutes. The motion carried by the following vote: |
Aye; 4 - Member Chang, Member Reid, Member Wan and Chair De La Fuente
3
Determination of Schedule of Outstanding Committee Items
A motion was made by Member Reid, seconded by Member Chang, to * |
Approve as Submitted. The motion carried by the following vote: |
Aye; 4 - Member Chang, Member Reid, Member Wan and Chair De La Fuente
4
Scheduling of Agenda Items and revisions to the agendas for the Council Committee |
meetings of April 13, 2004 (ALL COUNCIL COMMITTEE MEETINGS ARE |
CANCELLED DUE TO SPRING RECESS APRIL 12-16, 2004) |
A motion was made by Member Wan, seconded by Member Chang, to * |
Approve with the following amendments. The motion carried by the |
following vote: |
Aye; 4 - Member Chang, Member Reid, Member Wan and Chair De La Fuente
The following individual spoke on this item and did not indicate a position: |
4-1
Subject: Urban Search and Rescue Team |
From: Oakland Fire Department |
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution authorizing the City Manager to apply for, |
accept and appropriate a grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency ( |
FEMA), Department of Homeland Security for the period September 10, 2003 to |
February 9, 2005 in the amount of one million one hundred thousand dollars ($1, |
100,000.00) to meet the continued expenses of the Fire Department's Urban Search |
and Rescue (USAR) Team as they equip and train to respond to natural disasters |
and/or weapons of mass destruction (WMD) incidents; and authorizing purchases |
as required by FEMA, without competitive bid, in support of the Fire Department |
USAR Team's readiness (04-0287) |
Scheduled to *Public Safety Committee on 4/27/2004
4-2
Subject: Citizens of Oakland Respond to Emergencies (CORE) Program |
From: Oakland Fire Department |
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution to accept and appropriate a grant for nine |
thousand six hundred eighty-nine dollars and thirty cents ($9,689.30), for Fiscal |
Year December 4, 2003 to December 5, 2004 from the Federal Emergency |
Management Agency (FEMA) and the State of California Go Serv Grant for |
Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) enhancement, awarded and |
administered by the Alameda County Sheriff's Department, Operational Area to the |
Oakland Fire Department Office of Emergency Services (OES) for the City of |
Oakland's Citizens of Oakland Respond to Emergencies (CORE) Program (04- |
0289) |
Scheduled to *Public Safety Committee on 4/27/2004
4-3
Subject: Wildfire Prevention Assessment District Citizen Advisory Board |
From: Oakland Fire Department |
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution confirming Mayor and Council appointees |
to the Wildfire Prevention Assessment District Citizen Advisory Board (04-0290) |
Scheduled to Concurrent Meeting of the Oakland Redevelopment Agency/ |
City Council on 5/4/2004 |
4-4
Subject: Violence Prevention Workshop/Hearing |
From: City Council Office and Office of the City Manager |
Recommendation: Schedule a Violence Prevention Workshop/Hearing; on May 10, |
2004 as a Special City Council meeting from 4:00 to 8:30 p.m. (04-0288) |
Scheduled to Concurrent Meeting of the Oakland Redevelopment Agency/ |
City Council on 5/10/2004 |
4-5
Subject: Senior Resident Needs Assessment and Comprehensive Plan |
From: Department of Human Services |
Recommendation: Approve the Report and Recommendations for the 2003-2004 |
Senior Resident Needs Assessment and Comprehensive Plan (04-0285) |
Scheduled to *Life Enrichment Committee on 6/8/2004
4-6
Subject: Senior Services "Set-Aside" Funding |
From: Department of Human Services |
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution authorizing the City Administrator to |
execute contracts between the City and eleven Oakland non-profit agencies (1st |
Presbyterian Church of Oakland, Adult Day Services Network of Alameda County, |
Alameda County Community Food Bank, Bay Area Community Services, Family |
Bridges, Legal Assistance for Seniors, Lifelong Medical Care, Mercy Retirement |
and Care Center, Seton Senior Center, St. Mary's Center, and United Seniors of |
Oakland and Alameda County) to provide services to senior citizens under the |
Senior Services "Set-Aside" for Fiscal Year 2004-2005 in an amount not to exceed |
$425,724 (04-0294) |
Scheduled to *Life Enrichment Committee on 6/8/2004
4-7
Subject: Oakland's Enterprise Zone - Senate Bill 1179 |
From: Community and Economic Development Agency |
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution in support of Senate Bill 1179, a proposal to |
extend the life of Oakland 's Enterprise Zone and other zones in California for an |
additional five years (04-0293) |
Scheduled to *Rules & Legislation Committee on 4/22/2004
4-8
Subject: Emily Ray Trust -7318 International Blvd.- Settlement Agreement |
From: Office of the City Attorney/Community and Economic Development |
Agency |
Recommendation: Adopt the following legislation regarding the acquisition of |
property at 7318 International Boulevard: |
1) A Resolution authorizing and directing the City Attorney to compromise and |
settle the amount the City must pay for acquisition of the property owned by the |
Emily Ray Trust at 7318 International Boulevard, City Attorney File No. A030087, |
in the amount of $391,105.00, not including closing costs, in connection with the |
International Boulevard Streetscape Project; and (04-0302) |
Scheduled to Concurrent Meeting of the Oakland Redevelopment Agency/ |
City Council on 4/20/2004 |
4-9
Subject: Oakland Day Labor Program |
From: Community and Economic Development Agency |
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution authorizing the City Administrator to |
negotiate and execute a contract for professional services with Volunteers of |
America Bay Area, Inc. to operate the Oakland Day Labor Program from July 1, |
2004 through June 30, 2005 in an amount not to exceed $194,000 (04-0305) |
Scheduled to *Community & Economic Development Committee on 6/8/ |
2004 |
4-10
Subject: Alameda Countywide Clean Water Program |
From: Public Works Agency |
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution authorizing the City of Oakland to amend |
the Agreement with the Alameda Countywide Clean Water Program to change |
voting allocations and contracting authorization to implement the Alameda |
Countywide Clean Water Program (04-0283) |
Scheduled to *Public Works Committee on 4/27/2004
4-11
Subject: Main Library Children's Room Renovation Project |
From: Public Works Agency |
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution authorizing the City Manager to reject all |
bids for the Main Library Children's Room Renovation Project, to negotiate a |
contract, and to award a construction contract within budget in an amount not to |
exceed $270,000 (PURSUANT TO SECTION 902-E OF THE CITY CHARTER, |
THIS ITEM REQUIRES A 2/3 VOTE) (04-0284) |
Scheduled to *Public Works Committee on 5/11/2004
4-12
Subject: Solid Waste Collection and Disposal Rates |
From: Public Works Agency |
Recommendation: Adopt an Ordinance amending Ordinance No. 11820 C.M.S. |
increasing rates charged for solid waste collection and disposal for multi-family |
and single-family ratepayers, and increasing City fees paid by Waste Management |
of Alameda County to the City of Oakland (04-0295) |
Scheduled to Concurrent Meeting of the Oakland Redevelopment Agency/ |
City Council on 5/4/2004 |
4-13
Subject: Storm Drainage Master Plan |
From: Public Works Agency |
Recommendation: A Report and Presentation on the Storm Drainage Master Plan |
Draft Recommendations and request for direction from Council (04-0296) |
Scheduled to *Finance & Management Committee on 4/27/2004
and to the April 27, 2004 Public Works Committee agenda
4-14
Subject: City's Workforce Planning Initiative |
From: Office of the City Manager/Finance and Management Agency |
Recommendation: Receive an Informational Report on the City's Long-Term and |
Short-Term Workforce Planning Initiative that will develop strategies and |
implement procedures to facilitate continuity in City programs and services by |
addressing staffing and other issues resulting from employee attrition due to |
retirement and resignations (04-0297) |
Scheduled to *Public Works Committee on 4/27/2004
4-15
Subject: Waste Management of Alameda County - Southern Half of the City |
From: Public Works Agency |
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution authorizing the Fifth Amendment to the |
Franchise Agreement for solid waste and yard waste collection and disposal |
services with Waste Management of Alameda County and authorizing weekly |
single stream residential recycling collection and processing services in the |
southern half of the City; weekly yard waste collection; and weekly residential |
food scraps recycling throughout the City from January 1, 2005 through December |
31, 2012 in an initial amount of approximately $2,957,000 per year (04-0300) |
Scheduled to Concurrent Meeting of the Oakland Redevelopment Agency/ |
City Council on 5/4/2004 |
4-16
Subject: Residential Food Scraps Recycling Program |
From: Public Works Agency |
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution authorizing the City Manager to enter into |
an agreement with the Alameda County Waste Management Authority for $761, |
000 in funding to purchase containers for the Residential Food Scraps Recycling |
Program and development of public education materials (04-0301) |
Scheduled to Concurrent Meeting of the Oakland Redevelopment Agency/ |
City Council on 5/4/2004 |
4-17
Subject: California Waste Solutions - Northern Half of the City |
From: Public Works Agency |
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution authorizing the City Manager to enter into |
an agreement with California Waste Solutions to provide weekly single stream |
residential recycling collection and processing services in the northern half of the |
City from January 1, 2005 through December 31, 2012 in an initial amount of |
approximately $2,575,000 per year (04-0306) |
Scheduled to Concurrent Meeting of the Oakland Redevelopment Agency/ |
City Council on 5/4/2004 |
4-18
Subject: Office Supply Contracts |
From: Finance and Management Agency |
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution awarding two contracts to the lowest |
responsible, responsive bidders, Office Depot, Inc., for miscellaneous office |
supplies, and Give Something Back for recycled content, dioxin free paper, in an |
amount not to exceed $1,100,000.00 per year in accordance with Specification No. |
07-615-00-01 for the two-year period of April 28, 2004 to April 27, 2006, and |
authorizing, without return to Council, extension of said contracts one year at a |
time for a total of three additional years (04-0286) |
Scheduled to *Finance & Management Committee on 4/27/2004
4-19
Subject: Tucker Technologies Inc., |
From: Finance and Management Agency |
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution awarding a contract for miscellaneous cable |
(low voltage communications) wiring, installation and repairs to Tucker |
Technologies, Inc. for a one-year period not to exceed $400,000 per year, and to |
extend the term of the contract for an additional one-year term without return to |
Council (04-0299) |
Scheduled to *Finance & Management Committee on 4/27/2004
4-20
Subject: Destruction of Records |
From: Office of the City Clerk/Office of Parks and Recreation |
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution authorizing the destruction of certain |
records in the care and custody of the Office of Parks and Recreation (OPR) (04- |
0291) |
*Withdrawn and Rescheduled to *Rules & Legislation Committee on 4/22/ |
2004 |
4-21
Subject: Adopt-A-School Initiative |
From: Office of the City Manager |
Recommendation: A request to withdraw a Presentation by California State |
Assemblymember Wilma Chan regarding the Adopt-A-School Initiative from the |
April 20, 2004 City Council agenda (04-0105) |
*Withdrawn with No New Date
4-22
Subject: City's Succession Planning Initiative |
From: Office of the City Manager/Finance and Management Agency |
Recommendation: Receive an Informational Report on the City's Succession |
Planning Initiative (04-0298) |
Scheduled to *Finance & Management Committee on 4/27/2004
4-23
Subject: Golden Lung Public Health Award |
From: Alameda County Public Health Department |
Recommendation: A Presentation of the Golden Lung Public Health Award to the |
Mayor and Chief of Police by the Alameda County Public Health Department (04- |
0292) |
Scheduled to Concurrent Meeting of the Oakland Redevelopment Agency/ |
City Council on 4/20/2004 |
ADDITIONAL SCHEDULING ITEMS:
Subject: Children and Youth Planning and Oversight Committee Appointment |
From: Councilmember Brooks |
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution appointing Renato Almanzor as the District 6 |
Representative to the Oakland Fund for Children and Youth Planning and Oversight Committee |
(04-0307) |
Scheduled to Concurrent Meeting of the Oakland Redevelopment Agency/ |
City Council on 4/20/2004 |
Subject: Mills College Alternative Spring Break and Mills Cares Program |
From: Councilmember Brooks |
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution commending Mills College's Mills Cares and alternative |
spring break programs for their achievements and contributions to the City of Oakland (04- |
0308) |
Scheduled to Concurrent Meeting of the Oakland Redevelopment Agency/ |
City Council on 4/20/2004 |
Subject: Laurel Streetscape Improvement |
From: Public Works Agency |
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution authorizing award of a construction contract to the |
responsible low bidder, Ray's Electric, in an amount of one million five hundred two thousand |
eight hundred eighty four dollars and twenty five cents ($1,502,884.25) for Laurel Streetscape |
Improvement on MacArthur Boulevard (between 35th Avenue and High Street) (PURSUANT |
TO SECTION 902-E OF THE CITY CHARTER, THIS ITEM REQUIRES A 2/3 VOTE) (04- |
0309) |
Scheduled to *Public Works Committee on 4/27/2004
5
A review of the Agenda for the Concurrent Meeting of ORA/City Council for the meeting |
of April 20, 2004 |
A motion was made by Member Wan, seconded by Member Reid, to * |
Approve as Submitted. The motion carried by the following vote: |
Aye; 4 - Member Chang, Member Reid, Member Wan and Chair De La Fuente
The following individual spoke on this item and did not indicate a position: |
S-6
Subject: Professional Sports Teams Relocation |
From: President De La Fuente |
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution declaring the City of Oakland's support for Assembly |
Bill 3003 requiring that when a professional sports team attempts to move within the state, |
specified mitigation requirements shall apply to compensate the local governmental agency for |
the area from which the team is leaving (04-0280) |
A motion was made by Member Reid, seconded by Chair De La Fuente, |
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 April 20, 2004. The motion carried by the following |
vote: |
Aye; 4 - Member Chang, Member Reid, Member Wan and Chair De La Fuente
The following individual spoke on this item and did not indicate a position: |
OPEN FORUM (TOTAL TIME AVAILABLE: 15 MINUTES)
The following individual 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 the meeting at 11:26 |
a.m. |
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