Concurrent Meeting of the Oakland |
Redevelopment Agency/City Council |
City of Oakland
Online Meeting Agenda
Oakland, California |
94612 |
Oakland City Hall, 1 Frank H. Ogawa Plaza, Oakland, California, 94612 |
City of Oakland Website: http://www.oaklandnet.com |
Oakland City Hall, 3rd Floor
6:00 PM
Tuesday, September 30, 2003
Pledge of Allegiance
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COUNCILMEMBERS: Jane Brunner, Dist. 1; Danny Wan, Dist. 2; Vice Mayor Nancy Nadel, |
Dist 3; Jean Quan, Dist. 4; Desley Brooks, Dist. 6; Larry Reid, Dist. 7; Henry Chang, At-Large, |
and President Ignacio De La Fuente, Dist. 5 |
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Open Forum/Citizen Comments |
(Time Available: 15 minutes) |
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Modifications to the Consent Calendar, and requests from Councilmember(s) to withdraw an |
item from the Consent Calendar to schedule for the next succeeding City Council meeting as a |
"non-consent" item |
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Motion for Members Requests for Reconsideration of an Action taken at the preceding Council |
Meeting, to be scheduled for the next succeeding City Council meeting as a "non-consent" |
item (Motion Maker must have voted on "prevailing side") |
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Requests from Councilmember(s) to schedule an Action Item considered by Committee but |
not forwarded to Council, to be scheduled for the next succeeding City Council meeting as a |
"non-consent" item |
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Approval of the Draft Minutes from the Concurrent Meeting of the Oakland Redevelopment |
Agency/City Council held on September 16, 2003 |
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8. Presentation of Ceremonial Matters
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution designating the median islands located |
at First Avenue and Lakeshore the "Pittman Green" in honor of Mr. Pittman's |
generous contribution of talent, labor, and money towards the improvement of |
the Lake Merritt Neighborhood and the Greater Oakland Community |
8.1
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution honoring Amit Kothari for his invaluable |
contributions to the citizens of Oakland |
8.2
Subject: United Nations Month |
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution declaring October, 2003 United Nations |
Month in the City Of Oakland |
8.3
9. Council Acknowledgements/Announcements
10. CONSENT CALENDAR (CC) ITEMS:
The following Consent Calendar items are considered to be routine and will be |
acted upon by one motion of the City Council, unless a member of the public or |
a Councilmember requests the opportunity to speak on an item noticed. |
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 |
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 |
Subject: Edward Hannemann Patricia Restaino-Planning & Oversight |
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution appointing Edward Hannemann and |
Patricia Restaino as members of the Children's Fund Planning and Oversight |
Committee |
Subject: Monica Montenegro, Fhatima Paulino-Planning & Oversight |
From: President De La Fuente |
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution appointing Monica Montenegro and |
reappointing Fhatima Paulino as members of the Children's Fund Planning and |
Oversight Committee |
Subject: Dr. John Cooke, Maribel Diaz-Planning & Oversight Committee |
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution reappointing Dr. John Cooke and |
Maribel Diaz as members of the Children's Fund Planning and Oversight |
Committee |
Subject: Marsha Henry, Julia Weisner-Planning & Oversight Committee |
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution appointing Marsha Henry and Julia |
Weisner as members of the Children's Fund Planning and Oversight |
Committee |
Subject: Jumoke Hinton Hodge-Planning & Oversight Committee |
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution appointing Jumoke Hinton Hodge as a |
member of the Children's Fund Planning and Oversight Committee |
Subject: Marilyn Montenegro-Planning & Oversight Committee |
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution appointing Marilyn Montenegro as a |
member of the Children's Fund Planning and Oversight Committee |
Subject: Jeffrey P. Fearn-Budget Advisory Committee |
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution appointing Jeffrey P. Fearn as a |
member of Budget Advisory Committee |
Subject: Debra Vinson-Settlement Agreement |
From: Office of the City Attorney |
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution authorizing and directing the City |
Attorney to compromise and settle the case of Debra Vinson v. City of |
Oakland, et al., Alameda County Superior Court Case No. 2001-20978, our file |
no. 21204, in the amount of $15,000.00 as a result of a trip and fall on a |
sidewalk (Public Works Agency) (TITLE CHANGE) |
Subject: Kevin and Regina Green-Settlement Agreement |
From: Office of the City Attorney |
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution authorizing and directing the City |
Attorney to compromise and settle the claims of Kevin and Regina Green, in |
the amount of $22,800.00, as a result of property damage sustained due to a |
sewer flood caused by a clogged City sewer main (Public Works Agency) |
Subject: George Gundry-Settlement Agreement |
From: Office of the City Attorney |
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution authorizing and directing the City |
Attorney to compromise and settle the case of George Gundry, in the amount |
of eight thousand seven hundred forty-six dollars and eighty-seven cents |
($8,746.87), as a result of property damage sustained due to a sewer flood |
caused by a broken City sewer main (Public Works Agency) |
Subject: Janae Carter-Settlement Agreement |
From: Office of the City Attorney |
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution authorizing and directing the City |
Attorney to compromise and settle the case of Janae Carter v. City of Oakland, |
et al., Alameda County Superior Court Case No. 2002-072353, our file no. |
22812, in the amount of $30,000.00 as a result of a trip and fall on uneven |
pavement (Public Works Agency)(TITLE CHANGE) |
Subject: Oregon Mutual Insurance Company-Settlement Agreement |
From: Office of the City Attorney |
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution authorizing and directing the City |
Attorney to compromise and settle the case of Oregon Mutual Insurance |
Company vs. City of Oakland, et al., Superior Court, County of Alameda, Case |
No. 2002-072752 in the amount of $25,000.00 as a result of a sewer backup at |
6148 Hillmont Avenue (Public Works Agency)(TITLE CHANGE) |
Subject: Sewer Service Charge Increase |
From: Public Works Agency |
Recommendation: Approve Final Passage (Second Reading) of an Ordinance |
amending Chapter 13 of the Oakland Municipal Code (Section 13.04.020) |
increasing the sewer service charge and providing for annual increases of |
eleven percent through January 1, 2009 and increases based on the |
Consumer Price Index thereafter |
(Introduction [First Reading] was approved on September 16, 2003; Vote Count 7 Ayes, |
1 Excused-De La Fuente) |
Subject: Establishing Prohibitions on False Endorsements in Campaign |
Literature |
From: Public Ethics Commission |
Recommendation: Approve Final Passage (Second Reading) of an Ordinance |
establishing prohibitions on false endorsements in campaign literature |
(Introduction [First Reading] was approved on September 16, 2003; Vote Count 6 Ayes, |
1 Abstain-Quan, 1 Excused-De La Fuente) |
Subject: Valentine Corporation - Bridge Earthquake Retrofit Project |
From: Public Works Agency |
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution authorizing award of a contract to |
Valentine Corporation for the Earthquake Retrofit of Broadway-Patten, |
Hegenberger, and Hamilton bridges (Project Number H24010) in the amount of |
one million eight hundred eighty-three thousand three hundred sixty-nine |
dollars ($1,883,369) and appropriating $420,898 in Federal Highway Funds |
(PURSUANT TO SECTION 902-E OF THE CITY CHARTER, THIS ITEM |
REQUIRES A 2/3 VOTE) (TITLE CHANGE) |
(The September 23, 2003 Public Works Committee approved recommendation and |
directed staff to revise the Resolution to clarify the bridge locations; 3 Ayes, 1 Absent |
-Brooks) |
Subject: Residential Parking on Richmond Boulevard |
From: Public Works Agency |
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution approving implementation of Residential |
Permit Parking on Richmond Boulevard Between West Macarthur Boulevard |
and Frisbie Street |
(The September 23, 2003 Public Works Committee approved recommendation; 4 Ayes)
Subject: Andes Construction Inc. - Rehabilitation of Sanitary Sewers |
From: Public Works Agency |
Subject: Adopt a Resolution authorizing award of a contract to Andes |
Construction Inc. for the rehabilitation of sanitary sewers at various |
locations-Oak Street, Locarno Path, the easement between Acacia Avenue |
and Margarido Drive, Poplar Street, Florida Street, along the path between |
Longridge and Sunnyhills roads, and the Easement between Manzanita Drive |
and Skyline Boulevard (Project No. C171110) for the amount of One Hundred |
Seventy Five Thousand Seventy Three Dollars ($175,073) (PURSUANT TO |
SECTION 902-E OF THE CITY CHARTER, THIS ITEM REQUIRES A 2/3 |
VOTE) |
(The September 23, 2003 Public Works Committee approved recommendation; 4 Ayes)
Subject: Union Point Park Project |
From: Public Works Agency |
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution authorizing the City Manager to amend |
a professional services contract with the Spanish Speaking Unity Council to |
add design work for the Union Point Park Project for a total contract amount |
not-to-exceed one hundred forty-nine thousand nine hundred twenty dollars |
($149,920) |
(The September 23, 2003 Public Works Committee approved recommendation; 4 Ayes)
Subject: Peralta Hacienda Historical Park Improvement Project |
From: Public Works Agency |
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution authorizing the City Manager to amend |
the existing contract with PGA Design, Inc. for additional design and |
engineering services for the Peralta Hacienda Historical Park Improvement |
project to increase the contract to an amount not-to-exceed four hundred |
thousand ($400,000) |
(The September 23, 2003 Public Works Committee approved recommendation; 4 Ayes)
Subject: Business Tax Incentive Program |
From: Finance & Management Agency |
Recommendations: Adopt an Ordinance amending Section 5.04.151 of the |
Oakland Municipal Code to provide that all businesses regardless of location |
are eligible to participate in the Tax Abatement Program, to codify the definition |
of the benchmark year for both new and existing businesses, to require the |
completion of an application for any business that wants to enroll in the |
program, and to codify the sunset date for enrollment in the Program |
(The September 23, 2003 Finance and Management Committee approved the |
alternative recommendation to change the sunset date for program enrollment to |
December 31, 2003; 4 Ayes) |
(Final Passage [Second Reading] has been scheduled for October 21, 2003) |
Subject: City Auditor's Quarterly Report |
From: Office of the City Auditor |
Recomendation: Receive the City Auditor's Quarterly Informational Report on |
the status of recommendations for the quarter ended March 31, 2003 |
(The September 23, 2003 Finance and Management Committee received and |
forwarded; 4 Ayes) |
Subject: Annual Report For Fiscal Year 2002-2003 |
From: Office of the City Attorney |
Recommendations: Receive the City Attorney's Annual Informational Report for |
Fiscal Year 2002-2003 |
(The September 23, 2003 Finance and Management Committee received and |
forwarded the report; 4 Ayes) |
Subject: Oakland Workforce Investment Board |
From: Community and Economic Development Agency |
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution authorizing the City Manager to apply |
for, appropriate, and accept a grant from the U.S. Department of Labor for up |
to $3,500,000 on behalf of the Oakland Workforce Investment Board to fund a |
three-year program to serve youth offenders, foster care youth, and disabled |
youth |
(The September 23, 2003 Community and Economic Development Committee |
approved recommendation; 4 Ayes) |
Subject: Workforce Investment Boards's Business Services Plan |
From: Community and Economic Development Agency |
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution appropriating revenues generated |
through the implementation of the Oakland Workforce Investment Board's |
Business Services Plan to business services activities |
(The September 23, 2003 Community and Economic Development Committee |
approved recommendation; 4 Ayes) |
Subject: Development of Infiniti Automobile Dealership |
From: Community and Economic Development Agency |
Recommendation: Adopt the following legislation: |
(1) Agency Resolution adopting a Mitigated Negative Declaration and |
authorizing the sale of approximately 4.35 acres of real property located on |
Oakport Street near Hassler Way for $3,318,047 to, and authorizing the |
negotiation and execution of, a Disposition and Development Agreement with |
Hendrick Automotive Group for the development of an Infiniti automobile |
dealership; and |
(The September 23, 2003 Community and Economic Development Committee |
approved recommendation; 4 Ayes) |
(2) Adopt an Ordinance authorizing sale of .93 acres of City land near Oakport |
Street and Hassler Way to the Redevelopment Agency for $40,593, for sale to |
Hendrick Automotive Group for development of an Infiniti dealership |
(The September 23, 2003 Community and Economic Development Committee |
approved recommendation; 4 Ayes) |
(Final Passage [Second Reading] has been scheduled for October 21, 2003) |
Subject: Forest City Residential West, Inc. |
From: Community and Economic Development Agency |
Recommendation: Adopt an Agency Resolution authorizing the Agency |
Administrator to negotiate and execute a second amendment to the Exclusive |
Negotiating Agreement between the Redevelopment Agency and Forest City |
Residential West, Inc. regarding development of the Uptown Project in |
downtown Oakland extending the Exclusive Negotiating Agreement for an |
additional term of one-hundred and eighty (180) days |
(The September 23, 2003 Community and Economic Development Committee |
approved recommendation; 4 Ayes) |
Subject: Senior Companion Program Grant |
From: Department of Human Services |
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution authorizing the City Manager to accept |
and appropriate grant funds from the City of Berkeley in the amount of fifteen |
thousand dollars ($15,000) and the Alameda County Area Agency on Aging in |
the amount of thirty-one thousand, four hundred seventy-six dollars ($31,476) |
for the Senior Companion Program for the Fiscal Year 2003-2004 |
(The September 23, 2003 Life Enrichment Committee approved recommendation; 4 |
Ayes) |
Subject: California Library, Library Services, and Technology Act Grants |
From: Oakland Public Library |
Recommendation: Adopt the following Resolutions regarding California State |
Library, Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) grants: |
(1) A Resolution authorizing the City Manager, on behalf of the City of |
Oakland, to accept and appropriate a grant in the amount of $51,l50 from the |
California State Library, Library Services, and Technology Act for Fiscal Year |
2003-2004, for the Computer Literacy for Asian Elderly and New Americans |
Project |
(2) A Resolution authorizing the City Manager, on behalf of the City of |
Oakland, to accept and appropriate a grant in the amount of $3,558 from the |
California State Library, Library Services, and Technology Act (LSTA), |
Speaking of Reading Program for Fiscal Year 2003-2004 |
(3) A Resolution authorizing the City Manager, on behalf of the City of |
Oakland, to accept and appropriate a grant in the amount of $33,285 from the |
California State Library, Library Services, and Technology Act, Public Library |
Services for People with Disabilities Program for Fiscal Year 2003-2004 |
(4) A Resolution authorizing the City Manager, on behalf of the City of |
Oakland, to accept and appropriate a grant in the amount of $27,375 from the |
California State Library, Library Services, and Technology Act, Public Library |
Staff Education Program for Fiscal Year 2003-2004 |
(5) A Resolution authorizing the City Manager, on behalf of the City of |
Oakland, to apply for, accept and appropriate a grant in the amount of $25,000 |
from the California State Library, Library Services, and Technology Act (LSTA), |
A Quicker, Safer Trip to the Library Program for Fiscal Year 2003-2004 |
(The September 23, 2003 Life Enrichment Committee approved recommendations; 4 |
Ayes) |
Subject: Playground Equipment - Head Start Centers |
From: Department of Human Services |
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution authorizing and directing the City |
Manager to execute a purchase order to purchase playground equipment for |
two Head Start Centers from Ross Recreation Equipment in the estimated |
amount of $78,587 |
(The September 23, 2003 Life Enrichment Committee approved recommendation; 4 |
Ayes) |
Subject: Brooklyn Basin and 66th Avenue Projects |
From: Public Works Agency |
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution authorizing the application, acceptance |
and appropriation of funds from the California Department of Parks and |
Recreation Habitat Conservation competitive grant program, for the following |
projects: Brooklyn Basin, in the amount of two hundred thirty-two thousand |
dollars ($232,000); and 66th Avenue Gateway, in the amount of two-hundred |
fifty-thousand dollars ($250,000) |
(The September 23, 2003 Life Enrichment Committee approved recommendation; 4 |
Ayes) |
Subject: Project Funding for Cryer Site, Derby and Street Park |
From: Public Works Agency |
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution authorizing the application, acceptance |
and appropriation of funds from the California Department of Parks and |
Recreation "Recreational Trails" competitive grant program, for the following |
projects: the Cryer Site, in the amount of one hundred thirty-two thousand |
dollars ($132,000); and Derby Street Park, in the amount of four hundred |
thousand dollars ($400,000) |
(The September 23, 2003 Life Enrichment Committee approved recommendation; 4 |
Ayes) |
Subject: Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Security |
From: Oakland Police Department |
Recommendation: Adopt an Ordinance amending Oakland Municipal Code |
Chapter 8.44, "Security for events at the Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum |
Complex, Section 8.44.040, "Activities Prohibited Within The Oakland-Alameda |
County Coliseum Complex Parking Facility" and Section 8.44.050, "Penalties" |
and amending Chapter 1.28, "General Penalty," Section 1.28.020, "Violations |
as Infraction," Subsection A.1.E. |
(The September 23, 2003 Public Safety Committee approved recommendation; 4 Ayes) |
(Final Passage [Second Reading] is scheduled for October 21, 2003) |
Subject: Truancy Reduction and Intervention Program |
From: Oakland Police Department |
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution authorizing the City Manager or her |
designee to enter into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the |
Oakland Unified School District (OUSD) and accept and appropriate grant |
funds in the amount of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) from OUSD for |
appropriation to the Police Department to support Fremont High School in the |
implementation and enforcement of a Truancy Reduction and Intervention |
Program (TRIP) |
(The September 23, 2003 Public Safety Committee approved recommendation; 4 Ayes)
Subject: Boykin Consulting Services |
From: Oakland Fire Department |
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution authorizing the City Manager to enter |
into a Professional Services Agreement with Boykin Consulting Services for |
conducting hazardous materials inspections in an amount not to exceed |
seventy thousand dollars ($70,000) for a 12 month term upon approval by City |
Council (PURSUANT TO SECTION 902-E OF THE CITY CHARTER, THIS |
ITEM REQUIRES A 2/3 VOTE) |
(The September 23, 2003 Public Safety Committee approved recommendation; 4 Ayes)
Subject: Alameda County Oil Spill Contingency Plan |
From: Oakland Fire Department |
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution authorizing the City Manager, or her |
designee, to apply for, accept and appropriate grant PO275028 in the amount |
of twenty five thousand dollars ($25,000.00), from the California Department of |
Fish and Game to reimburse the City's costs and costs of participating |
agencies to update and revise the Alameda County Oil Spill Contingency Plan |
(The September 23, 2003 Public Safety Committee approved recommendation; 4 Ayes)
An oral report from the Agency Counsel / City Attorney of final decisions made during Closed |
Session |
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A disclosure of non-confidential Closed Session Discussion pursuant to Section 15 to the |
Sunshine Ordinance |
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Reconsideration of Ordinances pursuant to Charter Section 216
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Consideration of Items with Statutory Public Hearing Requirements:
Subject: Planning Commission Appeal-4690 Tompkins-Public Hearing |
From: Community and Economic Development Agency |
Recommendation: Conduct a Public Hearing and upon conclusion adopt a |
Resolution denying the appeal and sustaining the decision of the City Planning |
Commission in approving the application for a major Conditional Use Permit to |
convert an existing rest home facility into a twenty-seven unit residential project |
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located at 4690 Tompkins Avenue, Oakland |
ACTION ON NON-CONSENT ITEMS:
Subject: Ratification of Action by City Manager |
From: Office of the City Clerk |
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution ratifying action taken by the City |
Manager during the Oakland City Council 2003 Annual Recess in conformance |
with Resolution No. 77709 C.M.S., dated March 25, 2003 |
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Subject: Oracle Corporation Agreement-Impartial Financial Analysis |
From: Office of the City Auditor |
Recommendation: Accept an Informational Report regarding Resolution |
Number 78018 C.M.S. authorizing the City Manager to negotiate and execute a |
5-year Licensing and Support Agreement with Oracle Corporation for the City's |
Human Resources, Payroll and Financial applications software for an amount |
not-to-exceed four million, one hundred thirty-two thousand, one hundred |
twenty-four dollars ($4,132,124.00) as approved by the City Manager during |
the City Council 2003 Annual Recess |
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Subject: Measure X - Strong Mayor Initiative |
From: Measure X Limited Charter Review Committee |
Recommendation: Approve Recommendations from the Measure X Limited |
Charter Review Committee Related to the Mayor-Council form of government |
regarding: (A) Balance of Power among Branches of Government, (B) the |
Elected City Attorney, (C) Setting Pay for Elected Officials, (D) Term Limits for |
Elected Officials, (E) Mayor's Attendance at Council Meetings, (F) Number of |
Councilmembers and At-Large Representatives, (G) City Council Structure and |
Procedures; and (H) Role of City Manager |
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(Rules and Legislation Committee received and forwarded the Committee |
recommendations for full discussion by the Council -4 Ayes) |
Subject: Safety Element of the General Plan |
From: Community and Economic Development Agency |
Recommendation: Receive an Informational Report regarding the update to the |
Safety Element of the City of Oakland's General Plan |
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Revised Recommendation: The May 27, 2003 Public Safety Committee received and |
forwarded the report-4 Ayes. The Committee further directed staff to provide a |
Supplemental Report with information regarding the concerns raised that crime should |
be included as an "element' in the General Plan, and also directed staff to include with |
the report material from the crime element from the Long Beach General Plan. |
Subject: Just Cause for Eviction Ordinance (Measure EE) |
From: Community and Economic Development Agency |
Recommendation: Approve Final Passage (Second Reading) of an Ordinance |
codifying Measure EE, the Just Cause for Eviction Ordinance, adopted by the |
Electorate at the Municipal Election on November 5, 2002 |
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(Introduction [First Reading] was approved on July 15, 2003; Vote Count 8 Ayes)
Subject: Residential Rent Arbitration Program and Evictions |
From: Community and Economic Development Agency |
Recommendation: Approve Final Passage (Second Reading) an Ordinance |
amending Chapter 8.22 of the Oakland Municipal Code, Residential Rent |
Arbitration Program and Evictions, to amend provisions concerning increasing |
rents after certain terminations of tenancies, to remove the Rent Program |
Service Fee for insertion in a different part of the Municipal Code, to modify |
controls on rents following terminations of tenancies and to exempt |
owner-occupied properties with a maximum of three units |
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(Introduction [First Reading] was approved as amended on July 15, 2003; Vote Count 5 |
Ayes, 3 Noes-Brunner, Nadel, Quan) |
Subject: Just Cause for Eviction Ordinance |
From: Community and Economic Development Agency |
Recommendation: Approve Final Passage (Second Reading) of an Ordinance |
adopting requirements pursuant to the Ellis Act (California Government Code |
Sections 7060, et seq) and the Just Cause for Eviction Ordinance for landlords |
desiring to evict tenants in order to withdraw residential rental units from the |
market |
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(Introduction [First Reading] was approved as amended on July 15, 2003; Vote Count 7 |
Ayes, 1 No-Chang) |
Subject: Hillery Bolt Trippe and Jean Rubsamen - Housing, |
Residential Rent and Relocation Board |
From: Office of the Mayor |
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution appointing Hillery Bolt Trippe and Jean |
Rubsamen as members of the Housing, Residential Rent, and Relocation |
Board |
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(This item was withdrawn from the September 16, 2003 City Council meeting and |
rescheduled to this agenda as a non-consent item) |
Subject: CDBG District Boundaries Adjustments |
From: Community and Economic Development Agency |
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution to amend Resolution No. 76276 C.M.S. |
to extend the term of elected Community Development District Board and |
Citizens Advisory Committee members to two-years; and to realign Community |
Development District boundaries based upon the new low and moderate |
income block group determinations from the 2000 Census data and the |
redistricting of City Council District boundaries |
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(This item was withdrawn from the September 16, 2003 City Council meeting and |
rescheduled to this agenda as a non-consent item) |
Subject: Salary Ordinance Amendment |
From: Finance and Management Agency |
Recommendation: Approve Introduction (First Reading) of an Ordinance |
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amending the salary schedule of Ordinance No. 12298 C.M.S. (The Salary |
Ordinance) to add the classifications of Animal Care Attendant, PT, Animal |
Care Attendant, PPT, Animal Care Attendant, Assistant Budget Analyst, |
Curator of Special Projects, Curator of Special Projects, PPT, Financial |
Analyst, PPT, Marine and Aquatics Supervisor and Sports Official, PT, and to |
amend the classifications of Assistant to the City Auditor, Complaint |
Investigator II, Jailer III, Legal Secretary II, Legal Secretary, Supervising, |
Payroll Control Specialist, Program and Performance Auditor, Senior Aide, PT |
and Special Needs Coordinator |
Time Sensitive: This item was placed on this agenda due to its time-sensitive nature as |
determined by the September 11, 2003 Rules and Legislation Committee |
(Final Passage [Second Reading] has been scheduled for October 21, 2003) |
Subject: Robert C. Bobb-Settlement and Employment Agreement |
From: Office of the City Attorney |
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution authorizing the City to enter into |
Settlement and Employment Agreements with Robert Bobb ("Bobb"), former |
City Manager, pursuant to which Bobb will release claims he may have against |
the City and provide transition assistance and services to facilitate a smooth, |
effective continuation of City services for a total amount not to exceed two |
hundred seventy five thousand dollars ($275,000) |
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Subject: Prevailing Wage Law-SCR 49 |
From: Councilmember Brunner |
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution endorsing the California State |
Legislature's Conclusion (Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 49) that the |
Prevailing Wage Law addresses statewide concerns |
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Time Sensitive: This item was forwarded directly to the Council agenda due to its time |
sensitive nature as determined by the September 18, 2003 Rules and Legislation |
Committee |
Subject: Clear Channel Billboard Relocation Agreement |
From: Community and Economic Development Agency |
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution authorizing the City Manager to enter |
into a Billboard Relocation Agreement with Clear Channel Outdoor Inc. to |
waive its rights to compensation, including all real property and personal |
property interests for twelve billboards located at 2024, 2564, and 6518 San |
Pablo Ave. (total of seven billboards), 6115 and 7326 International Blvd., 743 |
High Street, 2715 Foothill Blvd., and 1028 98th Ave. in exchange for the |
reconstruction of an existing billboard at 743 High Street, a new billboard at |
3425 Ettie Street, and the commitment of Clear Channel Outdoor, Inc. to retain |
its office and operational facilities in the City of Oakland for a minimum period |
of ten years |
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Time Sensitive: This item was forwarded directly to the Council agenda due to its time |
sensitive nature as determined by the September 18, 2003 Rules and Legislation |
Committee |
Subject: Endymion Systems, Inc. |
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From: Finance and Management Agency |
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution authorizing the City Manager to |
negotiate and execute a professional services contract with Endymion |
Systems, Inc., for a telecommunications inventory in an amount not-to-exceed |
eighty one thousand dollars ($81,000) |
Time Sensitive: This item was forwarded directly to the Council agenda due to its time |
sensitive nature as determined by the September 18, 2003 Rules and Legislation |
Committee |
Subject: Golden State Warriors-Settlement Agreement |
From: Office of the City Attorney |
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution approving the execution and delivery of |
a Settlement Agreement with the Golden State Warriors and related |
Amendment No. 2 to the License Agreement between the Oakland Alameda |
County Coliseum Authority, Oakland Alameda County Coliseum, Inc., and the |
Golden State Warriors |
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This item was forwarded directly to the Council agenda in accordance with City Council |
Rules and Procedures, Rule 28 |
Subject: Tobacco Law Enforcement Project |
From: Oakland Police Department |
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution authorizing the City Manager to accept |
and appropriate thirty-seven thousand dollars ($37,000) from the Alameda |
County Public Health Department, Tobacco Control Program for a |
seven-month Tobacco Law Enforcement Project within the Police Department |
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(The September 23, 2003 Public Safety Committee approved recommendation; 3 Ayes, |
1 Abstain -Quan) |
Subject: Local Law Enforcement Block Grant |
From: Oakland Police Department |
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution authorizing the acceptance and |
appropriation of eight hundred seventy nine thousand, one hundred |
seventy-seven dollars ($879,177) in federal Local Law Enforcement Block |
Grant (LLEBG) funds to the Police Department and ninety-seven thousand, six |
hundred eighty six dollars ($97,686) in matching funds from Federal Asset |
Forfeiture Fund to supplement front line policing efforts by providing additional |
support personnel and community outreach |
29
Subject: Local Law Enforcement Block Grant-Impartial Financial Analysis |
From: Office of the City Auditor |
29.1
Time Critical: Items 29 and 29.1 were forwarded directly to the Council agenda due to |
the time sensitive nature as determined by the September 25, 2003 Rules and |
Legislation Committee. |
(These items require an urgency finding pursuant to Section 2.20.070 E(2) of the |
Sunshine Ordinance requiring a 2/3 majority vote) |
Subject: First Time Homebuyer Mortgage Assistance |
From: Community and Economic and Development Agency |
Recommendation: A Resolution authorizing the City Manager to apply to the |
California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) for |
grant funding in an amount not to exceed $1 Million for First Time Homebuyer |
Mortgage Assistance and to approve other related actions |
30
Time Critical: This item was forwarded directly to the Council agenda due to the time |
sensitive nature as determined by the September 25, 2003 Rules and Legislation |
Committee. |
(This item requires an urgency finding pursuant to Section 2.20.070 E(2) of the |
Sunshine Ordinance requiring a 2/3 majority vote) |
Continuation of Open Forum
ADJOURNMENT OF COUNCIL SESSION |
(Meeting shall conclude no later than 10:30 p.m., unless extended by Majority Vote of the |
Council) |
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