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, October 14, 2004
10:30 AM
City Council Chambers - 3rd Floor
The Oakland City Council Rules and Legislation Committee convened at 10:46 |
a.m. with Council President De La Fuente presiding as Chairperson. |
Roll Call / Call to Order
Present: Member Chang, Member Reid and Chair De La Fuente |
COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP:
1
Closed Session
A motion was made by Member Chang, seconded by Member Reid, to |
*Approve as Submitted. The motion carried by the following vote: |
Aye; 3 - Member Chang, Member Reid and Chair De La Fuente |
2
Approval of the Draft Minutes from the Committee meeting of September 30, 2004
A motion was made by Member Chang, seconded by Member Reid, to |
*Approve as Submitted. The motion carried by the following vote: |
Aye; 3 - Member Chang, Member Reid 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; 3 - Member Chang, Member Reid and Chair De La Fuente |
4
Scheduling of Agenda Items and revisions to the agenda(s) for the (ORA/City Council |
meeting) OR (Council Committee meetings) of (date) (SUPPLEMENTAL) |
A motion was made by Member Chang, seconded by Member Reid, to |
Approved. The motion carried by the following vote: |
Aye; 3 - Member Chang, Member Reid and Chair De La Fuente |
The following individual spoke on this item: |
4-1
Subject: Tobacco Control Enforcement |
From: Oakland Police Department |
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution authorizing the City Administrator to accept |
and appropriate grant funds in an amount not to exceed fifteen thousand dollars |
($15,000) from the Alameda County Public Health Department, Tobacco Control |
Program for a three-month Tobacco Control Enforcement Project within the Police |
Department and authorizing the Department to enter into a contract for services |
with the Alameda County Public Health Department for implementation of this |
initiative (04-0828) |
Scheduled to *Public Safety Committee on 10/26/2004
4-2
Subject: "Secure Our Schools" Initiative |
From: Oakland Police Department |
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution authorizing the City Administrator to accept |
and appropriate grant funds in an amount not to exceed fifty thousand dollars |
($50,000) from the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Community Oriented |
Policing Services (DOJ/COPS) for continued implementation of the Police |
Department's "Secure Our Schools" Initiative (04-0834) |
Scheduled to *Public Safety Committee on 10/26/2004
4-3
Subject: Gang Resistance Education and Training Program |
From: Oakland Police Department |
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution authorizing the City Administrator to accept |
and appropriate grant funds in the amount of twenty-nine thousand nine hundred |
seventy-three dollars ($29,973) from the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of |
Justice Programs, to the Police Department for the continued implementation of |
the Gang Resistance Education and Training (GREAT) Program (04-0846) |
Scheduled to *Public Safety Committee on 10/26/2004
4-4
Subject: Montclair Parking Garage |
From: Office of the City Auditor |
Recommendation: Receive a Performance Audit of the management agreement |
between the City of Oakland and the Montclair Business Association regarding the |
operations of the Montclair Parking Garage (04-0848) |
Scheduled to *Finance & Management Committee on 11/9/2004
4-5
Subject: Transportation Funding |
Recommendation: A request to confirm the scheduling of a Special Workshop |
regarding Transportation Funding; on November 30, 2004 as a Special Meeting |
(04-0644) |
Scheduled to Special Concurrent Meeting of the Oakland Redevelopment |
Agency and City Council - on 11/30/2004 |
4-6
Subject: Zoning Regulations for the City of Oakland |
From: Vice Mayor Henry Chang, Jr |
Recommendation: Action on a Report on the status of the update to the City's |
Zoning Regulations, including all staff and consultant costs, on the December 14, |
2004 Community and Economic Development agenda. (04-0826) |
Scheduled to *Community & Economic Development Committee on |
12/14/2004 |
4-7
Subject: 2004 "Phoenix Award" Recipients |
From: Council President De La Fuente |
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution commending East Bay Habitat for |
Humanity, the Environmental Services Division of Oakland's Public Works |
Agency, and the Housing Development Division of Oakland's Community and |
Economic Devleopment Agency for earning the Prestigous 2004 "Phoenix Award" |
by successfully developing a "Brownfield" site and revitalizing an Oakland |
Neighborhood (04-0845) |
Scheduled to Concurrent Meeting of the Oakland Redevelopment Agency / |
City Council on 11/16/2004 |
4-8
Subject: Cultural Affairs Commission's Pubic Art Advisory Cmte - |
Appointment |
From: Cultural Arts and Marketing |
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution approving the appointment of Carole Jeung |
and Deborah Lozier to the Cultural Affairs Commission's Public Art Advisory |
Committee (04-0836) |
Scheduled to *Life Enrichment Committee on 11/9/2004
4-9
Subject: Public Art Services Contracts |
From: Cultural Arts and Marketing |
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution authorizing the City Administrator to |
negotiate and execute cultural services contracts with seven Oakland-Based |
individual artists and nonprofit organizations providing public art services in |
Oakland in a total amount not to exceed ($73,517) (04-0838) |
Scheduled to *Life Enrichment Committee on 11/9/2004
4-10
Subject: Malonga Casquelourd Center for the Arts |
From: Cultural Arts and Marketing |
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution authorizing the City Administrator to |
negotiate and execute a ten-year professional services agreement with SOA Village |
Housing, Inc., an Oakland nonprofit corporation, to operate the Malonga |
Casquelourd Center for the Arts (04-0839) |
Scheduled to *Life Enrichment Committee on 11/9/2004
4-11
Subject: Civil Service Rules |
Recommendation: A request to schedule a policy discussion on the proposed |
updates and revisions to the Civil Service Rules, on the November 30, 2004 as a |
Special Meeting (04-0849) |
*Withdrawn with No New Date
4-12
Subject: Renaming a portion of Broadway |
From: Community and Economic Development Agency |
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution renaming "Broadway" between 5th Street |
and 6th Street and under I-580 to "Broadway Auto Row" (04-0808) |
Scheduled to *Public Works Committee on 10/26/2004
4-13
Subject: Redevelopment Plan Extensions - Various Areas |
From: Community and Economic Development Agency |
Recommendation: Adopt the following Ordinances: |
1) An Ordinance adopting the second amendment to the Coliseum Area |
Redevelopment Plan to extend the time limits on plan effectiveness and receipt of |
tax increment revenue by one year; (04-0827) |
Scheduled to *Community & Economic Development Committee on |
11/9/2004 |
4-14
Subject: Implementation Plans for various Redevelopment Projects |
From: Community and Economic Development Agency |
Recommendation: Adopt the following Resolutions: |
1) A Resolution adopting the 2004-2009 implementation plan for the Acorn |
Redevelopment Project (04-0832) |
Scheduled to *Community & Economic Development Committee on |
11/9/2004 |
4-15
Subject: Preservation Park |
From: Community and Economic Development Agency |
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution authorizing the acceptance of a $41,080 |
in-lieu open space fee in compliance with the conditions of approval and |
mitigation measures for the Preservation Park project, and the appropriation of the |
revenue for public improvements at Lafayette Park; on the December 14, 2004 |
Community and Economic Development Committee agenda (04-0833) |
Scheduled to *Community & Economic Development Committee on |
12/14/2004 |
4-16
From: Community and Economic Development Agency |
Recommendation: Action on a report regarding Oakland Trust for clean water and |
safe parks (Measure - DD) Program implementation progress report #1 and |
recommendation to revise expenditure plan; on the December 14, 2004 Life |
Enrichment Committee agenda (04-0840) |
Scheduled to *Life Enrichment Committee on 12/14/2004
4-17
Subject: Central City East 5 Year Implementation Plan |
From: Community and Economic Development Agency |
Recommendation: Adopt the following pieces of Legislation: |
1) A Resolution authorizing an amendment to the Central City East five year |
implementation plan. |
2) A Resolution regarding the Central City East Homeownership Rehabilitation |
Program, authorizing loans not to exceed $10,000 for exterior renovation work |
under the program, and appropriating $542,000 in Fiscal Year 2004-2005 for the |
program from Central City East Redevelopment Low and Moderate Income |
Housing Funds. |
3) A Resolution regarding the Central City East Redevelopment Commercial |
Facade Improvement Program and designating $100,000 for the program from |
Fiscal Year 2004-2005 Central City East Redevelopment Funds. |
4) A Resolution adopting the Central City East Commercial Tenant Improvement |
Program and designating $125,000 for the program from Fiscal Year 2004-2005 |
Central City East Redevelopment funds (04-0841) |
Scheduled to *Community & Economic Development Committee on |
11/9/2004 |
4-18
Subject: Lakeshore/Lake Park Business Improvement Management Dist |
Advisory Bd. |
From: Community and Economic Development Agency |
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution approving and confirming the Annual |
Report of the Lakeshore/Lake Park Business Improvement Management District |
Advisory Board and the continuing annual assessment for the Lakeshore/Lake Park |
Business Improvement Management District for Fiscal Years 2004 - 2005 |
(04-0842) |
Scheduled to *Community & Economic Development Committee on |
11/9/2004 |
4-19
Subject: MacArthur Transit Village Project |
From: Community and Economic Development Agency |
Recommendation: Adopt an Agency Resolution authorizing the Agency |
Administrator to 1) negotiate and execute a permit to enter, including |
indemnification provisions, with BART to allow the Agency to complete |
hazardous materials testing on BART-owned property at the MacArthur BART |
Station as part of the predevelopment work for the MacArthur Transit Village |
Project, and 2) pay up to $60,000 for no more than one-third of the cost of an |
insurance policy, and the policy deductible, to cover third party liability (04-0843) |
Scheduled to *Community & Economic Development Committee on |
11/9/2004 |
4-20
Subject: Fruitvale Business Improvement Management District Advisiory Board |
From: Community and Economic Development Agency |
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution approving and confirming the Annual |
Report of the Fruitvale Business Improvement Management District Advisiory |
Board and the continuing annual assessment for the Fruitvale Business |
Improvement Management District for Fiscal Year 2004 - 2005 (04-0847) |
Scheduled to *Community & Economic Development Committee on |
11/9/2004 |
4-21
Subject: MacArthur Boulevard Utility Undergrounding |
From: Public Works Agency |
Recommendation: A Request to withdaw the Resolution authorizing award of a |
construction contract to the responsible low bidder, Underground Construction |
Company, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $9,282,964.45 for construction of |
Underground Utility District No. 233, on MacArthur Boulevard (from 73rd Avenue |
to the San Leandro City line) using $1,673,022 in City of Oakland funds out of a |
budget of $2,000,000 for the project and payments from PG&E, SBC, and Comcast |
totaling $7,609,942, subject to certain conditions; from the October 19, 2004 to the |
November 16, 2004 City Council agenda (04-0648) |
Scheduled to Concurrent Meeting of the Oakland Redevelopment Agency / |
City Council on 11/16/2004 |
4-22
Subject: Keep Oakland Beautiful Program - Recognition |
From: Public Works Agency |
Recommendation:A Request to amend the title of this time to read: A Special |
Presentation recognizing the activities of the Keep Oakland Beautiful Volunteer |
Program and its Advisory Board Members; currently on the October 19, 2004 City |
Council agenda (04-0755-1) |
Scheduled to Concurrent Meeting of the Oakland Redevelopment Agency / |
City Council on 10/19/2004 |
4-23
Subject: Camron-Stanford House |
From: Public Works Agency |
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution authorizing the City Administrator to reject |
all bids for the Camron-Stanford house restoration, waive the competitive bid |
process, and negotiate and award a contract for a not to exceed amount of one |
hundred seventy five thousand dollars ($175,000) without return to Council |
(Project No. C198910) (04-0809) |
This item was scheduled at the October 7, 2004 Rules and Legislation |
Committee meeting. |
4-24
Subject: Underground Utility Districts |
From: Public Works Agency |
Recommendation: Action on an Informational Report on the status of the utility |
undergrounding program; and policy procedures and funding for establishing and |
implementing Underground Utility Districts; to the Public Works Committee |
pending list no specific date (04-0844) |
Scheduled to *Public Works Committee
to the Pending List, no specific date
4-25
Subject: Amendment to the Salary Ordinance |
From: Finance and Management Agency |
Recommendation: Adopt an Ordinance amending the salary schedule of Ordinance |
No. 12187 C.M.S. (The Salary Ordinance) to increase the pay of certain |
miscellaneous job classifications pursuant to the Deputy City Attorney V and |
Special Counsel Association Memorandum of Understanding (04-0831) |
Scheduled to *Finance & Management Committee on 10/26/2004
4-26
Subject: Memorandum of Understanding Regarding Unit U41 |
From: Finance and Management Agency |
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution approving memorandum of understanding |
between the City of Oakland and the Deputy Attorney V and Special Counsel |
Association, representing employees in representation Unit U41 covering the |
period of July 1, 2003 through June 30, 2005 (04-0837) |
Scheduled to *Finance & Management Committee on 10/26/2004
4-27
Subject: Award a Contract - Francisco & Associates |
From: City Administrator's Budget Office |
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution authorizing the City Administrator to renew |
and execute a contract with Francisco & Associates for a two-year amount not to |
exceed $122,000 to perform District Engineering Services for the Landscaping and |
Lighting Assessment District, the Wildfire Prevention Assessment District, the |
Emergency Services Retention Act of 1997 (Measure M), the Paramedic Services |
Act of 1997 (Measure N), the Library Services Retention and Enhancement Act of |
2004 (Measure Q), and the Rockridge Library Community Facilities District of |
1992 for Fiscal Years 2005-2006 and 2006-2007 (04-0829) |
Scheduled to *Finance & Management Committee on 11/9/2004
ADDITIONAL REQUEST SUBMITTED UPON THE DIAS
Subject: Workforce Investment Board's - Bidding Process |
From: Council President Ignacio De La Fuente/Councilmember Brunner |
Recommendation: Action on a Status Report from the Oakland Community and Economic |
Development Agency on the competitive bidding process for the Workforce Investment Board's |
One-stop System Administrator and One-stop Career Center Operator (04-0870) |
Scheduled to *Community & Economic Development Committee on |
11/9/2004 |
Subject: California Stem Cell Research and Cures Initiative |
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution declaring the City of Oakland's support of Proposition |
71 - the California Stem Cell Research and Cures Initiative (04-0853) |
Scheduled to Concurrent Meeting of the Oakland Redevelopment Agency / |
City Council on 10/19/2004 |
The Committee moved, seconded and carried a motion to approve the following |
urgency finding pursuant to the Sunshine Ordinance Section 2.20.080 E(2) |
regarding scheduling of this Item: 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 federal or state legislation is |
required to avoid a substantial adverse impact that would occur if the action |
were deferred to a subsequent special or regular meeting |
5
A review of the Council Committees' actions from October 12, 2004 and determination of |
scheduling to the ORA/City Council meeting of October 19, 2004 or future dates |
(MATRIX) |
6
A review of the Agendas for the Council Committees of October 26, 2004
The following individual spoke on this item: |
7
Subject: BART - Earthquake Safety Program |
From: Citizens for BART Earthquake Safety |
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution endorsing the November 2, 2004 Ballot Measure |
regarding the BART Earthquake Safety Program and Measure AA (04-0726) |
*Withdrawn and Rescheduled to *Rules & Legislation Committee on |
10/21/2004 |
The following individual spoke on this item: |
S-8
From: East Bay Regional Park District |
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution declaring the Oakland City Council's support of |
Measure CC - Park access, wildfire protection, public safety, and environmental maintenance |
measure (04-0803) |
*Withdrawn and Rescheduled to *Rules & Legislation Committee on |
10/21/2004 |
The following individual(s) spoke on this item: |
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 in memory of Norma |
Lau at 11:24 a.m. |
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