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Agenda - SUPPLEMENTAL  
Thursday, February 5, 2026  
10:30 AM  
City Council Chamber, 3rd Floor  
*Rules & Legislation Committee  
Oakland City Hall, 1 Frank H. Ogawa Plaza,  
Oakland, California, 94612  
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COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP:  
Councilmember Rowena Brown At-Large; Councilmember Carroll Fife, District 3;  
Councilmember Janani Ramachandran, District 4; Chairperson: Council President Kevin  
Jenkins, District 6  
1 Roll Call / Call To Order  
2
Approval Of The Draft Minutes From The Committee Meeting Of January 22, 2026  
Attachments:  
3 New Scheduling Items  
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; On The February 17, 2026 City Council Agenda On  
Non-Consent  
Sponsors:  
Ramachandran and Jenkins  
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; On The February 17, 2026 City Council Agenda On Consent  
Sponsors:  
Office Of The Mayor  
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;  
On The February 17, 2026 City Council Agenda On Consent  
Sponsors:  
Office Of The Mayor  
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; On The February 17, 2026 City Council  
Agenda On Consent  
Sponsors:  
Office Of The Mayor  
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; On The February 17, 2026 City  
Council Agenda On Non-Consent  
Sponsors:  
Houston  
Attachments:  
Legislative History  
7/24/25  
Scheduled to the *Public Safety Committee  
*Rules & Legislation  
Committee  
Title Change Read Into Record And Accepted  
Pending List No Date Specific  
9/10/25  
Scheduled to the *Public Safety Committee  
*Special Public Safety  
Committee  
Pending List No Date Specific  
93 Speakers Spoke On This Item  
10/23/25  
*Rules & Legislation  
Committee  
Scheduled to the Special Concurrent  
Meeting of the Oakland Redevelopment  
Successor Agency/City Council  
At 11:00 A.M.  
Title Change Was Read Into Record And Accepted  
10/30/25  
11/20/25  
*Rules & Legislation  
Committee  
* Withdrawn and Rescheduled to the *  
Concurrent Meeting of the Oakland  
Redevelopment Successor Agency and the  
City Council  
*Rules & Legislation  
Committee  
Scheduled to the * Concurrent Meeting of  
the Oakland Redevelopment Successor  
Agency and the City Council  
Pursuant to Rule 24, a statement was made on record as to the item bypassing  
committee.  
12/2/25  
Withdrawn with No New Date  
* Concurrent Meeting of the  
Oakland Redevelopment  
Successor Agency and the  
City Council  
There were 134 speakers on this item  
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 ($8,040,000.00); On The February 24, 2026 Finance And  
Management Committee Agenda  
Sponsors:  
Finance Department  
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; On The February 24, 2026  
Public Works And Transportation Committee Agenda  
Sponsors:  
Transportation Department  
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 ($3,331,144.00); Waiving The Five  
Percent (5%) Maximum Mobilization Requirement Per Section 9-3.4 Of The Project  
Specifications; And Adopting Appropriate California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA)  
Findings; And  
Sponsors:  
Transportation Department  
2) A Resolution Authorizing The City Administrator To Amend The Professional Services  
Agreement With Biggs Cardosa Associates, Inc. (BCA) For Design For Adeline Street  
Bridge Seismic Retrofit Project (Project No. 1000967) By Increasing The Contract  
Amount By Two Hundred Thousand Dollars ($200,000.00) For A Total Contract Amount  
Not-To-Exceed Nine Hundred Eighteen Thousand Dollars ($918,000.00); And Adopting  
Appropriate California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Findings; And  
Sponsors:  
Transportation Department  
3) A Resolution Authorizing The City Administrator To Enter Into A Professional Services  
Agreement With Biggs Cardosa Associates, Inc. (BCA) To Provide Special Inspection  
And Material Testing Services For The Adeline Street Bridge Seismic Retrofit Project  
(Project No. 1000967) For An Amount Not To Exceed Two Hundred Thousand Dollars  
($200,000.00); And Adopting Appropriate California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA)  
Findings; On The February 24, 2026 Public Works And Transportation Committee  
Agenda  
Sponsors:  
Transportation Department  
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  
Sponsors:  
Oakland Public Library  
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); On The February 24, 2026 Life Enrichment Committee  
Agenda  
Sponsors:  
Oakland Public Library  
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); On The February 24, 2026 Life Enrichment Committee Agenda  
Sponsors:  
Oakland Public Library  
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; On The February 24, 2026 Public Safety Committee  
Agenda  
Sponsors:  
Oakland Fire Department  
Legislative History  
1/22/26  
Withdrawn with No New Date  
*Rules & Legislation  
Committee  
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  
Register; And (2) Making A Determination Regarding Whether The City Should Continue  
To Use Each Of These Technologies; On The February 24, 2026 Public Safety  
Committee Agenda  
Sponsors:  
Oakland Police Department  
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  
Sponsors:  
Wang  
3.15  
3.16  
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  
Sponsors:  
Houston  
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  
Sponsors:  
Wang  
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  
Sponsors:  
Human Services Department  
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  
Sponsors:  
Planning & Building Department  
4
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