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Meeting Minutes - FINAL

Special Concurrent Meeting of the

Oakland Redevelopment Successor

Agency/City Council

Monday, March 16, 2026

3:30 PM

City Council Chamber, 3rd Floor

The Special Current Meeting of the ORSA/ City Council convened at 3:32 P.M., with Council

President Jenkins presiding as Chairperson.

Call To Order

ROLL CALL / CITY COUNCIL

7 -

Present

Noel Gallo, Janani Ramachandran, Zac Unger, Kevin Jenkins, Ken Houston ,

Rowena Brown, and Charlene Wang

1 - Carroll Fife

Excused

Modifications To The Agenda And Procedural Items, Including But Not Limited To

Requests To: Reschedule Items From Consent To Non-Consent, Items To The Next

Council Agenda, Speak On Consent Calendar, Register Votes, Change Order Of Items,

Reconsiderations, Pull Items Held In Committee

CONSIDERATION OF ITEMS WITH STATUTORY PUBLIC HEARING

REQUIREMENTS:

ACTION ON OTHER NON-CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS:

The Roll Call was modified to note Councilmember Fife present at 3:45 P.M.

CONSENT CALENDAR (CC) ITEMS:

Approval of the Consent Agenda

23 Speakers Spoke on This Item

A motion was made by Fife, seconded by Houston, to approve the Consent

Agenda. The motion carried by the following vote:

8 - Gallo, Ramachandran, Unger, Fife, Jenkins, Houston, Brown, and Wang

Aye:

NO VOTE:

6.1

Subject: Declaration Of A Local Emergency Due To AIDS Epidemic

From: Office Of The Council President

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 Human Immunodeficiency Virus ("HIV")/Acquired

Immunodeficiency Syndrome ("AIDS") Epidemic

26-0484

Office Of The City Council

Sponsors:

Attachments: View Legislation

91080 C.M.S.

This City Resolution was Adopted.

6.2

Subject: Declaration Of Medical Cannabis Health Emergency

From: Office Of The Council President

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

26-0485

Office Of The City Council

Sponsors:

Attachments: View Legislation

91081 C.M.S.

This City Resolution was Adopted.

6.3

Subject: Declaration Of A Local Emergency On Homelessness

From: Office Of The Council President

Recommendation: Adopt A Resolution Renewing And Continuing The City Council's

Declaration Of A Local Emergency Due To The Existence Of The City’s Homelessness

Crisis

26-0486

Office Of The City Council

Sponsors:

Attachments: View Legislation

91082 C.M.S.

This City Resolution was Adopted.

6.4

Subject: Amendments To Planning Code Chapter 17.96 S-14 Housing Sites

Combining Zone Regulations

From:

Planning And Building Department

Recommendation: Adopt An Ordinance, As Recommended By The Planning

Commission: (1) Amending Title 17 Of The Oakland Municipal Code (The Planning

Code) To (A) Amend Chapter 17.96 S-14 Housing Sites Combining Zone To Update The

Definition Of Development Project And To Include A Conditional Use Permit Procedure

For Non-Housing Developments; And (B) Update "Work/Live" And "Live/Work"

Residential To Non-Residential Unit Area, As Referenced Throughout Title 17, To

Correspond With Revision To The California Building Code And Oakland Building Code

Regulations; And (2) Making Appropriate California Environmental Quality Act Findings

26-0395

Planning & Building Department

Sponsors:

Attachments: View Report

View Legislation And Exhibit A And B

View Supplemental Presentation - 2/20/2026

13874 C.M.S.

Notice And Digest

This Ordinance was Approved for Final Passage.

6.5

Subject: Senate Bill 79 Planning Code Implementation Ordinance

From: Planning And Building Department

Recommendation: Adopt An Ordinance, As Recommended By The Planning

Commission (1) Amending Title 17 Of The Oakland Municipal Code (The Planning Code)

To Add Chapter 17.86 S-8 Abundant And Affordable Homes Near Transit (Senate Bill

79) Combining Zone Regulations Identifying Sites Eligible And Ineligible Or Excluded

From The Senate Bill 79 Property Development Standards; (2) Making Related Oakland

Zoning Map Amendments To Designate Parcels Within The S-8 Combining Zone And To

Identify Whether Such Designated Parcels Are Eligible For Or Excluded From The

Senate Bill 79 Property Development Standards; And (3) Making Appropriate California

Environmental Quality Act Findings

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Planning & Building Department

Sponsors:

Attachments: View Report

View Legislation And Exhibits A, B, C, And D

View Supplemental Presentation- 2/20/2026

View Supplemental Legislation And Exhibits A, B, C, And D -

3/5/2026

13875 C.M.S.

Notice And Digest

This Ordinance was Approved for Final Passage.

6.6

Subject: Oakland’s Commitment To Gender-Affirming Care

From:

Councilmembers Unger, Brown, And Wang

Recommendation: Adopt A Resolution Reaffirming Oakland’s Commitment To The Right

Of Its Transgender, Gender-Nonconforming, Intersex And Two-Spirit (TGNCL2S)

Residents And Employees To Obtain Gender-Affirming Care Without Discrimination; And

Demanding Healthcare Providers And Insurance Carriers Operating Within The City To

Adhere To State And Local Laws Mandating Access To Medically Necessary Healthcare,

Including Gender-Affirming Care

26-0477

Unger, Brown and Wang

Sponsors:

Attachments: View Memo - Unger

View Memo - Brown

View Legislation

91083 C.M.S.

This City Resolution was Adopted.

6.7

Subject: International Day Of Happiness

From: Councilmember Ramachandran

Recommendation: Adopt A Resolution Recognizing March 20, 2026 As The International

Day Of Happiness

26-0480

Ramachandran

Sponsors:

Attachments: View Legislation

91084 C.M.S.

This City Resolution was Adopted.

6.8

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)

26-0416

Finance Department

Sponsors:

Attachments: View Report

View Legislation

View Supplemental Report - 3/13/2026

91085 C.M.S.

This City Resolution was Adopted.

6.9

Subject: Support Of California Senate Bill 959 (Grayson)

From: Councilmember Ramachandran

Recommendation: Adopt A Resolution In Support Of California Senate Bill 959 (Grayson)

Which Would (1) Empower Local Fire Officials To Determine Whether California Schools

Should Cancel Classes Due To The Threat Of Wildfires, (2) Ensure That Schools Would

Not Lose Average Daily Attendance Funding For Preemptively Canceling Classes When

Facing Wildfire Danger, And (3) Keep Students And Residents In Oakland And

Neighboring

Communities Safe As The Frequency And Severity Of Wildfires Continues To Increase

Statewide

26-0494

Ramachandran

Sponsors:

Attachments: View Memo

This City Resolution was Adopted.

6.10

Subject: Resolution In Support Of H.R. 5356

From:

Councilmember Fife

Recommendation: Adopt A Resolution In Support Of H.R. 5356, The National

Infrastructure Bank Act Of 2025

26-0495

Fife

Sponsors:

Attachments: View Fact Sheet

View Attachment A

View Legislation

91087 C.M.S.

This City Resolution was Adopted.

6.11

Subject: Travel Reimbursement Resolution

From: Council President Jenkins And Councilmember Unger

Recommendation: Adopt A Resolution Authorizing The Reimbursement In An Amount Not

To Exceed 2,500.00 Per Person From The City Council Contingency Fund For The

Travel Cost Of Council President Kevin Jenkins, Deputy Chief Of Staff To Council

President Kevin Jenkins, And Deputy Policy Analyst To Councilmember Zac Unger To

Travel To Philadelphia, Pennsylvania For Federal Advocacy

26-0501

Jenkins and Unger

Sponsors:

Attachments: View Memo

View Legislation

91088 C.M.S.

This City Resolution was Adopted.

6.12

Subject: Head Start Non-Competitive Baseline Grant Application For FY 26-27

From:

Human Services Department

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

A Head Start Non-Competitive Baseline Grant Application For Fiscal Years (FY)

2026-2031; And

(2) Authorizing The City Administrator To Accept And Appropriate Head Start Basic And

Training And Technical Assistance, Early Head Start Basic And Training And Technical

Assistance Grants For FY 2026-27 From The US Department Of Health And Human

Services, Administration For Children And Families, Office Of Head Start (DHHS/ACF),

In An Estimated Amount Of Thirteen Million Seven Hundred Ninety-Seven Thousand And

Fifty-Seven Dollars ($13,797,057), And Committing The Necessary Local Match Funds

And Central Services Offset; And

(3) Awarding Grant Agreements To Fund Comprehensive Early Care, Education And

Family Services To Community Service Providers Bananas Incorporated And Brighter

Beginnings For FY 2026-2027 For A Total Amount Not To Exceed Two Million Six

Hundred Thousand Dollars ($2,600,000); And

(4) Authorizing The City Administrator To Accept And Appropriate Additional Federal

Head Start/Early Head Start Funds If They Become Available Within FY 2026-2027 And

Amend The Grant Agreements Within The Limits Of The Federal Award

26-0473

Human Services Department

Sponsors:

Attachments: View Report

View Legislation

91089 C.M.S.

This City Resolution was Adopted.

6.13

Subject: Oakland Alameda Access Project - Delegated Maintenance Agreement

Amendment

From:

Department Of Transportation

Recommendation: Adopt A Resolution Authorizing The City Administrator To Negotiate

And Execute An Amendment To The 1991 Delegated Maintenance Agreement Between

The City And California Department Of Transportation To Include Maintenance Activities

Related To The Oakland Alameda Access Project; And Making California Environmental

Quality Act (CEQA) Findings

26-0392

Transportation Department

Sponsors:

Attachments: View Report

View Supplemental Report - 3/13/2026

View Supplemental Attachment D - 3/13/2026

View Supplemental Attachment E - 3/13/2026

View Supplemental Attachment F - 3/13/2026

91090 C.M.S.

This City Resolution was Adopted.

6.14

Subject: Affordable Housing And Sustainable Communities Program Cycles 8 And 9

From:

Department Of Transportation

Recommendation: Adopt The Following Pieces Of Legislation:

1) A Resolution Authorizing The City To Accept And Appropriate Loan And Grant Funds

Under The State Of California’s Round 8 2024-2025 Affordable Housing And Sustainable

Communities Program For The Residences At Liberation Park Project, In An Amount Not

To Exceed $44,661,404; And

26-0452

Transportation Department

Sponsors:

Attachments: View Report

View Attachment A

View Legislation

91091 C.M.S.

This City Resolution was Adopted.

2) A Resolution Authorizing The City To Accept And Appropriate Loan And Grant Funds

Under The State Of California’s Round 9 2025-2026 Affordable Housing And Sustainable

Communities Program For The 285 12th Street Housing Project, In An Amount Not To

Exceed $35,873,066

26-0455

Transportation Department

Sponsors:

Attachments: View Report

View Attachment A

View Legislation

91092 C.M.S.

This City Resolution was Adopted.

6.15

Subject: Lead Hazard Reduction Grant Program

From:

Housing And Community Development Department

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

And Appropriate Up To $4.4 Million In Grant Funds From The Federal Lead Hazard

Reduction Grant Program;

(2) Enter Into A Professional Services Agreement With Habitat For Humanity East

Bay/Silicon Valley, Inc. In An Amount Not To Exceed $4,021,094.30, To Provide Grant

Administration And Management Construction Services For The Lead-Based Paint

Mitigation And Healthy Homes Programs, And To Waive The City Of Oakland’s Local

And Small Local Business Enterprise Program Requirements, Local Employment And

Oakland Apprenticeship Requirements, And Request For Proposal/ Qualifications

Competitive Process Requirements;

(3) Upon Completion Of A Competitive Procurement Process, Enter Into One Or More

Agreements In A Total Amount Not To Exceed $334,878.13 With One Or More

Workforce Development Services Providers To Expand The Supply Of Workers And

Firms Available To Conduct Lead-Based Paint Mitigation And Healthy Homes Work; And

(4) Make Grants To Eligible Property Owners For The Remediation Of Lead-Based Paint

Hazards And Healthy Home Improvements

26-0464

Housing And Community Development Department

Sponsors:

Attachments: View Report

View Legislation

View Supplemental Report - 3/6/2026

View Supplemental Legislation - 3/6/2026

91093 C.M.S.

This City Resolution was Adopted.

6.16

Subject: HCD Anti-Displacement Strategic Action Plan

From: Housing And Community Development Department

Recommendation: Receive An Informational Report On The Housing And Community

Development Department’s Anti-Displacement Strategic Action Plan

26-0144

Housing And Community Development Department

Sponsors:

Attachments: View Report

View Powerpoint Presentation

This Informational Report was Received and Filed.

6.17

Subject: Prohousing Incentive Pilot Program Grant Application Round 4

From:

Housing And Community Development Department

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

For, Accept, And Appropriate Up To $1,600,000 In Funds From The State Of California

Department Of Housing And Community Development’s Prohousing Incentive Pilot

Program For Capitalized Service Reserves For Affordable Housing And (2) Make Grants

Or Development Loans Under The New Construction Of Multifamily Rental Affordable

Housing Program Or The Rapid Response Homeless Housing Program, Contingent On

Funding Availability

26-0489

Housing And Community Development Department

Sponsors:

Attachments: View Report

View Legislation

91094 C.M.S.

This City Resolution was Adopted.

6.18

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

26-0411

Human Services Department

Sponsors:

Attachments: View Report

View Legislation

91095 C.M.S.

This City Resolution was Adopted.

6.19

Subject: Atthowe Fine Arts Services Contract

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

Oakland Public Library

Sponsors:

Attachments: View Report

View Legislation

91096 C.M.S.

This City Resolution was Adopted.

6.20

Subject: Innovation Interfaces 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)

26-0409

Oakland Public Library

Sponsors:

Attachments: View Report

View Legislation

91097 C.M.S.

This City Resolution was Adopted.

6.21

Subject: HHAP-6, Winter Relief, And OPRI

From: Human Services Department

Recommendation: Adopt A Resolution (1) Accepting, Appropriating, And Authorizing

Agreements For: A. Up To $23,029,455.86 From The State Of California In Homeless,

Housing, Assistance, And Prevention (HHAP) Round 6 Funds; B. Up To $441,350 From

The County Of Alameda In Winter Relief Funds Through May 31, 2028; C. Up To

$4,209,693 From Oakland Housing Authority (OHA) For The Oakland Path Rehousing

Initiative (OPRI) Program; And

(2) Awarding Grant Agreements And Professional Services Agreements To The

Homeless Service Providers Identified In Tables 1 And 2, For The Terms And Amounts

Identified, Using HHAP, County, And Local General Purpose And/Or Measure Q Funding;

And

(3) Accepting And Appropriating Additional Grant Funds From The Above Funding

Sources Through Fiscal Year 2026-2027, And Authorizing The City Administrator To

Increase The Agreements Identified And Move Funding Identified In Table 1 And Table 2

Using Such Funding And/Or Additional Funding That The City Council Has Appropriated

For The Programs During The Terms Of Such Agreements

26-0437

Human Services Department

Sponsors:

Attachments: View Report

View Legislation

View Supplemental Report - 3/5/2026

View Supplemental Legislation - 3/5/2026

View Supplemental Legislation 1 - 3/13/2026

View Supplemental Legislation 2 - 3/13/2026

91098 C.M.S.

The Council Adopted Supplemental Legislation 2 - 3/13/2026

This City Resolution was Adopted.

6.22

Subject: OPD Cadet Program Funding

From:

Oakland Police Department And Office Of The Mayor

Recommendation: Adopt A Resolution To Accept And Appropriate Grant Funds From

Oakland Police Foundation In An Amount Not To Exceed Nine Hundred Thousand Dollars

($900,000), For Fiscal Years 2026-2027 And 2027-2028, For The Implementation Of The

Oakland Police Department’s Cadet Program

26-0481

Oakland Police Department and Office Of The Mayor

Sponsors:

Attachments: View Report

View Legislation

91099 C.M.S.

This City Resolution was Adopted.

6.23

Subject: Tom O’Neill, Mabel Paige V. City Of Oakland, A Municipal Corporation,

Nakiah M. Ward, Does 1 To 50

From:

Office Of The City Attorney

Recommendation: Adopt A Resolution Authorizing And Directing The City Attorney To

Compromise And Settle The Cases Of Tom O’Neill And Mabel Paige V. City Of Oakland,

A Municipal Corporation, Nakiah M. Ward, Does 1 To 50, Alameda County Superior

Court Case Nos. 23CV035142, 23CV035146, City Attorney File Nos. 35480, 35480-1,

In The Sum Of One Hundred Thousand Dollars And Zero Cents ($100,000.00)

(Department Of Transportation - Dangerous Condition Of Public Property)

26-0516

Office Of The City Attorney

Sponsors:

Attachments: View Report

View Legislation

91100 C.M.S.

This City Resolution was Adopted.

6.24

Subject: Filmon Hagos V. The City Of Oakland, A Public Entity, The County Of

Alameda, A Public Entity, First Presbyterian Church Of Oakland, A Nonprofit Religious

Corporation; And Does 1 Through 50, Inclusive

From:

Office Of The City Attorney

Recommendation: Adopt A Resolution Authorizing And Directing The City Attorney To

Compromise And Settle The Case Of Filmon Hagos V. The City Of Oakland, A Public

Entity, The County Of Alameda, A Public Entity, First Presbyterian Church Of Oakland, A

Nonprofit Religious Corporation; And Does 1 Through 50, Inclusive, Alameda County

Superior Court Case No. 23CV046388, City Attorney File No. 36395, In The Sum Of Two

Hundred And Fifty Thousand Dollars And Zero Cents ($250,000.00), Payable To Filmon

Hagos And His Attorneys At Harris Personal Injury Lawyers (Oakland Department Of

Transportation - Dangerous Condition)

26-0525

Office Of The City Attorney

Sponsors:

Attachments: View Report

View Legislation

91101 C.M.S.

This City Resolution was Adopted.

7 Council Acknowledgments/Annoucements

OPEN FORUM

2 speakers spoke during Open Forum.

ADJOURNMENT

(Meeting Shall Conclude No Later Than 9:30 P.M., Unless Extended By Majority Vote Of

The Council)

There being no further business, and upon the motion duly made, the Council

adjourned the meeting in memory of Derbing Alvarado and Latetia Bobo at 4:47

P.M.

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