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Meeting Minutes - FINAL

*Rules & Legislation Committee

Oakland City Hall, 1 Frank H. Ogawa Plaza,

Oakland, California, 94612

City of Oakland Website: http://www.oaklandca.gov

Thursday, March 5, 2026

10:30 AM

City Council Chamber, 3rd Floor

The Oakland City Council Rules And Legislation Committee Convened At 10:34 A.M. With

Council President Jenkins Presiding As Chairperson

COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP:

1 Roll Call / Call To Order

4 - Rowena Brown, Carroll Fife, Janani Ramachandran, and Kevin Jenkins

Present

At The Call Of The Council President, The March 12, 2026 Rules And Legislation

Committee Is Cancelled. A Special Rules And Legislation Committee Meeting Is

Scheduled To Be Held On Thursday, March 12, 2026 At 9 A.M. In Its Place

Approval Of The Draft Minutes From The Committee Meeting Of February 19, 2026

26-0448

Attachments: View Report

A motion was made by Rowena Brown, seconded by Carroll Fife, that this matter

be Accepted. The motion carried by the following vote:

4 - Brown, Fife, Ramachandran, and Jenkins

Aye:

NO VOTE:

3 New Scheduling Items

2 Speakers Spoke On This Item

A motion was made by Carroll Fife, seconded by Rowena Brown, that this matter

be Accepted as Amended. The motion carried by the following vote:

4 - Brown, Fife, Ramachandran, and Jenkins

Aye:

NO VOTE:

3.1

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

Attachments: View Report

View Legislation

91094 C.M.S.

The Urgency Finding Was Accepted

This City Resolution be Scheduled.to go before the *Community & Economic

Development Committee to be heard 3/10/2026

3.2

Subject: Report On Oakland Police Department’s Compliance With The Negotiated

Settlement Agreement

From:

Councilmember Wang

Recommendation: Receive An Oral Informational Report On Oakland Police

Department’s Compliance With The Negotiated Settlement Agreement; On The March

10, 2026 Public Safety Committee Agenda

26-0497

This Informational Report be No Action Taken.

3.3

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

Attachments: View Memo

A Rule 24 Was Read Into Record And Accepted

On Consent

This City Resolution be Scheduled.to go before the Special Concurrent Meeting

of the Oakland Redevelopment Successor Agency/City Council to be heard

3/16/2026

3.4

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

Attachments: View Fact Sheet

View Attachment A

View Legislation

91087 C.M.S.

A Rule 24 Was Read Into Record And Accepted

On Consent

This City Resolution be Scheduled.to go before the Special Concurrent Meeting

of the Oakland Redevelopment Successor Agency/City Council to be heard

3/16/2026

3.5

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

Attachments: View Memo

View Legislation

91088 C.M.S.

A Rule 24 Was Read Into Record And Accepted

On Consent

This City Resolution be Scheduled.to go before the Special Concurrent Meeting

of the Oakland Redevelopment Successor Agency/City Council to be heard

3/16/2026

3.6

Subject: 2023-2025 Progress Implementing The 2030 Equitable Climate Action Plan

From:

Office Of The City Administrator

Recommendation: Receive An Informational Report Regarding Progress In 2023-2025

On Implementing The 2030 Equitable Climate Action Plan

26-0491

Attachments: View Report

View Supplemental Report And Attachments A-D - 3/19/2026

This Informational Report be Scheduled.to go before the * Public Works And

Transportation Committee to be heard 3/24/2026

3.7

Subject: Lease Agreement With Oakland Parks And Recreation Foundation For

Maintenance Of Tyrone Carney Park

From:

Office Of The City Administrator

Recommendation: Adopt An Ordinance (1) Authorizing The City Administrator To

Negotiate And Execute A License Agreement With The Nonprofit Oakland Parks &

Recreation Foundation For The Tyrone Carney Park At 10501 Acalanes Drive, Oakland,

For A License Fee Of Zero Dollars ($0.00) For A Term Of Two Years With Five One-Year

Options To Extend For Maintenance And Workforce Training; (2) Making Findings That

The Below Market License Fee Is In The City’s Best Interest; And (3) Making California

Environmental Quality Act Findings

26-0490

Attachments: View Report And Attachment 1 And 2

View Legislation

This Ordinance be Scheduled.to go before the *Community & Economic

Development Committee to be heard 3/24/2026

3.8

Subject: Citywide Cooperative Agreements

From: Human Services Department

Recommendation: Adopt A Resolution Approving, In Accordance With City Council

Budget Appropriations And Allocations As Adopted By The Fiscal Year 2025-27 Budget,

Ongoing Cooperative Purchase Agreements Exceeding $250,000 For Citywide

Commodities And Services Contracts As Set Forth In Table 1 In An Amount Not To

Exceed Two Million Nine Hundred Thousand Dollars ($2,900,000.00)

26-0492

Attachments: View Report

View Attachment A

View Legislation

This City Resolution be Scheduled.to go before the *Life Enrichment Committee

to be heard 3/24/2026

3.9

Subject: Report On The Impact Of Ordinance 13825 C.M.S. And Recommendations

From:

Department Of Workplace And Employment Standards

Recommendation: Receive An Informational Report On (1) The Impact Of Ordinance No.

13825 C.M.S. That Amended The Local And Small Local Business Enterprise (L/SLBE)

Program Certification Requirements And (2) Recommendations For Potential Changes

To The L/SLBE Program

26-0493

This Informational Report be Scheduled.to go before the *Life Enrichment

Committee to be heard 3/24/2026

3.10

Subject: LETS Throw Phone Contract

From:

Oakland Police Department

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

Into A Two (2) Year Contract With Law Enforcement Technology Solutions (LETS), For

The Period Commencing Upon Contract Signing, In The Amount Of Eleven Thousand

One Hundred Twenty-Four Dollars And Seventy-Six Cents ($11,124.76), And To Extend

The Agreement For Up To Two Additional Years In An Amount Not To Exceed Eleven

Thousand Four Hundred Fifty-Eight Dollars And Fifty Cents ($11,458.50), Without

Returning To City Council, For A Total Contract Amount Not To Exceed Twenty-Two

Thousand Five Hundred Eighty-Three Dollars And Twenty-Six Cents ($22,583.26); And

(2) Waiving The Competitive Multiple Step Solicitation Process And The Local/ Small

Local Business Enterprise Requirements

26-0482

Attachments: View Report

View Attachment A

View Legislation

A Title Change Was Accepted

This City Resolution be Scheduled.to go before the *Public Safety Committee to

be heard 3/24/2026

3.11

3.12

Subject: Scheduling A March 30, 2026 Education Partnership Committee

From: Councilmember Brown

Recommendation: Scheduling An Education Partnership Committee Meeting For

Monday, March 30, 2026 To Be Held At 3:30 P.M.

26-0498

This Report and Recommendation be Accepted.

Subject: Budget Advisory Commission (BAC) Recommendation To Amend The

Consolidated Fiscal Policy (CFP) To Redefine “Excess” Real Estate Transfer Tax

Revenue (RETT)

From:

Finance Department

Recommendation: Receive An Informational Report From The Budget Advisory

Commission (BAC) On Their Recommendation To Amend The Consolidated Fiscal

Policy (CFP) To Redefine Excess As It Relates To Real Estate Transfer Tax Revenues

(RETT); On The April 21, 2026 Finance And Management Committee Agenda

26-0499

This Informational Report be Scheduled.to go before the *Finance &

Management Committee to be heard 4/21/2026

3.13

Subject: Budget Advisory Commission (BAC) FY 2025-27 Budget Process

Assessment And Recommendations

From:

Finance Department

Recommendation: Receive An Informational Report From The Budget Advisory

Commission (BAC) Assessment And Recommendations Of The FY 2025-27 City Budget

Process; On The April 21, 2026 Finance And Management Committee Agenda

26-0500

This Informational Report be Scheduled.to go before the *Finance &

Management Committee to be heard 4/21/2026

DUE TO THE PRESENCE OF COUNCILMEMBER HOUSTON, A QUORUM OF THE

CITY COUNCIL WAS NOTED, AND A MOTION WAS MADE BY COUNCILMEMBER

FIFE AND SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER BROWN TO ADJOURN THE RULES

AND LEGISLATION COMMITTEE MEETING, AND TO CONVENE AS A SPECIAL

MEETING OF THE FULL COUNCIL AT 10:52 A.M. THE MOTION PASSED WITH 4

AYES

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

Attachments: View Report

View Legislation

View Supplemental Report - 3/6/2026

View Supplemental Legislation - 3/6/2026

91093 C.M.S.

A Title Change Was Read Into Record And Accepted

An Urgency Finding Was Read Into Record And Accepted

This City Resolution be Scheduled.to go before the *Community & Economic

Development Committee to be heard 3/10/2026

Changes Made To The Finance And Management Committee Pending List No Date

Specific

Subject: BAC Recommendations On Proposed June 2026 $40 Million Parcel Tax

Measure

From:

Finance Department

Recommendation: Receive An Informational Report From The Budget Advisory

Commission (BAC) On The Proposed June 2026 $40 Million Parcel Tax Measure To

Support Essential City Services And Fiscal Stability

26-0336

Attachments: NO WRITTEN MATERIALS SUBMITTED

This Informational Report be Scheduled.to go before the *Finance &

Management Committee to be heard 4/21/2026

Changes Made To The Public Works And Transportation Committee Pending List No

Date Specific

Subject: 2025 BPAC Annual Report

From:

Councilmember Unger

Recommendation: Receive An Informational Report On The Bicyclist And Pedestrian

Advisory Commission’s 2025 Activities

26-0496

Attachments: View Report

View Attachment A

This Informational Report be Scheduled.to go before the * Public Works And

Transportation Committee to be heard 3/24/2026

Changes Made To The Life Enrichment Committee Pending List No Date Specific

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

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.

An Urgency Finding Was Read Into Record And Accepted

This City Resolution be Scheduled.to go before the *Life Enrichment Committee

to be heard 3/10/2026

Changes Made To The Public Safety Committee Pending List Under Bi-Annual

Reports

Subject: Negotiated Settlement Agreement (NSA) Update

From:

Oakland Police Department

Recommendation: Receive An Informational Report On The Progress Of The Oakland

Police Department's Compliance With The Negotiated Settlement Agreement (NSA)

26-0502

This Informational Report be Scheduled.to go before the *Public Safety

Committee to be heard 4/21/2026

Subject: OPD Staffing Report

From:

Oakland Police Department

Recommendation: Receive A Bi-Annual Informational Report From The Police

Department On Recruiting And Police Staffing Levels

26-0503

Attachments: View Report

View Supplemental Report - 3/19/2026

This Informational Report be Scheduled.to go before the *Public Safety

Committee to be heard 3/24/2026

Changes Made To The Rules And Legislation Committee Pending List No Date

Specific

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

Attachments: View Report

View Legislation

91089 C.M.S.

A Rule 24 Was Read Into Record And Accepted

On Consent

This City Resolution be Scheduled.to go before the Special Concurrent Meeting

of the Oakland Redevelopment Successor Agency/City Council to be heard

3/16/2026

Changes Made To The Draft March 16, 2026 Special City Council Agenda

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

Attachments: View Memo - Unger

View Memo - Brown

View Legislation

91083 C.M.S.

Councilmember Wang Added As A Co-Sponsor

This City Resolution be Scheduled.to go before the Special Concurrent Meeting

of the Oakland Redevelopment Successor Agency/City Council to be heard

3/16/2026

Changes Made To The Draft March 17, 2026 Cancelled City Council Agenda

Subject: Appeal Of The 1205 Franklin Street Major Variance Self-Storage Conversion

Project

From:

Planning And Building Department

Recommendation: Conduct A Public Hearing And Upon Conclusion, 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

26-0422

This City Resolution be Withdrawn with No New Date.

Open Forum

1 Speaker Spoke During Open Forum

Adjournment

There Being No Further Business, The Oakland City Council Rules And Legislation

Committee Adjourned The Meeting At 11:12 A.M.

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