2026-10-27 - City Council (regular) Meeting

Summary

Built from the agenda, the agenda packet and the annotated agenda (actions and votes). Official minutes are not yet posted; the annotated agenda records "all ayes" and no individual votes.

Held 6:00 to 8:30 p.m. (hybrid). Bartlett and Kesarwani (remote) arrived 6:04 p.m.; all nine members took part.
Urgency item added and adopted (all ayes): Resolution 72,480-N.S. opposing the proposed Census residence criteria, with Tregub added as co-sponsor.
Ashby BART East Lot: after 3 speakers, Council approved (all ayes) Resolutions 72,500 and 72,501, entering exclusive negotiations with the SAHA team (SAHA, Habitat for Humanity East Bay/Silicon Valley, Deborah D. Matthews Consulting; Related California/Kelsey as alternate) and reserving $1 million of Affordable Housing Mitigation Fees for predevelopment. See Ashby BART East Lot developer selection.
Consent calendar adopted (all ayes, 18 speakers) including: SCS Engineers landfill contract +$1,600,000 to a total of $5,678,022 (SCS Engineers Landfill Contract); Adrien Segal public art contract up to $150,000; Live Free USA contract +$257,548 (total $2,874,768 through 12/31/2027); Jackson & Coker locum tenens psychiatrists +$400,000 (total $1,814,480); CCTV sewer inspection van $515,636.69; Insight Public Sector call software $197,642; grant applications (HSIP Cycle 13 for 30 signalized intersections, $200,000 OTS STEP).
Consent: Ordinance 8,035-N.S. (transformer undergrounding, BMC 23.304.100) adopted on second reading; Resolution 72,495 renamed the north waterfront park "Si Se Puede Park"; two Board of Library Trustees appointments (Charles "Court" Jackson, Hong-Sze Yu) from 11/4/2026.
First readings, second readings set for November 17: Ordinance 8,036-N.S. (land vacation and transfer to BART, North Berkeley BART adjacent parcels; see North Berkeley BART Housing Funding); 8,037-N.S. (waste storage and collection, BMC 12.32; see Waste Storage and Collection Ordinance); 8,038-N.S. (competitive procurement for services over $100,000, with Budget & Finance amendments; see Competitive Procurement Ordinance).
Item 20 (PROWAG): the City Manager's companion recommendation (20b) approved as revised; item 22a referred to the Agenda & Rules Committee and 22b (special events ordinances) removed by the City Manager; item 23b (Green Code construction and demolition enforcement study) approved.
Audit status report on the 2009 Leases Audit received and filed. Non-agenda public comment: 10 speakers at the start, 3 at the end. Adjourned in memory of Nikki Williams.

Agenda

Posted agenda with 31 action items: consent calendar items 1-29, Ashby BART East Lot developer selection (action 30), audit status report (31).
Closing: adjourned on motion Taplin/Tregub, all ayes.

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