2026-11-17 - City Council (regular)

Summary

Second readings of Ordinances 8,036-N.S. (North Berkeley BART land, North Berkeley BART Housing Funding), 8,037-N.S. (waste storage, Waste Storage and Collection Ordinance) and 8,038-N.S. (competitive procurement over $100,000, Competitive Procurement Ordinance); minutes of eight earlier meetings for approval.
Consent amounts include $1.5M for five behavioral health contracts, a Vestis uniform contract increase of $600,000 to $2,117,000, a Belfor on-call emergency restoration amendment of +$1.5M to $2.05M (fire damage at the Animal Care Services facility and the Public Safety Building; a contract, not an emergency declaration) (Belfor Emergency Restoration Contract Amendment), and bid and RFP solicitations of $35,259,550.
Public hearings: certify the EIR and approve the Berkeley Water Transportation Pier-Ferry project (Berkeley Water Transportation Pier-Ferry Project) and the Ashby BART West Lot objective design standards (Ashby BART West Lot Objective Design Standards). New business: annual surveillance technology reports (Surveillance Use Policy Approvals).
Elmwood and Solano BID renewals have hearings set for December 1, which implies a Council meeting that day; no page is posted for it yet.

Built from the posted agenda only; the meeting has not happened yet.

Ordinances, second reading

No. 8,036-N.S.: vacate and transfer land next to the North Berkeley BART site to BART.
No. 8,037-N.S.: BMC 12.32, waste storage space.
No. 8,038-N.S.: BMC 7.18, competitive procurement for services over $100,000.

Minutes for approval: 9/1, 9/14, 9/15, 9/29, 10/5, 10/13, 10/19 and 10/27.

Consent amounts

Meals on Wheels donations, $185,000.
Five behavioral health early-intervention contracts, $300,000 each, $1.5M total, December 2026 to June 2029.
GoGo Technologies amendment, +$50,000 to $100,000.
Vestis uniform contract, +$600,000 to $2,117,000.
Recruitment bench, $250,000 cap.
Rainin Foundation donation, $20,000.
Statewide Parks Program grant application, up to $8M, for the West Berkeley Brownfield to Neighborhood Park Project.
Caltrans grant application, up to $700,000, with a $150,000 local match, for the University Ave corridor study.
Belfor on-call emergency restoration contract amendment, +$1.5M to $2.05M (item 18).
Final map, Tract 8713, 1750 Sacramento St.
Elmwood and Solano BID renewals, with hearings set for December 1.
Sugar-sweetened beverage tax allocation, $2,294,774 over FY28 and FY29.
Naming of Delores Cooper Plaza and the MLK Youth Services Center gym for Philip Harper-Cotton.
Item 11: bid and RFP solicitations, $35,259,550.

Public hearings

Item 26: certify the EIR (SCH #2025040995) and approve the Berkeley Water Transportation Pier-Ferry project, affirming ZAB Use Permit ZP2026-0014.
Item 27: Ashby BART West Lot TOD objective design standards.

New business