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2026-09-15 - Concurrent Meeting of the Oakland Redevelopment Successor Agency and the City Council

Summary

Built from the official City Council minutes (final). No video or agenda page was on file for this meeting. Minutes record motions and votes, not the discussion.

  • Convened 3:34 p.m. with President Jenkins presiding; Houston arrived 3:39 p.m. Gallo left at 6:00 p.m.; Jenkins gave up the chair at 6:31 p.m. to Ramachandran. Adjourned 7:11 p.m.
  • Agenda reordered to hear the Police Commission and police union items, then the public hearing, then consent.
  • Council accepted the Police Commission Selection Panel's slate of two commissioners, 7 to 1 (Fife no).
  • Council approved two five-year labor agreements with the Oakland Police Officers' Association and introduced the matching salary ordinance, each 7 to 1 (Fife no), after 14 speakers on each.
  • Public hearing on the 2025-26 federal housing and community development performance report: one speaker; received and filed 8 to 0.
  • Consent calendar passed 8 to 0 after 10 speakers; a $17,000,000 police pursuit settlement was voted separately, 7 to 1 (Fife no).
  • Sixty-two speakers in open forum.

Police Commissioner Selection Panel

Police officers' labor agreements

  • Resolutions 91310 and 91311 C.M.S. (rank and file unit and managers unit, July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2031) adopted and Salary Ordinance amendment introduced, all moved by Gallo and seconded by Houston, 7 to 1. See Police Officers Association Labor Agreements.

Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report

  • Hearing opened 5:18 p.m. on a motion by Gallo, seconded by Fife; one speaker; closed 5:30 p.m.; report on Community Development Block Grant, HOME, Emergency Solutions Grant and Housing Opportunities for Persons With AIDS funds received and filed on a motion by Fife, seconded by Gallo, 8 to 0 (file 26-0900).

Police pursuit settlement

  • Local Emergency Declarations Renewal (Resolutions 91312 to 91314 C.M.S.).
  • Federal Task Force Agreements: U.S. Marshals MOU extended through September 30, 2031; the ATF and DEA items were withdrawn under Rule 28.
  • Ordinance 13896 C.M.S. amending the Cultural Affairs Commission ordinance (quorum by a majority of appointed members, authority to create standing committees, commission appoints its chairperson) given final passage.
  • Ordinance 13897 C.M.S. forgiving up to $40,000 in outstanding and future rent for Seminary Point, LLC under its ground lease with the City, contingent on sale or transfer of the leasehold to a qualified purchaser, given final passage.
  • Barretto-Co. signage contract (6.7), the Head Start Advisory Board appointment, and the ATF and DEA MOUs withdrawn from the agenda under Rule 28.
  • Settlement of $106,500 and $7,500 from separate defendants in the City's public nuisance and tenant harassment case over rooming houses (Case No. 23CV035004).
  • Grants: Kaiser Permanente National Community Benefit Fund, up to $1,000,000 (October 1, 2026 to September 30, 2028) for a workforce development and interim housing pilot, plus authority for up to $2,000,000 more in philanthropic funding; authority to apply for up to $55,000,000 in Transformative Climate Communities Round 6 grants, including up to $27,500,000 for West Oakland and a subgrant of up to $270,000 from the Black Cultural Zone for East Oakland.
  • Appointments to the Community Policing Advisory Board and the Children's Fairyland Board; League of California Cities delegates (Ramachandran voting, Brown alternate) for the September 23 to 25 conference; resolutions for Oakland Pride, Hunger Action Month, Domestic Violence Awareness Month and in memory of an Oakland poet and activist.

Official Minutes

City Council minutes (final), September 15, 2026 (final): https://oakland.legistar1.com/oakland/meetings/2026/9/9578_M___Concurrent_Meeting_of_the_Oakland_Redevelopment_Successor_Agency_and_the_City_Council_26-09-15_Meeting_Minutes.pdf

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