2026-09-22 - Public Works And Transportation Committee

Good morning and welcome to the public works and Transportation Committee meeting on this Tuesday, SEPTEMBER 22nd. The time is 11. 35 in this meeting show come to order. The 4 I call roll. Like to give instructions on how to submit a speaker card. If you are here in person and would like to submit a speaker card, please fill out a speaker card and turn it into a Clark representative. The for the item is read into record are 10 minutes after this meeting began. Again, the meeting began at 11. 35 has hearts 24 hours before this meeting began. So we will no longer be excepted online, cards. But once again, if you're in person and would like to submit a speeding car, please fill it out either before intern before the item is read into record are 2 minutes after meeting. Again with that, I will now. Call roll. On roll for this meeting. Skews me Councilmember Houston. We want my apologies. Councilmember Gilles, what I PRESIDENT I councilmember Houston. PRESIDENT, thank you. Councilmember skews me Council. I'm Amber Wang. And chair on there. Thank you for that. We have all 4 members present on before we move on to the per side and you have announcements. Yes, we had a heavily impacted schedule today, 11 items. So it's all just trying to keep it brief and keep it concise keep our presentations are questions to the most critical pieces. Thank you. Thank you so much for that. Moving on to our first item. Our first item number one is approved the draft minutes for the committee meeting on JULY 14th. 2026. I have no speakers for this item. I have a motion by Councilmember Gallo, seconded by COUNCILMAN To Houston to approve item one as is on roll councilmember guy. I Houston. I. Item number one approval. The draft minutes for 7/14/2026, have been approved as is moving with 4 eyes. Skews me moving on to item number 2 determination of scheduling about standing committee items which is known as your pending list. I have one speaker for this item. Do we have any changes from? Administration don't think let's hear Speaker place. Okay. We do have staff at the podium. I believe they represent something. Go ahead. Apologies. Good Kristin. Halfway assistant or director for public works. I did want to make a request that we remove item number one under the pending no date specific file id 25, Dash 5, 3, 6, were requesting it to be withdrawn because it's a duplicate of item. Number 11 been scheduled today. Copy that. Thank you. Thank Thank you for that. So noted now moving on to public commenters on this item is the saddle of Allah item. Number 2, you up in the list. And we need. Good morning. MADAM Clerk. Requesting that revisit to the 3, 1, 1, system take place when it reflects a need for a public works to address an issue. He has to have a system that says this issue is an emergency related to safety. If it is under that label of a safety issue. A timeline for when it has to be addressed. Give you an example. I have a tree that sits on an island law owned by the city it's on. Keller in mountain. The tree drops large limbs. A bench is a part of the island right under tree. Just to have reported 3 times large branches dropping all. I got an understanding that they were going to inspect the tree to see if it needed to be removed. Hasn't happened. It's just an example. That's a safety issue. Somebody could be hurt seriously. The other thing is. A commitment to put forth items. For which after you put them in place, you go to actually use them on the same cotton corn. And I'm talking about Keller Mountain. We've been stall several traffic lights. It just and on canyon and Several traffic lights just sitting there for years. I'm talking about 5 to 6 years, not functioning. It doesn't make sense to put things in place. If you don't use them. So if we're going to do anything, it's going to be usable, not not usable. Thank you for the time. Thank you for your comments. And that concludes our speakers item number 2. Has it a move? The item? That was a motion by councilmember a second. And second by Councilmember Gallo. One moment. On row for this item. Councilmember Gallo. All right, councilmember Houston. And chair eye. I we're to dip determination of scheduling committee items, the pending list was amended to move under no date specific item. Number one, which is a duplicative of item. Number 11, on the agenda to the have decided to withdraw. Dan with that amendment 4 eyes that now takes us for eyes as amended. And that takes us item number 3. One moment item number. Well, I read that item into record receive information report on the city of Oakland's storm drainage master planned findings and the ensuring opportunity to explore Storm drain the value to help build a resilient storm, drainage system designed to reduce flooding reserves impact deferred spill and dream Maintenance archive clean waterways. I have 2 speakers for this item. Okay. This is an enormously important underappreciated subject and are guarding our city. So let's hear from staff, please. Thank you so much. Good morning. Chair under and committee members. Thank you for the opportunity to present this report to you in the community. And Terry patching and I service the watershed and stormwater division manager and Didi Bond manager. For the for Oakland Public Works today, provide an update on the city's storm changes Masterplan project and will highlight the urgent need for sustainable funding. For our storm drainage system and clean water. Compliance. I do have a power point presentation. Okay. Here we go. In this presentation out briefly described the project team, the current state of our storm, drainage infrastructure. How the storm change master plan is being developed. Our preliminary storm, drainage management cost estimates. A potential new funding option and associated ballot process and how this work aligns with city plants. So first, the storm drainage master plan team. I'm grateful to all the city staff. Working on this project, but only naming a few today, I'm master plan. Project manager is Tiffany Fams. She's our supervising civil engineer for the Watershed in Stormwater Division. Also, the public works drainage maintenance division manager Gerald nervous and his team provide critical field support to the project. Our lead consultant is Cheng suit from what Rodgers here today and our financial planning sub consultant is sci Consulting Group represented by John Bliss here today as well as Heather Jameson and Emmanuel Peterson. So moving on. Many of Oakland's storm drainage assets MAY be most are over. 85 years old and urgently need replacements. We have improvement. Unfortunately, the city lacks sufficient funding for maintenance repairs upgrades and waterway protection. To demonstrate the urgency. The image on this slide. Shows the entrance to the Oakland Zoo that was severely damage after a large storm on DECEMBER. 31 2022. The real you get Hooked Creek flowed where storm pipe and road once were the storm's force destroyed the pipe. This is just one example of the challenges we face other similar challenges. The funding challenge is clear. We must address aging infrastructure and secure sustainable funding to protect our community and manage Oakland's 400 miles of storm pipes and 18,000 storm structures. So a little bit about how we're developing. The storm. Drainage master plan. To address these needs. City council authorized the start of the new storm drainage master plan in 2020 to deliver this plan. Our team is completing computer models for the storm drainage system and tree canopy and please note the city's goal to fun tree maintenance implanting closely aligns with our efforts to fund storm drainage management. We're also conducting pipe and structure condition assessments. Revising design, standards and maintenance plans. Developing projects and financial analysys reviewing records and practices and collecting and analyzing public input. For example, flooding hot spots have been mapped from recent outreach 3, 1, 1, reporting. The storm. The master plan is 75% complete and will be finalized in 2027. It provides a clear roadmap proactive to proactively maintain the storm drainage system. To improve function and reduce future costs. To restore an upgrade assets to reduce risk and protect property, including roads. Deliver capital improvements. Equitably. Andres funding to implement master plan recommendations and comply with water, quality regulations. And on this slide, provided an example of a sinkhole from a tear deteriorated pipe under 50th Avenue. We're grateful we use measure you funds to repair this one. Collapsed structures, flooding sinkholes and erosion are all issues. We aim to better address with more sustainable funding. So a little bit about the cost estimates we've been developing in. These are definitely underdeveloped. So this is this is preliminary. We estimate. So we've calculated based on projects that developed through the storm. Drainage master plan. We estimate 1.2, 6 billion needed for specific capital projects. And this is a subset of citywide needs. We also estimate about 3.63 billion needed. If we did system citywide system improvements, replacements and purchase the equipment needed for that. At least 6, 13.3 million per year is needed for proactive storm drainage system, maintenance to help get us back on track. For cost-effective storm management. And we need at least 24 million per year for water, quality compliance. That doesn't include costs that were currently developing for trash and leg legacy, pollutant control. So on this slide show a photo. This is on High Street where we have some flooding that does occur. Improvements needed include. High capacity upgrades. At this particular site. So this is just similar to the projects that we have identified around the city. Where we do need to make some improvements to address flood control. Other improvements include trash capture devices and green stormwater infrastructure. So so partisan aaminah move on to talk about potential a potential funding path. Talk about bonds grants and prop 2.18, property related fee to fund the storm. Drainage system improvements ongoing bonds and grants will be needed for most capital improvement program, infrastructure projects. But just because the amount of money that's needed for everything. So I wanted to make that clear. For example, measure un measure Cure currently funding a small, very small percentage. Urgent storm, infrastructure, improvement and rehab projects. So we're grateful for that funding. But that represents a small fraction of our citywide needs. Additional funding funding is needed to properly maintain and rehabilitate the system. We're exploring if prop to 18 compliance storm change fee. With a potential timeline of 2027 to 2029. So gets started in 27 and hopefully complete by. 29. Should it the authorized for context? Just wanted to let you know that the cities of Alameda and Berkeley implemented successful prop to 18 complant balloting efforts. And now Alameda charges. $78 per year per home. Generating over 3 million dollars annually. But Berkeley charges, $42 per year per home also generating about 3 million dollars. These are smaller cities with less. Storm drainage to take care of. We did something similar Oakland's we could raise 10 to 15 million per year. If we if we went with those numbers. This would require property owner balloting and 50% approval. And then on this showing a picture of the sinkhole caused by a deteriorated storm drain pipe that occurred in residential yard in a city's Mont. So a little bit about the balloting steps and timeline. The balloting process would take 18 to 36 months. We would finalize the storm drainage master plan recommendations. Selected balloting consultant team to an rfp process Conduct community survey and equity centered outreach and that drainage fee study and prepare a legally compliant. The report and complete a public notice public hearing direct mail, balloting and tabulation. Each property is entitled to one vote in this case. A prop to 18 balloted property related free process is straightforward with notices and ballots mailed to property owners in Oakland. The process requires 50 present Senate approval. As I said, one vote per property. Most storm change fees include an optional Consumer price index escalator, and no sunset provision. The balloting process is not tied to any election dates and can be held any time of year. Balloting we're successful, we would have a dedicated is sustainable revenue stream to help cover. Infrastructure upgrades and maintenance and compliance with stormwater protection regulations. This would contribute to long-term savings by reducing flooding avoiding deferred maintenance and regulatory enforcement costs. Alternatively. If we continue with the status quo, Oakland rate pairs would not pay a storm drainage fee that the city would incur additional liability as repairs increase in cost and difficulty in cost and difficulty flooding. Another system failures increase and the potential for environmental fines increase. With impacts compounded by more intense storms due to climate change. So a little bit more on these ballot balloting steps. I'm almost done here. The community survey that would need to be developed with determine a viable rate per property. Outreach. Messaging would focus on protecting properties from local flooding and rebuilding valuable infrastructure for future generations. The required fee study would provide a legal justification, described the service that would be provided by the fee. It would outline the theme at the College e and would provide a rate structure and calculation. Noticing in balloting to prep 2 step process. That's a 45 day. Notice saying and a 30 to 45 day balloting with no sunset provision. As I mentioned. This the last slide? So our work aligns with several city plans. The 2024 Urban Forest plan shows how trees intercept rainfall and reduce runoff. Our storm drainage master plan tree canopy modeling will quantify this benefit. The capital improvement plan fiscal years. 25 to 27 invested some funding to reduce flooding and protect infrastructure. So eager to go to move that the to increase that. Also the 2030, equitable Climate Action plan aims to reduce climate change, financial risks which aligns with our work and expand and protect green infrastructure. The general plan includes environmental justice land use and transportation housing and safety elements that all align with these with our efforts as well. And then the last image is a very positive one showing there have been forced plan. It's a picture from the urban prep him for his plan showing city workers planting trees with students. Sustainable storm drains management funding will prioritize equity communities, ensuring flooding flood improvement projects with similar risk. Scores are prioritized in high and very high priority equity areas. Our work also contributes to green and safer streets through green stormwater, infrastructure and flood mitigation. So to learn more. Please contact me. My email address is provided here and also visit our city's storm, drainage master plan Web page. Link the url is provided on this slide. So that's all ahead. Thank You know, I think we don't talk about storm drains nearly enough in the city. It's a it's not that the sexiest thing. It's not what you what you think of as as infrastructure that you desperately need, that this is a city that is completely has creeks and rivers flowing underneath that. And if we don't fix our storm drains, we're going to see increased problem with paving roads last half as long as they should because they're constantly that. Being undercut by by streams. We see incredible flooding and prevail and the 7 all over the place. And you know, it this is a problem that is only going to continue to get worse as our series tatarian. So thank you for looking into this. And I would love to continue to work with you on this. Thank you so much. Comics councilmember his son. Thank you. PRESIDENT. And to CHAIRMAN's flashing. This is very, very, very, very important because it undermines our infrastructure. And just because we don't see it doesn't mean is there. So and you just share with you appreciate. Does this move Councilmember gap? Thank you for the information. But this still reality. So for me, it's a resident of the city. How much in my pain annually to maintain our storm drains because the reality is throughout the city of Oakland, specially in some neighborhoods. We're not getting the service that we should be getting. Take. The speakers talked about the 3, 1, one calls some men. Many people do. File the request 3, 1, 1, calls. But we don't get the service were asking for due to the emergency, the or the flooding. And then the other one has to do with the enforcement. That's what I seen. Certain neighborhoods, at least where I live at. People are thrown in there. Weather there. People are selling their goods on the street sidewalk. They throw know the oil. So they're throwing down the drain. Line and the fire department. The marshals used to patrol that on a regular basis to cite the food vendors. To make sure that blocking the sidewalks or doing illegal activities. And most of all, specifically, they're on. Foothill in Fruitvale. They're throwing their oils down the sewer lines, creating difficulty for our staff to come in during specially during rainy seasons. So what what is it that I'm paying for now? Annually to keep my storm drains clean. And secondly, how do I respond to the 3, 1, 1, calls that people make, but we don't get the service that we deserve to get to clean. The storm brings. So those are and I'll be happy to work with you on that. But those are questions that I get on a regular basis. What am I paying for today? And secondly, I call 3, 1, 1, many times, but I never get the service from the city to deal with that problem. So if you can answer that for the public. Okay. Well. This is definitely part of why I'm here today because the city has no storm drainage Most of the cities around the Bay area to have these fees that help to address that. The issues that mentioned. And so that's why we're eager to continue exploring and and pursuing this storm drainage be. So what are you paying right now? We? We have a funding 3 measure to to do some of our work as well 3. We as some of the sewer funds as authorized by council. And so we do our best with a shoestring budget. I yeah, I happy to speak with you more about some of the details. What I'm seeing a tremendous effort by staff to respond to complaints to enforce, to address, address drainage complaints. But we definitely do not have enough staff for funding to address every single thing. So we do have a and then funded list additions. So right now you receive your funding from From the sewer fund as well as some measure q funding 2 to assist with the work we do it and your cooperation with the fire department in terms of making sure that I don't through my oil cans or my cooking oil down the drain hideaway monitoring. Get that to stop. So we to respond to illegal discharge complaints when there are illegal discharges to this storm train and we do enforce the ordinance and I. Very successful at that. So definitely there's something that's yeah, like I look forward to a discussion about some of the details. But we do. Take action. We do investigate. And we do enforce. And we do our. Our approach is to work with folks to bring the along and help understand why a certain action is illegal and not ideal for water quality. Thank you check back with you. Thank you. Councilmember on. Thank you for your work on this. I must admit I feel like we should've been having this conversation a few years ago because we have super El Nino that's about to hit us in a couple of months or if not imminently. It's understanding that the forecast is that this upcoming El Nino is going to be worst or it's going to be as bad as the one that dates back to 1950. It's worse than the last super El Nino that happened in 1997 which had a protected or which had a rainfall of around 48 inches and that this one is actually most likely going to be worse than that or at least as worst. Is that. So I want understand what are we doing to prepare for this Because I wish we had that discussion before because that's going to be too late. So what? Plans are in place in order to prepare the city for what is about to hit us. Good morning through the chair Councilmember one Garland Public works director. We're doing quite a few things. First, this city Administrator's Office Public Works Department transportation and our emergency operations teams are coming together to help prepare for what's coming. And that's typical for a normal storm season. And to your point, it is unlikely to be a normal one it's going to be heavy. One. For the public works piece of We've already got contract capacity. To deal a significant number of trees being felled. She imagine those big storms they often result in a tree falling in to the right of way. So we've now got additional contract capacity to deal with that in a way that in past years has been bit of a struggle. We also have a plan during our most intense storms to be able to essentially boost the forces of our storm. Drain maintenance crews. We sent borrow staff from other parts of the public works team. Help our storm maintenance crews. We've also got a consultants and engineers on call to be in support where we're with situations of erosion, other things that are threatening the public public right away. So this is the the actions were taken to make sure we're prepared. Okay. That's that's good. Because because of climate change, we're going to be seeing this happening on a regular basis. Do we have system in the city where people are looking at? You know, projected climate events, you know, a couple years in the future that way the necessary infrastructure upgrades are we prepare for this year's in advance rather than sort of just being reactive. That that and when I think about one of the most important things to do to be ready for those future events, it's actually to get that storm drain masterplan done and implemented because that is where that analysis is occurring is looking at those future storms, assuming more precipitation, more frequency. What's this storm drain system? We need to deal with that to some extent. It does ok? All right. Thank you. Second, the item since I think it was moved. All right. Let's try keep it to that proposed motion. She second, but I have another question. Okay. Yes, 4 for the members of the public. Who do I call if I have a storm drain problem on my block. In front of my house. We're in front of my apartment. Who do I call within city government to respond to take care? Besides some minutes of the 3, 1, 1, was still stuck on 3, 1, 1, Or is there a number or that I need to call. We request that all complaints go through 3, 1, 1, and then any drainage complaint like you're mentioning now. Complaint about say flooding. Then that would go to public works drainage maintenance first to investigate is that it clogged pipe? Or is there some kind of been engineering issue that needs to be addressed? Yeah, we and then so if drainage maintenance can address it, they do. And then it fires, engineering review. It sent over to my group, which is the watershed in stormwater management division. And then we investigate those issues. Sometimes. Yeah. So that's it. Thank thank. You know, those are the type of cause we get regularly at our office. We refer them up. Please report it to 3, 1, 1, 1, 3, 1, Once it gets to you directly and some people do that. But they never get response from government to go fix it. C thank. Thank Thank So we have a motion a second. Yes, we've by Kuzma guy. Seconded by we do have 2 speakers for this item, societal of ala in coming down. Let's hear from our speakers to. So if you look at the allocation coming from as you queue. Only 5% of the measure is used for water quality litter reduction. So that's a very small amount. 64% is for parks in 30% homelessness. Based on what was discussed in the last me. We had it on report on the use the vacancy tax where you only supposed use 25% for illegal dumping in the u 65%. We need to create a system to make sure done correctly. But this is not a sufficient amount of money. I don't know where the other source says I would assume it comes from a budgetary when you make your budget every year, you allocate a certain amount of money for that. Now what I'm concerned about is data sentence. Data centers face significant issues that water contamination in water, waste pollution can be created due to their extensive cooling in operational requirements. We have chemicals like bio. I don't know this is by said it. Anti scaling agents. High concentration of salt and minerals, metal that do get gration materials p s a s phone chemicals. So as you go through this process of looking at your data Santas, the issue is water contamination going into your system or into you assist systems of water total in. This has been resulted in lawsuits in other parts of the countries with saying they water is not safe. You need to have some type recycle want it. They all systems of data center where they keep the sign. This is out of your time is up. Thank you so much. Good morning. It's down. Kevin de every time hear it's talk about storm drains, relieved that she's on the job and then increasingly worried about far behind we absolutely want to see this voted on couple of questions that I might understand it, but I'm not. Certain. I assume it's a property owner who votes and who gets a single ballot, not the resident. So. Someone and out of town property owner gets to vote. All the people living in the apartment building do not. I think that's what it's going on. But I want to verify it. With most ballot initiatives. If you have majority vote because into the general fund. But I hope that this one is guaranteed to go for the stated purpose storm drains and it doesn't go into the general plan. But like to hear that now. Lay out just in case I thank you. Thank you for your comments. That was our last speaker for item number 3. And there was motion by council Gallo, seconded by COUNCILMAN Along and to receive and file this committee on row for this item. Councilmember Gallo. I Councilmember Houston, I. And share on eye item number. 3 is received and filed in committee with 4 eyes that now takes Excuse me. Item number 4, the item regarding the 2025 safe Oakland Streets. Information report was withdrawn from agenda via rule. 28 and placed on the rules. The public works and Transportation Committee pending list. No date specific. That now takes us to item number. Oh, my apologies. Yes, we do have speakers for this item. I have 2 speakers for item. No, I'm sorry. This is I'm fight. We don't have any speakers. Read before. Moving on to item number 5. Item number 5 is a resolution awarding a contract to Maguire and Hester for specialized Post Storm Trail. Restoration services associated public works construction to repair 2023 Storm Drain drainage park in trail infrastructure in amount not to exceed $453,907 and $0.93 making findings pursuant to the Oakland, Municipal Code. Sections. 2.0 4.0 5, 0 sections. 2.0 4, 0, 5, 1, regarding specialized services competitive bidding and the request for proposal process in adopting secret findings. I have 2 speakers for item number 5. All right. Let's hear from staffers. Good afternoon. Chair longer income committee members. I'm Gordon that Ministry of Services manager for the bureau Environment Public Works. We're requesting that you pass resolution awarding the contract of 453,900 and 7 dollars and $0.93 to Garden. Hester, certified local business. This is for trail repair work for trails that were damaged from the 2023 storms in Diamond Canyon and walking Miller Park. 75% of the funding for this will come from fema. A 10.7 5% of the funding will come from the California Office of Emergency Services and the remaining 6.2 5% comes from the city's sewer fund. And available for any questions. Okay, Alex, questions. Alright, Councilmember Houston. All right. So this specifically for plucking Miller Park to restore their trails. There are several trails that were damaged in the 2023 storms in Waukee Miller Park Diamond Canyon. They are for specific trails that were approved by fema for And I acquiring has turned to their work extremely well. But Lake Merritt is not included in this walked Lake Mary once a week and I see their trail. Really nice to be. There MAY have been issues for the and that on the trails and Lake Merritt from the storm. I'm not sure. But this was of specific project for Western Miller. Yes, yeah. And I'm into canyon from what part of what Ken Miller from where to where includes parts of the Cinderella Trail. Pardon one moment. The Orchard Trail follows Colorado's trail and the bridge trail and Diamond Canyon. Make a motion to approve other questions. We will now move public speaking for item number have de La Bala and Kevin Talley. It looks like from the documentation that the incidents that impact that the trails occurred in 2023. And this is 2026. Doing Cola Self. What happened in terms of damage? What are they any safety issues that could have been the result of damage to these trails. And why would it take 3 years to have it brought to the attention of this body. And Leslie, I'm trying to get an understanding of what items related to parks and All required to go to the park and rec advisory Commission. Full recommendations. Back to It seems to be no set standard on how that works. And I was at the meeting last week and I'm a comment on that in open but you have to method. On procedure that's consistent on what goals Tupac in Rent Advisory Board full recommendation back to consul. But not only are they not doing recommendations, they making final decisions about talks and rent, including. Jackie Medals Trail. They made a decision one year when I was there about the use of the trail for a company come competition never came. The consul. And it was biking. We could have some injuries. I don't know. We need to have some consistency. But more than anything, certain issues have to have. A said that before and 3 years. Isn't is not acceptable. Just like those trees that will cut down, supposedly charging the person 900 $1000 fee for cutting down trees that took 3 years to come before you. Thank you for your comments. Kevin Talley. Just quick thank you to fixing the Duncan Canyon Trail, including bridge few. That's one of my local trails Cent. Thanks for that for the work. Thank you for your comments. That concludes our speakers 5 in the 5. And we have a motion by Councilmember Guy own seconded by COUNCILMAN To approve item number 5 to be forwarded to the JUNE. Excuse me, OCTOBER 6 City Council agenda role for this item. Councilmember guy some of the Houston. Wang. I share anger. I thank you. Item number 5 is approval for eyes to move to the OCTOBER 6 City Council agenda on consent. That now takes us to item number 6. They're with me. When I read in the title item, number 6 is a resolution amending and increasing the construction contract with Halliburton de Silva Inc dba Gallagher and Burke. For the active transportation program. 19 Street Bar to Lake Merritt, Urban Greenway Project Project. Number 1, 0, 0, 3, 2, 1, 1, by 4 million, $185,426. And $0.69 for the Grand Total contract amount not to exceed 10 million, 624,575 dollars. And $0.44 waiting for advertising in bidding selective requirements in adopting appropriate sequel. Findings. I have several speakers for this item. Okay. Let's hear from our staffers place. Good afternoon. My name it's a lot things, but it's going head with Department Transportation. So this item is to amend an increse the conception contact with better for the 19 speed by 2. They committed in budget by 4.2 million dollars to a total of 10.6 million. This project is on going to get speed from Broadway to Hudson Street and on Franklin Street between one to his feet and can be second Street. The key improvements include reducing prevalence from 2 to 2 in to one in each direction, widening sidewalks. Updating programs, adding that this can the food is and he's starting protected bike Additional announcements feature distance k lighting up expecting. And we're finding signage that fixing the updates and improvements to the 19 Feet Bucs Station drop-off excess buildings on Following the issuance of the ndp notice to proceed in SEPTEMBER of 2021, the project expedience the CDs off unforeseen conditions and jet engines that significantly affected the construction schedule. Then budget. A good delays as it did from previously unknown the fight and are going up these that requires substantial design than modification. Ongoing court mentioned up on notice and extend speaker goes unforeseen field conditions in Concord, Utica, section upon what actions fund manager and of events and rather than they could constraints the contact. Perform as well. Extended from though didn't end off. Don't going to go deeply do But Connie, 26 on most people. He is. So the amendment would be funded by MAY. You or I don't put million dollars and competition impact fee for around 500 k. I'm going push Thank you. Thank you. So you know, this is an enormous change order magnitude. We don't see very often. Can you explain why we are having such an enormous change order? First of all, the location of this project. This product in the Peyton don't don't that is for section, which we don't have documented. Everything's what is for them for a channel. Your keys, not many but a little whimsy read on to allow any anything any your degrees above the 6 inches from the gone. But the phone you use that are 7 inches from the gone. It guest 900 from the pin on. And goes up. Does need to be good and we can already do. We have to have a delay on bg. Any are utility companies to do that, creates delays and we have to be design a project, something becoming the locate something we can already located. So this was top almost what we used to be designing. There are so many issues. Another pit issue is basements. You know, don't don't we have basements and our sidewalks. Those big moments. I don't believe that the meet the points, capital. Good to They are the king. And once we something and we don't have enough information know their location and once we them, we have APRIL Denver, the current standards by waterproofing, it by the spending cuts as but But that and of course, not all. And then there were root cause and point speak. The vote the real or not? It be submitted that to be even find really or didn't want to speak and is a historically eagle has been and that I use on a condemned entered with that has to make to so that makes hiding in new subcontractor doing the testing that disclosing it to the landfills proper landfill is it's costly. And then more utility and added to the delay and we have to also make the some community events that happened on that day to like for them. Oakland Pride Parade in Black Joy parade that cost money too. And the other one other thing I have seen is we the light of the owners of this is the city. But we don't have any can total up to companies that been they could be at the mercy for that for the scheduled when they can be located. So all adds up. All these cost adds up in the 80's and we have to come visit the public to undefeated Minnesota. We can proceed with this budget. And when we get a large change or like this, I mean, it's practically a whole new project. We are there opportunities for new. New bids, new subcontractors or or is it just a matter of staying with that? Company? We have this. This is it fair to question in hindsight, if a look at it, I would not be budget that he's an is first of all to be. But for to do nothing but on funding the moment we didn't even those gun funding will be in problem. Know 100% sure. But I think and then you will have to be the contractor for Malaysian cause and if they any medida in hand, our subcontractors like this project high. 41 1% of our small local businesses. We would have to pay them more they cause. So I think I happen to be made it 6 million would be gone great and this budget that Thank Councilmember Thank you. I had similar concerns just around the change order. What? You know, because many of these contractors when the bit, because they had the lowest most responsive bid and then we have the significant change order. What? Controls do we have to make sure that a bitter doesn't just submit the lowest bid and comes to us with a substantial change order for now. They've already won the work. We're kind of in a bind. And now expected to pay them more because of the sort of change with processees. So to the chair and change order processes be anybody don't really committing across us. And the we have a team physician management team that, too, is that even worse than do it in tin orders and being teen daughters and I can assure you, I have the most expedient, the section manager working on this budget who who is really famous for being nickel and dimes and and project meant it was one of the expedience budget Mendoza's. Guy had designed this budget. 14 orders that that's their bread and butter most of the time didn't work is more like 10 or doesn't we should. It to note, is that not be a really They're just the fight. And then we never the point picked If the 100 I want them some money, we have right to see. I'm not give you money. Go time and McCain. It you whatever you want spend I would give you that money. Plus, as a markup on it is documented in the budget documents, but because don't know what We decided, I'm some all-time number to be thinking, which is benefiting from city because time immediately. Also a lot work for the staff and the contractor is what? Though bit scenario is the doctor Briggs on whatever available on the plants. Been one thing that he did, you unforeseen conditions and the staff is and the can justify each and every teen orders if and getting to new orders. You didn't get a pension to notice the change or depression is a very would cross. Is smaller for singles to the already? Then the that's section manager of design manager than this systematic, that this is indicative of actor. So it wasn't so many So I'm confident that we we evaluated and paid the contractor autumn up that victim as part of the missions in the suspects. Are the comp? What would be the consequences if we didn't approve it? Basically the project when just just not be complete. So if you see his feet is the project almost complete. It looks wonderful right If you don't, point does not have the conductor does not have it and even with us that even pay them. But big, the big unknown so the city and it's on that I see okay. All right. And then finally just around that, you said that the utilities have us in a bind. I it's my understanding that and some other cities they've passed legislation. Have you looked at what has been done in other cities to force cooperation and prevent these delays. The no, I have not seen but all can say is the all of it broadens the victim, and extend uk's the owners up beach in remote by media most even the out of like to do that. The division that and we have to wait for them. We just keep on pushing that. All right. Thank Kathy he's place. There's a chairs, a few things I'd like just. Find out and get some clarification get mentioned something and I'll stand one by one. He said sued the city if there's a change order. Let me pull that. Is this time and material on this change order and why would we have done like a design? Build? Where is easier? And you save more money with design. Build. And then we'll go to that lawsuit. So this teen them. To the chair. I'm really beautiful to question that is. Amazing that so it's so so. So. When is the change order? He's certain contracts. You have this clock time and materials. You understand now, okay. So a nice change orders. Is it time and that hair was that in their contract to be time in that area. So that's what your perspective you can Specifications say that to mean that is it potentially teen order claim from the contractor, the PRESIDENT In and the contractor the city negotiated order. If there's no agreement, then we go time indicated all of time is. All everything then is on the city. If the if the equipment is broken and it's also time and time if there is any heat things, game up. Also it's on the They believe Is it good for the city to somewhat? Is it good for the city to time and to and we we have a memo with each change order deciding and Whiting Hall. We came up with that season and what should be whatever they think it So into chair. Again, this is awful lot of money. So is it somewhere in a contract where we would have another contractor, local contractor, like Councilmember said, McGuire, Hester to come and look at it. Roger Wicker, a look at some other company to look at and see if this is, you know, if you go to the hospital, are you guys get 3? Estimates? Even if you build your porch or deck. So is it somewhere near where we do this? Because I'm just concerned about that. Like like the PRESIDENT Said, are the chair said as awful lot of money and that question. Then I want to know why would we have done design? Build. So Toulon. So you're pushing the going the and the and the other to vote to convict course, doing the construction of the project. But overall, he's been that been the contractor provide the court. Can be added to allure of the sun, beats what it what of the breeding and we competed according to And we we what you're going through that if you don't, if you want spend with justification, then be go time and Ok? So put asking question, what could we have like another contractor come in to say, what would cost floor? You to do this? Go work. That somebody I don't know is is very difficult to not that difficult is not that difficult. You just had another contract come in because you already know scope of work after they come up with a price after they come up with a price, they're giving you a line item of everything that's there that that's how they're charging correct. So what could you ask another contractor analyzed at to say, ok, what is this? What is this? So we can get the best bid for it because what we're basically doing in my opinion just my opinion is that which is going with the contractor that was already in place that and I'm saying is from my experience. People do and or be it because they already know the the scene and cut same things and then they just get out. I've seen it over and over and over. And Oakland can afford that. Is through the chair. The basis of the negotiations is going market price. And all we know that is to look big to see put rockets. We can always compare. How much is the curb? And gutter helmet is the as Brady and the other contractors that talking so that market best. That's all pieces of negotiation. So if you don't go, that can be, then we go time and So and I don't think it's in the number and nation's 2. All of the contractors for providing the last question is this federal funded to this is a federally funded projects. So we did seemed almost a 4 million dollars in the federal funds. Okay. So to the chair. So this means that we can't ask them use. Just said they do 41%. Local participation and we can't. Demand local participation of federal contracts. Is that correct? The that is correct. But but unemployment standards they do in Florida, look at which also how much of a local businesses that are getting work. Not be why give to the person who is getting more work to the local 100. But redo really made it home and this more open getting what this 41% and it's going to at. They're getting to that small local businesses. Okay. Last question done. The small local contractors that you they're using on this. Can we asked them to use other small local contractors, local contractors on this new amount of money. So everyone can even get experience it. We do It depends if the type of work is new, they them for Hazard and that the view is north of convicted on board for this project. Prime contractor can hide its appointed from outside of list, but they cannot do. They can do next. Begin on The move water to please any subcontractor. Once the big open. Ok, it wasn't a question, but it's okay. I let that go. Thank you. Chair. Councilmember yes, yeah. Thank you. Thank you for that information. The question is I'm glad administration is here. But Lake mayor making reference to Lake Merritt, I've heard of several times today, but but Lake Merritt to be the jewel of open growing up here in open. It was the j# # . The clean is safe most attractive place to go and take your family. Then we have the children's Center and and secondly, but it's challenge that this you go there walking daily. I mean. Not only the walkways which you see on homeless have taken over sections and what happens at night time now? I mean, you just set another activity there on was grant land of 2 days ago. But anyway, so for me, for the staff members be really important is to try to bring meant Lake Mary back like it used to be the cleanest safest place to take your children and families Monday through Sunday because now we have built the roof. Henry, j. Kaiser. They go together there across the street and we used to as families do both. At the same time, the museum has improved this presentation to families. But the other one this happening now, most recently, the Scottish Rite Temple got sold to an artists community. So Scottish Rite Temple will no longer be like used to be. Now it's going to be an artistic. I think that's outside the scope of this item. I think that might be outside the scope of this item. Yeah, but anyway, so I think if you know my recommendation to to the staff since we're here talking about Lake Merritt, that. We know, put that back on the calendar and bring it back to life like used to be to serve our children and families. But thank you for that information. Thank you. Councilmember Thank you to the chair. Just wanted to follow up on what my colleagues are. Councilmember Houston's questions around design build think that's actually really interesting question because there are some studies that show that design build is better with cost controls compared to design bid build. So are we nor are we testing out? You know, how does like our city and city of Oakland, what it would look like to do a design. Build model for project delivery. I'm going to veto any plunging. Going to be doing design very so. We do design bear. And one of the reasons is the the other Langone good on funding for construction. So sometimes be get to the money for design, but we don't get money for construction. So we designed our politics then be going to the agencies didn't see that. Look, we have a project You want to be they give us money for construction. So that's that money. One of the reasons and it's is point that that can be investigated. And but I think the many, too can be there. Yeah, I mean, that makes time get granted or just for planning versus construction. I think it is something because there's at least in some other cities, the design build. Showed a better track record of quicker project delivery. It's always with the inflation that we're dealing with constructing a construction cost. But here's all that. It's driving up the cost. I think it's something that we should look at. Who would encourage you to do Thank you. Councilmember Houston. Done at the Dish Air you might be able to help me explain his little bit clear. But designed You save money with design. Build. I'm just sharing that with you. So we need to start doing business a little bit different in Oakland. So this just try out like Councilmember one one said you have they have local individuals at 41%. Is it anyway? Because we raises millions of dollars, right? Is it any way to include new, small local businesses that can benefit from this raise of money instead of using the same ones. That's my question. Is that possible to include? No, we can't direct because a federal funds, but can we suggest that they use other ones outside because the money is like almost like another project, right? So that means other people should be eaten from this also. So I don't know of clear about that, but I'm trying to be clear. And the project 11 admit it might not possible for this. But at the policy level and we can go in that direction. Speakers, thank you. I if you signed up to speak for item number 6 and call your name, please approach the podium in any order that participating online, raise your hand so i can easily identify you again. State. Your name before you begin societal Kevin Talley, 70 Adams. Stanley Cooper and Kathy Adams. In any order. Ali. Just to state the obvious, this is an important project protected bike lanes, people to drop off pedestrians. That the not Country Park Station without blocking either devices or the bike lanes and with automated enforcement of a slain blocking. It's good to have a legal place to drop things off. Is all the council members have said, how can we afford future change orders of sites? And a little bit confused How did position of the gas line ended up becoming an issue. We always knew positions of gas lines are set number you call and mark the gas lines for you. How did it get missed and what can we do in the future to avoid it? And will it really be saved when the city of Oakland is fully electrified to remove sold the gas lines Thank u next speaker. What is afternoon? Gonna have. Good morning. Good afternoon chair and members of the Kathy Adams, PRESIDENT Ceo that will come after American Chamber of Commerce. I'm speaking on item 6. I said the city has been asked to approve the additional, you know, 4.18 million bringing the contract to more than 10.6 million while also waiting for the advertising competitive bidding requirements. Understand that projects sometimes require amendments. But when we are talking about more than 4 million in additional dollars, we need transparency and accountability regarding who gets an opportunity to participate. So I have a few questions that I would like to having to put the record first. What actual local participation occurred on the original contract. I don't just want to know what percentages were propose when the contract was awarded, which local, small, local, black owned and disadvantaged businesses actually received work and how many dollars, what ultimately paid to those businesses? Second, what portion of this additional 4 plus million will be subcontracted and most importantly will qualify at local businesses be given the opportunity to compete for that word. Even though the city is waiving about a competitive bidding process, we have spent months discussing the open disparity study and there fake facing black and minority owned businesses. We cannot knowledge so disparities in one meeting and then put millions of dollars in additional contracting authority without asking who's benefiting from those dollars. I'm asking committed to require staff to report the actual local participation on their original contract and identify subcontracting opportunities within the additional millions. And if they're subcontracting opportunities, our local businesses should know about them and have their opportunity to compete for them. A wave of competitive business biz bidding should never become a waiver of local economic opportunity, at least. Thank you for your comments next speaker. Please. Yes, Hi, Good Morning Committee. My name is Stanley Cooper, Construction. Engineering. Out of here in Oakland and I will wait my time. What I like to say as PRESIDENT Of cannot comers. We've been meeting with the city of Oakland for the past 9 months over and over again about equities and all of this unfairness and frankly getting tired. I'm looking at you to ask if you care. High speed. I'm here Haiti. And only most about it it And I'm just saying that is over and over And we come up it day after day. We've been meeting with Assistant City administrator talking about waivers. Appreciate councilmember that earlier to talk about, you know, policy in JANUARY what are we gonna do about these businesses that are right here right now? And we have countless meetings meeting with the city department heads and we still end up in the same way. And we continue this fight and we get nothing. My phone rings every day. Every time a waiver. This was. Thank you so much for your comments. Are additional time seated You know, go get anything related to foundational black Americans. We keep trying. Because I'm here only for that reason. I don't come for no other reason except to talk about. What's happening with us. So this is very confusing. Your funding source in the documentation says that. Million dollar U.S. Is coming from measure you presented. Just said this is federal money. The documentation says. Issue. Then you have in the documentation you need to find money. To be determine. 2.5 million dollars. Very confusing. Polls. Additional contract is in the language. What are you talking about? This is a contract that ends 12. 31 26 90 getting 4 million dollars for a couple of months. A work. Then you have confusing language about what held the Project Cup. Weather delays. Domingo have to spend more money. Issues with the utilities on the news. You'd have to spend more money. It's just when you get. Everything fix. You spend the money. I'm I'm really concerned about. Twisted information. What whether or not we really have to spend this large amount of a project cost expected to increase by approximately 65% above the base. Contract language in this presentation. What does that I will say that again. Project costs expected increased by approximately 6. I'm 65% above the base. Contract. So y'all go hand in rubber stamp. This bad boy. But this is not clear. My time's up. Think you could get into a pnd time. It. Thank you so much. Missus out of your time has ended. We are. Last speaker is Samuel Adams. Are you in the room to speak? Samuel Adams? Now? I do not Samuel Adams online. So if he is not been down, all speakers have a new call for item number 6. I don't have a move. Our second or they are still discussion. I will make the motion to have more discussion act counselor, Second that with the comment. Feel that your passion, Kathy Adams, when you came up here somehow I'm trying to balance out my passion with because when I say something and I people taking his anger. But it's not his passion share with you. And I say it all the time. My mom is black and my father's that he know. Never met. My father. All I know is black. My black side of my family has been just under served for 3rd generation oaklander. When I drive around in the streets as he does work happening, I don't see the black side of my family out there doing the work, the skill sets that they should be. And when I say it is, it doesn't matter. If you're black, white, Asian, you in. Doesn't matter. I want to be able to help oaklanders, you know, oaklanders and at this I've been in office for years, 6 months. And when I came up, it been fighting force is is is my town. That's all been fighting for right? And I fought so hard. One time somebody said I was trying to be because I said I don't agree with this. Go into an outside business. And I'm going continue to fight and I'm going continue to fight. And I've learned harness my passion. So it doesn't seem like his anger. But I must say this is many people out there that are very, very angry. I don't want that to to spill over into something else because the pressure is is really there. So I'm just asking gall do it didn't. Passionate way political correct way is all the people that are in power. My colleagues. You city Administrator, I'm just asking as we're together. And this get. Our Oakland businesses to work because they can do the work. And I second that. Councilmember I think Kathy made a request that I would like to honor which is it seems pretty simple, which is just to be able have some transparency subcontractors that are included. And this don't see him in the report. And I think that's something we should honor is a body. And I I need to see that too. They through the I just want acknowledge. The sentiment that we hear today regarding transparency. Fairness and bidding. And lift up the fact that we are putting in work from the city of Ministrations office to address these issues. One of the areas that we're looking at is how do we come to this point of a waiver requests? Have we done the work? 2, make sure that we can forecast these changes in advance before we get to committee or another body where we're having to force ourselves make a decision. And so we want to be predictive. We want to make sure that we take every effort possible to match. Our local small business. Very, very small businesses to primes in a fair and equitable way. We want to look how contracts are structured to make sure that. When there is an amendment or when there is a change order that we have exhausted all options to ensure equity at the local small business program. So I also received Wes and so that work is urgent for us. And I want to make sure that folks understand that its ongoing. We are meeting with the Oakland Business Coalition, which includes Kathy Adams to address these issues head-on so that we don't feel rushed into these decisions. We want to make sure we clearly defined. The criteria for waiver which includes understanding the definition of an emergency understanding the risk that you've outlined in terms of. Moving quickly or slowly and doing that in a way. That is something that that the public can weigh in on terms of that policy and that the public is clearly informed before these actions take 4th. So we are doing that for today. We do understand that. Our staff is identify the risks of delay prior to this transparent process be implemented. But it is where it's at. And I just want to ask one question clarifying question. We did talk about. The costs would kill the project. Could you just print for the record identify? One more time? What that exactly means like when when we say that the costs would kill the project, if in fact we. Thought about going out to bid publicizing this or even changing the. L s p e subcontractor mix. Could you just articulate how those costs just for this body would would, in fact, impact the project. More time. Through that So this is federally funded projects. Even one dollar of federal funds makes the project federally funded. So here we have, I think the 0.3 million dollars for factor fund and then Buckeye. Good grant. So that. Becomes the 5 different approach then be cannot understand these small, local business requirements, business and the db unwanted medical humans apply to that project and 2 guys, guns, we have become an 11% for db the quadrant for this point. As as the eye was consenting the and the killing the project, whatever the finger was, if you have to be big, the project. But fact, the events that are very clear that you have to have water. But 6 months of the location and we would all of a because in the project is bit and then construction starts. There's almost a year difference. So if if I was and then I understood the question is, if I doing section this is all the problem combating first of all, I'm not uncommon problem altogether. We would be in current problems slowly and slowly due to consumption. So we didn't know the all the and the magnitude of the problems that facing. Fact of the choir minutes they have been he's been doing to the bottom is that we have to watch the project. And if you can order one of the project, then the project money was spent in front of the disease. That's my experience with the disease. So I think that is the federal funding. I can't find it. And so is okay. So this isn't amendment to nation. So we have a a water solution. That wasn't going to be plenty that and have begun to. 21. We had if you click on the link in the genetic, what the fuss. But we're off. He and get document minutes is that people in 3 million is from. And federal funds and the It's 75774,000 from Buck Bank We need to move on. Done 3 items and 90 minutes. Smith, 5 items for the remaining 30 minutes. All right. With that, we do have a motion on the floor. We have a motion councilmember under seconded by councilor Houston to approve item 6 to be 42 the JUNE 6. Q's me what you see, Jim, maybe it lead to some OCTOBER 6 city Council agenda on row Councilmember Gallo. I going to Houston Unger, I mean, long. And chair eye item number 6 is approve with 4 eyes to afforded to the OCTOBER 6 city Council agenda on consensus and as counts. Yes, the an item is unanimous. The council rules say that it should be on consent and have for it is cherished discussion and it can also addressed rules. Do want to ask it rules to have it Bolton on consent or do you want to Putin on consent now? We need to call the roll again for its going consent. We're going to weaken vote just in case let's just read it again. A motion by councilmember under seconded by COUNCILMAN Houston to la approve out of before to the October 6 city Council agenda on on consent on row Councilmember Gallo. I. Houston, long I and share anger. I item number 6 is going to OCTOBER 6th on on consent again as stated by Councilmember and are known and we have 5 items in 30 minutes left. I will on to item number 7 7 is resolution modifying residential permit parking areas by adding the east side of Webster Street between 40st Street and 42nd Street. 2 residential permit parking area removing both sides of a street between Shattuck in venue in Dover Street from PRESIDENT Residential permit parking area p removing both sides of the Ross Street. Between Chabot Road in Harwood, a venue from residential permit parking area see in directing the city administrator or designee to implement modifications. I have 2 speakers for this item. Thank Want to note that all of these locations are in district one and they have all been approved by petition locally. So thank you. We move through this pretty quickly. If able thank you. Good afternoon. Council members, Kirby Wilson compartment transportation. I am. You're supervising transportation planner in the mobility management team and my team is responsible for parking policy for the city. I do have a brief slide deck today. Background on what residential parking permits are. These are parking restrictions that helped alleviate parking congestion in residential areas caused by non-residents. So you can take a park stations are major employers. We install signs that limit parking to 2 hours for unpermitted vehicles from the hours of 08:00am to 06:00pm Monday through Friday. And only residents MAY obtain an annual permit through the parking and Mobility Assistance Center which is tied to their license. But item before you today, concerns 3 changes to the residential parking permit map and in order to for these to be considered the residents themselves have to submit a petition with over 50% of the residents on each block. To be added or subtracted in 4 new areas. We do some follow-up study and we determined there must be over. 75 1% of the parking on street occupied over 80% of the parcels must be residential and a meeting must be held and you'll see photo on the right advertising. The meeting that was held and for removing areas from rpp. The signs must have been up for 2 years. So here's the map of the residential parking permit areas in Oakland. You'll see most of them are downtown North Oakland, in West Oakland. And then the changes before you as noted. One addition and 2 subtractions. Here is the addition. This is Webster Street between 41st Street and 42nd Street. It's hearty surrounded by an rpg zone. This is one of the subtractions. This is Raw Street between and Harwood, also surrounded by an existing area c and then this is Eileen Street between Shattuck over. And so staff confirmed all of the requirements of the municipal code for these changes. And we do recommend that you approve the changes and we will implement them in the maps. Great here. Thank you for your work. I make this motion. Any comments. All right. Let's hear from our speakers. Please. I have Mississauga Obama Kevin Downey item number 7. Looks like a good plan. It's good to be reminded of what the policies are and how we can make sure that there is some available parking for residents. Interesting idea. Probably not going to happen in Oakland, but in Japan. If you want to buy a car, you have to prove that you have a place to park the car. Could we do that here? Probably not. But, you know, at some point, maybe we should or at least we don't have to make it. Easy depart for prefer ever. Thank you for your comments next. Speaker. So long. Well, how did all decide for residents to park in front of a house comfortably without having a challenge with that, that you gotta pay $84 a year for do that. Then if you to for one days, $5 for 14 days is $27. I mean, you don't need money, but how do you come up with this stuff and what's the enforcement? If you get up a one-day visit is permit. You got to go down to city Hall to get the one-day permanent and they give you a take to put inside your wind issue. How does this work? And that could see maybe charging visitors in MAY be charging by days. But the people that trying pay of up space to Paul, you gotta pay $84 a year. To make sure that you can conveniently Paul confronting your own home. Those are all the speakers for item. Number 7. And investment yet. And we have a motion by Councilmember seconded by COUNCILMAN Houston to approve this item to be forwarded to the OCTOBER 6 City Council agenda. On role Councilmember Gallo. I Houston, And chair Eye. Thank heaven. Number 7 is approved to before to that over 6 city Council agenda on consent. With that, I will now move to item number 8. Adopt a resolution granting a conditional Henry vocal major encroachment Ian m j 2, 5, 0, 5, 3, 2, at him it in Russian aggression. Hester Hammett and trustee the khon Russian Rashaan 2000 in one tress to allow portions of the 5 outwards swinging doors in associated planters. Serving as pedestrian barriers to encroach into the public right away adjacent to 10 21 45th Avenue and adopting seek findings. I have. 3 speakers this item. Great. That's your staff report. Please Good afternoon. Reginal Basile division manager for right-of-way management dot. Department of Transportation is asking for council support for major encroachment permit that would legitimize certain existing elements of the public right of Those elements consist of 5 outwards screen doors. And 10 decorative planters that are protecting those outward swing doors. The extent of the encroachment on the right of way 3 feet. And we're pleased to report that after the encroachment will be left with 9 and a half feet of clear sidewalk open for use by members of the public. And happy to answer your questions. Questions council member one. You on councilmember, his To the chair is this facility, a marijuana facility? Yes, it is a growing facility to grow facility the facilities throughout Oakland. This is due out Oakland. This is not just pinpointing on this facility have not been following agreements and I can name any of them in my district have not been filed agreement about the 50 yard cleanup. I just looked at this location and I just had one of my m Csc's go out there. Trash, graffiti, vandalism and a lot of them don't. And I want to note due to chair Trinity, can you come up with quick because I needed her to read something out of this. This agreement that all the marijuana facilities need to abide by and they have not been abiding by specially might history. So I just wanted to read these few lines. Real quick. Do chair so we can speak to this because I don't want to prove nothing else from these facilities. It looking like. They don't bring value to my community. So Trinity, can you read that from? Mc Chapter 5 section. Think it's 81 70. Can you read that when we Chair Trinity Ken Houston Center Open District 7 Council member the reading Open Municipal Code title 5 Chapter 81 section 70 operating in performance standards, jumping to Section b in the municipal code. The finally standard should be included in the city administrators, regulations, permitted facilities must implement a community beautification plan to reduce illegal dumping very graffiti like not beautification of the adjacent community. Within 50 feet of the cannabis facility. Noncompliance of such operating standard shall constitute a breach of the permit issue here under and they render such permits suspended or revoked based on the city administrators, determination. Thank you, Trinity. So that last one see is very, very important. Some hold the city administrator. Accountable for all. I don't care of his district one all the way to 7 that they have to follow these things. So I'm not going to agree on this until we start actually holding the other one's accountable. In our districts because they are not abiding to says it right here. You can drive by everyone in my district and that 50 foot setback for the facility with it with trash, graffiti, vandalism. Illegal dumping is not being implemented. So and I just looked at cse just went out there now sent photos. It's the same condition as my in my district. So just like to Councilmember gaffe. Yes, yeah. Thank you. Thank you. This item is site is in my district and we'll make a motion to approve staff's recommendation. Thank you. Second, counselor history still in the queue. As I call your name, please approach the podium order and please state your name before you began to have Kevin Dally misses out on the ballot and Edward him. It in any water. It's their documentation that says anything that's going to be done related to this does not create a safety issue for pedestrians. Also language by the present us is produced, met by members of public. What are you talking about? It's produced by the members of the public and who is allow the permission permitting of the public to do something that I would assume would have been the responsibility of public works. And if it's not the responsibility of public works with, haven't produced by the public. Means. Is that clarity on that? Related to the last item? The request was made the last item for the neighbors to get this permitting process. In SEPTEMBER of 2022. And this is 2026. The people who live in that neighborhood have been trying since SEPTEMBER of 2022. To get these permits. And they saying because of staffing. It's the same thing to say about trees that they cut down. It took them 3 use to deal with problem holding that person accountable, supposedly. What does it take so long? To get things done? And it's always a staffing issue. Thank you for your comments on this on the ballot. If I called your name for looks like him alleys weight. Maybe speaking time. I do have an Edward. Him it. If you're in the room or I don't see anyone with their hand So those please approach the podium and you MAY Good afternoon. My name is the time that I want to thank everybody for taking time and taking care of this issue. The very diligent and the the issue the and dumping. So if you've been driving by the pace is keen on the half of the building is cannabis. The other half is a 2 different. The company that they fading. One is the repair shop and the other one Commissioner Kitchen that they produce that deals for pizza. There any questions that can then system? We have any other speakers? No, that concludes our speakers for this item number 8. And we do have a motion. So we have a motion. Thank you so much for your comments. Yes, we have a motion by Councilmember Gallo, seconded by Councilmember anger to approve item 8 to be 42. The OCTOBER 6 city Council agenda on role come sorry. We councilmember Houston would like to speak. I just want to do that. Want to be clear. This is not identifying the specific my vote is not identified for this specific business owner. It's not my stance is across the board on all these other facilities that are not abiding by it and need to abide by what they exciting. New agree upon. So I just want to make that clear. Has nothing to do with this individuals a vote. Roll for this item. Councilmember Gallo, I Councilmember Houston, no. Wang. Chair I item number 8 is approved with 3 ayes and one know council member Houston. This item is going to the OCTOBER 6 city Council agenda on non consent. That now takes us to item number 9. Adopt a resolution, a warning a construction contract to Grindle Grendell Eac dba Raise Electric Inc for the Highway Safety Improvement Project Cycle. 10 98th Avenue Cross seen improvement project, the lowest responsible responsive bidder in accordance with the project plans, specifications and the contractors bid in the amount of 2 million, $184,566 and $0.58 in adopting secret findings. I have 2 speakers for this item. Thank you. What happened on my name it's a van specifically Buckner competition. This item is the water consumption 100. Today's electric for 2.2 million dollars man. But this safety improvements on 98th Avenue between and speed and big speak in Quincy District. Number 7. Safety improvements include installation of new up in blue. That confession beacons. Cigna, on Milestones crosswalk announcement doing ever was stop lines and likes electric is good. Good with 91.6% to local and small local businesses, state grant state. It's a good and is contributing 1.4 million Putin MAY get you 750,000 to fund country. Thank you. Council members questions. All Councilmember is to. A motion a second. Let's hear from public speakers place as I call your name. Please approach the podium and state your name for the record. Misses out on Following Kevin Dally. Item number 9. I'm just going to take this time since is item does come highway safety this Thursday. I think it is the Army County. Commission on Transportation is having a discussion to weigh in on the use of 5.84 big reax. I hope that any councilmember that his opportunity will make it clear that you what do not want being reax traveling 5.80, the main reason for making this recommendation is because people are being impacted by air quality residential. We have nothing but residential homes on 5.80 So we need to support of consul to make sure that 5.80, remains. The wait is used currently without large truck weeks, having access to find within our city limits. Thank you for your comments next. Speaker Kevin Talley is waiving his time. So that concludes our public commenters for item number 9. And there was a motion by COUNCILMAN Gallo, seconded by Councilmember Houston to approve item might be going too t the OCTOBER 6 City Council agenda. On row Councilmember Gallo. Houston, I Wang I in share on ger item number 9 is approved before to the OCTOBER 6 City Council agenda on consent. That now takes us to item 10. A resolution authorizing. The city administrator to award a construction contract for a project. Martin Luther King Junior Way complete streets resurfacing project too. Acquiring Hester, the lowest, responsive, responsible bidder in accordance with the construction contractors bidding project plans and specifications for amount not to exceed 7 million, 306,798 dollars and $0.13 in adopting sequel findings. I have to speak. 3 speakers skews me for this item. Thank you. All right. Let's hear a staff report first place. Good afternoon. Chair 100 members of the committee. My name the home run. The news provides for the design and payment made in the section of the Department of Transportation. It implements the city pavement management plan also known as the 5 feet plant. I think before you would award the construction contract McGuire in history, the lowest, responsive, responsible bidder for the mlk complete streets. The service in project. Has to exceed the local small local business requirements for the project. The wind has there has to small local subcontractors for this project on the level concrete. The gnesen U.S. Truck Inc. And as the prime minister has established a mentor Friday agreement on the level concrete. This project implements the pavement privatization of the five-year payment plan that also infamous the city by planned to come and Asian mlk between 47th Street. But the water and the case, the high end Jeep corridor and this contract will deliver but city and safety improvements on the outside the pavement treatment. I'm available for questions along with Charlie provide a plan are. Council members. Okay? You is that a motion? Motion from Councilmember Houston. We have a second. Guy, ok? Let's hear from our public speakers. Please, thank you for that. I have Mississauga Ola Bala Kevin Dally and Kathy Adams in any water for item. Number 10. I'm sorry. Could you do have standing over? Not for item 10. I had him on a previous item, but not I'm Tim Dana, you know, my time to Stanley Cooper. I don't have Stanley Cooper signed up for this item so you can time to him if he's not know he's here. He didn't sign up for this item. So does that have to have Can I can I love this. That's Well, out. Yeah, that's that's your from MR. Cooper. Thank and thank you, everybody. Okay. Yes, my name is Stanley I am a local contractor. I'm a civil engineering firm out of Oakland. And the reason why I'm here today. Is simply because I would like first my first asked to have this pushed over. Reasons there's a we've been working the city and we're trying to get things like disparity study. Programs. And, you know, just on remit on a commune not too long ago. And so the problem with this right now, the mentor protege. We're working revamping the mentor protege I wanted to companies does being utilized as a pilot program. And but one of the problems with the mentor protege is that it it within ordinance. 1, 3, 8, 2, 5, It does not e-mail everyone. So you'll have money, you and that were done it does not. Specifically point out that a mentor protege can based company can be mentor. And the issue that that I'm having is now with the company's anything like that. He's just open it up. That can of worms right? I think we need to push out. I think City council needs to get a little more information. About to mentor protege and how is it utilized? Within these programs? We know that the contractor did, you know, get a percentage. So the does allowed that. But at the end the day, we need to know we need to make sure that. Is not that that the protege is either open based company Kuz prior to the ordinance. 1, 3, 8, 2, 5, It was that was the case in the new ordinance in the first paragraph. It only spills out certification. So with the new company Stead has a substantial presence. They are utilized only in making the goes to 25 per seeing go right. It does delay. There's no language stand, mentor protege that these companies can be protege. And so I say to you, City Council. Pushes over allowed time. So I was more time to give you if a new to present front of you. When it comes to the mid to oppose a. The right language because there is no language in the first paragraph. He speaks one. Nothing just certification. So that's what I'm asking. That's what we're asking for today is that that protege that his decisions be pushed over? Thank you for your comments come and Ali. To go the right. I appreciate the efforts getting more local businesses involved. This project is on the high injury network. I prefer that it be approved immediately. The committee wants more information, make one meeting delay? Specify exactly what you want and then get back to council so we can pass project and reduce the deaths and injuries along this Just just very quickly to city did you verify that with fdle? Verified the substantial presence of local lot. Local fire and under mentor protege. Yes through the Thank you for the question regarding and the certifications for on the level. And staff research says a substantial presence requirement under the city's local and small local business. To confirm that this business meets the standard for certification. And so based on that review, staff found the following first on the level has been in Oakland based business since JUNE of 2024, the standard is one year they've been operating since JUNE 2024. Is documented in their leasing agreements. Second is a part of our review. Staff conducted a site visit at the businesses, Oakland location and were able to verify that location. And then 3rd, the businesses, federal tax filings and other required documentation. List, though, can address. And so after reviewing this criteria, along with other requirements of the l s l a t the program. We certified on the levels of small local business enterprise on AUGUST, the 7th and that is the criteria for. For this program. And so as with all certify programs, business is subject to print periodic review and its certification will be up. On AUGUST 27. But I will say that the gentleman MR. Cooper's issue. I think if I'm hearing you correctly, just for the group, is that. It's not so much that we didn't certify this program properly or organization. It's that. The ordinance, as it's written. Does not explicitly state whether or not the mentor protege program. He's solely for. Home-based business is in Oakland, meaning they're actually home-based or they have significant presence currently. Big ambiguity there. Ordinance is clear that substantial base businesses qualify. But the mentor protege program needs clarity moving forward. Councilmember his. Little need a little more direction and understanding so this small, local business has been in. Oakland Sense 2024. Correct? Yes, sir. Okay. Where's their home base? So it's our understanding that. They're in San Francisco, right, that there. That's one office. So when we we try to when we go through the inspection and the certification process, we look at it. Various different data points to determine if they have substantial presence. All right. And substantial presence is how many employees as a person you're told, employees are our in Oakland, right? That's when things are you in Boston and 100 employees and 2 in Oakland will look at that. We'll also look at your invoices. Are you invoicing businesses that are based in Oakland? Right? And so we looked at we look at invoices to see if you actually customers in Oakland. That's 4. So the qualification of substantial presence. If you're saying based on the local the old ordinance, which is headquarters in Oakland, that's a different standard. The standard for this ordinance which was revised and amended is that it's substantial presence. And so we looked at the substantial presence criterion. We said, yes, it has that it chair. I can understand primes really can I can and just stand primes that have. A ca go and then bring local businesses here because they're primed right there across the state. But when it comes to a local business, a small local business, does it make sense to start building? Small local businesses outside of Oakland? We need to do it inside Oakland. Makes no sense to me at all. Understand Prime's. You can have a business saw it. Every state and in you just you business here, a satellite office here. But when it comes to a small local business. I don't know how this got passed. And when he got, when did this get passed through the chair? When did that this ordinance? And was January. 25, that was. So what we're talking about is the ordinance on amendment to allow for, for business, for the for the qualifications of a are the the certification to include substantial presence, right? That's what you're talking about with. This is what this is is a mentor protege, which is slightly different, which is just let's to find a mentor protege, right? And so this is a mentor protege, the mentor protege basically says, is it certified or not, which goes to the ordinance. So the ordinance we follow the ordinance and we say the ordinance as substantial presence. Yes, it has its. So you're talking about the presence the actual ordinance, which is a JANUARY. 25 ordinance. Can you? It has this totally unfair to small local businesses here straight up. I mean, we should be building not having a small company come from another city. Getting their foundation here. But we have ours here right now. The need to be we need to build them. So we build another cities, small, local businesses instead of are some that go with that. Okay. Councilmember one, what it what is the threshold for substantial presence like you gave it example of like you that have 100 employees only to earn Oakland a's to that does not qualify. What's the threshold and what? How many employees or what percentage of employees on on the level are actually in Oakland. And to the Chair Council long on. So the threshold is one year. We don't we don't have specific threshold for every. Item that we investigate the primary threshold is how long you've been doing business in the city of Oakland. And that's one year. How long have you had your office right? And then we want to see is that a satellite office of the un says that threshold. That's our valuation. We evaluate on our discretion based on the criteria looked at what is your invoicing? You know, we do a site visit. We look at your tax returns. We look at the percentage employees. There's not thresholds for that. That's just criteria to determine. In addition to how long have you been doing business here? That threshold is one year. So that's so theoretically, could you have a business that is like only one employee in Oakland that they've had them for one year and that would actually meet. They would qualify. Look at many factors. I mean, we would keep working and other factors. I want to see who your customers are. We wouldn't just look at one employee out of 100% one year or more right? We do the site visit. We look at other factors. All right. And so that would be data point in the evaluation, which is one employee at a one. In addition to the one year we keep looking to the site visit, we look at other data, ok, and how many employees at on the level you see it there during your office visit? I can get the answer to you. And for me, i can get them. Ok, thank you. Councilmember guy. Make a motion to approve staff's recommendation. Member Houston. And I will second that in say this. This has nothing just almost like the marijuana facility. This has nothing to do with Maguire and Hester. This has nothing to do with the mentor. Are the protege. This something to do with Allowing this to happen. I haven't stronger and they'll be eases that's dealing with. That's us. So this has nothing to started the project. This something to do what we have done. So I move that a second. Sorry, we're we're past time and we already. Allowed speak. Is a motion by COUNCILMAN Houston, seconded by Councilmember Gallo to approve item 10, 2 before to the OCTOBER 6 City Council agenda on row Councilmember Gallo. Houston, I. Wang. And chair on eye item. Number 10 is approved to be 4 to the OCTOBER 6 City Council agenda on consent. It's a that now takes us to our last item. Number 11. There will driving in this light. The title. Adopt an ordinance amending Omc chapter 8.2, 8 solid waste, collections and disposal and recycling ordinance to update definitions dwelling union in food soil, paper and add a definition for on site cleanup, holler clarifying that the subscription for regular collection services for fixed materials and organics and recyclable materials. And man is mandatory and South Hull. Permit is required. As a means to specify the property owners obligations to subscribe to such collection services, stipulate that it is acceptable for service providers other than the im in collector to transport bulky goods removed from within a premise as it indicated, part of. On site property cleanup service only they have a city-issued on site. Cleanup permit emphasizes the need for business and residential unit in a mixed use environment to obtain separate solid waste collection services. Strengthen the reporting requirements. Hollers providing organic waste collection services authorize the city summarily says conditions in created by the bill year in of a commercial premise to properly dispose of the solid waste created produced or accumulated on the premise by subscribing to the collection services on behalf of the property owner make the cost of subscribing to the service on behalf of the owner, including the administrative costs associated Therewith, a special assessment against the property upon which the new says conditions are maintained and making appropriate sequel. Finding to have 2 speakers for this item. Excellent with staff report. First place. Great. Thank you. Good afternoon. Chair and committee members. I'm Rebecca Parnes, recycling program manager with Oakland Public Works. I'm happy to be here with you today. That's your final item to present a proposed ordinance amending Oakland Municipal Code Chapter Oakland, Solid waste collection disposal and recycling ordinance. The amendments are suggested to help address causes of illegal dumping. So the recommended amendments to on see Chapter include establishing a commercial special assessment to it. Sure, continuous trash, compost and recycle collection service at all. Oakland businesses establish a new requirement that businesses cleaning out a property can also hall the cleaned out material only when they obtain a permit from the city. It will update definitions and clarify residential trash service is required for all buildings where people live. Regardless of that, their zone does work live and make appropriate. California Environmental Quality Act by Indians. Okay. So first I'm gonna walk through the proposed commercial special assessment currently Oakland Municipal Code Chapter 8.2, 8 requires all property owners and businesses to have a weekly trash compost and recycle collection service sufficient to match what's generated on the property. This existing requirement is not changing with the proposed ordinance or staff is not recommending a change that requirement. What we are recommending a system to establish a new commercial special assessment that will enable the city to maintain service on behalf of the commercial property owner with a pass to trash Bill. Currently the city's contracted trash holler, waste management cancels collections service at a business 90 day is after a pass to Bill. The proposed changes would also enable the city to establish trash compost and recycle collection on behalf of the business, our property that's currently lacking that service and staff estimates that between 1050 1200 businesses currently do not have trash collection service. The special assessment process will recover. Associated cost of service and the city's program administration through a special assessment policed on the property tax city finance staff have worked with waste management to administer the existing residential special assessment process since 2015 and are supportive of doing a similar process for commercial property. Should this be adopted? The intent of the commercial special assessment is to ensure continuous waste collection service at commercial properties with the goal, reduce the blight and illegal dumping in both the public right of way and on neighboring private property is that are currently subscribed to service. So the next ordinance amendment I want to share with you is the on site cleanup Oller permit. So this would be issued to businesses that want to haul material. They clean out from within a property without a permit. The material they clean out would need to be either placed in a waste management dumpster. We're set out for up rescheduled, residential, bulky pickup. Approved permit holders will be required to submit reports to the city documenting how removed material was. Reuse recycled and properly disposed a list of on site cleanup hollers would be maintained on the city's website and the intent in establishing this permit is to reduce the instances of on site property. Cleanup company dumping material on city streets that a resident for business paid to have removed from within their property in good faith and disposed of. Finally, I want to discuss the proposed update to definitions that will expand where residential trash collection services required by expanding the definition of dwelling units to include locations currently zone as work live these were cliff properties are often located and historically industrial zones people can and do live inside these buildings. The update would require residential trash, recycle and compost collection service for each dwelling unit in the building to ensure residents have access to residential services, which includes bulky pickup and drop-off holiday tree collection. Motor oil, recycling management of materials that are resident generates. Sewing clothes. Staff recommends the ordinance amending on see chapter a point to strengthen waste disposal requirements and reduce illegal dumping citywide. I'm happy to answer any questions. Thank you. Excellent. Thank you so much. Council members questions. Councilmember It gets. So what is your plan? We have so many hauling trucks. That is sitting on our streets. You and I the city employees seem the law enforcement's see him. The fire department. And so we don't do anything about it. So what are you recommending this different? You go to in front of Home Depot. You're going find 10, 15, 20 trucks without permits. And where they dumping their good cent so high. Are you going enforce and who's going and fours that if I'm out here with a pickup truck hauling goods anybody that I do have a permit to do the hauling. Tucson, enforce Thank you for your question through the chair, this would create a system so that as a resident or a business, I can go to the city's website and know that I'm hiring a company that's going to manage my material correctly because I know today it's not uncommon that people pay one of those trucks to haul their material and then they don't necessarily have a guarantee of where that material is ending up. And under current municipal code, if I hire someone and it gets dumped on the street, I would be held liable. So by establishing this permit system, it gives me a way to know. Hiring an entity or a company that's going to do the responsible thing with my material after it leaves the inside of my house. But nowadays, I'm required to have a meant to hall. I mean, I've been at this for a number of years, but we're not enforcing the rules that we have. First of all, that if I have a hauling try get a permit from the city to be able to hold your goods or anybody's good. And we don't have that. Then the second issue is that did happen, says besides the hauling truck. Is being able to make sure that a business that opens anywhere in Oakland has say it. For their trash. And we're not enforcing that at all. Used to be waste management would do international Boulevard for me because I would see people open up and open up you know, one time. So was a law office. But it became a pizza store. But they didn't have a permit to even so pizza. And the city knows we know. And so they throw their trash on our garbage cans. So wherever they want to throw it. And but I guess the question how who and how and when are we going to enforce the rules that we have bought trash Who sent do that. You're going to do that. I mean, we have the Environmental Enforcement unit. Yeah, I know we have that, but it go to Home right Any morning without the 6 in the morning you go. We're going to find 50 20 trucks, the done they're hauling guess where they threw their trash It certainly was a waste management because I charge you to pick up your trash. You gave me $100. And when I go to waste management, a dump it what? They're going to charge them, a 300 donors. So just we're through the trash. And the problem is this city of Oakland. And for people standing is sitting here are not enforcing the rules that we have. We do a lot of talking. But the bottom line is that if I'm out there hauling trash in east Oakland. Should have a permit to do it. But I should also have the responsibility that if I pick it up from that when a 3rd and 98th Avenue, I got to go to Waste Management. Thank you. Were throw 15 minutes over on this committee word was enforcing it. Councilmember thank you so much for the fantastic work on this. I think one thing I just want to flag as we heard from. This morning around a number of businesses that don't even have licenses first place and I think that will have implications for the enforcement around the lien liens that were and are going around the special assessment for the commercial side of things is. I suspect that the number of those unlicensed businesses are also not having their waste picked up. And so I just want to ensure that there's that coordination between the finance department and you all as we move forward with enforcement and then just put in a request that they had worked with this team on the commercial special assessment that I'm I like to be at is a co-sponsor on to this ordinance and thank you for your work on this. To the parliamentarian. The situation. Yes, this would be a floor at it like any other edits of the wood. The legislation would need to be submitted to the clerk's office reflecting that it's my office is happy to assist with that. Councilmember Houston. I like to move the item if it was out. But I want to make sure that Trinity Evelyn. And Carol, her with Councilmember Gallo said, and I want to we buy something near to make this more me so with only buys whatever we have to top new Trinity. That speakers. As I call your name, please approach the podium. I have of Allen and Kevin Dally for item number 11. MR. Dowling still hear for item number 11. Related to the holding. Part of what has to happen to have enforcement. It becomes the responsibility of the person who hires the hole. They're Verify that they go through eliminating that. Debris. Probably so when we used to For construction materials to be eliminated isis. The got into Trump with them. Role too where it was at the city. You supposed to have payment in eliminating this stuff? And then after they did that properly, we pay So that is responsibility that we can take. To make sure that that is done correctly. It's on the person who hires the hole. Related commercial. Disposal. You brought this up. We have tenders who are sidewalk vendors in. Trump, mobile vendors who are dispose inappropriately. And we need a solution to that as well as well. We also have the issue. You can require access to services at residential site, but is the access fission? You know, you have the goods to get small cans, large cans more than one And some people are trying to save money and they not getting sufficient cans and so they can still up and they have access household wastes a trench and we you can acts of public works. A lot of not a lot but substantial amount. What you find is illegal dumping comes from people's houses because they have no way to dispose of because they don't flattened sense that. Yes. Thank you so much, Kevin Talley. I do not see Kevin. So that concludes just because for item number 11. We have a motion a second. Yes, we have a motion by council of Houston. I'm not sure a second. The second in Councilmember Ongert a second to approve item 11 to before to the OCTOBER 6 City Council agenda and noting the request of council member. Want to be added as a co-sponsor. And I'm assuming this was approved by staff or department staff to have them be added, Yes, I get Not for that on role Councilmember Gallo. I'm gonna vote. Yes, but it's been enforcement in. This something the city doesn't do. Think. Thank you so much stock. But role clearly and I'm saying this because we need to take action and that just be talkers. What we're going to do this, but we never do it. Thank you. It was not from Councilmember Guy Houston. I. Wang. Chair on eye item. Number 11 is approved with 4. I said before to the OCTOBER 6 City Council agenda on consent with request for Councilmember want to be at as a co-sponsor. And that's revised legislation will be provided by. City attorney or part department staff. And that now takes us to open forum. I have this us out on the ballot. Kevin Dally in David Boat ride in any order. Good afternoon, MR. But right. David Vo right to quote, a councilmember Houston. This storm drainage master planned spending is a very, very, very important major project. And now he's gone. As this plan will take over 6 years and complete complete plus taxing efforts of 18 to 36 months. What can be done until then? This like so many city projects requires more City Council mayor oversight. Are there no other projects in the city budget of lower priority like trail repairs and park maintenance. It's time for city council and mayor to make tough decisions without more taxes. Thank you for your comments that Speaker. I think I'm supposed to get one Yesterday had 2 minutes. Whatever you whatever is the right. But I gave him 2 minutes. So you also get 2 minutes. You are correct. You should gotten any minute one minute, ok? Thank you. We've been looking the meeting of the park and Recs Advisory Commission last week. Had items new business in approval. First item, renaming of Cesar Chavez. Forward recommendation for consideration for consul final approval. Then they hand and item. That wasn't going to cost request Parks and rec advisory commission to approve the sale of city-owned portions of Garfield Paul, the Oakland Unified School District. For over That didn't say go to council. The next item, resolute a request parks, unrest, advisory Commission to approve donation of $49,000. And that didn't go to comments. They approved. Information. We point on parks and Recs update. Draft shows street networks ago. It would have the most that right there. There items that go to Paul. Can Rick, when they approve and you don't necessarily see. And it has fiscal components. And has of them issues related to what's best for the community components. And you innovate be full. This is an advisory group. They have a group that approve the Lake Merritt. Pilot. Then this program never came to Cannes. Thank you for your comments that public commenters. All right. We're