2026-10-15 - Rules & Legislation Committee

Scott. Good morning and welcome to the Rules and Legislation Committee meeting on this Thursday, October 15th. The time is now 1030. In this meeting shall come to order. Before I call roll, I would

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 for an item on the agenda, please fill out a card and turn it into a clerk

representative. Either before the item is read into record or ten minutes after this meeting begin again. The meeting began at 1030, so that time will be 1040. We are no longer taking online speak

cards, but you again can fill out a speaker card in person and turn it into a clerk representative. Before the item is read or ten minutes after may begin, whichever is comes first. Again, online

speaker cards were due 24 hours before the meeting, so we will not be accepting those. With that, we will now call roll on roll for this meeting. ID Council member excuse me. Brown. Present. Council

member five present. Council member. Ramachandran on our way and council chair Jenkins are present. We have three members present. One excused at this time with that council president or council

chair, somebody, do you have any announcements before we go to our first item? Because of the amount of speakers we will be cutting, at some with you just got. All right, moving on to, item two,

because as we see listed on the agenda, there are no minutes to approve at this time. Item two is determination of scheduling two outstanding committee items, which is also known as are pending list.

I have no speakers for this item. Thank you. Anything from the administration? No changes at this time. Anything from my colleagues? Seeing none, I'll entertain a motion. Second, there was a motion by

Council member five, seconded by Council Member Brown to approve item two, as is on roll. Council member Brown, I, Council member Ramachandran is excuse at this time. Chair Jenkins. And item two is

approve with three eyes. One excused Council member Ramachandran. That now takes us to new scheduling items. To make sure, item 3.1 is a resolution authorizing the city administrator to accept an

appropriate 20, fiscal year 2026 through 2027. Surrendered and abandoned Vessel Exchange grant in the amount of $75,000 for abandoned vessel abatement and relief services. Two authorizing a 10% in-

kind personal match of $7,500. Authorizing General Purpose fund. Central service over services operations. Contributions for associated services $12,180 and waiving the city's advertising. Competitive

bidding, requirements for entering into professional services. Agreement with specialized vendors who can provide abatement, removal, storage, and disposal of abandoned vessels on an as needed basis.

When marine unit experts determined such services are required based on the type of vessel in this item, is being requested to be scheduled for the October 20th City Council agenda on consent, noting

there is a rule 24 listed for this item and I will read that into record. The rule 24 for and urgency is that the grant term starts October 1st. Work has stepped up due to the upcoming El Nino storms,

for which governor, Governor Gavin Newsom has declared a state of emergency. The grant will help complete needed, surrendered and abandoned vessels removal before the storm. Therefore, OPD is trying

to have the funds approved as soon as possible. Item 3.2 is a title change for the Baker Tilly item. I will read in the new title. It has also a new updated short title where subject which is Baker

Tilly Advisory Group LP Procurement Enhancement Services. The title change reads as follows. Adopt a resolution authorizing the City Administrator, or designee, to enter into a Professional Services

Agreement with Baker Tilly Advisory Group, LLP to provide procurement, purchasing and contract enhancement implementation services in the amount not to exceed $249,000. In waiving the city's

competitive the waiving the city's competitive RPC requirements under OMC and the local Small Local Business Enterprise requirements. The item is scheduled for the October 27th Finance and Management

Committee agenda, noting Councilmember Ramachandran arrival. Moving to item 3.3. Item three point through three, I believe has a title change. Thank you. Thank you, Madam City Clerk. The new title

will read resolution authorizing the City administrator to to amend the Professional Services Agreement with Ralph Anderson and Associates to extend the agreement term through to August 31st, 2027,

and increase the not to exceed amount by 200, $200,000 from $250,000 to $450,000. And then two the Hawkins Company to extend the agreement term through August 30th for August 31st, 2027 and increase

the not to exceed amount by 100 $100,000 from $250,000 to 302, $350,000 and three Cooperative Personal Services, dba CPS Air Consulting, to extend the agreement term through August 31st, 2027, and

uppercase B waiving the competitive requests for proposal qualifications. Parentheses, RFP, Q and A local and small business enterprise requirement. And that's for the October 27th 26 Finance and

Management Committee. Thank you so much for that. And so noted. The title change writ by the city attorney in the date of scheduling for October 27th. Finance and Management Committee agenda. I will

now move to item 3.4, which also has a title change. Is staff present to read in the new title? Good morning and thank you, Madam City Clerk. My name is Rosa Velasquez from council member Gail's

office. District five. Title change is to receive an informational report from the city administrator on the City of Oakland Cannabis Regulatory Program, convening all program activities since it

since its inception with information including but not limited to detail updates on the permitting process, taxation structures and revenues, equity program compliance, workforce development outcomes,

the part to mental staffing levels, fee structures, public safety coordination, enforcement activities, inter governmental reporting requirements, and the allocation and expenditure of cannabis

generated revenues to be heard on the November 17th Community and Economic Economic Development Committee agenda. Thank you. You got anything to say, Madam Chair? You're good with that? Yep. Okay.

Thank you. So noted. Thank you so much for that title change. And noting the date that it will be scheduled to that now takes us to item 3.5, which also has a title change. I will read the new title

into record. It is adopt an ordinance authorizing the city administrator to negotiate and execute a purchase and sale agreement with USD for the sale of 0.6 acre city owned portions of Garfield Park,

located at 2201 through 2299 East 17th Street, for renovation of Garfield Elementary School campus for $597,500 less related closing costs, lease related closing cost, and be a MoU between USD and the

city to provide for the city and the community use of Excuse me of the athletic field on the renovated Garfield Elementary School campus to declaring the property exempt surplus land in three adopting

sequel findings. This item is being requested to be scheduled for the October 27th Life Enrichment Committee agenda item 3.6 is approve the report and recommendation for the 2020 seventh Legislative

Calendar. Calendar for the City Council and Council Committee meetings, report and distribution schedule. This item is being requested to be scheduled for the October 29th Rules and Legislation

Committee. Agenda. Item 3.7 is a resolution confirming the mayor's appointment of Laurel Hanson Wright as an under Under that and designated, excuse me, representative to the Housing and Residential

Relocation Board. The item is being requested to be scheduled for the October 29th Rules and Legislation Committee. Agenda item 3.8. Adopt a resolution authorizing the City Administrator to enter into

a MoU with the City of Piedmont, California, for our provisions of firefighter training, education, and cost reimbursement to be scheduled on the October. Excuse me, November 10th, 2026 City Council

Agenda on consent. There is a rule 24 and I will read that into record. The fire department seeks to bypass, Public Safety Committee because it hopes to have authorization as close to this as close to

the start of the November 2026 Fire Academy as possible. Item 3.9 is receiving information report on the anti displacement programs, including the annual Rent Adjustment Program report by Housing and

Community Development Department for Fiscal year 2025 through 2026 on the to be heard on the November 17th Community and Economic Development Committee agenda item 310 is receiving information report

on the progress of vegetation management along the City of Oakland evacuation routes. This item is being requested to be heard on the November 17th Public Safety Committee agenda. And it looks as

though Councilmember Ramachandran has our hand raised. The chair. Thank you. As my teams worked on this, with the fire department and we're very, very eagerly and excited for this report to come

forward. We would like to be listed as a co-sponsor. Thank you. So noted. Councilmember Ramachandran will be added to 3.10 as a co-sponsor. Item 311 is receiving information report from the Oakland

Police Department on violence prevention, the Oakland Fire Department on efforts to reduce violence in Oakland through measure in in Oakland Community Violence and Emergency Response Act of 2024

present to the City Council of Oakland Public Safety Planning and Oversight Commission, Community Policing Advisory Board, and the Police Commission on to be scheduled on the November 30th, 2026,

special Joint Meeting of the Oakland City Council. The Old Spock, the CP, dba and the Police Commission agenda noting if through the chair, I don't know if staff is available for city administration,

is there a time to be, noted for this meeting to start, is staff present to OIC staff approaching the podium? Thank you so much. Good morning, president. Jenkins and members of the committee, Felicia

Virden, city administrator's office. The time for that, the November 30th special meeting is 12:30 p.m.. Thank you for that so much. Thank you. Okay. Noting the time for that special meeting on

November 30th is 1230 now moving to recommendations from the October 13th Committee, starting with the Finance and Management Committee. I will read in the short titles. Item 312 is a mystics LLC

agreement extension. This item The committee approve the recommendations of staff and forward this item to the October 25th City Council agenda on consent item 3.13 the Parking Citation Systems

Agreement Extension. The Committee approved, as amended, the recommendations of staff and to for this item to the October 20th, 2026 City Council agenda on consent with the following amendments

authorizing the City Administrator to amend the agreement to extend until June 30th, 2027, under the same terms with the direction to come back to the Council as soon as possible with other vendor

options, including privacy protections to provide to avoid the collection of data authorizing the payment of outstanding invoices. Now moving to recommendations from the October 13th Public Works and

Transportation Committee, starting with item 3.14, the East 12th Street Bikeway Construction Contract Award. The committee approve the recommendations of staff and to for the item to the October 20th

City Council agenda on consent item 3.15. Is the amendment to resolution number 91091 CMS the Committee approve the recommendations of staff to be forwarded to for this item to the October 20th City

Council agenda on consent item 3.16 the MLK Junior Way Streetscape Improvement, Construction Management Support services, the Committee approve the recommendations of staff to forward this item to the

October 20th City Council agenda on consent item 3.17 Procurement of Ready Mixed Concrete. The Committee approve the recommendations of staff and to forward this item to the October 20th City Council

Agenda on Consent. Item 3.18 the audit of Capital Improvement Program Financial Management. The Committee approve the recommendation of staff and to receive and forward this item to the October 20th

the City Council agenda on nine a consent item. 3.19 the EPA San Francisco Bay Area Program Grant the committee approve the recommendations of staff and to forward this item to the October 20th City

Council agenda on consent. We will now move to recommendations from the October 13th Community and Economic Development Committee, starting with item three, tip 3.20, the San Leandro Creek Trail

Cooperative Maintenance Agreement and Site License Agreement. The committee approve the recommendations of staff to be forwarded to to forward this item to the October 20th City Council agenda on

Consent. Item 3.21. Consists of two pieces of legislation. It's the Oakland Redevelopment successor agency termination plan, and the committee approve the recommendations of staff to forward this

item. Both pieces of legislation, to the October 20th City Council agenda on Consent item 3.22 the Tote sharing agreement with the Oakland Roots and Seoul Soccer Club informational report. The

committee approved the recommendations of staff and to receive and forward this item to the October 20th City Council agenda as a public hearing. Item. 3.23 The Affordable Housing Fund in Measure U

Capital Funding Authorization. The committee approved, as amended, the recommendations of staff and to forward this item to the October 20th City Council Agenda on consent with the following

amendments in the first resolved clause. Adding contingent on the issuance and sale of measure U. Tranche three bonds in a sufficient amount in approval of a final project funding authorization

legislation in the second resolved clause. Adding a consistent costs consistent with the measure K.K. in associated resolution. Approving final project and program funding in the fourth fourth further

resolve clause striking among and replacing that with, from and including and as consistent with measure U and associated resolution. Approving the final project and program funding for each funding

tranche. Item 3.24 is the Affordable Housing Trust Fund Ordinance update. The committee approve the recommendations of staff to be forwarded this item to the October 20th City Council agenda on

consent. Item 3.25 is increasing civil penalties on unamended nuisance, unabated nuisance. The committee approved the, as amended, the recommendations of staff and to for this item to the October 20th

City Council agenda as a public hearing with the following amendments on page two of the legislation under the third to last, whereas striking a thousand and replacing that with 2500 on page six of

the legislation under section 1.08. 060B to include the word major in between first violation and between continuing violation. Now moving recommendations from the October 20th public October 13th

Public Safety Committee agenda item 3.26 is receive a bi annual informational report from the Community Police Review Agency. This item the committee approved to continue this item to the October 27th

Public Safety Committee. In item 3.27, the OPD fire relinquish Grant. The committee approve the recommendations of staff to forward this item to the October 20th City Council agenda on consent. And

that concludes your item three. Thank you. Anything from my colleagues and ministrations seeing. And let's go to public comment. We apologize. We don't have any public comment for this item. Just open

forum. Really all Well, 3.3 title change 3.4. Title change 3.10 adding CM I'm a change. And as a co-sponsor, I will entertain a motion. So moved. Second, and that was a motion by Councilmember Brown,

seconded by Council Member Ramachandran to approve item three as amended. On roll. Council member Brown I5I Ramachandran I chair Jenkins I. Item three was approved as amended, with four eyes. That now

takes us to item four. Minutes. Item four is review of the draft agendas pending list city Council and committee meetings. This is includes your October 20th City Council agenda, the October 22nd

rules agenda, your pending list for all committees, and the draft agendas for the October 27th committees, including the draft agenda for the 20th October 29th rules meeting. Anything from the

administration, administration has no changes at this time. Councilmember. Chandra. Thank you. We would like to make the finance Committee on the 27th a special meeting starting at 9 a.m. and we've

polled members and we have a quorum. Well, noting the special meeting on the 27th that will start at 9 a.m.. I will entertain a motion so moved the second. And that was a motion by Council Member

Ramachandran, seconded by Council Member Brown, to approve item four, as amended, on roll Council member Brown I5I Ramachandran I chair Jenkins I. Item number four is approved as amended.