2026-10-27 - Community & Economic Development Committee Meeting

Good afternoon and welcome to the community and Economic Development Committee meeting of Tuesday. Tolbert. 27 2026, the time is now one. 31 pm in this meeting MAY come to order before taking rival provide instructions on how to submit speaker cards for items on this agenda. If you here with us in chamber would like to submit a speaker card, please fill one out. And Ted wanted to myself. We're quick representative before the item is read into record and no later than 10 minutes after the start of this meeting, online speaker request for do 24 hours prior to the start of this meeting, this meeting came to order at one. 31 pm and speaker cards no longer be accepted. 10 minutes after making that one. 41 pm will now proceed with taking Roll Council members biked. Ramachandran. PRESIDENT Under there and chair Brown PRESIDENT. Thank you. We have 4 members present and chair before we begin. Do you have any announcements at this time? No announcements. Thank you. Thank you. Starting up with item one approval of the draft minutes from the committee meeting of OCTOBER 13, 2026. We have no speakers on this item. Excellent. Thank you so much. Entertain a motion. So moved. Thank you. That's a motion made by Councilmember 5 seconded by councilmember 100 to approve the draft minutes from the committee meeting of OCTOBER 13, 2026 on row Councilmembers bite. I promise 100 ger I and chair Brown. I thank you. Item one passes with for ice to approve the draft minutes from OCTOBER. 13, 2026. Item, 2 determination of scheduled a Senate committee items and we have 4 speakers that signed up to speak on this item. Excellent, perfect time. I guess at this time there's no one here from the administration. And so on we go ahead and hear from the speakers. My apologies. I didn't realize that I Calling in the names that signed up to speak on item number 2, Mississauga Ohl of Ala Cynthia Rodriguez. Brandon Kidd and Valley bachelor. So this morning in finance, we had a report out of the city administrators capacity to spend over $250,000 without coming to consul within that spending quite a bit of spending took place related to the economic and workforce Development Department. And I just want to give you some examples of what that spending included. On call, economic consultant. 49 $1000. We had a item that was for $200,000 from that department economic workforce development. But it didn't. It grant, but the document didn't explain what it was full. They had grant economic and workforce development of $100,000 in the Spanish speaking Unity Council of Alameda County to the fall jewelry. I don't know what des $24,990 to the Law Street Association, $200,000 to the black coaches own $100,000 again to the Spanish speaking community council that new county $100,000. And then one other one they had allow family community engagement, funding 158 that now this is just some of the money. That the city administrator is spent on economic workforce development. But you need to get one at Separate. Accounting them spending under the umbrella of this committee that city administrator spent. So you can review his spending the term inappropriate spending. All inappropriate spending took place. A lot of money is going into economic workforce development and this committee is not. Good afternoon. Council members. My name is simply and I'm part of the Humans Court Save Homes initiative with likely Nneka. This week is lead poisoning prevention week. And I am here today to call for action for 4 years. Our youth enter promo photos have been working hard to raise awareness in our community about the dangers of lead based paint in homes. We continue to educate our families advocate for healthier, safer living conditions. But awareness is not enough. We need action. Our children deserve to grow in a safe home, free from the dangers of lead exposure. No more delays, no more pushing this issue. Back on the agenda. Our families cannot afford to wait while preventable hazards continue put our children's health at risk. We are calling the city of Oakland to move forward with the lead abatement program and the Pro rental inspection program. These programs are essential to identifying lead hazards, holding properties accountable for safe living conditions, protecting our children and ensuring that every family has access to a healthy home. Council members. We need your leadership and commitment to turn the solutions into action. Our community has been doing the work for over 4 years. And we are asking the city to me as with urgency, this issue deserves our children cannot wait. Save home should not be a privilege. They should be a standard for every Oakland family. Thank you for your time and opportunity to speak today. Yeah, good afternoon. Council members. My name is Brandon Kanagawa with regional Asthma management and prevention where a project to the public health into 2 based here in Oakland. And we're here talking about initial supposed to be on the agenda today but got pushed back around the cities use of let's settlement funds. According to the city's race and equity analysis, lead paint hazards census tracks in east and West Oakland have some of the highest risk of lead exposure in the entire state. An analysis from about 10 years ago found that Fruitvale had higher childhood lead poisoning rates Flint, Michigan did during the height of its water crisis. The good news is is that in 2019, Oakland was part of a let's a settlement with pink companies and received about 15 million dollars to address lead hazards in homes. However, 7 years since the settlement, Oakland has remediated remediated, 0 homes with those funds. Oakland has tested 0 children for lead with those funds in that time. Children and Oakland have been lead poisoned, who otherwise wouldn't have if the if these funds were used in a reasonable amount of time. By contrast. La County was also part of the same lawsuit. Use their settlement have been using their settlement money and have. Remediated over 1400 units. To be fair. La County received far more money than Oakland will and can operate at a scale that Oakland won't. But they started planning before the settlement was finalized. They experienced a typical bureaucratic delays. They experienced the same delays due to covid. Yet Oakland. We're still 8 to 12 months away from having our first home remediated. Oakland has known what to do with this money for years and their race and equity report in 2021. They recommended that. I apologize. You time is up. Thank you for your comment. Good afternoon. City Council members. My name is Valerie Bachelor. And as the East director, I have conversations with tenants every single day who tell me about the dangers they face inside their homes. Families are living in unsafe conditions worrying about their children's health and fighting to get landlords to be responsible. Landlords put profits over people of the city's inactions leave tenants waiting and suffering in their homes. Oakland received more than 14 million dollars in a lead settlement in 2019, 7 years later. We still have don't have any of lead abatement program, children, particularly in the East and West Oakland continue to face risks that can affect their health development and their future. Tenants should not have to wait for their children to be poisoned or for someone to get hurt before action is taken. That's why we need the equitable. Lead hazard abatement program. And the proactive rental inspection program. Up and running immediately. We need prevention, accountability and meaningful input, not more delays and canceled meetings. Tenants are doing their part. We filed over 200 code enforcement complaints and we're speaking up now. The city must do their part. The funding is there. The need is urgent. And every day in action puts more families at risk. Oakland tenants cannot wait any longer. Get these programs up and running. Now. Thank you for your comments. Sure. That includes all speakers on the Excellent. Thank you so much to the public commenters. We definitely value the feedback that you've offered us. So for this to the administration, any changes to the pending lists? I know chair. Okay. Excellent until I will entertain at anything from colleagues. Entertain a motion. Thank you. We have a motion made by Councilmember Unger seconded by Councilmember Ramachandran 2 except the determination of schedule setting committee items as is on role council members Ramachandran. I I and chair Brown eyes. Thank you. Item 2 passes with 4 eyes to accept the pending list as is. Reading in item 3 adopt a resolution approving the annual report of the Montclair Business Improvement District Advisory Board declaring the intention to Levy and collect an annual assessment for the fiscal year. For the fiscal year, JANUARY first, 2027 through DECEMBER 31st. 2027 for the Montclair Business Improvement District, including a 5% increase in the annual assessments and scheduling a public hearing for DECEMBER. First 2026. Perfect. Thank you so much. I believe all of the items with the exception of Councilmember we'll be hearing from our economic and workforce development team. So thank you so much. By the afternoon members of the committee. My name Eric Summonses with the department come economic and workforce developments and business development division. Still this resolution and tension over our ally will schedule a public hearing that will enable Mike Leavitt to collect its assessments from Amber Business owners for the next calendar year. The attacks resolution was also proved that Mike Lebed's and report to the city of Oakland if adopted the r a y will go to the full Council on consent on NOVEMBER. 10th. This will schedule a public hearing for December first. And that must happen before the winter recess of the assessment can be built with the business certificate tax. A tough in The annual report contains information required by state law regarding budget budget improvements and activities. Proposed assessment increases and the amount of any contributions to be made from sources of assessments. The Montclair bit encompasses approximately 220 businesses located in and Unclear commercial area. That's and that's mates an upcoming annual budget of approximately $250,000. The Micro Bit Advisory Board recommends a 5% increase and that's within that were 5% annual limit allowed by their management district plan that's on file. And it would result in $127,000.50 $50 in projected assessment. Revenues in county year 2027. The rest of the budget consists of $123,000 of private donations and an assessment revenues. In addition, the state mandate elements since 2024, the city is also track new metrics to quantify the impact of that activities. These impact metrics include standardize cleaning marketing and outreach services. Staff has reviewed the inner reports last year services this year's activities and next year's planned spending all line up with the District approved management district plan assessment funds for pay for services beyond what the city already provides such as extra cleaning and public safety beautification special events marking a promotion. I want to see it's of And as part of the annual report process has also provided. Slides demonstrating their impact. So just share that briefly here. So the Montclair bid reported 9,757 pounds of trash collected in 2025. As well as 1055 60 merchant check ins almost 4,000 linear feet of roof. Top play rooftop lighting and 66 incidents of graffiti removed. There were 9 events in Montclair Village, including 3 picks on the plaza to outdoor movie nights and the Montclair Beer, Wine and Music Festival and also Halloween and holiday events. The Montclair bid also reported significantly more engagement social media platforms in 2025, including a 44% increase year-over-year and Facebook engagement or clicks. And a 67% increase in Instagram engagement. That's just a sense of some of the highlights of the activity of the information is in the fall in the report, which is attached to the resolution. Seeing the presentation happen in certain questions. Excellent. Thank you so much, colleagues, any questions or comments on this item? Just that comment excited to support this month clearance doing well and really coming back. Yeah, I agree. So that was a motion. But you need? Yes, excellent. And I'll second that. And we can hear if there's any public speakers falling in the name that signed up to speak on item the societal a violent. Sorry took so long and to push through the crowd to get We got to do better with participation from the community. Couple of concerns. I'm not clear on if it's mandated that these 220 business throughout that they have to pay the fee. What happens if they don't pay the fee? With what follows up on that. And is a waiver to not pay fee because a lot of businesses are struggling, blah, you know, opportunities to have waivers from paying the fee. The thing about the Montclair Business Association that confuses me is that they run the port city parking lot. And I'm not clear on how that's working in their report. Could it be report on how that is receding cause? I don't understand how the issue citations a deal with issues having to do with public safety, all whatever. But it's just a little confusing dynamic that they run the city parking lot and why they have to take on that responsibility. They probably wanted. And then the opportunity to. Suggestions from the community about how the money is spent on is just spent by the by a certain body of individuals. And I'm glad that this particular association doesn't put the fee on. The residents is strictly on the business because we have wavered in 2 some business association, Choi singing the residents in the immediate area of commercial business having to pay the the fee as well. Thank you, Com, I thank you for your comments. That speakers on this item and we do have a motion and a second and and make a quick comment. I'm so sorry I guess, you know, over the last, you know, year and to almost 2 years at this plant have been learning a lot about the business improvement districts and how all of them, you know, collect funds, how they manage to the public speakers point. And of course, please help me out here. I believe that waivers are available for some of the business owners. And then at that question of what happens when they do not pay. Curious about that. Yeah, I there there are bits that do have a it's a hardship hardship exemption process. I am not certain whether we should these boots offer for though, if this is something where the that and then another one of the questions was about the how the budget and set the budget is set in the management district plan. That is something that was brought to all of the members who voted on and which which set those categories and determines the spending. So that is something that was voted on by the members. There is within budget categories. There's some some ability set line items depending need. But this this will set the public hearing, which is the which an opportunity for if there, if there are folks for 3rd business owners that protest the renewal, that that public hearing is the is the venue for 3rd of element to that question. And, you know, I guess we can. We can look it because I feel like what I'm hearing is that potentially some of the bids offer waivers? Well, maybe others do not. But I think the last one that came before us was the Laurel Street did. And I remember that one specifically does offer way waivers for right. Yeah. So there is no requirement that bit off or hardship waiver and that is case-by-case. And it is it is possible that at time I I'm I'm not certain whether this these are for that. The other question about what happens if the businesses that that? Yes, and there are collections efforts to then get get those past assessments and can impact the ability to I renew the business license. As that goes to, these assessments are billed at the same time as business license actions. I excellent. Okay. Thank you so much. Called thank you. We have a motion made by Councilmember Ramachandran seconded by council member Brown to approve the recommendations of staff and support this item to the NOVEMBER 10 Special City Council agenda on will council members biked much Andra eye on her. I Chair Brown. I thank you. Motion passes with 4. I support this item to this NOVEMBER 10 Special City Council agenda on consent. Now reading in item number 4, adopt a resolution approving the annual report. Of the wreckage Business Improvement District Advisory board declaring the intention to Levy and collect an annual assessment for the fiscal year. JANUARY first, 2027 through DECEMBER 31st. 2027 for the Rockridge Business Improvement District, including a 3% increase in the annual assessment and scheduling a public hearing for DECEMBER first 2026. Excellent. Thank you so much. Thank Go ahead and hear this channel is resident yet. So this this will be condensed to calf. And there are some the This is a very similar item to number It will also schedule a public hearing that will enable the Rockridge bid to collect its assessments from member business owners in the next county year. Just focus on what's different here. The record's been encompasses about 482 businesses located in and around the wreckage. Commercial area estimates an upcoming budget of approximately $240,000. The records bit Advisory Board recommends a 3% increase, which is again within their 5% annual limit. Result and protected assessments to be collecting county or 2027. The rest of the budget includes 2000 associate member Revenue 5,000 and additional revenue in donations just under 40,000 infants, carryover from the prior for prior year. It's okay. And like were saying chair. The also submitted slides for the to show demonstrate their impact and see if I can get Okay. It's some of the highlights here of what they want want to present here in JUNE 2026. Rockridge launched the Rockridge Card which allows shoppers and visitors to find and support over 40 local businesses over $6,000 in gift cards have have since been sold. The gift cards can be found on the record. Me are these new website which was launched this year excludes an events, calendar blog and directories by category district business for search. And records held a new annual event this year in the month of JULY District Haitian districts visitors search for miniature while those from the famous children's books they were hitting in. 25 different businesses with the winners entered into a prize draw lines. Is that from the kind of treasure hunt, too, encourage exploration of while local businesses. So nice to see see happen again. The full annual report is attached the resolution for for all of the details all the metrics. That's the interpretation. Perfect. Thank colleagues. Any questions or comments? No questions. Thank you for your work on this of like to make a motion to approve. Perfect. Thank you. And I can second that as well. And then I did have just one in Curry. I notice in the in report, I guess like comparing the 2 for the Raw Courage bid they don't have any security cameras listed. It says 0 and no new ones. But then the report says number of incidents for which camera footage was provided to opd for. So does the rock did not have cameras or yeah, that's not something that the specifically find it could be that forwarding information from from other being go-between with cameras that individual business is used to have the this is a merchant pays If comparison to most of the that's what property based they tend to have larger budgets. The Montclair does does have some cameras also doing a lot of significant fundraising outside of their assessment revenues, which which can participate for that kind of thing. The both pits are considering conversion into property based boots. And that's, you know, I think if what heard from markers as if they were to convert that that would something they would consider. Thank you so much. We can hear from the public speakers. Calling in the name that signed up to speak on item number a societal of ala. So trying to understand this process. This gentleman works flow. The city. Is that correct? So the submission of the year. Report should be given by them. And not staff member. Because the questions that you're asking all questions that they should respond to. I do understand the process. So they have submitted a document to him. Nothing against you. You did a fantastic job. But it would seem that the report would come from them. The other thing is. Some areas that I would really want to focus in with these associations district public safety. And I think it's him a cell association because the gentleman who is their safety manager is on the police commission. And so they him it looks like they have invested a lot into public safety. So with each one of these associations would level of investment in particular areas that public safety all clean up, whatever has a part of way taken a position on prioritize. So. What is the investment that this particular association had made to public safety. Could it be considered in the future? Because this is an area of extreme importance. And lastly, I didn't understand is this one of the associations where residents p? The fee is with good. That's great. Thank you for your comments. Sure. That includes all members have signed up to speak on item number 4. Thank you so much. If no other comments, we can go ahead thank you. We have a motion made by councilmember under seconded by Chair Brown to approve the recommendations of staff and support this item to the NOVEMBER 10th Special City Council agenda on role Councilmember spy. I from a child run. I I and Chair Brown, I thank you. Motion passes with 4 eyes to port this item to the NOVEMBER 10 special because ended on consent. Reading an item 5 adopt a resolution and the city administrator to apply for except and appropriate. A grant in an amount not to exceed. 4 million, $500,000 in state of California. Board of State and community Corrections. Proposition 64 public health and public health and safety grant program funds and expend administer the prop. 64 Grant by assisting the city of Oakland's capacity to conduct public safety operations and coordinated enforcement of illicit cannabis activities, including unlicensed cultivation, is manufacturing distribution and retail and enabling equipment purchases covering over time, staffing costs and providing funding for other related administrative costs over a 5 year, 5 year period, beginning JULY, first 2026 and ending JUNE 30th 2031 and we have 2 speakers on this item. Excellent. Thank you so much. MADAM Clerk. Then just wanted to clarify on the last item that will be going to the DECEMBER 1st meeting, not NOVEMBER. Do the church to the chair. It's my understanding that this should go to the NOVEMBER 10th Council agenda for approval and then that will trigger it to Schedule ii DECEMBER. First public hearing. Thank you, ok, Perfect. Thank you. Thank you both. And on this item will be hearing from cat to you. And cat toy uw do program manager for a special activities permitting deficient. Thank you so much. I just have a short presentation the part of state community corrections. Proposition 60 for public Health and safety Grant. I thank you so much. Staff recommends today. That's not working. Staff has a recommendation that council adopt a resolution to accept an appropriate. 4 million 500 thousand of the sec Proposition. 64 grant funds. He's allowed expenditures include 4 million, 2 10280,882 cover staff costs talk with the city's capacity contend act, public safety operations and coordinated enforcement of illicit cannabis activities. And that is the bulk of the money going to The rest of it will go equipment purchases and tech not to up rates to support enforcement protocol and tracking there are also staff and other administrative costs associated with the grant management, which included evaluator. For some next like this. For legislative history, the props, 64 health, public Health and safety Grant program was created through the passage of Proposition. 64, which directs a portion of state tax revenue generated from the cultivation and retail sale of cannabis towards grant programs to mitigate impacts resulting from the legalization of recreational cannabis. We have been a recipient of this grant before and I'm speaking of wt in general, the sec cohort 3 was awarded 2022. It allocated 2 million, 260,000 tough and physical and tech not checked. Excuse me, technological improvements at cannabis business locations and provide overnight private security at licensed cannabis retail us. And there's grants that we are still currently giving out. And this also cover shared use manufacturing facilities which covers the 2 equity kitchens that we have. This grant is also supported 310,004 campaign to enhance public awareness of Oakland equity businesses, and you might be familiar with the. Work we're doing with extra down to create trademark for equity, which been Houston. A couple things in the feature them recently. So that's been going very well. And that continues up until 2028 next slide. Please. The proposition 64 covid funding grant. This is the labor breakdown and I want to just give some background on why we focus so much on forsman on this between 2025. In 2026. And 2025. We had approximately 21 cases of declarations of public nuisance that are related to cannabis businesses. That increased in 2026. To 39 cases, which is an estimated 86% increase of workload currently, as you must we only have one inspector. So we are very grateful that we're going to be bringing on 4 inspectors. And we're hoping that this money, we know that enable us to better create a task force funding o p fire to come out and do joint inspections and that way we can continue with our work. We have about 74 locations that require additional enforcement activity. I just want to make it clear that these these kind of us operations of all sorts, they can be within dispensaries, smoke shops and gift shops. Many markets, convenience stores, cultivation sites. We often see businesses start as one thing and sort of morph into something out. So reoccurring visitation to the site of super important. And that's why we have decided to point most of this funding towards the task force and being able to cover overtime, which current city budget does not allow over time expenditures on a consistent basis. See next slide. Please. Some of the other items that we covered by this grant, services and supplies. So that sent 26 k professional services which will be our value 8 equipment, which will include upgrades to some of the party platform and an inspector module which will allow us to track in real time planning and building and fire to make sure that public health and safety he's met at each of the locations and we'll also be able to provide some additional training to inspector's that are coming on. Looks like this. And just to read it goals of this grant, our public health and safety. We will have this funding going through. 2031. So in that case, it's about 450,000 were spending each year on staff and the rest spread out between those 5 years. This grant does roll over. So if at any point we have less enforcement we need to do which would be ideal. We could that over to the next year and hopefully be able to allocate it. This will also help us be in parks and help with some of that consistent enforcement in parks and on city Some of the activity that we see it first Fridays afterwards will be part of this task force as well. So, you know, to strengthen the operational capacity, optimize the workforce, enhance our ability to use technology to deliver data and court results that will be done through the module, increase our ability to prevent or respond to reports of illegal cut kind of activity. We often get reports from council members. We get reports from staff and also from business corridors and residents of complaints cannabis operations and activities. We want to be able respond to those effectively. And this grant will allow us to do that and addressing illicit sales, as you in these court has really helped the legal market to get a boost. We have reports from the Cannabis Regulatory Commission that there it's really difficult to stand up illegal business when you're battling with illicit cannabis businesses all around. So in those efforts we have brought this forward that is the end of my presentation. Thank you so much. Excellent. Thank you. I have a handful of kind of questions and comments on this item while I'm all I'm Al, I'm always grateful to see the city receiving funds re receiving dollars. I guess curious around. I know that when I looked up this the bse Grant, there couple umbrellas to which we could have applied for these funds. I think what concerns me the most is just the red flag of these dollars are going to like opd over time to do While in my research what I found, others, locals, local cities and jurisdictions in the state California using these funds on youth development, development prevention intervention, youth programs for at-risk youth. I'm just going through the San Francisco, for example, they're using it for grant opportunities to strengthen compliance around addressing youth development and intervention strategies. The city of Berkeley Youth together program once using that to support youth mentorship. And so as so couple questions, I'm also curious how the have we gotten a report back on how we use the funds that we got for cohort 3. I know that that report said that there would be like an auditor like an audit that would be performed in. So I'm very intrigued to know like what the status of that is as well. So can you like how it was that we decided. T to go after the funds in this manner. And then I had some follow-up questions on the chart. That's on Page 5 around like the inspector position program. Analysts. Department are those in that would in wt it's under special activities. Permanent additions, ok? So police officer in the fire inspector are separate then they work with I see. And then the 3 are under wd correct yet. Shocked. So special activities permitting the vision we have burden of enforcement. So as much as we work towards amusing edge, Kaisha noncompliance, we also have to enforce one those are not met. So for us, we're seeing just a consistent lack of being able to respond to complaints and 2 problems and there's been a that was me. I swear. There's been a lot violence, as you know, and fires and things that were in the report as far as not being able to address those concerns with the complete team having fire there to use their abilities, our enforcement can only go so far. We really depend on working with of the departments to be able to move forward with public declarations, a public nuisance and to be able to move forward with enforcement. So for us also, we have staffing capacity issue. And when it comes to managing 3rd partners, as far as non governmental organizations and being able to produce we we don't have this. One of the reasons is a program analyst on here. We don't have anyone to stuff that it's very difficult. It's something we don't harbor any youth development programs as a division, we do economic workforce development but not necessarily special activities. So in that that way, we saw that the best way for us to use this money was to use it towards enforced because it's something we can easily transfer these funds. We easily get these records instead of having to come up qualitative narrative that working with and non governmental agency and drawing reports from them on results. So, you know, does with 2 reasons that the ones that really stand out of why moved to forsman because we at the time only had one inspector and we're not sure if we're going to have any new inspectors coming So it was really, hey, we need to do something. This is money that's available for that. The incentive of the grant was to use it for these efforts over the other 2 options that you had. And so it just seems like the best fit for what we do. I see. And then it looks like in recent years like when we received the money, it looks like in 2021 under the cohort 2, it looks like there was a robust program that was put forth towards cannabis equity. What some of those funds going to support efforts us the East Oakland Youth Development Center. The Public Health Institute to do an educational campaign. Indyk decreasing youth usage. So that was the funds for cohort 2. And then it looks like for cohort 3, it says funding security measures for Oakland's licensed cannabis operators and a public education campaign. And so do we have any updates and status is on any like on like have one? Have we spent all the money of cohort 3 and do we have any updates on those on covered still being spent? It runs until 2028. And so we are we do quarterly reports to them on what has been spent. A lot of it is going toward security grants and that part that is for generals and for equity businesses. So it's it's wonderful that we can serve both on that particular grant and security measures. If you go buy a condo, you'll they have an out overnight security that's always parked there. And that's really been great deterrent and really helped make things a little easier and peace of mind for business operators. So we're still actively getting that As you know, the grant process has changed. So this year we've had a harder time getting that money out the door. But we are actively doing that. We also have other funding that we get from the governor's office and go grants were on go Biz 6 right now and we're very fortunate that we've been able to give out a good portion of that. And we have more that we're giving out public. 21 about 18 of those are getting $91,000. And these are all monies that are going to equity applicants. We also have. 86 k that are going to contests and 3 additional awards that are under 50 k. So we have been pushing and pushing to get those out the door. We expect to get those all out for the end of this month that will make us eligible for go this 8. And that a grant that's more focused on program, attics, and we can expand do a lot of different things. And we do want to have some public awareness events that would be inclusive of education and informational sessions. And those are things that we're talking about with crc, the Cannabis Regulatory Commission also stakeholders and in the industry to see what is the best that we way that we can use those funds. We do give out surveys to find out. So we're happy to take any will be playing for that. Probably be very end of the year. Colleagues, I think Councilmember I mentioned you had a and okay. Councilmember fight. Thank you for this presentation. I'm just trying to understand the math a little bit. In addition to the questions that were asked by the chair, what was the educational amount that you said? I believe it was 310,000. Yeah. What is that? What's less pay for? That's for public awareness campaign. So that's the one that we're doing in conjunction with sternum to They created the trademark and they're doing number of events in actual dispensaries where they feature equity products fell to like, you know, specials on them and things like that. So we're working with them. Pretty not runs all the way through 2028. And there are different components of it. Is that in And the document I I'm trying to. That's covert 3. So what we're just requesting a recommendation for us for covid for today, which is the newest. So the 310 is that. Not related to what we're doing today. Are we doing that? Okay. So you're threw me off. Can't some sort of talking about last year, but that's not relevant to this year. No. Is there an educational component? This year's it primarily Enforcement. It's primarily enforcement. And so this will address the smoke shops and all the different places selling legally. And how can you explain to me how it would work with opd in their overtime system because that's my biggest concern. If there are no checks and balances on how we assess over time, how it's allocated, how it's managed. How do we know this will add up 2 that are that will even get people signing up to do this. This program. Well, oftentimes when we asked for assistance from apd, they said yeah, funding. So that is our hope that now we can say yes, we have funding. We can give them a funding code. We can tell them that this is where the money's going to come from to cover requesting. So they come with As you know, our inspectors aren't harmed. So when we're going into places, especially if they have never been permitted for, we don't really know what we're walking into. We work with partners for them to go in a situation, see if it's safe and then we enter. That's why it's so important. We can't really do the operations without them. We couldn't do regular inspections. We can check on things. But if something is a little MISS Or often, there's a chance of anybody being armed on the property. Of course, we would not enter so having apd really helps us kind of move this work forward. What it will, the program's overlap with the spending overlap or do you have to spend down the entire amount from the previous kohart before you start with the end the 2 separate, the reason why it's special activities permitting division is the lead on this one is because wd was the lead on the last one. So it has to be separate leads agencies, for example, for Qwest Development, wanted to come in and do a huge component of it that could have applied for that and been a separate so one jurisdiction can have multiple grants from this same grant program. So it's It doesn't It runs concurrently, but they don't affect each other. Can you give us? An understanding of when these enforcement activities will start? So the grant period goes back JULY first. So we have already done some enforcement. We're going to see if we're able to retro bill that enforcement that we have done. But it basically starts in JANUARY. And I mean JULY and it runs all the way till JANUARY 2031. And it rolls over each year. So whatever is not spent in one year with over to the next year. Do you know if you're going they're going allow you to build. I'm not it said that as long as our grant agreement is signed, which has been as far we've done everything we needed to execute to be at this point to get the resolution once the resolution completed than the dock, the agreement can be fully executed once it's fully executed. We can we can send in our first report in our first report is actually due NOVEMBER 15th. So we will temper that one. If they say no, then we we prepared for that. We do have money to cover whatever we took Okay. And then my last question is can you give some understanding of where these enforcement activities will take place. If or is that it's kind of across the city so it will help us with what's going on and parks because we do permitted dispensaries that are setting up and parks. It will help us on the streets just in general business quarters where there is activity and folks are setting up on the street selling it will help us dispensaries have maybe been permit in the past, but since have lost their license but continue to operate. It will help a smoke shops where they're selling multiple items. But cannabis MAY be being part of that. But what they're selling and any other types of this is the gift shops, any of those things. So this is kind of a cross, but at the entire city that we would do or not, we will work with dcc locations that they find or wild fish and game locations that they put on our radar as well to try coordinate with them and also help with those efforts. So it's it's a combination. We sometimes get information from council members from staff in from residents. And it will follow up. All of woman calls that we get any type of wanting or, you know, complaints that we are receiving about cannabis operations in general. Thank you. Can hear from the public speakers. Calling in the names of signed up to speak on item 5, societal Apollo and Blair Beekman. Thank you. Thank you. Brown because that's what I do. Want to see the grand ago. Look and see areas that it can be covered. So one of the areas is all youth prevention and intervention. And it says the reason why this exists, this grant is supporting school districts in community programs to educate youth on substance safety and fun programs such as family wrap around services. And the law. The reason why we have to deal with all of this is because all children and the use of substance abuse has skyrocketed. And with overdosing and poisoning brain development impacted mental health complications, behavior and social homes. It happened with this substance I hope that in the future that we will consider more investment in the area of youth prevention, an intervention with the use of these funds. Thank you, MISS Brown for bringing it up. Switching to Zoom user Blair, you could unmute yourself begin your comments. Think item in it. I don't know much about this argument. That was kid. I've know that you guys done some amazing work with equity just model for that. The state. When San Diego. You know, it's just you guys are light years ahead how to talk about issues and but, you know, we're still trying San Diego's big, think out. We're doing some good work and we get around things like this prior used for cannabis. There's some certain forms of on accountability, which on its surface, you know, can be addressed and it needs to be addressed. But then you have to involve equity, concepts it becomes a balance. Not so black and white cut and dry. So. Good luck. And that continuing effort. And it's all our attention to. And you guys mentioned how much a lot funding is going prevention program. If mention. Really interesting to hear that we have several speakers in San Diego. Speak up comment time that they're they're not marijuana shops. I am. And I'm trying figure out that balances I really like your work on equity on the issues and hearing about that. You that it's a locker. So learning for me. So so thank you for item Keep up. Keep up park. That's good not. I could be developed. We cannabis Ok? Thank you. Thank you for your comment chair. That speakers item py. Perfect. And then one last question that I And so do you know if the officer that will be supporting this work is will be the same officers or is it just someone who is made up of that like the a bad team or something? So we have one officer that somewhat better with us from apd Isaac Harris. So I imagine that he will help with creating the task force around but MAY assist, especially if it's something that's in the parks. And we kind of know possibly alcohol is involved as well. But we went diversify. Make sure that is multitude of people are trained on this and that we make connections and you know, create a task force. That's a that can that can work together on a lot of different projects And I guess in the past when you've done some of the operations that you outlined. Is it just one officer that comes? It would depend which operation. So most of our cannabis stuff that we've done has been just the one or where working with fish and wild game. So some of the state or the dcc, depending on who, you know, product to our attention. But typically the officer that's embedded with us. They make kind of call on on what who West will be involved. Thanks thanks so much answering the questions. Colleagues. If anyone wants to make a motion to move the item, please do. Some of it. Thank you. We have a motion made by Councilmember Ramachandran taken into account number 5 to approve the recommendations of staff and support this item to the NOVEMBER 10 City Council agenda on role council members. Much I'm I I and Chair Brown. I thank you. Motion passes with 4. I support this item. 2 NOVEMBER 10 Special City Council agenda on consent. Reading in item 6 adopt a resolution requesting the city administrator to negotiate the terms of a non-exclusive agreement with the nonprofit organization. North Oakland, South Oakland, Little leak. And the College Preparatory School to provide capital improvements and ongoing stewardship of the North. Oakland Regional Sports Center known called the Cop killed, located at 6900 Broadway and it successful. And successful return to city council would legislation containing proposed terms and appropriate California Environmental Quality Act findings. And there are 2 speakers on this item. Perfect. Thank you. Councilmember on Yes, thank you, colleagues. Don't know how many of you have been up to the North Oakland Regional Sports Center You know, it's an enormous city on field up by the tunnel over to that most people call the Caldecott Field. It's a great place to play and run around. But at at this point, mostly only if you're a gopher, not so much. If you're a kid who wants to play soccer or baseball right now, it's a incredible feel. Enormous fallen into disrepair over the years because of water supply issues. And just general city budget limitations got dead, grass destroyed, playing surfaces. Inoperable bathrooms, which again is fine for Gophers who famously don't wash their hands after they go to the bathroom. But I like a little soap at the moment. There is no plan to fix these fields beyond a little bit of trailhead work and it's not even like a future dream plan on our capital improvement But good news. We have been approached by North Little League and College Prep school about doing a public-private partnership. Kind of similar to what we have done it at Raymond and other places. They want to invest considerable money into Caldecott fields for a very long period of time. And because Caldecott not on our capital improvement plan and because we frankly don't have the money to improve it any time soon reached it in exploring the possibility. So today's resolution is a non-exclusive opportunity to begin talking to these organizations. Again, non exclusive about what this sort of partnership might look like. All of the terms are are up in the air. So this legislation just starts our talks and doesn't lack anything and it would absolutely come back to council again before anything is set in stone. So it's really important to everyone in our office that this. That this agreement maintains robust public access to the sports facility. So we specifically written into the legislation that we want to do a comprehensive equity study to make sure that when we enhanced the field were not locking it up or locking anybody out and that everyone from Oakland will be able enjoy the enhancements. So we do have really a lot of demand all over the city North Oak and particular for sports fields were and are parked and because we're not creating new open space in Oakland, I think it's incumbent on us to do everything we can to protect and improve the open spaces that we do have. So I'm grateful to organizations are willing to invest in public space and serve as long-term stewards of it. So it's an exciting opportunity to upgrade a city resource and provide a better park. Experience for openers. Mission Thank you. I think this is a great ideas. This is very close to district 4 and it very much need some love. What is the obligation of the since they're going to be taking on the financial responsibility. What's This is just open up negotiations. That's going to be something we negotiate about sort of what the long-term maintenance agreements are. What percentage of at the city takes, what percentage of that this group takes? All of that is is going to be discussed. Okay, great. And are they going combat illegal dumplings? Thank All right. Thank you for bringing the item. I don't have any questions. And then councilmember fight. I'm just curious. Council member through the chair to councilmember anger. Did you review any of the stuff around Raimondi because we did run into a couple problems yet. And I think I think we probably will run into problems and things that will have to problems. Challenges that can be overcome. Yes, I think, you know, this is we just want to open the talks. And I think we're gonna probably discover what some of the issues. Our water supply is. A big one that's going to involve bringing in. He's item p Jeanne. We've got a meeting about that this week to sort of start dealing with the infrastructure issues. But I we just want to start these talks and see what that with problems are. But I would love get your advice on what worked and what didn't every Monday. Absolutely. If you haven't made a motion and received a second, happy to on motion. And was there a second, the second counselor, perfect. And we can hear from the speakers. Calling in the names that signed up to speak on item number a societal Apollo and Blair Beekman. So I remember when the Romney. Soccer. A group want it. Is that what you're talking about? Yeah. It was great. But they wanted to have the ability to do Schedule ii and make decisions. So the who is going to manage the field, who's going to schedule? How will the schedule of events and activities a cool would that be in the hands of the city on them on the rules of conduct the rules for the use of the field, the facility rules anything that has to do with special events on tournaments, all that he has to be brought under consideration. So that the city still maintains the ability to have the Powell last word, at least this just great. But we still have to make sure that access is open to everybody. You know, regardless of who's donating because it remains a public Facility. MADAM Chair, Open Forum. I'm going to actually indulges this lady just came in from the community. You know, I've talked too much. So opportunity for somebody else and the voice, would you mind taking my time, please. Thank you. Call Switching to Zoom user Blair. You can unmute yourself. MR. Riechmann you yourself and begin your comment. Okay. Last call from MR. Beekman. There he Looks like we lost out of the cube chair that speakers and item We can go ahead and call the vote. Thank you. That was a motion made by councilmember under seconded by Councilmember fight to prove the recommendations of staff and support this item to the NOVEMBER Tent City Council agenda on role council members Ramachandran. I I and chair Brown. I thank you. Motion passes with 4. I support this item to the NOVEMBER 10 City Council agenda on consent. Now moving on to open forum, calling in the names, misses side of the. She's giving her time away. And Blair Beekman. I to Watson and I'm representing my church and 99. 41 d wrestle City where roommate building that slap re-instating the street. We're trying to get help destroying the church. They're breaking we've walked on several occasions. We called the police. Police came out, didn't find any I came and yesterday. Criminals in the chart with steel. They We need h# # # where not only Russell City are building. That's a so we can get help. I appreciate it. I'm not trying to take up too much time. I've been to the marathon the police, they've come out criminals on the ground. They were just there the other night. We need help. Russell City. 99. 41 the street where only building that it That's all that say. Thank you so much. Thank you. Thank you so much Thank you for your comments. Okay. Thank you so much your comment. My team can come over chat with the eu and we also didn't get your names. So okay. Hunt. And so we will definitely follow up. And I believe this is in the 7. And it looks like we have MISTER Beekman back in the queue. MR. Beekman you yourself and make your comment or open forum. MR. Beekman I see that you have your head and raised. Last call from MR. Bateman. Okay, chaired. That speakers. Excellent. Thank you so much. This meeting is adjourned.