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ANNOTATED AGENDA
SPECIAL MEETING OF T HE
BERKELEY CITY COUNCI L
Thursday, March 10, 2022
6:00 PM
JESSE ARREGUIN, MAYOR
Councilmembers:
DISTRICT 1 – RASHI KESARWANI DISTRICT 5 – SOPHIE HAHN
DISTRICT 2 – TERRY TAPLIN DISTRICT 6 – SUSAN WENGRAF
DISTRICT 3 – BEN BARTLETT DISTRICT 7 – RIGEL ROBINSON
DISTRICT 4 – KATE HARRISON DISTRICT 8 – LORI DROSTE
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Preliminary Matters
Roll Call: 6:03 p.m.
Present: Taplin, Harrison, Wengraf, Robinson, Droste, Arreguin
Absent: Kesarwani, Bartlett, Hahn
Councilmember Kesarwani present at 6:05 p.m.
Councilmember Bartlett present at 6:12 p.m.
Action Calendar – New Business
1. Consideration of the Reimagining Public Safety Task Force’s Response to the National Institute for Criminal Justice Reform Recommendations From: Reimagining Public Safety Task Force
Recommendation: Discuss the Recommendations of the Reimagining Public Safety Task Force in response to the National Institute of Criminal Justice Reform (NICJR).
Accept the report and refer to the City Manager.
Financial Implications: See report
Contact: LaTanya Bellow & Shamika Cole, Commission Secretaries, (510) 981-7000
Action: See action on Item #2.
2. Presentation and Discussion of Reports Submitted by Reimaging Public Safety Task Force and National Institute for Criminal Justice Reform From: City Manager
Recommendation: Accept the reports and refer to the City Manager with the goal of a staff report and recommendations on a path forward to transforming public safety and policing in Berkeley.
Financial Implications: See report
Contact: Dee Williams-Ridley, City Manager, (510) 981-7000
Recess 8:12 p.m. – 8:27 p.m.
Action: Items 1 & 2 were presented together. 23 speakers. Presentations made and discussion held. Council referred the reports, presentations, supplemental materials in Supplemental Communications Packet #2 submitted by Mayor Arreguin, Vice-Mayor Harrison and Councilmembers Bartlett and Hahn, revised material in Supplemental Communications Packet #2 submitted by the Reimagining Public Safety Task Force, and revised material in Supplemental Communications Packet #2 submitted by the National Institute for Criminal Justice Reform to the City Manager for analysis and recommendations on a path forward to transforming public safety and policing in Berkeley.
Councilmember Wengraf absent at 10:05 p.m.
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Adjournment
Action: M/S/C (Arreguin/Harrison) to adjourn the meeting.
Vote: Ayes – Kesarwani, Taplin, Bartlett, Harrison, Robinson, Droste, Arreguin; Noes – None, Abstain – None; Absent – Hahn, Wengraf.
Adjourned at 10:25 p.m.
Communications
• None
Supplemental Communications and Reports 1
• None
Supplemental Communications and Reports 2
Item #1: Consideration of the Reimagining Public Safety Task Force’s Response to the National Institute for Criminal Justice Reform Recommendations
1. Revised material, submitted by the Reimagining Public Safety Task Force
2. Berkeley Neighborhoods Council
3. Barbara Gilbert
4. Diana Bohn
5. Wendy Alfsen
Item #2: Presentation and Discussion of Report Submitted by Reimaging Public Safety Task Force and National Institute for Criminal Justice Reform
6. Revised material, submitted by the National Institute for Criminal Justice Reform
Item #1 & Item #2 (Same as above)
7. Supplemental material, submitted by Mayor Arreguin, Vice-Mayor Harrison and Councilmembers Bartlett and Hahn
Supplemental Communications and Reports 3
Item #1: Consideration of the Reimagining Public Safety Task Force’s Response to the National Institute for Criminal Justice Reform Recommendations
8. Carole Marasovic
9. Warren Sharp
10. John Caner, on behalf of the Downtown Berkeley Association
11. Charles Clarke
12. Eric Wiesner
13. Blair Beekmand (2)
14. Chimey Lee
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Item #2: Presentation and Discussion of Report Submitted by Reimaging Public Safety Task Force and National Institute for Criminal Justice Reform
15. Presentation - Overview, submitted by the City Manager’s Office
16. Presentation – New and Emerging Models, submitted by the City Manager’s Office
17. Presentation – Alternative Responses, submitted by the City Manager’s Office
18. Presentation – Community Engagement, submitted by the City Manager’s Office
19. Presentation – Reimagining Public Safety Task Force’s (RPSTF) votes on National Institute for Criminal Justice Reform (NICJR) recommendations, submitted by the City Manager’s Office