Agenda packet, second session — Berkeley City Council, April 25, 2023

Tuesday, April 25, 2023 AGENDA Page 1

P R O C L AM AT I O N

C AL L I N G A S P E C I AL M EE TI NG O F T HE

B E R K E LE Y CI T Y C O U N CIL
In accordance with the authority in me vested, I do hereby call the Berkeley City Council in special session as follows:

Tuesday, April 25, 2023
5:00 PM
SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD ROOM - 1231 ADDISON STREET, BERKELEY, CA 94702 TELECONFERENCE LOCATION - 1404 LE ROY AVE, BERKELEY 94708

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 – MARK HUMBERT
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Preliminary Matters
Roll Call:

Action Calendar
The public may comment on each item listed on the agenda for action as the item is taken up. For items moved to the Action Calendar from the Consent Calendar or Information Calendar, persons who spoke on the item during the Consent Calendar public comment period may speak again at the time the matter is taken up during the Action Calendar.

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Action items may be reordered at the discretion of the Chair with the consent of Council.

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During this public comment period, the Presiding Officer will open and close a comment period for each Action item on this agenda (excluding any public hearings, appeals, and/or quasi -judicial matters). The public may speak on each item. Those who speak on an item during this comment period may not speak a second time when the item is taken up by Council.

Action Calendar – New Business

1. 2023 City Council Referral Prioritization Process Using Re-Weighted Range Voting (RRV)
From: City Manager
Recommendation: Review the completed Re-Weighted Range Voting (RRV) rankings for all outstanding City Council referrals and adopt a Resolution approving the list of prioritized referrals to city staff.

Financial Implications: See report
Contact: Mark Numainville, City Clerk, (510) 981-6900

Public Comment - Items on this agenda only
Adjournment
I hereby request that the City Clerk of the City of Berkeley cause personal notice to be given to each member of the Berkeley City Council on the time and place of said meeting, forthwith.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the official seal of the City of Berkeley to be affixed on this 20th day of April, 2023.

Jesse Arreguin, Mayor
Public Notice – this Proclamation serves as the official agenda for this meeting.

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ATTEST:

Date: April 20, 2023
Mark Numainville, City Clerk

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Office of the City Manager
2180 Milvia Street, Berkeley, CA 94704 ● Tel: (510) 981-7000 ● TDD: (510) 981-6903 ● Fax: (510) 981-7099 E-Mail: [email protected] Website: http://www.CityofBerkeley.info/Manager

ACTION CALENDAR
April 25, 2023
To: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
From: Dee Williams-Ridley, City Manager
Submitted by: Mark Numainville, City Clerk
Subject: 2023 City Council Referral Prioritization Process Using Re-Weighted Range Voting (RRV)

RECOMMENDATION
Review the completed Re-Weighted Range Voting (RRV) rankings for all outstanding City Council referrals and adopt a Resolution approving the list of prioritized referrals to city staff.

FISCAL IMPACTS OF RECOMMENDATION
There are no direct fiscal impacts related to the review and approval of the referral list.

CURRENT SITUATION AND ITS EFFECTS
Through the March 21, 2023 City Council meeting, there were 48 outstanding long-term referrals to staff. The list does not include referrals that the City Manager has classified as short-term referrals or budget referrals.

The Mayor and Council have assigned a score of 0-5 (0=low priority, 5=high priority) to each referral as shown in the RRV spreadsheet in Attachment 2. Staff has applied the RRV formula to the raw scoring resulting in a prioritized list. These results will be used to guide the City Manager and the Budget & Finance Committee in development of Strategic Plan projects and funding allocations needed for the referrals. Some flexibility in the order in which the referrals are assigned will need to be exercised by the City Manager to ensure that staff in each department has the available capacity to start work on the highly rated referrals and that there are adequate funding resources to complete the referrals.

During the scoring process, Councilmembers had the option to identify referrals that should be removed from the prioritization process. In the 2023 process, none of the referrals were marked for removal.

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2023 City Council Referral Prioritization Process ACTION CALENDAR Using Re-Weighted Range Voting (RRV) April 25, 2023

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BACKGROUND
In 2016, the City Council adopted a system of Re-weighted Range Voting (RRV) to prioritize City Council referrals to staff. The RRV system enables City Council to provide direction to staff on which referrals are highest priority and should be completed first.

Reweighted Range Voting is a proportional representation voting system designed for a blend of fairness and consensus, meaning that it ensures some representation for minority views as well. It accomplishes this by reducing the influence of Councilmembers in proportion to the points they have awarded to the referrals prioritized thus far.

Under RRV, Each Councilmember rates every referral on a scale of zero to five. There is no limit to repeat scores (i.e. a Councilmember could give every referral a five). When the scores are tallied, the referral with the highest total score becomes the 1st priority.

Once the first referral is assigned, the scores for the remaining referrals are reweighted based on how much influence each Councilmember has had up to that point (based on the score they assigned, 0 - 5). If a Councilmember assigns high scores to several referrals, they use up the strength of their weighted vote more quickly and exercise diminishing influence when the scores are reweighted for subsequent referrals. This guarantees equal influence throughout the full list. If a Councilmember did not score a referral, the default score was set to zero.

ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY AND CLIMATE IMPACTS
There are no identifiable environmental effects or opportunities, or climate impacts, associated with the subject of this report.

RATIONALE FOR RECOMMENDATION
This recommendation carries out the direction of the Council to implement a prioritization process for City Council referrals to staff.

ALTERNATIVE ACTIONS CONSIDERED
Council may decide to forgo a prioritization process and continue the referral process with no structured tracking or prioritization of referrals.

CONTACT PERSON
Mark Numainville, City Clerk, (510) 981-6900
Attachments:
1: Resolution
Exhibit A: 2023 RRV Prioritized Referral List
2: Complete Scores of the Mayor and Councilmembers

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RESOLUTION NO. ##,###-N.S.

APPROVING THE 2023 LIST OF PRIORITIZED CITY COUNCIL REFERRALS USING

THE REWEIGHTED RANGE VOTING SYSTEM
WHEREAS, On March 8, 2016 the City Council approved the use of Re-weighted Range Voting (RRV) for the prioritization of City Council referrals to staff; and WHEREAS, the City Council has rated all the referrals; and WHEREAS, the Re-Weighted Range Voting formula was applied to the ratings to create a weighted list of prioritizations.

NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of Berkeley that the list of prioritized referrals contained in Exhibit A is hereby approved.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Council grants the City Manager the authority to assign referrals to staff in a manner that ensures equitable distribution among departments and does not exceed the capacity of departmental staff to start work on the highly rated referrals even if that results in the referrals being assigned in an order that differs from the approved list.

Exhibits
A: List of Prioritized Referrals

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2023 RRV Prioritized Referral List Attachment 1 Exhibit A Rank Demand Recommendations Meeting Date Lead City Dept Sponsor 1 Referral: Creation of an
Intersection Daylighting
Policy DMND0004076
Refer to the City Manager to develop a comprehensive intersection daylighting policy and make recommendations about the implementation of a citywide intersection daylighting program. Staff should consider criteria for identifying priority areas for daylighting such as high-injury streets, streets and intersections with especially high pedestrian traffic, commercial districts, and streets near schools and colleges. Staff should seek input and feedback on the development of such a policy and program from the Transportation & Infrastructure Commission, and other relevant commissions. 2023-02-28 Public Works Rigel Robinson,
Mark Humbert,
Sophie Hahn,
Kate Harrison
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2023 RRV Prioritized Referral List Attachment 1 Exhibit A Rank Demand Recommendations Meeting Date Lead City Dept Sponsor 2 Resolution Recognizing
Housing as Human Right;
Referring to City Manager
Several Measures to Begin
Developing Social Housing
in the City of Berkeley
DMND0003986
Policy Committee Recommendation: On June 17, 2021 the Land Use, Housing & Economic Development policy committee took the following action: M/S/C (Hahn/Robinson) Qualified positive recommendation that Council approve the item with amendments formally discussed at the meeting and as follows: 1. Including a budget referral of up to $300,000 and clarifying that the allocation may include one or more consultants; 2. Amending the staff report to remove the portion under "Rationale for Recommendation" beginning with "In Hawaii, Sen.

Chang has opted for a more direct route…" and encompassing footnotes 48, 49, and 50; and 3.

Amending the Resolution to include record of the "attendant freedoms and entitlements as enumerated by the United Nations"; removing the portion of the Resolution incorporating a referral to the City Manager; and making typographical changes to the Resolution as agreed to by the Author.Adopt a Resolution recognizing housing as a human right; refer to the City Manager's office several measures to begin developing social housing in the City of Berkeley.

Measures shall include, but not be limited to: 1. Study and report to council on development potential, including density bonuses, for mixed-income housing development starting with the city-owned parcels at 1011 University Ave, and seek information through an RFI or other process on the potential for cross-subsidized limited-equity leasehold and rental models or other social housing development models; 2. Study and return to council a report and, if feasible, a proposal for a Reparative Justice Revolving Loan Fund with affirmative racial justice and anti-displacement goals in coordination with the city's Small Sites Program, including, but not limited to: a. Providing low-interest loans for tenants, nonprofits, limited-equity co- operatives, and community land trusts to acquire real property; support Low Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) funding; develop and/or maintain mixed-income and permanently affordable housing; b. Funding a Local Operating Subsidies Program to provide permanently affordable housing for Very Low and Extremely Low Income households; c. Leveraging local funds with state and regional partnerships through the Bay Area Housing Finance Agency (BAHFA) with the Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG), Berkeley Housing Authority, Berkeley Unified School District (BUSD) and BART; d. Consider best practices from other agencies and other partnership opportunities; 3. Refer to the budget process up to $300,000 for one or more consultants to study potential [more...] social housing models for the City of Berkeley; 4.

Establish a publicly available, user-friendly data dashboard potentially using third-party data visualization tools for monitoring Housing Justice Indicators in the city including, but not limited to: a. State certification of city's Housing Element and progress toward RHNA goals for each income tier in annual Housing Pipeline Reports; b. Housing Element compliance with Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) rule pursuant to California Government Code 2021-11-09 CITY

MANAGER'S
OFFICE
Terry Taplin,
Jesse Arreguin,
Kate Harrison,
Sophie Hahn
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2023 RRV Prioritized Referral List Attachment 1 Exhibit A Rank Demand Recommendations Meeting Date Lead City Dept Sponsor 3 Referral: On-Street Secure
Bike Storage
DMND0004078
Refer to the City Manager to develop and return to Council with a plan to create on-street secure bike parking in multi-family residential and commercial districts across the City in parking spots previously reserved for car storage. Take associated actions, including:

1. Determining recommended locations for installation that take into consideration factors such as equity priority neighborhoods; transit connections; bicycle network connections; areas with high percentages of tenants; access to destinations such as schools, community centers, employment centers, and businesses; and public input.

2. Developing and issuing a Request for Proposal for an operator to install and maintain on-street bike lockers, including lockers that can accommodate bikes of varying shapes and sizes.

3. Pursuing available grant opportunities to fund initial costs and ongoing maintenance.
2023-03-21 Public Works Rigel Robinson,
Sophie Hahn,
Kate Harrison,
Terry Taplin
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2023 RRV Prioritized Referral List Attachment 1 Exhibit A Rank Demand Recommendations Meeting Date Lead City Dept Sponsor 4 Office of Racial Equity: Re-
Entry Employment and
Guaranteed Income
Programs DMND0004064

1. Refer to the City Manager to Strengthen Adult Criminal Justice Re-Entry Employment Programs in Berkeley by studying re-entry programs, supports, and systems already available for Berkeley residents, strengthening linkages, and identifying gaps. Report findings back to the Health, Life Enrichment, Equity & Community Committee during 2023.

2. Refer $50,000 to the Budget Process to engage a consultant to recommend a Universal Income Pilot for Berkeley. Recommendation to include evaluation of: -Potential funding sources; -Appropriate and recommended models for Berkeley; -Target population(s) to be supported by Pilot; -Program delivery models; -Evaluation; -Any and all other elements/factors to establish an effective Universal Income Pilot for Berkeley.

Considerations for target populations may include local Equity Indicators measuring racial justice and social equity outcomes such as poverty and financial health, educational disparities, environmental and mental health, housing quality, infrastructure, and public safety.

3. Refer to the City Manager to establish evaluation processes and metrics for all social services programs recommended through the Reimaging Public Safety Process, including but not limited to violence prevention services, adult reentry programs, and mental health crisis response, and report evaluation outcome to the City Council.
2022-12-06 CITY

MANAGER'S
OFFICE
Terry Taplin,
Kate Harrison,
Sophie Hahn,
Rigel Robinson
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2023 RRV Prioritized Referral List Attachment 1 Exhibit A Rank Demand Recommendations Meeting Date Lead City Dept Sponsor 5 Referral to Implement
State Law AB 43 for
Reduced Speed Limits on
High-Injury Commercial
Corridors DMND0004008
Refer to the City Manager to implement state law AB 43 on High-injury commercial corridors as identified in our Vision Zero Annual Report, 2020- 2021 in order to allow a reduction in speed limits by 5 miles per hour; - Any other corridors covered by AB 43, as appropriate, in order to implement reduced prima facie speed limits and identify those corridors for future traffic studies where prima facie limits are presently unsafe.

Upon completion of this referral, we note that a budget allocation would be needed in the amount of $25,000 to $50,000 for new speed limit signage.

Funding will be requested later (likely for the FY 2023-24 budget) in order to allow time for staff to determine the applicable streets for additional signage. 2022-03-08 Public Works Rashi Kesarwani,
Terry Taplin,
Rigel Robinson,
Susan Wengraf
6 Prioritizing Pedestrians at
Intersections
DMND0002584
Refer to the City Manager and the Transportation Commission the development of policies to improve the pedestrian crossing experience and reduce pedestrian wait times at intersections with "beg buttons," potentially by activating pedestrian crossing signaling with every cycle (as opposed to the current situation, which only activates crossing signals when a button is pushed). Consider the development of a pedestrian-driven intersection improvement process to address signaling and timing inadequacies. 2017-05-16 Public Works Lori Droste,
Susan Wengraf,
Ben Bartlett
7 Prioritizing Berkeley
Unified School District
Public Works Service
Requests DMND0003990
Refer to the City Manager to: 1. Work with the Berkeley Unified School District (BUSD) to create a system to better document, communicate, and prioritize Public Works service requests from BUSD schools and facilities; and

2. Establish protocols with BUSD for school principals to coordinate directly with Public Works staff to address school site-related concerns that fall under the City's jurisdiction.
2021-11-30 Public Works Sophie Hahn,
Kate Harrison,
Jesse Arreguin,
Susan Wengraf
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2023 RRV Prioritized Referral List Attachment 1 Exhibit A Rank Demand Recommendations Meeting Date Lead City Dept Sponsor 8 Referral: Establishing an
Electric Bike Rebate
Program and Expanding
Low-Income E-Bike
Ownership through the
Climate Equity Action Fund
DMND0004063
Refer to the City Manager to explore the creation of a program to establish a two-tiered point-of-sale rebate program to reduce the up-front cost of electric bicycles and necessary safety and security accessories for Berkeley residents, including: -Rebate Level 1: a point-of-sale rebate to be made available to all City of Berkeley residents; -Rebate Level 2: a point-of-sale rebate that covers a higher percentage of the cost than Rebate Level 1, to be made available to low-income City of Berkeley residents.

Refer $500,000 to the FY 2023 AAO #1 process as follows: -$400,000 for the point of sale rebate program; -$100,000 in supplementary funding towards the Climate Equity Action Fund (CEAF) to further facilitate e-bike ownership among low-income Berkeley residents.
2022-11-15 Public Works Rigel Robinson,
Kate Harrison,
Terry Taplin,
Sophie Hahn
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2023 RRV Prioritized Referral List Attachment 1 Exhibit A Rank Demand Recommendations Meeting Date Lead City Dept Sponsor 9 Restoring and Improving
Access to City of Berkeley
Website and Archival
Materials DMND0004050

1. Accept the report outlining results from consultation with the City Manager after introduction of this item and thank City Staff for their consideration.

2. As a means to support transparency and improve ease of access to historical/archival government records for policymakers, the press, and the general public, request that the City Manager continue developing and implementing measures that support efficient and effective searching, sorting, and identification of responsive materials through Records Online.

3. To support transparency and ease of access to government records, consider creating and disseminating a "style guide" with standards/conventions/protocols for accurately referencing and attaching City materials so they can be properly linked to or easily accessed in Records Online (or a successor/alternative program/database), allowing such materials to be referenced consistently by Councilmembers, Staff, members of the press, and other authors.

4. Refer to the November 2022 Budget Update up to $50,000 for staff support for Council/Mayor offices to locate documents previously accessed via now-expired links, and request that the City Manager consult Councilmembers and the Mayor to offer the scope of assistance available and identify potential needs.

5. As a means to support transparency and restore ease of access to City materials referenced/attached via now-broken links in City reports, plans, items, and other documents created prior to launch of the new City website, request that the City Manager consider updating key plans, programs and reports by creating and linking PDFs of previously linked documents and/or substituting broken links with footnotes/references in a standard format allowing referenced and attached materials to be quickly/directly located through Records Online (or a successor/alternative program/database).

6. To better fulfill the requirements of the City of Berkeley's Open Government Ordinance, request the City Manager retain materials such as Council, Committee, and Commission agendas, minutes, recordings, and other official documents on the website for a period at least 4 years, and preferably longer, before retiring them to Records Online. 2022-09-20 CITY

MANAGER'S
OFFICE
Sophie Hahn,
Terry Taplin, Ben
Bartlett
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2023 RRV Prioritized Referral List Attachment 1 Exhibit A Rank Demand Recommendations Meeting Date Lead City Dept Sponsor 10 Parking/Towing Fines &
Fees Reform
DMND0004070
(2) Direct the City Manager to implement reforms that reduce the disproportionate burden of parking and towing fines and fees on low-income individuals, as follows: a) Expand eligibility for the City's parking citations indigent payment plan to encompass households making up to 50% of Alameda County's Area Median Income (AMI) and update these guidelines in accordance with AMI on an annual basis. Provide notice of the change to all individuals with unpaid tickets. b) Amend City policy to formalize the current practice of not booting or towing cars when the sole reason for doing so is the vehicle having five or more outstanding parking tickets where payment is delinquent.
(3) Refer to the City Manager to: a) Develop and return to Council with a program to offer vehicle release fee waivers for low-income and/or homeless individuals and, if feasible, vehicle release fee reductions or waivers for first-time tows. b) Explore the possibility of raising the thresholds for 2A to 80% or 100% of AMI in the future, and explore the possibility of indexing fee reduction to income (if at 30% AMI, pay 30% of fee, if at 50%, pay 50% of fee, etc.). c) Consider allowing all undocumented individuals to participate in payment plans or fee reductions or waivers without the need to show proof of income or public benefits. d) Look at simplification of payment plan administration and potentially allowing all parking and towing- related fines and fees to be paid through payment plans, regardless of income qualification, as a means to simplify administration. Consider software options for tracking and collection. e) Explore opportunities to coordinate outreach for payment plans with opportunities to engage residents in participation in other social services and public benefits. (4) Refer $383,512 in ongoing annual funding to the FY 2024 Mid-Biennial Budget Update for 2 Associate Management Analyst FTEs to administer and expand the indigent payment plan program.
2023-01-31 CITY

MANAGER'S
OFFICE
Rigel Robinson,
Kate Harrison,
Ben Bartlett,
Sophie Hahn
11 Referral: Southside Impact
Fee Nexus Study
DMND0004072

1. Refer to the City Manager to establish a development impact fee for projects within the Southside Plan boundary for the purpose of funding Southside public realm improvements. Staff should complete all necessary actions, including preparation of a Nexus Study pursuant to the Mitigation Fee Act.

2. Refer $250,000 to the FY 2023 budget process for a consultant to be engaged over a two-year process, starting in 2024, to assist with the vision, capital list, nexus study, fee schedule, and other requirements. 2023-02-14 Public Works Rigel Robinson,
Ben Bartlett,
Kate Harrison,
Mark Humbert
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2023 RRV Prioritized Referral List Attachment 1 Exhibit A Rank Demand Recommendations Meeting Date Lead City Dept Sponsor 12 Referral: Keep Innovation
in Berkeley DMND0004046
Refer to the City Manager and the Planning Commission to consider and return to Council with Zoning Ordinance amendments, codified performance standards, and other actions to encourage the growth and retention of Research & Development (R&D) in Berkeley. Staff and the Commission should explore: 1. Naming R&D as an allowed land use in the commercial districts of Telegraph (C-T and C-C), West Berkeley (C-W), University (C-U), and Downtown Berkeley (C-DMU) with a Zoning Certificate, subject to performance standards. a. Performance standards should regulate and mitigate potential impacts on quality of life, public health, and environmental health, such as noise, odors, fumes, vibrations, dust, light pollution, hours of operation, and disposal and storage protocols for flammable, combustible, chemical, and hazardous substances. 2. Updating the "District Purpose" sections of the MM and MU-LI districts to specifically embrace R&D. Consider doing the same for other districts where R&D is allowed, if deemed appropriate. 3. Amending R&D parking requirements in M-prefixed districts to align with Laboratory parking requirements and in C-prefixed districts, excluding C-T, to align with Manufacturing parking requirements. 4. Reviewing Berkeley Municipal Code 23.206.080 to ensure that language regulating Biosafety Level (BSL) Classes 1-4 is clear and consistent with regulations in neighboring jurisdictions and other cities that support a broad range of R&D.

Consider repealing the section or amending it to permit BSL-2 in all districts where research and development facilities or laboratories are permitted. 5. Returning to Council with additional recommendations, if any, that would serve to encourage R&D in Berkeley, as determined by staff or that present themselves through the Planning Commission process. 2022-09-13 PLANNING &

DEVELOPMENT
Rigel Robinson,
Terry Taplin,
Jesse Arreguin,
Kate Harrison
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2023 RRV Prioritized Referral List Attachment 1 Exhibit A Rank Demand Recommendations Meeting Date Lead City Dept Sponsor 13 Streamlining Toxic
Remediation in
Manufacturing Districts
DMND0004005
Refer to the City Manager the development of a streamlined process that would allow for one application process, rather than separate application processes for the City's Planning Department and the Toxics Division; and refer to the Planning Commission several amendments to the zoning code in order to facilitate toxic remediation in manufacturing districts; in addition, refer to expedite consideration of Councilmembers Wozniak and Moore's 2012 referral to the Planning Commission referenced in Background section, and request it be moved forward as quickly as possible; in addition, refer to the City Manager to consider any and all means to streamline and/or improve the city's processing of remediation of toxic sites.

Policy Committee Recommendation: On January 20, 2022, the Land Use, Housing & Economic Development Policy Committee took the following action: M/S/C (Hahn/Robinson) Positive recommendation to refer the item to Council as amended to expand the scope of the referral and specifically request expedited Planning Commission review of the previous 2012 referral. 2022-02-22 PLANNING &

DEVELOPMENT
Terry Taplin,
Sophie Hahn,
Ben Bartlett,
Jesse Arreguin
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2023 RRV Prioritized Referral List Attachment 1 Exhibit A Rank Demand Recommendations Meeting Date Lead City Dept Sponsor 14 Refer to the City Manager
to Establish a Framework
for Parking Benefits
Districts in the Gilman and
Lorin Commercial Districts
DMND0003998
Refer to the City Manager to create a basic framework for establishing a Parking Benefits District (PBD) in the Gilman and Lorin Commercial Districts. This framework should include:

A map establishing the boundaries of the Gilman District PBD. Suggested borders of the district should include: (1) on the west, the east side of Eastshore Highway from Page Street to the Albany border; (2) on the north, the Albany border from Eastshore Highway to the east side of San Pablo Avenue; (3) on the east, the east side of San Pablo Avenue from the Albany border to Gilman Street, both sides of Gilman Street from San Pablo Avenue to Kains, and the east side of San Pablo Avenue to the north side of Page Street; and (4) on the south, the west side of San Pablo Avenue from Page Street to Camelia Street, the north side of Camelia Street from San Pablo Avenue to Sixth Street; the west side of Sixth Street from Camelia to Page; the north side of Page Street from Sixth Street to Eastshore Highway. See map in Attachment 1.

A map establishing the boundaries of the Lorin District PBD. Suggested borders of the district should include: (1) on the east, both sides of Shattuck Avenue from Carleton southward to Alcatraz Avenue; (2) on the south, the north side of Alcatraz Avenue from Shattuck Avenue to Martin Luther King Jr. Way; Martin Luther King Jr. Way southward to 62nd Street; 62nd Street to King Street; (3) on the west, King street to Russell Street; (4) on the north, Russell Street to Grant Street; Grant Street north to Carleton Street; and Carleton Street to Shattuck Avenue. See map in Attachment 1.

Consideration of expanding the goBerkeley parking program1 to include installation of paid parking within a subsection of the defined Gilman and Lorin Parking Benefit Districts only where warranted based on parking demand using a demand-based pricing model.

Consideration of amending the goBerkeley program to allow net parking revenues to be reinvested within the Gilman and Lorin Parking Benefits Districts where the revenue is generated for the purpose of funding improvements, such as trash removal, sidewalk cleaning, enhanced lighting, signage, beautification like landscaping or other improvements based on input from an advisory board of stakeholders–in alignment with policy requirements of PBDs.

This would only occur once all payments and obligations associated with the Center Street Garage parking revenue bond are fully met.

Consideration of transportation-related amenities targeted to employees that may include:
annual transportation passes to incentivize public transit use, annual memberships in shared electric micro-mobility programs, special employee parking permits, etc.

A strategy for conducting outreach to Gilman and Lorin Commercial District stakeholders prior to implementation, including outreach to property and business owners and employees. 2022-01-18 Public Works Rashi Kesarwani,
Ben Bartlett,
Jesse Arreguin,
Terry Taplin
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2023 RRV Prioritized Referral List Attachment 1 Exhibit A Rank Demand Recommendations Meeting Date Lead City Dept Sponsor 15 Health Care Facility
Oversight DMND0003993
Refer to the City Manager and the Community Health Commission an assessment of the breadth of regulatory control the City of Berkeley can exert on skilled nursing facilities, and create a process of accountability if complaints are found to be substantiated that threaten, or could potentially escalate to the point of threatening, the wellbeing of patients and/or violate federal, state, or local law; the business license of the offending facility will be suspended until the skilled nursing facility submits a report demonstrating rectification of the situation.
2021-12-14 HEALTH, HSG &

COMMUNITY
SVC
Ben Bartlett
16 Referral to the City
Manager to Establish a
Marina Master Plan for
Parking with a
Consideration for
Establishing a Waterfront
Parking Benefits District
DMND0003997
Refer to the City Manager and FY 2022-23 June Budget Process to create a Berkeley Marina Master Plan for Parking with a goal of introducing demand- based paid parking in certain areas of the waterfront as appropriate. Further, refer consideration of a Parking Benefits District (PBD) at the waterfront as a means of reinvesting net parking revenues within this area to provide a dedicated funding source for the troubled Marina Fund.

Considerations for a Marina Master Plan for Parking should include:

Conducting robust outreach to marina stakeholders in order to: gather feedback about parking needs, communicatinge benefits of establishing a Parking Benefits District to maintaining and upgrading marina infrastructure, and other issues as appropriate;
Preparing a preliminary fiscal analysis for possible implementation, including projected revenues and expenditures;
Determining types of pay stations most appropriate for this area in addition to payment schedules, such as hourly, day passes, and/or frequent user/employee permits; and,
Discussion of efforts to make it easy and safe for visitors to access the marina by foot, bike, micro-mobility device, and/or public transit. 2022-01-18 Public Works Rashi Kesarwani,
Jesse Arreguin,
Terry Taplin,
Rigel Robinson
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2023 RRV Prioritized Referral List Attachment 1 Exhibit A Rank Demand Recommendations Meeting Date Lead City Dept Sponsor 17 Refer to the Planning
Commission and Housing
Advisory Commission to
Research and Recommend
Policies to Prevent
Displacement and
Gentrification of Berkeley
Residents of Color and
African Americans
DMND0003732
Refer to the Planning Commission and Housing Advisory Commission to research and recommend policies to prevent displacement and gentrification of Berkeley residents of color. Recommended policies should include real solutions. The Commission should do the following: - Develop a policy to address the erosion of People of Color (POC), including the African American sector of our Berkeley society. - Develop rules and regulations to halt the loss of People of Color including the African American communities. - Develop a "right to return" for Berkeley's People of Color including the African American communities who have been displaced by these economic and social developments, especially those who continue to be employed in our City, even after having to relocate beyond our boundaries. - Solicit expert and lived experience testimonies regarding displacement and gentrification. - Recommend alternatives to prevent displacement and gentrification of our valued Berkeley citizens of color and African Americans. Hold public workshops on the subject.
2019-04-30 PLANNING &

DEVELOPMENT
Cheryl Davila,
Ben Bartlett,
Kate Harrison
18 Referral to Strengthen
Public Health and
Environmental Impact
Mitigation for Industrial
Facilities in the
Manufacturing Zone
DMND0003975
Refer to the City Manager to: Establish a procedure for enhanced review of use permits in the manufacturing zone for industrial facilities—upon initial submission or upon submission of an amended use permit—in order to ensure public health and environmental impacts are appropriately mitigated as a condition of the use permit. Further, if appropriate, consider mitigation that includes the use-permit applicant contracting with a certified third-party to install air quality monitoring device(s) that can enable periodic reporting on pollutants relevant to the particular industrial process proposed in the initial or amended use permit. Explore feasibility of increasing penalty fee schedule as a deterrence for use-permit violations related to public health and environmental impacts, such as air, noise, and water pollution. 2021-09-28 PLANNING &

DEVELOPMENT
Rashi Kesarwani,
Terry Taplin, Lori
Droste, Susan
Wengraf
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2023 RRV Prioritized Referral List Attachment 1 Exhibit A Rank Demand Recommendations Meeting Date Lead City Dept Sponsor 19 Referral to the City
Manager to Streamline
Accessory Dwelling Unit
(ADU) Permit Review and
Approval DMND0003992
Policy Committee Recommendation: On November 4, 2021 the Land Use, Housing and Economic Development policy committee took the following action: M/S/C (Droste/Robinson) Qualified positive recommendation with direction for the item to be updated to include progress already made in this area as described by the Planning Director.

Refer to the City Manager to streamline the Accessory Dwelling Unit (ADU) permitting process in order to reduce staff time spent on review and enhance customer service. Further, assess effectiveness of process improvements specified below by reviewing over time: the number of ADUs permitted, average amount of staff time spent on ADU permit review, and permit fee levels.

Recommend that the City Manager develop for Planning staff use an ADU Universal Checklist and accompanying user-friendly webpage:

ADU Universal Checklist. A clear set of universal guidelines and construction requirements should be developed among staff from Planning (both Land Use and Building and Safety Divisions), Fire, and Public Works Departments that is easy to follow in order to eliminate (or significantly reduce) the need for multiple departments to review ADU permit applications and for multiple rounds of review by the same department. The Universal Checklist should be a single document utilized by (1) all City staff to review ADU permit applications and (2) by customers to understand code requirements and development standards. The Universal Checklist should enable all City staff and customers to have the same clear understanding of all of the requirements that, if adhered to, would expedite the permitting process and lead to lower permit fees over time. Progress To Date: Recently, the City of Berkeley's Planning Department has added both a Single-Family ADU/JADU Checklist and a Multi-Family ADU Checklist which clearly delineate development standards as adopted by the State of California, effective January 1, 2020. An ADU Universal Checklist would take these checklists one step farther by including current amendments to Berkeley's local ADU ordinance (once adopted) as well as the full list of fire and safety code requirements.

Accompanying User-Friendly Webpage. As a companion to the ADU Universal Checklist, the City should also create a user-friendly webpage for customers (and prospective customers) with up- to-date information that provides clarity and greater certainty about the process and expected timeline for the creation of an ADU or Junior ADU, which is within a main dwelling unit.

At a minimum, the webpage should include: A list of relevant fees and expected payment amounts for permits, inspections, and other requirements; Plan requirements, worksheets, and projected timelines for each step of the process; and Consolidated up-to-date state and local regulations that are easy to understand. Progress To 2021-12-14 PLANNING &

DEVELOPMENT
Rashi Kesarwani,
Susan Wengraf,
Lori Droste, Ben
Bartlett
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2023 RRV Prioritized Referral List Attachment 1 Exhibit A Rank Demand Recommendations Meeting Date Lead City Dept Sponsor 20 Companion Report:

Expansion of Storm Shelter
Program to Emergencies
not Otherwise Covered
DMND0004020
The Homeless Commission's recommendation to expand the Berkeley Emergency Storm Shelter (BESS) to emergencies not otherwise covered including outside the dates of the current contract with Dorothy Day House addresses a key need for our most vulnerable citizens. Therefore, staff recommends: 1. Referring this recommendation to the budget process; and

2. Referring this recommendation to staff for analysis of feasibility. 2022-04-26 HEALTH, HSG &

COMMUNITY
SVC
City Manager
21 Outcomes Based Funding,
Pay-For-Success and Social
Impact
BondsDMND0004071
Send the item to the City Council with a Qualified Positive Recommendation to refer to the City Attorney to provide guidance on how the City can implement an Outcomes Based Funding initiative; request implementation analysis from the City Manager; and request information on whether or not this program can be used with external funds (e.g. grants) or city funds only. 2023-01-31 City Attorney Ben Bartlett
22 Parking Minima for Mixed-
Use Projects and
Manufacturing
DistrictsDMND0004033
Refer to the City Manager and Planning Commission to develop amendments to Berkeley Municipal Code Chapter 23 Section 322 and return an Ordinance to Council with such amendments to include the following:
(a) In BMC 23.322.030(B)(1), Table 23.322-2: remove "(residential use only)" from Mixed-Use Residential category; reduce "Live/Work" off-street parking requirements to, at most, 1 space per unit; reduce "Manufacturing" off-street parking requirements to, at most, 1 space per 1,500 gross square feet; reduce off-street parking requirements for "All non-residential uses except uses listed below" to, at most, 1 space per 1,000 square feet. (b) In BMC 23.322.020(C)(2)(i): reduce district minimum parking requirements to 1 space per 1,000 square feet at most in Manufacturing Districts.
2022-06-28 PLANNING &

DEVELOPMENT
Terry Taplin
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2023 RRV Prioritized Referral List Attachment 1 Exhibit A Rank Demand Recommendations Meeting Date Lead City Dept Sponsor 23 Residential Preferential
Parking (RPP) Program
Expansion for West
Berkeley Neighborhoods
Within Two Blocks of
Commercial Corridors
DMND0004053
Referral to the City Manager to expand the scope of the Residential Preferential Parking (RPP) program as originally proposed by staff during the May 14, 2019 City Council Public Hearing as a way to allow more residents to opt-in to this program.
2022-10-11 Public Works Rashi Kesarwani,
Terry Taplin
24 Adopt Resolutions
Referring to the City
Manager to Establish a
Policy of Reducing or
Waiving Park Fees for
Free, Permitted Outdoor
Theater, Arts Events, and
Other Events Based on
Objective Public Welfare
Criteria and Relinquishing
Council Funds to Support
the San Francisco Mime
Troupe's Payment of Park
Fees for Its 2022 Free
Outdoor Performance
Season DMND0004009
Establishing a policy and referring to the City Manager to create a process to reduce or waive City Park Fees for free and permitted outdoor theater, arts events, and other events as appropriate based on objective consideration of their benefits to the public welfare, including but not limited to educational content, non-profit status, and means.
2022-03-08 CITY

MANAGER'S
OFFICE
Kate Harrison,
Ben Bartlett
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2023 RRV Prioritized Referral List Attachment 1 Exhibit A Rank Demand Recommendations Meeting Date Lead City Dept Sponsor 25 Equitable Safe Streets and
Climate Justice Resolution
DMND0004047
Adopt a REVISED resolution committing the expenditure of City and state/federal matching/recurring funds on city-maintained roads, sidewalks, and bike lanes to accelerate safety improvements in a manner consistent with City, State, and Federal policy on street safety, equity, accessibility, and climate change; refer to the City Manager fully integrate Complete Streets design as defined by the NACTO Urban Street Design Guide in the default engineering standard for city streets; restrict city use of the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD) to only documented cases that require its use for compliance with Federal/State regulations; in all other cases, restrict use of the MUTCD to "engineering judgment." 2022-09-13 Public Works Terry Taplin
26 Budget Referral: No Right
on Red Signs
DMND0004059
Refer to the City Manager to develop policy recommendations for council consideration that would expand limitations on "right turns on red" for the purposes of pedestrian safety. Staff should consider prohibiting right turns on red in commercial districts, on high-injury corridors, and/or citywide. Staff should engage the Transportation & Infrastructure Commission for feedback and review of possible recommendations. Staff is also requested to coordinate with AC Transit regarding impacts on transit services. Refer the necessary appropriations of $135,000 to the 2022 November Annual Appropriations Ordinance.
2022-11-03 Public Works Terry Taplin,
Kate Harrison,
Sophie Hahn
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2023 RRV Prioritized Referral List Attachment 1 Exhibit A Rank Demand Recommendations Meeting Date Lead City Dept Sponsor 27 Referral to the
Transportation and
Infrastructure Commission
and City Manager to
Consider and Make
Recommendations
Regarding the Policy of
Deploying Rectangular
Rapid Flashing Beacons
and Other Treatments at
Dangerous or High-
Collision Pedestrian and
Bicycle Intersections
DMND0004057
Referral to the Transportation and Infrastructure Commission and City Manager to consider and make recommendations regarding the policy of deploying Rectangular Rapid Flashing Beacon (RRFB) and other treatments at dangerous or high-collision pedestrian and bicycle intersections. 2022-10-11 Public Works Kate Harrison
28 Referring the Civic Arts
Commission's affordable
housing for artists in
Berkeley Report and other
Artist Live, Work and Live-
Work opportunities to the
Housing Element Update
DMND0004003

2. Refer to the City Manager, Planning Commission, and Housing Advisory Commission consideration of the feasibility and impacts of allowing ground floor affordable live, work, and live-work space for artists in certain commercial, manufacturing, and mixed-use buildings/areas, both new-build and existing, and exploration of other opportunities for living, work and live- work space for artists.
2022-01-25 PLANNING &

DEVELOPMENT
Sophie Hahn,
Terry Taplin,
Kate Harrison,
Susan Wengraf
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2023 RRV Prioritized Referral List Attachment 1 Exhibit A Rank Demand Recommendations Meeting Date Lead City Dept Sponsor 29 Navigable Cities
Framework for Ensuring
Access and Freedom-of-
Movement for People with
Disabilities in Berkeley
DMND0003909

1. Refer to the City Manager to incorporate relevant elements of the Navigable Cities Framework for Ensuring Access and Freedom-of-Movement for People with Disabilities in Berkeley, submitted to the City Council by the Commission on Disability, into the Berkeley Pedestrian Master Plan currently being updated, and any other planning processes for which the report would provide relevant information.

2. Refer to the Public Works and Parks and Waterfront Commissions to return to Council reports on ways that elements of the Navigable Cities Framework can be incorporated into the work, projects, contracts, and policies of the Public Works and the Parks, Recreation & Waterfront Departments. 2020-11-17 Parks,
Recreation &
Waterfront
Parks and
Waterfront
Commission
30 Development of the West
Berkeley Service Center,
1900 6th Street, for Senior
Housing with Supportive
Services [Part
c]DMND0003742
State the intent of the City Council that the West Berkeley Service Center property, 1900 6th Street, will be used for senior housing with on-site services consistent with Age Friendly Berkeley Plan recommendations, maximizing the number of affordable units.

The Berkeley Way Project, 2012 Berkeley Way, is the City's top affordable housing priority. The West Berkeley Service Center, as a City-owned property, to be developed for affordable housing falls under the "High Priority" on the list of housing initiatives passed by Council on November 28, 2017. In light of the above, refer to the City Manager to take the following actions to initiate the process of developing senior housing at the West Berkeley Service Center:
c. Based on recommendations from the Health, Housing and Community Services Department, the Housing Advisory Commission, Measure O Bond Oversight Committee, Commission on Aging, and taking into consideration requirements and restrictions associated with potential funding sources, create recommendations to Council regarding levels of affordability, unit sizes, on-site services and other features to be included in a senior housing and social services development, including senior living housing types. These recommendations will be presented to the City Council to inform the issuance of an RFP.
2019-05-28 HEALTH, HSG &

COMMUNITY
SVC
Jesse Arreguin,
Rashi Kesarwani,
Susan Wengraf,
Ben Bartlett
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2023 RRV Prioritized Referral List Attachment 1 Exhibit A Rank Demand Recommendations Meeting Date Lead City Dept Sponsor 31 Regulation of Autonomous
Vehicles DMND0004054
Refer to the City Attorney the assessment of the legal abilities and opportunities for the City Council to regulate the operation, sale, and testing of autonomous vehicles (AVs) within the City of Berkeley and report to the Facilities, Infrastructure, Transportation, Environment and Sustainability Committee (FITES) on all findings. Policy Committee Recommendation: To approve the item with a positive recommendation.
2022-10-11 City Attorney Terry Taplin,
Kate Harrison,
Rigel Robinson
32 100% Sustainable Trips by
2040 DMND0003885
Adopt the attached Resolution, setting a goal of achieving 50% increase in trips taken by sustainable modes by 2030 and 100% by 2040, and refer to the Community Environmental Advisory Commission, the Energy Commission, and the Transportation Commission to develop relevant proposals and recommendations for accomplishing that goal.
2020-09-15 PLANNING &

DEVELOPMENT
Community
Environmental
Advisory
Commission
33 Endorse All Home CA
Regional Action Plan on
Homelessness
DMND0003963

1. Receive a presentation from All Home CA, a regional collective impact partnership, on their Regional Action Plan on homelessness.

2. Endorse the All Home CA Regional Action Plan and the 1-2-4 framework to support ending homelessness in the San Francisco Bay Area, with a goal of a 75% reduction by 2024.

3. Refer to the City Manager to utilize the assistance of All Home to analyze the City of Berkeley's current homelessness expenditures and programs and explore recalibrating and prioritizing investments to align with the 1-2-4 RAP framework. The City Manager should return to the City Council and the Homeless Services Panel of Experts with a report on the findings of this analysis.
2021-07-13 CITY

MANAGER'S
OFFICE
Jesse Arreguin,
Sophie Hahn,
Susan Wengraf
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2023 RRV Prioritized Referral List Attachment 1 Exhibit A Rank Demand Recommendations Meeting Date Lead City Dept Sponsor 34 Consideration of
Expansion of Paid Parking
to Support the Parking
Meter Fund and Improved
Pedestrian and Bicycle
Facilities DMND0003994

1. Refer to the City Manager and the Transportation Commission to consider the extension of paid metered parking to include all days of the week, paralleling the calendar for off-street parking garages.

2. Consider a pilot, phasing-in, and/or exempting certain areas, and conduct broad outreach to merchants, faith-based and other institutions and organizations, neighborhood groups, and others potentially supported or impacted by change.

3. Consider allocation of potential additional revenues to help offset losses to the Parking Meter Fund incurred during COVID. Once the Fund has recovered, consider allocations to support pedestrian and bicycle facilities to help achieve Berkeley's Climate Action and Vision Zero goals on an accelerated basis.
2021-12-14 Public Works Sophie Hahn,
Kate Harrison,
Terry Taplin,
Rigel Robinson
35 Efficiency Unit Ordinance
DMND0004048
Refer to the City Manager and Planning Commission to study and, if recommended, propose standards for Efficiency Units pursuant to California Housing and Safety Code Section 17958.1. Consider appropriate standards for unit size and facilities including bathrooms as well as for shared indoor and outdoor spaces and facilities within buildings with such units. Shared space requirements may include requirements for "full kitchen" facilities, dining and/or meeting rooms, indoor lounge/study areas, outdoor/roof space, bike/scooter and stroller parking, gym/workout/play spaces, storage, and other shared and accessible facilities to support healthy and social lives, and accommodate important activities and uses that are externalized from Efficiency Units. Consider zones where Efficiency Units may be appropriate, affordability requirements, phasing, and any other standards and zoning related to such units. Based on study and consideration of financial feasibility, develop recommendations and/or an ordinance to amend the Berkeley Municipal Code modeled after standards implemented in the City of Davis, the City of Santa Barbara and other cities.
2022-09-13 PLANNING &

DEVELOPMENT
Terry Taplin,
Rigel Robinson
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2023 RRV Prioritized Referral List Attachment 1 Exhibit A Rank Demand Recommendations Meeting Date Lead City Dept Sponsor 36 Right to Choose
Communications Services
Provider DMND0003929
Refer to the City Manager and City Attorney to explore, and if deemed feasible, draft ordinance language to clarify that property owners of multi- unit properties cannot interfere with tenants' choice of communications services providers.

The City of San Francisco has implemented such an ordinance, which has since been challenged. This recommendation requests the City Attorney to review the San Francisco law and Federal Communications Commission rulings pertaining to this topic to determine if Berkeley could effectively adopt a similar ordinance.
2021-02-09 City Attorney Lori Droste,
Jesse Arreguin,
Terry Taplin,
Rigel Robinson
37 Referral to Conduct an
Automatic Traffic Calming
Review for the Area
Immediately Surrounding
the Project at 1201-1205
San Pablo Avenue
DMND0004058
Refer to the City Manager to conduct an automatic traffic calming review for the area immediately surrounding the streets of the project located at 1201- 1205 San Pablo Avenue within six (6) months of the building's occupancy reaching 90 percent of its capacity with the intent of expediting the traffic calming process for neighbors impacted by the development of this project.

The traffic calming review should include the following intersections: Gilman and Kains; Gilman and Stannage; Harrison and San Pablo; Harrison and Kains; Harrison and Stannage.
2022-11-03 Public Works Rashi Kesarwani
38 Pollinators and Habitat
DMND0003807
Adopt three referrals that will deepen Berkeley's commitment to protecting pollinator plants and establishing habitats that will protect pollinators and our environment:

1. Refer to City Manager to establish a City Liaison to the Bee City USA program.

2. Refer to Public Works Commission and Parks and Waterfront Commission consideration of how to incorporate pollinators and habitat into the Adopt-A- Spot initiative referred on April 2, 2019. (COMMISSION REFERRAL)

3. Refer to the City Manager to transition the City's medians to non-turf green infrastructure, including pollinator gardens when appropriate. 2019-09-24 Parks,
Recreation &
Waterfront
Kate Harrison,
Susan Wengraf,
Ben Bartlett
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2023 RRV Prioritized Referral List Attachment 1 Exhibit A Rank Demand Recommendations Meeting Date Lead City Dept Sponsor 39 Referral Response:

Expand the Gas Shut-Off Valve requirements to remove exceptions for multi- family, condominium, and commercial buildings
The Disaster and Fire Safety Commission (DFSC) recommends that changes of the Berkeley Municipal Code be referred to the City Manager and Planning Department to be modified in accordance with the Referral as part of the 2022 Code adoption cycle, including the following changes:

1. Do not allow excess flow valves to substitute for motion-activated shut-off valves as a way to comply with this ordinance.

2. Clarify requirements for excess flow valves and motion activated (seismic) valves.

3. Include a provision to include gas valves for common areas when required for any individual unit of a building.

4. Do not include any requirements regarding sale or transfer of the building.

5. Remove the dollar limit on the modifications and replace with a requirement to comply any time a plumbing or mechanical permit is issued.

In addition, the Commission recommends the inclusion of wording in the Berkeley Emissions Saving Ordinance (BESO) to require that in any transfer of property, that the property be required to equipped with a seismic gas shutoff valve.
2021-06-01 PLANNING &

DEVELOPMENT
Disaster and Fire
Safety
Commission
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2023 RRV Prioritized Referral List Attachment 1 Exhibit A Rank Demand Recommendations Meeting Date Lead City Dept Sponsor 40 Referral to the Planning
Commission to Consider
Amendments to the
Zoning Ordinance and
"Mini-Dorm" Ordinance
DMND0003748
Referral to the Planning Commission to: 1. Amend the mini-dorm ordinance to enable the conversion of an accessory structure into an office (which is also considered a bedroom) without the required public hearing process under the mini-dorm regulations, as long as there are no other alterations to the subject property, and 2. Consider amendments to the Zoning Ordinance and "Mini-Dorm" Ordinance to provide more flexibility for accessory buildings on properties that are developed with single-family residences.

ADD: Issues raised in supplemental memo.
2018-09-13 PLANNING &

DEVELOPMENT
Susan Wengraf
41 Refer the Civic Arts
Commission's
recommended language to
the Planning Commission
on protecting Live Work
spaces from conversion to
cannabis uses.
DMND0003749
Refer the Civic Arts Commission's recommended language to the Planning Commission on protecting Live Work spaces from conversion to cannabis uses. This action was adopted as part of the Cannabis Ordinance amendments.
2019-04-02 PLANNING &

DEVELOPMENT
Civic Arts
Commission
42 Referral to the Community
Environmental Advisory
Commission: Cigarette
Butt Pollution Prevention
Program in South Berkeley
DMND0002448
Refer to the Community Environmental Commission (CEAC) AND THE CITY MANAGER to consider developing a Cigarette Butt Pollution Prevention Program for South Berkeley. Explore the following items: a) Location. Work with the local business associations, business owners, as well as other neighborhood and community organizations to identify key locations for cigarette butt receptacles. b) Operation. Work with local businesses to develop a system for cleanup and disposal of the contents of the receptacles. c) Cost. Identify any one-time costs associated with the program, including purchasing and installation of the receptacles. Identify any costs that should be set aside for maintenance. There should not be regular ongoing costs.

CEAC should work with the businesses and neighborhoods to develop a community-based system to facilitate daily operations.
2017-07-11 CITY

MANAGER'S
OFFICE
Ben Bartlett and
Kate Harrison
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2023 RRV Prioritized Referral List Attachment 1 Exhibit A Rank Demand Recommendations Meeting Date Lead City Dept Sponsor 43 Mitigating Impacts of
Outdoor Air Quality on
Indoor Air Quality in
Berkeley DMND0002543
Refer the item to the Planning Commission to consider the analyses presented here, and the draft provided in Appendix II, to create new Standard Conditions of Approval (SCA) for new building construction near major sources of air pollution, to achieve an acceptable level of indoor air quality (IAQ) for sensitive receptors.
2017-07-11 PLANNING &

DEVELOPMENT
Community
Environmental
Advisory
Commission
44 Enable Internal Renovation
of a Residence That Does
Not Increase the Footprint
As an AUP if the Building is
an Historic Non-
Conforming Use in the
Percent of Lot Coverage
DMND0002537
Refer to the Planning Commission to enable an AUP for the renovation of an existing residence, rather than a Use Permit, in the following circumstances:

1. The renovation does not increase the percentage of lot coverage; 2. The residence is an pre-existing non-conforming use in the percentage of lot coverage; 3. The renovation does not appear to create an intensification of use; 4. No change to the building envelope.
2018-02-27 PLANNING &

DEVELOPMENT
Linda Maio,
Susan Wengraf,
Lori Droste, Kate
Harrison
45 Accelerating the City of
Berkeley's transition to
Plant-Based Foods
DMND0003965
1) Adopt a resolution establishing a goal to achieve a 50% decrease in animalbased food products served by the City of Berkeley by 2024, and refer to the City Manager to report to the City Council on progress towards reaching this goal by January 31, 2022.
2) Adopt an eventual goal of a 100% shift to plant-based food products served by the City of Berkeley and refer to the City Manager to report to the City Council by June 30, 2022 on potential feasibility and timelines to transition to 100% plant-based foods.
2021-07-27 CITY

MANAGER'S
OFFICE
Sophie Hahn,
Jesse Arreguin
46 Creating Additional
Administrative Powers of
Zoning Officer to Grant or
Recommend New Permits
as Related to Code
Enforcement
DMND0002545
Refer to the City Manager and Berkeley Planning Commission to explore the creation of a mechanism that would explicitly allow staff new discretionary powers to prevent applicants from being granted new residential permits until they have abated outstanding noncompliance issues or code violations in other buildings they own in Berkeley within a reasonable time frame or taken good faith measures to commence doing so.
2014-09-09 PLANNING &

DEVELOPMENT
Housing
Advisory
Commission
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2023 RRV Prioritized Referral List Attachment 1 Exhibit A Rank Demand Recommendations Meeting Date Lead City Dept Sponsor 47 Creation and Adoption of a
Transit Streets
Cooperative Agreement
with the Alameda-Contra
Costa (AC) Transit District
DMND0002592
Refer to the City Manager the Creation and Adoption of a Transit Streets Cooperative Agreement with the Alameda-Contra Costa (AC) Transit District. 2017-04-04 Public Works Sophie Hahn
48 Adopt a resolution in
support of the Good Food
Purchasing Program's core
values and join San
Francisco, Oakland, Los
Angeles and Chicago as
one of the first five cities
nationwide to become a
Good Food Purchasing
partner, and refer to the
City Manager to
incorporate over time the
vision and standards of the
Good Food Purchasing
Program (GFPP) into City
of Berkeley food
purchasing practices.
DMND0003733
Adopt a resolution in support of the Good Food Purchasing Program's core values and join 28 public institutions across 14 U.S. cities, including San Francisco, Oakland, Los Angeles, Chicago, and Washington, D.C. to endorse Good Food Purchasing values, and refer to the City Manager to incorporate over time the vision and standards of the Good Food Purchasing Program (GFPP) into City of Berkeley food purchasing practices. 2019-04-30 CITY

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Sophie Hahn,
Jesse Arreguin,
Cheryl Davila,
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Refer to the City Manager to develop a comprehensive intersection daylighting policy and make recommendations about the implementation of a citywide intersection daylighting program. Staff should consider criteria for identifying priority areas for daylighting such as high-injury streets, streets and intersections with especially high pedestrian traffic, commercial districts, and streets near schools and colleges. Staff should seek input and feedback on the development of such a policy and program from the Transportation & Infrastructure Commission, and other relevant commissions. 2023-02-28 Public Works Rigel
Robinson,
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Humbert,
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Referring to City
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Developing Social
Housing in the City of
Berkeley DMND0003986
Adopt a Resolution recognizing housing as a human right; refer to the City Manager's office several measures to begin developing social housing in the City of Berkeley. Measures shall include, but not be limited to:

1. Study and report to council on development potential, including density bonuses, for mixed-income housing development starting with the city-owned parcels at 1011 University Ave, and seek information through an RFI or other process on the potential for cross-subsidized limited-equity leasehold and rental models or other social housing development models;

2. Study and return to council a report and, if feasible, a proposal for a Reparative Justice Revolving Loan Fund with affirmative racial justice and anti- displacement goals in coordination with the city's Small Sites Program, including, but not limited to:
a. Providing low-interest loans for tenants, nonprofits, limited-equity co- operatives, and community land trusts to acquire real property; support Low Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) funding; develop and/or maintain mixed- income and permanently affordable housing;
b. Funding a Local Operating Subsidies Program to provide permanently affordable housing for Very Low and Extremely Low Income households; c. Leveraging local funds with state and regional partnerships through the Bay Area Housing Finance Agency (BAHFA) with the Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG), Berkeley Housing Authority, Berkeley Unified School District (BUSD) and BART;
d. Consider best practices from other agencies and other partnership opportunities;

3. Refer to the budget process up to $300,000 for one or more consultants to study potential social housing models for the City of Berkeley;

4. Establish a publicly available, user-friendly data dashboard potentially using third-party data visualization tools for monitoring Housing Justice Indicators in the city including, but not limited to:
a. State certification of city's Housing Element and progress toward RHNA goals for each income tier in annual Housing Pipeline Reports; b. Housing Element compliance with Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) rule pursuant to California Government Code Section 65583 and Chapter 15, Section 8899.50 of Division 1 of Title 2, presented with, at a minimum:
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Jesse
Arreguin, Kate
Harrison,
Sophie Hahn
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3 Referral: On-Street
Secure Bike Storage
DMND0004078
Refer to the City Manager to develop and return to Council with a plan to create on-street secure bike parking in multi-family residential and commercial districts across the City in parking spots previously reserved for car storage. Take associated actions, including:

2. Developing and issuing a Request for Proposal for an operator to install and maintain on-street bike lockers, including lockers that can accommodate bikes of varying shapes and sizes.

3. Pursuing available grant opportunities to fund initial costs and ongoing maintenance.
2023-03-21 Public Works Rigel
Robinson,
Sophie Hahn,
Kate Harrison,
Terry Taplin
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Re-Entry Employment
and Guaranteed Income
Programs
DMND0004064

2. Refer $50,000 to the Budget Process to engage a consultant to recommend a Universal Income Pilot for Berkeley. Recommendation to include evaluation of:
-Potential funding sources; -Appropriate and recommended models for Berkeley; -Target population(s) to be supported by Pilot; -Program delivery models; -Evaluation; -Any and all other elements/factors to establish an effective Universal Income Pilot for Berkeley.

MANAGER'S
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Terry Taplin,
Kate Harrison,
Sophie Hahn,
Rigel
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5 Referral to Implement
State Law AB 43 for
Reduced Speed Limits on
High-Injury Commercial
Corridors
DMND0004008
Refer to the City Manager to implement state law AB 43 on High-injury commercial corridors as identified in our Vision Zero Annual Report, 2020-2021 in order to allow a reduction in speed limits by 5 miles per hour; - Any other corridors covered by AB 43, as appropriate, in order to implement reduced prima facie speed limits and identify those corridors for future traffic studies where prima facie limits are presently unsafe.

Upon completion of this referral, we note that a budget allocation would be needed in the amount of $25,000 to $50,000 for new speed limit signage.

Consider the development of a pedestrian-driven intersection improvement process to address signaling and timing inadequacies.
2017-05-16 Public Works Lori Droste,
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Wengraf, Ben
Bartlett
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7 Prioritizing Berkeley
Unified School District
Public Works Service
Requests
DMND0003990
Refer to the City Manager to: 1. Work with the Berkeley Unified School District (BUSD) to create a system to better document, communicate, and prioritize Public Works service requests from BUSD schools and facilities; and 2. Establish protocols with BUSD for school principals to coordinate directly with Public Works staff to address school site-related concerns that fall under the City's jurisdiction.
2021-11-30 Public Works Sophie Hahn,
Kate Harrison,
Jesse
Arreguin,
Susan
Wengraf
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8 Referral: Establishing an
Electric Bike Rebate
Program and Expanding
Low-Income E-Bike
Ownership through the
Climate Equity Action
Fund DMND0004063
Refer to the City Manager to explore the creation of a program to establish a two-tiered point-of-sale rebate program to reduce the up-front cost of electric bicycles and necessary safety and security accessories for Berkeley residents, including: -Rebate Level 1: a point-of-sale rebate to be made available to all City of Berkeley residents; -Rebate Level 2: a point-of-sale rebate that covers a higher percentage of the cost than Rebate Level 1, to be made available to low- income City of Berkeley residents.

Refer $500,000 to the FY 2023 AAO #1 process as follows: -$400,000 for the point of sale rebate program; -$100,000 in supplementary funding towards the Climate Equity Action Fund (CEAF) to further facilitate e-bike ownership among low-income Berkeley residents.
2022-11-15 Public Works Rigel
Robinson,
Kate Harrison,
Terry Taplin,
Sophie Hahn
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1. Accept the report outlining results from consultation with the City Manager after introduction of this item and thank City Staff for their consideration.

3. To support transparency and ease of access to government records, consider creating and disseminating a "style guide" with
standards/conventions/protocols for accurately referencing and attaching City materials so they can be properly linked to or easily accessed in Records Online (or a successor/alternative program/database), allowing such materials to be referenced consistently by Councilmembers, Staff, members of the press, and other authors.

4. Refer to the November 2022 Budget Update up to $50,000 for staff support for Council/Mayor offices to locate documents previously accessed via now- expired links, and request that the City Manager consult Councilmembers and the Mayor to offer the scope of assistance available and identify potential needs.

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Sophie Hahn,
Terry Taplin,
Ben Bartlett
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10 Parking/Towing Fines &
Fees Reform
DMND0004070
(2) Direct the City Manager to implement reforms that reduce the disproportionate burden of parking and towing fines and fees on low-income individuals, as follows: a) Expand eligibility for the City's parking citations indigent payment plan to encompass households making up to 50% of Alameda County's Area Median Income (AMI) and update these guidelines in accordance with AMI on an annual basis. Provide notice of the change to all individuals with unpaid tickets. b) Amend City policy to formalize the current practice of not booting or towing cars when the sole reason for doing so is the vehicle having five or more outstanding parking tickets where payment is delinquent. (3) Refer to the City Manager to: a) Develop and return to Council with a program to offer vehicle release fee waivers for low-income and/or homeless individuals and, if feasible, vehicle release fee reductions or waivers for first- time tows. b) Explore the possibility of raising the thresholds for 2A to 80% or 100% of AMI in the future, and explore the possibility of indexing fee reduction to income (if at 30% AMI, pay 30% of fee, if at 50%, pay 50% of fee, etc.). c) Consider allowing all undocumented individuals to participate in payment plans or fee reductions or waivers without the need to show proof of income or public benefits. d) Look at simplification of payment plan administration and potentially allowing all parking and towing-related fines and fees to be paid through payment plans, regardless of income qualification, as a means to simplify administration. Consider software options for tracking and collection. e) Explore opportunities to coordinate outreach for payment plans with opportunities to engage residents in participation in other social services and public benefits.
(4) Refer $383,512 in ongoing annual funding to the FY 2024 Mid-Biennial Budget Update for 2 Associate Management Analyst FTEs to administer and expand the indigent payment plan program.
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Rigel
Robinson,
Kate Harrison,
Ben Bartlett,
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2. Refer $250,000 to the FY 2023 budget process for a consultant to be engaged over a two-year process, starting in 2024, to assist with the vision, capital list, nexus study, fee schedule, and other requirements.
2023-02-14 Public Works Rigel
Robinson, Ben
Bartlett, Kate
Harrison,
Mark
Humbert
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12 Referral: Keep
Innovation in Berkeley
DMND0004046
Refer to the City Manager and the Planning Commission to consider and return to Council with Zoning Ordinance amendments, codified performance standards, and other actions to encourage the growth and retention of Research & Development (R&D) in Berkeley. Staff and the Commission should explore: 1. Naming R&D as an allowed land use in the commercial districts of Telegraph (C-T and C-C), West Berkeley (C-W), University (C-U), and Downtown Berkeley (C-DMU) with a Zoning Certificate, subject to performance standards. a. Performance standards should regulate and mitigate potential impacts on quality of life, public health, and environmental health, such as noise, odors, fumes, vibrations, dust, light pollution, hours of operation, and disposal and storage protocols for flammable, combustible, chemical, and hazardous substances. 2. Updating the "District Purpose" sections of the MM and MU-LI districts to specifically embrace R&D. Consider doing the same for other districts where R&D is allowed, if deemed appropriate. 3. Amending R&D parking requirements in M-prefixed districts to align with Laboratory parking requirements and in C-prefixed districts, excluding C-T, to align with Manufacturing parking requirements. 4. Reviewing Berkeley Municipal Code

23.206.080 to ensure that language regulating Biosafety Level (BSL) Classes 1-4 is clear and consistent with regulations in neighboring jurisdictions and other cities that support a broad range of R&D. Consider repealing the section or amending it to permit BSL-2 in all districts where research and development facilities or laboratories are permitted. 5. Returning to Council with additional recommendations, if any, that would serve to encourage R&D in Berkeley, as determined by staff or that present themselves through the Planning Commission process.
2022-09-13 PLANNING &

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Robinson,
Terry Taplin,
Jesse
Arreguin, Kate
Harrison
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13 Streamlining Toxic
Remediation in
Manufacturing Districts
DMND0004005
Refer to the City Manager the development of a streamlined process that would allow for one application process, rather than separate application processes for the City's Planning Department and the Toxics Division; and refer to the Planning Commission several amendments to the zoning code in order to facilitate toxic remediation in manufacturing districts; in addition, refer to expedite consideration of Councilmembers Wozniak and Moore's 2012 referral to the Planning Commission referenced in Background section, and request it be moved forward as quickly as possible; in addition, refer to the City Manager to consider any and all means to streamline and/or improve the city's processing of remediation of toxic sites.

Policy Committee Recommendation: On January 20, 2022, the Land Use, Housing & Economic Development Policy Committee took the following action:

M/S/C (Hahn/Robinson) Positive recommendation to refer the item to Council as amended to expand the scope of the referral and specifically request expedited Planning Commission review of the previous 2012 referral. 2022-02-22 PLANNING &

DEVELOPME
NT
Terry Taplin,
Sophie Hahn,
Ben Bartlett,
Jesse Arreguin
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14 Refer to the City
Manager to Establish a
Framework for Parking
Benefits Districts in the
Gilman and Lorin
Commercial Districts
DMND0003998
Refer to the City Manager to create a basic framework for establishing a Parking Benefits District (PBD) in the Gilman and Lorin Commercial Districts. This framework should include:

A map establishing the boundaries of the Gilman District PBD. Suggested borders of the district should include: (1) on the west, the east side of Eastshore Highway from Page Street to the Albany border; (2) on the north, the Albany border from Eastshore Highway to the east side of San Pablo Avenue; (3) on the east, the east side of San Pablo Avenue from the Albany border to Gilman Street, both sides of Gilman Street from San Pablo Avenue to Kains, and the east side of San Pablo Avenue to the north side of Page
Street; and (4) on the south, the west side of San Pablo Avenue from Page Street to Camelia Street, the north side of Camelia Street from San Pablo Avenue to Sixth Street; the west side of Sixth Street from Camelia to Page; the north side of Page Street from Sixth Street to Eastshore Highway. See map in Attachment 1.

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15 Health Care Facility
Oversight
DMND0003993
Refer to the City Manager and the Community Health Commission an assessment of the breadth of regulatory control the City of Berkeley can exert on skilled nursing facilities, and create a process of accountability if complaints are found to be substantiated that threaten, or could potentially escalate to the point of threatening, the wellbeing of patients and/or violate federal, state, or local law; the business license of the offending facility will be suspended until the skilled nursing facility submits a report demonstrating rectification of the situation.
2021-12-14 HEALTH, HSG
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COMMUNITY
SVC
Ben Bartlett 3 0 5 5 5 5 3 0 0
16 Referral to the City
Manager to Establish a
Marina Master Plan for
Parking with a
Consideration for
Establishing a
Waterfront Parking
Benefits District
DMND0003997
Refer to the City Manager and FY 2022-23 June Budget Process to create a Berkeley Marina Master Plan for Parking with a goal of introducing demand- based paid parking in certain areas of the waterfront as appropriate. Further, refer consideration of a Parking Benefits District (PBD) at the waterfront as a means of reinvesting net parking revenues within this area to provide a dedicated funding source for the troubled Marina Fund.

Considerations for a Marina Master Plan for Parking should include:

Conducting robust outreach to marina stakeholders in order to: gather feedback about parking needs, communicatinge benefits of establishing a Parking Benefits District to maintaining and upgrading marina infrastructure, and other issues as appropriate;
Preparing a preliminary fiscal analysis for possible implementation, including projected revenues and expenditures;
Determining types of pay stations most appropriate for this area in addition to payment schedules, such as hourly, day passes, and/or frequent user/employee permits; and,
Discussion of efforts to make it easy and safe for visitors to access the marina by foot, bike, micro-mobility device, and/or public transit. 2022-01-18 Public Works Rashi
Kesarwani,
Jesse
Arreguin,
Terry Taplin,
Rigel
Robinson
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17 Refer to the Planning
Commission and
Housing Advisory
Commission to Research
and Recommend
Policies to Prevent
Displacement and
Gentrification of
Berkeley Residents of
Color and African
Americans
DMND0003732
Refer to the Planning Commission and Housing Advisory Commission to research and recommend policies to prevent displacement and gentrification of Berkeley residents of color. Recommended policies should include real solutions. The Commission should do the following: - Develop a policy to address the erosion of People of Color (POC), including the African American sector of our Berkeley society. - Develop rules and regulations to halt the loss of People of Color including the African American communities. - Develop a "right to return" for Berkeley's People of Color including the African American communities who have been displaced by these economic and social developments, especially those who continue to be employed in our City, even after having to relocate beyond our boundaries. - Solicit expert and lived experience testimonies regarding displacement and gentrification. - Recommend alternatives to prevent displacement and gentrification of our valued Berkeley citizens of color and African Americans. Hold public workshops on the subject.
2019-04-30 PLANNING &

DEVELOPME
NT
Cheryl Davila,
Ben Bartlett,
Kate Harrison
1 1 0 5 5 5 2 5 0
18 Referral to Strengthen
Public Health and
Environmental Impact
Mitigation for Industrial
Facilities in the
Manufacturing Zone
DMND0003975
Refer to the City Manager to: Establish a procedure for enhanced review of use permits in the manufacturing zone for industrial facilities—upon initial submission or upon submission of an amended use permit—in order to ensure public health and environmental impacts are appropriately mitigated as a condition of the use permit. Further, if appropriate, consider mitigation that includes the use-permit applicant contracting with a certified third-party to install air quality monitoring device(s) that can enable periodic reporting on pollutants relevant to the particular industrial process proposed in the initial or amended use permit. Explore feasibility of increasing penalty fee schedule as a deterrence for use-permit violations related to public health and environmental impacts, such as air, noise, and water pollution.
2021-09-28 PLANNING &

DEVELOPME
NT
Rashi
Kesarwani,
Terry Taplin,
Lori Droste,
Susan
Wengraf
3 5 5 4 2 0 3 0 2
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19 Referral to the City
Manager to Streamline
Accessory Dwelling Unit
(ADU) Permit Review
and Approval
DMND0003992
Refer to the City Manager to streamline the Accessory Dwelling Unit (ADU) permitting process in order to reduce staff time spent on review and enhance customer service. Further, assess effectiveness of process improvements specified below by reviewing over time: the number of ADUs permitted, average amount of staff time spent on ADU permit review, and permit fee levels.

Recommend that the City Manager develop for Planning staff use an ADU Universal Checklist and accompanying user-friendly webpage:

Accompanying User-Friendly Webpage. As a companion to the ADU Universal Checklist, the City should also create a user-friendly webpage for customers (and prospective customers) with up-to-date information that provides clarity and greater certainty about the process and expected timeline for the creation of an ADU or Junior ADU, which is within a main dwelling unit.

DEVELOPME
NT
Rashi
Kesarwani,
Susan
Wengraf, Lori
Droste, Ben
Bartlett
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Expansion of Storm
Shelter Program to
Emergencies not
Otherwise Covered
DMND0004020
The Homeless Commission's recommendation to expand the Berkeley Emergency Storm Shelter (BESS) to emergencies not otherwise covered including outside the dates of the current contract with Dorothy Day House addresses a key need for our most vulnerable citizens. Therefore, staff recommends: 1. Referring this recommendation to the budget process; and 2.

Referring this recommendation to staff for analysis of feasibility. 2022-04-26 HEALTH, HSG
&

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City Manager 0 2 0 4 3 4 3 5 1
21 Outcomes Based
Funding, Pay-For-
Success and Social
Impact Bonds
DMND0004071
Send the item to the City Council with a Qualified Positive Recommendation to refer to the City Attorney to provide guidance on how the City can implement an Outcomes Based Funding initiative; request implementation analysis from the City Manager; and request information on whether or not this program can be used with external funds (e.g. grants) or city funds only. 2023-01-31 City Attorney Ben Bartlett 2 0 5 5 5 5 1 0 0 22 Parking Minima for
Mixed-Use Projects and
Manufacturing Districts
DMND0004033
Refer to the City Manager and Planning Commission to develop amendments to Berkeley Municipal Code Chapter 23 Section 322 and return an Ordinance to Council with such amendments to include the following:
(a) In BMC 23.322.030(B)(1), Table 23.322-2: remove "(residential use only)" from Mixed-Use Residential category; reduce "Live/Work" off-street parking requirements to, at most, 1 space per unit; reduce "Manufacturing" off-street parking requirements to, at most, 1 space per 1,500 gross square feet; reduce off-street parking requirements for "All non-residential uses except uses listed below" to, at most, 1 space per 1,000 square feet.
(b) In BMC 23.322.020(C)(2)(i): reduce district minimum parking requirements to 1 space per 1,000 square feet at most in Manufacturing Districts. 2022-06-28 PLANNING &

DEVELOPME
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Terry Taplin 1 4 5 4 1 0 2 5 1
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23 Residential Preferential
Parking (RPP) Program
Expansion for West
Berkeley Neighborhoods
Within Two Blocks of
Commercial Corridors
DMND0004053
Referral to the City Manager to expand the scope of the Residential Preferential Parking (RPP) program as originally proposed by staff during the May 14, 2019 City Council Public Hearing as a way to allow more residents to opt-in to this program.
2022-10-11 Public Works Rashi
Kesarwani,
Terry Taplin
4 5 5 0 3 0 3 0 2
24 Adopt Resolutions
Referring to the City
Manager to Establish a
Policy of Reducing or
Waiving Park Fees for
Free, Permitted Outdoor
Theater, Arts Events,
and Other Events Based
on Objective Public
Welfare Criteria and
Relinquishing Council
Funds to Support the
San Francisco Mime
Troupe's Payment of
Park Fees for Its 2022
Free Outdoor
Performance Season
DMND0004009
Establishing a policy and referring to the City Manager to create a process to reduce or waive City Park Fees for free and permitted outdoor theater, arts events, and other events as appropriate based on objective consideration of their benefits to the public welfare, including but not limited to educational content, non-profit status, and means.
2022-03-08 CITY

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Kate Harrison,
Ben Bartlett
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25 Equitable Safe Streets
and Climate Justice
Resolution
DMND0004047
Adopt a REVISED resolution committing the expenditure of City and state/federal matching/recurring funds on city-maintained roads, sidewalks, and bike lanes to accelerate safety improvements in a manner consistent with City, State, and Federal policy on street safety, equity, accessibility, and climate change; refer to the City Manager fully integrate Complete Streets design as defined by the NACTO Urban Street Design Guide in the default engineering standard for city streets; restrict city use of the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD) to only documented cases that require its use for compliance with Federal/State regulations; in all other cases, restrict use of the MUTCD to "engineering judgment."
2022-09-13 Public Works Terry Taplin 4 2 4 0 2 0 4 0 3
26 Budget Referral: No
Right on Red Signs
DMND0004059
Refer to the City Manager to develop policy recommendations for council consideration that would expand limitations on "right turns on red" for the purposes of pedestrian safety. Staff should consider prohibiting right turns on red in commercial districts, on high-injury corridors, and/or citywide. Staff should engage the Transportation & Infrastructure Commission for feedback and review of possible recommendations. Staff is also requested to coordinate with AC Transit regarding impacts on transit services. Refer the necessary appropriations of $135,000 to the 2022 November Annual Appropriations Ordinance.
2022-11-03 Public Works Terry Taplin,
Kate Harrison,
Sophie Hahn
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27 Referral to the
Transportation and
Infrastructure
Commission and City
Manager to Consider
and Make
Recommendations
Regarding the Policy of
Deploying Rectangular
Rapid Flashing Beacons
and Other Treatments at
Dangerous or High-
Collision Pedestrian and
Bicycle Intersections
DMND0004057
Referral to the Transportation and Infrastructure Commission and City Manager to consider and make recommendations regarding the policy of deploying Rectangular Rapid Flashing Beacon (RRFB) and other treatments at dangerous or high-collision pedestrian and bicycle intersections. 2022-10-11 Public Works Kate Harrison 3 3 5 0 3 0 3 0 2 28 Referring the Civic Arts
Commission's affordable
housing for artists in
Berkeley Report and
other Artist Live, Work
and Live-Work
opportunities to the
Housing Element Update
DMND0004003

DEVELOPME
NT
Sophie Hahn,
Terry Taplin,
Kate Harrison,
Susan
Wengraf
4 0 5 0 2 4 4 0 0
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29 Navigable Cities
Framework for Ensuring
Access and Freedom-of-
Movement for People
with Disabilities in
Berkeley
DMND0003909

2. Refer to the Public Works and Parks and Waterfront Commissions to return to Council reports on ways that elements of the Navigable Cities Framework can be incorporated into the work, projects, contracts, and policies of the Public Works and the Parks, Recreation & Waterfront Departments. 2020-11-17 Parks,
Recreation &
Waterfront
Parks and
Waterfront
Commission
3 2 5 0 4 0 4 0 1
30 Development of the
West Berkeley Service
Center, 1900 6th Street,
for Senior Housing with
Supportive Services [Part
c] DMND0003742
State the intent of the City Council that the West Berkeley Service Center property, 1900 6th Street, will be used for senior housing with on-site services consistent with Age Friendly Berkeley Plan recommendations, maximizing the number of affordable units.

COMMUNITY
SVC
Jesse
Arreguin,
Rashi
Kesarwani,
Susan
Wengraf, Ben
Bartlett
0 3 0 4 3 0 5 0 1
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31 Regulation of
Autonomous Vehicles
DMND0004054
Refer to the City Attorney the assessment of the legal abilities and opportunities for the City Council to regulate the operation, sale, and testing of autonomous vehicles (AVs) within the City of Berkeley and report to the Facilities, Infrastructure, Transportation, Environment and Sustainability Committee (FITES) on all findings. Policy Committee Recommendation: To approve the item with a positive recommendation.
2022-10-11 City Attorney Terry Taplin,
Kate Harrison,
Rigel
Robinson
1 0 5 4 1 0 2 5 0
32 100% Sustainable Trips
by 2040 DMND0003885
Adopt the attached Resolution, setting a goal of achieving 50% increase in trips taken by sustainable modes by 2030 and 100% by 2040, and refer to the Community Environmental Advisory Commission, the Energy Commission, and the Transportation Commission to develop relevant proposals and recommendations for accomplishing that goal.
2020-09-15 PLANNING &

DEVELOPME
NT
Community
Environmenta
l Advisory
Commission
1 4 0 0 3 0 3 0 4
33 Endorse All Home CA
Regional Action Plan on
Homelessness
DMND0003963

1. Receive a presentation from All Home CA, a regional collective impact partnership, on their Regional Action Plan on homelessness.

2. Endorse the All Home CA Regional Action Plan and the 1-2-4 framework to support ending homelessness in the San Francisco Bay Area, with a goal of a 75% reduction by 2024.

MANAGER'S
OFFICE
Jesse
Arreguin,
Sophie Hahn,
Susan
Wengraf
4 2 5 0 1 0 5 0 0
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34 Consideration of
Expansion of Paid
Parking to Support the
Parking Meter Fund and
Improved Pedestrian
and Bicycle Facilities
DMND0003994

3. Consider allocation of potential additional revenues to help offset losses to the Parking Meter Fund incurred during COVID. Once the Fund has recovered, consider allocations to support pedestrian and bicycle facilities to help achieve Berkeley's Climate Action and Vision Zero goals on an accelerated basis. 2021-12-14 Public Works Sophie Hahn,
Kate Harrison,
Terry Taplin,
Rigel
Robinson
0 2 4 0 1 0 2 5 1
35 Efficiency Unit
Ordinance
DMND0004048
Refer to the City Manager and Planning Commission to study and, if recommended, propose standards for Efficiency Units pursuant to California Housing and Safety Code Section 17958.1. Consider appropriate standards for unit size and facilities including bathrooms as well as for shared indoor and outdoor spaces and facilities within buildings with such units. Shared space requirements may include requirements for "full kitchen" facilities, dining and/or meeting rooms, indoor lounge/study areas, outdoor/roof space, bike/scooter and stroller parking, gym/workout/play spaces, storage, and other shared and accessible facilities to support healthy and social lives, and accommodate important activities and uses that are externalized from Efficiency Units. Consider zones where Efficiency Units may be appropriate, affordability requirements, phasing, and any other standards and zoning related to such units. Based on study and consideration of financial feasibility, develop recommendations and/or an ordinance to amend the Berkeley Municipal Code modeled after standards implemented in the City of Davis, the City of Santa Barbara and other cities.
2022-09-13 PLANNING &

DEVELOPME
NT
Terry Taplin,
Rigel
Robinson
1 3 3 0 1 0 2 5 0
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36 Right to Choose
Communications
Services Provider
DMND0003929
Refer to the City Manager and City Attorney to explore, and if deemed feasible, draft ordinance language to clarify that property owners of multi-unit properties cannot interfere with tenants' choice of communications services providers.

The City of San Francisco has implemented such an ordinance, which has since been challenged. This recommendation requests the City Attorney to review the San Francisco law and Federal Communications Commission rulings pertaining to this topic to determine if Berkeley could effectively adopt a similar ordinance. 2021-02-09 City Attorney Lori Droste,
Jesse
Arreguin,
Terry Taplin,
Rigel
Robinson
2 1 4 0 1 0 3 0 3
37 Referral to Conduct an
Automatic Traffic
Calming Review for the
Area Immediately
Surrounding the Project
at 1201-1205 San Pablo
Avenue DMND0004058
Refer to the City Manager to conduct an automatic traffic calming review for the area immediately surrounding the streets of the project located at 1201- 1205 San Pablo Avenue within six (6) months of the building's occupancy reaching 90 percent of its capacity with the intent of expediting the traffic calming process for neighbors impacted by the development of this project.

The traffic calming review should include the following intersections: Gilman and Kains; Gilman and Stannage; Harrison and San Pablo; Harrison and Kains; Harrison and Stannage.
2022-11-03 Public Works Rashi
Kesarwani
2 5 2 0 2 0 3 0 0
38 Pollinators and Habitat
DMND0003807
Adopt three referrals that will deepen Berkeley's commitment to protecting pollinator plants and establishing habitats that will protect pollinators and our environment:

1. Refer to City Manager to establish a City Liaison to the Bee City USA program.

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Amending Chapter 19.34
of the Berkeley
Municipal Code to
Expand Automatic Gas
Shut-Off Valve
Requirements in
Multifamily,
Condominium and
Commercial Buildings
Undergoing Renovations
DMND0003951
The proposed ordinance modifications in the referral dated October 29, 2019, shown in Attachment 2 to the staff report (the Referral), can be briefly summarized as:
• Expand the Gas Shut-Off Valve requirements to remove exceptions for multi- family, condominium, and commercial buildings
The Disaster and Fire Safety Commission (DFSC) recommends that changes of the Berkeley Municipal Code be referred to the City Manager and Planning Department to be modified in accordance with the Referral as part of the 2022 Code adoption cycle, including the following changes:

1. Do not allow excess flow valves to substitute for motion-activated shut-off valves as a way to comply with this ordinance.

2. Clarify requirements for excess flow valves and motion activated (seismic) valves.

3. Include a provision to include gas valves for common areas when required for any individual unit of a building.

4. Do not include any requirements regarding sale or transfer of the building.

5. Remove the dollar limit on the modifications and replace with a requirement to comply any time a plumbing or mechanical permit is issued.

DEVELOPME
NT
Disaster and
Fire Safety
Commission
0 2 0 0 3 0 5 0 2
40 Referral to the Planning
Commission to Consider
Amendments to the
Zoning Ordinance and
"Mini-Dorm" Ordinance
DMND0003748
Referral to the Planning Commission to: 1. Amend the mini-dorm ordinance to enable the conversion of an accessory structure into an office (which is also considered a bedroom) without the required public hearing process under the mini-dorm regulations, as long as there are no other alterations to the subject property, and 2. Consider amendments to the Zoning Ordinance and "Mini- Dorm" Ordinance to provide more flexibility for accessory buildings on properties that are developed with single-family residences. ADD: Issues raised in supplemental memo.
2018-09-13 PLANNING &

DEVELOPME
NT
Susan
Wengraf
4 2 0 0 1 0 5 0 0
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41 Refer the Civic Arts
Commission's
recommended language
to the Planning
Commission on
protecting Live Work
spaces from conversion
to cannabis uses.
DMND0003749
Refer the Civic Arts Commission's recommended language to the Planning Commission on protecting Live Work spaces from conversion to cannabis uses.

This action was adopted as part of the Cannabis Ordinance amendments. 2019-04-02 PLANNING &

DEVELOPME
NT
Civic Arts
Commission
0 2 0 0 3 0 5 0 0
42 Referral to the
Community
Environmental Advisory
Commission: Cigarette
Butt Pollution
Prevention Program in
South Berkeley
DMND0002448
Refer to the Community Environmental Commission (CEAC) AND THE CITY MANAGER to consider developing a Cigarette Butt Pollution Prevention Program for South Berkeley. Explore the following items: a) Location. Work with the local business associations, business owners, as well as other neighborhood and community organizations to identify key locations for cigarette butt receptacles. b) Operation. Work with local businesses to develop a system for cleanup and disposal of the contents of the receptacles. c) Cost.

Identify any one-time costs associated with the program, including purchasing and installation of the receptacles. Identify any costs that should be set aside for maintenance. There should not be regular ongoing costs. CEAC should work with the businesses and neighborhoods to develop a community-based system to facilitate daily operations.
2017-07-11 CITY

MANAGER'S
OFFICE
Ben Bartlett
and Kate
Harrison
0 2 0 4 1 0 1 0 0
43 Mitigating Impacts of
Outdoor Air Quality on
Indoor Air Quality in
Berkeley DMND0002543
Refer the item to the Planning Commission to consider the analyses presented here, and the draft provided in Appendix II, to create new Standard Conditions of Approval (SCA) for new building construction near major sources of air pollution, to achieve an acceptable level of indoor air quality (IAQ) for sensitive receptors.
2017-07-11 PLANNING &

DEVELOPME
NT
Community
Environmenta
l Advisory
Commission
2 1 0 0 3 0 3 0 0
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44 Enable Internal
Renovation of a
Residence That Does
Not Increase the
Footprint As an AUP if
the Building is an
Historic Non-Conforming
Use in the Percent of Lot
Coverage
DMND0002537
Refer to the Planning Commission to enable an AUP for the renovation of an existing residence, rather than a Use Permit, in the following circumstances: 1.

The renovation does not increase the percentage of lot coverage; 2. The residence is an pre-existing non-conforming use in the percentage of lot coverage; 3. The renovation does not appear to create an intensification of use;

4. No change to the building envelope.
2018-02-27 PLANNING &

DEVELOPME
NT
Linda Maio,
Susan
Wengraf, Lori
Droste, Kate
Harrison
3 0 0 0 1 0 5 0 0
45 Accelerating the City of
Berkeley's transition to
Plant-Based Foods
DMND0003965
1) Adopt a resolution establishing a goal to achieve a 50% decrease in animalbased food products served by the City of Berkeley by 2024, and refer to the City Manager to report to the City Council on progress towards reaching this goal by January 31, 2022.
2) Adopt an eventual goal of a 100% shift to plant-based food products served by the City of Berkeley and refer to the City Manager to report to the City Council by June 30, 2022 on potential feasibility and timelines to transition to 100% plant-based foods.
2021-07-27 CITY

MANAGER'S
OFFICE
Sophie Hahn,
Jesse Arreguin
3 1 2 0 1 0 1 0 0
46 Creating Additional
Administrative Powers
of Zoning Officer to
Grant or Recommend
New Permits as Related
to Code Enforcement
DMND0002545
Refer to the City Manager and Berkeley Planning Commission to explore the creation of a mechanism that would explicitly allow staff new discretionary powers to prevent applicants from being granted new residential permits until they have abated outstanding noncompliance issues or code violations in other buildings they own in Berkeley within a reasonable time frame or taken good faith measures to commence doing so.
2014-09-09 PLANNING &

DEVELOPME
NT
Housing
Advisory
Commission
0 2 0 0 2 0 3 0 0
47 Creation and Adoption
of a Transit Streets
Cooperative Agreement
with the Alameda-
Contra Costa (AC)
Transit District
DMND0002592
Refer to the City Manager the Creation and Adoption of a Transit Streets Cooperative Agreement with the Alameda-Contra Costa (AC) Transit District. 2017-04-04 Public Works Sophie Hahn 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0
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48 Adopt a resolution in
support of the Good
Food Purchasing
Program's core values
and join San Francisco,
Oakland, Los Angeles
and Chicago as one of
the first five cities
nationwide to become a
Good Food Purchasing
partner, and refer to the
City Manager to
incorporate over time
the vision and standards
of the Good Food
Purchasing Program
(GFPP) into City of
Berkeley food
purchasing practices.
DMND0003733
Adopt a resolution in support of the Good Food Purchasing Program's core values and join 28 public institutions across 14 U.S. cities, including San Francisco, Oakland, Los Angeles, Chicago, and Washington, D.C. to endorse Good Food Purchasing values, and refer to the City Manager to incorporate over time the vision and standards of the Good Food Purchasing Program (GFPP) into City of Berkeley food purchasing practices.
2019-04-30 CITY

MANAGER'S
OFFICE
Sophie Hahn,
Jesse
Arreguin,
Cheryl Davila,
Rigel
Robinson
1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0
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