Tuesday, January 27, 2026 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 E E T I N G O F T H E
B E R K E L E Y C I T Y C O U N C I L
In accordance with the authority in me vested, I do hereby call the Berkeley City Council in special session as follows:
Tuesday, January 27, 2026
4:00 PM
SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD ROOM - 1231 ADDISON STREET, BERKELEY, CA 94702 TELECONFERENCE LOCATION - MARRIOTT MARQUIS WASHINGTON D.C., 901 MASSACHUSETTS AVENUE NW, WASHINGTON, DC 20001
ADENA ISHII, MAYOR
Councilmembers:
DISTRICT 1 – RASHI KESARWANI DISTRICT 5 – SHOSHANA O’KEEFE DISTRICT 2 – TERRY TAPLIN DISTRICT 6 – BRENT BLACKABY
DISTRICT 3 – BEN BARTLETT DISTRICT 7 – CECILIA LUNAPARRA DISTRICT 4 – IGOR TREGUB DISTRICT 8 – MARK HUMBERT
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Tuesday, January 27, 2026 AGENDA Page 2
Preliminary Matters
Roll Call:
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Action Calendar – New Business
1. 2026 City Council Referral Prioritization Process Using Re-Weighted Range Voting (RRV)
From: City Manager
Recommendation: (1) Review the City Council raw scores for all outstanding City Council referrals; (2) Approve the removal of referrals that have been nominated for removal by the Council; and (3) Direct the City Manager to run the ranking algorithm and return to Council with a final ranked list of referrals for adoption.
Financial Implications: None
Contact: Mark Numainville, City Clerk, (510) 981-6900
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 22nd day of January, 2026.
/s/ Adena Ishii, Mayor
Public Notice – this Proclamation serves as the official agenda for this meeting.
ATTEST:
Mark Numainville, City Clerk
Tuesday, January 27, 2026 AGENDA Page 3
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Item #1: 2026 City Council Referral Prioritization Process Using Re-Weighted Range Voting (RRV)
1. Elizabeth Thomas
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.berkeleyca.gov
ACTION CALENDAR
January 27, 2026
To: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
From: Paul Buddenhagen, City Manager
Submitted by: Mark Numainville, City Clerk
Subject: 2026 City Council Referral Prioritization Process Using Re-Weighted Range Voting (RRV)
RECOMMENDATION
(1) Review the City Council raw scores for all outstanding City Council referrals; (2) Approve the removal of referrals that have been nominated for removal by the Council; and (3) Direct the City Manager to run the ranking algorithm and return to Council with a final ranked list of referrals for adoption.
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 December 2, 2025 City Council meeting, there were 53 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 raw scores (0=low priority, 5=high priority) for each referral is shown in the RRV spreadsheet in Attachment 1. These scores will be run through the ranking algorithm to create the final ranked list of referrals.
During the scoring process, Councilmembers had the option to identify referrals that should be removed from the prioritization process. This year, eight referrals were marked for removal. A list of these referrals is in Attachment 2. During consideration of this item at the January 27 special meeting, the City Council may decide to remove additional referrals from the list if it so desires.
After the Council takes action to remove referrals, staff will apply the RRV formula to the raw scoring resulting in a prioritized list. These results will be presented to the Council at a special meeting on February 10 for adoption.
In 2025, city staff completed 27 long-term referrals and 4 short-term referrals. Currently there are 120 referrals still in progress. This is in addition to the 53 referrals to be ranked (or removed) in the 2026 RRV process.
2026 City Council Referral Prioritization Process ACTION CALENDAR Using Re-Weighted Range Voting (RRV) January 27, 2026
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, 981-6900
Attachments:
1: Complete Scores of the Mayor and Councilmembers
2: Referrals Marked for Removal
2026 RRV - Raw Scores Attachment 1
Number Demand Recommendations Meeting Date Lead City
Department Sponsor Mayor
Score
D1
Score
D2
Score
D3
Score
D4
Score
D5
Score
D6
Score
D7
Score
D8
Score
Marked for
Removal
DMND00
04237
Adoption of the 2025
California Fire Code with
Local Amendments – Second
ReadingDMND0004237
Adopt the second reading of Ordinance No. 7,990–N.S. Further, refer Sections 503.2.1, 503.2.2, and 503.4.1 and Appendix D, including section D105.2, to the City Manager and the
Facilities, Infrastructure, Transportation, Environment & Sustainability (FITES) Policy Committee to develop and
recommend revisions for Council consideration by April 2026.
The Mayor will submit an agenda item for a meeting in January 2026 with a referral for staff to develop Transportation Design Standards.
2025-12-02 CITY MANAGER'S
OFFICE
0 5 3 0 4 3 5 0 4 NO
DMND00
04239
Companion Report:
Affordable Housing for Artists
Report (Rec
#2)DMND0004239
Recommendation #2: Integrate policies to incentivize
affordable housing and affordable commercial space for artists in the San Pablo Specific Plan and Corridors Zoning Update.
Revised to be a citywide referral to develop an incentive program.
2025-12-02 HEALTH, HSG &
COMMUNITY SVC
0 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 NO
DMND00
04238
Adoption of and
Amendments to the
California Wildland-Urban
Interface (WUI) Code –
Second
ReadingDMND0004238
Refer to the City Manager the items in the Workgroup's letter (including non-combustible trash & recycling bins, wood shake roofs, wire mesh size for Vector Control, and facilitating permitting of metal privacy screens to replace privacy hedges) to then return to Council with specific proposals for
consideration
2025-12-02 PLANNING &
DEVELOPMENT
0 3 0 0 3 3 5 0 3 NO
DMND00
04242
Companion Report:
Affordable Housing for Artists
Report (Rec
#5)DMND0004242
Implement strategies from the Berkeley Social Housing Study. 2025-12-02 HEALTH, HSG &
COMMUNITY SVC
0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 NO
DMND00
04240
Companion Report:
Affordable Housing for Artists
Report (Rec
#3)DMND0004240
Place an affordable housing bond measure on the 2028 ballot. 2025-12-02 CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE
0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 NO
DMND00
04236
Notifying Residents of
Upcoming Public Works
Projects in their
NeighborhoodsDMND00042
36 Referral to the City Manager to develop a proactive
communication system to alert the community of upcoming infrastructure projects from Public Works, EBMUD, PG&E, and other large housing or commercial development projects. 2025-12-02 Public Works Brent
Blackaby, Igor
Tregub, Rashi
Kesarwani,
Terry Taplin
0 2 3 0 4 0 5 0 4 NO
DMND00
04241
Companion Report:
Affordable Housing for Artists
Report (Rec
#4)DMND0004241
Partner with regional arts and housing organizations to identify sites for artist housing and provide technical assistance or predevelopment funding.
2025-12-02 HEALTH, HSG &
COMMUNITY SVC
0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 YES
1 of 25
2026 RRV - Raw Scores Attachment 1
Number Demand Recommendations Meeting Date Lead City
Department Sponsor Mayor
Score
D1
Score
D2
Score
D3
Score
D4
Score
D5
Score
D6
Score
D7
Score
D8
Score
Marked for
Removal
DMND00
04232
Recommendations for the
Formulation of Advanced
Fiscal Policies to
Institutionalize Strategic
Bond Issuance, Optimize
Municipal Investment
Returns, and Leverage
Intergovernmental and
Philanthropic Capital
FundingDMND0004232
Policy Committee Recommendation: to send the item to
Council with a Qualified Positive Recommendation with the changes as proposed by Councilmember Taplin as follows:
1. Structured Bond Issuance Framework
Refer to the City Manager assessment, analysis, and
presentation to the Council of a potential comprehensive fiscal policy every two years that institutionalizes, codifies, and makes publicly accessible, a regular, predictive schedule for general obligation bond issuance. This potential policy, in addition to and alongside existing practices, may be informed by actuarial and capital market analysis of the City's bonding capacity and be modeled on established frameworks utilized in fiscally disciplined jurisdictions such as San Francisco, Santa Monica, and others. The goal is to remediate the City's substantial deferred maintenance liabilities and strategically advance the Capital Improvement Program (CIP).
2. Modernize Investment Policy.
Refer to the City Manager the enactment of a detailed review and performance benchmarking of the City's current
investment policies, ordinances, and resolutions. Based on this review, the City Manager may consider:
-Amendments to align Berkeley's portfolio management
practices with those of peer jurisdictions in the Bay Area; -Asset strategies that maintain compliance with CA
Government Code §53600 et seq. while improving yields
through enhanced diversification and duration matching;
3. Comparative Bond Issuance Analysis and Timeline
Refer the City Manager to conduct a comprehensive analysis of historical general obligation bond issuance and debt service rates in Berkeley and comparable jurisdictions. The analysis 2025-11-18 Finance Terry Taplin 0 4 5 4 3 0 5 0 3 NO
2 of 25
2026 RRV - Raw Scores Attachment 1
Number Demand Recommendations Meeting Date Lead City
Department Sponsor Mayor
Score
D1
Score
D2
Score
D3
Score
D4
Score
D5
Score
D6
Score
D7
Score
D8
Score
Marked for
Removal
DMND00
04221
Refer to the City Manager in
Collaboration with the City
Attorney's Office to Develop
Proposed Increases to the
Shared Micromobility
Program FeesDMND0004221
Refer to the City Manager in collaboration with the City Attorney's Office to develop proposed increases to the shared micromobility program fees and return to Council within 120 days. The proposed amendments should evaluate adjustments to the following fee categories: Application fee; Operating fee; Fee per vehicle; Fee per ride.
2025-09-30 Public Works Cecilia
Lunaparra,
Brent
Blackaby,
Mark
Humbert, Igor
Tregub
0 3 0 0 5 0 4 0 5 NO
DMND00
04222
Refer the item to the City
Attorney with direction to
prepare a memorandum to
City staff and the City
Council addressing the
applicable legal doctrines
related to due process,
pending investigations, and
other related matters.
(Regarding PAB-ODPA-CAO-
CMO)DMND0004222
Refer the item to the City Attorney with direction to prepare a memorandum to City staff and the City Council addressing the applicable legal doctrines related to due process, pending investigations, and other related matters. (Regarding PAB-
ODPA-CAO-CMO)
2025-09-30 City Attorney 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 NO
DMND00
04218
Berkeley Green New Deal:
Workforce
DevelopmentDMND0004218
Refer to the City Manager a feasibility analysis and request for recommendations for possible models to either establish a green workforce development board within the City of Berkeley or strengthen the alignment between City of Berkeley and community partner programs and the Alameda County
Workforce development board to create pathways to gainful employment in green industries and accelerate the transition to a fossil-free local economy.
Policy Committee Recommendation: Send the item to the City Council with a qualified positive recommendation that Council adopt the item and that the item be revised to include a referral to the budget process, clarify and make explicit that the full- time employee ("FTE") is either an in-house City of Berkeley employee or is a privately funded employee not on the City's payroll, and include a privately funded alternative to a full-time City employee when creating the budget referral.
2025-07-29 CITY MANAGER'S
OFFICE
Terry Taplin,
Cecilia
Lunaparra,
Igor Tregub,
Ben Bartlett
0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 2 NO
3 of 25
2026 RRV - Raw Scores Attachment 1
Number Demand Recommendations Meeting Date Lead City
Department Sponsor Mayor
Score
D1
Score
D2
Score
D3
Score
D4
Score
D5
Score
D6
Score
D7
Score
D8
Score
Marked for
Removal
DMND00
04216
Refer to the City Manager the
development of objective
design standards for R-1, R-
2, R-2A, and MU-
RDMND0004216
Refer to the City Manager the development of objective design standards for R-1, R-2, R-2A, and MU-R
https://berkeleyca.gov/city-council-special-meeting-eagenda- june-26-2025
2025-06-26 PLANNING &
DEVELOPMENT
0 0 0 0 4 0 3 0 3 NO
4 of 25
2026 RRV - Raw Scores Attachment 1
Number Demand Recommendations Meeting Date Lead City
Department Sponsor Mayor
Score
D1
Score
D2
Score
D3
Score
D4
Score
D5
Score
D6
Score
D7
Score
D8
Score
Marked for
Removal
DMND00
04213
Referral: Oxford for All
DMND0004213
1. Provide direction to City Manager and staff to implement city- adopted 2017 Bike Plan, the 2021 UC Berkeley Oxford
St./Fulton St. Multimodal Mobility and Urban Design Study and the 2025 Bike Plan Update recommendations on Oxford Street and Fulton Street from Bancroft Way to Hearst Avenue
alongside upcoming repaving.
2. Beforehand and until such permanent capital improvements are feasible, refer to the City Manager to design and construct a an interim "quick build" project if deemed feasible, prudent, and non-disruptive to permanent improvements. Improvements implemented should, at minimum, include Class IV protected bike lanes and pedestrian safety facilities. Pedestrian facilities may include daylighting, high-visibility crosswalks, curb extensions, and other improvements that increase safety for pedestrians on the corridor, informed by the above-mentioned plans.
3. Refer to the City Manager to seek funding in the amount of $400,000 from all available sources including, but not limited to the Street and Open Space Improvement Fund (SOSIP),
Measure FF (2024), Long Range Development Plan (LRDP) and refer to the June budget process (FY26 Mid-Biennial Update) to provide the City of Berkeley Public Works Department with funds to support design, engineering, and construction costs for the quick build and permanent components of the project.
4. Refer to the City Manager and to The City/UC/Student Relations "4x6" Committee to explore opportunities to leverage existing and establish new financial partnerships with UC Berkeley on safety projects along Oxford Street and adjacent areas, including the Oxford and Bancroft volleyball courts project and similar initiatives.
2025-06-03 Public Works Igor Tregub,
Cecilia
Lunaparra,
Mark Humbert
3 4 3 0 5 0 0 1 4 NO
DMND00
04203
Inclusionary Housing
Ordinance In-Lieu Fee;
Amending Berkeley
Municipal Code Chapter
23.328DMND0004203
Conduct an economic feasibility study within three years of Middle Housing zoning amendments and in lieu fees.
2025-03-25 HEALTH, HSG &
COMMUNITY SVC
0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 NO
5 of 25
2026 RRV - Raw Scores Attachment 1
Number Demand Recommendations Meeting Date Lead City
Department Sponsor Mayor
Score
D1
Score
D2
Score
D3
Score
D4
Score
D5
Score
D6
Score
D7
Score
D8
Score
Marked for
Removal
DMND00
04204
A Referral to the City
Manager to make a
recommendation for further
Council action: Transfer Tax
Exemption for 100%
Affordable Housing
ProjectsDMND0004204
Adopt a referral to the City Manager to study the fiscal impacts and feasibility of a transfer tax exemption for 100% affordable housing projects owned and operated by non-profit entities or community land trusts, including but not limited to: the rehabilitation of existing projects; acquisition, rehabilitation, and conversion of market-rate housing complexes into deed- restricted affordable housing; and land donated for the purpose of constructing deed-restricted affordable housing and make a recommendation for further Council action.
Policy Committee Recommendation: Forward item to Council with a Qualified Positive Recommendation that the Council: 1) Clarify that the rehabilitation of the restricted properties, would be included as part of the 100% affordable [housing projects]. 2) Bolster the rationale section of the report with greater detail and analysis.
2025-03-11 HEALTH, HSG &
COMMUNITY SVC
Igor Tregub,
Ben Bartlett,
Shoshana
O'Keefe
0 2 0 0 5 3 3 0 1 NO
6 of 25
2026 RRV - Raw Scores Attachment 1
Number Demand Recommendations Meeting Date Lead City
Department Sponsor Mayor
Score
D1
Score
D2
Score
D3
Score
D4
Score
D5
Score
D6
Score
D7
Score
D8
Score
Marked for
Removal
DMND00
04184
Affordable Housing for
Artists: AB-812
Implementation and Cultural
District Statutory
Standardization
DMND0004184
Pursuant to California Government Code Section 65914.8, refer to the City Manager, City Attorney, and Planning Commission:
(1) To study and develop an Ordinance and implementation plan for Assembly Bill 812 (2023) to reserve for artists up to 10 percent of Below Market Rate units under Berkeley Municipal Code 23.328 (Inclusionary Housing) within a half-mile of a state- designated cultural district or within any similar locally designated cultural district, with consideration for consistency with existing Affordable Housing Preference Police, (2) Consider common standards for locally designated cultural districts, including but not limited to Overlay Zones, and implementation of cultural district designation within the boundaries of Area Specific Plans, including but not limited to the Adeline Corridor and San Pablo Corridor Specific Plans, (3) Pursuant to California Government Code Section 8758,
consider solicitation of state designation for cultural districts in the City of Berkeley.
Policy Committee Recommendation: To forward the item to Council with a Qualified Positive Recommendation that the Council: 1. Refer to the City Manager and the Civic Arts Commission to: a) Consider common standards for locally designated cultural districts, including but not limited to Overlay Zones, and implementation of cultural district
designation within the boundaries of Area Specific Plans, including but not limited to the Adeline Corridor and San Pablo Corridor Specific Plans, b) Pursuant to California Government Code Section 8758, consider solicitation of state designation for cultural districts in the City of Berkeley. 2. Defer referral of the study and development of an ordinance and
implementation plan until later in the process when there is more information regarding the applicable standards and definitions.
2024-12-03 PLANNING &
DEVELOPMENT
Terry Taplin,
Sophie Hahn,
Igor Tregub
3 0 4 0 3 0 2 0 0 NO
7 of 25
2026 RRV - Raw Scores Attachment 1
Number Demand Recommendations Meeting Date Lead City
Department Sponsor Mayor
Score
D1
Score
D2
Score
D3
Score
D4
Score
D5
Score
D6
Score
D7
Score
D8
Score
Marked for
Removal
DMND00
04197
Adopt Berkeley Municipal
Code Chapter 13.89:
Community/Tenant
Opportunity to Purchase Act
DMND0004197
Adopt Berkeley Municipal Code Chapter 13.89: The
Community/Tenant Opportunity to Purchase Act (COPA/TOPA).
Refer to the City Manager to study and return to Council with recommendations for a program based on San Francisco's
COPA and to study additional concepts including but not limited to:
• A potential requirement to offer to "go coop" within a certain number of years of purchase by a qualified non-profit.
• To consider an appropriate threshold where COPA would apply, taking into consideration operational and fiscal realities. • Report on administration costs and sources of funds to support Small Sites projects.
• Consider potential to provide notice and "right of first refusal" for tenants or groups of tenants to match the best "market" offer.
• Study models other jurisdictions have in place to achieve these tenant acquisition goals.
• Refer $100,000 to budget process to support the study. 2024-09-30 CITY MANAGER'S
OFFICE
0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 NO
DMND00
04169
Referral to Develop Curb
Management Plan
DMND0004169
Refer to the City Manager to fund and develop a Curb
Management Plan.
Policy Committee Recommendation: To send the item to
Council with a positive recommendation, and that the item be taken up when additional funding for streets and infrastructure is approved and/or during the next budget process.
2024-07-30 Public Works 0 2 0 0 3 0 3 0 5 NO
DMND00
04163
Speed Bump Installation on
Russell St at King Street
(South
Berkeley)DMND0004163
Refer to the City Manager to analyze the potential for the installation of a speed bump on Russell St. at King St. (South Berkeley), to improve the public space to increase safety for pedestrians, cyclists, and people living with disabilities, while also meeting the needs of public transit and emergency
vehicles. The analysis should prioritize speed bump installation that reduces injuries and accidents in the street and creates many benefits for our community. It should also consider other items listed by members of the community.
2024-05-21 Public Works Ben Bartlett,
Mark
Humbert,
Jesse Arreguin
0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 NO
8 of 25
2026 RRV - Raw Scores Attachment 1
Number Demand Recommendations Meeting Date Lead City
Department Sponsor Mayor
Score
D1
Score
D2
Score
D3
Score
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04161
Staff direction and budget
referral for Practical
Interventions to Clear and
Keep Using Parking Spaces
(PICKUPS)DMND0004161
Refer to City Manager the potential creation of
evening/nighttime 20 minute parking/loading zones along portions of one or both sides of the roadway for the following blocks: -Shattuck Avenue between Berkeley Way and Addison Streets; -Durant Avenue between Dana and Bowditch Streets; - University Avenue between Milvia Street and Shattuck Avenue; - Telegraph Avenue between Blake Street and Bancroft Way; - Other potential areas as may be recommended by staff.
Refer to the FY 2025-2026 budget process the following
preliminary allocations for implementation and enforcement: - $50,000 for revised signage and curb striping. -$75,000 for targeted nighttime enforcement operations.
Refer to the City Manager evaluation of the feasibility of increased fines for double parking/obstructing travel lanes and have staff return to Council with a report on maximum and recommended potential fine amounts.
2024-05-14 Public Works Mark
Humbert,
Terry Taplin,
Cecilia
Lunaparra,
Sophie Hahn
0 0 0 0 5 0 3 0 5 NO
DMND00
04159
Budget Referral: Vision Zero
Rapid Response on Bicycle
BoulevardsDMND0004159
1. Refer to the City Manager to incorporate the City of Oakland's Neighborhood Bike Route Implementation Guide for all Bicycle Boulevards designated in the City of Berkeley's Bicycle Plan, pursuant to the City's Vision Zero Action Plan, Complete Streets Policy, and other applicable policies and plans; and to prioritize proactive and retroactive implementation of standards on Bicycle Boulevards in response to recent traffic collisions, with consideration for quick-build interventions that can be removed, modified or made permanent to advance Vision Zero Action Plan goals.
2024-05-07 Public Works Terry Taplin,
Mark Humbert
5 3 0 0 5 5 3 0 5 NO
DMND00
04154
Response to Council
Referral: Long Term Care
Facility
OversightDMND0004154
Refer to the City Manager and the budget process the (1) establishment of an enhanced Ombudsperson program for
oversight of Skilled Nursing Facilities and Residential Care Facilities for the Elderly, and (2) early implementation of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) proposal for minimum nursing staffing levels ahead of the three-year period proposed by CMS.
2024-03-26 HEALTH, HSG &
COMMUNITY SVC
0 0 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 NO
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04148
RFP for Development of West
Berkeley Service
CenterDMND0004148
Refer to the City Manager to issue a Request for Proposal (RFP) or Request for Qualifications (RFQ), once a viable local funding source(s) has been identified, for the development of the city- owned West Berkeley Service Center, (1900 Sixth Street), to permit site acquisition and construction of a 100-percent affordable housing project with the following key features:
● Space on the ground floor of the building for administrative offices, community space and supportive services as currently provided by the City;
● Maximizing the number of units under the existing zoning Mixed Use-Residential (MU-R) in conjunction with state law AB 1763 (2019);
● A mix of unit sizes, including studios, one-bedroom, and two- bedroom units;
● Require RFP applicants to include a plan for services provision and integration for the population(s) they propose to serve;
● A preference for serving seniors with cognitive disabilities and adults with mental health conditions while maintaining
flexibility to serve other populations based on availability of funding; and
● A board and care facility with a minimum of 20 beds
including space for staff and services, unless it is determined that viable funding sources are not available.
The City Manager should also consider the feasibility of the following elements in the program design:
● Universally designed housing for older adults;
● Consider available federal, state, regional, local and private funding sources to finance the construction of a housing project, including with the potential target populations.
The issuance of an RFP should be timed to happen soon after the City has identified local funding for the development that 2024-02-13 HEALTH, HSG &
COMMUNITY SVC
Jesse Arreguin,
Rashi
Kesarwani,
Sophie Hahn,
Susan
Wengraf
0 2 0 0 2 0 5 0 2 NO
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04145
Referral: Neighborhood-
Scale Commercial
(Robinson)DMND0004145
Refer to the City Manager and Planning Commission to
consider and develop policies to permit neighborhood-scale retail uses in residential zones to increase economic
opportunity, vitality, and walkability in Berkeley neighborhoods.
Changes may include zoning alterations or modifications to use permit requirements.
In order to inform any potential policy changes, staff should conduct analysis and outreach to understand the market
demand for neighborhood-scale commercial uses and consider best practices from other municipalities.
Staff and the Planning Commission should consider conditions and development of performance standards to avoid
detrimental impacts on surrounding residential uses and neighborhoods, including but not limited to limitations on noise, odors, smoke, waste generation, operating hours, signage, loading/unloading activity, setbacks, tenant
protections, limitations on selling alcohol for on-site consumption, considerations for ADA compliance, restricting applicants to businesses with fewer than three locations, and establishing different permitting requirements depending on square footage, proposed use, or other factors.
Policy Committee Recommendation: To send the item as
revised to the City Council with a positive recommendation. 2024-01-16 PLANNING &
DEVELOPMENT
Ben Bartlett,
Terry Taplin
0 3 0 4 3 0 2 0 3 NO
DMND00
04135
Southside Zoning
AmendmentsDMND0004135
Refer to the City Manager to develop for consideration
requirements for new residential construction that all
bedrooms contain windows, and consider window
requirements for all habitable space, as defined in the zoning code. Staff should engage the Planning Commission in
developing recommendations, and should evaluate the impact new requirements would place on the feasibility of new housing projects and flexibility for project floor plans.
2023-11-21 PLANNING &
DEVELOPMENT
0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 NO
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04129
Amendments to Title 23
Relating to Accessory
Dwelling Units (ADUs) and
Repeal of Chapter 12.99 to
Conform to State Law and
Respond to Guidance from
the California Department of
Housing and Community
DevelopmentDMND0004129
Refer to the City Manager to consider changes to development standards with specific consideration for setbacks, height, and building separation, for accessory buildings and structures to promote fire safety citywide.
Scope to include previous referral from 9/13/18, PRJ0037344, Described as: 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.
2023-10-03 PLANNING &
DEVELOPMENT
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04124
Referral to Rezone Gilman
Street to Maximize Revenue
Productivity Per
AcreDMND0004124
Refer to the City Manager and Planning Commission to rezone Gilman Street—a major thoroughfare for entering and exiting the City—from San Pablo Avenue to
Interstate 80 to maximize revenue-generating and job-creating uses. Specifically, the rezoning of Gilman Street should consider the following:
Potential for applying the Manufacturing, Research and
Development (M-RD) zoning district currently planned for the Pacific Steel Casting site to a portion of Gilman Street. The M- RD zoning district seeks to better align with Berkeley's goals and needs by: allowing research and development, office, laboratory, and light manufacturing uses currently not
permitted by the existing Manufacturing (M) zoning; and removing protections for existing manufacturing uses and constraints associated with certain development standards; and/or
Consider a new zoning designation for a portion of Gilman Street west of San Pablo Avenue to I-80 that maximizes revenue productivity per acre via permitted uses and associated development standards; and
Extend West Berkeley Commercial District (C-W) zoning on Gilman Street from Ninth Street further west for a certain number of blocks and enhance the flexibility of C-W
development standards to increase the likelihood of
redevelopment—in coordination with "Keep Innovation in
Berkeley" Council referral (passed on Sept. 13, 2022) that seeks to allow research and development uses in C zones.1 Refer $250,000 to the FY 2024-25 budget process for
consulting services to assist with the planning process and 2023-09-19 PLANNING &
DEVELOPMENT
Rashi
Kesarwani,
Terry Taplin,
Susan
Wengraf, Rigel
Robinson
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04111
Conduct a Study on the City's
History of Discriminatory
Actions in Housing
Policies/ProgramsDMND000
4111
Conduct a study that is comprehensive of the following actions:
-Document the city of Berkeley's past discriminatory actions in housing policies and programs that adversely impacted the Black community and its ability to remain and grow in the city, build inter-generational wealth, and fully realize the benefits of homeownership; -Inform future housing policy and program development and implementation to address these historic discriminatory practices; and -Provide data and information about historic discriminatory housing policies and programs in support of the city's on-going reparations work. -Select community organization(s) as partners in the study to ensure a comprehensive community engagement process that
documents lived experiences and local history so that lessons learned from those experiences can inform future housing policies and programs. Referred to AAO#1.
2023-07-11 HEALTH, HSG &
COMMUNITY SVC
0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 NO
DMND00
04110
Adopting a temporary
exemption from the
collection of taxes under
BMC Chapter 9.04.136(D):
Tax Rate for Non-Medical and
Medical Cannabis
BusinessesDMND0004110
1. Adopt a temporary exemption (per 9.04.136(D)) on the collection of the taxes for all non-medical and medical cannabis businesses, retroactive to January 2023 and ending July 2025; Waive any late penalties that may have accrued since January 2023; any and all tax payments already made to the City for Q1 2023 will apply as a credit against a future tax or fee payment to the City; and
2. Refer to the City Manager and Cannabis Commission and/or its successor, the Planning Commission, to analyze and
develop an ordinance adjusting local cannabis business tax rates by February 2025 that are in balance with the state cannabis tax rates, with an eye to the ability for the cannabis industry to become a sustainable economic driver for the City of Berkeley.
3. Licensed cannabis businesses in Berkeley will pay the business license tax that applies to their respective area of the market during the moratorium, like retail, manufacturing, etc. 2023-06-27 PLANNING &
DEVELOPMENT
Ben Bartlett,
Jesse Arreguin,
Kate Harrison,
Mark Humbert
0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 NO
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04105
Referral to City Manager and
City Attorney: Tenant
Habitability Plan and
Amendments to Relocation
OrdinanceDMND0004105
1. Refer to the City Manager and City Attorney to review and develop proposed amendments to the Berkeley Municipal Code to require a Tenant Habitability Plan for major construction or renovation at tenant occupied properties. Proposed language modeled after the City of Los Angeles' Tenant Habitability Plan requirements is attached for consideration. The City Manager should also return with information on the costs and staffing needs for implementation for future budget discussions. The committee further recommends that the City Manager establish an interdepartmental working group, including staff from Planning, HHCS, and the Rent Board.
2. Refer to the City Manager and City Attorney
recommendations from the 4x4 City Council/Rent Board Joint Committee on Housing for amendments to the City's
Relocation Ordinance, BMC Chapter 13.84 to strengthen and improve enforcement of the ordinance.
2023-06-06 CITY MANAGER'S
OFFICE
Jesse Arreguin 0 0 3 0 4 0 0 0 2 NO
DMND00
04106
Bird Safe Building
Requirements; Adding
Berkeley Municipal Code
Section
23.304.150DMND0004106
Refer to the City Manager to provide the City Council a report on the bird safe building requirements no sooner than three years after effective date of this ordinance, including the following:
1. An update on the implementation of the ordinance and the costs, availability, and market for bird safe glass.
2. Review of the entire ordinance including but not limited to changing the applicability of the ordinance; and
Refer to the City Manager to explore providing applicants information on the bird safe building requirements and
encourage voluntary compliance for projects not subject to the ordinance;
2023-06-06 PLANNING &
DEVELOPMENT
0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 NO
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04101
Development of Artists
Affordable Housing
Certification Program
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
DMND0004101
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.
Recommendation: Refer to the City Manager the further
development of an Artists Affordable Housing Certification Program based upon the program guidelines developed and approved by the Civic Arts Commission in May 2022.
Refer to the City Manager the consideration of any and all services and progrmas realted to this topic.
2023-05-23 PLANNING &
DEVELOPMENT
Sophie Hahn,
Terry Taplin
0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 YES
DMND00
04100
Audit Status Reports: Fleet
Replacement Fund Short
Millions & Rocky Road:
Berkeley Streets At Risk and
Significantly Underfunded
DMND0004100
Refer to the City Manager to establish a policy that the Public Works Department will be responsible for reviewing,
submitting, and approving all departmental requests to Council for adding new vehicles to the fleet to facilitate maximum cost recovery through the vehicle replacement fund, consistency with fleet rightsizing studies, oversight, and timely
electrification of the fleet.
2023-05-23 Public Works 0 3 0 0 2 0 2 0 4 NO
DMND00
04099
Adding BMC Chapter 13.107,
Helping Achieve Responsible
Development with
Healthcare and
Apprenticeship Training
Standards (HARD HATS)
OrdinanceDMND0004099
2. Refer the City Manager and Planning Commission if
necessary to:
d. Consider upzoning the C-DMU Downtown Mixed-Use District zoning to allow for an increased number of taller exceptions (at or above 180 feet in height) and explore other zoning
modifications to allow for additional density as a way to offset the cost of these new labor standards.
2023-05-02 PLANNING &
DEVELOPMENT
Jesse Arreguin 0 0 4 5 4 0 0 0 3 NO
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04078
Referral: On-Street Secure
Bike StorageDMND0004078
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
0 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 NO
DMND00
04072
Referral: Southside Impact
Fee Nexus
StudyDMND0004072
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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04063
Referral: Establishing an
Electric Bike Rebate Program
and Expanding Low-Income E-
Bike Ownership through the
Climate Equity Action
FundDMND0004063
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
0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 YES
DMND00
04058
Referral to Conduct an
Automatic Traffic Calming
Review for the Area
Immediately Surrounding the
Project at 1201-1205 San
Pablo AvenueDMND0004058
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
0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 NO
DMND00
04059
Budget Referral: No Right on
Red SignsDMND0004059
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
0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 NO
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04057
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
IntersectionsDMND0004057
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 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 2 NO DMND00
04053
Residential Preferential
Parking (RPP) Program
Expansion for West Berkeley
Neighborhoods Within Two
Blocks of Commercial
CorridorsDMND0004053
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
0 5 4 0 0 0 2 0 1 YES
DMND00
04054
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
0 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 NO
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04047
Equitable Safe Streets and
Climate Justice
ResolutionDMND0004047
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 0 0 3 0 4 0 3 0 5 NO DMND00
04048
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
0 1 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 NO
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04008
Referral to Implement State
Law AB 43 for Reduced
Speed Limits on High-Injury
Commercial
CorridorsDMND0004008
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
4 5 4 0 4 0 5 0 4 NO
DMND00
04009
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
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 YES
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04191
Southside Complete Streets -
Limiting Cars on
TelegraphDMND0004191
Refer to the City Manager to develop a community process to explore limits on private automobiles on Telegraph Avenue and make recommendations. Staff should engage merchants,
property owners, students, visitors and tourists, artists, UC Berkeley, local schools, faith institutions, relevant government agencies including AC Transit, and other stakeholders, as well as relevant city commissions, such as the Transportation Commission and the Commission on Disability.
In the evaluation of various approaches, staff should consider strategies to:
• Maintain access for public transit, emergency vehicles, refuse collection vehicles, delivery vehicles, and other commercial vehicles that are essential to Telegraph business operations • Preserve access for people with disabilities and reduce conflicts between pedestrians and bicyclists
• Improve the pedestrian environment and meet the needs of merchants and the commercial district
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03997
Referral to the City Manager
to Establish a Marina Master
Plan for Parking with a
Consideration for
Establishing a Waterfront
Parking Benefits
DistrictDMND0003997
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
0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 YES
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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
0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 2 NO
DMND00
03975
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
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 YES
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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 Public Works 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 NO
DMND00
04188
Planning Commission
Referral for a Pilot Density
Bonus Program for the
Telegraph Avenue
Commercial District to
Generate Revenue to House
the Homeless and Extremely
Low-Income
IndividualsDMND0004188
Refer a City Density Bonus policy for the Telegraph Avenue Commercial District to the Planning Commission to generate in- lieu fees that could be used to build housing for homeless and extremely low-income residents.
2017-05-30 PLANNING &
DEVELOPMENT
0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 NO
DMND00
02584
Prioritizing Pedestrians at
IntersectionsDMND0002584
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
0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 5 NO
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Companion Report:
Affordable Housing for Artists
Report (Rec
#4)DMND0004241
Partner with regional arts and housing organizations to identify sites for artist housing and provide technical assistance or predevelopment funding.
2025-12-02 HEALTH, HSG &
COMMUNITY SVC
0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 YES
DMND00
04129
Amendments to Title 23
Relating to Accessory
Dwelling Units (ADUs) and
Repeal of Chapter 12.99 to
Conform to State Law and
Respond to Guidance from
the California Department of
Housing and Community
DevelopmentDMND0004129
Refer to the City Manager to consider changes to development standards with specific consideration for setbacks, height, and building separation, for accessory buildings and structures to promote fire safety citywide.
Scope to include previous referral from 9/13/18, PRJ0037344, Described as: 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.
2023-10-03 PLANNING &
DEVELOPMENT
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 YES
DMND00
04101
Development of Artists
Affordable Housing
Certification Program
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
DMND0004101
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.
Recommendation: Refer to the City Manager the further
development of an Artists Affordable Housing Certification Program based upon the program guidelines developed and approved by the Civic Arts Commission in May 2022.
Refer to the City Manager the consideration of any and all services and progrmas realted to this topic.
2023-05-23 PLANNING &
DEVELOPMENT
Sophie Hahn,
Terry Taplin
0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 YES
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04063
Referral: Establishing an
Electric Bike Rebate Program
and Expanding Low-Income E-
Bike Ownership through the
Climate Equity Action
FundDMND0004063
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
0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 YES
DMND00
04053
Residential Preferential
Parking (RPP) Program
Expansion for West Berkeley
Neighborhoods Within Two
Blocks of Commercial
CorridorsDMND0004053
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
0 5 4 0 0 0 2 0 1 YES
DMND00
04009
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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Referral to the City Manager
to Establish a Marina Master
Plan for Parking with a
Consideration for
Establishing a Waterfront
Parking Benefits
DistrictDMND0003997
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
0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 YES
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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
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 YES
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