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Meeting Minutes - FINAL
Special Concurrent Meeting of the
Oakland Redevelopment Successor
Agency/City Council
10:00 AM Virtual Tele- Conference Via ZoomThursday, May 26, 2022 Please See The Agenda To Participate In The Meeting
Pursuant to California Government Code Section 54953(e ), the City Council has found that an imminent risk to the health of attendees due to the COVID-19 pandemic continues to exist. Therefore, all City Councilmembers will particulate in the meeting via phone/video conference without notice of their teleconference locations
May 26, 2022Special Concurrent Meeting of the
Oakland Redevelopment Successor
Agency/City Council
Meeting Minutes - FINAL
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The Special Concurrent Meeting of the Oakland City Council and Successor Redevelopment Agency was convened at 10:07 A.M.
ROLL CALL / CITY COUNCIL
May 26, 2022Special Concurrent Meeting of the
Oakland Redevelopment Successor
Agency/City Council
Meeting Minutes - FINAL
Sheng Thao, Loren Taylor, Nikki Fortunato Bas, Carroll Fife, Noel Gallo, Dan Kalb, Rebecca Kaplan, and Treva Reid
Present 8 -
1 PUBLIC COMMENT:
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DURING OPEN FORUM
32 speakers spoke during Public Comment.
At 11:13 A.M. a motion was made by Council President Bas, seconded by Councilmember Gallo, to adjourn into a 15 minute recess. The motion passed with a vote of 8 Ayes.
Councilmember Gallo made a motion, seconded by Vice Mayor Kaplan at 11:30 A.M. to reconvene the Special Concurrent Meeting of the Oakland Redevelopment Successor Agency/City Council. The motion passed with a vote of 8 Ayes.
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2 Subject: Progressive And Equitable Business Tax
From: Council President Bas, Councilmembers Fife, Kalb, And Pro Tem Thao Recommendation: Adopt A Resolution: (1) Amending Resolution No. 88227 C.M.S., Which, Among Other Things, Submitted To The Voters At The November 8, 2022 General Municipal Election, An Ordinance Repealing And Replacing Chapter 5.04 Of The Oakland Municipal Code, To Modify Said Ordinance To Incorporate Recommendations From The Blue Ribbon Equitable Business Tax Task Force; And (2) Directing The City Clerk To Take All Actions Necessary To Prepare For And Conduct A November 8, 2022 General Municipal Election
22-0202
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Council president Bas made a motion, seconded by councilmember Fife, to amend the legislation to read as follows;
- On page 2, amending the further resolved clause to read “That the Oakland city council hearby amends Resolution No. 88227 CMS and submits to the qualified voters of the city, at the November 8, 2022 election, an ordinance that reads as follows….”; and
- On page 57, amending the ballot question to read “Measure. Shall the measure amending Oakland’s business tax rates to create a progressive rate structure that would (1) impose the highest rates on the highest grossing businesses, (2) increase Oakland’s annual tax revenue by an estimated $21,300,000, and (3) generate approximately $124,000,000 in total annual revenue for municipal services by imposing business tax rates of .045% to .55% of gross receipts, and other rates as stated in the measure, be adopted?”
Councilmember Reid made a substitute motion, seconded by Councilmember Gallo, to amend section 5.04.67 of the legislation to read "Following a public hearing, the City Council of the City of Oakland hereby is authorized to amend Chapter 5.04, section 205, of the Oakland Municipal Code to reduce the tax rates in this chapter for residential small property owners.”
The substitute motion failed by the following vote: 3 Ayes: Reid, Taylor, and Gallo and 5 Noes.
The main motion passed with a vote of 8 Ayes.
A motion was made by Nikki Fortunato Bas, seconded by Carroll Fife, that this matter be Adopted as Amended. The motion carried by the following vote:
Aye: Thao, Taylor, Fortunato Bas, Fife, Gallo, Kalb, Kaplan, and Reid8 -
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Agency/City Council
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NO VOTE: 0
Council President Fortunato Bas Relinquished The Chair At -------- And Vice Mayor Kaplan Presided As Chairperson.
OPEN FORUM
7 speakers spoke during Open Forum.
ADJOURNMENT OF COUNCIL SESSION
(Meeting Shall Conclude No Later Than 3:00 P.M., Unless Extended By Majority Vote Of The Council)
Council President Bas took a point of personal privilege and requested that the meeting be adjourned in memory of the Robb Elementary School mass shooting victims, of Uvalde, Texas; the victims of the Buffalo, New York mass shooting, and Jun Anabo, co-owner of Lucky Three Seven.
Pro Tem Thao also requested to adjourn in the memory of those victims.
Councilmember Reid took a point of personal privilege and requested that the meeting be adjourned in memory of Shaheed Muhammad and Dr. John Cheng, of the Laguna Beach, California mass shooting.
There being no further business, and upon the motion duly made, the Oakland City Council adjourned the meeting in memory of Jun Anabo, Shaheed Muhammad, Dr. John Cheng, as well, the victims of the Uvalde, TX, and Buffalo, NY mass shootings at 1:40 P.M.
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