March 25, 2025
CED Committee
CITY OF OAKLAND
O NE F R AN K H. OGA W A PL AZ A • 3R D F L OOR • O AKL A N D, C A L IF O R N IA 94612 Office of the City Administrator
Jestin D. Johnson
City Administrator
FAX:
TTY/TDD:
(510) 238-3301
(510) 238-2223
(510) 238-2007
March 25, 2025
(Revised 03/20/25)
CITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE ON COMMUNITY AND
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Oakland, California
Chair and Members of the Committee:
Subject: Scheduling of Committee Meetings
In an effort to keep Committees informed of outstanding items to be reviewed, staff will provide the Committee with a list at each meeting. Staff seeks direction in scheduling these items, and any others Committee Members may know of, for City Council/Committee review.
Community and Economic Development –2nd and 4th Tuesday at 1:30pm Chair: Rowena Brown
Committee Members: Carroll Fife, Janani Ramachandran, and Zac Unger Staff: Elizabeth Lake, Assistant City Administrator.
Anticipated Date For Scheduling
April 8, 2025
CED at 01:30pm
No. Title Dept. Date
Scheduled &
File ID
1 Adopt A Resolution Authorizing The City Administrator To (1) Apply For, Accept, And Appropriate Seventy-Five Thousand Dollars ($75,000) In Grants And Contributions And To Accept And Appropriate Additional Funds That May Become Available For The Summer Youth Employment Program (SYEP) And Services Of The Oakland Workforce Development Board For FY 2025-26 Without Returning To The City Council; And (2) Negotiate And Execute Grant Agreements For The 2025 SYEP Between The City Of
Oakland And The Following Nonprofit Organizations: (A) Youth Employment P
artnership In The Estimated Amount Of One Hundred
Twenty-Five Thousand Dollars ($125,000); (B) Lao Family In The EWD 3/13/25 Rules
[25-0563]
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Estimated Amount Of One Hundred Twenty-Five Thousand Dollars ($125,000); And (C) Trybe Inc. The Estimated Amount Of Twelve Thousand Five Hundred Seventy-Two Dollars ($12,572);
2 Adopt A Resolution Amending Resolution No. 90475 C.M.S., Which Authorized Funding For The Homeless Prevention Pilot Program Grant To Bay Area Community Services, Inc. (BACS) For A Total Amount Not To Exceed Four Million Dollars
($4,000,000.00) And Grant Term Through June 30, 2026 To: (1) Extend The Grant Term To June 30, 2027; (2) Increase The Authorized Grant Amount To A Total Amount Not To Exceed Five Million Dollars ($5,000,000.00) And Allocating Previously Budgeted Funds To BACS’ Homeless Prevention Pilot Program; And (3)Authorize The City Administrator To Accept, Appropriate, And Further Increase The Grant Agreement Using Any State, Federal, Local, And/Or Private Funding That Becomes Available For Bacs’ Homeless Prevention Pilot Program During The Term Of The Grant Agreement, Without Return To Council
HCD 3/20/25 Rules
[25-0575]
3 Adopt An Ordinance As Recommended By The Planning
Commission: (1) Amending Title 17 Of The Oakland Municipal Code (The Planning Code) To (A) Expand The Pedestrian-Oriented Activities Permitted In Chapter 17.101C (D-BV Broadway Valdez District Commercial Zones); (B) Clarify The Affordability Thresholds In Chapter 17.95 (S-13 Affordable Housing Combining Zone); (C) Revise The Required Minimum Densities, Including To Align With Base Zoning Districts, And To Clarify The Definition Of Development Project, In Chapter 17.96 (S-14 Housing Sites Combining Zone); And (D) Permit Artisan Production Commercial Activities And Institute The Central District Entertainment Venue Permit In Chapter 17.101G (D-LM Lake Merritt Station Area District Zones); (2) Amending The Planning Code To Incorporate Related Miscellaneous Changes To Chapters 17.95, 17.96, 17.101C, And 17.101G; And (3) Making Appropriate California
Environmental Quality Act Findings
PBD 3/20/25 Rules
[25-0574]
Semi-annual Reports
No. Title Dept. First
Scheduled
Last Report Next
Report
1 Semi-annual Tracking
Report For Code
Enforcement
PBD Rules 06/04/15
CED 12/01/15
[14-1053];
9/10/24
changed to
biannual
Q3&Q4 –
09/10/24
CED
06/24/25
12/09/25
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Annual Reports
No. Title Dept. First
Scheduled
Last Report Next
Report
1 Consolidated Annual Performance
and Evaluation Report (CAPER).
(HCD) CED
11/16/99
[16-0185]
City Council
02/20/24
[23-0963]
02/2025
2 Rent Adjustment Program (RAP)
Annual Report.
(HCD) CED
03/19/19
[18-1488]
01/14/25 10/2025
3 Adopt A Resolution Accepting And
Authorizing Two-Year Memorandum
Of Understanding For The Receipt Of
In-Kind Services From The San
Francisco Foundation And Coro
Northern California To Support The
Development Of An Equitable Lead
Hazard Abatement Program And
Proactive Rental Inspection Program,
Valued In A Total Amount Not To
Exceed Four Hundred Sixty Thousand
Dollars ($460,000)
(HCD) CED
1/28/25
[25-0419]
1/2026
Pending No Date Specific
No. Title Dept. Date Scheduled & File ID
1 Adopt An Ordinance Amending Chapters 2.41 And
2.42 Of The Oakland Municipal Code Governing The
City’s Acquisition And Disposition Of Real Property
(“Real Estate Ordinance”) To Codify The City’s Policy
To Lease City Property Instead Of Selling Or
Otherwise Disposing Of City Property.
(CM Bas, CM
Thao & CM
Taylor)
Rules 06/06/19; CED
09/10/19; NDS via Rule 28
on 10/17/19
[18-1981]
2 Adopt A Resolution To Support And Strengthen The
Black Arts Movement And Business District, Including
Directing The City Administrator To: (1) Implement A
Series Of Public Streetscape Improvements, Including
Public Banners, Along Oakland's Fourteenth Street
Corridor, To Honor, Uplift, Commemorate, And
Increase Public Awareness Of, Important Black
Cultural, Sports, Arts, And Historical People And
Institutions, And To Help Identify And Uplift The
Corridor Being Known And Recognized As The Black
Arts Movement And Business District; (2) Use
Available Funds Including Available Art Funds And To
Pursue Grants And Other Funding Sources To Support
Arts, Music, Comedy, And Cultural Institutions In The
District; Including The Preservation And Financial
Support To Ensure Ongoing Viability Of Its Historic,
Cornerstone African American Institutions, Including
Geoffrey's Inner Circle; And To Make Resources
Available To Businesses Such As Tenant Improvement,
CM Fife and
CM Kaplan
01/16/24 Council
[24-0025]
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Facade Improvement, Place-Making, Space Activation,
Accessibility, Etc. In The District; And (3) Work With
The Planning And Building Department And Economic
And Workforce Development Department To Adopt
Policies And Plans To Further Strengthen The District
And Ensure Long-Term Vitality, Support, And Prevent
Conflicts, For Arts And Cultural Institutions And
Activities In The District
3 Accept A Report And Recommendation On The
Following: (1) An Accounting Of Available City Funds
To (A) Implement A Series Of Public Streetscape
Upgrades Along Oakland's Fourteenth Street Corridor
To Uplift The Black Arts Movement And Business
District (BAMBD); (B) Support Arts And Cultural
Institutions In The BAMBD, Including Cornerstone
Legacy African American Institutions; And (C) Create
A BAMBD Business Improvement District (BID) For
Ongoing Revenue Generation For Tenant Support,
Facade Improvement, Place-Making, Space Activation,
Accessibility, And Safety Improvements Within The
BAMBD; And (2) A Map That Establishes The Exact
Boundaries Of The BAMBD And A List Of The
Institutions Within The BAMBD Boundaries; And (3)
A Proposal For Legislation, And A Proposed Timeline
For Adoption, To Create A Special (“S”) Zoning
District Or Similar Zoning Control That Contains
Measurable Standards For Development Projects To
Meet The Intent Of The BAMBD And Ensure The
Long-Term Vitality Of The BAMBD
CM Fife
CAO
3/7/24 Rules
3/19/24 Council
[24-0199]; [24-0391];
5/14/24 CED Cont.
Respectfully submitted,
W. Woo
For: Jestin D. Johnson
City Administrator