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Meeting Minutes - DRAFT
*Rules & Legislation Committee
Oakland City Hall, 1 Frank H. Ogawa Plaza,
Oakland, California, 94612
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10:30 AM City Council Chamber, 3rd FloorThursday, April 17, 2025 The Oakland City Council Rules And Legislation Committee Convened At 10:34 A.M. With President Pro Tempore Gallo Presiding As Chairperson.
Councilmember Brown Participated By Teleconference
COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP:
Carroll Fife, Janani Ramachandran, Rowena Brown, and Noel GalloPresent 4 - 1 Roll Call / Call To Order
Carroll Fife, Janani Ramachandran, Rowena Brown, and Noel GalloPresent 4 - 2 Approval Of The Draft Minutes From The Committee Meeting Of March 27, 2025 25-0609
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A motion was made by Carroll Fife, seconded by Janani Ramachandran, that this matter be Accepted. The motion carried by the following vote:
Aye: Fife, Ramachandran, Brown, and Gallo4 -
NO VOTE: 0
3 New Scheduling Items
3 Speakers Spoke On This Item
A motion was made by Carroll Fife, seconded by Janani Ramachandran, that this matter be Accepted as Amended. The motion carried by the following vote:
Aye: Fife, Ramachandran, Brown, and Gallo4 -
NO VOTE: 0
April 17, 2025*Rules & Legislation Committee Meeting Minutes - DRAFT
3.1 Subject: Critical Sewer Division Flusher Trucks Acquisition From: Oakland Public Works Department
Recommendation: Adopt A Resolution Awarding A Contract To Owen Equipment Sales, A Vactor Manufacturing Local Authorized Dealer, In The Amount Not To Exceed One Million Five Hundred Thousand ($1,500,000) Dollars For The Purchase Of Two (2) Sewer Flusher Trucks, In Accordance With Oakland Municipal Code Section 2.04.080, Procurement Through The Use Of A Cooperative Purchasing Agreement (Sourcewell Contract No. 101221-VTR); And Adopting California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Exemption Findings
25-0650
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An Urgency Finding Was Read Into Record
This City Resolution be Scheduled.to go before the * Public Works And Transportation Committee to be heard 4/22/2025
3.2 Subject: Honoring The Remarkable Bobby Seale
From: Councilmembers Unger, Houston And Office Of The Mayor Recommendation: Adopt A Resolution Honoring The Remarkable Robert George Seale, "Bobby Seale," For His Contributions As A Co-Founder Of The Black Panther Party, Activist, Engineer, Author, And For His Commitment To Social Justice For The People Of Oakland; And Declaring October 22nd As Bobby Seale Day In The City Of Oakland; On The April 22, 2025 Life Enrichment Committee Agenda
25-0642
On Consent
Councilmember Houston Added As A Co-Sponsor
This City Resolution be Scheduled.to go before the * Concurrent Meeting of the Oakland Redevelopment Successor Agency and the City Council to be heard 5/6/2025
April 17, 2025*Rules & Legislation Committee Meeting Minutes - DRAFT
3.3 Subject: Celebrating Affordable Housing Month
From: Councilmember Brown
Recommendation: Adopt A Resolution In Celebration Of May 2025 As Affordable Housing Month And Recognizing The Importance Of Deeply Affordable Housing For Creating Healthy, Safe, And Economically Vibrant Communities; On The May 6, 2025 City Council Agenda As A Ceremonial
25-0640
On Consent
This City Resolution be Scheduled.to go before the * Concurrent Meeting of the Oakland Redevelopment Successor Agency and the City Council to be heard 5/6/2025
3.4 Subject: Recognizing Little Saigon In Oakland
From: Councilmembers Kaplan And Brown
Recommendation: Adopt A Resolution Recognizing The Little Saigon Community In Oakland As A Cultural And Economic Center, And Honoring The Vietnamese And Southeast Asian People’s Journey And History; On The May 6, 2025 City Council Agenda As A Ceremonial
25-0654
As A Ceremonial
This City Resolution be Scheduled.to go before the * Concurrent Meeting of the Oakland Redevelopment Successor Agency and the City Council to be heard 5/20/2025
3.5 Subject: Honoring The Contributions Of Rashidah Grinage From: President Pro Tempore Gallo
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution Honoring Rashidah Grinage For Her Historic Contributions To Police Accountability And Civilian Oversight In Oakland; On The May 6, 2025 City Council Agenda As A Ceremonial
25-0656
As A Ceremonial
This City Resolution be Scheduled.to go before the * Concurrent Meeting of the Oakland Redevelopment Successor Agency and the City Council to be heard 5/6/2025
April 17, 2025*Rules & Legislation Committee Meeting Minutes - DRAFT
3.6 Subject: Wood Street Shelter Transition And Lease Compliance From: Human Services Department
Recommendation: Adopt A Resolution Authorizing The City Administrator To Amend The Professional Services Agreements (PSA) With Building Opportunities For Self-Sufficiency (BOSS) (1) To Extend The Term Of The Wood Street Safe Recreational Vehicle (RV) Program To December 31, 2025 In Order To Wind Down The Program And Return The Property To The Owner; And (2) To Add $2,080,000 To Operate The Wood Street Community Cabin Program Through June 30, 2025 And Wind Down The Program And Return The Property By December 31, 2025; On The May 6, 2025 City Council Agenda On Consent
25-0641
Pursuant To Rule 24, A Statement Was Made On Record As To The Item Bypassing Committee
On Non-Consent
This City Resolution be Scheduled.to go before the * Concurrent Meeting of the Oakland Redevelopment Successor Agency and the City Council to be heard 5/6/2025
3.7 Subject: Equipment Services Fund
From: Councilmembers Kaplan And Unger
Recommendation: Adopt A Resolution Directing And Clarifying Uses Of The Equipment Services Fund (Fund 4100), By: (1) Giving Direction To Remove Federal Grant Funds From The Equipment Services Fund, And Incorporate Such Direction In The Upcoming FY 2025-2027 Budget; And (2) Affirming The Direction Given Previously In Council Resolution # 90471 To Purchase New Police Vehicles, And Giving Direction To Make The Payment For Such Purchase From The Equipment Services Fund, And (3) Directing That A Further $17 Million Of Existing FY 2024-2025 Funding Held In The Equipment Services Fund, Shall Be Returned To The Originating Departments And Incorporated Into The Budget, And (4) Allocating $5 Million Of Funding In The Equipment Services Fund Authorized To Be Used For Urgent Vehicle Purchases Needed For Vital Infrastructure And Safety Work, And (5) Authorizing The Purchase Of The Fire Trucks Currently On Order, And The Use Of The Equipment Services Fund To Pay For Them; On The May 6, 2025 City Council Agenda On Consent
25-0652
Pursuant To Rule 24, A Statement Was Made On Record As To The Item Bypassing Committee
On Consent
This City Resolution be Scheduled.to go before the * Concurrent Meeting of the Oakland Redevelopment Successor Agency and the City Council to be heard 5/6/2025
April 17, 2025*Rules & Legislation Committee Meeting Minutes - DRAFT
3.8 Subject: Bike To Wherever Day 2025
From: Councilmember Fife
Recommendation: Adopt A Resolution Declaring May 15, 2025 As Bike To Wherever Day In The City Of Oakland; On The May 6, 2025 City Council Agenda On Consent 25-0653
Pursuant To Rule 24, A Statement Was Made On Record As To The Item Bypassing Committee
On Consent
This City Resolution be Scheduled.to go before the * Concurrent Meeting of the Oakland Redevelopment Successor Agency and the City Council to be heard 5/6/2025
3.9 Subject: Status Of Negative Funds Citywide Through June 30, 2024 From: Finance Department
Recommendation: Receive An Informational Report On The Status Of Negative Funds Through June 30, 2024; On The May 13, 2025 Finance And Management Committee Agenda
25-0643
This Informational Report be Scheduled.to go before the *Finance & Management Committee to be heard 5/13/2025
3.10 Subject: Safe Oakland Streets, SOS
From: Department Of Transportation
Recommendation: Receive The 2024 Safe Oakland Streets (SOS) Annual Informational Report From The Department Of Transportation, In Coordination With The Oakland Police Department, The Department Of Race And Equity, And The City Administrator’s Office; On The May 13, 2025 Public Works And Transportation Committee Agenda 25-0651
This Informational Report be Scheduled.to go before the * Public Works And Transportation Committee to be heard 5/13/2025
3.11 Subject: Mayor’s Commission On Persons With Disabilities Annual Report From: Office Of The City Administrator
Recommendation: Receive An Informational Report From The Chair Of Oakland Mayor’s Commission On Persons With Disabilities (MCPD) Regarding Their Status And Recent Activities; On The May 13, 2025 Life Enrichment Committee Agenda 25-0646
This Informational Report be Scheduled.to go before the *Life Enrichment Committee to be heard 5/13/2025
April 17, 2025*Rules & Legislation Committee Meeting Minutes - DRAFT
3.12 Subject: Fiscal Year 2025-27 Public Art Plan
From: Economic And Workforce Development Department
Recommendation: Adopt A Resolution Adopting The Fiscal Year 2025-2027 Public Art Projects Plan And The 2023-2024 Public Art Activities Report; On The May 13, 2025 Life Enrichment Committee Agenda
25-0645
This City Resolution be Scheduled.to go before the *Life Enrichment Committee to be heard 5/13/2025
3.13 Subject: Contract With The University Of Pennsylvania For Ceasefire-Lifeline Evaluation From: Department Of Violence Prevention
Recommendation: Adopt A Resolution Waiving The City Of Oakland’s Local And Small Local Business Enterprise Program Requirements And Competitive Bidding Process And Awarding A Professional Services Agreement In An Amount Not To Exceed Seventy-Seven Thousand Eight Hundred Sixty-Five Dollars ($77,865) For The Term Of July 1, 2025, To December 31, 2027, To The University Of Pennsylvania’s Crime And Justice Policy Lab To Evaluate The Department Of Violence Prevention’s Ceasefire-Lifeline Strategy As A Requirement Of The Department’s Community-Based Violence Intervention And Prevention Grant From The Bureau Of Justice Assistance; On The May 13, 2025 Public Safety Committee Agenda
25-0644
This City Resolution be Scheduled.to go before the *Public Safety Committee to be heard 5/13/2025
3.14 Subject: Establish The Wildfire Prevention Commission As Required By Measure MM From: Office Of The City Administrator
Recommendation: Adopt An Ordinance Establishing The Wildfire Prevention Commission, Providing For The Appointment Of Members Thereof, And Defining The Duties And Functions Of Said Commission; On The May 13, 2025 Public Safety Committee Agenda
25-0648
This Ordinance be Scheduled.to go before the *Public Safety Committee to be heard 5/13/2025
April 17, 2025*Rules & Legislation Committee Meeting Minutes - DRAFT
3.15 Subject: OPD FY 2023 - 2024 Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) From: Oakland Police Department
Recommendation: Adopt A Resolution Authorizing The City Administrator To Accept And Appropriate The Fiscal Years 2023 And 2024 Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Funds In The Amount Of Four Hundred Twelve Thousand, Six Hundred Twenty-Six Dollars And Sixty Cents ($412,626.60) For October 1, 2022 Through September 30, 2026, And Two Hundred Sixty-Five Thousand, Seven Hundred Forty-Five Dollars And Seventy Cents ($265,745.70) For October 1, 2022 Through September 30, 2026, To Upgrade Equipment And Technology Department-Wide; On The May 13, 2025 Public Safety Committee Agenda
25-0647
This City Resolution be Scheduled.to go before the *Public Safety Committee to be heard 5/13/2025
3.16 Subject: Clinical Mental Health Services Contract
From: Department Of Violence Prevention
Recommendation: Adopt A Resolution Waiving The City Of Oakland’s Local And Small Local Business Enterprise Program Requirements And Competitive Bidding Process And Awarding A Professional Services Agreement To Healing Change Therapy & Consulting, Inc For Clinical Mental Health Services In An Amount Not To Exceed Two Hundred Forty Thousand Dollars ($240,000) For The Term Of July 1, 2025, To June 30, 2027; On The May 13, 2025 Public Safety Committee Agenda 25-0649
This City Resolution be Scheduled.to go before the *Public Safety Committee to be heard 5/13/2025
3.17 Subject: DVP Grants To Community-Based Organizations For Grant Year 2025-2026 From: Department Violence Prevention
Recommendation: Adopt A Resolution To (1) Awarding Twenty-One Grants To The Community-Based Organizations Set Forth In Tables 1 And 2 To Provide Community Violence Intervention Services For The Period Of October 1, 2025, To September 30, 2026, In A Total Amount Not To Exceed Ten Million Seven Hundred Sixty-Five Thousand Dollars ($10,765,000); And (2) Awarding Five Grants To The Community-Based Organizations Set Forth In Table 3 To Provide School-Based Violence Intervention Services For The Period Of October 1, 2025, To June 30, 2026, In A Total Amount Not To Exceed Two Million Fifty Thousand Dollars ($2,050,000); And (3) Authorizing The City Administrator To Negotiate And Enter Into Grant Agreements With Grantees With Authority To Extend The Terms Of The Grant And Modify The Grant Amounts As Set Forth Herein Without Returning To Council; On The May 13, 2025 Public Safety Committee Agenda
25-0655
This City Resolution be Scheduled.to go before the *Public Safety Committee to be heard 5/13/2025
April 17, 2025*Rules & Legislation Committee Meeting Minutes - DRAFT 4 Review Of Draft Agendas, Pending Lists, City Council And Committee Meetings 25-0610
April 22, 2025 Finance And Management Committee Agenda
April 22, 2025 Public Works And Transportation Committee Agenda April 22, 2025 Community And Economic Development Committee Agenda
April 22, 2025 Life Enrichment Committee Agenda
April 22, 2025 Public Safety Committee Agenda
April 24, 2025 Rules And Legislation Agenda
Finance And Management Committee Pending List
Public Works And Transportation Committee Pending List
Community And Economic Development Committee Pending List Life Enrichment Committee Pending List
Education Partnership Committee Pending List
Public Safety Committee Pending List
Rules And Legislation Committee Pending List
Port Liaison Committee Pending List
Draft May 1, 2025 Rules And Legislation Agenda
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A motion was made by Carroll Fife, seconded by Janani Ramachandran, that this matter be Accepted as Amended. The motion carried by the following vote:
Aye: Fife, Ramachandran, Brown, and Gallo4 -
NO VOTE: 0
April 17, 2025*Rules & Legislation Committee Meeting Minutes - DRAFT CHANGES MADE TO THE APRIL 22, 2025 FINANCE AND MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE AGENDA Subject: Informational Report Regarding 2025 Oakland Broadband Master Plan From: Information Technology Department
Recommendation: Receive An Informational Report Regarding A Broadband Master Plan Developed By The Information Technology Department 25-0602
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This Informational Report be * Withdrawn and Rescheduled.to go before the *Finance & Management Committee to be heard 5/13/2025
CHANGES MADE TO THE APRIL 22, 2025 PUBLIC WORKS AND TRANSPORTATION
COMMITTEE AGENDA
Subject: 12 + 10 Street Bridges Remedial Planting Contract From: Oakland Public Works Department
Recommendation: Adopt A Resolution Authorizing The City Administrator To: (1) Award The 12th + 10th Street Bridges Mitigation Sites Remedial Planting Construction Contract, Based On All Contract Documents And Specifications, To Los Loza, Inc. For An Amount Not To Exceed Five Hundred Thirty-Four Thousand Dollars ($534,000); And (2) Maintain The California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Findings As Determined In The Resolution 82579 C.M.S.
25-0534
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A Title Change Was Read Into The Record
This City Resolution be * Withdrawn and Rescheduled.to go before the * Public Works And Transportation Committee to be heard 5/13/2025 AT THE CALL OF THE RULES AND LEGISLATION COMMITTEE, THE APRIL 22, 2025 PUBLIC
SAFETY COMMITTEE MEETING HAS BEEN CANCELLED
Open Forum
0 Speakers Spoke During Open Forum
Adjournment
There Being No Further Business, The Oakland City Council Rules And Legislation Committee Adjourned The Meeting At 11:26 A.M.
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