*Rules & Legislation Committee

City Council Chamber, 3rd Floor

Agenda — 43 items

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2. 2 DEFINITION OF TERMS: • Action Item: shall mean any resolution, ordinance, public hearing, motion or recommendation requiring official vote and approval of the City Council to be effective. • Informational Item: shall mean an agenda item consisting only of an informational report that does not require or permit Council action. • Consent Item: shall mean, for the purposes of the City Council agenda, any action or informational item that a Standing Committee has forwarded to the full Council with unanimous recommendation for approval, except: 1) any item having a high level of public interest or controversy as determined by the Rules and Legislation Committee; 2) any action item that the Rules and Legislation Committee has placed on the Consent Calendar in accordance with Rule 26; or 3), any item that requires a public hearing or that is otherwise ineligible by law as a Consent Item. • Non-Consent Item: shall mean, for the purposes of the City Council agenda, any action or informational item that: 1) a Standing Committee has forwarded to the full Council without unanimous recommendation for approval; 2) has a high level of public interest or controversy as determined by the Rules and Legislation Committee or: 3) requires a public hearing or is otherwise ineligible by law as a Consent Item.
3. 3 The Oakland City Council Rules And Legislation Committee Convened At 10:31 A.M. With President Pro Tempore Gallo Presiding As Chairperson
4. 4 COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP:
5. 4 AT THE CALL OF PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE GALLO, A SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING - BUDGET RETREAT WAS CALLED TO BE HELD ON FRIDAY, MARCH 7, 2025 AT 9 A.M.
6. 1 Roll Call / Call To Order
7. 2 Approval Of The Draft Minutes From The Committee Meeting Of February 13, 2025 25-0492 Accepted Pass
8. 3 New Scheduling Items Accepted as Amended Pass
9. 3.1 Subject: FY 2025-27 Mayor And Council Budget Priorities From: Finance Department Recommendation: Receive An Informational Report To Begin Discussing Mayor And Council Priorities For The Fiscal Year (FY) 2025-2027 Budget Based On Preliminary Projected Increases Or Decreases In The Next Budget In Accordance With The Consolidated Fiscal Policy (Ordinance 13487 C.M.S.) 25-0538 Scheduled
10. 3.2 Subject: 2025 Council Retreat From: President Pro Tempore Gallo Recommendation: Discussion And Potential Action To Establish Council Values And Budget And Policy Priorities For Fiscal Year 2025-27 Budgeting Process 25-0539 Scheduled
11. 3.3 Subject: FY 2025-27 Budget Priorities Poll From: Finance Department Recommendation:  Receive An Informational Report & Briefing Of The Budget Priorities Poll (Assessment Of Stakeholder Needs, Concerns And Priorities) In Accordance With The Consolidated Fiscal Policy (Ordinance 13487 C.M.S.) 25-0540 Scheduled
12. 3.4 Subject: Amending The Professional Services Agreement With Francisco & Associates, Inc From: Finance Department Recommendation: Adopt A Resolution Authorizing An Amendment To The Professional Services Agreement With Francisco & Associates, Inc. For Engineering Services For Various Local Measures And The City Of Oakland Landscaping And Lighting Assessment District To Increase The Compensation By An Amount Up To $80,000 For A Total Contract Amount Not To Exceed $630,000; And Waiving The Competitive Request For Proposals/Qualifications Requirements And The Local/Small Local Business Enterprise Requirements 25-0529 Scheduled
13. 3.5 Subject: Executive Recruitment Agencies Agreements Extension And Additional Funding From: Human Resources Management Department Recommendation: Adopt A Resolution Authorizing The City Administrator To Extend The Professional Services Agreement With The Hawkins Company To Continue Provision Of Executive Recruitment Staffing Services For The Period Of October 3, 2024 Through October 2, 2026, Cooperative Personnel Services D.B.A CPS HR Consulting To Continue Provision Of Executive Recruitment Staffing Services For The Period Of January 3, 2025 Through January 2, 2027, Baker Tilly Advisory Group LP To Continue Provision Of Executive Recruitment Staffing Services For The Period Of October 17, 2024 Through October 16, 2026, The Byers Group CA, Inc. To Continue Provision Of Executive Recruitment Staffing Services For The Period Of October 3, 2024 Through October 2, 2026 And Ralph Andersen & Associates To Continue Provision Of Executive Recruitment Staffing Services For The Period Of January 3, 2025 Through January 2, 2027, And For Each Of The Aforementioned Executive Recruitment Agency Contract, Add An Amount Of $125,000.00 For Contract Year One And $125,000 For Contract Year Two For A Total Amount Of $500,000.00 Over The Four-Year Term Of Each Contract 25-0479 Scheduled
14. 3.6 Subject: Temporary Staffing Service Agencies Agreements Extension And Name Correction From: Human Resources Management Department Recommendation: Adopt A Resolution Authorizing The City Administrator To Extend The Professional Services Agreements With Howroyd-Wright Employment Agency, Inc. D.B.A. Appleone Employment Services, HR Management Corp, Inc., And Tempositions, Inc. For A One-Year Term (December 1, 2025 To December 1, 2026) In An Amount Not To Exceed $125,000 Per Agreement And Increasing The Contract Value For Contract Year 2024-2025 In An Amount Not To Exceed $125,000 Per Agreement Resulting In A Six Year Term For A Total Amount Not To Exceed $750,000.00 For Each Agreement; And Amending Resolution 89841 To Correct The Name Of HR Management, Inc., To HR Management Corp, Inc. 25-0485 Scheduled
15. 3.7 Subject: Celebrating Women’s History Month From: Councilmembers Brown, Fife, Kaplan, And Ramachandran Recommendation: Adopt A Resolution In Celebration Of March 2025 As Women’s History Month And Honoring Women Who Have Demonstrated Exemplary Leadership And Whose Contributions To Oakland Have Made A Lasting Positive Impact In Our Communities 25-0530 Scheduled
16. 3.8 Subject: Conduit Financing For CMFA Adcock Joyner Apartments Affordable Housing Project From: Finance Department Recommendation: Adopt A Resolution Approving A Plan Of Finance Of The California Municipal Finance Authority To Issue And Reissue Revenue Bonds For A Qualified Residential Rental Project In An Aggregate Principal Amount Not To Exceed Thirteen Million Dollars ($13,000,000) For The Benefit Of Adcock Joyner Preservation, LP, And Certain Other Matters Relating Thereto Pursuant To Section 147(F) Of The Internal Revenue Code (26 U.S.C. § 147(f)) 25-0533 Scheduled
17. 3.9 Subject: Annual Governor’s Office Of Business And Economic Development Grant For Cannabis Equity Program From: Economic And Workforce Development Department Recommendation: Adopt A Resolution Authorizing The City Administrator To: (1) Apply For, Accept, And Appropriate Two Million Seventy-Four Thousand Three Hundred Sixty-Nine Dollars And Seventy-Five Cents ($2,074,369.75) In State Of California, Governor's Office Of Business And Economic Development (Go-Biz) Equity Act Grant Funds; And (2) Expend And Administer The Go-Biz Grant By: (A) Providing Grants For Business Start-Up And Ongoing Costs In An Amount Not To Exceed Two-Hundred And Fifty Thousand Dollars ($250,000) Per Grant For Cannabis Business Equity Applicants And Licensees, To Be Determined And Without Return To Council In A Cumulative Amount Not To Exceed One Million Eight Hundred And Sixty-Seven Thousand- Three Hundred Sixty-Nine Dollars And Seventy-Five Cents ($1,867,369.75) And (B) Covering Staffing And Other Administrative Costs For The City's Cannabis Equity Program In An Amount Not To Exceed Two Hundred And Seven Thousand Dollars ($207,000) 25-0532 Scheduled
18. 3.10 Subject: Oakland PFRS’s Investment Portfolio As Of December 31, 2024 From: Finance Department Recommendation: Receive An Informational Report On The Oakland Police And Fire Retirement System’s (“PFRS”, Or “System”) Investment Portfolio As Of December 31, 2024 25-0535 Scheduled
19. 3.11 Subject: Oakland PFRS’s Actuary Report As Of July 1, 2024 From: Finance Department Recommendation: Receive An Informational Report On The Oakland Police And Fire Retirement System’s (“PFRS”, Or “System”) Actuary Report As Of July 1, 2024, And Analysis Of Full Funding Status Of The Pension Obligation Ahead Of The Full Funding Date Of 2026 For The Purposes Of The City 25-0537 Scheduled
20. 3.12 Subject: Ordinance Amending OMC Chapter 8.28 From: Oakland Public Works Department Recommendation: Adopt An Ordinance Amending Oakland Municipal Code (OMC) Chapter 8.28 (Solid Waste Collection And Disposal And Recycling Ordinance) To: (1) Update Definitions For “Dwelling Unit” And “Food-Soiled Paper”; (2) Clarify That Subscription For Regular Collection Services For Mixed Materials And Organics (MM&O), And Recyclable Materials Is Mandatory, And That A Self-Haul Permit Is Required As A Means To Satisfy The Property Owner’s Obligation To Subscribe To Such Collection Services; (3) Stipulate That It Is Acceptable For Service Providers Other Than The MM&O Collector To Transport Bulky Goods Removed From Within A Premises As An Incidental Part Of An On-Site Property Cleanup Service; (4) Emphasize The Need For Business And Residential Units In A Mixed-Use Environment To Obtain Separate Solid Waste Collection Services; (5) Strengthen The Reporting Requirements For Haulers Providing Organic Waste Collection Service; (6) Authorize The City To Summarily Abate Nuisance Conditions Created By The Failure Of An Owner Of A Commercial Premises To Properly Dispose Of The Solid Waste Created, Produced, Or Accumulated On The Premises By Subscribing To Collection Service On Behalf Of The Property Owner; (7) Make The Costs Of Subscribing To Service On Behalf Of The Owner, Including The Administrative Costs Associated Therewith, A Special Assessment Against The Property Upon Which The Nuisance Conditions Are Maintained; And (8) Make Appropriate California Environmental Quality Act Findings 25-0536 Scheduled
21. 3.13 Subject: 12th + 10th 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); (2) Make Appropriate California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Findings; And (3) Waive The Local And Small Local Business Enterprise Program Requirements 25-0534 Scheduled
22. 3.14 Subject: Impact Fee Annual Informational Report And Findings Resolution For Fiscal Year 2023-24 From: Planning And Building Department Recommendation: Adopt A Resolution Accepting The Fiscal Year 2023-2024 Annual Impact Fee Informational Report And Making Findings Regarding Said Annual Impact Fee Report And Previously Presented Five-Year Impact Fee Reports Consistent With The Mitigation Fee Act, California Government Code Sections 66000 To 66025 25-0531 Scheduled
23. 3.15 Subject: Annual Physical Exam For Firefighters From: Oakland Fire Department Recommendation: Adopt A Resolution: (1) Authorizing The City Administrator To Enter Into A Professional Services Agreement With Agile Occupational Medical Center To Provide Annual Physical Examinations Of Sworn Oakland Fire Department (Department) Employees For The Period Of March 1, 2024, Through February 28, 2026, In An Amount Not To Exceed Eight Hundred And Fifty Thousand Dollars ($850,000.00), With An Option To Extend The Agreement For One Year Until February 28, 2027, At A Cost Of Up To Four Hundred Twenty Five Thousand Dollars ($425,000.00), And Without Returning To Council, For A Total Amount Not To Exceed One Million Two Hundred Seventy-Five Thousand Dollars ($1,275,000.00); And (2) Waiving The City’s Request For Proposals/Qualifications Process And Purchasing Requirements, And The Local And Small Local Business Enterprise Program Requirements For The Proposed Agreement 25-0542 Scheduled
24. 3.16 Subject: Assistance Promised To GIC, OakBRITE, And The BAMBD District From: Geoffrey Pete Recommendation:  Adopt A Resolution To Support And Strengthen The Black Arts Movement And Business District, Including (1) Direction To 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) Directing The Administration To 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 One Of Its Historic, Cornerstone African American Institutions, Geoffrey's Inner Circle, That Has Been Negatively Affected By Development; And To Make Resources Available To Businesses Such As Tenant Improvement, Facade Improvement, Place-Making, Space Activation, Accessibility, Etc. In The District. (3) Directing The Administration To 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; On The Finance And Management Committee Agenda And Community And Economic Development Committee Agenda; Date TBD 25-0541 Scheduled
25. 24 Recommendations From The February 25, 2025 Public Works And Transportation Committee
26. 3.17 Subject: Parking Meter Operations From: Department Of Transportation Recommendation: Adopt A Resolution (A) Authorizing The City Administrator Or His Designee To Execute A Three-Year Agreement With IPS Group Inc. For Parking Meters, Repair Parts, Communication And Transaction Fees, Related Services And A Contingency Of Ten Percent (10%) In The Amount Of $2,748,530 In Year One, $2,542,129 In Year Two And $2,680,846 In Year Three, For A Three-Year Total Not To Exceed Amount Of $7,971,504; (B) Authorizing A One-Time Payment In The Amount Of $224,013.73 To Pay Outstanding IPS Invoices; (C) Waiving The Request For Qualifications/Proposals Competitive Selection Requirement; And (D) Adopting Appropriate California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Findings 25-0462 Scheduled
27. 3.18 Subject: Master Site License Agreement For Installation Of Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure From: Department Of Transportation Recommendation: Adopt An Ordinance: (1) Authorizing The City Administrator To Negotiate And Execute With Flashparking, Inc. A Master Site License Agreement (MSLA) To Install And Operate Electric Vehicle Fast Charging Infrastructure For An Initial Term Of Six (6) Years From The Date Of The First Operational Charger With Two 4- Year Options To Renew For A Total Not To Exceed Commercial Operation Term Of Fourteen (14) Years At A Rate Of Zero Dollars ($0.00) Per Year For The Following Parking Facilities: (A) 18th Street Uptown Lot Located At 1800 San Pablo Avenue; (B) Franklin Plaza Garage Located At 1719 Franklin Street; (C) Frank G Mar / 1200 Harrison Garage Located At 278 12th Street; (D) Marriott/Convention Center Garage Located At 550 11th Street; (E) Oakland Museum Of California Garage Located At 1000 Oak St; (F) Parkway Lot Located At 341 East 19th Street; (G) Pacific Renaissance Plaza Garage Located At 388 9th Street; And (H) Telegraph Plaza Garage Located At 2100 Telegraph Avenue (2) Accepting And Appropriating Revenue In The Amount Of Fifty Percent (50%) Of Net Profits From The MSLA For The Purpose Of Recovering Staff Costs And Improving EV Infrastructure; And (3) Making Findings That The MSLA For A Below Fair Market Value Are In The Best Interest Of The City; And (4) Adopting Appropriate California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Findings 25-0498 Scheduled
28. 27 Recommendations From The February 25, 2025 Community And Economic Development Committee
29. 3.19 Subject: Informational Report Regarding The Caltrans Vision 980 Project From: Planning And Building Department Recommendation: Receive An Informational Report On The Caltrans Vision 980 Study 25-0454 Received and Filed
30. 29 Recommendations From The February 25, 2025 Special Public Safety Committee
31. 3.20 Subject: LETS Throw Phone Policy and Technology From: Oakland Police Department Recommendation: Adopt A Resolution Approving The Oakland Police Department's (OPD) Throw Phone Policy In Order For OPD To Acquire And Use The Lets Throw Phone Technology 25-0460 Scheduled
32. 3.21 Subject: CA DOJ Proposition 56 Tobacco Grant From: Oakland Police Department Recommendation: Adopt A Resolution Authorizing The City Administrator To Accept And Appropriate A Grant Award In The Amount Of One Million Four Hundred Ninety-Three Thousand One Hundred Forty-Three Dollars ($1,493,143) From The State Of California Office Of Attorney General, For Fiscal Year 2024-2028, For The Implementation Of The Oakland Police Department Proposition 56 Tobacco Grant Program; And Authorizing The City’s General Purpose Fund To Contribute One Hundred Eighty-Six Thousand Nine Hundred Ninety-Five Dollars ($186,995) To Cover Associated Central Services Overhead Costs 25-0480 Scheduled
33. 3.22 Subject: Oakland Public Safety Planning And Oversight Commission Enabling Ordinance From: Office Of The City Administrator Recommendation: Adopt An Ordinance Establishing The Oakland Public Safety Planning And Oversight Commission, Providing For The Appointment Of Members Thereof, And Defining The Duties And Functions Of Said Commission 25-0463 Scheduled
34. 4 Review Of Draft Agendas, Pending Lists, City Council And Committee Meetings 25-0493 Accepted as Amended Pass
35. 33 CHANGES MADE TO THE DRAFT MARCH 11, 2025 LIFE ENRICHMENT COMMITTEE AGENDA
36. 34 Open Forum
37. 34 AT THE CALL OF THE RULES AND LEGISLATION COMMIITTEE, THE MARCH 11, 2025 LIFE ENRICHMENT COMMITTEE MEETING WAS CANCELLED. THE NEXT MEETING IS SCHEDULED TO BE HELD ON TUESDAY, MARCH 25, 2025 AT 4:00 P.M.
38. 35 Adjournment
39. 35 CHANGES MADE TO THE DRAFT MARCH 11, 2025 PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE AGENDA
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41. 36 AT THE CALL OF THE RULES AND LEGISLATION COMMIITTEE, THE MARCH 11, 2025 PUBLIC SAEFTY COMMITTEE MEETING WAS CANCELLED. THE NEXT MEETING IS SCHEDULED TO BE HELD ON TUESDAY, MARCH 25, 2025 AT 6:00 P.M.
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