good morning and welcome to the rules on legislation Committee of November excuse me November 13th
2025 before I call roll I will give speaker card instructions if you're looking to speak on any agenda item on this
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On roll our councilmember Brown
Councilmember five present councilmember Ramachandran and
Chair Jenkins present showing four members present
Welcome to Oakland. Welcome Oakland High School to
City of Oakland we appreciate you guys being here and seeing how democracy takes place. Hopefully we have future
Council members in here and council staff the next leaders of Oakland
Council member we know
Sure
Excellent. Well, welcome. Thank you so much for joining us and look forward to
Chatting maybe after and then I believe that I will be there at your school next Friday for a special showcase
We will have a meeting on October 30, 2025.
We are doing a bridge to AI event in Showcase so look forward to seeing a lot of you there.
Thank you so much for joining us.
Thank you Councilmember Brown.
Going to item two which is approval of the draft minutes from the meeting of October 30, 2025.
We just need a motion.
I'll move the item.
Second.
to approve the draft minutes
starting with councilmember
Brown.
Aye.
Councilmember Fyfe.
Aye.
Councilmember Ramachandran.
Aye.
Chair Jenkins.
Abstain.
Motion passes with a vote of
three ayes, one abstain
Jenkins.
Going to your new scheduling
items.
Starting with item 3.1.
Adopt an ordinance amending
Oakland Municipal Code chapter
10.20 and adopting appropriate
guidance.
And adopting appropriate sequel findings to reflect changes in Oakland Street Network and to modify speed limits on Broadway and International Boulevard
This is requested to go to the November 18th Public Works and Transportation Committee agenda
Adam 3.2 includes the following pieces of legislation a resolution amending a
Resolution recommending to the Civil Service Board the exemption of the classification of payroll
Administrator from the operation of civil service and a resolution recommending to the civil service board
the exemption of the classification of procurement and contracts administration from the operation of civil service and
an ordinance amending the salary schedule of ordinance number one two one eight seven
to add the full-time classification of payroll administrator and add the full-time classification of procurement and
contracts administrator and amend the salary of the full-time classification of park equipment operator
I'm in the salary of the part-time classification of senior aid
To ensure compliance with the Oakland with the city of Oakland minimum wage ordinance
This is asked to go to the December 9th finance and Management Committee agenda
item 3.3 a resolution authorizing the city administrator to award a contract to Safeway sign a non-local
Business enterprise and the lowest responsive and responsible bidder to furnish traffic sign making supplies and pavement marking materials
In the amount not to exceed two million five hundred thousand dollars
for the period from November 20th 2025 to November 20th 2030
It accordance with the request for a quotation number two three eight four six five
specification number 25 dash eight zero one dash zero zero and
The general conditions on file in the purchasing section and the contractors bid this is requested to go before the December 9th
public works and transportation committee agenda
item 3.4 a resolution authorizing the city administrator to enter to a grant agreement with friends of Parrassa
Hacienda historical part in a total amount not to exceed forty five thousand nine hundred dollars for fiscal year 25 to 26
In forty five thousand nine hundred dollars for fiscal year twenty six twenty seven. This is requested to go before the
December 9th life enrichment committee agenda item three point five. I believe has a title change from staff
Good morning council
item three point five
Addendum to affiliation agreement between the University of San Francisco and the city of Oakland
There is a title change, and the recommendation should read,
authorizing the city administrator to accept a gift of in-kind services
pursuant to the affiliation agreement with the University of San Francisco
School of Nursing and Health Professions to implement nurse-led and public
health initiatives to expand health and wellness access,
student engagement and community programming for older adults at an estimated
value not to exceed $150,000 per year for up to three years and to negotiate and execute
any additional agreements required to facilitate receipt of the in-kind services.
Thank you and that is requested to go to the December 9th Life Enrichment Committee agenda.
Going to item 3.6, a resolution authorizing the city administrator to accept and appropriate
the fiscal year twenty four and twenty five state of california citizens option
for public safety
for state cops grant ala allocation the amount of eight hundred fifty one
thousand seventy two dollars
to fund helicopter maintenance
computer technology upgrades marketing supplies
workforce supplies asset management and technology refurbished workstations
and state cops grant allocation in the amount of five hundred twenty nine
thousand
$37 to helicopter maintenance crime lab equipment
upgrades training and commute computer technology upgrades on the December 9th Public Safety Committee agenda
Adam 3.7
Receive an information report from Oakland's Police Department surveillance technology
2024 annual reports on the December 9th Public Safety Committee agenda
and 3.8
Adopt a resolution authorizing the city administrator to enter into an agreement with bright research group for training and capacity building services
from January 1 2026 to December 31 2026
For a total contract amount not to exceed seventy five thousand dollars in waiving the competitive request for proposals
qualification requirement and authorizing the city administrators to enter into a professional services agreement with Roka for cognitive
cognitive behavioral theory theory
training services for the term of January 1, 2026 to September 30,
2026 in an amount not to exceed $36,000 in waiving the competitive
request for proposals and local small business enterprise program
requirements on the December 9, 2025 public safety committee agenda.
Item 3.9, your final new scheduling item, a resolution amending resolution
number 90732 to correct the business name from the University of Pennsylvania's Crime
and Justice Policy Lab to the trustees of the University of Pennsylvania, and amending
a professional services agreement with the trustees of the University of Pennsylvania
for the term starting July 1, 2025 to add $362,087 for a total amount not to exceed
four hundred thirty nine thousand nine hundred and fifty two dollars and to extend the end date to December 31
2028 to evaluate the city of Oakland ceasefire lifeline strategy and
Waving the city of Oakland's local small local business enterprise program requirements and competitive bidding process
This is asked to go before the December 9th
public safety
agenda
That was your last new scheduling item and you do have speakers on this item
Going right to the public speakers as I call your name
Please approach the podium or please raise your hand if you're participating via zoom so I can easily identify you
starting with Kevin Dally
Rajni Mandal and Blair beacon first the podium in any order or
Raise your hand and zoom so I can identify you
going first today
Beginner Blair here, COPS funding.
Just speech of three items, 3.6 Blair-Beekman.
Beginner Blair here, COPS funding stands for COPS,
citizens options for public safety grants.
After many years, I felt COPS funding was for heavier,
more militarized law enforcement equipment
like helicopter repairs, artillery and bear caps.
But its name sounds like it should be more
how to address everyday community
and their local neighborhood needs and concerns.
Thank you that it is currently being questioned and reasoned
as an entire community process
that OPD already has enough armaments.
Let's hope there can be better consideration
for possible less future Bearcat expenditures as well.
For item 3.7, if current questions
in whether or not to keep FLOC
as an ALPR data coordinator and vendor
cannot be better worked out
at the November 18th public safety committee meeting or soon,
I hope in the next six-month time period, the City of Oakland can simply continue to
be having community discussion and try to find a more trusting, responsible provider
that can take over the previous block contracts with Oakland ALPRs.
San Diego, where I've been living for the past few years, and after living in San Jose,
Alameda County, and the Oakland area for the previous 15 years...
Thank you, Mr. Bickman.
Your time is up.
I have one card here for you that says only one item.
Can you share what you have with the clerks
over there please?
Thank you Mr. Beekman.
Can you share what you have with the clerks over there?
Commissioner Mandel, District 4.
I'm speaking on item 3.4.
I would like to commend the city administrator
for bringing forth the resolution to authorize a grant
to Peralta Hacienda Historical Park.
I've attended a field trip there with my daughter
and was amazed by the enthusiasm
and depth of knowledge of the staff
and how their teaching program really engaged students.
The park is in dire need of funds and although I welcome this funding, I hope that they're
able to receive more.
This is a jewel of Oakland history.
Thank you.
Kevin, are you in the chambers?
Kevin Dally, Transport Oakland.
It's wonderful to see the speed limits changing or consideration of the speed limit changing
on Broadway and international.
I'm hoping we can reduce traffic fatalities and traffic injuries.
Thanks.
Thank you.
We'll give you your two additional minutes.
Sorry, my voice was a little loud as I was taking away.
I wanted to speak on a quieter voice.
I'm sorry, I didn't.
Okay, onto item 3.7, I guess.
I'll start at 3.7 and 3.8 on my other two items.
If current questions, if whether or not to keep Flock
as an ALPR data coordinator and vendor cannot be better
worked out at the November 18th public safety meeting or soon,
I hope in the next six month time period the city of Oakland can simply continue
to be having community discussion and try to find a more trusting, responsible provider
that can take over the previous floc contracts with Oakland AOPRs.
San Diego, where I've been living in the past three years and after living
in San Jose, Alameda County, and Oakland area for the past 15 years is starting
to ask these same current questions of Oakland
as local cities are realizing there can be different tech
and data collection options and choices besides the young growing monolith
of Flock and that can still respect the current public safety standards and practices of Oakland.
I think this is a responsible ask in wanting a more trusting responsible tech company managing
community AOPR and data privacy.
Good luck in connection to the San Diego community with this Flock question at this time.
With my remaining time, item 3.8 is an item from the Department of Violence and Prevention.
It is $100,000 for a cognitive behavioral theory training research group.
It sounds interesting and helpful in how conversation and dialogue can help reduce crime.
I'm hopeful programs like this can be a good example in how local Bay Area, California,
and US cities may be at a new beginning of a more straightforward, honest, less competitive
dialogue with the current Trump administration and how they can begin to listen better in
local communities already doing well at the federal level.
And for this new Trump federal administration to then be able to respond with more appropriate
federal government support ideas and funding dollars thank you thank you mr.
Beekman I think that concludes our speakers noting the title change on 3.5
I'll entertain a motion 5 from approval council move 5 what was that I'll move
approval on this item speaking in the third person viper moveable move
approval motion by councilmember five seconded by councilmember Ramachandran
on item three councilmember Brown aye councilmember five aye and councilmember
Ramachandran I chair Jenkins motion passes with a vote of four ayes noting
the change to item 3.5 going to item 4 review of a draft agendas pending list
City Council and committee meetings you have attached all your meetings for the
next two weeks including the canceled meetings of November the week of
Thanksgiving November 27th let's go to the public speakers as I call your name
please approach the podium in any order please state your name for the record
before beginning, Kevin Dally, Rajni Mandal, and Belair Beekman.
Kevin Dally, I'm a co-chair of the Policy and Legislative Committee of the Bicyclist
and Pedestrian Advisory Commission.
And it's that time that we do every three years to bring up the Fire Code before the
City Council.
The Fire Code is not yet on the pending list.
I know the Fire Department wants it passed
by the end of the year.
It would be good to see the amendments come out
before we're down to just a week or two to discuss it.
And what I'm gonna suggest is a slight change
from the standard practice.
So my committee, by the way, has been discussing fire code
for the last year, especially those parts related
to transportation.
I would like to have Public Works and Transportation look at sections 503 and Appendix D. And
those are the sections related to fire apparatus access roads.
So that requires streets to be 20 feet wide or 26 feet wide or possibly block traffic
calming measures.
And then the rest of the Fire Code should probably go to public safety and or community
and economic development.
Different cycles go to different committees, but it'd be good to get it in the list.
We have the BPAC, bicyclist, and pedestrian advisory commission will be discussing the
traffic-related Fire Code Thursday.
We will have some suggested amendments to it
but it would really help if we could see what the city wants to do and I think that the city administrator has failed a
little bit by not
Having the item as a regularly occurring event
It should be on the pending list as once every three years and list the date of the next item
Next one of course is preferably November. Maybe
Thank you for your comments
Rajni Mandel district for I am disappointed the agendas for next week's committee meetings haven't been finalized and made publicly available
It is already tough to coordinate with my neighbors to attend meetings
But to not have the agenda beforehand also hampers public participation by e-comment and signing up to be a zoom speaker
Although the rule is 48 hours for special meetings and 72 hours for regular meetings in the past
we have had agendas posted with more days in advance.
Please consider publishing agendas
at least five days prior to committee meetings.
Thank you.
Hi. Thank you.
I have the exact same sentiment.
I technically cannot sign up for item three 24 hours in advance
because you only list item three.
You don't list all the items on item three 24 hours in advance.
I have no choice to place item three
on my Zoom public comment.
Now what am I supposed to do?
I was told I only had one minute when we're trying
to work out a system we'll be talking after the meeting today.
It's an old problem that I thought we worked out.
We'll work on it more after the meeting.
I wanted to quickly comment on item
for the Public Safety Committee agenda.
It's going to be a really important meeting on the future
of AOPR use and the use of floc in Oakland.
Floc has really come around as we can be questioning it.
And what my previous public comments tried to offer is that interestingly we're at a time
that we actually can have choices to consider the future of Flock.
And it doesn't necessarily, everything hinges on our lives with the future of Flock.
There are different data collection companies that we can be looking into
that can be a more responsible partner possibly.
And that's what the November 18th will be exploring.
I think we can, I personally feel we can take six months to really work on it.
people may have better ideas, we can do things now.
But if we can possibly take six months
and really find a new vendor,
good luck in those efforts,
just if we can be openly considering that, thank you.
See, and no more speakers, I'll entertain a motion.
I will make a motion to approve this item.
Second.
I approve all, second by Ramachandran.
On item four, moved by Councilmember Fyfe,
second by Councilmember Ramachandran,
Councilmember Brown aye
Councilmember five aye and councilmember Ramachandra aye motion passes. I'm sorry. I forgot you were here been in China
Motion passes with a vote of four ayes. I'm going to your last item open forum as I call your name
Please approach the podium in any order or raise your hand in zoom so I can easily identify you
Rajni mandala
Kevin dally
Mr.. Vin key, sorry if I said that incorrectly and Blair Beekman in any order, please
Rajni Mandel district for I'm urging the immediate removal of commissioners Omar farmer and Ricardo Garcia Costa for repeated
Violations of the police Commission's code of conduct as I have written to you previously
The code requires neutrality acting in the public interest and clearly separating personal views from official Commission positions
Yet, in a radio interview, both spoke as if representing the Commission while attacking
Council, and in their NSA statement, they accused the city of falsehoods and even claimed
that failing to defend them could jeopardize NSA compliance for the city, a self-serving
assertion made without authorization.
These actions violate sections A8 and A9 and undermine the city's credibility before the
federal court.
Oaklanders need commissioners who uphold integrity, not partisanship, and who follow their own
rules. I urge you to recommend their immediate removal. Thank you. Hi, Blair Bikman. I'm
not going to be able to be the public safety committee next week so I decided
to show up today in person to be high. Ultimately I feel everyone wants to work
towards a more positive sustainable future and good goals for the future of
Bay Wasee and for Bay Area Emergence Preparedness and Planning. I have a
simple beginning plea at this time. Can local Bay Area governments and
communities please have more open conversations, open dialogue, and to ask
ask each other more questions about the future best direction for Bayuwase. Bayuwase has
at least had the decency to be currently developing a subcommittee process. It can be a legal
structured way to invite local Bay Area governments and communities to begin to more openly ask
questions, to hear plans and ideas, and to offer good advice for better understandings
and what can be the best for the future direction of local Bay Area emergency preparedness planning
and Baywassie itself.
To note, this would also allow for more conversation
between local Bay Area governments and communities
and how to develop best practices
to better address current federal administration plans
for local Bay Area communities as well.
Best practices, trusted conversation and open dialogue
is exactly what the mayors of San Francisco
and San Jose have offered to the current Trump
federal administration this past October.
It seems these initial good ideas
of more open conversation and dialogue
can be shared across the country at this time.
I hope an open public process of study, review,
and open dialogue for the future of Bay Owasi
by local Bay Area governments and communities
can also be better considered at this time as well.
I feel these are the ideas of better reasoning,
best practices, and open democracy
that tends to work towards positive sustainability
and peace, as secrecy and opacity
are usually the practices of war
and its needs and use of harm in decision making.
Thank you.
If your name was Connie,
we should speak during Open Forum.
Please approach the podium.
All names have been called.
Seeing no more speakers, this meeting is adjourned.