Good morning and welcome to the Rules and Legislation Committee of Thursday, January
15th. Before I call roll, I will give speaker card instructions. If you would like to speak
on any item on this agenda, please fill out a speaker's card and give that card to a clerk
representative before the item is called or 10 minutes after the start of the meeting.
This meeting started at 10 31. So your last opportunity to turn into speaker's card will
be at 1041 a.m. or before the item is called for discussion whichever comes
first. Our role for this meeting are council members Brown present council
member five present council member Ramachandran excused and chair Jenkins
present we'll be chairing this meeting showing three members present one
excused Ramachandran you have any announcements before we begin yeah happy
founders day to all my favorite AKA's that's it happy founders day to the
AKA's there are no minutes to be approved for this meeting going to new
scheduling items starting with item 3.1 receive an information report from the
city administrator on the proposed reorganization of the Department of
transportation parking division including the rationale for the
proposal a fiscal impact statement including any new or unfrozen staff
costs and an analysis of operational cost savings a summary of outreach that
occurred to Department of Transportation staff the public and the
business community and information on how the change would impact the parking
division's collaboration with other other departments this is asked to go
before the January 27th Public Works Committee agenda.
Is there anything for the administration?
My apologies, Candace from the city administrator's office
just to confirm we're on item 3.1, is that correct?
That's correct. Yes.
Administration is asking, and I'm not sure
if the council members who brought this item forward
are present, but we are asking that this item be moved
to the February 10th Public Works
in transportation committee agenda?
If, yes, that is okay with both myself
and Council Member Unger.
Okay, February 10th, thank you so much.
Moving to item 3.2,
adopted resolution honoring Michael P. Ford
for being awarded the National Parking Association's
Innovator of the Year award
on the January 27th Public Works
and Transportation Committee agenda.
Item 3.3, I believe, has a title change.
Is there somebody here from District Two
to read in the title change
or somebody from the city attorney's office?
District One, District Two, got me confused.
Okay, we'll come back to that.
I'm gonna be added as a co-sponsor to this item.
3.3, District Two can go and grab.
Oh, are you gonna read in the title change?
Okay, come on up.
No, we're on item 3.3.
Good morning.
Yes, the title change is Ordinance Amending Oakland Municipal Code, 9.08.260, prohibition
of prostitution and prostitution-related offenses to conform to state law, one, by repealing
the offense of loitering for the purpose of engaging in prostitution, two, adding loitering
for the purpose of purchasing commercial sex as an offense three allowing for the administrative
assessment of fines against sex purchasers sex traffickers and properties used for prostitution
and four creating a human trafficking survivor support fund so do you need to read it in
before that a council member five okay council member five yes through the chair to our district
to staff, is there a reason this is going to life in Richmond
and not public safety?
Yeah, through the chair, thank you for asking.
So our amendments to this municipal code
are intended to benefit all stakeholders
in the community and along International Boulevard,
the residents, the business owners, the individuals
that are being trafficked, the fines associated
with the amendments while intended to support victims
and survivors of sex trafficking are also intended
to impact demand and thus rid the community of sex trafficking.
Life enrichment has been about providing support services
and the fund that we are establishing, in fact,
are doing that.
And then in addition, they are enriching the life of everyone
in the community.
Ultimately, that's why we thought that the bill would be better for that committee.
We're not opposed to public safety, but that was our intention.
I thought it might be because the sponsor is the chair of public safety.
I wasn't sure.
No, she's not concerned about that.
Okay.
I would prefer this go to public safety.
Okay.
So we'll go to public safety.
Same date.
Noting that item 3.3 will be going to public safety on January 27.
Additionally, adding Council President Jenkins as a co-sponsor for this item.
Item 3.4, receive the annual comprehensive financial report,
and the auditors require communications to
City Council for the year ended June 30th, 2025.
This is asked to go to the February 10th Finance and Management Committee agenda.
Item 3.5 receive an information report on fiscal year 24 through 25
fourth quarter audited results for the general purpose fund and
Select funds on the February 10th finance and management committee agenda
Item 3.6 receive the Oakland redevelopment successor agency audit report for the year ended June 30th
2025 on the February 10th finance and management committee agenda
Item three point seven
Adopt a resolution awarding grant agreements to camps in common central legade de la raza
Conservation Society of California East Bay Alliance for a sustainable economy
Eden I in our ink family bridges in friends of parasa hacienda historical Park, Oakland Children's family fairyland
Spanish-speaking unity Council of Alameda County
Vietnamese community development incorporated of the East Bay in a total amount not to exceed one million
$610,831 for fiscal year 25-26 and $1,570,831 for fiscal year 26-27 and authorizing the
city administrator to negotiate and enter into a grant agreement with grantees for fiscal
years 25-27 with authority to extend the terms without increasing the amount of the grant
awards on the February 10th Finance and Management Committee agenda.
Good morning Chair Jenkins and members of the Rules Committee.
Iris Merrion's Chief of Staff to Council Member Ramachandran.
Council Member Ramachandran has asked that this item be moved to the Life Enrichment
Committee.
It aligns better there if it's suitable and amenable to Council Member Fife.
update on the same date that
committee is impacted by.
Several other items.
Chair 5 is as long as our.
Yes I don't believe our schedule is impacted that day.
Completely amenable thank you thank you.
Noting an item 3.7 will be going to life enrichment committee on
map to fiscal health objective of presenting a phase multi-year plan to
move the city towards compliance with voter mandated staffing service levels
and other agreements on the February 10th finance and management committee
agenda. Item 3.9 adopted resolution increasing the change order limit for
the contract with McGuire and Hester for the citywide pavement rehabilitation
2022 project from 25 percent to 27 and one half percent of the original contract for
a total contract amount not to exceed 19,232,418 dollars and 75 cents and waiving the competitive
process to the extent necessary on the February 10th Public Works and Transportation Committee
agenda item 3.10 a resolution authorizing the city
administrator to submit a foreign trade zone alternative
site framework application and to execute an agreement
with the foreign trade zone board of the US Department
of Commerce on the February 10th CED committee agenda item
3.11 has a title change I believe.
Good morning chair Jenkins and the members of the rules
Committee my name is Anna Bagtes human services manager the item 3.11 has a
title change should now read resolution awarding grant agreements to Mercy
Retirement and Care Center in an amount not to exceed $300,000 service
opportunity for seniors in an amount not to exceed $300,000 and the Alameda
county community food bank ink in an amount not to exceeds 266,666 thousand dollars to provide
nutrition services to Oakland older adults residents using sugar sweetened beverage distribution
tax funds. Thank you. Going to recommendations from the January 13th public works and transportation
committee starting with public works and transportation as finance and management
committee was canceled that day. Item 3.12 regarding the Montclair parking facilities operation
agreement. The committee approved the recommendations of staff and requested this that this item go to
the January 20th city council agenda on consent. Item 3.13 regarding the Caltrans delegated
maintenance agreement for litter removal. The committee approved this item and recommended
that it goes to the January 20th city council agenda on consent. So so it says on non-consent.
The mayor's office gave me a call this morning and asked for this to be placed on the consent
calendar and they said they would have a talk with President Pro Tem Gallo who waged opposition
and inform him more about this item.
If it pleases this body,
can this go to consent at the mayor's office request?
Any objections?
No objections.
I had a hard time hearing you.
Okay, so the mayor's office asked for this item
to be placed on consent.
They said they would speak with council member Gayo,
who is the one who waged some type of opposition to this,
and they said they would clear up any questions that he asked.
I'm I'm happy to move that I just want to make sure that that conversation with the with councilmember Gayo
Occurred because if we are
moving an item
from committee to
non-consent even though there was
Disagreement in the committee if it wasn't a unanimous decision
Then I want to make sure that the conversation with the council members is had
So if the mayor's office if there's a representative from the mayor's office here to state that on the record
I would appreciate that
president Jenkins
person
Good after or good morning council members. Thanks council president president Gil goer deputy chief staff to mayor Barbara Lee
So the other quest is that we that you move this to
Council on the consent agenda
My understanding from our team is that they have reached out to?
I know that we're having a
conversation on councilmember
guy oh but unfortunately I'm
not heard back from him.
And so I don't know if we're
able to continue this later in
the meeting until we get a hold
of them.
Our team did reach out let them
a voice mail and I reached out
to his team we just have her
back yet.
So through the chair if that if
we're able to continue this
item.
To later in the agenda.
I can.
Okay thank you.
Yeah we can move on and if it
ends up on concern it can always
be pulled off and.
has an issue with it and we're not able to reach him we will pull it off a
consent on next Tuesday yeah okay and it will be done at item three the chair
here you walls new rules on item going to item 3.14 starting with
recommendations from the Public Safety Committee of January 13th a resolution
in regard to the MOU between OPD and Santa Clara Police Department the
committee approved this item as amended,
changing the resolve clause as I will read.
That deployment of Oakland Police Department personnel
for any event shall not reduce on duty staffing levels
for patrol or specialized units
below OPD's established baseline.
This was requested to go to the January 20th
city council agenda on consent.
Going to item 3.15, a resolution regarding the ITPSA
with medical priority consultants.
The committee approved the recommendations of staff
and requested that this item go to the January 20th
city council agenda on consent.
Item 3.16, starting your recommendations
for the life enrichment committee of January 13th.
Item 3.16, the resolution regarding the HSD2026
on the summer food service program.
The committee approved the recommendations of staff
and forwarded this item to the January 20th
city council agenda on consent.
And that does conclude all of your item three
for new scheduling.
You do have speakers on this item.
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.
If you are on Zoom, please raise your hand
so I can easily identify you if you still wish to speak.
Artesha Rose, Doug Mount, Ali Obad,
Keith Schulerholt, sorry if I said that incorrectly,
Kirby Olson, Kevin Dally.
Good morning.
My name is Douglas Mount.
I am the assistant to the director.
I work in the Department of Transportation
work specifically in parking and mobility. Can you hear me? How about now? I think I'm going to try
to read this if you don't mind. Never done this before. Parking systems and enforcement is a complex
integration of technology, communications, staff of multiple departments, complex training issues,
and vendors working together all guided by California
and municipal ordinances and regulations.
Good parking management means both safer streets
and increased revenue.
It's not one or the other.
This is what it means to actively manage parking.
My understanding is that this reorg
that has been suggested in 3.1 on the agenda
is subject to city...
Thank you, Mr. Mount, your time has expired.
Good morning council members.
My name is Artisha Rose and I will be speaking on 3.1.
I am a supervisor for parking enforcement.
I've been with the city of Oakland since 1996.
I was a tech and then I became a supervisor in 23.
So this is just about having the move.
It will affect parking enforcement as a whole.
Yes we understand that we are revenue generating,
but we are also dealing with public safety.
So to actually have such a major move happen
without kind of talking to parking enforcement,
not talking to the techs,
it could be devastating to the city.
So we're asking that before you guys move and say yes,
that you guys allow us to again,
be able to talk about this,
and that you bring those that will affect,
that it will be affected, that you allow us
to have a seat at the table, because as my mama said,
if it ain't broke, don't fix it.
Thank you.
Good morning.
Madam Clerk, just for the records,
I am here on behalf of myself as a business owner
before you start my time,
as a business owner, city of Oakland resident,
not as a sugar tax commissioner, just for the records.
So good morning, everyone.
I'm just here to speak in support of these grants
that the money for the sugar tax
should be going to these organizations.
I'm speaking on 3.11.
So as you guys know that I've been speaking very vocal,
very hard in regard to the Slobber Grocers Initiative.
Let's keep asking the city of Oakland for the $500,000
that was given to them by the previous city councils.
that was before you guys, and it's like a ticking bomb
that would just be exploding in the city of Oakland
in regard to this fraud and everything
that was in the city audit to report.
So I just recommend that you guys always
and try to support these organizations.
That's been in the city of Oakland, Mercy, retirement,
the community food bank.
Thank you, Mr. Bodge, your time is up.
I'm speaking on both three-one and three-two,
so could I get extra time?
What is your name?
My name's Keith Sherholz, I'm the City of Oakland employee
in the Department of Transportation.
I'm honored to speak-
So I have you for item 3.1 only.
I'm speaking on item 3.1 and 3.2.
Kirby Olsen, is that your name?
No, my name's Keith Sherholz.
Okay, I only have one card for you with one item.
Can you take your sheet over to the clerks?
Okay, again, I'm honored to speak today
about Michael Ford receiving this national award
for parking innovation recognition.
That's long overdue for someone who's transformed
every program he's touched.
Over the past eight years, I've had the privilege
of working under Michael's leadership,
and I can say without hesitation,
he's the best teacher, mentor, and leader
I've encountered in my 26 year career
in public service in Oakland.
What makes Michael exceptional is not just
his innovative thinking, though pioneering new approaches
to parking management certainly deserves national attention.
It's how he develops people Michael doesn't just manage,
he teaches, he doesn't direct, he inspires.
Under his leadership, staff morale has just improved,
it's flourished, he's created environments
where people want to contribute, where they feel valued,
and where they grow professionally.
The revenue increases speak for themselves,
but the real measure of Michael's impact
is in the transformation of the people who work with him.
This award is not about parking innovation alone,
it's recognition of leadership that produces results,
develops people, and moves organizations forward.
Michael Ford embodies exactly the kind of leadership
any city should be fighting to keep, not trying to lose.
For the record, Kirby Olson speaking on item 3.1 and 3.2,
as a local 21 union member and a concerned Oakland resident.
I just wanted to thank council member Brown
and council member Unger for taking the lead
on this important topic.
The administration was attempting to shove through
a major reorganization of an essential city service
completely in the dark, without the consent of the council
or the knowledge of the public,
and contrary to your own adopted fiscal year 2526 budget.
Thanks to you, this secretive and hostile takeover
will now see the light of day.
As we all know, parking is one of the hottest topics
in the city of Oakland.
At Tuesday's Public Works and Transportation Committee
meeting, you heard public comment
from several business improvement districts
and the parking division team leaders
asking you to do everything you can to halt this takeover.
You also received a petition with 83 signatures
from parking division staff.
You've also received letters of opposition
from the bicyclists and pedestrian advisory commission,
bike East Bay, walk Oakland, bike Oakland,
transport Oakland and East Bay for everyone.
Every group that is deeply invested in the parking system
knows that parking should be located
in the Department of Transportation
as it is in every other major city in America
and as it has been since 2016
when the council created the DOT.
So I ask each of you, were you consulted
prior to this decision being made?
If your answer is no, then you are in the same boat
as us staff at DOT, the business improvement districts,
the advocates, and the public.
We all deserve answers on why
this hostile takeover is happening.
Specifically, who will benefit
and whose idea this really was,
because it does not appear to benefit
the citizens of Oakland or the DOT staff
that do this incredibly important and essential work
on your behalf.
Also wanna commend Michael Ford.
I've been working for him for the last eight years
since I started at the city.
He is without a doubt one of the best managers,
one of the most solid public servants that you have
working for the city of Oakland today.
And he deserves that award and every other award.
Thank you.
Kevin Dally from Transport Oakland.
I'll be speaking both 3.1 and 3.2.
and they're both related to parking.
Oh, in 2016, Mayor Schaff and the City Council
created Oak Dot as a standalone department.
From the beginning, parking has been part of Oak Dot.
Recently, the city administrator has discussed plans
of moving parts of parking into the finance department,
just as Oak Dot was created with council input
and with public input,
we should have public input to move parking back
into the city administrator.
My organization Transport Oakland was part of the push
to create a standalone parking, sorry,
transportation department,
and we're hoping to keep it this way.
In my role as the co-chair of the parking
legislative committee of the bicyclist and pedestrian advisory commission, we
will have a committee meeting on January 27th at 6 p.m. and we will be
discussing this topic. We're hoping that someone from finance or city
administrator will attend and present the plan so that we can understand
what's going on. Possibly we'll all agree with it once we hear something from the
administrator, but so far we don't have a clear plan. Now, parking under Michael
Ford has made transportation safer. This year we have a grant for implementing
flexible parking throughout the city. Flexible parking, demand-based parking,
it means that you raise and lower the price of parking so that there is
is roughly one parking spot per block.
That means if I bring my mother-in-law
to a dentist appointment,
I can find parking pretty close to her dentist.
It means I don't have to circle endlessly,
create additional traffic as I'm driving around.
Don't have to worry about almost running
into Council Member Brown when I did drop her off
at the dentist appointment, my apologies.
but there'll also be less parking in bike lanes,
less parking in crosswalks, et cetera.
This will make things safer for pedestrians,
for cyclists, even for drivers who are looking for parking.
Mr. Port has also increased collections
as part of the parking program.
That's what the award is for.
He's done a great job at bringing in more money
to the city of Oakland.
Thank you, Mr. Ford, and thank you council members.
Thank you, Mr. Daly.
At this time, all names have been called,
and all speakers took their opportunity to speak.
Okay.
So on 3.1, we're gonna reschedule to February 10th, 3.3.
We're gonna note the title change
in adding myself as a sponsor,
and this will be moved to Public Safety, 127.
3.7, we're gonna move it to LAC 3.11.
There'll be a title change.
and 3.13 we're gonna move it to consent
with that I'll entertain a motion.
Move approval.
Second.
On the motion by council member Brown
seconded by council member five to move item three
as amended.
Council member Brown.
Aye.
Council member five.
Aye.
Council member Ramachandran is excused.
Chair Jenkins.
Aye.
Motion passes with a vote of three ayes
and one excused council member Ramachandran.
Going to item four, review of the draft agendas,
pending list and city council and committee meeting agendas
before you have all the agendas attached
for the week of January 20th
and the draft agendas for January 27th.
Anything from the administration?
Good morning, yes, Candace again
from the city administrator's office.
We do have several changes across pending lists
as well as changes to the draft agendas in the packet.
I do see staff approaching the podium to make a change,
I believe to CED, if I can have staff approach first
and then I will move on through the items that we have.
Thank you so much.
Hello Chair Jenkins and members of the Rules Committee.
I'm Michael Johnson,
Administrative Analyst Two in Planning and Building.
We're requesting to move item two
on the CED draft agenda for January 27th,
the semi-annual tracking report for code enforcement
to the February 10th, 2025 CED committee meeting.
Thank you for your time and consideration
of this department's request.
So item two, CED move to pending list?
To the 210-26 CED committee?
Okay.
All right, thank you.
My apologies, Candace, again,
from the city administrator's office.
He said item two on the CED draft agenda is the pending list.
Are we talking about the pending list?
Yes, so I'm sorry, on the CED pending list,
I believe that's what he was referring to.
item number two on the CED pending list. It's the semi-annual tracking report for code enforcement.
You're requesting to move that to February 10th. Correct. Correct. OK. Thank you so much.
Thank you. Thank you. Also, we do have other changes to the pending list. First, taking
your attention to the finance pending list for February 10th. The one item listed under
February 10th's finance pending list is the information report from the city administrator
on the fiscal year 2528 city-wide strategic plan, we would like to move that back to January
27th, Finance and Management Committee.
Now taking your attention back to the draft agendas and to the January 27th Finance and
Management Committee agenda, item number five on that agenda, which is the Fair Labor Standards
over time in this investigation report.
We were asking that that item be moved
to April 21st, Finance and Management Committee.
Then drawing your attention back
to the CED Commit Draft Agenda for the 27th.
The one last item on the, well the one,
the item number three, my apologies, on this agenda,
the HCD Anti-displacement Strategic Action Plan.
We are requesting to move that to February 10th.
So we would like to withdraw it
from this January 27th draft agenda to February 10th.
And also noting item number four
on that January 27th CED agenda,
the relocation agreement,
that item was inadvertently placed on this draft agenda.
So this was not scheduled to this agenda.
It was actually should be scheduled to the February 10th CED.
So, just noting that and with that I do see chair,
CED chair, Rowena, thank you so much.
Okay, thank you so much for the updates.
Just wanna flag that potentially February 10th,
maybe there may be a handful of items on there now.
So, hopefully we can maybe make a few adjustments
with the most important, well, all of them are important,
but really ensuring that the anti-displacement
item is actually presented on February the tenth.
Thank you.
Thank you for that we'll do a council member around and noting with those items being removed
from the January twenty seventh wrap agenda there will be no items on the c.e.d. agenda
so we wanna ask and confirm with the council member if we can cancel the c.e.d. for January
what we're going to do we're
going to move forward on January
twenty seventh so we can also
move up public safety on that
same day but we would like to
get approval from councilmember
Brown first.
Yes that works for me.
Great thank you so much and so
with that.
C. E. D. meeting being canceled
on January twenty seventh we ask
I mean we do have the chair of
public safety staff here
have to move up to one thirty.
P. M. on that day.
Good morning but you're really
through as- councilmember Wong
yes she agrees that that is
fine to move the- the public
safety meeting from six to one
thirty on the twenty seven.
Thank you so much and I believe
we also got the confirmation
from the committee members in
that on that day as well so.
Thank you so much.
Those are all the changes from
check my schedule I'll have to be excused from that public safety committee
meeting. I have another event scheduled at that time. I was I was previously
excused from CED. My staff just reminded me. Okay. District two can make sure that
there's quorum. You can check with the other council members. Yeah council member
Brown said yes and council member Houston said yes as well so I think
we'll be okay. Council member Brown. Yeah I just think let's just ensure everyone
Okay any comments?
Yes, I call your name please
oppose the party in any order
please state your name for the
record before beginning this is
for item four I have Kevin
dally and Rajni Mandel.
Hi Kevin dally from transport
Oakland I'm requesting that the
council plan two and a half
years in advance this time on
fire code and that we place the
fire code on the site that we
place the fire code on the pending list every three years starting with September
2028 on some combination of public works and transportation, public safety, and
the economic development. This year we did not get the fire code on the agenda
until December, just a few weeks before it was due. We got the text of the code
just a couple days before it came to committee.
And that's why we have a fire code
that actually is in violation of copyright law.
The owner of the fire code copyright
has sent an email to me explaining that yes,
it is illegal to include the full text
of Appendix D in the fire code.
We probably should get this changed ahead of time,
but at least let's put the every three-year list
of fire code on the pending list.
Would also be wonderful if Oakland would join,
file a brief on PRO versus CBSC,
which allows public access to fire code
and other building codes.
But for now, first step,
put it on the pending list ahead of time.
Thanks.
Thank you for your comments moving to our Zoom speaker,
Raji Mandel.
Please unmute yourself and begin your comments.
Raji Mandel, District 4, I have one future agenda request
and one brief procedural clarification regarding
an item already on a future council agenda.
First, I'm following up on the memo and email
I sent to council regarding measure and then governance
and the role of the Public Safety Planning
and Oversight Commission.
As detailed in that memo, multiple OP-SPOC agenda packets
show strategic planning documents being used
to introduce program concepts,
including mental health initiatives, macro expansion,
and ambulance service discussions,
rather than reviewing department initiated proposals.
Measure NN created a planning and oversight body,
not a program creation body.
Without rules level clarification,
strategic planning is drifting into program origination,
which blurs accountability and weakens oversight independence,
a risk that the city auditor has already identified.
I'm requesting that rules agenda as a discussion
to clarify ops box scope
and planning workflow under measure NN.
Second, regarding an item already scheduled
for the January 20th city council meeting,
the mayor's appointments to the police commission,
I wanna note for the record that I've emailed the clerk
and the council president copy,
requesting that the application packets
for the nominees be posted.
I'm not requesting a new agenda item.
I'm simply asking that this existing item be completed
with the underlying application materials.
So council and the public have the full record
prior to consideration.
It's a matter of agenda completeness and transparency
which falls within rules purview.
Thank you.
Second, please, our speakers.
Yes.
Okay, so CD, so item four, FMC February 10th,
item one is going to be rescheduled to January 27th,
FMC item five rescheduled to April 21st,
CED item three rescheduled to February 10th,
item four will be rescheduled to February 10th,
CED counseled for January 27th,
and we're moving public safety up to 1 p.m. or 1.30 p.m.
on January 27th.
And we move on to the motion to
approve item one thirty one
thirty PM with that all
entertain motion.
I move approval of the items.
On the motion by councilmember
brown seconded by councilmember
five.
To approve item four as amended
councilmember brown I also
member five.
Councilmember Rama Chandra is
excused chair Jenkins I motion
passes with a vote of three I's
have no speakers. All right. This meeting's adjourned at 11 11.