Good morning and welcome to the rules and legislation committee meeting on this Thursday, March 5th
The time is now 10 34 and before I call roll
I would like to give instructions on how to submit a speaker card for an item on this agenda
If you are here
Participating with us in chambers in person, please submit a speaker card to a clerk representative
be for the item is called or 10 minutes after this meeting has begun which this meeting began at 1034 so that will be
1044
If you would like to register speaker card online those were due 24 hour for this meeting began so that would have been
1034 yesterday
So again if you would like to submit a speaker card in your hearing chamber
So please fill out a speaker card and turn it into a crook representative before the item is read into record or before
1844 with that being said I will now commence with roll
On roll for this meeting councilmember Brown present councilmember fight present councilmember Rama chandrin
present and
Council president here Jenkins president good morning governor. Good morning. Thank you for that before I go to the first item council president
Do you have any announcements? Yes the rules for next week will start at 9 8
again the rules for next week will start at 9 a.m. I hope everybody's here.
So noted rules next Thursday will be at 9 a.m. with that being stated we're going
on to the first item item number two is approval of the draft minutes for the
committee meeting on February 19th 2026 we have no speakers need a motion I'll
move approval of the minutes. Second. And that was a motion by council member Brown
seconded by council member five to approve the draft minutes for February 19th 2026 on
roll council member Brown I council member fight I council member Ramachandran I and
chair Jenkins I item number two was approved with four eyes. Moving on to the new scheduling
items, starting with item 3.1.
Item 3.1 is a resolution authorizing the city administrator
to apply for, accept, and appropriate up to $1,600,000
in funds from the state of California Department of Housing
and Community Development, Pro-Housing and Incentives
pilot program for capitalized service reserves
for affordable housing, and to make
grants or development loans upon the new construction
of the multifamily rental affordable housing program
or the rapid response homeless housing program,
contingent on funding availability,
and this is being requested to be scheduled
for March 10th, 2026,
Community and Economic Development Committee agenda.
I will read in the urgency finding for this item,
which states, city staff were only recently advised
by the state that the pro-housing designation renewal
for Oakland is likely to be approved
in the time for this grant's March 31st deadline,
which makes the city eligible to apply.
The March council meeting is the only opportunity
for staff to secure authorization
to apply in advance of the March 31st
grant application deadline.
Item 3.2 is receive an oral information report
on the Oakland Police Department's compliance
with the negotiated settlement agreement,
and this is being requested to be scheduled
for the March 26th public safety committee agenda.
I see staff at the podium.
Good morning, Michael Wimsant
with council member Wong's office.
This item is urgent because council has not heard
a status update on the negotiated settlement agreement.
And this is very important for the public safety chairs,
public safety priorities.
City administration has pointed to the availability
of presenters by the state as well.
Thank you.
So it's my understanding to the administration
there is a report that comes in April. Is that correct? To the chair yes staff is
planning to schedule this item under item 4 today to go to the April 21st
meeting. I think she would like an earlier appraisal of what NSA compliance
efforts are looking like in addition to April and we have spoken to OPD
indicating their availability as well. What's the adverse impact that would
current that's not heard. Just did the earlier the better in terms of informing on going
oversight and budget setting priorities than the public safety committee will consider.
I get it's the risk. I was I'm not hearing an adverse impact and also rule twenty six
be of the council rules procedure planning and coordination of informational reports
depending on the complexity. Informational reports can be costly to the city because
their preparation can expend significant staff time and other resources. Accordingly, requests
for informational reports should be minimized and shall be consistent with the City Council
approved meeting calendar which details due dates for reports to the City Administration's
Office, reports to the Clerk, and agenda distribution. So if we're hearing a report in April and
And there is no valid adverse impact that would occur if we waited until April.
I want to let the rest of the colleagues weigh in to this.
What do you guys want to do?
What are the dates?
What's the difference in time frame?
This particular date and the scheduled date?
So an oral report would be heard March 10th and then another report would be heard in
April.
Is the April oral report as well?
No.
should opt I'm not telling us what we should do if we're getting a report with
written documents that is coming to April that is a more thorough and
comprehensive report it's like it's I would argue that it's more logical to
get the more thorough report since it's what three weeks time frame in between
April you said April 10th April 21st oh four weeks okay any all right so we'll
push a table thank you and for clarity we are not scheduling this item or will
be scheduling item 3.2 it'll be we're scheduling on item number four is that
correct yes or no so we will not schedule it an item number for the
report for the NSA will be scheduled thank you for that so noting 3.2 no
action is being taken on this item moving on item 3.3 the next three items
just to the public and staff will require rule 24 statements so staff
Please be prepared to approach the podium and state your rule 24 item 3.3 is a
resolution in support of the California Senate bill
959 Grayson which would one empower local fire officials to determine whether
California schools should cancel classes due to the threat of wildfires to ensure that the schools would not lose average daily
attendance funding for
Preemptively canceling classes when facing wildfire danger and three keep students and residents in Oakland and neighborhood
neighboring communities safe as the
Frequency and severity of the wildfire continues to increase statewide and this is being requested to be scheduled for the March 16th
Special City Council agenda on consent. Do we have a rule 24 for this item? Yes. Thank you. Typically
Items involving state legislation go straight to council the urgency is that the author senator Grayson as well as
co-authors include our senators are again and
assemblymember Wicks are
co-authors of
Have all requested that letters of the resolutions and support arrive as early as possible before these items are heard
Thank you for that so noted rule 24 was stated item 3.4
This is a resolution in support of HR 5 3 5 6 the National Infrastructure Bank Act of 2025
This item is also being requested to be scheduled to the special March 16th City Council agenda on consent
Do we have someone available to state the rule 24 to why this is bypassing committee?
Yes, this is an advisory resolution in support of a congressional bill and
To be redundant these items typically are scheduled straight to council
Thank you for that
Item 3.5 is a resolution authorized the reimbursement in an amount not to exceed
2,500 dollars per person from the City Council contingency fund for traveling cost of Council President Jenkins
Kevin Jenkins, excuse me, deputy chief of staff to council president Kevin Jenkins and
deputy policy analyst to the council members that council member Zach Unger to travel to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania for federal advocacy
And this is also being requested to be scheduled to the March 16th city council agent special City Council agenda on consent
Is there a rule 24 needed to be stated for this item as well?
Typically, items go straight to council.
Thank you for that council president.
Moving on to item 3.6,
item 3.6 is receive an informational report
regarding progress in the 2023,
2025 on implementing the 2030 equitable climate action plan.
This item is being requested to be scheduled to the March 24th,
2026 Public Safe Public Works
and Transportation Committee agenda.
Item 3.7 is an ordinance one authorizing
the city administrator to negotiate and execute
a lease agreement with
the non-profit Oakland Parks and Recreation Foundation
for the Tyrone Kearney Park at 10501 Alkalini's Drive,
Oakland at the rate of zero dollars and
serial cents for a term of two years with
five one-year options to extend
the four maintenance and workforce training,
and two, making findings that
the below market rate is in the city's best interests,
and three, making
California Environmental Quality Act findings,
and this is being requested to be scheduled for
the March 24th CED committee agenda.
Item 3.8 is a resolution approving in accordance with
the City Council budget appropriations and allocations
as adopted by the fiscal year 25 through 27 budget
ongoing cooperative purchase agreement exceeding $250,000
for citywide commodity and services contracts as set forth
in Table 1 in the amount not to exceed $2,900,000
to be scheduled for the March 24th Life Enrichment Committee
Agenda.
Item 3.9 is receive an information report on one
the impact of the ordinance number 13825 CMS
that amends the local and small local business enterprise,
LSLBE program certificate requirements,
and two recommendations for potential changes to
the LSLBE program to be scheduled for
the March 24th Life Enrichment Committee agenda.
Item 3.10, this is a title change,
and I will read a new title.
The new title is Adopt a Resolution 1,
authorizing the city administrator to enter into
a two-year contract with Law Enforcement Technology Solutions.
Let's for the period commencing upon contract signing,
any amount of $11,124.76,
and to extend the agreement for up to two additional years,
in the amount not to exceed $11,458.50,
without returning to council for
the total contract amount not to exceed $22,583.26
and two waiving the competitive multi-step
solicitation process and the small local business
enterprise requirements requesting to be scheduled
for the March 24th Public Safety Committee agenda.
Item 311 is a request to schedule
the Education Partnership Committee
councilmember brown the chair of education partnership on March 30th 2026 at 330 councilmember brown
yes I just wanted to I don't know if this item needs to stay in this manner but I was informed
that as the chair of education partnerships I can just call for the scheduling of the meeting
Yes.
Thank you.
So no good.
Education partnership is scheduled for March 30 at 3.30.
Moving on to item 3.12 is receive an information report
from the Budget Advisory Commission
back on their recommendations to amend
the consolidated fiscal policy, CFP,
to redefine excess as it relates to real estate transfer tax
Revenues are ETT to be scheduled on the April 21st,
2026, Finance and Management Committee agenda.
And our last new scheduling item, item 313,
is receive an information report
from the Budget Advisory Commission
back assessments and recommendations
of the fiscal year 2025-2027 city budget process.
And this is being requested to be scheduled
for the April 21st, 2026,
Finance and Management Committee agenda.
And I have two speakers for this item.
I think that is all your new scheduling.
Thank you.
Let's go to our public commenters.
As I call your name, please approach the poll demand menu order if you're participating
via Zoom.
Please be sure to raise your hand so I can easily access you.
I have Rajni Mondal and Kevin Dalley.
Kevin Dalley, you have signed up for all items so you get the max amount of time.
Thank you.
Rajni Mondal, District 4, for 3.2, as staff prepares a report on OPD's progress towards
NSA compliance, I encourage you to include several updates
discussed at the January CMC.
The 2024 IA discipline report identified disparities
in internally generated cases, and importantly,
these findings were discovered and disclosed by OPD itself.
And the department has acknowledged the need
to understand the root causes behind them.
So that work is now moving forward
through a qualitative study connected to DGO M3.
And the deeper analysis is critical
because the court has consistently emphasized
that sustainable compliance requires understanding process,
not just statistics, it includes examining
investigative practice, supervisory review,
and officer perceptions of fairness
in the disciplinary system.
Including these updates will give Council and the public
a clearer picture of Oakland's continued path
towards sustainable compliance, thank you.
Thank you.
Kevin Dalley, very briefly, I'm also looking forward
to learning more about OPD compliance
and looking forward some day of being
out of the consent decree on that item.
All right, thanks.
And that concludes all of your public commenters
for item three.
Okay, so noting, withdrawing 3.2,
noting the rule 24 on 3.3,
noting rule 24 on 3.4,
noting the rule 24 on 3.5.
I'll entertain a motion.
And the urgency on 3.1.
Move approval.
And that was a motion by council member five seconded by council member Brown to approve item three as amended as stated by the council president on roll council member Brown.
I council member five Council member Ramachandran I and chair Jenkins item number three is approved with four eyes as amended we now go to item number four item four consists of your draft agendas pending this
City Council special September six seventeenth I'm excuse me march seventeenth draft agenda
and your cancelled march sixteenth draft agenda as well as the committee meeting agendas for
March tenth councilmember Houston you plan on participating I'll entertain a motion to
to adjourn into a special session.
So moved.
Second.
And that was a motion by Councilmember Fife,
seconded by Councilmember Brown to convene
into a special meeting at the presence of Councilmember
Houston, Councilmember Brown.
Aye.
Councilmember Fife.
Aye.
Councilmember Ramachandran.
Aye.
And Chair Jenkins.
Aye.
We are now convened into a special meeting
with the presence of Councilmember Houston.
Councilmember Houston what possibly could bring you here today.
Morning my colleagues you know what brought me here today.
So how many minutes do I have president.
I'm just saying because my I got a great council aid over there Trinity Hall she always keeps me in line so she made some notes just in case you only gave me two minutes count the president.
So don't we owe you some minutes.
OK, so here we go.
So I respectfully request to my colleagues
that the EAP get scheduled with the rule 28 on 3-10-26.
Because I just want this for the record,
because I'm getting all these calls.
I'm getting these emails from everybody's district president
stating that why is the EAP not being brought forward?
And let me see September, October, November, December,
January, February, March.
I think that's about seven months, president.
So I'm looking at these dates right here.
It says City of Oakland 2026, Homeless Strategic Action Plan
on Life Enrichment on 3-10-26 at 4 PM.
I'm kind of like, you know them things to make you go, hmm?
It makes me go, hmm.
How's this being presented before the EAP that was done?
I think I counted eight months, I think seven months,
I think it was president.
So what I want to do is ask for the EAP
to be scheduled at the same time that the mayor's strategic
plan is being scheduled.
And that's three, thank you, Trinity.
That's three, 10, 26 at 4 p.m.
Because this is urgent.
And I understand that my council member,
five had always said that we have to have places
to place these individuals,
you know, when we move them off the streets.
However, it's gonna take for SOPs,
standard operation procedures,
it's gonna take about three months
for that to be implemented, you know.
So it'd be good to press this because the public is very,
very concerned, president, very concerned.
I'm talking about from the businesses,
to my seniors, to my children.
I just got a text just now from that state,
and this wasn't even from my district, president,
stating, good morning, Mr. Houston.
Whenever you have time, can you please give me a call?
We didn't get a chance to talk yesterday
at that great event that we had in your district
about the ticketing, about this issue at hand
regarding the encampments in my neighborhood.
This is not even my district, President.
Please give me a call as soon as you're available.
That's just one.
Not concluding the senior that was crying yesterday
on the phone.
Please help me.
Please help me.
What can you do?
It's not me.
I did my job.
My job is to create, I read the charter real good, President.
The first thing I want to do is
my job is to create legislation and policy.
I created that policy and that legislation
with the help of my great scriber, Patricia Brooks.
We created the policy.
Now it's time for my colleagues
to give the people what they deserve and what they want.
And what is that?
To bring it forth to full council,
the encampment management policy to be adopted, right?
council.
So I wanted to go to full council, but I'm willing to go
at the same time as the mayor's homeless strategic action plan.
I am, I am.
So I'd like to issue a rule 28 to put that on there.
If this body doesn't want to send it to full council where
it deserves to go, councilmember Rob Machanda,
councilmember Brown, councilmember Fyfe,
and my president Kevin Jenkins, that's where it deserves to go.
Because I think I counted out one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight months, and
I'm going to say it like this at the end.
I got a call from somebody at the top.
They said, Ken, don't let them take away your happiness, because I've been very angry because
I see my people suffering, but I'm not going to let it take away my happiness, and I'm
going to stay happy, because let me say this, I did my job.
I did my job.
I did my legislation and now it's up to you guys
and the public is watching so on the record,
for the record, I wanted to go to full council
but I will accept it going to Life Enrichment
with a rule 28 on 310, 2026 at 4 p.m.
at the same time as what?
Thank you, Trinity.
Homeless Strategic Action Plan.
thank you.
Thank you Councilmember Houston.
And thank you.
Through the chair to Councilmember Houston,
my life enrichment committee agenda is impacted on the 10th,
but I do support this item going to full council.
I think if it does go to a full council meeting,
it should be a special meeting,
so it is the only item that's heard.
If it is heard in my committee,
because I have an impacted agenda,
we will likely push into public safety
and have committee meetings running late for that day.
So, to manage schedules, and because on at least one of the times we've heard this in
the past, we had a hundred speakers, I think this is an item of such substance that it
necessitates the amount of time necessary for the public to speak about this item and
to hear the full commentary from our colleagues.
So I think, again, I would be amenable to it moving to the full city council as a special
meeting.
Please.
Finding my colleague.
I agree with you.
I totally agree with you.
100% of needs is on.
And I have a meeting with the mayor's office, I think, on the 12th, not think.
I don't use think, maybes, ifs, I don't use those words.
So I'm going to say this.
It's on the 12th.
I'm going to meet with the mayor about some, some, just some issues that just wording that
what's going to be on the
EAP it needs to be corrected
because I think we're on the
same page so council member
Fife I agree with you so what
what my colleagues going to do
in rules it's your job.
Let me see colleagues.
You guys want to weigh in.
I will support a special city
council meeting with one agenda
item- that being the EAP and
maybe.
If the strategic action plan
Are you guys amenable to that?
Yes and yes.
Okay, you will get a,
the item will get a special meeting to be determined later.
Could be six weeks months from now,
it could be six days from now, we don't know.
All right, thank you, Council Member Houston.
Council Member Brown.
Excellent, thank you so much.
I wanted to draw your attention to the special draft agenda
for the special city council meeting.
It is item 6.6, I believe it is, yeah.
Item 6.6, Oakland's commitment to gender affirming care
with the authors being council member Unger and Brown
would like to add council member Wong.
So that's item 6.6 on what?
On the special, March 16th council meeting.
Thank you.
Administration we do we're from the city administrators office
We would like to
Draw your attention to the draft agenda for March 17th the council city council meeting
4.1 the planning appeal item staff is asking for that item to be withdrawn and we'll we will we schedule that item
at a future Rules Committee
All right, Caleb
department we have a title change and urgency finding for the agenda for the
March 10th community economic development committee new title is as
follows staffer recommends that the city council adopt resolution also arising
the city administrator to one accept and appropriate up to four point four
million dollars in grant funds from the federal lead hazard reduction grant
program to enter into a professional services agreement with habitat for
and to provide grant
administration and management
construction services for
the lead-based paint mitigation
healthy homes programs and to
waive the city of Oakland's
local and small local business
enterprise program requirements,
local employment and open
apprenticeship requirements and
request for proposal
qualifications, competitive
process requirements.
Three, upon completion of a
competitive procurement process,
enter into one or more
agreements in a total amount not
to exceed four million
more agreements in a total amount not to exceed $334,878.13 with one or more workforce development
services providers to expand the supply of workers and firms available to conduct lead-based
paint mitigation and healthy homes work and four, make grants to eligible property owners
for the remediation of lead-based paint hazards and healthy home improvements and the urgency
finding is as follows.
This item needs to be heard at the next available council meeting to satisfy timeline requirements
from the Department of Housing and Urban Development, HUDT.
A condition of receiving this grant
is signing a grant agreement with HUDT
in a timely manner after the initial award letter,
and council approval is required for this authorization.
Thank you.
Thank you, and that's item three, CED, what date?
Thank you.
And what's the urgency finding?
The urgency finding, again, is this item...
Okay, got it, got it, got it, yeah, got it.
Chrissy Love, Community Homelessness Services
in the Human Services Department.
And we would like to request the HAP6 winter relief
and opry agenda item currently on the life enrichment
committee pending list to be scheduled to the March 10th
life enrichment committee meeting on an urgency finding
because we need to use the funds as soon as April 1st.
Good morning, Tracy Jones, OPD Police Services Manager.
We have two items to be scheduled
from the public safety pending list
in the biannual and quarterly section.
For March 24th, the staffing report.
And for April 21st, the NSA report.
March 24th will be what?
Staffing report.
The biannual staffing report.
Good morning.
Jodi Christian, finance department.
I'd like to bring your attention to the finance and management
committee pending list.
bottom of page 4, pending no date specific item number 1.
It's another information report from the Budget Advisory
Commission on the proposed June 2026, $40 million
parcel tax measure to support essential city services
and fiscal stability.
We request this be scheduled to the April 21st Finance
and Management Committee so that it can go along
with the other two BAC reports at the same meeting.
Hello, Matthew Molson with Councilmember
Zach Unger's office.
We would like to move item three on the annual reports
for the Public Works and Transportation Committee,
the annual report on
Bicyclists and Pedestrian Advisory Commission,
and put that annual report and schedule it
for the March 24th Public Works and Transportation Committee.
Thank you.
Councilmember Amchandra, do we have any public comments?
Yes, we do have one public comment speaker
for this item, Kevin Dally.
Kevin Dally, I am looking forward
to the March 24th BPAC report,
but also I'm looking forward to the March 10th
public works and transportation report
from parking reorganization.
Yesterday, the bicyclists and pedestrian advisory commission
sent a letter asking further questions
of the city administrator signed by Chair Whipps, Vice Chair
Jessup, and Commissioner Rager.
I'm looking forward to hearing answers
to a lot of these questions.
As a community member and co-chair of the Policy
and Legislative Committee of BPAC,
we have asked many times for information
about the reorganization without getting clear answers.
If it's possible, I'd like the city administrator
to work on producing the report, a written report,
early enough that we can read it and prepare comments to it.
I'm also looking forward to the finance committee hearing
about the new position that is planned
for being in charge of parking enforcement
and is a few levels higher than the current position
of the person in charge of parking enforcement.
Thank you.
Thank you.
So noting item number three to CED,
title change urgency finding.
Is there something else from the administration on rules?
Oh.
Tricia.
Hello, Tricia Barua with early childhood
and family services, I'd like to request an urgency finding
to move our item that's currently
on the pending no date specific list rules,
fiscal year 26, 27 non-competitive
Head Start baseline grant application
to the upcoming March 16th city council meeting
with this urgency finding.
The proposed resolution is urgently needed
to authorize the submission of the Head Start
non-competitive baseline grant application
for fiscal years, 2026 through 2031.
The Office of Head Start needs to receive
the completed application by April 1st, 2026,
missing the deadline jeopardizes the Head Start,
early Head Start program that serves,
underserved children and families for the city of Oakland.
Can you state the item again?
item. It is from the human services department or it's item number four from the pending list.
Which pending list? The world's pending list yeah. Okay all right thank you. Thank you. Okay
any anything else? No more changes. I hope so. So CED item number three title change urgency
finding. LEC item number four scheduling to March 10th with urgency finding
finance and management item number one scheduled to April 21st. Public works
item number three scheduled to March 24th. World's item for urgency finding
And item number one public safety committee.
Biannual staffing will be heard March 24th.
And item number one, public safety April 21st,
we'll hear the NSA item.
I'll entertain a motion.
And that was a motion by council member Ramachandran,
seconded by council member Fythe,
to approve item four as amended, as stated on the record,
including the urgent esteem findings
That was also stated on the record.
On roll for this item, council member Brown.
Aye.
Aye.
Aye.
Ramachandran.
Aye.
Chair Jenkins.
Aye.
Item number four is approved as amended with four ayes.
And that completes your, that item,
we are now on open forum and we have two speakers,
we have Rajni Mandal and Kevin Dalley.
Rajni Mandal, district four.
I want to raise a concern about the role
the Oakland Police Commission and tracking NSA compliance.
According to the agenda for the Commission's
March 12th Special Meeting,
the Oakland Police Department is asked to provide
biweekly reports on the status of NSA tasks
and subtasks using a formal reporting template.
While compliance with the NSA is determined
by the federal monitor and the court,
the Commission is not the monitor
and does not assess or deem compliance.
At the same time, the mayor's upcoming town hall
on constitutional policing and NSA progress
will include city leadership
discussing these updates, and the police commission is not participating because it does not have
a role in the federal consent decree process.
Council rules emphasize efficient use of staff time in avoiding unnecessary duplication of
reporting.
Creating a parallel compliance reporting structure risks adding administrative burden at a time
when the department should remain focused on sustainability and exit from the NSA.
Thank you.
Thank you for your comments.
I have Kevin Dalley.
Are you wishing to speak?
In that conclusion, open forum comments.
This meeting is adjourned.