Good morning and welcome to the rules and legislation excuse me see I do rules normally
so I tend to buy habit my apologies yes morning and welcome to the Public Works and Transportation
Committee on this Tuesday June 23rd it is now 1133 and this meeting shall come to order
I would like to give instructions on how to submit a speaker card for items on the agenda
before I call roll.
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and would like to submit a speaker card,
please fill out a card on the table
and hand it to a clerk representative,
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or 10 minutes after the meeting began.
The meeting began at 11.33, so that will be 11.43.
Online speaker cards are no longer accepted
24 hours before the meeting, after the meeting began,
so those will no longer be accepted.
And again, speaker cards will not be accepted
10 minutes after the meeting began at 1143
or before the item is read.
With that, I will now call roll on roll
for this meeting, Council Member Gallo.
Council Member Houston.
Here.
Thank you, Council Member Wong.
Present, Chair Unger.
Here.
Thank you, we have four members present.
With that, I will now go to,
Do you have any announcements before we go I will now go on to item number one, and I'm gonna warn
It's the approval of the draft minutes for the committee meeting of
June 9 2026
I'll second that
Okay, and that was a motion by councilmember
Gail seconded by Councilmember Unger to approve the draft minutes for June 19 2026 on
role councilmember
Gail
Councilmember Houston, aye
councilmember Wong
aye and under
Item number one is approved with four ayes as is that now takes us to item number two
Item number two is a termination of scheduling outstanding committee items, and I do have two speakers for this item
Okay, I believe we have one change from the administration. Yes. Thank you. We would like to move item six from today to the
July 14th committee meeting I accept that change
any other
comments councilmember guy
Council and members of the public what I'm requesting is that we schedule as an ongoing
within this item
For the city administrator to report back in terms of the equipment needs that the city has some specifically public works
Right now we have 150 plus vehicles that are not in service or not being used to clean our streets to beautiful our streets and we sit here talking a lot about oh yeah you know we're doing such a great job taking care of our streets.
streets but if you go to any of the the auto shops where there's the Coliseum
and mr. Unger I mean you join me one time you can see the trucks not only the
fire department the police department the city trucks but we're sitting here
doing a lot of talking but I don't provide the tools and the vehicles
necessary for my workers that we're even shore staff we're sure staff and then
when you look at the vehicles that we don't have to clean the streets and you
see it Ken right and so we like to get our report back in terms of how many
vehicles what do we need to do in terms of getting those vehicles replace
service because I've never seen Oakland at this level we do a lot of talking a
lot of celebrating but yet we can't take care of our neighborhood streets and so
So I like to get a report back through the administrator for the Public Works staff members
to report what is the status of our vehicles, trucks, cars, and so forth that are needed
and what is needed to maintain the department vehicles necessary to keep our streets clean.
To give you an example, this week is an example.
I ride city vehicles cleaning the streets every day.
Especially on the weekend.
My employees, they're not sitting in the office
making more policies.
They're on the streets every day.
Monday through Sunday, 6 a.m. to 12 noon.
Picking up the illegal dumping and so forth,
and you get up and go out there on the streets of Oakland
at 6 a.m., you're gonna be surprised
what you see every morning.
The truckloads that we pick up.
But to give you an example, I went out to ride,
used the truck on Sunday, but I ran out of gas
at the street level because the gauge wasn't working.
It told me I had a full tank, but it was on empty.
Then secondly, we come back to ride on the big vehicles
that we rent to show up.
And somebody had in the yard, on Coliseum,
has stolen the catalytic converter of the big truck.
And even though we have a security guard,
we have all this and that,
but how, it's not the first time
they've still the catalytic converter,
but they've sold now the vehicles at that yard as well.
But anyways, we need to be able to report back,
because we all talk about a clean city being a priority,
but we don't have the tools, the vehicles,
and the staffing available or necessary
to keep our streets clean.
Ken, especially in the area that you and I live in.
And so I'd like to get our report back
through the administration to let the public know
what is our vehicle, our staffing status
when it comes to public works
to keeping our streets safe and clean.
Okay, I look forward to seeing that as a request
for an informational item at the Rules Committee.
Council Member Houston.
I just wanted to piggyback on Council Member Gayo's comment
about this, I would advise everyone
to review the grand jury report when it comes to legal dumping
on how our city has not been doing the job
that they should do.
We're not a cleanup service.
We're not a cleanup service.
We have all the tools that a cleanup service
or a waste management has.
We've got to deter this problem,
prosecute these individuals.
I've been working on this for 10, 12, 13, 14 years
before it became so high profile
that everybody want to jump on the bandwagon about.
But I've been fighting for this for a long time
with supervisor Nate Miley and Governor Gavin Newsom
about this crime against our community.
So I'd just like to piggyback on that.
And at the same time, Council Member Gayle
mentioned about the yard on Coliseum Way.
That yard is owned by someone that we pay rent
without millions of dollars.
And we should be owning our own piece of property,
storing our vehicle so we can have that money
for the kids, for dumping, or for whatever we needed for.
So the city, in my opinion,
is not running it like a business.
That's the problem I have.
I ran a business.
Many times since I was five years old,
I've been cutting grass, paper routes.
I know how businesses ran,
and this ain't ran like a business.
So I just wanted to make that comment
and piggyback on what my council member Gayo had mentioned.
Thank you.
Okay, let's hear from our speakers, please.
thank you as I call your name please approach the podium
in any order uh... state your name for the record if you're participating on
zoom please raise your hand so i can easily identify you
i have missus out of all the ball and blair bleak
beakman in any order
so something in the news
think yesterday that caught my attention related to illegal dumping
they are some people who
picked up trash in what was
uh... what street west oakland
and they say for four months
nothing has happened in turn of illegal dumping returning
for months
so we need to get a report on
how they speculated
that happened that no trash to return for four months because something
something's going on
uh... we need a report please it on one of the preventions strategies
to keep up with our
equipment
so when my car has a
A system that when it needs maintenance, it indicates it.
So does the public works, a vehicle equipment
have indicators in them that says maintenance necessary,
Earl change, your engine, whatever, does that exist?
I don't know, but it should be the kind of vehicles
we have in place so we know when we need to take care
of replacing or having maintenance.
There you go.
Soon as I see that light go off,
I'm over to the dealership to get it fixed.
Okay, and maybe that's an issue we need to bring up.
I wanna report on the school of the arts city property
that has been turned into a park.
That property was supposed to be used for outside activities
but they have reconfigured it.
Is my time up?
I can't see anything.
No, you still have 29 seconds.
Okay, darling.
that property was supposed to be returned to the city in 2027.
Now who's going to pull up that artificial turf,
all of those benches and so forth so we can put housing on that property?
I'm very concerned about the police administration building.
How does the public works department determine high priority neighborhoods?
How does it determine a high priority process for projects?
I apologize miss us out of your that's okay thank you so much I will now call
our next speaker who's participating via zoom actually let me see one second
Blair Beekman I don't see him in the queue so those are all our speakers for
item number two and with that did we get a motion and a second for item two I'll
second it so there was a motion by councilmember guy Oh seconded by
councilmember Unger to approve item two as amended with which is withdrawing
item number six on this agenda and rescheduling that item to the July 14th
public works and transportation committee on roll councilmember Gail
aye councilmember Houston aye Wong aye and chair Unger aye item number two is
approved as amended again moving item number six to the withdrawing and
schedule into July 14th. We do have speakers so you guys will be able to speak at that time when we
get to that item. Now moving on to item number two three. Item number three is adopt the following
pieces of legislation a resolution authorizing the city administrator to award a contract to
to United Rotary Brush Corporations in the amount not to exceed seven hundred and fifty thousand
dollars for the purchase of replacement brooms and brushes for street sweepers for a three-year term
July 1st 26 to July 1st 2029 and two one-year options to renew in response to the specific
specification number RFQ and making CEQA findings and to a resolution authorizing
the city administrator to award a contract to own equipment sales and the amount not to
exceed $750,000 for the purchase of replacement brush brooms and brushes for street sweepers for
Three one-year term July 1st 2026 to July 1st 29 and one and two one-year options to renew in response to the
specifications RFQ and making CEQA findings. I do have two speakers for this item
Okay, mr. Battersby. Let's talk about sweeper brushes
Thank You chair Unger Richard Battersby assistant director for Oakland Public Works Bureau of maintenance and internal services
And just real briefly. We just celebrated the Juneteenth holiday
And I wanted to remind folks that that message was delivered to the free people by the United States Army, so airborne
We are here to discuss two contracts for repair
Items for our critical street sweepers we typically are currently have an inventory of 18 street sweepers at any given time
We're fielding 10 to 12 currently which is a pretty good number and to keep those vehicles
Operational and sweeping not just running the street, but getting a good thorough sweeping
We have to replace the brushes and other wear components such as the gutter brooms
We have two contracts with two different vendors in keeping with our new practice of going out to RFP and offering
opportunity to local businesses
we did receive two
responsive bids
None of the Oakland based companies submitted a bid for these repair parts. Each contract is in the amount of
$750,000 for five years just a reminder to folks that
establishing a contract capacity is not a
Budgetary action it is just giving us the capability to spend money that the council has already authorized us to spend
We do have on the sweepers and other vehicles
We call them a automatic vehicle locators
it's GPS that communicates when a failure is is
pending when we get a a
Parameter or we get a reading outside the specified parameters
So that vehicle needs service and that also communicates to us the broom up and down time
So we have very good tracking data on the vehicles and we get that we do a good job getting them into the shop
But as councilmember guy oh so eloquently noted
We just don't have the bodies in the shop to fix the vehicles and we're starting to have problems with our external
vendor contracts
These two contracts will give us the ability to procure the normal wear parts and also repair parts for street sweepers
And I'm available to answer any questions you might have
colleagues questions
Councilman Houston
Can you one of the public members I asked the question
How do you choose where the street?
How do you choose where you do direct a street sweeper to go in?
And clean up the street throughout the city on the route sweeping
Programming that is actually performed by keep Oakland clean and beautiful in the Bureau of the environment
I don't have direct knowledge, but I have general knowledge on how that takes place.
We have map overlays that show the streets that need to be sweeped, and then we try to
program the most efficient route.
We have another GPS-type system that we're deploying called RouteSmart that will help
make the routes the street sweepers run the most efficient.
The problem that we typically run into is we don't have enough sweepers.
to have about a 50% sweeper availability rate
really hinders our ability to meet the street sweeping
schedules that we are programming.
Then the second question is regarding
citing the individuals.
I mean, I have street sweepers in my neighborhood
going daily.
But then there's some of us that don't understand the rules
or the signage that we have.
And I parked in the red zone and parked on that day
for the street sweeper.
What is the process, does the Department of Transportation
still go before or after the street sweeper
to cite the people?
Yeah, through the chair, my understanding is,
prior to the street sweeper running,
DOT parking enforcement will send a vehicle
and issue citations for vehicles that are parked
on the street in violation of the posted
street sweeping signage.
Thank you, thank you for that.
And I'll make a motion.
please do the chair good morning mr. Battersby
I'm a piggyback on councilmember dials question again before I asked my two is that before in the past it was a
Parking car or whatever you want to call them citation car following behind the street sweepers. I haven't seen that any longer
Did that change?
Through the chair again this I fixed the street sweepers
So I kind of have some general knowledge on how things work
But I would have to get the answer to that question and report back to you because I just don't know for certain
So so through the chair. I'll ask the city administrator. Is that has that changed?
This is late. Thank you for the question. My understanding is that the DOT and street sweeping teams
Coordinate and the street sweepers precede. They do not follow the street sweeper
Okay, because they used to follow them. They used to be right there
That was it back in the day and it really worked when people were parking on the wrong side of the street in the wrong direction
Anecdotally, I would say the number of tickets that my kids get for street sweeping days proves that they're out there doing it
So through the chair again, so mr. Battersby what's the lifespan of the brooms and brushes on the street sweepers?
Through the chair it depends it depends on the surface that's being swept
obviously the rougher
Street surfacing asphalt concrete can have a difference
And it also depends on how often we're running the sweepers
I would say and again
I'm I probably should get the information and get back to you
But I I will say that a brush is probably gonna last in the matter of months
So we're constantly replacing those wear items
Okay, last question through the chair. Um, you mentioned that the Oakland based, you know, I'm Oakland
Oakland first on everything workers companies and you mentioned that they didn't respond. What were those Oakland based companies names?
Sure
Through the chair. We have RS Hughes Company
Incorporated and
The next closest was Granger on do little drive, but that's in San Leandro. Those are the two most local businesses
So so are as you I know what Granger's where's our issue
Actually, it's on Edgewater Drive right down the street from the corporation yarn through the chairman and what was the difference in the pricing?
RS Hughes did not submit a
proposal so hmm and Granger didn't either and
Granger did not either can through the chair. Can we reach out to them and ask them why they did not
Because that's important. Did they get it? Did they miss it?
did they feel that Oakland is not supporting local businesses and we want
to ensure them that they are because I see your work through the chair again I
see you what you're trying to do and I appreciate it too because you're looking
out because you mentioned it right so can we reach out to them and find out
just find out just say hey you know this big came up for these these brushes why
didn't you just to get some input get some engagement right to see and they
say oh wait a minute Oakland reached out to us they really want to work with us
can we find that out you get back to my office and let us know why they did not
And then I don't get to the
point I'm just not.
Respond.
Yeah through the chair.
Absolutely it may it may be a.
Not proprietary but specialized.
Nature of street sweeper brushes
that perhaps this is something
that they don't generally
stock I just don't know that
would be my first yes.
But we'll find out directly
from the vendors themselves
yeah just reach out to the the
the manager whoever whoever.
Orders it just ask them so they
community for me, please.
Absolutely, thank you.
Councilmember Wong.
Thank you through the chair.
First of all, thank you for your service to this country.
I was wondering, so I get some concerns and feedback
from some of the community orgs that I work with closely
who have street level observations that basically
The street sweeping is not always happening on schedule.
And I know that doesn't sound like something
that you can answer for today,
but would love to just get some insight into that.
So I do fully support this item
because street sweeping is the first line of defense
for illegal dumping.
The other thing I just was wondering about,
I understand we have a street sweeper
for bike lanes specifically.
I've noticed actually illegal dumping happening
in our bike lanes, does this include brushes
for the bike lane street sweeper?
Yeah, through the chair, thank you for the questions.
Yes, this will include the wear components
for the bike lane sweeper,
which we coordinated with DOT years ago
when we saw the prevalence of bike lanes
in the much narrower sweeping area.
It's defined by curb,
so you have to have that smaller sweeper.
We actually had the sweeper on hand
get through to the 19th that
we're going to spend time for
the new first bike lane opening.
So we did a great job on that.
And just generally, as far as
street sweeping, not going as
scheduled when you have
something between 45 and 50% of
your sweeper fleet available, I
would imagine that regularly
routes are not being swept
simply because we don't have the
equipment to do so. That's right.
And the last thing I'll add is
through an EPA grant that we
on a hundred and sixty.
I don't know how many of those
in service by twenty twenty
seven- they're not exactly a
one to one replacement for the
diesels because of their range
due to the battery and then
there's a link to your charging
time.
But what once we get them
deployed we'll figure that out.
That's great thank you for your
work on that- I don't want to
second- the motion made by
councilmember bio.
Who the chair I apologize I
believe I heard councilmember
Houston's thank you- okay.
And Blair big men for item number three in any order, please approach the podium or raise your hand in the queue
And please state your name for the record
How item comes to the committee?
So for this item you have rule 28
Resolution you had to change the title. So it looks like it went to committee
But at some point after the committee meeting you had to change the title. So what's the title change?
Then related to the second part of this item. This item never went to committee the second part
Rule 28 is adding it to the agenda. I
Don't understand why when this item went to the to rules why both parts of the agenda?
I items couldn't be presented you see this process of how staff does things all crooked and confusing. It's got to stop
You have to have some legitimate. I question the confusion here and
You don't have to explain it. You don't have to explain it because remember
I'm not old in an explanation because I'm only a citizen in this city
Which means nothing?
So I'm also concerned with the statement. We're getting it into the shop. So let's make sure we understand
When we're getting the need for this to be dealt with in terms of the replacement. We do the replacement
It doesn't go out for a payment of some outside vendor to replace the brushes and whatever
else it is.
That's important because that's a cost.
You see, we get it into our shop or we get it into somebody else's shop.
And if it's somebody else's shop, how much money do we spend?
the challenges that people have brought up
about once we have this equipment,
oh no, I don't wanna go there,
I wanna finish up with this process
of two one-year options to renew.
Why did you do that?
Why do you have to put that in there?
You have a contract that's for a certain number of years,
three years, why do you put that in?
Is that an easy way for you not to have to deal with?
Thank you so much for your comments,
our next speaker is Blair Beekman. If you would like to speak please raise your
hand. All names have been called. Unger and so we have a motion for item number
three moved by Councilmember Gallo seconded by Councilmember Houston to
approved recommendations to be forwarded to the July 7th City Council agenda on
councilmember Gail Houston I Wong I chair under I item number three is
approved with four eyes to be forwarded to the July 7th City Council agenda on
consent yes and that now takes us to item number four councilmember Houston
has a comment yes yes on consent but I need that information back from mr.
That's very important but I do want it on consent.
Thank you again that now takes us to item number four item number four is a resolution
awarding a purchase contract for asphalt and concrete disposal services to
Agri-materials Inc. in accordance with the request for input from the
to Agri-materials Inc. in accordance with the request
for the RFQ specifications and contract bid
in the amount not to exceed $560,000 per year
for three years with one additional two year option
in amount not to exceed $560,000 per year
for a total not to exceed $2,800,000 over five years,
waiving any further advertising and bidding
and awarding a purchase contract
Asphalt and concrete disposal services to be green recycling and simply supply LLC in
accordance with the requests of the RFQ
specifications and contracts big contractors bid any amount not to exceed
$560,000 per year for three years with one additional two-year option any amount not to exceed
two million two million eight hundred thousand dollars over five years and adopting sequel findings
I have two speakers for this item.
OK, let's hear the report, please.
OK, good morning, Council, committee members.
My name is Tony Jones.
I'm the interim operations manager
for the Department of Transportation, Streets
and Sidewalk Division.
Currently, right now, we're repaving our streets,
and we have the opportunity to update newly surfaced roads.
But at this time, our disposal, as far
as what we're trying to get rid of the material, we have to base it out at our Oakport Transportation
Station where it's basically like our third option. Right now, we don't have a contract
with Argent Material who we were using at the time, so we had to store it at our own
location for right now and currently it's about three about three stories
high yes we we're running out of room so we're trying to keep our work in
progress and keep things moving but at this time we're gonna have to slow down
because we have no place to store our debris as far as concrete and our asphalt
spoils. So we're looking to get a contract renewed with Argent Material and trying to
get a second contract with B Green Supply. That would help us out tremendously because
our third option would also be we'd have to use waste management. And right now waste
management we're spending about almost over I would say close to two million
dollars just for disposal and that that's that's way too high so I'm here
today to present this to you hopefully it'll pass and then that that would help
us out tremendously any questions thank you for that report let's hear from
councilmember Houston please I'm through the chair mr. Tony Jones nice meeting
appreciate it.
Thank you.
Pleasure.
Let me share this with that.
Before this world that I live in as a council member, I know both of those companies, one
is in seven and one is in six, responsible to a whole other level.
When it comes to embracing the homeless, Argent Material hired the justice-impacted and the
homeless to actually clean up the streets, actually paid the Baldwin themselves at their
cost and actually keeps and cares about the air quality in that area now for us
to actually this is the news that I like to hear you know we using a local
company that's hiring local people that's being responsible to our
community that hires people within our community in our community and saving us
some money we don't have to go to waste management and this is beautiful this is
this is music to my ears when I hear companies that are in the city of Oakland
that's been here, that's dedicated,
that actually is responsible on different levels, right?
And then to mention B. Green, that's in district seven.
I mean, six is Kevin Jenkins, president Kevin Jenkins.
Me and him are two peas in a pod.
So anything that he goes with, I go with it also.
But I'm saying they're responsible, right?
So you made two great choices that are in Oakland,
responsible of the streets and the surroundings
and beautifying our neighborhood and saving us money.
So Mr. Tony Jones, pleasure meeting you
for the first time with this great news
and I want to move this item.
Let's do it.
Council member Wong.
I just want to say well done and I'll second the item.
Just based off everything my colleague just said, thank you.
Council member Gai.
Yes, thank you Mr. Jones
for being with us here in the city of Oakland
and certainly the history of our streets and so forth.
So the only request that I have
is just to do it publicly.
It used to be years, several years ago
that once a month that I would have had a chance
to identify the potholes in my district,
but my employees and I would actually come
to join your crew to fill those potholes.
And I like to get back to doing that
because we will get those done directly, immediately,
and the public will see us getting it done.
But anyway, so if you could just check in
with your leadership and I'd be,
because I'd be more than happy to join.
I'll identify the potholes in my district,
but I'll join your crew to fill the potholes
with three or four of my other employees as well.
Thank you.
Just make sure you have a service request number
with those potholes.
All right, thank you.
thank you.
As I call your name please
approach the podium and state
your name for the record if you
are participating via zoom this
is a time to raise your hand if
you would like to speak on item
four if you signed up for it.
I have Blair big man and a side
of all the ball.
And from.
Okay.
Yes sir.
I hope you.
Hope you keep the job.
you said we had a contract we didn't renew the contract and because we didn't
renew the contract we had to take responsibility that we're not supposed to
take responsibility for holding that asphalt why we didn't renew the contract
why do we have to do this process of holding this stuff and why didn't we
have a timely renewal of the contract. Again, that's staffing. I'm concerned about once
you go through pulling up that asphalt, there's a possibility that the soil that you're dealing
with has contaminated that asphalt, particularly in areas of West Oakland. I know that's the
case. You have lead in the soil, PCB can be in the soil if you're in West Oakland. Do
you go through a process of determining if that asphalt is contaminated? You have to
do that. And if it's contaminated, how do you eliminate contaminated soil asphalt compared
to non-contaminate?
Who does the contract to deal with that you're dealing with?
Contaminated asphalt, or are they only taken non-contaminated?
This contaminated soil throughout Oakland is a big deal,
and I know for a fact it's not being handled correctly.
Lastly, hiring local people.
I'm getting tired of hearing this thing about hiring local people
hiring local companies when you got the people that live in Oakland not having
jobs because you are illegal immigrants to come in here and take them jobs so
please cut down on that thank you for your comments your time has ended we are
now moving to the zoom speakers if you signed up to speak for item for Blair
Beekman please raise your hand if you would like to speak Blair Beekman and
and all names have been called for item four with that I will call roll I have a
motion by councilmember Houston seconded by councilmember Wong to approve item
four to be forwarded approved staffs recommendations to be forwarded to the
July 7th City Council agenda on roll council member guy oh hi Houston I Wong I
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DBA raise electric ink for the highway safety improvement program cycle 10
14th Street safety project between Mandela Parkway and brush Street
the lowest responsible and responsive bidder in accordance with the project plan specification and contractors bid in the amount of
two million four hundred ninety four thousand six hundred eighty five dollars and eighty six cents in adopting CEQA findings
I have three speakers for this item
Okay, let's hear from our staff please
My name is Amit Silvan principal civil engineer with Department of Transportation
So this item is to award a construction contract for 14th Street safety project between
Mandela Parkway and brush Street in West Oakland
The scope of the project is to reduce travel lanes from two lanes in each direction to one in each in each direction
an installation of new rectangular rapid flashing beacons
signal mass turns, additional pedestrian crossings across the median, crosswalk enhancements
including advance top lines and street lights.
The project intersections have the highest quantity and severity of reported crashes
involving pedestrians and bicycles.
This project is located in one of the highest equity priority area in the city and will
connect to the downtown 14th Street project that is in active construction right now.
This project is approved by the State Highway Safety Improvement Program and the city's
Capital Improvement Program and is funded by State Highway Safety Improvement Program
funds, State Gas Tax and Major BB. Therefore, staff recommends that the City Council adopt
a resolution awarding a construction contract to Grendel INC, DBA Rays Electric INC as
they are the lowest responsible and responsible bidder
and meets the city's small local business program
requirements with 83.35 participation rate.
That includes 32.44% to a small local business
and 4.62% to a very small local business.
Available for questions, thank you.
Excellent, thank you.
Colleagues, questions?
All right, let's hear from our speakers, please.
As I call your name, please approach the podium
Is there anything that you'd love to do in any order?
Or if you're participating via Zoom,
please raise your hand in the queue.
I have Miss Asada Ola Bala, Kevin Dalley,
and Blair Beekman in any order.
Yeah, Kevin Dalley, thanks.
I'm really looking forward to the 14th Street Project
being built, as you mentioned.
It is on a high-injury network,
and it's somewhat of a continuation
that goes past City Hall all the way to the lake,
which is how I get to the council meetings.
So good or bad news is you might have more cyclists
attending council meetings if you have a safe way
for them to get there.
So thanks, thanks for pushing this forward.
Thank you for your comments.
Next speaker for item five.
So this is an item that is item, rule 28.
So it didn't go to rules.
So if this was an ongoing project,
why couldn't you get it to rules on time to be vetted?
Why do we have to use Rule 28 to put it on the agenda?
Does it have a timeline that has to be met
that you have to use Rule 28?
The item identifies that this is a part of what they call
Highway safety, I'm sorry, which one is Broadway streetscape?
But when you go into the, uh, report,
you're talking about second street to 11th street and that's Chinatown and
Jack London square and 20th street to grand.
Now this is not any high population of residents. Yeah,
they are Asians like you say in the report because it's Chinatown,
but you go into all this deep racing equity. You're going to pensions,
disability households that are very low income compared to Oakland population.
That's a lie. This is another Chinatown focus.
You got the, some of the projects you got on in Chinatown,
Chinatown bought transit or developments.
You got the Oakland Alameda access project,
the Chinatown complete streets plan, the Lincoln recreational center,
resiliency hub the safe route to school 10 Street improvement all of that in
Chinatown which you got going on in district six what projects of mr. Houston
in district seven they got going on they got eight projects going on in
Chinatown related to this area of street improvement eight and you're trying to
make it look like this project is for people who are in high-risk communities
thank you for your comments miss Asada our next speaker Blair Bigman all right
it looks like Blair is not available we will I believe councilmember Wong had a
comment yeah thank you through the chair so I think this project looks
fantastic I want to see more of this across the city just too many people
continue to get hit and we just we have a real issue with reckless driving and
people getting harmed by it. So thank you for applying and getting this 8 SIP
funding would welcome your thoughts on how we can get more of this. And one
question I just have is on Measure BB funding this. I thought Measure BB we
were in the negative on that or somebody explained that. Can you explain where we
with our measure BB funding. Thanks. I don't know the details of the Mayor BB
but I know that this for this project the money has been reserved through
Mayor BB so we have the funds from Mayor BB on this project. I don't know the
overall picture of Mayor BB. Excuse me. You know the flashing lights things like
that. I would just love to see more of that across the city. We try our best to
We will continue to work with
us as we continue to get after
the grants where ever possible.
We have a dedicated team with
funding strategy and our city
planners so we go for each and
every grant possible.
Right.
Thank you.
Appreciate it.
And with that, I will make a
motion.
Councilmember Houston, did you
have a question?
I always say this, that just this weekend, and Ms. Bessie Lake and Cher, that just happened
at Sunnyside, our community center was burned up, our kids gotta be moved to somewhere else.
District 7 has been underserved for so long, so long.
I'm not only hurt, I'm angered, I'm angered, and I'm gonna start moving in a different
away now because I got my 15 months I'm on my feet now and I'm gonna move like
I moved in the streets back in the day I'm gonna move with force I'm gonna move
with my people because they deserve better they deserve better and I would
my electoral obligation to my people that put me in office was to stand up
for them and and and I'm cut from a different cloth and I will and the
people that are watching to know me they know I will and I'm going I'm gonna put
my people together, we gonna fight for what's right.
And it's gonna be good, or it's gonna be ugly.
Because I'm the only person on this dais
that can speak to the two races that are underserved.
My mom is black, my father's Latino.
Nobody can speak to it like I can, nobody.
And I'm gonna speak to this at public safety
later today as the vice chair.
That I support my LGBTQ community.
My first cousin when I was a kid she LGBTQ.
Council member Wayne knows I support her initiative.
Janani knows I support hers.
Customer Brown know I support hers.
I support my Latino family.
They know when my family die in Mexico
I gotta get over there in 24 hours
they handle it a different way, they bury quicker right. My people die on the
streets in the asphalt, their blood is dripped in that asphalt, I'm there with
them too. So I'm gonna start moving in a different way if my people don't take
care of, I'm moving a different way because I'm tired and I'm
gonna say this, my electoral obligation is to stand up for my black folks and
they not getting took care of, they're not, they're not. You heard them this day
state of the day when they came down here measure in, in talking about underserved East
Oakland, East Oakland. I represent East Oakland from the hills to the flatlands, below the
second railroad tracks to Sheffield Village. Very diverse, very diverse and I touch them
all. So I just had to say that because come to public safety because I'm going to speak
on this on a different way. So these streets, my streets need to be taken care of too. Thank
Thank you.
Thank you, and I have a motion by Councilmember Wong, seconded by Councilmember Gayo, to approve
staff recommendations to be forwarded to the July 7th City Council agenda on roll.
Councilmember Gayo?
Councilmember Houston?
Aye.
Councilmember Wong?
Aye.
And Chair Unger?
Aye.
Item number five was approved with four ayes to be forwarded to the July 7th City Council
agenda on consent.
That now takes us to our last item.
item number six which was withdrawn and rescheduled for the July 14th Public Works and Transportation
Committee agenda.
I will quickly read in the title as stated by city attorney and then we will call the
speakers as we will not be hearing this item.
This item has been withdrawn and is rescheduled to the July 14th Public Works and Transportation
Committee and this is a resolution awarding a construction contract to McGuire Hester
For ball race, rescape improvement projects, the lowest responsible and responsible bidder in accordance with the project plan and specifications
at state requirements and with contractors bid in the amount of
twenty million eight hundred eighty one thousand six hundred and fifty dollars and
adopting appropriate sequel findings
Again, I will call the speakers who signed up for this item
But this item will be rescheduled to the lie fourteenth and I have miss Asada Ola Bala Blair Beekman and Kevin dally
please raise your hand for those who are here in chambers please line up at the podium and state your name for the record. Thank you.
Not only follow.
You know that last item as this item as I was addressing and my notes on the wrong page.
But this was a rule twenty eight item.
And now you're saying it was an emergency.
You had to put it on the agenda.
But now you're taking it off the agenda.
So why did you put it on the agenda in the first place?
It didn't go to rules.
Who put it on the agenda?
Staff from Public Works.
I'm telling you, Public Works needs a whole lot of scrutiny.
I'm not going to repeat what I said.
But this is considered a high population,
just like item five, high population.
Who's this high population?
You know, there's a reason why black people
all these countries are boycotting the Asian businesses.
Go to Chinatown, see how many black people
work in Chinatown.
Go to Fruitvale, see how many black people
work in Fruitvale's businesses, none.
And then when you have your non-profits,
like the Lau family, the East Asian Youth Center,
gonna take care of correcting issues for black people.
Y'all better get the hell out of here
and stop this insanity.
And as soon as we bring up,
we're not gonna support Asian beauty shops
and Asian nails, that's Asian hate.
And Chinatown had a meeting last Saturday
on how they gonna stop Asian hate.
You need to stop using black people to make your money.
That's what you need to stop doing.
Do your thing.
I don't know how I'm under Proposition 209,
how you can allocate money from the state for Chinatown.
That's a race community.
I don't know how y'all do that,
but I'll bring it up.
But you need to stop this,
prioritizing giving special treatment.
Thank you for your comments.
Next speaker, Kevin.
You'll pass.
And I have Blair Beakman.
All right.
No.
Oh, Blair Beakman.
I do not have comment on this item.
Sorry.
That's okay.
Thank you.
Thank you.
All names have been called.
So again, item number six, Broadway Street Scrape Improvement Project, construction project,
was withdrawn and rescheduled to July 14th during our item two pending list.
With that, we will now go to open forum.
We have Ms. Asada Olabala, Blair Beekman, and Kevin Dalley for Open Forum.
Kevin Dalley, now that we have made decisions on where parking enforcement is, I'd love
to revisit the question of progressive ticketing.
There's a number of drivers who repeatedly have the same violations and have decided
it's just a cost of doing business.
The city is capable of increasing the costs with repeated violations subject of course
to state law and I'd suggest either finance or public works and transportation look at
the issue and decide how we can increase the ticketing.
I hope for safer streets but until then at least we make a little bit of more money.
Thanks.
Thank you for your comments.
Next speaker for open forum.
you seem to have no need to discuss the maintenance issues that are going on at the police administration
building. That building has been scheduled for a number of years to be demolished because
of the number of safety issues, seismic issues particularly, and some of the health issues
that continue to go on in that building, but you don't deal with it. But you use Measure
you money to build a library in Chinatown for which the community decided they wanted
or not the library, the recreational center, they wanted to build a new recreational center
and your city management said, we'll pay for it. We'll pay for it. At the same time that
police administration building is continued to be a high risk issue. When the property
is demolished, we supposed to put affordable housing on the property. That was the next
part of it. But you are ignoring high priority issues to do favoritism, particular in Chinatown,
for which Wong is going to, public safety declared it. We already had a sanctuary city
ordinance, Gallo and Wong, but now you want an ordinance that the city is a city of refugees.
When are you going to refuge the people who live here who are African Americans?
I'll go into that detail over and over at every meeting.
You got a hell of a nerve to bring a city of refuge when you don't deal with gentrification.
You don't deal with 10% unemployment of African Americans.
You got a hell of a nerve talking about this needs to be a city of refugees for people
who don't live here when you don't do nothing for the people that do live here who are known
the city of the city of the. The
strong mayor issues and the flock issues. I think I'm going to address flock because
it seems more appropriate to this sort of meeting today. With the flock, we were promised,
you know, in the December meeting. I mean, they were, I was heard they were at death's
door if they didn't sign the contract by March 2026. And I heard, is the contract been signed?
I heard it took a long time for that contract to be signed like into May. It wasn't signed
yet, how is that going? I'm a bit concerned and worried. I spoke in just all of my everything
that you guys did a great thing with compromise, but you know what that happens is you end
up feeling stupid afterwards. But I still meant what I said, but maybe we could have
done it in a year's time, in an 18 month period timeframe. I never, ever knew the concept
that flock can be adding on to their surveillance things
in that two year time period.
But I guess I'm kind of remembering that now.
How is the flock review process going?
I think we really should have six month updates,
some kind of report saying well we're at this place,
the police are doing this,
they're gonna bring this to the PAC
at this such and such a time very soon.
We should have those kind of things happening just,
And we should be, you know, this is a community process to change the world,
basically, and change our dynamic of how we view issues.
Good luck that we work on this as a good community process.
Thank you.
Thank you for your comments.
All speakers have been called for open forum.
All right.
Let's call it a day.
Meeting adjourned.
Thank you.