The Rules and Legislation Committee met to schedule agenda items for future city council and committee meetings, review recommendations from other committees, and discuss reappointments to the Planning Commission. Key actions included rescheduling several items and addressing public concerns.
I like anyone. Welcome to the rules and legislation committee meeting of Thursday, October 2nd, 2025. The time is now 10 35 a.m. and this meeting has come to order, have come to order. Before taking roll, I'll provide the speaker's instructions on how to submit a speaker's card for this meeting to comment in person. Members of the public must submit a separate speaker card for each item on the agenda. Online speaker requests were due 24 hours prior to the start of this meeting, which was yesterday, Wednesday by 10 30 a.m. speaker cards will be accepted within the first 10 minutes of this meeting meeting, making that time 10 45 a.m. as this meeting came to order at 10 35 a.m. I will now proceed with taking role of members present on roll. Council member Brown. Present. Ramachandran present. And Council President Jenkins. Present. Thank you. Showing all four members present. President Jenkins, do you have any announcements before we begin? No announcements. Okay. There are no minutes to be approved. Starting with our new scheduling, item 3.1. Adopt a resolution accepting the police commission selection panels slate of two police commissioners, Ricardo Garcia Acost and Omar Farmer to this to serve on the Oakland Police Commission. Requested to be scheduled to the October 7th, 2025. City Council agenda on consent. Is there somebody from the administration? Good morning, Candace Parker from City Administrator's Office. We are asking that this item be scheduled for the October 16th rules to be sent to the October 21st City Council for adoption as the next commission meeting will be on the 23rd of October. So we do need this new commissioner before the next commission meeting. So I would like it to go to rules on the 16th. And at that time, with hopes that uh the rules committee will for the item to October 21st council. So the vote. So to the public rule 19 and our rules of procedures states that police commission shall be heard by rules before it's heard by the full council. Okay, thank you. Noting 3.1 will be scheduled to the October 16th rules and legislation committee as a discussion item. Moving to item 3.2, adopt a resolution accepting and appropriating grant funds from the California Board of State and Community Corrections, an amount of 31,000 to support the mayor's regional gun violence round table to be scheduled. Oh round table, excuse me, on October 17, 2025 to be scheduled to the October 7th, 2025, City Council agenda on consent, reading in the urgency finding provided by the mayor's office. The deadline for this BSCC grant and the amount of 31. Okay, through the chair, we have mayor staff here. So the deadline for the BSCC grant is um October 3rd this Friday. Uh in order for these funds to be available for October 17th. Um to ensure we meet this deadline. Yeah. Thank you. Sure. Moving to item 3.3. Adopt a resolution authorizing retroactive reimbursement for Council Member Janani Ramachanjan from the city council contingency fund for travel. Travel to Washington, D.C. for federal advocacy from September 15th through 19th, 2025. Took on the October 7th, 2025 city council agenda on non-consent.