Good morning and welcome to the rules and legislation committee of Thursday, October 30th, 2025.

Before I call roll, I will be give speaker card instructions.

If you like to speak on any agenda, excuse me, any item on this agenda, please follow a speaker's card before the item is called for discussion, or ten minutes after the start of this meeting.

This meeting was called at ten thirty-one, so that would be ten forty-one today.

If you're looking to submit a online speaker card, those cards were due twenty-four hours before the start of this meeting.

Chair Jenkins.

Commit matching funds in an amount not to exceed 350,000, enter into a cooperative purchasing agreement with game time for the acquisition of play structures for San Antonio Park and additional city parks in a not to exceed amount of $2 million for November 28, 2025 to June 30, 2026, and make appropriate SQL Act findings.

And this is requested to go to the November 4th Special City Council at 9 a.m.

On consent, the rule 24 reason for this going straight to council.

The game time grant requires all materials to be purchased no later than November 28, 2025 to ensure compliance with this deadline and preserve the awarded funding.

Oakland Public Works must proceed with procurement as soon as possible.

Any delays in the purchasing process could jeopardize the city's ability to meet the grant's conditions and result in the loss of funds allocated for this project.

Given the time-sensitive nature of the grant, staff is seeking approval to move forward with an accelerated procure procurement approach.

This will allow materials to be ordered and secured within the required timeframe, ensuring the project remains eligible under the grant and can be successfully implemented as planned.

Going to item 3.1.

A resolution authorizing the council president to submit a response on behalf of the city council to the 2425 Alameda County Civil Grand Jury Report on the November 24.

I'm sorry, the November 4th Special City Council meeting at 9 a.m.

on consent.

The rule 24 reason civil grand jury report.

Responses are typically scheduled directly to the full council.

Additionally, the responses are due to Alameda County by Friday, November 7th.

Do you guys mind if we remove that from consent?

No.

Okay.

Let's remove it from consent.

So you would like this to go to non-consent.

Yes.

Okay, noting that item 3.1 will be on non-consent instead of consent.

Going to item 3.2, adopt a resolution amending resolution number 90768 to correct the business name from enterprise mobility to enterprise rent a car company of San Francisco LLC.

On the November 4th, special city council agenda at 9 a.m.

on consent.

The rule 24 reason for going directly to council.

Previously approved at council.

The vendor name had to be changed from Enterprise Mobility to Enterprise Rent A Car Company for San Francisco LLC.

Immediate action on the item is required to avoid substantial adverse impact to OPD's criminal investigations and the con the contract process needs to be completed.

ASAP as OPD uses these rental cars for crucial playing playing close operations.

Additionally, OPD would need to return the rental cars if currently it currently has because the vendor cannot be paid until the contract is in place.

On the November 4th, 2025, I'm sorry, November 4th, 2025 special city council agenda at 9 a.m.

on consent.

Item 3.4 a resolution authorizing directing the city attorney to settle the case of Saba Grocers Initiative in the amount of $500,000 on the November 4th Special City Council agenda at 9 a.m.

on consent.

Item 3.5.

It's my understanding that there's a title change for this item.

Are we able to?

Through the chair, council members, my name is José Saguda.

I am a principal budget and management analyst in the finance department.

And I do have a uh title change thing to read.

Um, okay, thank you.

So the title of this item needs to be changed to ordinance amending Oakland Municipal Code Title 4, Chapter 4.56, vacant property tax tool.

One add an exemption for parcels that change ownership after assessment, to require the hearing officer to include findings of fact in their decisions, and three, establish a 12-month time period within which owners of parcels then vacant and assess the vacant property tax must file a petition to reverse the assessment, claim an exemption, or to seek refund of taxes paid.

Thank you.

Going to item 3.6, a resolution awarding a construction contract to Gallagher Burke for the Lakeside Drive Lake Merritt Boulevard Complete Street Project, the lowest responsible and responsibility in accordance with plans, specifications, and state requirements, and with contractors bid in the amount of $8,810,715, and adopting appropriate sequel findings on the November 18th public works and transportation committee agenda.

Item 3.7, a resolution authorizing the city administrator to forgive $3 million in outstanding principal and all accrued and unpaid interest owed by East Bay Highland Palms for the Highland Highland Palms property and $5 million in outstanding principal and all accrued and unpaid interest owned by East Bay Capital Fund for the East Lake property to preserve long-term affordability until 27th 2073 and facilitate the property sale to a new owner on the November 18, 2025 community and economic development committee agenda.

Item 3.8 includes the following pieces of legislation.

A resolution establishing economic activation zones under the Town Alive program to support entertainment zones and responsible artificial intelligence activation zones in the city of Oakland, bringing innovative programming to public and community spaces, and authorizing the city administrator to award negotiate and execute a grant agreement with the Oakland Fund for Public Innovation in an amount not to exceed one million dollars to implement the Town Alive program for a two-year term from November 1st, 2025 through October 31st, 2027, and an ordinance adding chapter 9.54 of Title IX of the Oakland Municipal Code to establish and regulate entertainment zones pursuant to SB 969 to promote to promote economic activation, making other conforming changes to sections 9.8, 9.08.180 and 9.08.19 of the Oakland Municipal Code classifying an entertainment zone event as a tier two of tier three special event pursuant to chapter 9.52 of the Oakland Municipal Code, adopting appropriate SEQA findings on the November 18th CED committee agenda.

Item 3.9 a resolution accepting and appropriating technical assistance and gap funding in the amount of 100,000 dollars and additional funding as available for fiscal year 27 through 28 from the Bay Area Regional Energy Network for energy audits, equipment replacement, and building electrification improvements at municipal facilities to further the city's climate action electrification and equipment modernization goals, adopting appropriate SQL findings, and authorizing the city administrator to negotiate and enter into a professional services agreements to participate in the building decarbonization showcase program on the December 9, 2025 public works and transportation committee agenda.

Starting your recommendations from the October 28th committees, starting with finance and management, item 3.10 regarding options to raise additional ongoing 40 million dollars in general purpose fund revenues, the committee.

On item 3.11 regarding fair labor standards, overtime investigative investigation report.

The committee approved to continue this item to the January 27, 2026 Finance and Management Committee Agenda.

Item 3.12 regarding approving OFD fire staff premium side letter agreement to the IAFF Local 55 MOU.