The Community and Economic Development (CED) Committee met on Tuesday, December 9, 2025, at 1:30 PM under Chair Brown. The meeting covered agenda items including approval of minutes, a pending list, a jurisdictional MOU with San Leandro, a resolution to begin negotiations with Costco/DECA for a warehouse at the former Oakland Army Base, an informational report on the cannabis equity program, an urgency resolution supporting Bay Area Air District rules 9-4 and 9-6 (zero-emission building appliance standards), and an urgency ordinance adopting the 2025 California Fire Code with local amendments. Public comment was limited to one minute per speaker.
Good afternoon, and welcome to the community and economic development committee meeting. For today, Tuesday, December ninth. The time is now one thirty, and this meeting has come to order. Before taking roll, I will provide instructions on how to submit a speaker's card for items on this agenda. If you're here with us in chambers and you would like to submit a speaker's card, please find out, please fill one auditor into a clerk representative before the item is read into record. Allow our speaker requests for due twenty-four hours prior to the meeting starting. This meeting came to order at nine thirty one thirty p.m. Excuse me. M. With that, we would now proceed to take roll. Present. We have four members present. And before we begin, Chair Brown, do you have any announcements for us this afternoon? Yes, thank you so much. Well, good afternoon, everyone, and welcome to our last community and economic development committee meeting of twenty twenty five. It's truly been a pleasure working alongside all of the amazing departments that present to this committee. So housing and community development, economic and workforce development, planning and building, as well as the amazing partnership of our city administration, um, Betsy Lake and team, as well as the city attorney's office. And so as a first-year council member, your partnership and professionalism has really made this first year both productive and impactful. And so as we're looking to 2026, I'm excited for the work that we'll be able to do around anti-displacement implementation, the city's economic action plan, as well as continued exploration on how we use Oakland spaces and land for public good. And then lastly, I did want to make the announcement that in order to ensure that we complete uh conclude our meeting on time today, we will uh be limiting uh public comment to one minute per speaker. And so thank you all so much, members of the public for being here, and so we can go ahead and get started. Thank you, Chair Brown, for your announcements and noting one minute for all public speakers for every item, including open form. Moving to item one approval of the draft minutes from the committee meetings held on October 28th, 2025, and the special meeting on November 18th, 2025. And you do have one speaker for this item, um we can hear from the public speakers. Moving to our public speaker. If you're here with St. Chambers, please approach the podium. If you're participating via Zoom, please raise your hands. You're easily identified. Blair Beakman. As I don't see Blair, that concludes your public speakers. Excellent. And I'll entertain a motion. Councilmember Unger. So moved. Second. We have a motion made by Councilmember Unger, seconded by Councilmember 5 to accept the draft minutes from the committee meetings on October 28th, 2025, and a special meeting on November 18th, 2025, as is on roll. Councilmember 5. Aye. Councilmember Rama Chandran. Aye. Thank you, Councilmember Unger. Aye. And Chair Brown. Aye. The motion passes with four ayes to accept the draft minutes of the committee meetings held on October 28th and November 18th, 2025. Moving to item two, determination to schedule outstanding committee items. And this is also known as your pending list, and you do have one speaker for this item as well. Okay, excellent. Um, and so to the administration, um, any um items for our consideration.