The Rules and Legislation Committee met on Thursday, December 11, 2025, at 10:31 AM to consider scheduling items and recommendations from other committees. The meeting covered new scheduling items requiring bypass of committee (Rule 24), forwarded items from subcommittees, and a discussion on the Flock automated license plate reader contract. A special council meeting was announced for December 16, 2025, at 1 PM.
Good morning. And welcome to the rules and legislation committee of Thursday, December 11, 2025. Before I call roll, I will go over speaker card instructions. If you'd like to fill out a speaker's card on any item on this agenda, please do so before the item is called for discussion or 10 minutes after the start of this meeting. This meeting started at 10 31. So your last opportunity to turn into speakers card will be 1041 a.m. If you were looking to turn in an online speaker card, they were due 24 hours before the start of this meeting, and that time period has passed. On roll. Councilmember Brown. Present. Councilmember Fife. Present. Council Member Ramachandran is excused. Chair Jenkins. Present. Showing three members present at this time. Before we get on with the agenda, do you have any announcements? Yes, sir. December 16th last meeting of the year. Special council meeting will be held at 1 p.m. Noting that there will be a special council meeting on October. I'm sorry, December, December 16th starting at one, therefore canceling the regular scheduled meeting at 3 30 p.m. Going on to item 2. There are no minutes for this um agenda, so there is no motion. Going on to item three, new scheduling items starting with item 3.1. Adopt a resolution honoring the extraordinary life and lasting legacy of Coach John Beam on the December 16th City Council agenda on consent. Do you need urgency finding? So rule 20. So these items typically bypass committee. Awarding a two-year agreement to flock safety for acquisition of automated license plate reader and pen tilt zoom cameras operating system technology and related services at a cost not to exceed $2,252,500, waiving the competitive multiple steps solicitation process required for the acquisition of information technology systems and waiving the local and small local business enterprise program requirements. This is asked to go before the December 16th. There we go. Um Dr. Carlo Beckman. I'm a project manager uh too at the Oakland Police Department, and I have our Rule 24 finding uh the flock contract has expired, and without a contract, OPD cannot pay the vendor uh and will be unable to continue to utilize the flock camera system. Uh we argue that Oakland's public safety will be severely impacted without the use of these cameras. Thank you, sir. Going to item 3.3, a resolution approving ongoing cooperative purchase agreements exceeding two hundred and fifty thousand dollars. Broken public works bureau of maintenance and internal services, commodities and services contract as set forth in table one in an amount not to exceed $3,500,000 and adopted, excuse me, in adopting appropriate sequel findings. This is asked to go before the December 16th. Now special city council agenda on non-consent. This will also need a rule 24 reason for bypassing committee. Good morning. Uh Craig Pond, Building Services Manager, Public Works Facility Services. Uh, our Rule 24 funding is the urgency for to do to conduct work during the uh winter break and as soon as possible on building facilities and properties and components of building uh components and systems. Um, and that's uh our finding. Thank you. Going to item 3.4, an information report on the proposed 2026 state and federal legislative agenda. This is asked to go to the January 8th rules and legislation committee agenda. Item 3.5 adopts a resolution authorizing an agreement with Montclair Village Association for the operation and management of the LaSalle Garage located at 6235 LaSalle Avenue and the Scott Loutlook Scott Lout, excuse me, Scott Lop Lot located at 2250 Mountain Boulevard for a period of five years at an annual compensation amount of 295,200, including 275,000 in reimbursement reimbursable operating expenses and 20,200 in management fees and customer service incentives for a total amount not to exceed contract amount of one million four hundred and seventy six thousand dollars, waiving the local small local business enterprise requirement, and waiving the competitive proposals for solicitation requirement and adding excuse me and adopting appropriate sequel findings on the January 13th public works and transportation committee agenda.