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good afternoon good afternoon and welcome to the city council meeting of Tuesday January 6

2026 happy new year everybody before I take roll I will go over speaker card instructions if you'd

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Brown excuse councilmember Fythe

president councilmember Gallo is participating under the assembly bill

2449 participation rules so i would defer to the council president for that council member guyo are

there any adults in the room with you 18 or over no no there isn't thank you okay and a reminder

your camera has to be on thank you it is can you hear me it's on okay

okay

thank you councilmember thank you councilmember guyo councilmember houston

president councilmember ramachandran president also member hunger

president councilmember wong president and chair jenkins president showing seven

members present at this time do you have any announcements before we

begin no announcements

no announcements moving to item three which is modifications to the agenda and

procedural items any modifications CNN boys going to item for consideration of

items with statutory public hearing requirements there are none on this

agenda moving to item 5 which is action on the non-consent calendar starting with item 5.1

adopt a resolution calling giving notice for the holding of a special municipal election on june

2nd 2026 for the purpose of submitting to the voters a measure that would amend the city charter

section 2601 to among other things expand the eligibility for members of the police and fire

retirement systems board and change the board meeting frequency from monthly to no less than

quarterly requesting consolidation of the special municipal election with the statewide direct

primary election to be held in the city of oakland on june 2nd 2026 directing the city clerk to take

any and all actions necessary under law to submit these met this measure to voters at the june 2nd

2026 election and making appropriate sequel findings you do have two speakers on this item

council member you presented this before how many minutes will you need three minutes

All right.

This is the PFERS ballot measure, which we have presented a few times.

PFERS is a closed-end pension fund for police and fire that has been closed for many, many years.

We have fewer than 600 members in that account now.

It is almost 99% funded, I believe.

so that the the money is there but what's happening is that because the

members are elderly we are having trouble getting them to regular meetings

right we require monthly meetings and participation of only members of the of

the PFERS board because many of them are in retirement homes and many of them the

average age is over 80 we are no longer able to get them to meetings so we are

trying to change the requirements of the meeting so that this board can

continue to meet. It is fully funded. There are no issues with this board.

It's working well. So we are changing, we are asking the voters to change a

couple of things and because this is a charter amendment it has to go directly

to the voters. Basically we are changing the frequency with which they meet and

changing the membership so that current members of the police department and

fire department, or sorry, retired members of the police and fire department who

are not necessarily in PFERS can be members of this board.

There are no fiscal impacts to this.

As I said, the fund is fully funded.

And in fact, we had been collecting a tax

from voters over the past several decades.

Two years ago, half of that tax rolled off.

In a couple of years, an additional amount of money

will roll off.

So the average amount is for an assessed value of a million

dollar home about $1,500 worth of taxes have rolled off 750 a couple years ago

and another 750 upcoming in the next several years so this this is one of the

rare occasions where we're actually seeing a reduction in taxes and in

closing I just would like to take a moment to honor chief John Speakman he

was a firefighter for 42 years I'm sorry and and was a member of this board he

just passed last week he gave many many years of honorable service to this board and that you know

the fact that that these that these members are aging sort of underlines why we need to make these

changes so that is all I have thank you thank you with 30 seconds remaining would you like to close

this meeting and memory okay okay any questions from the council members councilmember Houston

yeah I'd like to move it I know we got to hear the audience and I spoke to hunger this morning it

sounds good and I love it I love it got a motion from Houston I'll second that

okay so let's say let's say anger moved it and then Houston seconded we have two

speakers as a car your name please supports the podium in any order please

state your name for the record before beginning if you are participating via

zoom please raise your hand so I can easily identify you miss a side of all

the Bala and mr. hazard

so I take issue a side only well I take issue with 80s being necessarily

non-functional people I'm be 81 this year and I'm very functional so I just

don't think that's valid. We have a lot of people in their 80s. I also take issue with

the change for eligibility is not clear. It just says someone can be a member of the system

with no qualifications whatsoever. You don't identify any qualifications. But the real

issue is when 90% of your police department doesn't live in Oakland, I'm sure it's a challenge

challenge to get people once they leave the system no longer living here to want to participate

in anything in Oakland. I don't know if there is a cost involved in putting the item on

the ballot. And if that is a cost, what is that cost and what is the source of funding

for placing on the ballot the item.

And lastly,

I think that seven members is gonna remain,

I'm not clear if you're gonna change,

and meeting four times a year and not every month,

some explanation for reducing it to just four times a year

if you thought it was necessary.

But I just wanna emphasize again,

people in their 80s are still vital and I don't know what group this is but I got a

lot of energy at approaching 81.

For the record, Gene has it.

Vote no on this proposed measure.

90% of the officers live outside of this city.

We're going to accommodate them

and then they're going to go to San Ramon, Antioch

and wherever they live.

And also there are other hidden agendas on this.

Just like there were hidden agendas on Measure XXN22.

They put out their term limits for council members

members, but that was not the issue.

They changed the Roberts rules.

They asked for increase in salary for the city attorney

and the city auditor.

And even in the special election of April 15,

it was a transaction and use tax, not a sales tax.

But the city voters are paying a sales tax that

went into effect October 1.

Do not support anything that this council puts on the agenda.

They didn't go and circulate a petition,

but they come up with their hidden agendas.

And I guarantee you there's hidden agendas in this measure.

This council has a pattern in practice

to deceive the public, Mr. Unger.

And so it's not as glorified as they would have you to believe.

80 years of age, 90% of our officers

live outside of Oakland.

Why are we paying for them to live elsewhere?

It'd be different if they were here in this town.

Go check the record.

Thank you, Mr. Hiser.

We have a motion in the second.

Oh, council member Houston.

Yes, I'd like to just state that I don't agree with

90% of the individuals that live somewhere else

that are working here, but we can't stipulate that.

I mean, I don't know how we able to stipulate.

can't stipulate that because I would like the officers and firefighters to live here

in Oakland because you know I'm about Oakland first right Oakland first Oakland first Oakland

first so but that's one thing I don't like but we can't stipulate that so I moved it

and just keep it going. Thank you. Celia. Celia Warren, Office of the City Attorney.

I am also the parliamentarian for the Police and Fire Retirement Board and I helped them

draft this proposed measure to send to the council for approval to send to the voters.

And I just want to reiterate and reassure everyone that the board, the PFRS board themselves

approved these changes to the charter.

They themselves are in their 80s and they are looking down the road to the future to

when they're approaching their 90s and needing to be at these meetings and that it was their

idea to push to be able to expand the membership of the board because they

have reported that they have trouble finding members within their system to

actually attend these meetings which require in-person participation so they

asked to be able to expand their membership and to reduce the frequency

of the meetings from monthly to quarterly to no less than quarterly so

So they can still absolutely meet monthly if they need to do so, but given the financial

status of the system, it's in great shape right now.

And they have over time de-risked the system, so there's less and less for them to actually

monitor and meet on a monthly basis for anyway.

So this is again driven by the Police and Fire Retirement Board, and they are asking

the council to approve this.

And again, it has to go to the voters because it's a charter amendment, unfortunately.

thank you thank you seeing no more comments madam clerk there was a motion

by councilmember Unger second by councilmember Houston to adopt the staff

recommendation councilmember councilmember Brown is excused council

member Fyfe aye councilmember Gael aye

I also remember Houston I councilmember Rama Chandran I councilmember

Unger I councilmember Wong I chair Jenkins motion passes with a vote of

seven eyes one excused Brown I believe that was your only non-consent item

Going to item 6, which is the consent calendar, starting with item 6.1, approval of the draft minutes from the meeting of December 16th.

Item 6.2, a declaration of a local emergency due to the AIDS epidemic.

Item 6.3, a declaration of a medical emergency due to cannabis.

Item 6.4, a declaration of a local emergency due to homelessness.

item 6.5 is amendments to the ordinance number 12187 which is the salary

ordinance action on this item will result in final passage item 6.6 is an

ordinance amending the camp the Oakland Campaign Reform Act action on this item

will also results in final passage item 6.7 regarding the 27th Street complete

streets construction contract award item 6.8 a resolution regarding a

a settlement for Twombly versus the City of Oakland.

Item 6.9, appointments to the Mayor's Commission on Persons with Disabilities.

Item 6.10, a resolution for appointments to the Commission on Homelessness.

And Item 6.11, appointments to the Civil Service Board.

Item 6.12, a resolution for the Oakland Alameda County JPA appointment.

And you do have speakers on this item.

Any comments from the council members?

Council member five. Yes.

Uh, uh, press the press.

President Jenkins. Can you hear me? Yes, we can hear you.

No, well, huh? Yes, we can hear you.

Can you hear me? Yes. Uh, I don't put 6.7. Uh, the contract, uh,

this before us, um, regarding 27th street,

I'd like to register a note. No vote.

And the reason being is that I still believe strongly that we need to keep

our contractors in Oakland employed doing business.

And based on the presentation, the second bidder is local, and yet the contractor are

local contractors.

And I want to support that we invest the money in local contractors, because not only are

they here doing the work, but they're also part of the Mandela Training Center, where

we train our young people and they wind up being working for the local contractors.

And so I'm going to support that we go with the second bidder.

And it's supposed to take in an outside contractor from the city of Mobile.

Council member will register your no vote on item 6.7.

I believe you said that is.

Yep.

Okay.

Council member Fyfe.

Thank you President Jenkins for the recognition. I wanted to discuss this item briefly because I pulled it from the last agenda and it was put on today's agenda because of the explosion that is under investigation by the National Transportation Safety Board for the incident that happened in Hayward.

I'm not ascribing blame to Regwick for this particular incident.

And I had a conversation with the city administrator's office as well as the city attorney's office

and want to say that I'm okay with the city not having liability in this particular contract

because of the insurance policy held by this company.

but I also share in some of the concerns that are being raised about our contracting process

and how it impacts minority contractors.

These two things are completely separate and not related,

but I was happy to meet with our staff today about how we plan on moving forward

with ensuring a process that is equitable for our contractors.

THERE'S NOT A LOT I CAN SAY BECAUSE IT'S NOT AGENDAIZED ABOUT HOW WE PLAN ON MOVING FORWARD.

BUT I ALSO SHARE SOME OF THE CONCERNS AS EXPRESSED BY MY COLLEAGUE.

AND I KNOW SOME OF MY OTHER COLLEAGUES SHARE THOSE CONCERNS AS WELL.

BUT I WANTED TO STATE WHY I PULLED THIS FROM THE AGENDA INITIALLY.

AND THOSE INITIAL ISSUES HAVE BEEN ADDRESSED BY OUR CITY ATTORNEY.

THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER 5.

COUNCILMEMBER HOUSTON.

Yes, on item 6.12, I'd like to speak and say a few things on that item.

Okay.

Say it now.

Oh, okay.

I get to speak ahead.

All right.

So we have David Newton.

We're appointing to the JPA.

Mike went off.

I'm not sure if anyone had the chance to meet with this gentleman or speak to this gentleman.

He's eloquent.

He's brilliant, and I sit on the JPA, and it's going to be an honor, an honor to have David Newton to sit on the JPA with me because he knows real estate.

He understands real estate.

There's a big real estate transaction that's going on.

So I just wanted to speak that.

I'm so happy that, President, that you chose David Newton to sit on there, which was a great, great choice, and he's out in the audience right now.

councilmember Houston in accordance with our contract with ASEG did you get

permission from ASEG for this appointment yes they sent an email out

and they said that they recommend or they approve David Newton's appointment

also shall I say OAC Oakland Acquisition Group yes they did okay

else seeing that let's go to public comment as a current name please approach

podium in any order please state your name for the record before beginning if

you're on zoom your name is called please raise your hand so I can easily

identify you miss Asada Olabala I have you for all items on consent Isaiah

Daniels Kevin Patrick Hester Bruce Grom or is it growing Derek Barnes I have

you with three items Kevin Daly Jennifer Siebert

Stanley Cooper Eric Castillon Sam Rahebi Bob Rahebi Blair Beekman I have you with

three items and mr hazard I have you with all items as well in any any order

please approach the podium again raise your hand and zoom if your name was

called so I can easily identify you and you still wish to speak thank you

hello my name is Bob Rahibi I'm president of Regwick construction company for the

record councilmember Gallo we are a local business in Oakland we started off

small local business. We moved here in 2012. We have been here for 14 years.

We are on our contract we have a very small local business CEO Construction

which he is here and he will speak. In regards to the incident over in Hayward

on December 11th, the lateral was not hit by Regwick Construction Company nor an

an employee of Reggie Construction Company.

It was hit by another company at 7.30 in the morning

on December 11th.

PG&E took control of the site at 7.40 a.m.

and the explosion happened at 9.39 a.m.

We were working two blocks away

and we were not within the vicinity of the explosion.

So that is under...

Councilmember Houston.

Can we ask a couple of questions through the president?

Can I? The gentleman?

A few.

A few?

So what local participation or individuals or companies that you've hired in the last year, two years, are just being, so you just said that you started off as a small local business, correct?

That is correct.

correct and hold on and you went through the slbe program we did and our volume increased i'm gonna

ask over just give me some yeses and nos and then um how long did it take you to go what what what

did you start off with what was your company size when you started off uh the the company was started

in 1947 when i purchased it it was much smaller so when i moved it to oakland after i purchased it

and we were doing about seven million dollars a year when we moved to oakland and and how many

employees did you have when you started off as a small local business uh we had about 10. and you

owned it how long i have owned it since 2005. okay i'm gonna pass it to my council um council member

fife so thank you for sharing about the incident and i want to be absolutely clear that the reason

i raised it is because i wanted to ensure that the city of oakland was not would not be held liable

while this investigation was moving forward so and and thank you for sharing that that it was not

redwick that was actually responsible for hitting that that gas main that caused the explosion there

who was it then it was a subcontractor to redwick and it's under the ntsb investigation but it was

not a reggie itself so it was that subcontractor contracted by regwig it was contracted by regwig

but there are not on the 27th avenue contract thank you

one more question are the were they listed to be on that contract for 27th and were they listed no

okay thank you thank you sir

oh charlene hi one more question to redrick bob one more question

so it sounds like the subcontractor was the one that

um was at fault or whatever language you want to use but

i'm wondering if there was a coordination piece that you all as the

prime were responsible for and if you can speak to that

like coordination with pg e etc well the prime is always responsible so uh you know there is uh

the subcontractor works under the prime contractor so we were it's a pro it's a project that regvick

had and uh and they were on that project but they're the ones who hit it and it was not regvick

and so in retrospect what was the what was ultimately the issue that came out in hayward

and how can we prevent that from happening in Oakland?

It was a mechanical failure on a piece of equipment that hit a lateral

that fit the main line, but it was not.

It was just an equipment failure that a guard on a piece of equipment dropped down

and hit a lateral.

Okay.

i think you're free to leave now bob well we need to let the public comment can we save the rest of

our questions for bob uh towards the end so bob you'll come back up here after everyone's spoke

yes good afternoon my name is eric castellan i am the president of ceau company i am a listed

subcontractor for the 27th street project i am oakland resident my business is also small local

business out of oakland i am here to tell you guys to support regwick that has been mentoring me

throughout my two years here in oakland they have effectively listed me in multiple projects

throughout the city of Oakland and through the unified school districts of

the city of Oakland they have effectively communicated with me

inviting me to bid not only in Oakland but throughout the Greater Bay Area and

I am here to support them to provide you guys to award them and that basically

will give me a contract that as a listed subcontractor I'm ultimately our staff

is depending on it and I'm depending on it as well on this project bid on June

5th and we have been patiently waiting

thank you can we can we wait but councilman if you want to go right now

please all right do the chair come up young man what what type of work do you

self-perform I do underground utilities you self-perform it yes and how many

people do you have in your company i have uh three employees okay i'm very small sir thank

thank you next speaker

sam rahibi a proud member of district seven retro construction is proudly oakland we're proudly

local through and through um i've been working for a reggwick since i've been 13

and I've been driving to Oakland every single day, every summer throughout school.

And I'm very proud of Oakland, and that's why I'm proud of the work we do.

We're stationed here in Oakland.

I personally drive to Oakland every single day.

Additionally, we're the low bidder for 27th Street by a million dollars.

We're a million dollars lower.

These are Oakland dollars, community dollars, a million dollars which could be saved by Oakland,

which could be used to build the city and further improve the city, which we all love.

Thank you.

As Council Member Houston said, Oakland first.

Council Member Houston.

All right.

What city are you driving from to Oakland to come to Oakland?

I actually moved to Sanford.

I'm asking you a direct question. What city are you driving to, I mean from, to come to Oakland?

San Francisco. Okay, thank you.

Thank you.

Hello, my name is Jennifer Benford Seibert and I'm here to speak on the awarding of the contract.

And by accepting the bid from Redwick, it reflects a more restrictive list of subcontractors,

lack of diversity, and is not as diverse as the list provided by McGuire and Hester.

Number two, I'm not in favor on behalf of either myself as a constituent in District 7 and 6.

I straddle both.

Although it is the lowest bid, that also means lower tax revenue through the taxes from the permits

that they would have to pay for.

And also, if it is the lowest bid,

that also means that they're paying the employees more than likely lower

and less revenue is coming back from the local economy

from those employees that would be working here.

They'd have less money to spend.

And number three, this bid fails to support

the disparity study from 2017 where there were

Thank you, ma'am. Your time is up.

Good afternoon. My name is Kevin Hester.

So born and raised in Oakland, California. I work for a company, McGuire & Hester.

This year we're celebrating our 100th year also founded in Oakland.

in Oakland. So one thing I got that goofy last name Hester, about 20 years ago

McGuire and Hester turned into a 100% ESOP owned company. So although I

definitely have something to do with the management of the company, I'm

representing 200 plus employee owners for this contract. As I said before,

About 10 years ago, McGuire and Hester had the opportunity to do a mentor protege similar

to what we're doing right now, what we'd like to do right now with Cooper with Jerron Construction.

At the time, Jerron, this was in San Francisco, Jerron was doing, had probably about 10 employees

and was doing about $2 to $3 million worth of work a year.

Today, Gerron Construction has over 50 employees and is probably doing $40 to $50 million.

McGuire and Hester would like this opportunity to have the same success with Cooper Engineering.

We really want the council to invest in a local contractor and we want and we think

that we can work together and give Cooper the same opportunity and mentorship that we

gave to Ron. Thank you.

Good evening, everyone. My name is Isaiah Daniels. I'm a superintendent for Cooper Construction

and engineers. First of all, I want to say that we're advocating for McGuire and Hester.

We've been on a few projects with them now, and it's, you know, they're, you can say for

a small company right out of Oakland, they're very nurturing as far as helping us get to

where we need to be. We've been on a couple of projects with them now. They have been

a great success. And this success is not only to the construction work we're doing, but

It's also to the uniting with the community around us.

I remember as I first drove into Oakland, I'm here at probably around 5, 5, 15 in the morning,

walking the streets of Oakland, and I remember the looks I used to get.

Now I get a bunch of waves, hello, good morning.

I even get coffee on some occasions.

So what I'm getting at is that we're right here out of Oakland.

The owner of this here company is born right here in Oakland.

we we I make sure that my crew is hot

thank you mr. Daniels your time is up

can I get two minutes find a chance the owner of Cooper construction engineering

we'll have to be fair to all speakers how many items did you sign up for

I signed up for this right here last time I was here I had people you and they

told me that they couldn't yield so I didn't even do all of that this time so

you signed up for one item just to speak on yeah 6.7 thank you so much

okay hello City Council hi my name is Stanley Cooper I'm the proud owner of

Cooper Construction and Engineering right here out of Oakland. I am born and

raised right here in Oakland K through 12 a graduate of Skyline High School and

then since then I went on and got myself educated and I proudly run a civil

engineering firm right here in Oakland. Some of the points that I want to make

I've already told you that I'm from Oakland I'm also a very small local

Business Enterprise registered right here in Oakland.

We need to support local businesses.

You know, local businesses pay local taxes.

Businesses pay business taxes.

They spoke about the $1 million.

Think about how you can get that in business taxes.

Redswick is taking $2.8 million outside of Oakland with the uncertified to where's McGranny

Harris was only taking 797,000 if you look.

Council Member Houston?

Can we, if it's important, if it's imperative you can ask now, but there's some public speakers that, yeah?

No, no.

I'm going to listen to you.

You want to ask him?

I'm going to ask him.

I'll wait.

I'll listen to you.

Okay.

Okay.

Okay.

So to the two construction owners, we will ask them after the rest of the speakers speak.

Ms. Asada has been waiting patiently.

And then I also want to hear from Mr. Nuda.

Thank you, Madam Clerk.

I'm addressing item 6.1 first, which is the minutes from the last meeting and the public

hearing related to the violations of tree cutting.

That baffled me because the question was asked why it took three years to address the issue.

And two staff members gave two different reasons for three years being the amount of time to

address it.

One said it was a staffing issue, the other one said a process was not in place.

The individual who owns the property had intentions of developing the land and for three years

he's been unable to get a permit.

Let's do something about this, please.

Item 6.4, emergency homelessness.

It is not an emergency.

You have done nothing that's substantial to deal with the homeless situation in this

city. 6.5 deals with minimum wage being addressed. When are you going to address the 9% of unemployment

of African Americans in this city? That's never been addressed. 6.6, you have a statement

that says there's a need to take immediate action to avoid a substantial adverse impact.

This is related to Campaign Refund Act, but you don't have a need to address the issues

of gentrification and what's happening to the African American community in Oakland,

but the substantial adverse effect impact is taking place.

6.7, the 27th Street Complete Project.

That's around Lake Merritt in downtown Oakland.

You have 15 projects related to street development around Lake Merritt.

And some communities in Oakland have no projects going on to correct street issues.

6.8 is the lawsuit.

The lawsuit that you have is another lawsuit in the Department of Transportation, dangerous

condition, $40,000.

A bicycle hit a traffic light when it fell down.

And over and over again, lawsuits are going on in the Department of Transportation, and

You have not sat down to address how we're going to stop these lawsuits.

6.10, Commission on Homelessness.

That commission, the last time it met was in September 24th or 25th, and then before

that June of 2025.

That commission is not meeting sufficiently to deal with homelessness.

And when they did meet, they dealt with something that I found out.

The encampment policy, they have to review it every year and produce a report to this

body on the encampment policy.

That has not happened.

So the count that's supposed to go on, that is addressing, and it's said in their meeting,

that that count will not produce...

Yes.

On the proposed ballot measure, Mr. Sada had asked, how much is this going to cost?

and Council Member Houston, before you became actively involved a number of years and you

questioned 90% of officers or first responders that lives outside of Oakland, go check the data.

About 10 years ago, they extended the perimeter to 50 miles, okay? Because folks live outside and

there was going to be some proposed legislation to address that. So they extended the perimeter.

You can't tell me that 90% of our first responders or police officers live outside of this Oakland.

So you go check it and then come back and tell me.

So, and why do you keep having cannabis 6.3 as a health emergency and you don't deal with fentanyl?

Shame on you.

every one of you

fentanyl is a crisis

it's killing our children

and you sit up there

and you don't have it but you have cannabis

I gave you

a copy of a draft

final and you go to

cleanoakland.com and you

will see it this relates to

the unlawful act

that this president did

with suspending rule

29 because the mayor declined to break the tie. Let me read something to you.

A tie vote is not broken results in failure as a matter of law. California law is clear.

A failed motion cannot be treated as pending, cannot be revived by rule suspension, and cannot

be revoted upon absent or properly noticed reconsideration consistent with adopted rules

due process. Rule 29 cannot suspend to override a failed vote. What you did was unlawful and I'm

prepared to do litigation if you don't correct this. It's the same crap you did and the city

attorney defaulted. They did not respond to my writ on the April 15, 2025 transaction

and use tax. The voters and the residents in Oakland are now paying a tax, which is

illegal. That went into effect on the 1st. I will be filing the default motion and I'm

prepared to go to litigation if you don't correct the suspension of Rule 29.

This is unlawful illegal.

You're doing like Trump does.

He don't give it because you're sitting in...

you refuse to honor.

Thank you, Mr. Hazard.

Your time is up.

Derek Barnes with East Bay Rental Housing Association.

Good afternoon, council members and city staff.

I've got a few things to talk about just to kick things off.

And at a macro level, I guess it's an understatement

to say that we have big challenges ahead of us, but I think some that we can deal with

locally. And as our congressional rep says, no one is coming to save us. So staying connected

and in collaboration is critical in 2026. And as the representative Ebro, we've got

several programs that we'd like your participation in helping to advance in this coming year.

One is a vacancy and habitability restoration plan. I've talked to some of you about that

already. Another is affordable housing for OPD and first responders that we heard a little

bit about earlier in today's meeting. I think we got a good plan for that. And finally,

a ready-to-own program, which establishes a program and a way for first-time home owners

to get into this tough market, as well as providing some education for our small owner

operators who become rental property owners as well we are also going to be

releasing a winter housing report coming up some of you have been given us given

some of this information already and I want to just call your attention to some

of the key data points in that report being decline in our small rental

property owners in in Oakland but also a decline in the black rental property

owners and home ownership in Oakland as well.

And so, Council President Jenkins, we look forward to following up and following through

on some of the proposed legislation that we talked about last year.

And Council Member Wong, we look forward to working with your office and advancing some

of the affordable housing discussions that are critical to our first responders.

I think we can get some win-win-win opportunities here.

and to our Dean and our council member Fyfe my council member we look forward

to working with you on maintaining and building businesses in D3 I think that's

really important that includes things like advancing Costco and helping to

make sure that we can get those kind of businesses in and also creating home

ownership and opportunities through a ready-to-own program that we desperately

need we've talked about that as well and hopefully releasing the the last racial disparity report

we have to get that out so we can figure out what we need to do collectively to

help our communities that are under resourced and in desperate need

and council member houston public safety encampment initiatives illegal dumping activities you have

our support around that and Ramachandran and Unger incentives for encouraging

more commerce and stabilizing small businesses in Oakland is an imperative

but please don't forget our small businesses that are rental housing

providers as well we have I think it's a good plan to get some of those people

into the business of rental housing but I think we can do that with creating some

incentives in the way that you've suggested in your in your proposed plan

so thank you and I look forward to working with all of you in 2026

thank you mr. Barnes if your name was called and you are in the chamber please

approach the podium Blair Beekman Bruce are you in the chamber mr. Beekman do

you wish to speak on this item I do not have a card for her

Hi, thank you.

Blair Beekman.

Happy 2026 to everyone.

Got up to a tough start.

I wanted to speak on items 6.1, 6.4, and 6.7.

6.7, you guys have been working hard here today on it already.

Thank you.

I always come in with the procurement process should always have hopefully good practices

of tech accountability involved and what to expect with the tech involved,

how that involves, you know, our, you know, local wheelchair community,

how they, what their role is in this process of decision making and tech accountability advocacy,

what their role is all that goes into the procurement process that you're deciding today

good luck in those efforts and what we the future of our community we're building for item 6.4 is

unhoused homeless declaration it's importance here in oakland thank you i hope we had there

were some items in 2025 in the fall addressing homeless issues and cleaning issues you guys

worked really hard to address different ways we can talk about keeping our Oakland streets clean.

Thank you. We're trying to find alternative ways than what was was a very strong initial initiative

presented here that I think we're trying to find ways to mellow good luck in those efforts how we

can do that. And to conclude for item 6.1 on the December 16th meeting minutes,

I just want to say very much of a thank you in the recent interesting compromise

of agreeing to a two-year flock ALPR vendor contract while also at the same time looking

for a new ALPR vendor in the next two years as well.

Thank you again.

Oakland has simply created a good reference point of peace and best practices

in local community policy making and a possible growing time of war.

I hope our local media can learn to more clearly report on these good ideals

and and how we're promoting an oakland love life philosophy and policy of do no harm

it could be a good example for everyone at this time thank you

thank you mr beekman moving to the zoom speaker again if you're in chambers and you wish to speak

on this item the only person i have is bruce moving to kevin on zoom i have you with one

item for item 6.7 please unmute yourself and begin your comments uh kevin dally from transport

Oakland, I'm speaking in favor of 6.7, the 27th Street Complete Streets Project. 27th Street

is a dangerous street. We have had fatalities on 27th Street and near 27th Street over the last

year or two. I also cycle on 27th Street, look forward to having it made safer. The contract

has been approved following standard practices. Regwick is a local company, Hagenberger Court,

in Councilmember Houston's district. It's wonderful to have two local companies discussing

which one is more local, and I look forward to seeing McGuire and Hester on future contracts,

and let's also look on contract reform in the future. But for now, we need to pass the 27th

street project move forward and make the street safer thanks

thank you mr dally that was the last speaker so anyone who was appointed to a commission

board of commission today that wants to have words i see mr gonzalez there i see

david newton any supporters want to come in and have words all for public participation

please feel free and if any council members have any questions of the commissioners or

potential commissioners and please feel free please approach mr Newton and Ms. Brown

appreciate you just wanted to take this time to personally thank

I want to thank District 7 Ken Houston for standing on business and being who you are,

a special member of our community.

I wanted to personally thank the President, Kevin Jenkins, for your work in this community

and giving us the opportunity to come to the JPA board.

I understand that that seat was held by one of our local heroes who is also, I'm also

a Skyline alumni and a Peralta College alumni. I'm also a member and lifelong native Oaklander.

I appreciate everything that this means. The importance is astronomical. Right here is

my adopted mother and Auntie, one of our iconic figures, Miss Elaine Brown, who has done real

work in this community. I had to recognize her in this room. She embodies the spirit.

Dr. Huey P. Newton said, our place is in this community.

As we revolutionize this landscape, people like my aunt, my mother, Barbarette Newton,

worked on projects like this and did real work to affect the city in houselessness, to affect the city in jobs.

Oakland Coliseum used to be the home of our sports teams.

Now they're gone.

One of the last standing heroes of our community is what you see murals of everywhere through Oakland as a Black Panther Party.

I could not let this day pass without recognizing that.

I just want to thank everybody.

I prepared something, but I felt I had to come to the heart.

We're ready to do this work.

All power to the people.

Thank you.

So, Bruce, I saw you sneak in.

Come on.

Come get your time.

Thank you very much.

I apologize for my lateness.

My name is Bruce Schoran, President of the National Association of Minority Contractors.

I'm here today to speak in support of the contract that awards,

that has McGuire Hester slash Cooper Engineering as the bidders

for the Street Maintenance Project.

I want to encourage you to continue to reward good behavior.

And I think what you see in their offer is that it's the kind

of thing that aligns with what Oakland is looking for, the kind of behavior where you're

trying to spread equity to all the corners that are typically not addressed.

McGuire Hester, with well more than 100 years of existence, is a company that has, by their

very nature, been a good corporate citizen here.

They've gone out and done their very best to encourage equity by putting together a

mentor-protege program where you actually see them attempting to advance.

Thank you. Mr. Secretary-Treasurer, come on up.

Good afternoon, Council President and honorable members of the council and staff. My name is Rudy

Gonzalez and I am honored to be a mayoral appointee and with your approval on the

consent agenda today one of two of your newest members of the civil service

board it's kind of in the weeds sometimes in jurisdictions about what

the purpose and responsibility is but as an Oaklander I'm proud to serve in this

perhaps lesser known and hopefully lesser less controversial board or

Commission for this body I think it's really important to achieve our goals of

equity and to uphold the personnel roles that are deeply rooted in the

charter but also an important element to adjudicating employee issues and

employee appeals so honored to serve in this capacity and to give back to my

community in Oakland in this way so I appreciate your support thank you thank

you all right so now we have are you please please please do speak I'm only I

will be short i am honored to have been accepted to be on the civil service board i am a 30-year

hr professional i'm an ambassador for for good hr practices and i want to support the the attraction

and retention of quality talent so that we can support each other in this city we all love so

thank you i look forward to working with the other other commissioners as well thank you so much

thank you for your service and then council members i know we had some questions of

construction companies questions for Stanley Cooper

hey Stanley how many people are employed at your firm we were small company very

small local so it's eight of us full-time and you know my superintendent right over there

okay that's helpful um can if i have questions for staff do we have to pull it off of consent

okay no you don't have to pull off of consent you could just okay great yeah this is yeah

So my office is right here in Oakland, and so I'm a local grown company.

Any other questions?

No, I don't have any questions for you Stanley, for the staff.

Thank you.

That concludes for now.

Is there a relevant staff member for this?

Yeah.

Hi, Director Rowan.

I have a question.

noticed in the report that it said that the since the project is funded by a ctc at the county that

typically this project would be required to comply with the county's local business contract equity

program lbce but however that the county has allowed the city to substitute the lbce requirements

with the city's local small business enterprise requirements can you talk a little bit more about

the county's requirements and what it is that we're replacing with our with our own through through

the chair I would have to lean on the technical team for the county's requirements typically ours

are our requirements are stricter than theirs are which is why we request that we use our

SLB program but as far as the specifics of their program go I I don't know the differences

Okay, no problem. My other question is just between the two top bidders, so this is McGuire and Hester,

was there anything in their proposal that flagged that you didn't think they could complete it,

or was it just the price differential?

So through the chair, to answer that question, that's a difficult one because for construction contracts,

their their low bid and so it's kind of like comparing which vanilla ice cream you like the best.

The city has its its SLB program that we don't evaluate that's not a D.O.T. function that that is done by

D.W.S. and we rely heavily upon them to do that evaluation and so we take their report and incorporate that into our

evaluation but when it comes to the two contractors who we're talking about both have performed well

for the city so there there's nothing that we would object to to either one um but we would we

we want to see not only those two competing for our work but we'd like to see five or six more

competing for our work and so i have no objection with either i've i've i think they both serve the

city well I think they do very fine work where they're working for us currently and so there's

nothing that jumps out at it so at the end of the day they were both compliant with the SLBE program

and they were both responsive and they were both responsible and one was lower than the other

and we go with the lower right it's our recommendation okay I also noticed that

McGuire and Hester had the they were like way above compliant at 113 percent. Can you just explain

how does the BS LB accreditation work because they got 30 percent versus the 15.4 percent and we did

receive a letter that questioned that accreditation. Can you speak to that through through the chair to

to the Council member. No, I actually cannot that that's that is that is managed by by by our West

Department. Again, like I stated, we they do those evaluations on the bids. They look at things like

the bid discounts, the the mentor protege. And so we rely heavily on their interpretation. But my

understanding is, is that the McGuire and Hester team was given the maximum bid discount that's

allowable under city code and even with that bid discount it did not change the outcome of this bid process. Okay and then my other question is just with the.

Since it was a price differential of 11 I think about point 9 million dollars right.

I'm just wondering, say in theory, were we to reward the contract to the McGuire and Hester bid, where would you identify the additional funding?

Would it be Measure KK? Is the funding available? Would it take from another project or could that in theory be done?

Through the chair. So specific to your KK question, we were actually maxed out on KK.

So that's off the table.

We would have to go back and find $900,000 to fill that gap.

And I'm standing here today, don't know where that would come from.

But in reality, we would have to find another project and take from it to fill that gap.

Okay.

That.

Okay, that's helpful.

Okay.

that's the end of my questioning thank you any more questions from council

Houston that was a good question I'm councilmember is it possible through the

chair I can call up the subs I want to call up the subs that were here for

McGuire and for Redwick please and it doesn't matter but I don't want to mix

up if it's going to be redrick redrick redrick redrick if it's going to be mcguire mcguire mcguire

mcguire so come on up real quick the subcontractors they have a couple of questions and it's just

it's real simple questions too is um what projects are you working on um right now

where are they located and um your core employees how many do you have so just answer the first one

for me um yes so i have three employees two um our residents out of oakland i'm currently working

on the 14th ab project and i have another project that is not with regwig but um it's in san leandro

those are my two current projects and you self-perform i i self-perform underground utilities

correct i have equipment and my labor runs the equipment and the the laborers run small tools

and you live in oakland i live in oakland yes okay cool i'm good unless my colleague has any

questions through the chair good okay so any other redgwick since you any other red which

redgwick um contractor in the audience okay um mcguire and hester's um sub contractor

so i'm gonna ask you the same thing sir is that um what job are you currently working on right now

okay hello everyone once again my name is stanley cooper with cooper construction engineering

i'm a general a civil i asked you and so i'm i'm working on uh with mcguire and hester

i'm listed for two things um i list i'm listed for the concrete which i'm currently just finished

the west oakland mr stanley i'm gonna ask you a direct question what contracts are you working

on right now um that would be a woe step in west oakland and i'm trying to get uh right this one

right now right now yes no which ones okay and and and core core um how many core employees do you

have like um i would say about between six and eight core employees so they working right now

on that contract in west oakland yes we are okay and you self-perform all the work most definitely

we self-perform all of our work okay where do you live i'm in oakland i live in oakland i'm doing

any of my colleagues have any questions and that was the two kind subcontractors

is in the audience right now for both companies okay thank you

YOU COUNCIL MEMBER WONG OH FIVE AND THEN ONE I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS I JUST THINK THAT THE

INTEREST FROM MY COLLEAGUES ON THIS ITEM AND THE INTEREST FROM THE PUBLIC REALLY EMPHASIZES

THE FACT THAT WE NEED TO DO MORE WORK ON OUR SLBE LBE PROGRAM AS WELL AS OUR CONTRACTING IN

in the city of Oakland.

It's been under discussion for many, many years.

It was hotly contested when I first was elected.

And I want to let the public know

that this will be one of my prime projects for 2026,

is organizing this program in a way that is equitable

and works in the best interest of the city of Oakland.

There's a lot of work to do.

It's not going to happen overnight, but we need to ensure that we're moving forward with equity so that Oakland-based firms are highlighted and nurtured so that they can grow and become larger businesses.

And one of the ways that I think all of these things are connected is through the processes that we put forward here.

So I just wanted to say that because we're going to keep coming to Council project by project,

asking all of these questions, having these inquiries if we don't clarify

what our program should be. And we got to do better.

We just got to do better.

Thank you, Councilmember. Councilmember Wong.

Yeah, thank you. Through the chair.

Back to Director Rowan, if you wouldn't mind coming up.

So you mentioned that additional funding would need to be identified if McGuire and Hester

was given the award. Would that delay the implementation of this at all? And I assume

that you know small amounts could be taken from a number of projects how

feasible do you realistically think that that would be through the chair I

really am NOT in a position to answer that today I mean we have only so many

places that we can go searching for funding we would have to look to see

what what other projects we could we could potentially borrow from if you

will. And then the question becomes is is the money committed is the money encumbered that there may be contractual issues or maybe legislative

requirements. So I just I I wish I had every penny of our budget memorized but I don't we would have to go back and look at our program budgets and

see where where we would make up this difference. OK I'm just curious to just given some of the public comments to around the

disparity study it's it's my understanding that some cities like San Francisco have a small business

or small local business carve out or set aside and at the federal level where I used to work at the

Department of Transportation there is a set aside for disadvantaged business enterprises I'm wondering

if you have thought or your department has thought about doing that at the Department of Transportation

transportation or public works and how that could advance our goals or have any other sort of

consequences that you've been thinking about through the chair to Council member Wong at the risk of

getting myself in trouble. My I came here from Atlanta. We have MBE and FBE and DBE programs. I fully

support them philosophically. I don't have any issues at all with them. We also had the opportunity

to do what we call market shelter and procurements,

which was the DBE, MBE, FBE community only.

That worked very well for small projects

because quite often what the goal is, if you notice today,

I really appreciate one of the comments

that McGuire and Hester made

because we don't want the SLBEs to be subs forever.

The goal is to really grow them to be primes

so that they're able to handle more and do more.

And quite often the largest risk for a construction company isn't actually doing the work,

it's actually dealing with us.

And so to your point, yes, the, I would entertain all of those ideas.

I also fully support the idea that while maybe we're not allowed federally

or by the state to be doing things like a DBE program, there's nothing that stops us

from having goals and measuring our success against it.

But the biggest thing, and I've said this before,

is for this program to work,

we're going to have to be letting smaller projects more frequently.

And I'm committed to that.

And I think that's the goal.

Most cities bundle these things up.

And so you'll have these mega projects

and you'll have a handful of subs who benefit from it.

And my experience has been that generally the subs don't see a lot of growth because it's hard to go from being a sub doing a million dollars on a $50 million project to then growing to be managing that large of a project.

We really do need to have this in mind that these subs become our primes.

And to your point, yes, if we could market shelter, we would look at that.

I was and I know the Council Member Houston and I have have talked about that we did a

small business RFP an on call the on call waived basically every procurement provision

in Oakland City code. It put the department in a position where we could just pick up

the phone and call somebody on the list and say we'd like you to do this project and let's

negotiate the price. We got I think five bidders and one was non-responsive. I was

really expecting to see a dozen so it was a swing and a miss. I think our

hearts were in the right place but the results didn't pan out the way we

thought they would. But I think that's what we have to get back to is the

mindset has to be how do we put these SLBs, you know the local and small

business and the prime positions and again there's there's a risk element

there's an administrative element that they're not used to but yes we're

prepared to do what we need to do to make that happen I think there are going

to be some code changes that are going to be required for us to do that so

sorry about the long answer but philosophically I have no objection to

any of that so as a strong supporter and follower of the Brown Act we need to

keep this to the contract and this seems like an excellent conversation to be had

in public works there's like really fruitful discussion on outside of this

contract but I think there's all an interest here to ensure that everybody

eats here in Oakland and we're spreading the love but if we can keep it to this

contract fair enough I did want to just register a vote then to vote for the

second most responsive bitter to the parliamentarian to echo what

Councilmember Gaios vote was if that's possible through the chair to the

council what's noticed before you today is a resolution awarding a construction

contract to reg what construction that's the reso that's before you today so you

can approve the reso or you can choose not to approve the resolution but there's

no resolution before you awarding to another contractor open as the DOT

director mentioned there is a requirement your purchasing ordinance to

well staff is required to award it to the lowest responsible responsive bidder

got it I'll register a no vote then okay 6.7 no from one through the chair to

mr. Rowan if this contract is awarded to Roderick when will the groundbreaking

happen and hold that thought real quick because I was sitting in closed session

you know being a new council member city attorney city administrator and the president said Ken

it's things that I hear in closed session that I don't like but is it in the best interest of the

city this is what they tell me and I gotta keep my mindset on is this in the best interest of the

city not how I actually feel right and that's how I move now so I'm gonna ask you a question is that

when will the groundbreaking happen if this is approved today? Mr. Rowling. So through through the chair, thank you for the question. Council member Houston. This is actually fairly fortuitous timing and that it's January and it's rainy and the weather's kind of crappy outside and we don't typically start projects in the rainy season. So our goal would be for a springtime start. So I would I would imagine within 90 days we would have contracts

and be looking at starting in earnest in the spring of this year when the weather breaks.

Okay. And so through the chair again, Mr. Rowan, if it's not approved,

and I don't care what contractor it is, I just want local, local, local, local,

and I need my SLBs to be embraced.

If it's not, what will the timeframe be to pick the second person, the third person, or go out?

out. So you saying it'll be 90 days if we approve it and the project will move forward. If it's not,

what time frame is that Mr. Rowan? So that that's a through the chair of the council member. That's

a that's a tougher question because there's so many options. Well, there aren't so many, but

there are options in there and you alluded to two of them. So if an award was made to number two,

there would have to be new legislation to get the council to to waive the code

so towards the low bid if we went back out to bid which I would strongly

encourage us not to do that then you're probably looking at another six to eight

months very likely puts us into another rainy season so it could it could delay

as much as a year. Okay next question through the chair. How critical is this job? Is it a public

safety issue? Will it cause some type of problem with getting lawsuits that we got to deal with in

closed session? I'm just saying how critical is this infrastructure piece of scope of work?

Yeah through the chair to the council member you know the if you look at really the the work that

that we're moving forward, there's a very heavy safety emphasis.

And so, you know, 27th doesn't have the best track record.

And so, you know, I don't want to say it's not critical,

but I also don't want to say that we have to award it tomorrow

because if we don't, the sky is going to fall.

So it's an important project to us.

That's why it's where it is in our schedule.

But we also want to thoroughly vet these issues.

And so when you see us with these complete street type projects, they're they're very much safety oriented.

So let my last question to the chair. So if we wait this eight months, then we back in the rainy season again.

So then that means we wait another three months if it depends on the weather through the chair.

I do believe Council member in all reality. If we read that you're talking about a year.

And prices don't know where they land a year from now.

You know how difficult this is for me?

This is very, very, very difficult.

Because, like I said, the president said, Ken, in the best interest of the city,

the city administrator, the city attorney, in the best interest of the city.

Okay, thank you.

Thank you, Council Member.

Council Member Fyfe.

I just want to express to the community and to my colleagues that this project is in my district.

And it's also difficult for me because I'm seeing a pattern that is deeply concerning.

And I want to alert my colleagues to the fact that sometimes asking questions can put you crossways with individuals in the city.

And it's a delicate balance that we have to walk because when I was first elected and did some of this same kind of inquiry about why is it that it is so difficult for minority contractors to get work in the city of Oakland,

there were people who screamed bloody murder as if I was engaged in some kind of corrupt activity

when the reality is there are issues that we have to address in the city of Oakland when it comes to

who gets these multi-million dollar contracts and who doesn't.

And then we cry about issues of crime and education when we are not,

we don't see the same type of economic opportunities in the city of Oakland.

That is a problem. At the same time, on this 27th Avenue project, 27th Street project,

there are people who are getting injured on a regular basis in that part of my district.

It's near two senior centers and an elementary school where kids have to dodge cars that are

driving like maniacs on a regular basis, and seniors are at risk of consistently being hit.

So there are deep issues that the city needs to resolve that we are not going to resolve today with this particular contract, but it should be our primary work to fix this contracting process in the city of Oakland.

So I want to move this forward.

This is, again, it's a contract that falls in my district,

and I want us, through the chair to the city administrator,

I know you are focusing on this work this year.

I want to make sure that we are coming back to council with updates

about what the Department of Workforce and Enforcement, DWES, is doing

to make sure that we're bringing minority contractors

into the conversation and moving equitably

so they can grow to be primes.

Because right now, that is not happening

in the city of Oakland, period.

And so I just wanted to emphasize that.

I think it's important that this project move forward,

and we cannot afford another year delay.

Thank you.

Thank you for your words.

So you're moving the consent calendar?

I would like to make a motion to move the consent calendar.

I'll second that.

So five Unger, no 6.7.

No 6.7 for Gyo, no 6.7 for Wong.

Council Member Houston.

Through the president, can I ask a couple more questions, president?

Of course.

Okay.

You know I follow your lead.

Clerk, put the timer on him.

these two contractors are in my district

this project isn't in my district

and my colleague wants to move it forward

my most important

the most important piece for me

is that these small local businesses

have growth

but at the same time

and I'm telling you what I'm listening to you

Justin about you know the best interests of the city we already have enough lawsuits we have

things and and we can't wait another year for this project to move forward

um i'ma follow the lead of my um colleague and i'ma vote move the project

okay so we have a motion in a second with 6.7 no for uh wong 6.7 no for gaio madam clerk

thank you on the consent calendar moved by council member five seconded by council member unger

with the no stated by guile and wong council member brown is excused council member fife

aye council member gallo i'll excuse him i see him please unmute yourself

council member gallo

council member gallo i see you talking could you please unmute yourself

can you hear me now yes yeah the answer is no for 6.7 got that we're voting on the entire

consent calendar at this time well in this case if 6.7 is part of it so i'll vote no

Are you voting no on consent or just no on 6.7?

No on 6.7.

Thank you.

Council Member Houston?

He even got me confused.

Yes.

Council Member Ramachandran?

Aye.

Council Member Unger?

Aye.

Council Member Wong?

Aye.

Chair Jenkins?

Aye.

consent counter passes with a vote of seven eyes noting councilmember guy on wong's no votes on

item 6.7 and councilmember brown is excused you are now on council

acknowledgements and announcements councilman monger would you like to get the name

yes assistant chief john speakman

Any announcements from council members?

All right, seeing none, let's go to Oakland Forum.

As I call your name, please approach the podium in any order.

Please state your name for the record before beginning.

If you are on Zoom, please raise your hand so I can easily identify you.

Ms. Asada Olabala, Blair Beekman, Jennifer Finley, Mr. Hazard, and Mavis Griffin.

In any order, please.

If clerk staff can put one minute on the clock please for open forum.

One minute not two?

Oh no, I was expecting two minutes.

Well, I spoke most of my words I meant previously.

I may always be thankful to Oakland City Council in trying to work out a fair compromise for

the Flock ALPR issue.

Besides the OPD and PAC Commission, I hope all parts of the community should be allowed

much additional input to help deciding a new ALPR vendor.

I hope we can all have upcoming ALPR vendor procurement updates at Oakland City Council

Committee meetings in something like six-month intervals.

And from this, I feel this should be a time to have more clear, open discussion in more

strategically placed, reduced amounts of surveillance technology in Oakland neighborhoods,

this can continue mostly the same current public safety standards within

Oakland neighborhoods. I hope our Oakland community can be in agreement to want to

continue our well-balanced approach of social services, the Oakland macro

program, open tech accountability and law enforcement all working together in

building Oakland public safety. Good luck in our efforts this 2026. Thanks.

Jenkins and where's the projects in your district? This project is over there by Whole Foods.

They have 14 projects over there by Lake Merritt. You have no protected bike lanes in your district.

None. Speak up for your district. It's not about the contract. It's about fairness and

equity. Over at McClyman's, facilities has applied for a notice of exemption. That means

they don't want to remediate the lead in the soil at McClyman's. They're asking to be

exempt from it. That Costco over there, I will not go to it because we are making too

many efforts to avoid the lead, the contamination going on in West Oakland. They've done nothing

about the remediation of Bunch. The project at McClymonds was supposed to start in the

summer. They've done absolutely nothing. They moved the children over to half of the building

and nothing has happened. Nothing. Speak up for McClymonds.

Thank you, Ms. Olabala.

Go to cleanoakland.com.

Let me read it.

Once the mayor, acting pursuant to the Oakland City Charter,

declined to exercise her discretion to break the tie.

The matter failed as a matter of law.

At that point, no parliamentary maneuver, rule suspension, or procedural device could revive the failed item without violating the city charter, the Brown Act.

Thank you, Council Member Fyfe.

Thank you, Council Member Wang.

Thank you, Council Member Guile.

On 1216, you look on the last page, you voted against this unlawful procedural change that the president pushed through.

It's illegal.

Get prepared for a writ, okay?

I've already written the draft.

I've already written the judicial notice.

And here I've already written the memorandums and points and authority.

You will lose.

Look at this document.

Look at the case law that supports what I'm saying.

Thank you, Mr. Hazard.

Your time is up.

Jennifer Finley if you're on Zoom, Mavis Griffin if you're in chambers

please approach the podium or raise your hand otherwise at this time all names

have been called of Mavis come on up.

Yeah hi Maven Carter Griffin Wood Street People's Collective long time

resident of Wood Street unhoused community. We're doing the crisis homeless

crisis and I'm just kind of curious what that really means because we're not

getting any help and what would be paying rent or helping us move forward

in our life we're prevented from interacting we want to contract the city

of Oakland we can't navigate that we are in a crisis but it seems like it's more

of a crisis about the businesses or about the new developments coming in for

affordable housing we need affordable housing and we have affordable housing

it's called trailers and we are tucked away in the corner

of the industrial area of West Oakland.

We don't have any equity, there's no fairness for us.

We can't come to the table.

We have no entry into these conversations

or any of the rules or memorandums or whatever ordinances.

We're just left completely out.

We have no voice, which makes us kind of

a second class citizen and it's.

Thank you, Ms. Carter-Greer for your time.

I'm sorry that that happened.

We have to be equal with the time.

I don't think I'm going to tell you.

Does that conclude the speakers?

Jennifer Finley, if you are on the Zoom queue, please raise your hand.

I do not see your hand.

At this time, all names have been called.

Yeah.

Okay.

We'll hear.

we adjourn this meeting in honor of assistant chief john spearman

i'm sorry john speakman

Thank you.

This meeting is adjourned.

Thank you.