Good morning and welcome to the Rules and Legislation Committee of Thursday, January 15th.

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

If you would like to speak on any item on this agenda, please fill out a speaker's card

and give that card to a clerk representative before the item is called or 10 minutes after

the start of the meeting.

This meeting started at 1031.

So your last opportunity to turn in the speaker's card will be at 1041 AM.

OR BEFORE THE ITEM IS CALLED FOR DISCUSSION WHICHEVER COMES FIRST ON ROLL FOR THIS MEETING ARE

COUNCIL MEMBERS BROWN PRESENT COUNCIL MEMBER FIVE PRESENT COUNCIL MEMBER RAMACHANDRAN EXCUSED

AND CHAIR JENKINS PRESENT WE'LL BE CHAIRING THIS MEETING SHOWING THREE MEMBERS PRESENT ONE EXCUSE

RAMACHANDRAN DO YOU HAVE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS BEFORE WE BEGIN YEAH HAPPY FOUNDERS DAY TO ALL MY FAVORITE AKAs

That's it.

Happy Founders Day to the AKAs.

There are no minutes to be approved for this meeting.

Going to new scheduling items, starting with item 3.1,

receive an information report from the city administrator on the proposed

reorganization of the Department of Transportation's parking division,

including the rationale for the proposal a fiscal impact statement including any new or unfrozen

staff costs and an analysis of operational cost savings a summary of outreach that occurred to

department of transportation staff the public and the business community and information on

how the change would impact the parking division's collaboration with other other departments

this is asked to go before the january 27th public works committee agenda is there anything for the

administration my apologies candace from the city administrator's office just to confirm we're on

item 3.1 is that correct that's correct yes um uh administration is asking and i'm not sure if

the um council members who brought this item forward are present but um we are asking that

this item be moved to the february 10th uh transportation uh public works and transportation

committee agenda if yes that is okay with both myself and councilmember Unger okay February 10th

thank you so much moving to item 3.2 adopt a resolution honoring Michael P Ford for being

awarded the national parking association's innovator of the year award on the January 27th

Public Works and Transportation Committee agenda. Item 3.3 I believe has a title change.

Is there somebody here from District 2 to read in the title change or somebody from the city

attorney's office? Oh District 1. No District 2 you got me confused. Okay we'll come back to that. I'm

I'm going to be added as a co-sponsor to this item.

3.3.

District 2 can go and grab.

Oh, are you going to read in the title change?

Okay, come on up.

No, we're on item 3.3.

Good morning. Yes, the title change is Ordinance Amending Oakland Municipal Code 9.08.260,

Prohibition of Prostitution and Prostitution-Related Offenses to Conform to State Law.

One, by repealing the offense of loitering for the purpose of engaging in prostitution.

2 adding loitering for the purpose of purchasing commercial sex as an offense

3 allowing for the administrative assessment of fines against sex purchasers sex traffickers

and properties used for prostitution and 4 creating a human trafficking survivor support fund

thank you so do you need to read it in before i go to cancel number five

okay

council member fife yes through the chair to our district two um staff is there a reason this is

going to life in richmond and not public safety uh yeah through the chair thank you for asking um

so our amendments to this municipal code are intended to benefit all stakeholders

in the community and along International Boulevard,

the residents, the business owners,

the individuals that are being trafficked.

The fines associated with the amendments,

while intended to support victims and survivors

of sex trafficking, are also intended to impact demand

and thus rid the community of sex trafficking.

Life in Richmond has been about providing support services

and the fund that we are establishing,

in fact are doing that and then in addition they are enriching the life of everyone in the community.

Ultimately that's why we thought that the bill would be better for that committee.

We're not opposed to public safety but that was our intention.

I thought it might be because the sponsor is the chair of public safety. I wasn't sure.

No she's not concerned about that.

Okay I would prefer this go to public safety.

okay so we'll go to public safety uh same date noting that item 3.3 will be going to public

safety on january 27th additionally adding council president jenkins as a co-sponsor for this item

item 3.4 received the annual comprehensive financial report and the auditors required

communication to city council for the year ended june 30th 2025 this is asked to go to the february

10th finance and management committee agenda item 3.5 receive an information report on fiscal year

24 through 25 fourth quarter audited results for the general purpose fund and select funds on the

february 10th finance and management committee agenda item 3.6 receive the oakland redevelopment

successor agency audit report for the year ended june 30th 2025 on the february 10th finance and

management committee agenda item 3.7 adopt a resolution awarding grant agreements to camps

in common central laga de la raza conservation society of california east bay alliance for a

sustainable economy eden inr inc family bridges inc friends of paralsa hacienda historical park

Oakland Children's Family Fairyland Spanish-speaking Unity Council of

Alameda County Vietnamese Community Development Incorporated of the East

Bay in a total amount not to exceed 1 million six hundred and ten thousand

eight hundred and thirty one dollars for fiscal year 25 to 26 and 1 million

five hundred and seventy thousand eight hundred and thirty one dollars for

fiscal year 26 through 27 and authorizing the city administrators to

negotiate and enter into a grant agreements with grantees for fiscal year

years 25 through 27 with authority to extend the terms without increasing the amount of the grant

awards on the february 10th finance and management committee agenda good morning chair jenkins and

members of the rules committee iris marian's chief of staff to council member ramachandran

council member ramachandran has asked that this item be moved to the life enrichment committee

it aligns better there if it's suitable and amenable to council member fife on the same date

that committee is impacted by um several other items

chair fife is as long as our um yes i i don't believe our schedule is impacted that day

completely amenable thank you okay thank you

noting that item 3.7 we'll be going to life enrichment committee on February 10th once

item 3.8 receive an information report addressing the Oakland Road map to fiscal health objective

of presenting a phase multi-year plan to move the city towards compliance with voter mandated

staffing service levels and other agreements on the february 10th finance and management committee

agenda item 3.9 adopted resolution increasing the change order limit for the contract with

mcguire and hester for the citywide pavement rehabilitation 2022 project from 25 to 27 and

one half percent of the original contract for a total contract amount not to exceed 19 million

232 000 418.75 and waiving the competitive process to the extent necessary on the february

10th public works and transportation committee agenda item 3.10 a resolution authorizing the

city administrator to submit a foreign trade zone alternative site framework application and to

execute an agreement with the foreign trade zone board of the u.s department of commerce

on the february 10th ced committee agenda item 3.11 has a title change i believe

good morning chair jenkins and the members of the rules committee my name is anna bagtis

Human Services Manager. The item 3.11 has a title change should now read

resolution awarding grant agreements to Mercy Retirement and Care Center in an

amount not to exceed $300,000, service opportunity for seniors in an amount not

to exceed $300,000, and the Alameda County Community Food Bank Inc. in an

amount not exceeds $266,666,000 to provide nutrition services to Oakland older adults,

residents using sugar sweetened beverage distribution tax funds.

Thank you.

going to recommendations from the january 13th public works and transportation committee starting

with public works and transportation as finance and management committee was canceled that day

and 3.12 regarding the montclair parking facilities operation agreement the committee

approved the recommendations of staff and requested this that this item go to the january 20th city

council agenda on consent item 3.13 regarding the caltrans delegated maintenance agreement

for a little removal the committee approved this item and recommended that it

go to the january 20th city council agenda on consent so

so it says on non-consent that's correct non-consent i'm sorry the mayor's office

gave me a call this morning and asked for this to be placed on the consent calendar and they said

they would have a talk with um president pro tem gallo who waged opposition and informed him more

about this item if it pleases this body can this go to consent at the mayor's office request

Any objections?

No objections.

I had a hard time hearing you.

Okay.

So the mayor's office asked for this item to be placed on consent.

They said they would speak with council member Gio, who was the one who waged some type of opposition to this.

And they said they would clear up any questions that he asked.

I'm happy to move that.

just want to make sure that that conversation with the with council member guile occurred because if

we are moving an item from committee to non-consent even though there was a disagreement in the

committee if it wasn't a unanimous decision then i want to make sure that the conversation with the

council members is had so if the mayor's off if there's a representative from the mayor's office

here to state that on the record i would appreciate that president jenkins preston

uh good afternoon or good morning uh council members thanks council president president

kilgore deputy chief staff to mayor barbara lee so the other request is that we um that you move this

to um council on the consent agenda my understanding from our team is that they have reached out to

um councilman gallo but unfortunately i've not heard back from him and so i don't know if we're

able to continue this to later in the meeting until we can get a hold of him. Our team did

reach out, left him a voicemail and reached out to his team, but we just haven't heard back yet.

So through the chair, if that if we're able to continue this item

until later in the agenda, I can okay. Okay. Thank you.

Okay.

Yeah, we can move on.

And if it ends up on consent, it can always be pulled off.

And let's just put it on consent for now.

President Pro Tem Gayo has an issue with it and we're not able to reach him.

We will pull it off a consent on next Tuesday.

Fair?

Okay.

And it will be done at item three.

through the chair here you walls new rules on item going to item 3.14 starting with

recommendations from the Public Safety Committee of January 13th a resolution in

regard to the MOU between OPD and Santa Clara Police Department the committee

committee approved this item as amended changing the the resolve clause as re as

as I will read, that deployment of Oakland Police Department

personnel for any event shall not reduce on-duty staffing

levels for patrol or specialized units below OPD's established

baseline.

This was requested to go to the January 20th City Council

agenda.

on consent going to item 3.15 a resolution regarding the ITPSA with medical priority

consultants the committee approved the recommendations of staff and requested that this item go to

the January 20th city council agenda on consent item 316 starting your recommendations for the

life and rich life enrichment committee of january 13 item 3.16 the resolution regarding the hsd

2026 summer food service program the committee approved the recommendations of staff and forwarded

this item to the january 20th city council agenda on consent and that does conclude all of your item

three for new scheduling okay speakers on this item let's go to the public speakers

as I call your name please approach the podium in any order please state your

name for the record before beginning if you are if you are on zoom please raise

your hand so I can easily identify you if you still wish to speak artesha rose

dead mount Ali Obad Keith

Schuller Holt sorry if I said that incorrectly Kirby Olsen Kevin Daly

good morning my name is Douglas Mount I am the assistant to the director I work

in the Department of Transportation and I work specifically in parking and

mobility. Can you hear me? How about now? I think I'm going to try to read this if

you don't mind. Never done this before. Parking systems and enforcement is a

complex integration of technology, communications, staff of multiple

departments, complex training issues, and vendors working together all guided by

California and municipal ordinances and regulations

Good parking management means both safer streets and increased revenue. It's not one or the other

This is what it means to actively manage parking

My understanding is that this reorg that has been suggested

And 3.1 on the agenda is subject to city

Thank You mr. Mount your time has expired

good morning council members my name is artisha rose and i will be speaking on 3.1 i am a supervisor

for parking enforcement i've been with the city of oakland since 1996 i was a tech and then i

became a supervisor in 23 so this is just about having the move it will affect parking enforcement

as a whole. Yes, we understand that we are revenue generating, but we are also dealing with public

safety. So to actually have such a major move happen without kind of talking to parking enforcement,

not talking to the techs, it could be devastating to the city. So we're asking that before you guys

move and say yes, that you guys allow us to again be able to talk about this and that you bring

those that will affect that it will be affected that you allow us to have a seat at the table

because as my mama said if it ain't broke don't fix it thank you

good morning madam clerk just for the records i am here on behalf of myself as a business owner

before you start my time as a business owner city of oakland resident not as a

a sugar tax commissioner, just for the records.

So good morning, everyone.

I'm just here to speak in support of these grants

that the money for the sugar tax should be going to these organizations.

I'm speaking on 3.11.

So as you guys know that I've been speaking very vocal,

very hard in regard to the Cyber Groceries Initiative.

that keep asking the city of Oakland for the $500,000

that was given to them by the previous city councils

that was before you guys.

And it's like a ticking bomb that would just be exploding

in the city of Oakland in regard to this fraud

and everything that was in the city auditor report.

So I just recommend that you guys always

and try to support these organizations.

That's been in the city of Oakland.

Mercy Retirement, the Community Food Bank.

Thank you, Mr. Abad.

Your time is up.

I'm speaking on both 3-1 and 3-2,

so can I get extra time?

What is your name?

My name is Keith Sherhalts.

I'm the city of Oakland employee

in the Department of Transportation.

i'm honored so i have you for item 3.1 only okay i'm speaking on item 3.1 and 3.2

kirby olson is that your name no my name is keith sherholtz okay i have only had one card

for you with one item can you take your sheet over to the clerks

oh i'm sorry

Okay, again, I'm honored to speak today about Michael Ford receiving this National Award for Parking Innovation Recognition

that's long overdue for someone who's transformed every program he's touched.

Over the past eight years, I've had the privilege of working under Michael's leadership,

and I can say without hesitation he's the best teacher, mentor, and leader I've encountered in my 26-year career in public service in Oakland.

What makes Michael exceptional is not just his innovative thinking,

though pioneering new approaches to parking management certainly deserves

national attention it's how he develops people Michael doesn't just manage he

teaches he doesn't direct he inspires under his leadership staff morale has

just improved it's flourished he's created environments where people want

to contribute where they feel valued and where they grow professionally the

revenue increases speak for themselves but the real measure of Michael's impact

is in the transformation of the people who work with him this award is not

about parking innovation alone it's recognition of leadership that produces

results, develops people, and moves organizations forward.

Michael Ford embodies exactly the kind of leadership

any city should be fighting to keep, not trying to lose.

For the record, Kirby Olson.

I'm speaking on item 3.1 and 3.2

as a Local 21 Union member and a concerned Oakland resident.

I just wanted to thank Council Member Brown

and Council Member Unger for taking the lead

on this important topic.

The administration was attempting to shove through

a major reorganization of an essential city service

completely in the dark, without the consent of the council

or the knowledge of the public,

and contrary to your own adopted fiscal year 25-26 budget.

Thanks to you, this secretive and hostile takeover will now see the light of day.

As we all know, parking is one of the hottest topics in the city of Oakland.

At Tuesday's Public Works and Transportation Committee meeting, you heard public comment

from several business improvement districts and the parking division team leaders

asking you to do everything you can to halt this takeover.

You also received a petition with 83 signatures from parking division staff.

You've also received letters of opposition from the Bicyclists and Pedestrian Advisory Commission,

Bike East Bay, Walk Oakland, Bike Oakland, Transport Oakland, and East Bay for Everyone.

Every group that is deeply invested in the parking system knows that parking should be located in the

Department of Transportation, as it is in every other major city in America, and as it has been

since 2016 when the council created the DOT. So I ask each of you, were you consulted prior to this

decision being made? If your answer is no, then you are in the same boat as us staff at DOT,

the business improvement districts, the advocates, and the public.

We all deserve answers on why this hostile takeover is happening.

Specifically, who will benefit and whose idea this really was?

Because it does not appear to benefit the citizens of Oakland or the DOT staff

that do this incredibly important and essential work on your behalf.

I also want to commend Michael Ford.

I've been working for him for the last eight years since I started at the city.

He is, without a doubt, one of the best managers.

one of the most solid public servants that you have working for the city of oakland today

and he deserves that award and every other award thank you

hi kevin dally from transport oakland i'll be speaking both 3.1 and 3.2

and they're both related to parking oh in 2016

Mayor Schaaf and the City Council created OakDot as a standalone department.

From the beginning, parking has been part of OakDot.

Recently, the City Administrator has discussed plans of moving parts of parking into the Finance Department.

And just as OakDot was created with council input and with public input, we should have

public input to move parking back into the city administrator.

My organization, Transport Oakland, was part of the push to create a standalone parking,

sorry, transportation department, and we're hoping to keep it this way.

In my role as the co-chair of the Parking and Legislative Committee of the Bicyclists

and Pedestrian Advisory Commission, we will have a committee meeting on January 27th at

6 p.m. and we will be discussing this topic.

We're hoping that someone from finance or city administrator will attend and present

the plan so that we can understand what's going on.

we'll all agree with it once we hear something from the city administrator but so far we

don't have a clear plan.

Now parking under Michael Ford has made transportation safer.

This year we have a grant for implementing flexible parking throughout the city.

Flexible parking, demand based parking, it means that you raise and lower the price of

parking so that there is roughly one parking spot per block.

That means if I bring my mother-in-law to a dentist appointment,

I can find parking pretty close to her dentist.

It means I don't have to circle endlessly,

create additional traffic as I'm driving around.

I don't have to worry about almost running

into Councilmember Brown when I did drop her off

at the dentist appointment.

My apologies.

But there will also be less parking in bike lanes, less parking in crosswalks, etc.

This will make things safer for pedestrians, for cyclists, even for drivers who are looking for parking.

Mr. Ford has also increased collections as part of the parking program.

That's what the award is for.

he's done a great job at bringing in more money to the city of Oakland thank

you mr. Ford and thank you council members thank you mr. Daly at this time

all names have been called and all speakers took their opportunity to speak

okay so on 3.1 we're gonna reschedule to February 10 3.3 we're gonna note the

title change and adding myself as a sponsor and this will be moved to public

safety 127. 3.7 we're going to move it to lec 3.11 there will be a title change and 3.13

we're going to move it to consent with that i'll entertain a motion

um move approval second

on the motion by council member brown seconded by council member five to move item three as amended

council member brown aye council member fife aye council member ramachandran is excused chair

jenkins aye motion passes with a vote of three eyes and one excuse council member ramachandran

going to item four review of the draft agenda's pending list and city council and committee

meeting agendas before you have all the agendas attached for the week of january 20th and the

draft agendas for january 27th anything from the administration good morning yes candace again from

the city administrator's office we do have several changes across pending lists as well as um changes

to the draft agendas in the packet i do see staff approaching the podium to make a change i believe

to ced if i can have staff approach first and then i will move on through the items that we have

THANK YOU SO MUCH HELLO CHAIR JENKINS AND MEMBERS OF THE RULES COMMITTEE I'M MICHAEL JOHNSON

ADMINISTRATIVE ANALYST TWO IN PLANNING AND BUILDING WE'RE REQUESTING TO MOVE ITEM TWO ON THE

CD DRAFT AGENDA FOR JANUARY 27TH THE SEMI-ANNUAL TRACKING REPORT FOR CODE ENFORCEMENT TO THE

FEBRUARY 10TH 2025 CD COMMITTEE MEETING THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION OF THIS DEPARTMENT'S REQUEST

so item 2 ced moved to pending list to the 210 26 cd committee okay all right thank you okay

my apologies candace again from the city administrator's office he said item two

on the ced draft agenda is the pending list are we talking about the pending list we're yes so

I'm sorry, on the CED pending list, I believe that's what he was referring to.

Item number two on the CED pending list, it's the semi-annual tracking report for code enforcement.

You're requesting to move that to February 10th?

Correct.

Correct.

Okay, thank you so much.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Also, we do have other changes to the pending list first.

Taking your attention to the finance pending list for February 10th,

the one item listed under February 10th finance pending list is the

informational report from the city administrator on the fiscal year 2528

citywide strategic plan we would like to move that back to January 27th finance

and management committee now taking your attention back to the draft agendas and

to the January 27th finance and management committee agenda item number

five on that agenda which is the fair labor standards over time invest investigation report

we were asking that that item be moved to april 21st first financing management committee

then drawing your attention back to the ced commit draft agenda for the 27th the one last item on the

well the one the item number three my apologies on this agenda the hcd anti-displacement strategic

action plan we are requesting to move that to february 10th so we would like to withdraw it from

this january 27th draft agenda to february 10th and also noting item number four on that january

27th ced agenda the relocation agreement that item was inadvertently placed on this draft agenda so

So this was not scheduled to this agenda.

It was actually should be scheduled to the February 10th CED.

So just noting that.

And with that, I do see Chair, CED Chair Rowena.

Thank you so much.

Okay.

Thank you so much for the updates.

Just want to flag that potentially February 10th,

there may be a handful of items on there now.

So hopefully we can maybe make a few adjustments.

with the most important well all of them are important but really ensuring that

the anti displacement item is actually presented on February the 10th thank you

thank you for that we'll do councilman around and noting with those items being

removed from the January 27th draft agenda there will be no items on the

CED agenda so we want to ask and confirm with the councilmember if we can cancel

the CED for January 27th so we can also move up public safety on that same day

but we would like to get approval from councilmember Brown first yes that works

for me great thank you so much and so with that CED meeting being canceled on

January 27th we ask I mean we do have the chair of public safety staff here

present we ask that we move um the public safety committee at 6 p.m on january 27th up to 1 30

p.m on that day good morning bridget ruiz revezo for council member wong yes she agrees that that

is fine to move uh the public safety meeting from 6 to 1 30 on the 27th thank you so much and i

believe we also got the confirmation from the committee members in that on that day as well so

THANK YOU SO MUCH THOSE ARE ALL THE CHANGES FROM ADMINISTRATION COUNCIL MEMBER FIVE I I'M SORRY

I JUST CHECKED MY SCHEDULE I'LL HAVE TO BE EXCUSED FROM THAT PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE MEETING

I HAVE ANOTHER EVENT SCHEDULED AT THAT TIME I WAS I WAS PREVIOUSLY EXCUSED FROM CED MY STAFF JUST

REMINDED ME OKAY OKAY UM DISTRICT TWO CAN MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S QUORUM

you can check with the other council members yeah council member Brown said yes and uh council

member Houston said yes as well so I think we'll be okay council member Brown yeah I just think

um let's just ensure everyone is in person yes okay thank you

okay any comments as I call your name please oppose the podium any order please

state your name for the record before beginning this is for item 4 I have

Kevin Daly and Rajni Mondal

Kevin Daly from Transport Oakland.

I'm requesting that the council plan two and a half years in advance, this time on fire

code, and that we place the fire code on the pending list every three years, starting with

September 2028 on some combination of public works and transportation, public safety, and

the economic development.

This year, we did not get the fire code on the agenda until December, just a few weeks

before it was due.

We got the text of the code just a couple days before it came to committee.

And that's why we have a fire code that actually is in violation of copyright law.

The owner of the fire code copyright has sent an email to me explaining that, yes, it is illegal to include the full text of Appendix D in the fire code.

We probably should get this changed ahead of time, but at least let's put the every three-year list of fire code on the pending list.

It would also be wonderful if Oakland would file a brief on PRO versus CBSC, which allows public access to fire code and other building codes.

but for now first step put it on the pending list ahead of time thanks thank

you for your comments moving to our zoom speaker Raji Mondal please unmute your

I'm sorry please unmute yourself and begin your comments Raji Mondal

district 4 I have one future agenda request and one brief procedural

clarification regarding an item already on a future council agenda first I'm

following up on the memo and email I sent to Council regarding Measure NN

governance and the role of the Public Safety Planning and Oversight Commission.

As detailed in that memo, multiple OPSBAC agenda packets show strategic

planning documents being used to introduce program concepts including

mental health initiatives, macro expansion, and ambulance service

discussions rather than reviewing department-initiated proposals.

Measure NN created a planning and oversight body, not a program creation body.

Without rules-level clarification, strategic planning is drifting into program origination,

which blurs accountability and weakens oversight independence,

a risk that the City Auditor has already identified.

I'm requesting that rules agenda is a discussion to clarify Opsbox scope

and planning workflow under Measure NN.

Second, regarding an item already scheduled for the January 20th City Council meeting,

the Mayor's appointments to the Police Commission, I want to note for the record that I've emailed

the Clerk and the Council President, requesting that the application packets for the nominees

be posted.

I'm not requesting a new agenda item, I'm simply asking that this existing item be completed

with the underlying application materials so Council and the public have the full record

prior to consideration.

matter of agenda completeness and transparency which falls within rules purview thank you

is that complete our speakers yes

okay so cd

so item four uh fmc february 10th item one is going to be rescheduled to january 27th fmc

item five rescheduled to april 21st cd item three rescheduled to february 10th item four

will be rescheduled to february 10th cd canceled for january 27th and we're moving public safety

up to 1 p.m or 1 30 p.m on january 27th 1 30 1 30 p.m with that i'll entertain a motion

I move approval of the items.

Second.

On the motion by Council Member Brown, seconded by Council Member 5, to approve item 4 as

amended.

Council Member Brown?

Aye.

Council Member 5?

Aye.

Council Member Ramachandran is excused.

Chair Jenkins?

Aye.

Motion passes with a vote of 3 ayes, 1 excused.

Moving to open forum, we have one speaker, Kevin Daly.

YOU HAVE NO SPEAKERS.

ALL RIGHT.

THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED.

WELL, AT 1111.

Thank you.