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Good morning. Good morning and welcome to the rules and legislation committee meeting on this Thursday, June 25th. The time is now 1031 and this meeting shall come to order.

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Before I call Roe, I would like to give instructions on how to submit a speaker card for items on this agenda.

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If you are hearing chambers and participating in person and would like to submit a speaker card,

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please go to the card and hand it into the clerk representative.

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Before the item is called in a record, or 10 minutes after this meeting begin, this meeting begin at 1031, so that time will be 1041.

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Online speaking of cards were due 24 hours before this meeting began, so we will no longer be accepting online speaking of cards.

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But again, if you would like to submit a speaker card and you're here in person, please fill out a card, turn it into a clerk representative.

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10 minutes after the meeting began, which is 1041, or before the item is called into record, whichever it comes first.

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With that, I will now begin with roll, on roll, council member, brell.

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President council member five president council member Rama Chandra

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Rama Chandra President chair Janket President good morning. Thank you. We have four members present chair Janket before I go to our first item. Do you have any announcements?

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This is unusual that I want the port people to get out of here. We're going to call

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item five first, then six, then we'll go to the regular items.

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No, two first.

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Okay, thank you for that. The announcement was prior to the chair, we will go in this

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order. We will take item two first and then we will take items five and six and then the

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consent calendar following that. Thank you for that. So we will now move to item our

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First item we don't have minutes to approve our second item is the termination of schedule and outstanding committee items, which is your pending list.

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I have no speakers for this item. I just need a motion anything for the miniseries.

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No changes.

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Seeing that. Now let's head a motion.

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So moved.

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Second.

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My apologies. And that was a motion by Councilman for Brown.

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Seconded by Councilmember Ramachandron to approve item 2 as is on roll Councilmember Brown.

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Council number five.

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All right.

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Rama Chandra.

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Aye.

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And chair Jenkins.

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Aye.

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Item number two was approved with four eyes as is.

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Now taking the agenda out of order as requested by chair Jenkins.

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Going to item number five.

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Item number five is a resolution confirming the mayor's re-appointment of

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Alvinna Wong as a member to the Board of Port and Commission.

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and I have no speakers for this side of.

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All right, can we hear from Port?

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Mayors Office and the Board Commissioner.

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Good afternoon. Good afternoon, Chair Jenkins, council members. Press the billboard, W. Chief Staffs and Mayor Barrelie. So I'm here to present on the re-appointment of Alvina Wong to the Board Commission for re-appointment.

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Alvina brings nearly two decades of experience in advancing social, environmental and economic justice with a strong trackwriter, track record of building

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multiracial coalitions and advocating for equitable development and environmental justice housing

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and communities that are policy solutions. During Albina's service on the court mission,

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she has brought thoughtful leadership, a collaborative approach and deep commitment to balancing

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economic opportunity with community and environmental priorities. The mayor continues to be confident

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that Albina's experience, perspective, and dedication to Oakland will continue to be a

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valuable asset to the commission. We respectfully request your support for her reapplyment.

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Commissioner, did you want to say anything?

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Good morning committee members.

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Thank you for the opportunity to speak with you all.

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And share more about my reappointment.

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As I was able to introduce myself,

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more last year as the base building director of the Asian Pacific Environmental Network,

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a proud district, six resident and a member of these six

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community action for resilience and equity, D6 care,

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living a mile away from Coliseum of the A80 corridor.

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When I spoke last year, I really wanted to express to you all my values, my experience and

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my commitments in my environmental justice and community work thus far to gain your confidence

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in confirming my appointment to the board.

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I appreciate you all for advancing that confirmation in order to fulfill the last final year

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of former Commissioner U.H. Lee's term.

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So today I'm back to ask for your confidence again for a full-term on the Port of Oakland Board of Commissioners.

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In this past year I have been dedicated collaborative and inquisitive member of the Commission focused on really the prosperity

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and responsibilities of the Port, as well as participating in continuing its commitment and excellence in being a good community partner and economic driver for Oakland and the region.

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Over the past year, I have engaged in many critical, real estate, airport,

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sea port related decisions, and that really center the possibilities of sustainable growth,

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both in the economic and environmental sense.

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I've joined the audit committee as well as airport and environmental ad hoc committees

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and have dove into this work what I'd like to say heart first.

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It's been quite a lot to pick up a year within a year.

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And while I think my colleagues would agree that I've been able to keep up,

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a full term would really allow me to continue supporting the Ports efforts in zero admission transition,

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maintaining and growing our airport and sea port opportunities,

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while also meaningfully choosing real estate and contracting decisions

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that are exponentially beneficial for and rooted in Oakland and beyond.

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So I'm excited to continue my partnership with you all in the city.

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I've had really great conversations and want to continue to make sure that what's happening

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on the port is coordinated and thoughtful to what is happening in the city and making

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sure that your concerns are also reflected in the port's conversations.

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And so I'm open and available for any other questions if you may have.

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And really want to continue looking forward to thought partnership and collaborative problem

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solving with you all.

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So I'd be honored to have your continued support.

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Thank you council member Brown. Excellent. Well, thank you so much. It's good to see you and it's been a pleasure for the last year

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Really getting so that I know you more and learn more about your leadership style and just the work that you're doing with the port

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And so I'm happy to make a motion to go ahead and advance the appointment

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Thank you council member five

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Yes, just my my knowledge through the chair to

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to Elvina Wong with your acumen around environment,

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our work around creamatoriums and East Oakland,

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truck traffic through West Oakland and Chinatown,

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and just your broad depth of knowledge

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around environmental issues is so critical to bring

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to the port of Oakland.

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And as I work through amortization of polluters

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in my district and working on continuing to green

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and clean the port, it's essential that you remain

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in this space to bring your unique experience, your youth, and just your expertise in very specific

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issues to this body. So I've been happy to recommend your position and I second this motion

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to make sure that you stay in the place that you're at and continue to grow and learn

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for the Port of Oakland and for the city.

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Thank you, simply like we.

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I support you. We have a motion in the second.

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Thank you for that, and there was a motion by Councilmember Brown, second and by Councilmember Fife.

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To approve item 5 to be approved item 5, which is the re-appointment to the Board of Board and Commissioners

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to the July 7 City Council agenda on consent on roll councilmember Brown.

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Aye. Councilmember Fife.

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Aye. Councilmember Romachandring. Aye. And chair Jenkins. Aye.

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Item number five was approved with for us to be forwarded to the july 7 city council agenda on consent

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noting that the agenda has been taken out of order, so we are now moving there were no public speakers

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For no not for this item that so many people last

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But we do have speakers for the next item which is item S6 S state at my council

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President Jenkins, we are taking the agenda out of order, so we're now on item S6.

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And I will read that into record, but before I read the item into record,

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there is an urgency finding that we need to be stated before we hear this item.

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So is staff present to state the urgency finding?

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Yes, of course, through the chair.

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just the urgency is that the upcoming deadline to appear on the November ballot is coming up.

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And so, hearing now and then scheduling for July 7th is recommended in order to make that deadline.

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Is there a presentation?

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We do need a motion for the urgency finding before we call the item interest.

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second it.

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And there was a motion by council member, five seconded by council member Brown to approve

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the urgency finding on roll council number five, a Brown.

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I, council number five, I,

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Roman Chandra, I.

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Chair Jenkins, the urgency of finding was approved

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with four eyes.

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I will now read the item into record.

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A doctor resolution submitting to the voters

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at the November 3rd, 2026 General Municipal Election,

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a measure to amend OMC charter real property tax,

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transfer tax to amend the exemption of four closures,

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transactions and advisory measure of whether the increase revenue from the

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amending the city real property transfer tax to include certain for closure

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transactions should be spent for the purposes of providing interim shelter,

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transitional housing, encampment, closure operations, addiction, treatment, job readiness

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and other related homelessness services, and directing the city clerk to take

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and I'll actually necessary under the law to submit these measures to the voters at the General

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Municipal Election and making appropriate see what findings I have to speak for this item.

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Yes. I'd like to make a motion to adjourn into a special meeting of the Council upon the

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presence of, yes, Councilmember Wong and Houston. Second.

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There was a motion by Councilmember Fife, seconded by Councilmember Brown, to adjourn in a special meeting at the presence of Councilmember Wong and Houston on roll Councilmember Brown.

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Hi.

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I run a challenge ring.

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And chair Jenkins.

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And at 1043, this meeting is adjourned into a special meeting at the presence of council

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members.

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And I am complete.

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Council more.

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Okay.

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All right.

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First of all, I want to thank before we get into it.

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I just want to thank the finance team, specifically, Nicole Bradley.

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Carmen Jose and Huie in terms of developing out the materials that you're seeing today.

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I also want to thank Melia at the City Attorney's office with who worked with us to craft this

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measure through quite a few iterations.

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And I also want to recognize since I provided a larger

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Our length, your presentation last time, to my colleagues, really explaining something.

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So, the impetus around this. There are a number of questions last time that were really around the revenue. The potential for revenue from this measure. So, this is what really what today's presentation is aimed to answer. I also want to know that today's measure is narrower than what I last presented. I'm requesting a motion to also for this resolution to the full council as amended, which includes the removal of the supplementary advisory measure, which I heard my colleagues feedback.

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That means that no additional cost would be incurred from a second measure, and that means there's no endorsement of some of what I discussed around shelters or in camp and closures.

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So this is now purely before you a revenue measure. It closes a loophole on these four closure transactions, it does not raise any tax rates and it simply closes an exception.

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And an exception that is really for primarily corporate capital, that exception says that for closure transfers,

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that for closure transfers is particularly deep in lieu transfers are exempt from paying the real estate transfer tax that any other, you know, transfer would pay.

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So, your person that's just buying a home and they purchase a home, they are paying this real estate transfer tax that these entities are not.

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I would also argue that there's a case for urgency for closures are currently surging.

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There are signs of a recessionary environment.

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And we know that this will accelerate for closures in the coming years, but that is anticipated to tail off.

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And the reason I do present it this before this body now is if we do wait until 2022 we risk

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missing a window for this cycle.

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I also want to note that San Francisco is actually moving to act before this window closes.

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They're moving forward with a November ballot measure and they're estimate and this was done by their

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Troules office is actually estimated to generate over $200 million in revenue over next three years.

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And, you know, in Oakland, we do not have exactly the same real estate market, of course.

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We don't have as much commercial real estate in particular,

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but this shows that there is real and significant money behind this concept.

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I also want to speak directly to the informational packet that you provide in the supplemental report.

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It's really important to flag right off of that, that this was what you see here and if you

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guys got some of the materials, there's a spreadsheet, an amendment as well as a spreadsheet.

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So one of the staff reports included, included a, basically, a projection that was based off

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of limited, a limited sample through 2024, just February through July.

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So it's a very limited data set.

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There's an important gap that did not account for something called

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deed in lieu of transfer.

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These are really actually the highest revenue generating transfers available.

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And so my team throughout the last week actually worked to identify a set

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of these types of deed in lieu for closure transfers.

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These are basically just to be clear because we do not have the kind of

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data scraper that are available by the real estate industry.

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So this is based off of essentially what is in just the headlines.

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So what is in post it in news articles, things like that.

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So I want to just note in front of you, these are unedited Excel sheets provided straight from finance.

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We pulled out some of the top line numbers just to display above here on the screen.

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You can see, for example, in 2024, there were, again, four headline, four headline generating transfers.

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What you see on the right side of screen is essentially the tax revenue that could have been generated, the low end to the high end.

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So, just taking 180 grand an example in the low end, and finance is happy to discuss their methodology

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750,000 dollars generated from that revenue, but on the high end, 4.3 million dollars.

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So, this is again just over the last two and a half years.

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We identified 16 different transactions happening over the last two and a half years.

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And I think one thing that is really noteworthy, is that if you look at...

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In 2006, in particular, you can see that revenue is accelerating. This speaks to the increases happening in foreclosures in this current year. This is just half a year alone. This only reflects foreclosures that are happening through June of this year. What is not actually included is the clorox building that is currently that made a recent headline that is also going into foreclosure.

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And using just, this is the low end of the sample of these properties.

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You can see that this goes in 2024, 5 million, 2,026 million.

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But in just half a year alone, January through June,

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it could have been something as high as 16.49 million.

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I actually had another slide, but it's not included in this particular presentation, so but anyways, this matches up what we're seeing in terms of the headlines that we are seeing for closures at a six year high, this was noted by the Wall Street Journal, other headlines that are more local that notes this rise in foreclosures and fire sales.

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there was just what happened at an East Oakland,

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a another office, just went to foreclosure.

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I also want to just discuss some of the amendments very quickly.

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So here are the amendments you guys have that before you.

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So as I stated, we're removing the advisory measure.

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So it's just simplifying what was presented last time

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and I want to thank colleagues for the feedback.

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Second, I do want to add affordable housing conversion and the exemption.

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I had noted last time that because we're seeing all these, especially in the downtown

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corner, right?

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People are not returning to the office, and so we're seeing a lot of these major commercial

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buildings going to foreclosure.

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So part of what we're doing with this tax policy is to try to incentivize conversion into

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other uses that would actually be beneficial to Oakland.

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So there was interim shelter, permanent support of housing, health care, as well as we're just adding affordable housing as an exemption based off some feedback from some discussions with stakeholders.

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And so if you get a foreclosure transfer just explain it and you turn it to affordable housing, this would not apply to that specific transfer.

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The third thing is we're giving City Council the authority to establish future exemptions by ordinance.

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That way if there are other types of exemptions that we identify as a body, we don't have to restart the ballot.

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No, you're process. We can do this just by ordinance.

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Fourth, this was just an advice from the City Attorney's Office.

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We are going to be moving to exempt all community banks, not just California-based ones.

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this was based off of some law that's on the books that Melia, thank you for identifying

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that.

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And the fifth thing is that the measure is going to, it just adds a line that the measure

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determines the value of consideration at fair market value.

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And this is wrong directly from San Francisco's structure and their own measure that they

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adopted, which I do want to note that the measure adopted by San Francisco was broadly supported

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by both moderate and progressive supervisors in San Francisco.

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Okay, and with that, I'll turn it over to any questions you have for myself or to the staff

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numbers who help develop this proposal.

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Thank you, partner.

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Let's go to the public speakers.

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Thank you for that.

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As I call your name, if you're here in chambers, please approach the podium.

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If you're a participant in online, please raise your hand if you signed up for item S6.

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I have a Robert Apataka and Dan Cobb.

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We will take those who are participating in person first,

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and then following that, we will take those who are online.

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So again, if you can sign up for item S6.

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Thank you.

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Good morning, committee members.

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My name is Robert Joe Apataka.

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I've been a resident of Oakland for last 40 years,

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and I started speaking here in 1975

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when the community development block grant was the big issue and there was no room in the

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council to address those issues. At that time I was chairman of the ProofBell Community

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Development District Council. I have quite a bit of experience in housing and housing related issues,

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both as an operator and it's a builder and also as a providing finance. Just briefly I started my first

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student housing program in Berkeley in 1970, and that operation is for ethnic minorities

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and still in operation after 56 years, and it's a non-profit organization.

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Organization now owned by the Green Line Institute. Subsequent to that, I was part of a, I found it

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of non-profit and wanted to prove a concept that poor people can be homeowners. So in Fresno County,

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we built 10 town homes and sold them to families who were earning less than 30% of AMI. Nobody

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had to fault it during that time. One home has been sold and all those families have a lot of equity.

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Lastly, I was part of McLean Boston, MCIC, an architect here in town that did it first

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project, Durant Square, signature properties, or was it owner, is the owner, subsequent

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to that, we designed a fruitville transit village, and then across the street from there

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a couple of blocks from here, the firm did uptown apartments.

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So, I know something about housing and financing,

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homelessness is the number one priority

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in the state.

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I know it changes from time to time, it's a high priority here in Oakland, and what I do

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know is that over the past 10, 15 years, the state has spent over 37.

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I apologize Robert. Your time is up. Thank you so much for your comments.

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Thank you.

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Thank you so much. I will now call those who are participating online Zoom speakers.

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I have Dan Cobb. One moment.

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If the clerk can unmute Dan Cobb,

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there we go.

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Dan you are a meeting may begin.

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Thank you so much.

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Good to see you all.

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Good to see you all.

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I just wanted to express my thanks to Council Member Wong for putting this forward.

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We passed Measure X back in 2018 to create a progressive

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where the state transfer tax and this kind of summary spec closes a loophole in that and within the limits of state law this provides more opportunity to bring some more revenue in and make sure the transfer tax that already exists in in local law applies to these these additional transactions within the confines of state law.

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So I urge support for this, and I would look forward to voting in favor of this when it's on the ballot in November, and I urge the council that rules committee on the council to put this on the ballots, so the voters can decide, and I think this is a smart measure and I ask for your support. Thank you.

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Thank you so much for your comments. That concludes our speech.

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by the S6.

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Oh, excellent.

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I can go ahead and get started.

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Thank you so much to Council Member O'awng for your work on this item.

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And also calling attention to what San Francisco was doing as well.

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I was reading the article really quickly.

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So thanks for highlighting that as well.

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I'm one of the questions that I did have the opportunity to ask you during our one-on-one

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where you were explaining this a little bit further.

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and I was kind of continuing to do a little bit more research on this and just hoping you can answer

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this question. Because I guess I'm thinking about larger apartment buildings and really wanting

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to ensure that we're protecting renters from any undue costs and even just building maintenance.

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And so I guess this larger question that I have is have you been able to identify or call out

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need like domino impacts of this kind of foreclosure tax that would go to a new owner of a larger

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apartment building, whether it be since they're going to be kind of eating up those debt

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costs, will that trickle to the renter in some way what will happen to maybe if the building needs

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maintenance and I just wanted to see if you were able to get any feedback on and I think

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I even asked this question to you when we met.

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Just curious if you had any more additional insights on that.

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Yeah, absolutely.

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And I just in the development of this policy did consult individuals in both the housing

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action coalition with group, as well as the Turner Center, as well as that excuse me,

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the YMB, various YMB groups that we all know about including East Bay for everyone.

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and essentially when it comes to the question, which is...

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A really great question. I want to flag that in terms of whether those costs could be passed down to renters because essentially this cost in terms of the transfer tax would ultimately be born on the acquiring entity, right not the entity that's going into foreclosure.

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This is how this will actually protect people from that are the tenants from going into

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foreclosure.

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And I would argue this too because what is happening with foreclosures is that right now

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since this is a loophole, there's actually and there is no disincentive for the banks to pursue

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a short sale or to prevent a foreclosure from happening in the first place.

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There's no tax friction.

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So when that happens actually people are more likely the tenants are more likely to get evicted if that makes sense in the case of a foreclosure.

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And so one could argue that actually by applying this policy we're actually creating some friction that can hopefully create.

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It's not going to solve. I don't want to pretend like it's only going to prevent efficient evictions.

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But that it will create some disincentives from pursuing the foreclosure in the first place from the banks perspective.

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excellent. Thank you so much for that. And I also know that the report states that the

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Council may be made by ordinance establish other exemptions to the tax imposed by this

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chapter on what other exemptions with council want to establish. I'll give an example one thing

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that we've heard feedback from is that there are for example of like nonprofits that want to

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for example, like a foreclosed home or a small foreclosed, you know, multi-family unit property

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and actually turn it into affordable housing. And so it's these things that I think I've added

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that amendment that way we can consider as a body, other examples, where we actually, this is an

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opportunity to create tax equity and actually ensure that some of the entities we want to actually

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have a tax benefit compared to say, maybe a corporate, you know, entity that we can add those in as a body.

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Okay. Thank you.

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And just sorry, just to close off my comment, I've heard about, you know, for example, creating community land trust, things like that, so all of that.

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I think our items or things that we should consider to add in as exceptions.

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Can

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some of them around the country?

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Thank you.

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I think the intention is good and something that obviously I would want to support in theory

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when it comes to getting more revenue for the city and closing the polls.

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But I think this presents to many of the polls the way it's presented right now.

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that I don't really have confidence that the banks that were able to get this exemption in the first place

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and other predatory lenders would not be able to use one of these exemptions. So can you explain

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the history of why the foreclosure exemption has the RITTs? The foreclosure situation has an RITT exemption

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in the first place and when that happened.

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Yeah.

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That's a good question.

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Does anyone from finance have that history?

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I actually don't have that history.

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Go ahead, Malia.

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Malia McPherson with the City Attorney's Office.

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I think your question is on the legislative history of the cities, RETT, is that correct?

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And the foreclosure exemption that's here.

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This exemption that currently exists has been there for as long as I can tell it wasn't

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recently added, it wasn't addressed with the measure X.

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Amendments, it mirrors the exemption under the state

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documentary transfer tax, but is not identical

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in the same way that other local jurisdictions

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have an identical exemption for foreclosures

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that mirrors state law.

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As you'll see with San Francisco's proposal

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and it has been clarified with recent case law

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on charter cities ability to have different transfer

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We are not bound to follow state law when it comes to foreclosure assumptions.

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Thank you.

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I mean, I'm really wondering from the author who wrote this.

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How are you know, why did this first come into effect in Oakland not the state?

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And why are you, why do you think that this is going to be any different?

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I mean, anyone can call themselves a community bank.

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Unlesser, specifically listing a public bank, which is different, affordable housing, any bank can come in and say that they want to build affordable housing and then switch it up.

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What are the guarantees that this won't happen again? And that's why I'm asking about the history.

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Okay.

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Which, as we all know, is a good question, anticipate you'd know.

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On the banks, there's actually a specific definition set at federal law that caps like to be defined as a community bank.

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you need to actually have assets under a certain dollar amount.

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You can't, you can't, like, for example, chase or Goldman Sachs

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or any of these kind of large institutions could not just decide

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to define themselves as a community bank.

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There's an actual definition, I don't know,

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if Melede, you're able to comment on that.

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But I think, I would need to double check my notes,

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but I think this was established under Dot Frank,

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that there was a specific definition of community bank that must be used.

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You can't just say I'm a community bank, but about affordable housing.

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The second part of my question through the chair.

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Any of those same cases, think of America's et cetera, could say they're building affordable housing,

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and they're not actually fall through to get this exemption.

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So once again, you're creating more loopholes in the banks, you're never going to pay.

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So what are the protections for that?

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So, the way that the transfer tax is currently structured is actually the, you get a refund

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act of the fact and you would need to provide evidence and, I mean, there are strict

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AMI rules right in terms of affordable housing, you can't just say, you know, I'm building

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affordable housing, you have to provide evidence that you're meeting the AMI requirements

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that define, you know, like means tested affordable housing and if I would actually invite

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my colleague because we're adding this language around exemptions if this is something important

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to you which I agree with that we need to close these loop holes that I'm happy to work with

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you to really put in language. This is the reason actually I wanted that ordinance to add

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to make it broadly speaking because I recognize that some of this is happening. We came across

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this loophole later in this year that I'd like that I'd like to have and so I wanted to ensure

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this language would be added that way we as a body could really figure out as a collective

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in removing as many loopholes as possible since I agree that is a risk I also think it's

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not a reason not to pursue the closing what we know to be in place right when we can just

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continue to refine and add even more language to truly seal off new polls and ways that corporate entities seek and are able to escape our taxes.

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Thank you through the chair that the answer my question.

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I appreciate the invitation to work on this, but we are at the 11th hour before the meetings in July, which if this was to go through this would need to pass.

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So can you explain to me what's currently here in the legislation that would prevent a bank

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from stating they're going to build affordable housing and not build it.

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And again, I would also like the definition of a community bank.

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Sure.

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Malia, are you able to comment on the definition of a community bank?

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And then perhaps someone from the finance team since we have existing exemptions for

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You know, low-income households, different things like that in our existing tax structure.

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How is finance able to validate those things as it currently stands?

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Malay McPerson with the City of Terties Office.

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I'm happy to comment on the definition as it's been provided in the legislation.

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I do want to note that the policy directors in terms of the scope of this legislation has been set by the council members office.

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So it is not, you know, our office that has been recommending certain exemptions here.

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The community banking organization is as defined by the Federal Reserve and as the Council

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Member noted, that current definition has an organization that has a total consolidated

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assets of less than $10 billion.

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And under the draft legislation, the transfer read to qualify for this exemption would have

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to provide us warm certification for that qualification.

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Similarly for the Affordable Housing exemption,

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as drafted, the transferry would have 36 months

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from the date of recordation of the transfer

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to submit a refund supported by documentation.

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Thank you.

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Thank you. Thank you. So to clarify, you would submit a refund for you pay the RATT and then you'd get a refund if you actually

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build affordable housing in three years? Yeah. That was, we did that on advisement from finance. They said that this

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would be most administratively simple for them to do. That is the reason that we've built it in that

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particular structure.

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Thank you.

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I have reservations on this community bank.

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I mean, at $10 billion company is pretty big.

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And even if it excludes our conventional big banks,

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that leaves a lot of room for predatory lenders,

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foreign entities, et cetera,

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to come in and not pay the tax again.

438
00:40:53,150 --> 00:40:55,310
I imagine there are quite a few subsidiaries

439
00:40:55,310 --> 00:40:58,450
of some of these big banks that would qualify under that as well.

440
00:40:58,450 --> 00:41:12,350
So I'm deeply uncomfortable with that, and if I were to support, consider supporting this, that would definitely be something that I would need redefined in this legislation.

441
00:41:14,150 --> 00:41:16,450
Sure, absolutely. I do want to comment just.

442
00:41:17,030 --> 00:41:18,130
I'm not, I'm not completed.

443
00:41:18,230 --> 00:41:18,870
Okay, sure.

444
00:41:19,630 --> 00:41:25,910
And so the next issue that I have here is the numbers.

445
00:41:26,610 --> 00:41:40,990
Again, I know that 2026 saw more for closures, but in the city administrator's report, the estimate for the amount of money that the city would bring in is notably less in the review of 30 transactions.

446
00:41:41,750 --> 00:41:49,010
The annual revenue is estimated to range from 400,000 to a million depending on the transfer

447
00:41:49,010 --> 00:41:49,730
type of timing.

448
00:41:50,330 --> 00:41:54,490
But what you showed was a much higher numbers.

449
00:41:55,130 --> 00:42:01,470
Again, obviously, I'd welcome any money coming to the city, but 400,000 to a million is very

450
00:42:01,470 --> 00:42:05,110
different from the multi-million dollar proposals you said.

451
00:42:05,350 --> 00:42:06,370
So why the difference?

452
00:42:06,370 --> 00:42:09,570
Yeah, I'm happy to answer those questions and their

453
00:42:09,570 --> 00:42:13,690
excellent. So first of all, on the bank size, I know 10 billion

454
00:42:13,690 --> 00:42:18,290
sounds like a lot, just so everyone is aware in terms of how

455
00:42:18,290 --> 00:42:21,050
the federal reserve actually defines different bank

456
00:42:21,050 --> 00:42:27,130
size. There's 10 billion dollars is a community bank, 10 billion to

457
00:42:27,130 --> 00:42:30,870
500 billion is actually regional and mid size banks, and above 500

458
00:42:30,870 --> 00:42:35,410
billion dollars are large and global financial institutions. So to give

459
00:42:35,410 --> 00:42:41,990
sense of the total asset size of some of the largest banks, JP Morgan Chase has $3.64 trillion

460
00:42:41,990 --> 00:42:42,810
in assets.

461
00:42:43,410 --> 00:42:46,750
Okay, this is why $10 billion is actually a community bank.

462
00:42:47,170 --> 00:42:53,350
Bank of America has $2.6 trillion, City Bank, $1.7 trillion, Wells Fargo, $1.7 trillion.

463
00:42:53,570 --> 00:42:58,710
So that's the scale that we're looking out when it comes to large banks and why it's

464
00:42:58,710 --> 00:43:02,510
important, especially because community banks are actually those that are most likely to

465
00:43:02,510 --> 00:43:07,830
provide loan opportunities to those who have maybe lower credit scores, things like this.

466
00:43:07,830 --> 00:43:10,530
This is why I thought it was important to have that carve out.

467
00:43:11,490 --> 00:43:17,670
But we're happy to, you know, we can also, I'm open to removing that exemption and having

468
00:43:17,670 --> 00:43:20,350
a longer discussion around that, if that is important.

469
00:43:21,090 --> 00:43:25,110
There are everything just to note on the revenue side of things.

470
00:43:25,930 --> 00:43:31,370
And if anyone from finance wants to come up, but what we had discussed from what we've clarified

471
00:43:31,370 --> 00:43:37,750
is that those finance estimates excluded something called deed and lieu of foreclosure.

472
00:43:38,550 --> 00:43:44,390
So it is the deed and lieu of foreclosure transactions that actually stand to generate

473
00:43:44,390 --> 00:43:45,570
the most revenue.

474
00:43:46,690 --> 00:43:48,610
And so we had clarified that with finance.

475
00:43:49,910 --> 00:43:55,830
That's why you see that those low projections, those are merely just the foreclosures,

476
00:43:55,950 --> 00:44:00,410
like pure foreclosures, a deed and lieu of foreclosure just to explain what that means

477
00:44:00,410 --> 00:44:03,430
is somebody is transferring the note sale

478
00:44:03,430 --> 00:44:06,170
without technically going to foreclosures.

479
00:44:06,610 --> 00:44:08,850
That was not understood by finance at the time

480
00:44:08,850 --> 00:44:13,750
that they provided that $4600,000 annual revenue estimate.

481
00:44:14,770 --> 00:44:18,810
And so then we provided finance those 16 examples,

482
00:44:18,890 --> 00:44:20,750
again, that we just saw through headlines.

483
00:44:21,310 --> 00:44:23,770
So if anything in under states, in my opinion,

484
00:44:24,190 --> 00:44:25,990
anyways, I don't want to, again,

485
00:44:26,070 --> 00:44:28,250
I would prefer to have a more conservative estimate.

486
00:44:28,250 --> 00:44:38,310
So what we identified is 16 different transactions that occurred over the last two and a half years and that's where you see the the larger amounts and

487
00:44:39,930 --> 00:44:43,330
Yeah, thank you. So it did that again

488
00:44:44,030 --> 00:44:54,590
I am very concerned I specifically in my comments through the chair mentioned that I know this 10 billion dollars would exclude the big big banks obviously

489
00:44:54,590 --> 00:44:58,990
but that doesn't mean that those medium-sized ones aren't any less predatory.

490
00:45:00,000 --> 00:45:20,000
That would be a major issue for me wanting that exemption. Again, if, since your legislation is proposing that council can give additional exemptions, you know, if there's situations that come up at the time, so be it, but that is something I'm definitely concerned about.

491
00:45:20,780 --> 00:45:26,080
I'll reserve the rest of my questions for the next council meeting. Thank you.

492
00:45:34,590 --> 00:45:44,790
If there's no other further comment, I think at this time, I would make a motion to move this to the full body so that the full body can weigh in.

493
00:45:47,730 --> 00:45:48,610
Is there a second?

494
00:45:53,860 --> 00:45:53,860
Second.

495
00:45:58,090 --> 00:46:04,190
Right. There was a motion by council member Brown, second and by council presidency.

496
00:46:04,190 --> 00:46:06,310
Yes, one more clarifier and question.

497
00:46:06,630 --> 00:46:07,530
I have one more thing.

498
00:46:08,290 --> 00:46:14,330
So now that this complementary advisory resolution isn't there anymore, the money would go

499
00:46:14,330 --> 00:46:17,530
to the general fund to clarify with that?

500
00:46:19,170 --> 00:46:24,810
My intention with that is we could then as a body again decided through a budget resolution

501
00:46:24,810 --> 00:46:27,590
and how the general funds would get spent.

502
00:46:28,030 --> 00:46:32,150
I heard the feedback from everybody, which last time, which there was clearly

503
00:46:32,150 --> 00:46:37,270
concern with adding a second advisory measure, took that into consideration, I thought that

504
00:46:37,270 --> 00:46:42,770
actually made sense that would be an expensive measure to put on that would be ultimately

505
00:46:42,770 --> 00:46:48,950
non-binding, so it would go into the general fund as a relief you want to add to that.

506
00:46:51,640 --> 00:46:57,260
Through the chair, nothing to add on that because the amendments were not read into the floor,

507
00:46:57,780 --> 00:47:03,500
I do want to make sure that there's clarity on what's going to be amended and what, if

508
00:47:03,500 --> 00:47:12,460
The motion could just include direction from this body for the city attorney's office to incorporate these edits when it goes to the full council.

509
00:47:13,420 --> 00:47:24,880
So my understanding is the amendments are to add affordable housing to subsection F1 to delete the headquartered requirement in subsection F2.

510
00:47:24,880 --> 00:47:44,740
To modify the exemption in subsection F4 such that that exemption is replaced by city council authority to add other exemptions and then to add catch all language that would amend the

511
00:47:44,740 --> 00:47:50,840
The value of consideration for these four closure-related transactions to be based on the

512
00:47:50,840 --> 00:47:55,460
fair market value for administrative clarity and off of SS.

513
00:47:56,680 --> 00:48:00,580
Finally, given that the scope of this legislation has changed significantly since it was

514
00:48:00,580 --> 00:48:07,400
introduced, my recommendation is that the body allow our office to reformat and revise

515
00:48:07,400 --> 00:48:11,720
the legislation so that whatever goes to the full council is just clean.

516
00:48:11,720 --> 00:48:18,820
We're going to have one day to get a final ballot measure if this goes to 7th.

517
00:48:18,940 --> 00:48:21,240
And right now it has two measures on it.

518
00:48:21,540 --> 00:48:23,980
We need to have clean legislation on the 7th.

519
00:48:24,060 --> 00:48:25,040
Councilmember More on the Chandra.

520
00:48:25,700 --> 00:48:26,220
Thank you.

521
00:48:27,020 --> 00:48:28,140
I don't feel comfortable.

522
00:48:29,140 --> 00:48:33,240
I've been trying to sift through all of the attachments and I apart from the power point

523
00:48:33,240 --> 00:48:35,500
I don't see the amendments in writing.

524
00:48:36,180 --> 00:48:40,700
And I would prefer to hold this in committee the next week so we can see the amendments

525
00:48:40,700 --> 00:48:44,360
in writing and then vote on it in the actual language.

526
00:48:50,140 --> 00:48:54,580
To the maker of the motion, are you amenable to that?

527
00:48:54,960 --> 00:48:57,280
I'm just a couple of points of clarification.

528
00:48:57,660 --> 00:49:01,980
I feel like there's a lot going on, and I was willing to accept with the amendments.

529
00:49:02,480 --> 00:49:06,120
But I also hear what Councilmember Ramachandra and his articulating.

530
00:49:06,600 --> 00:49:11,080
And so I just want to, I guess, through the chair to the city attorney,

531
00:49:15,290 --> 00:49:16,290
do we have enough,

532
00:49:16,290 --> 00:49:22,710
do we have enough time to make these need of changes and if holding in committee is what would

533
00:49:22,710 --> 00:49:23,450
be recommended?

534
00:49:25,290 --> 00:49:31,090
So, through the chair, what I heard there was a proposal to hold this in committee until

535
00:49:31,090 --> 00:49:37,050
next rules committee, which would be July 2nd. So, whether this is forwarded today or on

536
00:49:37,050 --> 00:49:43,570
July 2nd, it could go to the July 7th Council meeting either way. There is no council meeting

537
00:49:43,570 --> 00:49:49,210
before July 7th. So, in either case, it could be forwarded to the July 7th Council meeting.

538
00:49:49,790 --> 00:49:53,430
Okay, excellent. And so, through the charity council member, I'm a John Drainiz at your preference.

539
00:49:54,310 --> 00:49:57,650
Yes. Okay. So, I'll, I'm in my, my motion.

540
00:49:58,110 --> 00:49:59,830
So, no, it's your inspirancy. I don't necessarily.

541
00:50:00,000 --> 00:50:18,200
I want to hear this again. I tell Councilmember Wong that I would support it coming out of roles, but most likely I'm not going to support it when it comes to full council. So, if we hear this in this body again, and our people going to support it coming out of roles, if not, we should just put it on the pending list and move forward.

542
00:50:19,220 --> 00:50:25,640
I support it. My original motion was to move it to the full body, so I just want to, I think that's clear.

543
00:50:27,200 --> 00:50:31,940
So, but I'm also just trying to also honor what my colleague wants as well.

544
00:50:32,300 --> 00:50:32,520
Thank you.

545
00:50:32,600 --> 00:50:35,400
And through the just to explain, I hear you come so President.

546
00:50:37,760 --> 00:50:42,820
I've been looking through each of the attachments, and I don't see the amendments.

547
00:50:43,080 --> 00:50:45,850
I know we just chart it verbally, but I'm a visual person.

548
00:50:46,720 --> 00:50:54,100
So, I need, if we're putting, this is a complicated issue, and if voters need to be clear about what's going forward,

549
00:50:54,100 --> 00:50:56,180
I need to be clear what we're passing.

550
00:50:57,180 --> 00:51:01,140
So I cannot, I don't know how I would vote next week,

551
00:51:01,400 --> 00:51:03,580
seeing everything clearly laid out and writing rather

552
00:51:03,580 --> 00:51:07,180
than the verbal presentation and then the quick PowerPoint.

553
00:51:08,920 --> 00:51:12,460
So I don't, I can't say how I would vote next week,

554
00:51:12,600 --> 00:51:14,080
but once I see it all in writing,

555
00:51:14,160 --> 00:51:17,840
but I'm a visual person and I think voters are as well.

556
00:51:17,920 --> 00:51:20,520
If I'm doing my due diligence to really vet proposals,

557
00:51:20,520 --> 00:51:29,240
I wouldn't need to see it in writing if that is an option to move it to next week and if not I respect that my colleagues is

558
00:51:29,240 --> 00:51:33,460
Which is that's fine. And so Council member Brown accepts

559
00:51:36,030 --> 00:51:42,110
Not a limit, but you're going to change your motion to forward this to next week. Soils. Yep

560
00:51:42,110 --> 00:51:44,190
All right

561
00:51:44,190 --> 00:51:44,610
How second

562
00:51:46,190 --> 00:51:51,410
So the motion as it stands is moved by Council member Brown

563
00:51:51,410 --> 00:51:57,480
Seconded by Councilmember Jenkins as amended as the amendment stated on the record by the city attorney

564
00:51:57,930 --> 00:52:01,250
To be forwarded to continue to continue to be July

565
00:52:01,250 --> 00:52:04,260
Second rules and legislation committee is that the amendment

566
00:52:05,050 --> 00:52:09,350
Is that okay with that motion on roll council member Brown

567
00:52:10,130 --> 00:52:11,170
Council member five

568
00:52:12,230 --> 00:52:12,970
No

569
00:52:14,050 --> 00:52:18,360
Council member Ramachandron I and share Jenkins I

570
00:52:19,420 --> 00:52:29,500
Item number S6 is approved to be continued to the July second rules and legislation committee meeting with three eyes and one no council number five.

571
00:52:30,500 --> 00:52:37,140
That now takes us back to the original order of the agenda as the agenda was taken out of order at the beginning.

572
00:52:37,440 --> 00:52:40,600
We have already dispensed with item number two.

573
00:52:40,600 --> 00:52:51,640
We will now move on to the new scheduling items item number 3.1 is a doctor resolution confirming the mayor's reappointment of Anne Griffith in the net

574
00:52:51,640 --> 00:52:57,620
John Glee to the Oakland Housing Authority to be scheduled on July 7th City Council of Genta

575
00:52:59,400 --> 00:53:00,680
On consent

576
00:53:01,960 --> 00:53:09,800
Item 3.2 is a resolution confirmed up. Excuse me apologies back to item 3.1. There is a rule 24

577
00:53:09,800 --> 00:53:15,620
To be read and that is to fill the vacancies of the OHA to ensure a continuous

578
00:53:16,920 --> 00:53:38,620
I don't 3.2 is a resolution confirming the mayors reappointment of Helen Bollick to the wildfire prevention commission, and this also has been requested to be scheduled for the July 7 City Council agenda on consent in the rule 24 reasoning for this is to fill the current vacancy for the WPC to ensure continuous quorum.

579
00:53:38,620 --> 00:53:49,140
Item 3.3 is receive a presentation from the AC Transit on current agency deficit projections

580
00:53:49,140 --> 00:53:55,560
and associated financial outlook, including potential service adjustments and workforce

581
00:53:55,560 --> 00:53:58,360
reduction scenarios and impacts.

582
00:53:58,520 --> 00:54:04,580
And this item is being requested to be scheduled for the July 7th City Council agenda on

583
00:54:04,580 --> 00:54:05,220
consent.

584
00:54:05,220 --> 00:54:07,760
there is a rule 24 that needs to be stated on the way.

585
00:54:08,760 --> 00:54:12,380
Yes. As an update to that, I want this awful consent so that we can

586
00:54:12,920 --> 00:54:18,540
representation, full 24 there. We need to buy perhaps committees so that this is

587
00:54:18,540 --> 00:54:23,680
heard by the full council so that the full impacts of AC transit service cuts

588
00:54:23,680 --> 00:54:25,960
and potential cuts is heard by the entire community.

589
00:54:27,420 --> 00:54:30,360
Thank you, Father, and I just confirm this item is now going to not

590
00:54:30,360 --> 00:54:36,480
consent. Correct. Thank you for that. Moving on to item 3.4.

591
00:54:37,200 --> 00:54:44,220
A doctor resolution authorizing the city minister to accept and appropriate grant funds.

592
00:54:44,700 --> 00:54:51,520
In the amount of 35,559 dollars in 68 cents. We're going to state of California Tech

593
00:54:51,520 --> 00:54:58,700
for fully reimbursed the city's cost of implementing the connected scenarios.

594
00:55:00,000 --> 00:55:06,600
Seeing your live stream project, which is designated to reduce barriers to participation in senior

595
00:55:06,600 --> 00:55:12,800
center programming by bringing real-time classes, wellness activities and community events directly

596
00:55:12,800 --> 00:55:19,780
into the homes of older adults, especially those from marginalized and historically underserved

597
00:55:19,780 --> 00:55:26,640
communities for the period of July 8, 2026 to June 30, 2027, and this is to be heard on

598
00:55:26,640 --> 00:55:33,360
July 7th, 2020 Council agenda on consent, there will be a rule 24 needed to be stated on

599
00:55:33,360 --> 00:55:34,140
record for this item.

600
00:55:34,280 --> 00:55:35,000
I don't move forward to staff.

601
00:55:35,460 --> 00:55:35,720
President.

602
00:55:43,600 --> 00:55:43,760
Hello.

603
00:55:44,000 --> 00:55:45,800
I'm Jason Wayne with IT Department.

604
00:55:46,880 --> 00:55:54,320
The city of Oakland was notified on June 16th that the Oakland Connect Senior Life Stream

605
00:55:54,320 --> 00:56:01,440
Project, a program designed to break down longstanding barriers to participation in senior

606
00:56:01,440 --> 00:56:09,900
center programming by bringing real-time classes, wellness activities, and community events

607
00:56:09,900 --> 00:56:12,100
has been selected for an award.

608
00:56:12,540 --> 00:56:18,560
Once grant acceptance paperwork is received from the State of California, the city will

609
00:56:18,560 --> 00:56:22,760
have a 14-day window to formally accept the grant.

610
00:56:23,320 --> 00:56:29,720
The media action is required to ensure that the city is able to accept this grant and proceed

611
00:56:29,720 --> 00:56:34,820
to project implementation without losing the funding opportunity.

612
00:56:36,700 --> 00:56:38,440
Thank you for that.

613
00:56:39,120 --> 00:56:40,740
Now we'll be on to item 3.5.

614
00:56:41,380 --> 00:56:46,120
Dr. Resolution 1, 2, 1, commemoratively rename the telegraph

615
00:56:46,120 --> 00:56:51,880
Avenue between 18th Street and William Street as OSA way in honor of the Oakland

616
00:56:51,880 --> 00:56:56,680
School for the Arts and authorized the installation of a plaque honoring Oakland

617
00:56:56,680 --> 00:57:01,460
School for Arts on the 18th Street and Telegraph Avenue, 19th Street and Telegraph Avenue,

618
00:57:01,940 --> 00:57:07,260
and William Street and Telegraph Avenue pursuant to the policy and criteria established

619
00:57:07,260 --> 00:57:08,180
by the resolution.

620
00:57:08,820 --> 00:57:12,980
And this has been requested to be heard on the July 7th City Council agenda on consent.

621
00:57:13,300 --> 00:57:16,080
We will need a rule 24 state on the record for this item.

622
00:57:16,640 --> 00:57:17,320
Thank you.

623
00:57:17,580 --> 00:57:23,920
The rule 24 needed for this item is that ceremonials go straight to council.

624
00:57:26,140 --> 00:57:26,540
So, no need.

625
00:57:26,540 --> 00:57:27,560
Thank you so much for that.

626
00:57:27,560 --> 00:57:54,160
We are now moving to item 3.6, adopt a resolution authorized in the City Administrator to accept an appropriate grant funds, any amount, up to $750,000 from the Bay Area host committee and to execute a grant agreement for such funds to pay for the Oakland Police Department's security support operations for the 2026 feeful world cup.

627
00:57:54,160 --> 00:57:58,160
and this item is being requested to be scheduled for the July 7th city council agenda on

628
00:57:58,160 --> 00:58:05,160
consent. I will now read in the rule 24 for this item. OPD received the award letter at the end

629
00:58:05,160 --> 00:58:13,360
of May 2026, or the NMA, for the grant to obtain reimbursement the city administrator needs to sign the agreement

630
00:58:13,360 --> 00:58:19,940
with the Bay Area Host community committee. OPD needs to submit an honest and serious documents,

631
00:58:19,940 --> 00:58:26,380
including the sign agreement by July 17th to receive a full reimbursement.

632
00:58:26,560 --> 00:58:31,480
July 7, Council is the only meeting OPD could schedule this item to in order to meet the

633
00:58:31,480 --> 00:58:32,100
deadline.

634
00:58:34,640 --> 00:58:41,740
Now reading item 3.7 is a result of ordinance calling and giving notice to the

635
00:58:41,740 --> 00:58:47,420
holding of a general municipal election on November 3, 2026 for the purpose of submitting to the

636
00:58:47,420 --> 00:58:54,360
electors of the city of Oakland proposed ballot measure and requesting consolidation of the city of

637
00:58:54,360 --> 00:58:59,380
Oakland's general municipal election with the state while election to be held in the city of

638
00:58:59,380 --> 00:59:06,500
Oakland on November 3rd, 2026, and authorizing the city clerk to take all actions necessary to

639
00:59:06,500 --> 00:59:12,220
hold the municipal election. And this is being requested to be scheduled on July 7th, city council agenda

640
00:59:12,220 --> 00:59:19,320
on non-consent and I will read the rule 24, which is the consolidation ordinance typically

641
00:59:19,320 --> 00:59:27,200
go straight to council. Item 3.8 is a resolution confirming the mayor's appointment of a

642
00:59:27,200 --> 00:59:32,780
Elizabeth Lake as interim city administrator and to authorize the mayor to execute an employment

643
00:59:32,780 --> 00:59:40,460
agreement with Elizabeth Lake on behalf of the city of Oakland and this has been requested

644
00:59:40,460 --> 00:59:47,020
be scheduled for July 7th City Council agenda on non-consent. I will read the rule 24. The

645
00:59:47,020 --> 00:59:51,580
Mayor's office request that this item be heard directly by the City Council person with

646
00:59:51,580 --> 00:59:58,500
a rule 24 due to the time sensitive need to ensure continuity of administration authority before

647
00:59:58,500 --> 00:59:59,980
the expiration of the...

648
01:00:00,000 --> 01:00:07,440
Current City Administrator, administrative leave on July 15, 2026, confirm of the interim City Administrator

649
01:00:07,440 --> 01:00:15,600
at the July 7, City Council agenda meeting, is necessary to avoid any gaps in executive leadership

650
01:00:15,600 --> 01:00:17,160
and operational authority.

651
01:00:17,940 --> 01:00:18,640
Councillor member, I'm a child.

652
01:00:19,080 --> 01:00:19,700
Thank you.

653
01:00:19,720 --> 01:00:25,580
I would like to hold this in committee for one more week on the scheduling list.

654
01:00:27,180 --> 01:00:30,080
any objections, and be held in committee.

655
01:00:31,800 --> 01:00:32,940
Council number five.

656
01:00:34,320 --> 01:00:40,620
I would like to hear what the time considerations are for our bond market considerations.

657
01:00:41,020 --> 01:00:44,500
That was what was presented to me as the need to expedite this item.

658
01:00:44,760 --> 01:00:47,960
So if that could be articulated, so I would better understand it.

659
01:00:48,140 --> 01:00:49,020
That would be helpful.

660
01:00:53,170 --> 01:00:54,430
Thank you, Council President.

661
01:00:54,430 --> 01:01:00,210
The cuts present to Council Member Fife in order to interact with the bond market.

662
01:01:00,450 --> 01:01:05,210
We are in the market for a transaction for your temporary revenue and anticipation notes to

663
01:01:05,210 --> 01:01:09,590
pre-fund our CalPERS liability and provide ongoing cash flow needs with the CalPERS

664
01:01:09,590 --> 01:01:10,210
line.

665
01:01:10,610 --> 01:01:14,530
I am looking for gross savings about $5 and a half million dollars over the course of the

666
01:01:14,530 --> 01:01:15,590
coming fiscal year.

667
01:01:15,930 --> 01:01:21,290
We need to have an interim or permanent city administrator appointed to sign documents, including

668
01:01:21,290 --> 01:01:28,690
that your preliminary official statement on the 8th of July your official statement documents

669
01:01:28,690 --> 01:01:33,430
on the 15th and 16th and you're closing documents roughly around the 28th of July.

670
01:01:34,050 --> 01:01:39,830
So all those documents will require a interim or permanent administrator confirmed by this

671
01:01:39,830 --> 01:01:44,290
body in order for us to sign off on those otherwise we cannot access the market in that process.

672
01:01:46,990 --> 01:01:51,950
So if we move forward with this action today for an interim, what is the

673
01:01:51,950 --> 01:01:58,230
proposed time? Well, maybe through the chair. I don't know if this is a conversation for the mayor's office.

674
01:01:59,490 --> 01:02:07,650
What is the proposed timeline for the interim status? Because it's my understanding that we're doing a nationwide search for a permanent.

675
01:02:09,070 --> 01:02:11,670
I will defer to the mayor's office answer that question.

676
01:02:18,100 --> 01:02:22,720
Is it afternoon? Good morning. Council, Council, Council more five to your question.

677
01:02:22,940 --> 01:02:29,520
The intent is to appoint Betsy Lake to interim for a six month window.

678
01:02:31,530 --> 01:02:39,550
Does that align with the search for permanent? What is that current? Is that happening concurrently?

679
01:02:40,130 --> 01:02:46,250
Yeah, the mayor is in touch with the HR to explore looking at search firms.

680
01:02:46,730 --> 01:02:55,450
One of the things that's in the resolution and a little bit of city-trainer rich in way and on this is it is an integral point for six months.

681
01:02:55,470 --> 01:02:59,950
However, that's not preclude the mayor for appointing someone in that window.

682
01:03:00,570 --> 01:03:02,690
If someone is identified.

683
01:03:03,270 --> 01:03:04,330
I understand. Thank you.

684
01:03:04,610 --> 01:03:05,510
Thank you.

685
01:03:05,870 --> 01:03:10,710
So I just want to say publicly about these two things should have nothing to do with one another.

686
01:03:11,450 --> 01:03:16,090
Council's ability to confirm a city of administration should have nothing to do with the

687
01:03:16,090 --> 01:03:19,670
bond market. Just want to state that publicly and I'm going to agree with Council Member

688
01:03:19,670 --> 01:03:25,150
Romachandra in holding this until next week if Bradley's timeline is right we have another

689
01:03:25,150 --> 01:03:28,370
rules before the July 7th Council meeting.

690
01:03:34,950 --> 01:03:40,230
So through the chair just to note that this is being proposed for July 7th you could hold it

691
01:03:40,230 --> 01:03:45,190
in committee but then at that point to make it to the July 7th meeting would require

692
01:03:45,190 --> 01:03:48,990
I'm an urgency finding to place it on the supplemental agenda.

693
01:03:49,390 --> 01:03:51,150
Council member Fife.

694
01:03:51,590 --> 01:03:54,350
Any special meetings that might be necessary?

695
01:03:56,190 --> 01:03:56,850
I hope not.

696
01:03:57,050 --> 01:03:58,310
Because I will not be there.

697
01:03:58,490 --> 01:03:58,910
Me neither.

698
01:04:01,450 --> 01:04:10,010
I do want to state that it sounded like what we heard from our finance director is that these two things are connected.

699
01:04:10,010 --> 01:04:19,630
And so just to get ultimate clarity from Director Johnson, we need, is it, is it staturely

700
01:04:19,630 --> 01:04:22,730
required that we have this position in place?

701
01:04:23,490 --> 01:04:28,510
Is there a legal requirement in order to address the bond needs of the city?

702
01:04:31,300 --> 01:04:36,660
So my understanding and conversation with our bond council is per the charter in order to

703
01:04:36,660 --> 01:04:41,700
actually authorize signing these documents which commit the city to debt arrangements, per

704
01:04:41,700 --> 01:04:47,320
charter and how it interacts with our bond market we need an authorized official in a permanent

705
01:04:47,320 --> 01:04:52,760
or interim capacity approved by this body or to sign them and that my understanding is and I

706
01:04:52,760 --> 01:04:58,780
have the city attorney here if he wants to win further is that there aren't there is no other

707
01:04:58,780 --> 01:04:59,980
It's a short aside from a commitment.

708
01:05:00,000 --> 01:05:09,480
A firm city administrator who would have the authority to sign those documents, inclusive of myself and the mayor that neither of us could substitute in that space.

709
01:05:10,780 --> 01:05:12,460
I would like to hear from the city attorney.

710
01:05:13,840 --> 01:05:27,460
Ryan Richardson City Attorney, so yes, what Director Johnson just said is correct, the closing for these bonds is currently scheduled for the week of July 14th or 13th.

711
01:05:29,480 --> 01:05:39,360
During that week is when Administrator Johnson's resignation become effective and we would not have a city administrator that was can had been confirmed by the council.

712
01:05:40,100 --> 01:05:45,720
and in consultation with fine counsel under our charter there would be a lack of clarity

713
01:05:45,720 --> 01:05:48,920
that we had somebody who was duly authorized to sign these documents.

714
01:05:49,460 --> 01:05:55,540
We looked at whether other city officials could sign but in the charter the person that's

715
01:05:55,540 --> 01:06:01,060
designated as the Chief Financial Officer with explicit authority to manage the city's financial

716
01:06:01,060 --> 01:06:06,580
affairs and with explicit authority to bind the city by contract is the city administrator.

717
01:06:06,580 --> 01:06:13,840
That is the person that is always signed the bond documents that will need to be signed on the 16th and the 15th and 16th.

718
01:06:14,140 --> 01:06:18,060
So I need to understand from the rules committee what is the problem?

719
01:06:19,380 --> 01:06:30,140
Because this sounds very straightforward from what I'm understanding from our city attorney and our finance director that this is absolutely critical.

720
01:06:30,140 --> 01:06:44,340
So, according to the Constitution of the City of Oakland, what I'm hearing, the council that I'm understanding is that we're in a situation that we need to move this item forward.

721
01:06:45,920 --> 01:06:51,860
So, to council member five, I still say these two things have nothing to do with one another.

722
01:06:56,120 --> 01:07:00,180
By charter, we have the ability to confirm a city administrator.

723
01:07:00,180 --> 01:07:02,200
that's by charter, right?

724
01:07:02,500 --> 01:07:07,960
We do not have to confirm the individual that is presented to us.

725
01:07:08,260 --> 01:07:11,060
So we're talking about bonds, you could put another name on there.

726
01:07:11,280 --> 01:07:13,980
You could put another name for a city administrator on there, right?

727
01:07:13,980 --> 01:07:18,100
So you don't have to say yes because we are going to the Obama market.

728
01:07:18,420 --> 01:07:19,120
There are other options.

729
01:07:20,080 --> 01:07:20,600
Councilmember.

730
01:07:20,600 --> 01:07:21,600
What are the other options?

731
01:07:21,860 --> 01:07:22,760
Councilmember Brown.

732
01:07:23,500 --> 01:07:24,200
Oh, other options?

733
01:07:24,720 --> 01:07:25,340
There's other people.

734
01:07:30,120 --> 01:07:30,640
Okay.

735
01:07:30,640 --> 01:07:42,500
Thank you so much for the dialogue, I kind of had the same question of like what is the purpose of holding it in committee for one week versus versus presenting it to the entire body.

736
01:07:43,200 --> 01:07:45,080
Because this is a scheduling item.

737
01:07:47,120 --> 01:07:49,900
More time to do research to see what other applicants are available.

738
01:07:56,340 --> 01:07:58,180
I'll say I think this needs to move forward.

739
01:07:58,180 --> 01:08:06,420
I don't understand who we could put in place in a week that would satisfy the requirements

740
01:08:06,420 --> 01:08:07,120
that are needed.

741
01:08:07,780 --> 01:08:13,360
I understand there may be concerns with the individual, but that is the individual in

742
01:08:13,360 --> 01:08:15,460
position at this particular time.

743
01:08:15,740 --> 01:08:19,880
And from what I'm understanding from the mayor's office, that there will be a process to

744
01:08:19,880 --> 01:08:25,200
go through to confirm a permanent individual, but at this time, and I swear in Oakland,

745
01:08:25,200 --> 01:08:30,140
And there's no short of crises or emergencies that push us up against deadlines.

746
01:08:30,620 --> 01:08:32,620
This feels like one of those times.

747
01:08:33,360 --> 01:08:37,020
And so I do not want to play with a bond market.

748
01:08:37,660 --> 01:08:43,640
It should not have to be related, but in this particular moment, what I'm hearing from the

749
01:08:43,640 --> 01:08:46,160
people who do this work every single day that it is.

750
01:08:46,760 --> 01:08:52,460
So in the best interest of the city, in this time sensitive moment, I want to move this forward

751
01:08:52,460 --> 01:08:53,700
to the full city council.

752
01:08:53,700 --> 01:09:00,680
I have a lot of personal opinions, lots of them, but in what's in the best interest of the city of Oakland,

753
01:09:01,460 --> 01:09:06,040
in order to sign these documents that I'm hearing from our finance director need to be signed,

754
01:09:06,180 --> 01:09:07,480
I would like to move this forward.

755
01:09:11,120 --> 01:09:12,080
Councilmember Brown?

756
01:09:15,640 --> 01:09:15,840
Awesome.

757
01:09:16,140 --> 01:09:16,320
Likewise.

758
01:09:16,500 --> 01:09:17,800
I would like to move that item forward.

759
01:09:18,980 --> 01:09:25,760
And I remain, I will restate my preference for this item, staying in a committee.

760
01:09:28,770 --> 01:09:31,250
So it just seems to get a lot.

761
01:09:33,040 --> 01:09:34,520
Can the mayor break it out?

762
01:09:34,780 --> 01:09:35,100
No.

763
01:09:36,060 --> 01:09:36,560
I'm kidding.

764
01:09:36,760 --> 01:09:37,720
So this item will stay in committee.

765
01:09:41,030 --> 01:09:49,570
So to clarify item 3.8 will we need a motion to move this item.

766
01:09:50,030 --> 01:09:54,790
Keep this item committee or do we need to move forward with not scheduling that?

767
01:09:54,790 --> 01:09:56,250
Any clarity on what we are?

768
01:09:56,650 --> 01:09:59,230
If there isn't a vote by a majority.

769
01:10:00,720 --> 01:10:11,940
The committee members present to do anything, then it will, then nothing will happen. So it won't be automatically scheduled to the next rules committee and it won't be afforded, just for clarity.

770
01:10:13,080 --> 01:10:15,880
Council member, here's what I have to bring it back for another first schedule.

771
01:10:16,620 --> 01:10:22,180
Let me share this to you. Excuse me. Thank you to the chair. This is what happens when you rush to judgment on Justin.

772
01:10:26,410 --> 01:10:28,190
We wouldn't even be here.

773
01:10:29,150 --> 01:10:29,890
We wouldn't even.

774
01:10:30,150 --> 01:10:30,270
Yes, sir.

775
01:10:30,270 --> 01:10:31,250
Is this related to schedule?

776
01:10:32,770 --> 01:10:34,330
I had to say what I had to say.

777
01:10:34,410 --> 01:10:35,190
Thank you.

778
01:10:36,170 --> 01:10:45,310
And so for clarity, with their being a tie, this item, there would be no action taken on item 3.8.

779
01:10:45,810 --> 01:10:51,810
I would like to request through the chair for the director finance to answer what happens if we don't sign these documents.

780
01:10:51,810 --> 01:11:02,150
And then I would also like to understand from this body what we are looking forward to getting a week from now that would satisfy the concerns that are being listed today.

781
01:11:06,770 --> 01:11:23,970
Through the Council President of the Council member five, if we do not have a interim or a permanent city administrator in position to sign documents on the three dates of motion related to the POS, the OS and the closing documents for this transaction, we have to terminate the transaction.

782
01:11:23,970 --> 01:11:30,710
The estimated growth savings from the transaction is about five and a half million dollars in terms of our purse costs

783
01:11:30,710 --> 01:11:35,330
Which we would not be able to pre fund and we might have other impacts in terms of our cash flow management

784
01:11:35,330 --> 01:11:38,050
So this is something that we've been counting on in order to

785
01:11:39,370 --> 01:11:45,050
Realize some savings in an address among going budgetary issue. That's been that's sort of the rationale for this transaction

786
01:11:45,050 --> 01:11:53,390
Which you guys have approved and there's a final approval of a document coming to you also scheduled separately on the 7th related to your

787
01:11:53,390 --> 01:12:00,010
official statement release, but if you do not have a person sitting as interim or permanent

788
01:12:00,550 --> 01:12:05,210
at the times of the signature we can't move forward with the transaction.

789
01:12:05,750 --> 01:12:08,770
So what does this communicate to our bond committee?

790
01:12:10,330 --> 01:12:13,410
So to be, to be, and I'm, because I'm sure they're watching.

791
01:12:14,130 --> 01:12:19,030
Yeah, so I'll be clear about, I've heard the council president about separating what

792
01:12:19,030 --> 01:12:27,430
the item is financial concern is not about the person, but it is about having a person in the

793
01:12:27,430 --> 01:12:33,810
interim or permanent space that is confirmed by this body and therefore authorized under the

794
01:12:33,810 --> 01:12:41,290
charter to sign the documents. It is, I am not candidly super worried about this to address

795
01:12:41,290 --> 01:12:46,150
your concern about the fact that this body is doing its due diligence or going through its process

796
01:12:46,150 --> 01:12:53,530
for appointment, it is a legal matter that on those dates, we need to have a signature, a

797
01:12:53,530 --> 01:12:58,650
signatory that's authorized to sign. That is the context of our city attorney as mentioned

798
01:12:58,650 --> 01:13:04,430
as well. That is our concern. Your process, the fact that we're having conversation, I don't

799
01:13:04,430 --> 01:13:08,070
see this particular thing. This would be a normal legislative process that you might go through.

800
01:13:08,210 --> 01:13:12,050
I don't think it's problem we're talking about. That we're talking about this is where having a

801
01:13:12,050 --> 01:13:14,950
your discussion and you guys are doing your due diligence in that space.

802
01:13:15,390 --> 01:13:22,390
Well, let's just get spirited away through the chair to our city attorney, what is the

803
01:13:22,390 --> 01:13:30,750
what are the options that we have within the next seven days to have an alternative individual in this space?

804
01:13:30,810 --> 01:13:35,730
What can we do of our charter already outlies what the process is? What are our options?

805
01:13:37,100 --> 01:13:40,320
So, through the chair,

806
01:13:43,520 --> 01:13:48,040
the appointment process for a city administrator, including an interim

807
01:13:48,040 --> 01:13:53,520
one, is that the mayor puts forward their appointment and the council has to confirm it.

808
01:13:54,580 --> 01:14:03,520
So, in order to, as Director Johnson said, in order to close these bond documents and have a city administrator

809
01:14:03,520 --> 01:14:08,040
who is duly appointed, where we've dotted all our eyes and crossed all our teas under the charter,

810
01:14:08,660 --> 01:14:15,500
and to do that on the 15th and 16th of July, the process that I just described, we have had to take in place.

811
01:14:15,540 --> 01:14:26,040
Somebody would have been put forward to the council by the mayor for appointment, and confirmed by the council for an interim appointment with the start date of July 15th,

812
01:14:26,280 --> 01:14:30,100
so that that person would be available to sign the bond documents.

813
01:14:31,640 --> 01:14:38,360
So, what I'm hearing is that the mayor would have to put forward and for this body to move forward.

814
01:14:38,540 --> 01:14:58,620
So, Council President, I'm asking, is your request that the mayor put forward an alternative proposal for an interim within the next seven days to bring forward to or potentially schedule to the full city council in order to move this forward or that we don't have anyone in place.

815
01:14:58,620 --> 01:14:59,960
I want to understand what that is.

816
01:15:01,320 --> 01:15:08,840
I don't think that's the actual choice, right? And so I just want another week to do due diligence, right? So the mayor does.

817
01:15:08,840 --> 01:15:16,320
Explain to me what due diligence may be talked with the mayor talk with the city administrator talk with city attorney.

818
01:15:16,880 --> 01:15:21,800
I would like to see do my due diligence and see what other options or are available.

819
01:15:26,060 --> 01:15:31,720
And so I want to wrap this up. So through the chair to the city attorney,

820
01:15:35,380 --> 01:15:41,640
we can do that in terms of other options to fit inside of this timeline.

821
01:15:44,240 --> 01:15:55,000
Through the chair, as Assistant City Attorney McColley explained, if this could be a new item could be scheduled.

822
01:15:55,960 --> 01:16:06,860
In theory, the mayor's office could put forward a different item for an appointment, next Wednesday, the schedule it, and then have that appear at rules on Thursday.

823
01:16:08,340 --> 01:16:23,960
If the council does, if this rules committee does want to make a decision next week to forward something to the July 7 council meeting, it would need to be there would need to be an urgency finding because it would be going on the supplemental agenda for that meeting.

824
01:16:24,480 --> 01:16:27,640
So, technically, those things could all happen.

825
01:16:29,300 --> 01:16:29,400
Okay.

826
01:16:30,860 --> 01:16:35,900
I just don't think that's good, but if that is the will of the body.

827
01:16:37,040 --> 01:16:43,660
Every week we come to rules and there's some type of rush on why we have to make a decision.

828
01:16:44,620 --> 01:16:47,360
So, this is a power that's vested in us by a deep charter.

829
01:16:47,360 --> 01:16:50,520
And it's something that we have to take seriously.

830
01:16:50,920 --> 01:16:56,260
This person is going to be running the city for maybe the next six months, right?

831
01:16:56,420 --> 01:16:59,360
So I'm just asking for another week and

832
01:16:59,900 --> 01:17:03,500
let's see if we will move forward, but I just want to do my due diligence.

833
01:17:04,200 --> 01:17:06,160
I'll be having my constituents city

834
01:17:11,020 --> 01:17:12,320
attorney, city administrator.

835
01:17:16,810 --> 01:17:18,290
Thank you for the discussions.

836
01:17:18,690 --> 01:17:21,550
So item 3.8 will have no action taken at this time.

837
01:17:21,550 --> 01:17:43,130
that now takes us to item 3.9 receiving information report from the City Attorney's Office regarding the cases the City Attorney's Office has brought pursuant to the Oakland Municipal Code chapter 1.0 and this item is being requested to be scheduled for the July 9 rules and legislation committee agenda.

838
01:17:44,440 --> 01:17:52,480
Item 3.10 is a resolution to accept and appropriate grant funds from the Oakland Fund in

839
01:17:52,480 --> 01:18:00,080
amount not to exceed $200, $2,500, or a comprehensive independent audit of the City of

840
01:18:00,080 --> 01:18:05,540
Oakland's technology systems. This item is viewing requests to be scheduled for July 14, Finance

841
01:18:05,540 --> 01:18:14,360
and Management Committee agenda. Item 3, 11 is receiving information report on the one year update

842
01:18:14,360 --> 01:18:19,740
to the fiscal year 2630 Oakland Road Map to fiscal health,

843
01:18:20,400 --> 01:18:24,620
a plan to address mid and long-term city financial challenges.

844
01:18:24,740 --> 01:18:27,400
This item is being requested to be scheduled for July 14th,

845
01:18:27,480 --> 01:18:29,640
finance and management committee agenda.

846
01:18:32,550 --> 01:18:37,570
Item 3, item 312, receive an information report

847
01:18:37,570 --> 01:18:44,190
from the city administrator on the 2025 through 28 city-wise

848
01:18:44,190 --> 01:18:48,970
strategic plan one year update. This item is being requested to be scheduled for July 14th

849
01:18:48,970 --> 01:18:53,930
Finance and Management Committee agenda. Item 313 is a resolution authorizing this council

850
01:18:53,930 --> 01:19:01,210
president to submit a response on behalf of the city council to the 2025-2026 Alameda

851
01:19:01,210 --> 01:19:06,550
County civil grand jury report. And this item is being requested to be scheduled for July 14th

852
01:19:06,550 --> 01:19:13,410
Public Works and Transportation Committee agenda. Item 314 is a resolution authorized

853
01:19:13,410 --> 01:19:19,370
in the City Administrator to finalize and execute a contract purchasing agreement with the

854
01:19:19,370 --> 01:19:24,090
Metropolitan Transportation Commission, Clipper and Support of the West Oakland Universal

855
01:19:24,090 --> 01:19:31,870
Basic Mobility Pilot Project Financial incentives in the form of 1,000 prepaid Clipper

856
01:19:31,870 --> 01:19:38,710
cars at a total cost of $400,000 providing the necessary spending authority for the agreement

857
01:19:38,710 --> 01:19:45,890
waving small small local business participation ship requirements and waving advertising

858
01:19:45,890 --> 01:19:50,650
bidding in request for qualification proposal, competitive selection requirements.

859
01:19:51,210 --> 01:19:56,030
This item is being requested to be scheduled on the July 14th, 2026 Public Works and Transportation

860
01:19:56,030 --> 01:19:59,970
Committee agenda. Item 315 is received.

861
01:20:00,000 --> 01:20:18,360
The 2020-25 safe Oakland Streets Annual Information Report from the Department of Transportation in coordination with the Oakland Police Department, the Department of Race and Equity, and the City Administrators Office, to be heard on the July 14th, 2020-6 Public Works and Transportation Committee, agenda.

862
01:20:19,440 --> 01:20:45,420
Item 316 is a doctor resolution authorized in the city administrator to accept an appropriated grant from the Bay Area Air Quality Management District in the amounts of $750,000 to use grant funding from the Bay Area Air Quality Management District for the installation of 15 to port electric vehicle charging stations to be located at the city maintenance service center.

863
01:20:45,420 --> 01:20:50,240
71-01-H water drive, Oakland, and two adopt appropriate

864
01:20:50,240 --> 01:20:53,680
sequel findings, and this is being requested to be scheduled for July

865
01:20:53,680 --> 01:20:57,060
14th, Public Works, and Transportation Committee, Agenda.

866
01:20:58,660 --> 01:21:02,320
Item 317 is adopt the following piece as a

867
01:21:02,320 --> 01:21:06,820
legislation. One, a resolution authorizing the forgiveness of a

868
01:21:06,820 --> 01:21:14,160
city loan to Athena MT LLC of the up to $2 million in outstanding

869
01:21:14,160 --> 01:21:21,800
principal plus all accrued and unpaid interest in fees and a city revolving line of credit

870
01:21:21,800 --> 01:21:32,540
to Savash Ashur with a final outstanding balance of 1,500, 1,500,500,000 dollars plus accrued

871
01:21:32,540 --> 01:21:39,340
and unpaid interest in fees for the foothills seminary point retail project each contingent upon.

872
01:21:39,340 --> 01:21:46,620
the sale of the transfer of the project to a qualified purchaser and making a appropriate

873
01:21:46,620 --> 01:21:51,700
sequel findings and two in ordinance authorizing the forgiveness of outstanding and future

874
01:21:51,700 --> 01:21:59,480
rent balances in the amount of up to $40,000 for seminary point LLC, pursuant to a ground

875
01:21:59,480 --> 01:22:05,080
lease with the city contingent on the sale or transfer of the property to a qualified purchaser

876
01:22:05,080 --> 01:22:10,460
and making a sequel findings this item is being requested to be scheduled for July 14th,

877
01:22:10,540 --> 01:22:15,940
community and economic development committee agenda. Item 318 is received an information report

878
01:22:15,940 --> 01:22:23,220
on the inventory of the city owned properties and analyzed for the use as in-rooms shelter,

879
01:22:23,860 --> 01:22:29,580
safe parking and vehicle storage pursuant to the encampment embankment policy. This is being requested

880
01:22:29,580 --> 01:22:34,540
be scheduled for the July 14th, Life Enrichment Committee Agenda.

881
01:22:37,000 --> 01:22:43,260
Item 319, the HUD Continuum of Care Programs, I believe staff is here to read a title

882
01:22:43,260 --> 01:22:43,800
change.

883
01:22:44,920 --> 01:22:47,360
Thank you, Chrissy Love Human Services Department.

884
01:22:48,460 --> 01:22:54,580
Resolution 1, accepting appropriating and authorizing agreements for the receipt of Continuum

885
01:22:54,580 --> 01:23:01,100
of Care, COC, supportive housing program renewal funds from the U.S. Department of

886
01:23:01,100 --> 01:23:12,100
housing and urban development HUD, in an amount not to exceed 5,650,302, and to awarding

887
01:23:12,100 --> 01:23:18,000
and or amending the grant agreements to the nonprofit agencies for the terms, and in

888
01:23:18,000 --> 01:23:24,320
the amounts identified in table 1 using COC funds and other state and local funds.

889
01:23:24,320 --> 01:23:32,460
3, authorizing the city administrator to identify back up funding from state and local sources

890
01:23:32,710 --> 01:23:38,340
that have been appropriated for homelessness programs and to reallocate or reallocate

891
01:23:38,340 --> 01:23:44,580
such funds to the programs identified in table 1 to continue operation through the grant

892
01:23:44,580 --> 01:23:53,420
terms in the event COC funding is delayed and 4, accepting and appropriating additional COC funds

893
01:23:53,420 --> 01:24:03,860
that become available for the same purposes within both FY 2627 and FY 2728 and authorizing

894
01:24:03,860 --> 01:24:08,520
the City Administrator to amend the agreements to adjust the grant terms and amount

895
01:24:08,520 --> 01:24:10,420
within the limits of the awards.

896
01:24:12,800 --> 01:24:16,260
Thank you so much in this item is being requested to be scheduled for July 14th,

897
01:24:16,260 --> 01:24:17,740
Library and Richmond Committee agenda.

898
01:24:19,540 --> 01:24:20,140
Thank you so much.

899
01:24:20,380 --> 01:24:22,240
And we've been to item 320,

900
01:24:22,660 --> 01:24:24,320
a doctor resolution authorized in the city

901
01:24:24,320 --> 01:24:27,040
administrator to enter into a professional services agreement

902
01:24:27,040 --> 01:24:28,940
with Bright Research Group,

903
01:24:29,200 --> 01:24:32,160
ink for training and capacity building services

904
01:24:32,160 --> 01:24:33,780
for the Department of Honours Prevention.

905
01:24:34,980 --> 01:24:36,180
From September 1st,

906
01:24:36,320 --> 01:24:38,200
2026 through December 31st,

907
01:24:38,360 --> 01:24:40,820
2028 for a total contract amount,

908
01:24:41,040 --> 01:24:43,480
not to exceed $513,000.

909
01:24:43,480 --> 01:24:47,200
to be scheduled for July 14th public safety committee agenda.

910
01:24:48,400 --> 01:24:52,320
Item 3.21 is a resolution authorizing the city administrator

911
01:24:52,320 --> 01:24:59,080
to apply for accept and appropriate Edward Bern Memorial Justice Assistance Grant.

912
01:25:00,000 --> 01:25:12,480
Funds up to $324,324,000 for the fiscal year 2025, 2025 grant award period of October 1st, 2025 through September 30,

913
01:25:12,580 --> 01:25:19,180
2028 to support department-wide training, equipment, and technology, and operational enhancements.

914
01:25:19,400 --> 01:25:26,900
To be scheduled for the July 14 public safety committee agenda item 3.22 is a resolution

915
01:25:26,900 --> 01:25:33,580
and authorizing the City Administrator to enter into a professional services agreement with

916
01:25:33,580 --> 01:25:39,680
Rotocraft Support Inc. to provide helicopter maintenance services to the Oakland Police Department

917
01:25:39,680 --> 01:25:48,260
for a period of July 1st, 2026 to June 30th, 2028 for a contract total of $1,700,000 with an

918
01:25:48,260 --> 01:25:55,520
option to extend the contract for two additional years to June 30th, 2030 for a total contract

919
01:25:55,520 --> 01:26:03,940
to exceed $300,000 and waiving the local small business enterprise program requirements and this

920
01:26:03,940 --> 01:26:08,100
is being requested to be scheduled for July 14th, public safety committee agenda.

921
01:26:08,280 --> 01:26:09,160
I can't remember his name.

922
01:26:09,760 --> 01:26:14,620
Yes, I have a through the chair. I have a comment about 318. Why are we bringing it

923
01:26:15,680 --> 01:26:25,040
July 14th talking about properties that's owned by the city when that's the date that the

924
01:26:25,040 --> 01:26:30,820
her recommendation was to hold it back for three months when it was implemented or when

925
01:26:30,820 --> 01:26:36,480
it was approved on four or fourteen, which gave us enough time to look at things, right?

926
01:26:36,720 --> 01:26:45,220
And I was a blessed yesterday to go to attend the Commission of Homelessness with Amari and

927
01:26:45,220 --> 01:26:52,100
Mr. Cupid on the 24th which was yesterday. And I think this should go on the same day. I think

928
01:26:52,100 --> 01:26:56,340
that three 18 should go to full council to let them know what's going on

929
01:26:56,340 --> 01:27:05,220
on 7, 7, 7, 26, along with bringing this power point, this powerful

930
01:27:05,220 --> 01:27:10,380
power point that council member Brown, council member five, council member

931
01:27:10,380 --> 01:27:14,380
Janani, you guys need to see this power point. What was done before is

932
01:27:14,380 --> 01:27:18,140
implemented, because it's going to be implemented on the 14th. And now we're

933
01:27:18,140 --> 01:27:19,660
talking about properties.

934
01:27:20,300 --> 01:27:24,360
We talked about properties that needed to be brought up prior within those three months.

935
01:27:24,800 --> 01:27:27,800
So we can address these RVs that's going to be removed.

936
01:27:28,520 --> 01:27:32,980
Councilmember Janani, President Jenkins, Councilmember Brown.

937
01:27:34,320 --> 01:27:38,540
We're talking about this bringing this on the 14th of the day that the EAP, I was an

938
01:27:38,540 --> 01:27:39,280
author of the EAP.

939
01:27:40,280 --> 01:27:43,120
That is going to be brought on the 14th.

940
01:27:43,120 --> 01:27:44,420
Let's bring it to full council.

941
01:27:44,420 --> 01:27:50,760
Council knows what they can do and we can move this and find out these properties that need to be addressed when these RVs

942
01:27:50,760 --> 01:27:54,200
This will be removed because if you look at this 23

943
01:27:54,840 --> 01:27:58,460
Encapments was closed in council member five district

944
01:28:01,370 --> 01:28:06,510
You need to see this stuff council member five you need to see this needs to come to full council

945
01:28:07,090 --> 01:28:14,330
On as an emergency before because let me share this with you president if we bring this to

946
01:28:14,330 --> 01:28:14,770
the

947
01:28:17,010 --> 01:28:20,910
21st, that would be seven days after the

948
01:28:21,510 --> 01:28:23,350
Academy of Maintenance Policy has passed.

949
01:28:23,430 --> 01:28:24,790
It's being implemented, right?

950
01:28:25,190 --> 01:28:29,310
And then if we wait from the 14th win,

951
01:28:29,630 --> 01:28:32,130
it's being implemented to the next council meeting,

952
01:28:32,130 --> 01:28:38,270
which is on 9th, 15th, that's 63 days before the,

953
01:28:38,270 --> 01:28:42,190
while it's being implemented, this needs to be addressed.

954
01:28:42,270 --> 01:28:44,910
And that need to be put on the 7th, the council president.

955
01:28:45,890 --> 01:28:50,210
We got to look at this. We're about to start closing down encampments. People are going to be on

956
01:28:50,210 --> 01:28:53,630
house. We ain't going to have no place to put them. We're talking about it on the 14th. The day

957
01:28:53,630 --> 01:29:00,890
it is going to be done. Okay. How's the city run? So rain. So council member Houston. Yes. I think you are saying

958
01:29:00,890 --> 01:29:05,830
two things. There's a presentation that you want to go to the next council meeting. Is that correct?

959
01:29:06,130 --> 01:29:13,730
7, 7, 27. Okay. And then what you're also advocating for is the city owned properties. You're advocating

960
01:29:13,730 --> 01:29:16,250
for it to bypass committee and go straight to council.

961
01:29:16,510 --> 01:29:21,570
On seven seven so we understand what's happening because if you look here on three 18

962
01:29:21,570 --> 01:29:27,210
it says that on July 14th life enrichment, that's the data they gonna start implementing

963
01:29:27,210 --> 01:29:27,730
it.

964
01:29:27,790 --> 01:29:28,590
Council member five?

965
01:29:29,310 --> 01:29:29,370
Okay.

966
01:29:29,830 --> 01:29:29,850
Okay.

967
01:29:30,150 --> 01:29:34,190
So I'm gonna go to council member Brown, but council member five, you're gonna have to weigh in

968
01:29:34,190 --> 01:29:39,910
as the chair of LEC, are you okay with three 18 going straight to full council as opposed

969
01:29:39,910 --> 01:29:41,470
to going to committee.

970
01:29:41,730 --> 01:29:43,250
So council member Brown then five.

971
01:29:43,250 --> 01:29:48,870
Excellent. All I was going to say is that in alignment with the policy in the 90 days,

972
01:29:49,190 --> 01:29:55,110
I think the department was just kind of following what the policy outlined because we gave that

973
01:29:55,110 --> 01:29:59,770
timeline. But I'm if the chair of LEC is amenable.

974
01:30:00,000 --> 01:30:03,020
I'm okay with it going to full council.

975
01:30:05,800 --> 01:30:06,740
Council member 5.

976
01:30:09,800 --> 01:30:10,660
This is not my item.

977
01:30:11,460 --> 01:30:22,260
I did not schedule this. This is a city administrators item to identify what the inventory is of vacant parcels.

978
01:30:22,520 --> 01:30:31,560
It will have absolutely no bearing on what we do in terms of housing people, moving RVs, whatever.

979
01:30:32,180 --> 01:30:34,620
We've done this inventory in the past.

980
01:30:34,760 --> 01:30:41,700
I have two city-owned parcels in District 3, neither of which are large enough to do anything around homelessness.

981
01:30:42,420 --> 01:30:45,320
So I don't see this item as being impactful at all.

982
01:30:45,560 --> 01:30:48,740
And I've seen the PowerPoint presentation that you're talking about.

983
01:30:49,040 --> 01:30:57,800
This will offer, as most of what we do here, no real solutions to the crisis that my district is being impacted by.

984
01:30:57,800 --> 01:31:05,240
So, if we're talking about moving things off my agenda for a day that's already impacted,

985
01:31:05,380 --> 01:31:09,840
I have no problem with that, and at the same time, I do want to follow the protocols

986
01:31:09,840 --> 01:31:14,700
of going through committee before items are heard, but this is an informational report.

987
01:31:14,840 --> 01:31:20,080
They're going to just tell us what the vacant parcels are, which can be read in an info packet.

988
01:31:20,420 --> 01:31:26,080
Again, I don't see how this presentation is going to do anything substantial to move the needle

989
01:31:26,080 --> 01:31:28,260
on homelessness, but that is my perspective.

990
01:31:28,980 --> 01:31:29,500
Through the chair.

991
01:31:30,240 --> 01:31:31,600
Baked a different council member for five.

992
01:31:31,660 --> 01:31:32,800
But let me share with you why.

993
01:31:33,720 --> 01:31:39,900
In District 71173rd Avenue was a site that was shut down by the city

994
01:31:39,900 --> 01:31:41,300
because they ran out of funds.

995
01:31:42,800 --> 01:31:45,760
I have a relationship from the State County to the city.

996
01:31:46,320 --> 01:31:54,840
It's already been put in place that if that city property was up and ready to be

997
01:31:54,840 --> 01:32:04,100
take in individuals from their RVs, the county, the county would fund the person, the provider.

998
01:32:05,360 --> 01:32:10,340
So this could have been done, but in just in left and in it fell all apart, right.

999
01:32:10,500 --> 01:32:14,940
But let me share what happened with that council member fight, that same lot, 711.

1000
01:32:15,220 --> 01:32:19,820
It's not in my district, it's in the president's district. We work together like two peas in a pot.

1001
01:32:20,400 --> 01:32:21,840
So let me share this with you.

1002
01:32:21,840 --> 01:32:29,740
The city put $500,000 in to that property when it was closed down council members in

1003
01:32:29,740 --> 01:32:30,420
1990.

1004
01:32:30,440 --> 01:32:31,460
Guess what happened?

1005
01:32:31,800 --> 01:32:32,460
No security.

1006
01:32:32,840 --> 01:32:33,580
No nothing, right?

1007
01:32:33,860 --> 01:32:40,600
It was damaged, it was vandalized, telephone poles were cut down, all the wires was pulled

1008
01:32:40,600 --> 01:32:41,020
out.

1009
01:32:41,180 --> 01:32:47,780
So, that $500,500,000, college council president is gone and wasted.

1010
01:32:48,540 --> 01:32:57,880
And after we took that walk, and I was with Cupid Justin, I'm not sure if you came, Councilman President, but it's more damage now.

1011
01:32:58,760 --> 01:33:01,040
So the city already spent $500,000.

1012
01:33:01,280 --> 01:33:03,120
Not he got to spend another $300,000.

1013
01:33:03,460 --> 01:33:07,000
So what I'm speaking is I beg to differ because let me tell you why.

1014
01:33:07,040 --> 01:33:15,440
If it would have been adjusted and brought together, monitoring the lot that the city owns in that three months,

1015
01:33:15,440 --> 01:33:21,360
we would add individuals on that property council member fight. So what I'm saying is is that

1016
01:33:21,360 --> 01:33:28,620
somehow we got to come together and be organized because I didn't agree with what you did

1017
01:33:28,620 --> 01:33:34,780
council member fight with the three months, but after I looked at it and I analyzed it, I appreciate

1018
01:33:34,780 --> 01:33:41,740
that because it gave the city enough time to be able to make things happen, which it did.

1019
01:33:42,620 --> 01:33:50,960
And your property and your district right there council president is a prime example why it didn't happen, right?

1020
01:33:51,200 --> 01:33:54,040
And it's not your fault, it's not you.

1021
01:33:54,140 --> 01:33:54,940
I'm not saying you.

1022
01:33:55,080 --> 01:34:01,040
I'm saying that this county right now said that they would provide the provider if it was up

1023
01:34:01,040 --> 01:34:01,400
and running.

1024
01:34:01,580 --> 01:34:06,900
If we were to have it monitored, we would have people from your district council member

1025
01:34:06,900 --> 01:34:14,420
from all across your district on that is 47 locate so 47 spaces in there that could be utilized.

1026
01:34:15,620 --> 01:34:20,840
So what I'm saying is this, let me say this to you. I've got it now, President.

1027
01:34:21,660 --> 01:34:28,720
Okay, okay. Can we just move on? Again, I said my schedule for life and rich is impacted.

1028
01:34:28,720 --> 01:34:38,300
And I'm not, I'm not necessarily concerned with an item being moved off my agenda.

1029
01:34:38,540 --> 01:34:42,220
In fact, it frees up more time and space for me to manage my agenda.

1030
01:34:42,680 --> 01:34:49,860
But I have to ask if the materials are available, and because I assume that whatever would

1031
01:34:49,860 --> 01:34:54,580
be presented for an info report would need to be ready for the seventh.

1032
01:34:54,580 --> 01:34:59,980
So that is a question because we can't just say move something and make it happen the city moves slowly and

1033
01:35:00,020 --> 01:35:22,600
I want to say that the city staff who do the cleanings and closures asked for a hundred and twenty days, not 90 days. This was not something that I just came up with. I was asked by our homelessness team to extend the time so they could put in standard operating procedures. This was not my case.

1034
01:35:22,600 --> 01:35:32,460
Yeah, they wanted to create SOP so that the fire department, the police department, the homelessness team would all be on the same page about how to operationalize the EAP.

1035
01:35:32,660 --> 01:35:36,520
So I want to be absolutely clear, this came from staff as a request.

1036
01:35:37,080 --> 01:35:43,320
Not sure why they didn't say that to you, but that's what they asked me for because my district is the most impacted.

1037
01:35:43,700 --> 01:35:51,220
And this is an info report where the information on the vacant properties are available and have been available for years.

1038
01:35:51,220 --> 01:35:57,440
If y'all want me to move homeless interventions to other parts of the city outside of District 3,

1039
01:35:57,620 --> 01:35:58,560
happy to do that.

1040
01:35:59,000 --> 01:36:01,880
Right now, in my district, we don't have space.

1041
01:36:02,140 --> 01:36:05,060
That is city owned and I want to make that absolutely clear.

1042
01:36:05,520 --> 01:36:11,420
Anything that we're doing for real solutions, I want to move that forward and that's not what

1043
01:36:11,420 --> 01:36:11,940
this is.

1044
01:36:12,440 --> 01:36:14,540
Okay, so council member, we got to move forward.

1045
01:36:14,540 --> 01:36:23,040
So 318 will do a world 24 as we're going to move this to full council with the EAP set

1046
01:36:23,040 --> 01:36:24,420
to take place.

1047
01:36:25,080 --> 01:36:31,780
It's important that we hear this report in here where there are spaces to put people that

1048
01:36:31,780 --> 01:36:32,380
might be displaced.

1049
01:36:32,620 --> 01:36:36,580
Thank you council member Houston for the other item that you're requesting you need to come

1050
01:36:36,580 --> 01:36:39,840
back to for item 4 and request that to come back.

1051
01:36:40,160 --> 01:36:40,600
Item 4.

1052
01:36:40,640 --> 01:36:41,340
Item 4.

1053
01:36:41,520 --> 01:36:42,340
Trudity of be here.

1054
01:36:43,080 --> 01:36:43,300
Okay.

1055
01:36:43,300 --> 01:36:47,820
I'll go through the chair, we're moving from the city administrator's office.

1056
01:36:48,400 --> 01:36:54,260
I'm not sure if staff is going to be prepared to finalize that report for tonight's

1057
01:36:54,260 --> 01:36:54,360
print.

1058
01:36:55,680 --> 01:36:56,740
So I need it.

1059
01:36:56,760 --> 01:37:00,440
I'm waiting to hear back from staff if they can present and also have the report ready.

1060
01:37:00,560 --> 01:37:01,560
Unless you want this to be...

1061
01:37:01,560 --> 01:37:03,240
Let's leave it as is.

1062
01:37:03,280 --> 01:37:06,040
If they are ready to present, we're a little 28.

1063
01:37:11,320 --> 01:37:12,080
To Councilwoman Houston.

1064
01:37:12,800 --> 01:37:16,920
So we're going to leave it as is until we find out if the department is ready

1065
01:37:20,460 --> 01:37:46,900
So noted item 318 will be as is we're going back to item 3.23 with the next item in order and that is a resolution except in the Department of Violence Prevention 2026 apricot annual report and approving the amended apricot use policy as approved by the privacy advisory commission on the June 4th 2026 and this is requesting be scheduled for July 14th public safety committee.

1066
01:37:46,900 --> 01:37:56,400
agenda. Item 3.24 is a resolution accepting the 2025 Annual Reports for the following city

1067
01:37:56,400 --> 01:38:01,820
of Oakland Police Department Surveillance Technology, automated license plate readers, crime

1068
01:38:01,820 --> 01:38:10,740
lab, biometrics DNA, analysis technology, forward-looking infrared, live streaming transmitter,

1069
01:38:10,740 --> 01:38:20,500
on manned aerial systems, forensic logic, cop-like crime tracer, cop-links,

1070
01:38:20,680 --> 01:38:26,080
excuse me, crime tracer, pin register, and so you bright and making

1071
01:38:26,080 --> 01:38:31,500
department regarding whether the city should continue to use each of these

1072
01:38:31,500 --> 01:38:34,860
technologies, and this is being requested to be scheduled for July 14, Public

1073
01:38:34,860 --> 01:38:40,280
Safety Committee Agenda. Item 3.25 is a resolution authorized in the

1074
01:38:40,280 --> 01:38:47,280
the Administrator or Designee to enter into an operational area agreement with Alameda County

1075
01:38:47,280 --> 01:38:56,760
to participate in an intermediate level of the state emergency services organization that will

1076
01:38:56,760 --> 01:39:01,480
comply with the state of California standardized emergency management systems for the period

1077
01:39:01,480 --> 01:39:08,260
from ratification through December 31st, 2035. This item is being requested to be scheduled for

1078
01:39:08,260 --> 01:39:10,880
July 14th Public Safety Committee agenda.

1079
01:39:12,780 --> 01:39:19,840
Item 3.26 is a resolution authorized in reimbursement from the City, from the Council

1080
01:39:19,840 --> 01:39:24,280
contingency fund for the Council Member Roeweena Brown, in Council Member Janani,

1081
01:39:24,540 --> 01:39:31,060
Ramachandra's travel costs to Anaheim, California for attendance of the 2026, California

1082
01:39:31,060 --> 01:39:37,840
League of Cities, Annual Conference, and Expo from September 23rd through 25th.

1083
01:39:37,840 --> 01:39:54,760
2026 to be heard on the July 21st, 2026 City Council agenda, and the rule 24 is that the reimbursement items traditionally go directly to the full council.

1084
01:39:54,760 --> 01:39:59,400
Item 3.27 is a resolution.

1085
01:40:00,000 --> 01:40:13,360
This support of assembly bill 1588 vehicles, side show enhancement. This item is being requested to be scheduled for July 21st, city council agenda on consent. And we will need a rule 24 from staff on this item.

1086
01:40:13,360 --> 01:40:15,460
It's Council Member Longstaff here.

1087
01:40:24,920 --> 01:40:26,380
Well, I'll go to the next week's rules.

1088
01:40:27,880 --> 01:40:28,440
318.

1089
01:40:29,100 --> 01:40:32,320
I've been informed from the city of administration that this can,

1090
01:40:32,440 --> 01:40:38,720
the report is pretty much done, and it can go straight to full council on the 7th.

1091
01:40:39,500 --> 01:40:44,460
So noted, item 318, the report on inventory of citywide properties will be scheduled

1092
01:40:44,460 --> 01:40:48,680
to the July 7th city council on consent or non-consent.

1093
01:40:52,650 --> 01:41:07,290
So, noted, going back to a for a clear hearing item 3.27 council number ones item resolution is the port of AB 1588, we will continue this to next rules are we yes.

1094
01:41:09,340 --> 01:41:17,100
Item 3.28 receive an information report on the Oakland storm drainage master plan finding and the

1095
01:41:17,100 --> 01:41:25,100
assuring opportunity to explore storm drain fee, validing to help build a resilient storm drainage

1096
01:41:25,820 --> 01:41:32,680
system drainage to reduce flooding, reverse impacts of deferred storm drainage maintenance and achieve

1097
01:41:32,680 --> 01:41:37,100
clean waterways. This item is being requested to be scheduled for the September 22nd,

1098
01:41:37,100 --> 01:41:39,760
public works and transportation committee agendas.

1099
01:41:40,920 --> 01:41:44,840
This now takes us to the recommendations from the committees,

1100
01:41:45,120 --> 01:41:49,900
June 23rd, Finance and Management Committee agenda.

1101
01:41:50,660 --> 01:41:55,280
The first item 3.29, I will read in the short titles only,

1102
01:41:55,640 --> 01:42:00,400
and this is in Finn Solutions LLC Professional Services contract.

1103
01:42:00,760 --> 01:42:03,740
The committee approved the recommendations of staff to

1104
01:42:03,740 --> 01:42:07,500
to afford this item to the July 7th City Council of Gendom,

1105
01:42:07,820 --> 01:42:08,760
on consent.

1106
01:42:09,700 --> 01:42:13,200
Item 3.30 from Finance on June 23rd,

1107
01:42:13,520 --> 01:42:15,540
the Oakland Peavers Investment Portfolio

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01:42:15,540 --> 01:42:17,620
as of March 31st, 2026.

1109
01:42:18,000 --> 01:42:20,380
The committee received and filed this item in committee.

1110
01:42:21,280 --> 01:42:25,860
Item 3.31 amendments to the ordinance number one to 187.

1111
01:42:26,120 --> 01:42:29,140
CMS, the salary ordinance for various classification

1112
01:42:29,140 --> 01:42:31,900
and exemptions, the committee approved the recommendations

1113
01:42:31,900 --> 01:42:36,900
of staff to afford this item to the July 7th City Council agenda on consent.

1114
01:42:38,620 --> 01:42:44,840
And that consists of both pieces of legislation of item 3.31 July 7th on consent.

1115
01:42:45,000 --> 01:42:50,720
Excuse me, all three pieces of legislation, wait, five pieces of legislation for that item.

1116
01:42:52,720 --> 01:42:58,140
Item 3.32, also from the Finance and Management Committee, amendment to the ordinance number

1117
01:42:58,140 --> 01:43:28,060
1, 2, 1, 8, 7, salary, ordinance for council member city attorney and city auditor, the committee approved the recommendations of staff, and for the item to the July 7 city council agenda on consent, this now takes us to recommendations from the June 23rd public works and transportation committee, starting with item 3.33, which consists of two pieces of legislation is contracts with the United Rotary Brush Corp and Owen's equipment sales, the committee approved the

1118
01:43:28,060 --> 01:43:34,340
recommendations of staff and to for both items to the July 7th City Council agenda on consent.

1119
01:43:35,460 --> 01:43:44,600
Item 3.34, the contract asphalt and concrete disposal service for in-house paving operations.

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01:43:45,200 --> 01:43:51,400
The committee approved the recommendations of staff to be forwarded to the July 7th City Council agenda on consent.

1121
01:43:52,800 --> 01:43:59,600
Item 3.35 is the construction contractor work for Highway Safety Improvement Program,

1122
01:43:59,740 --> 01:44:05,600
Cycle 10, 14th Street Safety Project between Mandela Parkway and Brush Street.

1123
01:44:06,100 --> 01:44:10,500
The committee approved the recommendations of staff to be forwarded to July 7, City Council

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01:44:10,500 --> 01:44:12,000
on Consent.

1125
01:44:12,580 --> 01:44:19,380
Item 3.36, the Broadway Street Scrapes Street Skate Improvement Construction Contract Award.

1126
01:44:19,380 --> 01:44:26,940
The committee approved to withdraw and reschedule this item to the July 14th public works

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01:44:26,940 --> 01:44:29,040
in transportation committee and agenda.

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01:44:29,840 --> 01:44:34,860
That now takes you to the recommendation from the July 23rd Community and Economic Development

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Committee agenda.

1130
01:44:39,600 --> 01:44:43,340
The item 3.37 is the Classical School of Negotiating and Agreement.

1131
01:44:43,580 --> 01:44:47,220
The committee approved the recommendations of staff to be forwarded to the July 7th City

1132
01:44:47,220 --> 01:44:48,920
Council agenda on consent,

1133
01:44:51,480 --> 01:44:57,120
item 3.38, the bid annual reports in approval of assessments

1134
01:44:57,120 --> 01:44:59,980
payment, the committee approved the recommendation.

1135
01:45:30,000 --> 01:45:37,920
The 319 Chester Street, the committee approved the recommendations of staff to be forwarded to the July 7 City Council agenda on consent.

1136
01:45:38,440 --> 01:45:42,100
We now move to the recommendations from the June 23rd Life Enrichment Committee.

1137
01:45:42,920 --> 01:45:51,420
Item 3.41 is the OFC Y-UR round program service term for 2026 through 2028.

1138
01:45:51,560 --> 01:45:58,260
The committee approved the recommendations of staff to be forwarded to the July 7 City Council agenda on consent.

1139
01:45:58,260 --> 01:46:20,560
This now takes us to the recommendations from June 23rd, public safety committee, starting with item 3.42 is a temporarily restricted street closure from International Boulevard, the committee approved the recommendations of staff and afforded the item to the July 7th City Council agenda as a public hearing.

1140
01:46:21,240 --> 01:46:26,540
Item 3.43, the side show penalty ordinance.

1141
01:46:27,480 --> 01:46:36,720
The committee approved to withdraw and reschedule this item to the public safety committee agenda pending list under no date specific.

1142
01:46:38,300 --> 01:46:43,140
Item 3.44 ratifying the city of Oakland's sanctuary city policy.

1143
01:46:45,700 --> 01:46:57,620
The committee approved as amended the recommendations of staff and to for this items to July 7th city council agenda on consent with the following amendments on pages six and seven of the legislation under.

1144
01:46:57,620 --> 01:47:05,360
Civil and Immigrant Detainers in Notification Request, striking from Section 1, exempt

1145
01:47:05,360 --> 01:47:14,340
as provided in Subsection 2, striking all of Section 2, and OPD employee may continue to

1146
01:47:14,340 --> 01:47:21,440
deter the Tain and Individual in Response 2, A Civil Immigration Detainer for up to 48 hours

1147
01:47:21,440 --> 01:47:24,320
after the individual becomes eligible for release.

1148
01:47:24,320 --> 01:47:29,320
if the continued detention is consistent with the state and federal law.

1149
01:47:29,740 --> 01:47:32,300
And the individual meets both of the following criteria,

1150
01:47:32,900 --> 01:47:34,300
striking from section three,

1151
01:47:34,660 --> 01:47:37,100
exempt as provided in subsection four,

1152
01:47:37,320 --> 01:47:39,640
striking all of section four,

1153
01:47:40,060 --> 01:47:42,800
and OPD employee may respond to the federal immigration

1154
01:47:43,520 --> 01:47:46,260
officer's notification request if such response

1155
01:47:46,260 --> 01:47:48,840
is consistent with the state and federal law,

1156
01:47:49,000 --> 01:47:51,940
and if the individual meets both of the following criteria,

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01:47:51,940 --> 01:48:17,100
The individual either has been convicted of a violent felony in seven years in medley prior to the date of the notification request or two has been convicted of a serious felony in the five years in medley prior to the date of the notification request or three has been convicted of three felonies identified in the penal code sections or

1158
01:48:17,100 --> 01:48:24,640
government code sections, or the other than domestic violence arising out of three

1159
01:48:24,640 --> 01:48:29,520
separate incidents in the five years immediate prior to the date of the notification

1160
01:48:29,520 --> 01:48:37,560
request. And a magistrate has determined that there is a probable cause to believe that

1161
01:48:37,560 --> 01:48:42,100
the individual is guilty of the felony identified in the penal code section, or government

1162
01:48:42,100 --> 01:48:48,900
co-sections or other than domestic violence and has order the individual to answer the same

1163
01:48:48,900 --> 01:48:55,780
pursuant to the penal co-sections. And determining whether the response to the notification

1164
01:48:55,780 --> 01:49:04,400
request has permitted by this subsection D and OPD employee. She'll consider evidence of the

1165
01:49:04,400 --> 01:49:09,840
individuals rehabilitation and evaluate whether the individual poses a public safety risk.

1166
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evidence of rehabilitation or other mitigation factors to consider include, but is not limited

1167
01:49:16,040 --> 01:49:20,840
to the individual's ties to the community, whether the individual has been a victim of

1168
01:49:20,840 --> 01:49:25,720
any crime, the individual contribution to the community and the individual's participation

1169
01:49:25,720 --> 01:49:29,740
in social services or rehabilitation program.

1170
01:49:30,000 --> 01:49:37,940
And again, this item was requested to go to July 7th, City Council agenda on consent with the

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01:49:38,520 --> 01:49:47,300
And the last item from public safety on June 23rd is item 3.44, 45, and it's a report of

1172
01:49:47,300 --> 01:49:53,220
a recruitment process for a chief of police in this item was received and found in committee.

1173
01:49:53,420 --> 01:49:55,120
And that concludes your new schedule.

1174
01:49:55,260 --> 01:49:56,380
Thank you for all that reading.

1175
01:49:57,000 --> 01:49:57,340
That was a lot.

1176
01:49:57,660 --> 01:49:59,440
That was a lot.

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01:49:59,440 --> 01:49:59,840
All right.

1178
01:50:02,080 --> 01:50:28,140
Thank you, and we will now come up with both. We have two people who signed up for Item 3 at this time. I have Blair Beekman and Rajni Mandal. I will take those who are here in person first. Good morning, Rajni, or afternoon. Good afternoon, Rajni Mandal District 4. I have a few comments and upcoming agenda items that share a common theme. Implementation and long-term investment.

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01:50:28,140 --> 01:50:33,660
Percent appreciate a status update on the flock community camera program last December Council

1180
01:50:33,660 --> 01:50:38,340
approved continuing the flock contract and expanding it to support the community camera program.

1181
01:50:38,900 --> 01:50:41,900
Yet six months later it appears the new contract still has not been executed.

1182
01:50:42,860 --> 01:50:47,780
In the meantime, pack recently completed its review of the existing flock program and the annual

1183
01:50:47,780 --> 01:50:53,160
report showed the technology as being used responsibly, with documented audits, mandatory training,

1184
01:50:53,160 --> 01:50:58,060
strength and data restructuring restrictions and no reported policy violations.

1185
01:50:58,800 --> 01:51:03,240
The updated policy also expands authorized investigations to include illegal dumping.

1186
01:51:04,240 --> 01:51:07,680
So my question is simple, where does the community camera programs stand today?

1187
01:51:08,060 --> 01:51:12,380
And if Council approved this expansion six months ago, what is the implementation timeline

1188
01:51:12,380 --> 01:51:14,040
and where is the bottleneck?

1189
01:51:14,240 --> 01:51:19,420
Public safety technology is only effective if projects move from approval to execution and

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01:51:19,420 --> 01:51:20,260
a timely manner.

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01:51:20,260 --> 01:51:25,140
Second, I support bringing forward the helicopter maintenance contract because OPD has to maintain

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01:51:25,140 --> 01:51:30,180
the aircraft it has today, but that helicopter, I think, is more than 20 years old and we

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01:51:30,180 --> 01:51:34,100
should be asking what comes next. Is there a long-term replacement strategy, are there

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01:51:34,100 --> 01:51:38,980
newer or more cost-effective options such as fixed-wing aircraft that could provide similar

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01:51:38,980 --> 01:51:44,180
capabilities at a lower life cycle cost? More and broadly, this isn't just about the helicopter,

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Oakland has aging police vehicles, fire apparatus, public works equipment, and technology systems

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01:51:49,400 --> 01:51:54,000
across city government. I also support the Mayor's proposal for an independent technology

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01:51:54,000 --> 01:51:59,300
audit, but I hope it leads to a city-wide technology modernization plan and not just simply

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another report. All the measure E did not pass. These infrastructure needs haven't disappeared,

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and I hope the city begins discussing a comprehensive capital replacement strategy,

1201
01:52:10,460 --> 01:52:16,480
and explores whether existing capital funding sources, including unused bond proceeds,

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01:52:16,480 --> 01:52:21,680
were legally permissible, can be used to modernize fleet and technology across city departments.

1203
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These aren't glamorous investments, but they are essential to delivering reliable public services.

1204
01:52:27,980 --> 01:52:32,320
Thank you. Thank you for your comments. We'll now take the next speaker.

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01:52:32,480 --> 01:52:37,940
Our Zoom speaker, I have Blair Beekman, you may unmute yourself and begin your comments.

1206
01:52:39,260 --> 01:52:45,380
Hi Blair Beekman, good afternoon. I wanted to speak on three quest items,

1207
01:52:46,200 --> 01:52:51,500
341, 3.4, 1, the 3.45, 3.24 and 3.37.

1208
01:52:53,360 --> 01:52:53,780
Yeah, okay.

1209
01:52:54,020 --> 01:52:55,280
So what's 246?

1210
01:52:56,380 --> 01:52:58,000
Yeah, thank you.

1211
01:52:58,520 --> 01:53:03,340
About to begin with item 3.4 for this open city sanctuary plan.

1212
01:53:03,800 --> 01:53:06,220
Thank you that you proved it a couple of days ago.

1213
01:53:07,180 --> 01:53:13,620
Thank you to Councillor Persons Houston, who he's got a lot to weigh and decided to go for our

1214
01:53:13,620 --> 01:53:20,460
deals and work out practicality from our ideals. Good luck in that effort. It's from the

1215
01:53:20,460 --> 01:53:24,360
sanctuary city policies. There's a lot of comment. What are we going to do about the future of

1216
01:53:24,360 --> 01:53:30,260
flocks? Thank you a lot for the previous public comment. Who I think really spoke nicely,

1217
01:53:30,920 --> 01:53:36,780
where is the program at at this time? Flocks has the ability to add a whole bunch of new

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01:53:36,780 --> 01:53:43,220
technology without oversight without counsel with the oversight I think that's a question

1219
01:53:43,220 --> 01:53:48,380
can we work on that and can we really start working on you know we're supposed to be working

1220
01:53:48,380 --> 01:53:54,360
for the future of a new way of the urbanization clock in the next 18 months to start having

1221
01:53:54,360 --> 01:54:00,000
those conversations now in public I think would help with morale I think it would be positive

1222
01:54:00,000 --> 01:54:05,880
business and not fear and I think we should start doing that stuff now to get a community

1223
01:54:05,880 --> 01:54:10,000
involvement in what is the future we're building. We're building a future without war

1224
01:54:10,000 --> 01:54:16,160
basically. I think we should start doing those things now. So, good luck on those efforts. I also

1225
01:54:16,160 --> 01:54:25,760
wanted to address Costco issue as much as we can't live there. It's been deemed way, but we

1226
01:54:25,760 --> 01:54:29,400
can place food and products there and that's safe.

1227
01:54:29,660 --> 01:54:30,900
I think that needs to be questioned.

1228
01:54:31,400 --> 01:54:33,280
Good luck in having the conversation about it.

1229
01:54:33,340 --> 01:54:35,180
Thank you, that counts the person five said,

1230
01:54:35,480 --> 01:54:37,700
just as long as we can have a community conversation,

1231
01:54:37,940 --> 01:54:40,640
that's what's key and thank you for her words on that.

1232
01:54:40,980 --> 01:54:42,020
So important.

1233
01:54:42,340 --> 01:54:47,420
Item 3.5, 3.45 is the recruitment process

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01:54:47,420 --> 01:54:48,600
for Chief of Police.

1235
01:54:49,060 --> 01:54:53,360
You guys keep complaining that we keep going through police

1236
01:54:53,360 --> 01:54:59,860
It's because our public has a deep concern and our public has a great review system.

1237
01:55:00,000 --> 01:55:24,020
To make sure our process is in place that we have best practices going on. And administrations angry about that. And you guys are creating new legal systems to take that away from the public. When we have a very, we have a very good system of checks and balances in place that administration needs to respect more. And understand that dynamic and relationship and learn how to work with that better.

1238
01:55:24,020 --> 01:55:29,680
We go back and forth, I hope we come to a conclusion and the importance of the participation

1239
01:55:29,680 --> 01:55:34,260
and that's how we hire a new police chief who will stay by believing in the public.

1240
01:55:34,820 --> 01:55:36,680
A certain important part of the public.

1241
01:55:36,880 --> 01:55:38,380
Thank you.

1242
01:55:38,540 --> 01:55:41,700
Thank you for your comments that concludes our speakers for item three.

1243
01:55:44,030 --> 01:55:44,310
Thank you.

1244
01:55:44,450 --> 01:55:45,370
I can't remember five.

1245
01:55:47,820 --> 01:55:52,020
I'm only speaking to this because I heard a woohoo from the gallery over there about

1246
01:55:52,020 --> 01:56:05,880
to fix wing aircraft in 2023, Councilmember Kaplan at the time, and I brought forward an info report requesting information on the costing for that item, it is something I plan on bringing back the public safety committee, so I just wanted to state that for the record.

1247
01:56:07,580 --> 01:56:08,860
Thank you, Councilmember Five.

1248
01:56:09,740 --> 01:56:11,080
All right.

1249
01:56:11,280 --> 01:56:12,140
3.2.

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01:56:12,260 --> 01:56:14,580
Those World 24 Red N 3.3.

1251
01:56:14,600 --> 01:56:16,540
Those World 24 Red N 3.4.

1252
01:56:16,540 --> 01:56:18,920
Those World 24 Red N 3.5.

1253
01:56:18,920 --> 01:56:32,120
World 24 right there. 3.8, we'll go to next week's rules. No action. 3.8, no action. 3.8, no action. 3.27, we'll go to

1254
01:56:32,120 --> 01:56:39,660
next week's rules. 3.18, we'll go to July 7th, 9th and 9th and 10th Council meeting with the World 24

1255
01:56:39,660 --> 01:56:43,160
and 3.19 title change.

1256
01:56:44,840 --> 01:56:45,680
Oh, I have a title motion.

1257
01:56:46,260 --> 01:56:47,620
Some of the second.

1258
01:56:54,710 --> 01:56:57,670
And that was a motion by council member,

1259
01:56:57,790 --> 01:57:00,070
Rama Chandra, and second by council member Brown,

1260
01:57:01,350 --> 01:57:05,190
to approve item three as amended on roll,

1261
01:57:05,450 --> 01:57:07,730
council member Brown, council member five,

1262
01:57:08,610 --> 01:57:10,910
council member Rama Chandra, chair Jenkins.

1263
01:57:11,590 --> 01:57:14,610
Item number three is approved as amended

1264
01:57:14,610 --> 01:57:22,070
what four eyes. That now takes us to item four, which is our last item since we did take this

1265
01:57:22,070 --> 01:57:29,510
agenda out of order. Item four is review of the draft minutes, excuse me, of the draft agenda

1266
01:57:29,510 --> 01:57:35,890
pending list in the City Council committee meetings. In your package, you have your committee

1267
01:57:35,890 --> 01:57:43,730
the July Second Rules Committee, your pending list, and July Straft, July 7, Council, and

1268
01:57:43,730 --> 01:57:44,970
Rules Committee.

1269
01:57:45,050 --> 01:57:46,030
Anything from administration?

1270
01:57:47,370 --> 01:57:48,930
No changes from the administration.

1271
01:57:50,550 --> 01:57:54,530
Through the chair to the body, just regarding the July Second Rules and Legislation Committee,

1272
01:57:54,570 --> 01:58:00,570
just wanted to note because this body earlier in this meeting continued item S6 to that agenda.

1273
01:58:00,830 --> 01:58:05,230
That's technically going to appear on the what's the Supplemental Agenda for Rules

1274
01:58:05,230 --> 01:58:12,850
So when you hear the item at rules that will require an urgency finding just stating that on the record so the clerk can make that notation on the agenda.

1275
01:58:13,230 --> 01:58:13,970
Thank you.

1276
01:58:14,290 --> 01:58:14,830
District 7.

1277
01:58:19,980 --> 01:58:20,380
Good afternoon.

1278
01:58:20,640 --> 01:58:23,480
The chair of Trinity Hall from the Office of Council Member Ken Houston.

1279
01:58:24,460 --> 01:58:36,960
We are requesting to place the e-map presentation that was presented during the commission on homelessness on 624-2026 on the City Council meeting on 727-26.

1280
01:58:36,960 --> 01:58:45,120
we're going to use a rule 24. The EAP did pass on 414-2026 and its implementation is set to

1281
01:58:45,120 --> 01:58:50,780
be 714-2026. We're sticking to bypass committee so that the full council can hear the presentation.

1282
01:58:51,640 --> 01:58:59,280
And if this presentation is heard any time after, it will be 7 days after the EAP implementation.

1283
01:58:59,980 --> 01:59:05,580
And then we also run the risk of running into council recess and run the risk of not having a council meeting until

1284
01:59:05,580 --> 01:59:09,880
1915-2026. Thank you. Our world 28. Thank you.

1285
01:59:13,940 --> 01:59:15,060
That's going to public speakers.

1286
01:59:16,500 --> 01:59:20,420
Sorry apologies. We don't have any public speakers for this item. We just have one for open

1287
01:59:20,420 --> 01:59:21,700
forum, which is next.

1288
01:59:24,260 --> 01:59:29,480
So we need a motion. Second, that was a motion by council member

1289
01:59:30,140 --> 01:59:36,630
Romachandrin, a policy second by council member Brown, to approve of item four as is on roll.

1290
01:59:37,330 --> 01:59:38,490
Council Member Brown.

1291
01:59:39,370 --> 01:59:40,070
Council Member Phi.

1292
01:59:40,690 --> 01:59:41,890
Council Member Rama Chandra.

1293
01:59:42,570 --> 01:59:43,130
Chair Jenkins.

1294
01:59:43,950 --> 01:59:47,910
Item number four is approved as is with four eyes.

1295
01:59:48,570 --> 01:59:50,030
That now takes us to open form.

1296
01:59:50,150 --> 01:59:52,810
I have one speaker on this, which is Ms.

1297
01:59:52,930 --> 01:59:53,810
Rajni Mandal.

1298
01:59:53,930 --> 01:59:54,470
Good afternoon.

1299
01:59:54,770 --> 01:59:55,790
Rajni Mandal District 4.

1300
01:59:55,890 --> 01:59:58,630
I'd just like to make a brief comment about public participation.

1301
01:59:59,570 --> 01:59:59,970
At the last part.

1302
02:00:00,000 --> 02:00:04,300
Public safety committee meeting, several speakers, were heckled and intimidated while giving public comment.

1303
02:00:05,040 --> 02:00:08,560
And yesterday, there was also shooting just a couple blocks from City Hall and broad daylight.

1304
02:00:09,280 --> 02:00:14,780
Many Oakland residents are not activists or members of organized groups. They have jobs, families, other responsibilities.

1305
02:00:15,780 --> 02:00:20,100
And they're less likely to come to City Hall if they don't feel welcome or don't feel safe.

1306
02:00:20,720 --> 02:00:24,860
And that's why Hope Council continues to place real value on e-mails and e-commence.

1307
02:00:24,860 --> 02:00:34,360
The recent election show that Oakland has an engaged electorate, but not everyone can attend meetings in person, but their voices are just as important and deserve to be heard.

1308
02:00:34,800 --> 02:00:36,720
Thank you.

1309
02:00:36,940 --> 02:00:37,400
Thank you.

1310
02:00:37,760 --> 02:00:38,900
That concludes our call before.

1311
02:00:39,160 --> 02:00:39,420
Thank you.

1312
02:00:39,640 --> 02:00:40,700
Thank you.