[5:30] Good morning.

[5:32] Oh. Excuse me. Good morning, and welcome to the Public Works

[5:34] of Insurance Protection Committee meeting for today.

[5:37] Today's you're like, 14 to time is now 11:35 a.m..

[5:42] And this meeting has come to order.

[5:45] Before taking roll, I will provide instructions on

[5:47] how to submit a speaker's cart for items on this agenda.

[5:51] If you are here with us in chambers

[5:53] and you would like to submit a speaker's cart.

[5:55] Please fill one out

[5:57] and turn it to a clerk representative to my left.

[5:59] Your right.

[6:01] Before the item is ready to record, online speaker

[6:04] requests were due 24 hours prior to this meeting.

[6:07] This meeting came to order at 11:35 a.m.

[6:11] speaker cards were no longer be accepted.

[6:14] Ten minutes after the meeting has began.

[6:17] Or like stated before,

[6:19] or if I read item into record making that time.

[6:22] 11:45 a.m..

[6:24] And with that, we will now proceed to take roll.

[6:28] Council member.

[6:32] Gayo.

[6:33] Present.

[6:35] Thank you. Council member. Houston. Present.

[6:37] Thank you, Councilmember Hwang.

[6:40] Present. Thank you. And Chair Unger here.

[6:43] We do have four members present.

[6:45] And before we begin, Council Chair Unger.

[6:48] Excuse me. Do you have any announcements?

[6:50] Yeah, we've got a packed agenda today.

[6:51] So, we're going to limit public speakers to one minute.

[6:54] And, for all of us,

[6:56] let's try to keep our comments and questions brief

[6:58] so we can get through the whole agenda.

[6:59] Thank you.

[7:02] Thank you, Chair Unger. Once again, public comment will be limited

[7:05] to one minute on all agenda items.

[7:08] Moving to item one.

[7:10] Approval of the draft

[7:11] minutes from the committee meeting on June 23rd, 2026.

[7:19] Second,

[7:20] we do have a motion made by Councilmember Gallo.

[7:24] Second, by a council member.

[7:25] Want to accept the draft minutes when the committee

[7:28] meet on June 23rd, 2026, as is on roll.

[7:32] Council member Gallo I thank you, Council member Houston.

[7:35] I thank you, Council Member Wang I thank you.

[7:38] And to your honor,

[7:40] I this motion does pass before eyes

[7:42] to accept the draft minutes from the committee

[7:44] meeting on June 23rd, 2026, as is moving to item

[7:48] two determination of scheduled outstanding committee items.

[7:51] This is also known

[7:52] as your pending list, and you do have one speaker.

[7:56] Council members, staff, administration.

[8:00] Anything for the pending list?

[8:02] Nothing from the administration.

[8:04] Thank you.

[8:09] Good morning, Committee members.

[8:10] Megan, we're assistant director of okay at.

[8:13] We do have an item on the pending list.

[8:15] The safe Oakland streets annual report that we'd like

[8:18] to request be scheduled to the September 22nd.

[8:21] Public Works and Transportation Committee

[8:25] said again.

[8:28] Is there a file ID that you're asking?

[8:31] I can I can follow up with the with the file.

[8:33] And for me, I don't have it, but okay.

[8:37] That's great. If you could follow up with that, we will get it done. Thank you. Thank you very much.

[8:39] You said the city Hall streets.

[8:40] Yeah.

[8:43] The streets report

[8:45] moving to our public speaker, Blair

[8:47] Beekman.

[8:52] If you're participating on

[8:53] via zoom, please raise your hand.

[8:59] And I don't see it.

[9:02] I don't see Blair Beekman.

[9:06] All right, let's move on.

[9:09] We have I will make the motion to accept the pending list.

[9:14] Second.

[9:19] We do have a motion made by Councilmember

[9:22] Dias, seconded by Chair Ungar to accept, as amended,

[9:27] the determination of schedule, outstanding committee items.

[9:29] The amendments is moving safe.

[9:32] Oakland Street report file ID 26

[9:34] 0861 to the September 22nd

[9:38] Public Works and Transportation Committee meeting.

[9:40] Yes, please. Thank you.

[9:42] On roll, Councilmember Gallo.

[9:45] Councilmember Houston, I thank you.

[9:48] Council Member Wang.

[9:49] I to your honor, I

[9:52] this motion does pass to allow for eyes to accept, as amended,

[9:55] the determination schedule outstanding committee items,

[9:57] which is also known as the pending list.

[10:01] Moving to item three.

[10:11] Adopt the resolution authorizing the City Administrator to execute

[10:13] an internal governmental cooperation agreement with

[10:15] the Alameda County AC transit for the Fruitvale Avenue Transit

[10:19] Signal Priority Project, and adopt appropriate

[10:24] Sequa findings. And you do have three speakers for this item.

[10:28] Great. Thank you. Let's hear from our staff, please. Hello.

[10:30] Good morning.

[10:30] Members.

[10:31] And Ocana here,

[10:32] transportation planner with the Department

[10:35] of Transportation to item before you is to request authorization

[10:38] for the city administrator

[10:39] to execute an intergovernmental cooperative agreement

[10:42] with AC transit for the Fruitvale Transit

[10:46] Signal Priority Project.

[10:48] AC transit project will deliver transit improvements

[10:50] that will increase transit reliability for East Oakland.

[10:52] There's the Intergovernmental Cooperative Agreement

[10:55] between the city and AC transit, outlining responsibilities

[10:59] associated with design, construction,

[11:01] support, and ongoing operation and maintenance.

[11:04] Once the project is completed, ownership will be transferred

[11:07] to the city of Oakland,

[11:08] where fiscal impacts is expected to be minimal

[11:11] with maintenance of traffic signals equipment

[11:14] absorbed within existing operations.

[11:16] Equipment associated with this project

[11:18] will be maintained by AC transit.

[11:20] Therefore, staff recommends that the City Council authorize

[11:23] the City Administrator to execute an intergovernmental

[11:26] cooperative agreement with AC transit

[11:28] for the Fruitville Transit Signal Priority Project.

[11:34] All right, Council members, questions.

[11:37] Council Member Wang, I believe you are next in the queue.

[11:42] I was just going to move the item.

[11:43] Thank you for your work on this.

[11:47] Council member Gayo.

[11:48] I think you guys need to press the button. Yes.

[11:50] I want to publicly thank you for your work.

[11:53] It's long overdue, and certainly it's

[11:55] going to make a big difference

[11:56] in terms of the safety transportation

[11:58] on the Fruitvale corridor,

[12:00] serving our seniors and the rest of the community.

[12:04] So with that, I make a motion to approve the item.

[12:06] Thank you.

[12:11] I'll second that. Any other questions from council members?

[12:15] Oh, man. Okay, then let's, go to our speakers.

[12:19] Public speakers. Thank you. Calling in our public speakers for item three.

[12:21] This Asada Blair Beekman

[12:25] and Kevin Dally, if you are participating via

[12:27] zoom, please raise your hand so you're easily identified.

[12:30] Thank you.

[12:31] I'm going to ask you to pay attention to reports

[12:34] that consistently have to use the language.

[12:37] People of color.

[12:39] You see, there is no such thing

[12:42] biologically in science as a race.

[12:46] It's an inventive social construct

[12:49] with the purpose of allowing certain people

[12:53] to have a position, a higher ranking.

[12:56] We all human beings.

[12:59] So what's the purpose of saying that we have a bus

[13:03] transit service opportunity, and the majority of the people

[13:08] are going to get it? People of color, what difference does it make

[13:12] that social construct

[13:14] to constantly put people into groups, and sometimes

[13:19] to put people into groups where we all have in the same experience,

[13:21] and we're not low income seniors?

[13:25] It doesn't matter.

[13:27] The bus service exists for anybody that wants to use it.

[13:32] Then you say, the costs you don't.

[13:36] Asada oh I'm sorry. No thank you.

[13:38] Thank you so much.

[13:44] Kevin Daley definitely.

[13:46] You strongly support this work.

[13:49] It'd be great to always mention synchronizing the pedestrian

[13:53] crossing time as well on International Boulevard.

[13:57] Frequently the pedestrians have to wait

[13:59] for a very long time to cross in order to optimize

[14:03] the bus rapid transit.

[14:05] The temporal crossing, even though obviously

[14:08] passengers on the tempo do

[14:11] become pedestrians once they leave the tempo.

[14:15] But definitely support it.

[14:16] Thanks.

[14:20] Thank you. Moving to our zoom speaker, Blair Beekman.

[14:24] Okay, that concludes our public speakers for item through.

[14:26] We do have a motion made by Councilmember one,

[14:29] seconded by Councilmember Garcia,

[14:30] to approve the recommendations of staff in the port.

[14:33] This item to the July 23rd, 2026 City Council agenda on roll.

[14:38] Councilmember Gallo.

[14:39] Thank you, Councilmember Houston.

[14:42] I thank you.

[14:43] Councilmember one I and your honor, I

[14:47] this motion does pass with four eyes

[14:49] to approve the recommendations of staff

[14:51] and for this item to July 22nd, 2026 city council agenda

[14:56] and through the body would that be on considered on

[14:59] consent, please. Thank you so much.

[15:01] Moving to item four.

[15:07] Adopt a resolution

[15:09] authorizing the City administrator

[15:10] to award a contract to Ron Number one, Rhonda Pratt,

[15:14] for any amount not to exceed 1,400,000, to provide

[15:18] collision repair and body shop services for light vehicles

[15:22] for a three year term.

[15:23] September 1st, 26 through September 1st, 29

[15:27] and two one year options to renew in response to RFQ

[15:31] 4065352.

[15:35] Quality body and fender,

[15:36] an amount not to exceed $1,050,000 to provide

[15:40] collision repair and body shop services

[15:42] for light vehicles for a three year term.

[15:44] September 1st 26 to September 1st 29,

[15:48] and to one year options to renew and response to RFQ

[15:51] 4065353.

[15:56] Falcon collision repair in amount not to exceed

[15:59] $525,000 to provide collision repair and body

[16:02] shop services for light vehicles for a three year term.

[16:06] September 1st 26 to September 1st, 2019 A21 year options

[16:11] to renew in response to RFQ for 06535

[16:16] for Miller Brothers Body Shop, in an amount not to exceed

[16:19] $525,000 to provide collision repair and body shop

[16:23] services for light vehicles for a three year term.

[16:26] September 1st 26 to September 1st, 29

[16:30] and two one year options to renew in response

[16:34] to our 24065355 bowler brothers body Shop in amount

[16:40] not to exceed 1,750,000 to provide collision

[16:44] repair and body shop services

[16:47] for heavy vehicles in a three year term.

[16:49] September 1st 26 to September 1st 29

[16:53] and to one year options to renew in response to RFQ

[16:56] for 065296 Falcon

[17:00] collision repair in an amount not to exceed 1,750,000.

[17:04] To provide collision repair and body shop services

[17:07] for heavy vehicle for a three year term.

[17:10] September 1st 26th to September 1st, 29

[17:13] and to one year options to renew in response to RFQ 4065297.

[17:19] Making findings under Oakland Municipal Code,

[17:21] sections 204050 and 20451,

[17:27] and waiving any further formal advertising and bidding requirements to extend necessary

[17:30] and eight and adopt appropriate score findings.

[17:33] And you do have two speakers for this item.

[17:39] All right. For the record, I've been driving city vehicles for 30 years and I haven't crashed one yet, so this one's not on me.

[17:41] Knock on wood. Let's hear from staff, please.

[17:44] Thank you for that clarification.

[17:45] Chair Unger.

[17:47] Richard Battersby, assistant director of Oakland

[17:49] Public Works,

[17:50] Bureau of Maintenance and Internal Services,

[17:53] the largest bureau and public works

[17:55] encompassing facilities, fleet, sewers and storm drain.

[17:59] I'm here to talk to you today

[18:00] about a facilities contract regarding collision repair.

[18:04] None of which, will support, Chair Ungar

[18:07] because he doesn't have collisions.

[18:09] And I also wanted to note, for the record,

[18:11] this also represents public works

[18:13] entry into the longest staff recommendation for 2026.

[18:17] So thank you, City Clerk, for that

[18:19] efficient and error free reading.

[18:23] The city operates a fleet of approximately 1500 vehicles.

[18:27] Unfortunately, during the course of operation, these vehicles become damaged

[18:30] by collisions either with other vehicles or other objects.

[18:34] And we have a history of about 50 collisions a year.

[18:38] Previously, we've been performing the body repairs.

[18:41] We have an internal body repair shop.

[18:43] We don't do any painting, but we have three body repair FTEs.

[18:48] Those three FTE have been vacant, for

[18:50] at least the past year, a couple of them longer.

[18:54] And we have recently filled one,

[18:55] but we will be filling another.

[18:57] This has resulted in us having to increase

[19:01] the amount of repairs that we send to outsourced body vendors, collision repair vendors,

[19:05] which is why I'm here with this contract today.

[19:09] Previously, we only had a single collision

[19:11] repair vendor that was Muller Brothers.

[19:14] And due to the conditions or circumstances

[19:17] that I just described,

[19:18] we have exceeded that contract capacity

[19:21] and we have not been able

[19:22] to repair vehicles for the last month or so.

[19:24] So this is a very important agenda item.

[19:27] Currently we have 25 vehicles, accident

[19:31] repair vehicles that are awaiting repair.

[19:33] 22 of those are Oakland Police Department vehicles.

[19:38] So again, it's very critical that we get these contracts established.

[19:41] The contracts for collision repair totaled $7 million.

[19:45] And this is over a three year period with two optional

[19:49] one year extensions.

[19:51] The two optional one year extensions are,

[19:54] give us the ability of the vendors, demonstrate

[19:57] that they're performing acceptably

[19:59] and they're delivering good value to the city.

[20:02] We can offer them an extension on that contract without having

[20:05] to come back to council.

[20:10] We bid this opportunity, put it out RFP as the commitment

[20:12] that I've made numerous times in committee and city council.

[20:16] We are moving away from co-op contract

[20:19] procurement process to bidding, and that's to ensure

[20:23] we're getting best value, but also to allow Oakland vendors

[20:26] an opportunity to bid of the $7 million, in contract capacity.

[20:33] Before you. And keep in mind, that's just expenditure authority.

[20:36] It's not committing. Budgeted funds.

[20:38] This just gives us the ability, should we need it.

[20:42] The amount is probably more than we need,

[20:44] but that's us erring on the side of caution.

[20:47] Of the 7 million half, 3.5 million is for light duty,

[20:51] and the other half, 3.5 million is for heavy duty

[20:55] on the light vehicle collision repair contracts.

[20:59] We sent notices to.

[21:01] And I should have counted them,

[21:02] but it looks like there's at least ten.

[21:05] And we received one, two, three for responsive bids,

[21:09] one of which was an Oakland based vendor.

[21:12] I understand another Oakland based vendor

[21:14] is on the list as not submitting a response.

[21:19] Apparently they feel that they weren't contacted.

[21:21] So we are doing some information.

[21:23] But as the time of this presentation,

[21:25] I don't know if there was a disconnect,

[21:28] but we did get four responsive bids

[21:31] and we awarded those for vendors,

[21:34] percentages based on a scoring criteria.

[21:38] That scoring criteria includes

[21:40] lowest cost, competitive pricing, location

[21:46] and also awarding to multiple vendors gives us some operational flexibility,

[21:49] and it gives us options where

[21:51] we don't have all of our eggs in one basket.

[21:54] Rhonda Ford was awarded approximately 40%

[21:58] of the total, light duty repair contract.

[22:02] And this is just an estimate.

[22:04] For the purpose of this agenda report,

[22:06] we're not sure what the actual

[22:07] breakdown will come out to, because obviously,

[22:10] we can't predict exactly how much accidents are going to cost to repair.

[22:13] They, Rhonda Pratt ranked highest

[22:15] because of the lowest overall cost

[22:18] and then quality body and Fender, which is the Oakland

[22:20] based vendor, they were awarded 30% of the contract.

[22:24] And we acknowledge,

[22:26] it is a very desirable to keep Oakland

[22:29] city of Oakland dollars

[22:31] within the city of Oakland and keep Oakland working.

[22:34] And they're also closer to us, which gives us better

[22:36] response times and more rapid turnaround.

[22:40] The other two vendors, Falcon Collision and Moller Brothers,

[22:43] were each rewarded 15%, awarded 15%.

[22:48] And I will note that Moller Brothers

[22:49] was the prior incumbent for light duty body repairs.

[22:53] They're still going to get a piece of the body repair action,

[22:57] for the heavy duty side, we only received two responsive bids.

[23:01] None of which were Oakland based vendors.

[23:04] So accordingly, we awarded 50% to each and those vendors are.

[23:14] I'm on the wrong page here.

[23:22] Oh, it's right on the front.

[23:27] Molar brothers and Falcon also received the heavy duty body repair,

[23:32] which is why I was looking in the agenda report for the two additional vendors,

[23:36] but they were already noted in the light duty, so I apologize for that.

[23:39] With that, I'm here to answer any questions.

[23:43] Thanks for the report.

[23:44] Councilmember Houston, please.

[23:47] Good morning. Mr. batters me through the chair.

[23:50] I'm looking at these these documents,

[23:53] and, I see one

[23:56] Oakland based in West Oakland.

[23:58] And I just want to share with you in district six.

[24:01] I mean, really, district five and district seven

[24:04] have some of the most, body shops in Oakland.

[24:08] Right? And so let's look at this real quick because.

[24:11] So we have Falcon Collision and Concord.

[24:14] They got two contracts and that one then we have

[24:19] Muller brothers.

[24:21] That's how you pronounce the two contracts there in San Leandro.

[24:23] Then we have, Ron and Dixon.

[24:29] Right. And then we do have quality body and fender in West Oakland.

[24:32] I know that that that company very well.

[24:34] And that's in district that's in,

[24:37] Carroll five district.

[24:38] But but what I don't like is that,

[24:41] Pacific collision

[24:44] is from district seven, and they do major work

[24:47] for Caltrans, and they've been underserved for so long. Mr.

[24:51] Battersby, when it was an encampment on their in their,

[24:56] on their, street

[24:59] and that's on Helgenberger loop that affected their business.

[25:02] Just majorly Mr.

[25:04] Battersby majorly. People didn't want to come.

[25:07] Caltrans didn't want to drop their cars out there.

[25:09] And, they said that they didn't receive this.

[25:12] And that's why I came over to you,

[25:13] because I just didn't want to just throw you off.

[25:16] I wanted to find out what email,

[25:17] because there I spoke to them this morning.

[25:19] They did not receive that in their qualified, company.

[25:23] I have a question for you, Mr. Battersby.

[25:25] You said it's 25, automobiles in the queue, ready for bodywork.

[25:29] Is that what you said through the chair?

[25:31] That's correct. Okay, so. So this is not urgent

[25:35] and this is not an emergency.

[25:36] And and that's where I always say that,

[25:40] being in this seat, they always have some emergency

[25:43] and urgent that we got to get it done.

[25:44] We've got to get it done. I've got to get it done.

[25:45] And then we make decisions

[25:47] that aren't in the best interest of the city.

[25:50] And I'm gonna say this one more time

[25:52] in the best interests of the city.

[25:55] This what I see right here is not in the best interests of my city.

[25:58] Because I see one company from West Oakland,

[26:00] and we have many, many, many, many qualified in district

[26:04] five and seven. Many because that's what they do.

[26:07] That's their skill sets.

[26:10] So I want to hold this here until I find out that,

[26:14] why Pacific Collision qualify

[26:19] qualified, that was underserved, that was,

[26:22] that had,

[26:24] lost so much business.

[26:27] Mr. Battersby, when these homeless encampments was in their the area

[26:30] and they said they weren't contacted.

[26:33] So that's why I came over to and said, what email did you get?

[26:37] Who did you speak to? Because,

[26:39] this right here doesn't make me feel good

[26:45] that in the best interests of the city of Oakland, especially if there's only 25,

[26:48] this is not like it's an emergency.

[26:50] I want to find out what's going on

[26:51] and get more qualified individuals or companies in five

[26:55] and seven that have those businesses

[26:57] all along the corridor.

[27:00] But through the chair.

[27:02] I'd like to respond to Council Member Houston.

[27:06] As far as the contact notices

[27:08] that go out to the potential bidders,

[27:10] that would be a question for purchasing.

[27:12] Purchasing is under finance

[27:14] department, not within public works.

[27:16] Briefly before this meeting, I reached out to my staff

[27:19] to try to get in touch with someone

[27:20] from purchasing to see how their contact list work,

[27:23] and I was glancing behind me to see if we had anyone.

[27:26] I don't think we do.

[27:28] But I'll definitely get an answer to you for that.

[27:30] But but just to be clear, I don't want to rush anything

[27:34] through council, but just understand

[27:36] we can't perform any accident repairs currently.

[27:38] We currently have no contract.

[27:41] Out of those 25 vehicles, 22 are OPD.

[27:45] We haven't been replacing OPD patrol vehicles regularly for three years,

[27:48] and the last time we bought OPD patrol vehicles was in 2022,

[27:53] when we had 37 OPD units hung up at the San

[27:56] Leandro dealer because allegedly we couldn't pay for them.

[28:00] So it's essentially

[28:02] it is critical that we repair the vehicles

[28:04] we have because it doesn't seem we have

[28:08] scheduled regular ability to procure replacement vehicles.

[28:11] So we got to make do with what we have.

[28:13] So through the chair,

[28:15] how many OPD vehicles?

[28:18] Through the chair? 22.

[28:20] So 1 or 2 of those may not be patrol vehicles.

[28:23] Oh, so that means three.

[28:25] So is anyone can speak from police department or police

[28:28] if that's what they want.

[28:30] Pardon me.

[28:31] Do you chair anyone?

[28:33] So that means it's only three that really are outside

[28:38] of the police department. Is anyone here that can speak for the police department?

[28:39] Please do the chair.

[28:41] I need to speak to someone.

[28:44] Because let me just share this with you.

[28:46] This,

[28:48] I was elected

[28:49] to fight for the city of Oakland across the board.

[28:52] And this is not a rush.

[28:53] If the police department says

[28:55] that they can deal with their having their 23, that's repaired

[28:59] and it's not going to affect them,

[29:00] I want to find out why passive collision wasn't.

[29:05] That's that's that's where I stand.

[29:07] And, through the chair.

[29:09] Council member Houston, would you be comfortable

[29:11] with a partial award, perhaps to quality the Oakland

[29:15] based vendor that is on the same track list,

[29:18] so we can at least move some vehicles

[29:20] through the repair shop and get them back in service.

[29:23] Yes, sir. I would I would accept that, Mr.

[29:25] Battersby, is that going to give you enough capacity?

[29:28] Because we're not going to be able

[29:29] to get back to this until after the recess.

[29:31] If yes, Chair Ungar that's

[29:34] it would be $1 million or did it.

[29:38] Yeah, 1,050,000.

[29:40] That would be adequate to get us through the the break.

[29:45] Okay. So, Council member Houston, are you proposing an alternate?

[29:48] Yeah. Alternate that we,

[29:51] quality body and fender.

[29:53] We give them that.

[29:55] Yes. That's that.

[29:56] I'm satisfied with that.

[29:57] Oakland bass sounds good to me.

[30:00] Okay, so if we're going to do something different than what?

[30:02] Stop. Staff recommended.

[30:03] You're welcome to to make a motion.

[30:05] I just want to make a motion to to clear.

[30:08] I want to make a motion to award quality body and fender.

[30:13] The amount of money that Mr.

[30:14] Battersby said,

[30:16] to get us through until we find out about these others

[30:20] for clarity, what was the amount? Mr.

[30:21] Battersby said, we need to be exact, yes.

[30:24] The amount of $1,050,000 over a three year period,

[30:28] with two optional one year extensions.

[30:33] So you need you need a second.

[30:34] I need a second.

[30:36] Tonight I have a question.

[30:38] Well, I'd like to if we if we can.

[30:41] Is it about is it about this substitute motion

[30:44] to the report not to this.

[30:47] I'd like to get some.

[30:48] Let's get some clarity

[30:49] on the substitute motion first

[30:51] before we move on to additional questions.

[30:53] What is the amount?

[30:56] 1 million, million $50,000, chair Unger okay.

[30:59] And did we have a second for that?

[31:04] Just make some of my own comments.

[31:08] So I share some of the concerns that council member

[31:11] Houston has expressed.

[31:13] I would also add that

[31:14] there are a number of auto body shops in district two.

[31:17] You know them,

[31:19] on the east side, and they're all minority owned businesses.

[31:22] And so one and I do want to acknowledge, by the way, before

[31:26] I just get into my concerns, that thank you for doing,

[31:30] procurement process

[31:31] and the norm has been a cooperative agreement.

[31:35] But one of the questions I just have

[31:37] is who makes it on to this in invitation list.

[31:40] So table one, it's noted as

[31:42] these are the list of vendors that are invited to participate.

[31:45] How are those determined and assessed since

[31:49] the I

[31:50] there's a number of auto body

[31:51] shops that I know of in the city of Oakland

[31:53] that are not on the invitation list.

[31:56] Yes. Thank you for the question.

[31:57] Through the chair,

[31:59] for an activity like this, equipment, services,

[32:02] public works,

[32:03] knows of some vendors, which we would provide to purchasing.

[32:07] But this, realistically, is a question for purchasing,

[32:11] how they conduct the RFP process, where they advertise,

[32:14] how they determine who they reach out to directly.

[32:17] And I'm afraid I just can't answer that

[32:19] question from the public works perspective on this contract.

[32:23] Okay. And,

[32:26] my other question is just beyond,

[32:28] since this item is going to if we move this forward, per

[32:32] Councilmember Houston's

[32:34] motion, that then we would be returning into the fall

[32:37] with this item, what I suppose would be a reasonable timeline,

[32:43] since I think that'll just hold us over until the,

[32:48] I don't think it's going to be enough capacity,

[32:50] of course, for the next three years.

[32:51] So what would be a reasonable time frame for an RFP yet?

[32:57] And I know that we're going to continue this item in October,

[33:01] it sounds like. But, I would love to just know that answer now.

[33:03] Yeah. Through the chair.

[33:07] That amount, I estimate, would be enough to get through October.

[33:10] Considering the normal volume of accidents,

[33:13] since we currently have 25 vehicles stacked up for accident

[33:16] repairs, I'd have to do some analysis and see.

[33:20] And we can definitely get that information back to you.

[33:22] And we can definitely get the information on how

[33:25] the outreach is conducted, in which vendors were and weren't,

[33:29] contacted regarding this, but I would

[33:33] I would suggest that if if we approved just

[33:37] the $1,050,000 that buys enough time

[33:40] to satisfy the questions that the committee has here,

[33:45] hopefully,

[33:46] I mean, I can't really predict the

[33:49] the committee or council's response once

[33:51] purchasing brings the information back.

[33:53] So that's kind of my hesitation

[33:55] in giving you a definitive answer,

[33:56] because it's really like outside of our purview.

[34:00] Okay.

[34:02] That's helpful. And then final question is just around the

[34:04] this Rhonda Pratt for they receive the,

[34:08] most percentage of this, RFP funding.

[34:12] And they are out in Dixon, California.

[34:15] That's about an hour away.

[34:17] Was the I just imagine it would add cost for transportation.

[34:22] Did their response include that transportation cost?

[34:26] I just I'm trying to imagine what that looks like

[34:28] since that is significantly far away from Oakland.

[34:31] Yeah. Through the chair.

[34:34] I can't speak to that specifically.

[34:37] I do know that some vehicles that are in an accident are still drivable.

[34:40] Others, they could be transported by tow.

[34:43] We currently use Rhonda Pratt Ford for Ford factory,

[34:47] repair and maintenance, mechanical repair

[34:49] and maintenance. So we've already got

[34:50] an established relationship with them.

[34:53] We just have to do an analysis on their hourly rate,

[34:56] which I understand was significantly lower

[34:59] than any other vendor. And then, compare that to what potential transportation costs

[35:03] in, time, labor time, if it's our staff

[35:07] or if we're actually paying for a tow truck,

[35:09] I just don't have that information here now.

[35:11] Okay,

[35:14] that sounds good. And, yeah, I think when we continue

[35:16] the item, the supplemental materials would be great.

[35:19] I'll go ahead. In the second, Council member Houston's motion,

[35:22] just to be clear, Mr.

[35:25] Battersby and city. Mr. Lake, is this with this motion, will

[35:27] this give us enough capacity to get through

[35:31] to the end of the recess with the repairs that you need to do?

[35:35] Is this going to severely hinder our operations?

[35:40] Chair Ungar, I'm comfortable saying it'll get us through the break.

[35:42] My trepidation is what happens after that

[35:45] when we bring the information back.

[35:46] Do we, with the

[35:48] the additional contract,

[35:50] do we end up in this process again, or will we make a decision at that point

[35:54] so we can I'm confident we can get to October beyond that.

[35:57] Okay.

[36:00] Council member Gale.

[36:01] Yes. Thank you.

[36:03] I drive your vehicles every day.

[36:07] All right. And it used to be in this city of Oakland

[36:09] and this city of Oakland.

[36:10] They're the council that understood,

[36:12] talked a lot about illegal dumping, a clean neighborhood.

[36:15] But I don't have the tools to do it.

[36:18] I don't have the trucks to do it.

[36:20] We go by there every weekend to rent, ride your vehicles

[36:25] and during the week, and you don't have them.

[36:28] They're broke. There's something happened.

[36:30] I used to have ten mechanics, but I don't have three.

[36:33] So those are internal decisions that this council

[36:36] and city administrator you're accountable for.

[36:40] You want a clean, safe city.

[36:42] You got to have the tools to do that and the personnel

[36:45] to get the work done.

[36:47] And so the reality for me is

[36:50] at one time we would buy, at least when I was around,

[36:53] we would buy 50 to 100 brand new vehicles every year.

[36:57] Part of our budget,

[36:59] and we would have the mechanics to do the work

[37:03] so I can pick up the trash.

[37:05] I can have my street sweepers on the street doing their job.

[37:09] They're supposed to be doing daily

[37:12] and but I think that we need to be able

[37:14] to provide the resources to get the work done.

[37:18] Right now, we don't even bring about all the vehicles we rent.

[37:23] How many you look at the police

[37:24] vehicles, different matter price, rental.

[37:28] You look at her rental.

[37:30] Well, we rent our trucks from because we don't have them.

[37:34] So the bottom line for me is

[37:36] we have to replace and have the mechanics available

[37:40] to do the work, to have the trucks

[37:43] and the vehicles available so we can be on the street

[37:47] delivering what the public paid us for.

[37:51] And so I would,

[37:54] you know, we can delayed and delayed and delayed it,

[37:57] but we've been delaying this now for a number of years.

[38:00] And the quality of service that I give Chinatown

[38:03] and the others, I don't have the tools to do it with.

[38:07] So the but the bottom line is for me is

[38:10] get the vehicles repairs so we can

[38:14] I don't want to show up on a Saturday or Sunday

[38:16] or during the week because I come out on Wednesdays now

[38:20] and you have well, the truck didn't work.

[38:24] Well, we can do this. We can't do that because the vehicles are sitting there.

[38:27] And then I go to your yard on the other side and I say 40.

[38:32] I see the number of police cars wrecked sitting there

[38:36] that haven't been service for a while.

[38:38] So I guess for me, the bottom line is for for this

[38:41] government, this council and this administrator,

[38:45] and the director, administrator, Betsy Lake,

[38:49] I urge

[38:52] you know, thank you for coming out on Sunday and riding along and seeing what's on the street.

[38:54] But you also get a chance to see the yard

[38:57] where all the vehicles are sitting

[38:59] there have been sitting there not operable.

[39:02] And yet I got personnel that if they had an extra truck,

[39:07] they would go out and keep my streets clean.

[39:09] But the reality is we need more mechanics

[39:14] and we need the vehicles to get the job done.

[39:19] Thank you. And so, so for me and I, we can I know you want to cut me out,

[39:22] but they can go off and off and off and talk,

[39:25] you know, pie in the sky stuff.

[39:27] But the bottom line is you have to be straightforward.

[39:31] So we don't blame you and give reports about how

[39:34] we're not cleaning our streets.

[39:35] Thank you for that information.

[39:37] And I and I support

[39:38] your recommendation to get the job done.

[39:41] Thank you, Councilmember Houston.

[39:43] Let's focus.

[39:45] Pie in the sky.

[39:47] That's disrespectful.

[39:50] And let me tell you why. Because for the vehicles that was damaged

[39:51] was damaged by the your crew that picked them up.

[39:54] So let's get focused okay.

[39:56] So stop.

[39:58] We're not talking about mechanics.

[40:00] We're talking about body work.

[40:01] So do the chair.

[40:03] I set that on

[40:07] that West Oakland body shop.

[40:11] My revision

[40:13] to this and let's move it

[40:16] I got a first in a second to see if we got a third.

[40:19] So I'd like to clearly restate the motion

[40:21] and then go to our public speakers if possible.

[40:24] What's that?

[40:27] Can can we

[40:28] can we clearly state the motion to make sure we have clarity

[40:31] on what we're voting on

[40:33] to the to the maker and the mover of the motion.

[40:37] Council member. Houston, to be clear,

[40:38] you are amending the second portion of the legislation

[40:42] regarding equality body and Bender.

[40:44] And your amendment is to

[40:47] in the amount of $1,050,000 over a three year

[40:50] period with two optional one year extensions.

[40:53] Is that correct?

[40:56] Thank you. And the remaining portions of this legislation will remain the same under your amendment.

[41:01] Thank you. Okay, let's hear from our public speakers.

[41:02] Please.

[41:05] Moving to our public speakers,

[41:06] Miss Asada and Blair Beekman.

[41:14] I'm trying to follow this process.

[41:17] The speakers said that on average,

[41:19] you have 50 collisions per year.

[41:24] At the same time, he's saying at this point,

[41:27] we have 22 or 23 vehicles that need collision work.

[41:33] So what you're saying is

[41:36] we have 20 something

[41:38] cars over what period of time?

[41:41] What is the period of time for which a collision happens?

[41:45] And the service needed for the repair of the car happens?

[41:49] Is they a time frame already established?

[41:53] Is it because of lack of funding?

[41:55] We now have 22 cars that need repairs

[41:59] or is it?

[42:00] What is the reason?

[42:03] But the other thing is,

[42:05] when I looked up that dealership, it said Vacaville.

[42:09] Is that the same as Dixon where you said it is same area?

[42:13] Okay, so we got Vacaville, we got San Leandro,

[42:18] Concord and then Oakland.

[42:21] Thank you for your comment, Mr.

[42:22] Asada.

[42:26] Blair Beekman, if you're participating via zoom, please raise your hand.

[42:29] Okay. That concludes your public speakers.

[42:31] We do have a motion made by Councilmember Houston.

[42:34] Second by Councilmember one to approved to

[42:37] to approve, as amended, the recommendations of staff

[42:39] and report decided to July 21st city Council agenda.

[42:43] And once again, the amendments are to the second portion

[42:47] of this legislation regarding the equality body and gender

[42:51] portion of the legislation, with the amendments

[42:54] of that portion to state.

[43:02] Please go ahead.

[43:03] Councilmember one,

[43:04] just to confirm,

[43:06] the rest of the contracts are going to come

[43:09] before this body again in the fall.

[43:11] Time for, for a vote, correct?

[43:14] Okay. Good.

[43:16] Thank you. I'll

[43:19] go ahead. Councilmember Houston, apologies and to the chair.

[43:21] And you're going to come back and find out why that company

[43:24] was not or the condition of why that company wasn't,

[43:27] reached out to our if they had the wrong email to right.

[43:31] You'll get with me before that to the chair.

[43:34] You're the chair. Absolutely, absolutely.

[43:36] Okay. We've heard back from purchasing.

[43:38] They didn't tell me how. And I'm assuming it's an email.

[43:41] I've asked them to provide me the email,

[43:46] and I just wanted to clarify. Also, if we go down to just the single Oakland based vendor

[43:50] to perform repairs, that's better than not having any.

[43:53] But as far as cycling vehicles through,

[43:57] we planned on having an award to four, which would give us the capacity

[43:59] to get the vehicles repaired more quickly, some of which

[44:03] the police vehicles date as far back as October 2025.

[44:07] So that's why the number is as high as it is.

[44:09] It's about six months

[44:11] worth of accident vehicles, which aligns with,

[44:14] 50 accidents per year, added Councilmember Guy.

[44:19] On to your point. We have not been replacing vehicles regularly since 2023.

[44:23] That's when fleet replacement was decentralized.

[44:26] Prior to that, as you mentioned, we would replace 150 to 200

[44:30] vehicles per each master lease municipal financing cycle.

[44:35] We no longer have that capability.

[44:37] So for the last three years,

[44:38] we've essentially been replacing nothing.

[44:40] So we absolutely got to make do with what we have.

[44:43] Thank you for the accommodation, Council member Houston.

[44:47] So we can get these vehicles back on the road okay.

[44:49] Thank you. We've got a long agenda.

[44:51] We need to move forward. Thank you.

[44:58] To the parliamentarian.

[44:59] Do you have a clarification?

[45:00] Yeah, just a point of clarity as I hear

[45:02] different council members having different understandings.

[45:04] And I want to make sure that the record

[45:06] and the vote is quite clear.

[45:07] So, Council Member Houston, I understand

[45:08] your motion for line item two.

[45:13] Sorry, line item four to be that everything stays the same

[45:16] except for part two quality body and fender.

[45:19] You're just changing the duration

[45:21] instead of two year weather with options to renew.

[45:25] It's one year with

[45:27] or with two one year optional renewals.

[45:30] Is that correct? Okay. As a years.

[45:34] That's my. Is that is that the motion you seek to make?

[45:36] Council member Houston.

[45:42] City. Mr.. Lake, is that I don't remember right.

[45:44] I didn't recall a discussion over the term of the

[45:49] the term of the agreements changing.

[45:51] Did I miss something?

[45:53] I understand that we were

[45:54] only leaving the,

[45:57] we were leaving the resolution as it pertained

[46:00] to quality body and fender.

[46:05] Only. But we were not changing the term.

[46:07] That was my understanding of quality, body and fender.

[46:09] So just for clarity,

[46:12] it is removing everything but quality body and fender

[46:16] and all the quality body and fender terms

[46:18] would remain as proposed.

[46:29] Okay. Council Member Wong, did you have an additional question?

[46:31] You know.

[46:35] All right. Are we all clear on what we're voting on?

[46:40] At this point, what should we do?

[46:41] You want to do that one more time?

[46:44] You all right? So the city attorney has asked me to clarify

[46:45] that the remaining contracts

[46:47] in this resolution will not be moving forward today

[46:51] or at the next council meeting,

[46:53] that they will come after the break

[46:57] with an updated supplemental report.

[47:00] Yes. Thank you.

[47:08] I threw a tear to the city attorney.

[47:11] Please restate the motion regarding the quality

[47:14] body offender.

[47:16] So that's very clear on that specific portion of the legislation.

[47:19] Thank you.

[47:22] So the motion is to approve quality body and fender

[47:27] in the amounts and the time frames proposed in the staff report.

[47:31] And to remove the remaining proposed contracts to be brought

[47:35] back in a supplemental report after the break.

[47:39] Thank you.

[47:45] Give me one second.

[47:50] We do have a motion made by Councilmember Houston,

[47:53] seconded by Council Member Wang,

[47:55] to approve, as amended, the recommendations

[47:57] and staff report this item to the July 21st,

[48:00] 2026 City Council agenda.

[48:03] What the amendments stated on motion on record

[48:07] by City Administrator Betsy Lake

[48:10] to approve the quality and offender of the amounts

[48:12] of the time frames proposed in the staff report,

[48:15] and to remove the remaining proposed contracts to be brought

[48:18] back in a supplemental report after the summer break.

[48:23] Yeah, just a parliamentarian point of clarity

[48:24] that they can come back

[48:25] as a separate item, but not a supplemental.

[48:28] Thank you for that clarity on roll.

[48:30] Councilmember Gallo.

[48:32] No, I'm supporting the original recommendation from staff.

[48:35] We got to get the work done.

[48:37] So that's a no to Councilmember Houston.

[48:39] Yeah, because you crashed three of them. Yes.

[48:41] Thank you. Councilmember one

[48:44] I thank you.

[48:45] And Chair Unger. All right.

[48:47] This motion does pass with three eyes and no.

[48:50] 2 in 1. No council member Caio

[48:54] to approve, as amended, recommendations of staff.

[48:56] And for this item to July 21st, 2026.

[48:59] City Council agenda and due to Council member Gayles. No.

[49:02] It would be honored recommended for non consent.

[49:05] Moving to item five.

[49:12] Adopt a resolution

[49:13] authorizing the City

[49:14] Administrator to award and execute

[49:15] a Professional Services agreement

[49:17] with KW engineering

[49:18] for energy assessment and consulting services

[49:21] in an amount not to exceed $364,685

[49:27] for the Municipal Facility Energy Assessment Project number

[49:30] 1008000 and adopting Sequa findings.

[49:35] And you do have three speakers for this item.

[49:39] All right. Let's hear from our staff. Please.

[49:42] Good morning, chair and committee members.

[49:44] I am Nick Cartagena, capital improvement program manager

[49:47] with Oakland Public Works.

[49:48] Happy to be here with you today

[49:50] to discuss energy assessments on, 20 city facilities.

[49:55] I'm here to request authorization

[49:56] to award a professional services contract, or agreement

[49:59] to KW Engineering and Oakland headquartered firm

[50:03] with extensive experience working on city facilities.

[50:06] The firm was selected through a competitive process

[50:09] in which 12 firms were submitted for proposals

[50:12] to conduct energy assessments at 20 city owned facilities

[50:16] through a federal grant from the Department of Energy's Energy

[50:20] Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant program.

[50:23] These assessments will look at each building's

[50:26] heating and cooling, lighting, electrical systems, and the roof, walls and windows.

[50:30] Then tell tell us what's inefficient,

[50:33] what it will cost to fix, and what we'll save.

[50:36] That information sets it up for to go after capital

[50:40] funding, utility rebates and future grant opportunities.

[50:44] The selected facilities were identified

[50:45] from the city's unfunded CIP project list using Council's

[50:50] nine criteria scoring framework, which prioritizes equity.

[50:55] Eight of the 20 facilities that serve underserved

[50:57] communities, including senior centers, recreational centers

[51:01] and emergency cooling centers.

[51:05] The contract amount is not

[51:06] to exceed $364,685.

[51:10] This grant is funded through the Department of Energy.

[51:13] All work must be completed by July 31st, 2027

[51:17] to meet federal reporting requirements.

[51:20] There is no general fund impact and no local match requirement.

[51:24] In summary, staff request authorization

[51:27] to award a Professional Services Agreement to K engineering

[51:32] not to exceed $364,685,

[51:36] fully funded by the Department of Energy grant,

[51:39] with no general fund impact and no local match.

[51:42] I'm happy to answer any questions you may have.

[51:44] Thank you.

[51:46] That's excellent. Thank you.

[51:47] Council members questions.

[51:51] All right. Seeing none. Let us go to our speakers, please. Thank you.

[51:53] When I call your name, please approach the podium.

[51:55] If you are participating via zoom, please

[51:57] raise your hand so you're easily identified.

[51:59] Miss Asada, Kevin Daly and Blair Beekman.

[52:08] So, the report

[52:12] identifies that the assessment of the 20 properties

[52:16] are the properties that have the greatest need.

[52:19] So I looked up the district of each one of these properties.

[52:24] And only one is in district seven,

[52:29] and only one is in district six.

[52:33] So those are two

[52:37] prop districts that have a lot of needs.

[52:39] And that tends to be an agenda that you follow all the time.

[52:43] District six and district seven are not being assessed,

[52:47] but you make the statement

[52:49] that these and you didn't put it in your report.

[52:52] But district, I had to look it up.

[52:57] So you're doing a report

[52:59] where you're going to identify data identification,

[53:03] but you don't know if you have the money to do corrective action.

[53:06] And you're not looking at those data centers

[53:09] that that use a lot of electricity.

[53:12] Thank you. Miss this out of your comment.

[53:19] Kevin Daley, thanks.

[53:21] I appreciate this report.

[53:24] There's a couple other items in the Equitable

[53:27] Climate Action Plan that I like to examine.

[53:33] Not only electrifying the buildings, but look at the time

[53:37] shifting of the electrical use, electricity

[53:41] in the middle of the night tends to have a higher carbon

[53:45] content. The electricity produced during the day, during peak

[53:48] solar periods.

[53:50] So it'd be good to look at that to reduce not only local carbon

[53:54] emissions, but global emissions as well.

[53:59] Things.

[54:02] Thank you all for your comments.

[54:03] Moving to our zoom speakers.

[54:05] And I do not see Blair being me.

[54:07] So that concludes our public speakers for item three.

[54:11] Okay. Let's, anything from, Council Member Gail? Yes.

[54:14] I'll make a motion to approve the item.

[54:20] Thank you. We do have a motion made by Councilmember Gallo.

[54:22] Second by Council Member one

[54:25] to approve the recommendations of staff and the report this item to the July 21st

[54:28] City Council agenda on roll.

[54:31] Councilmember Gallo I Councilmember Houston is out of his seat.

[54:34] Excuse.

[54:35] Council Councilmember Wang I

[54:38] and your honor I.

[54:40] This motion does pass with three eyes.

[54:42] One excused.

[54:43] Houston two

[54:44] for the recommendations of staff and report deciding

[54:46] to July 21st city Council agenda and through the body.

[54:50] Would that be consent?

[54:52] Yes, please.

[54:54] Thank you. Moving to item six.

[55:02] Adopt a resolution one.

[55:04] Accepting and appropriating

[55:05] a reimbursement grant from the Bay Area

[55:08] Air Quality Management District transportation

[55:11] Fund for the Clean Air Change Program in an amount

[55:14] not to exceed $750,000 for elder cost eligible costs

[55:19] associated with the installation of 15

[55:21] two port direct current Pass

[55:23] electric vehicle charging stations, for a total of 30

[55:27] charging stations at the city's maintenance service centers.

[55:30] 7101 Edgewater Drive,

[55:33] to authorize City Administrator to execute the grant agreement

[55:36] and related documents, and three adopting Sequa findings.

[55:40] And you do have three speakers for this item.

[55:43] Excellent. Let's hear from Mr.

[55:44] Matic. Please.

[55:47] Thank you. Chair Unger. Richard batters the Oakland Public Works assistant director.

[55:51] I'm here before you asking that, you grant approval

[55:55] for us to accept the $750,000 grant from the Bay Area

[55:59] Air Quality Management District?

[56:03] This is but one of a ten grant project encompassing $16 million.

[56:07] Excuse me.

[56:09] We do need a quorum.

[56:12] Thank you.

[56:13] Please continue.

[56:16] Thank you. Through the chair. I can have that effect on people sometimes.

[56:20] The larger, overall fleet

[56:22] electrification grant project, it's valued at 16 million.

[56:26] 9 million of that is through

[56:27] grant funding, as I mentioned, through ten grant providers,

[56:30] including federal EPA back Mid California Energy Commission,

[56:35] the Metropolitan Transportation Commission, Alameda

[56:38] County Transportation Fund for Clean Air, etc..

[56:42] The overall projects bringing 139 electric

[56:45] vehicle charging stations at six city locations.

[56:49] And it's adding 15 vehicles to the fleet that we

[56:52] otherwise could not have provided.

[56:55] However, they're somewhat specialized.

[56:57] We'll be getting three battery electric Street sweepers,

[57:00] one battery electric refuse truck and 11 battery

[57:04] electric Silverado pickup trucks as part of that project.

[57:08] I just wanted to note, and thank the staff that worked on this.

[57:12] Tony Vargas is a temporary contract

[57:14] service employee because we lack the

[57:16] internal expertise and resources to pursue.

[57:19] And then at once, the grants were awarded,

[57:22] do the grant reporting and administer the project.

[57:25] So Tony Vargas knocked the ball out of the park

[57:28] and martini to Erica Vasquez and Equipment Services,

[57:32] and particular Angela Fulton, who's the acting equipment

[57:34] services manager,

[57:36] if not for their efforts, we wouldn't have the $750,000

[57:40] that was added on top of the already existing grant project.

[57:43] So with that, I'm here for your questions.

[57:46] Excellent. Colleagues questions

[57:49] may as well

[57:52] make a motion to approve staff.

[57:54] Okay, I'll second that and let us hear from our public

[57:56] speakers, please.

[57:57] Thank you. Want to call your name?

[58:00] Please approach your podium. If you are participating via zoom, please raise your hand.

[58:03] It's Asada, Kevin Dally and Blair Beekman.

[58:15] Kevin daly, thanks for presenting this.

[58:18] This looks like great news,

[58:21] especially with the street sweepers.

[58:23] I'm hoping we can find some electric street sweepers

[58:27] for the bike lanes, as well as for the full size, but.

[58:31] But I know that may be a while off.

[58:33] I'm also hoping that we can.

[58:35] I know in many cases, employees

[58:38] are encouraged to use electric bikes

[58:41] that are charged by bell, that are supplied by the city.

[58:46] Will they be able to charge at these locations as well?

[58:50] That's probably pretty simple to add on.

[58:53] If it isn't there already.

[58:56] Thank you.

[59:02] So we had to evacuate.

[59:07] If I were had an electric car, I would have been in trouble because we had no electricity.

[59:10] All of it was down in Louisiana.

[59:13] It was. Majority of it was down in Mississippi.

[59:15] The gas stations were open.

[59:16] I could get gas.

[59:18] So if there's an emergency

[59:23] and you paint it, you're moving towards this electricity.

[59:26] But electricity has problems.

[59:28] Hi. Repair bills.

[59:30] I'm sorry, I'm sorry, not electric electrical vehicles have higher repair bills, battery limits.

[59:35] And whether that is extreme batteries are used.

[59:39] They use look them and cobalt.

[59:42] These are things that are,

[59:44] crucial threats to the environment.

[59:47] It causes a great strain on charging

[59:51] with the electrical comes. So we got problems, and y'all don't talk.

[59:52] We push things and we don't look at everything involved in it.

[59:56] If you have to evacuate

[59:58] and you got all of these electric cars

[1:00:00] and the electricity is down all through whatever areas

[1:00:05] we found that.

[1:00:06] Thank you for your comment, Mr. Asada.

[1:00:09] That concludes your public speakers.

[1:00:11] We do have a motion made by Councilmember Gallo, seconded by Chair Ungar,

[1:00:14] to approve the recommendations of staff

[1:00:17] and report this item to the July 21st City Council agenda on roll.

[1:00:19] Councilmember Gallo,

[1:00:21] Councilmember Houston is excused.

[1:00:24] Council Member Wang I and Chair Unger.

[1:00:27] All right, this motion does pass with three eyes.

[1:00:29] One excused. Houston

[1:00:32] to two,

[1:00:34] for deciding to the July 21st City Council agenda.

[1:00:37] And through the

[1:00:41] and through the body. Would that be considered on?

[1:00:43] Yes. Consent, please.

[1:00:44] Thank you. Moving to item seven.

[1:00:52] Adopt a resolution one.

[1:00:54] Awarding a construction contract to Maguire and Hester for the Broadway

[1:00:57] Streetscape Improvements Project number 1006953.

[1:01:02] The lowest response have been sponsor will bidder and a accord

[1:01:06] with the project plan specifications.

[1:01:08] State requirements

[1:01:09] and with contracts bid in the amount of $20,881,650

[1:01:15] and into a adopting appropriate sequa findings.

[1:01:19] And you do have three speakers for this item.

[1:01:22] All right. Let's hear from Megan.

[1:01:24] Wear please.

[1:01:25] Thank you. Thanks so much.

[1:01:27] Chair Ungar and committee members. I'm here.

[1:01:29] Megan, we're assistant director

[1:01:31] of department of transportation.

[1:01:33] I'm pleased to be here today before you to request

[1:01:36] that you consider the resolution awarding the construction

[1:01:40] contract for the Broadway Streetscape Improvements Project to Maguire and Hester.

[1:01:44] This project includes transportation, safety

[1:01:46] and transit improvements on two segments of Broadway

[1:01:50] through the heart of Oakland, from second to 11th Street

[1:01:54] and from 20th to Grand Avenue, extending the current

[1:01:57] transit lanes between 11th and 20th Street.

[1:02:01] The project includes dedicated Red bus only lanes, new bus

[1:02:04] shelters, seating

[1:02:06] and trash cans, pedestrian lighting, street trees, upgraded

[1:02:10] traffic signals and transit signal priority,

[1:02:13] as well as pedestrian crossing improvements including curb

[1:02:15] extensions, Ada compliant curb ramps and median islands.

[1:02:20] More busses run on Broadway than in any other street

[1:02:22] in Oakland, and its current design leads

[1:02:25] to bus delays and unreliable travel times for bus riders.

[1:02:28] Broadway is also part of the city's

[1:02:30] High Injury network, meaning that it's just,

[1:02:32] one of just 8% of our city's streets

[1:02:34] where severe and fatal crashes are concentrated.

[1:02:37] In upgrading Broadway, we're being responsive

[1:02:40] to a number of historic plan documents.

[1:02:42] The projects fully funded

[1:02:43] by the federal, state and local grants,

[1:02:48] because it's funded by a federal grant, the construction contract award

[1:02:50] must abide by federal rules, including the suspension

[1:02:54] of the disadvantaged business Enterprise program.

[1:02:59] And we received three bids through a competitive bidding

[1:03:02] process process. And McGuire and Hester submitted the lowest bid,

[1:03:04] which was 16.6% below the city's engineer estimate.

[1:03:09] Thanks so much for your consideration.

[1:03:12] And I'm pleased to respond to any questions you might have.

[1:03:16] That's great. This is an exciting project.

[1:03:17] I'm looking forward to it. Colleagues, questions.

[1:03:20] Councilmember Houston, please,

[1:03:22] I like to do I like to move this.

[1:03:26] All right.

[1:03:26] Council member Wong,

[1:03:29] thank you. Through the chair.

[1:03:30] Thank you so much for your work on this, good segment of this,

[1:03:34] is in district to,

[1:03:36] is this project going to be coordinated

[1:03:38] with the Oakland Alameda Access project?

[1:03:40] Just given the overlap

[1:03:42] I see in Councilmember one, we've been, the project

[1:03:45] team has been working closely with the okay, Oakland,

[1:03:48] project to ensure close coordination

[1:03:51] as well as communications and so that there's no overlap

[1:03:55] or extended, any additional delay, due to that coordination.

[1:03:59] So it's happening on a weekly basis.

[1:04:01] Great. Perfect. Thank you.

[1:04:02] I'll second.

[1:04:04] Okay. Speakers, please.

[1:04:07] Public speakers. When I call your name, please approach the podium.

[1:04:09] If you're participating via zoom, please raise your hand.

[1:04:12] Is your easy identified Miss Asada,

[1:04:16] Kevin Daly, and Blair Beekman,

[1:04:19] Kevin Daly this Broadway

[1:04:22] project is a great project, especially adding the bus lanes.

[1:04:27] Looking forward to having more reliable bus service.

[1:04:31] Bringing more passengers to the busses from cars might

[1:04:34] do more to reduce carbon emissions

[1:04:37] than some of our previous items.

[1:04:40] The the ones aren't bad, but this one could do more.

[1:04:45] Chris. We still need to worry about how to get money to AC transit so that it can

[1:04:49] continue running reliable busses on those routes.

[1:04:54] Which brings us back to the sales tax up.

[1:04:59] Council can't do anything about it, but let's remember it.

[1:05:02] Things.

[1:05:10] There are districts that get a whole lot of attention.

[1:05:14] The last item,

[1:05:15] where they're doing assessments for air quality,

[1:05:18] 20 assessments,

[1:05:19] only one being done in district seven, one in district six.

[1:05:23] The rest of them were going to three, four and five.

[1:05:26] I was looking for you to tell you that.

[1:05:29] So this is district two, which get Chinatown

[1:05:32] gets a lot of attention related to this.

[1:05:36] But if you remember, AC transit is going to be doing some evaluation

[1:05:40] based on lack of funding, and some of that is going to be,

[1:05:44] not continue to have all stops in place.

[1:05:48] So does this need to be coordinated

[1:05:50] after we get a report from AC transit related to what services

[1:05:56] will be provided, including potential elimination of stops?

[1:06:02] Also, you you got to stop this bike lane thing.

[1:06:07] Broadway is not suitable for any kind of riding of bikes.

[1:06:19] Thank you for calling.

[1:06:20] All right. Thank you for comments.

[1:06:23] Moving to our zoom speaker.

[1:06:25] And I do not see Blair Beekman.

[1:06:27] We do have a motion made by Councilmember Houston,

[1:06:29] seconded by Councilmember Wang, to approve

[1:06:31] the recommendations of staff and report this item to the July

[1:06:35] 21st, 2026 City Council agenda on roll.

[1:06:38] Councilmember Gallo is excused.

[1:06:40] Councilmember Houston, I thank you, Council

[1:06:43] Member Wang I and Chair Unger.

[1:06:46] This motion does pass with three eyes.

[1:06:48] One excused.

[1:06:50] Io to approve the recommendations of staff

[1:06:52] in the four days item to the July 21st, 2026

[1:06:55] City Council agenda and through the body.

[1:06:58] Would that be consent or not?

[1:07:00] Consent, please. Thank you.

[1:07:01] Moving to item eight.

[1:07:07] Adopt a resolution

[1:07:09] authorizing the City Administrator to finalize and execute a purchase agreement

[1:07:11] with the Metropolitan Transportation Committee.

[1:07:14] Commission as administrator of the Clipper

[1:07:16] Regional Transit Fair

[1:07:18] Payment Program in an amount not to exceed $400,000.

[1:07:22] Using previously appropriate appropriated Regional Early

[1:07:26] Action Planning 2.0 higher Impact Transfer

[1:07:29] transformative grant funds to purchase a distribute

[1:07:33] approximately 1000 prepaid prepaid Clipper cards

[1:07:37] for the West Oakland Universal Basic Mobility Pilot

[1:07:41] and making findings to waive the city's formal advertising,

[1:07:44] competitive bidding, and request

[1:07:46] for proposal and qualifications.

[1:07:48] And you do have three speakers for this item.

[1:07:52] All right. Let's hear from staff. Please.

[1:07:55] Thank you. Good afternoon to the committee members and the public.

[1:07:57] My name is Kirby Olson,

[1:07:58] supervising transportation planner

[1:08:00] in the Department of Transportation.

[1:08:02] We do have a short presentation on this great program today

[1:08:05] that will be given by, my team member, Colin Petty.

[1:08:08] So come on up on.

[1:08:12] Thanksgiving.

[1:08:13] Hello, committee members.

[1:08:15] So today we're giving you giving you more information about,

[1:08:20] our request for council to approve staff

[1:08:23] to authorize a new contract with MTC slash clipper to,

[1:08:28] extend a second phase

[1:08:30] of the universal basic mobility pilot in West Oakland.

[1:08:33] And I'm sorry.

[1:08:37] So universal basic mobility refers,

[1:08:39] and I'm just giving you some background information.

[1:08:41] It refers to a range of programs

[1:08:43] that offer financial subsidies for selected participants

[1:08:46] to spend on transportation services.

[1:08:49] So we first started a UVM pilot in East Oakland,

[1:08:53] that accompanied the launch of the tempo

[1:08:54] bus rapid transit project.

[1:08:56] And, and just from the jump, these are all fully

[1:09:00] grant funded projects from outside funds

[1:09:02] that did not require any matching funds.

[1:09:06] So we wanted this first pilot in East Oakland.

[1:09:08] So it was successful.

[1:09:11] Then we got more grant funding from Alameda County Transportation Commission

[1:09:13] to launch a pilot in West Oakland accompanying

[1:09:16] a bus stop improvement

[1:09:17] project called West Oakland Transit Improvements.

[1:09:22] And then in 2023, city housing community development.

[1:09:27] Yeah. Excuse me. Housing and Community Development Department received

[1:09:29] $10 million from the Regional Early Action Planning Grant.

[1:09:33] 2.0 high impact transformative program.

[1:09:36] To to implement the Mandela Station Development project

[1:09:39] next to West Oakland Bart.

[1:09:41] At the time, though,

[1:09:43] they didn't pursue any action related to the portion of the funds included.

[1:09:46] Which is why we're here now, today.

[1:09:50] So in in evaluating,

[1:09:53] the pilots that we've implemented

[1:09:55] in East and West Oakland,

[1:09:57] we saw that they've been successful in increasing transit ridership,

[1:10:00] reducing traffic congestion and improving air quality.

[1:10:05] We also found that these programs are especially helpful for very low income households.

[1:10:09] So this grant, allocation would be used to implement

[1:10:12] a second phase of the pilot in West Oakland.

[1:10:16] And we plan to distribute Clipper cards with up to $400

[1:10:20] for up to 1000 people living and working in West Oakland.

[1:10:24] So to your right on the slide is the study area.

[1:10:27] It's the same as in the first phase of the pilot.

[1:10:30] And our eligibility requirements for participating are

[1:10:34] that you must live or work in West Oakland,

[1:10:37] that you must earn less than the area

[1:10:39] median income, and must not be a city employee.

[1:10:43] So while we were almost

[1:10:45] nearly completed with the West Oakland pilot,

[1:10:47] we want to give you some initial findings from,

[1:10:50] East and West Oakland pilots.

[1:10:53] The vast majority of participants

[1:10:54] spend their funds on Clipper card or AC transit service.

[1:10:58] And also the vast majority of participants

[1:11:01] are very low income.

[1:11:02] In West Oakland, nearly 80% of participants

[1:11:05] earn less than $50,000 a year.

[1:11:09] Participants also report change in the way they travel up

[1:11:12] to, nearly half of participants did so in West Oakland.

[1:11:16] And in both

[1:11:18] pilots, we saw nearly the same amount of people,

[1:11:20] driving less often.

[1:11:22] So this is meeting all the program objectives.

[1:11:27] So, in particular regarding Clipper card

[1:11:29] and why we want to execute a contract with them

[1:11:32] is because we saw that, you know,

[1:11:34] as we mentioned in the slide earlier, folks,

[1:11:36] majority of folks are using their funds on Clipper.

[1:11:40] We had previously use prepaid debit cards, through of

[1:11:43] ink so that folks could purchase shared mobility trips.

[1:11:47] But now, given the program usage and also

[1:11:49] some efficiencies, we're planning to switch to Clipper.

[1:11:52] Clipper staff noted that

[1:11:53] they're able to waive the physical cost of the cards,

[1:11:56] and they're also able to provide customer

[1:11:58] service support, which would free up, a lot of staff time.

[1:12:02] And so there's some, some great efficiencies

[1:12:04] that we want to take advantage of in this contract.

[1:12:07] So by, by waiving formal advertising and competitive

[1:12:10] bidding requirements, we would be able to execute

[1:12:13] a purchasing agreement with Clipper and continue

[1:12:16] this UPN pilot in West Oakland.

[1:12:20] This the fiscal impacts of this action

[1:12:23] would allocate know we excuse me, we've already allocated

[1:12:27] $450,000 towards the UVM pilot.

[1:12:31] We're planning to use 400,000 of those funds

[1:12:34] on the Clipper subsidies, and then $50,000 towards

[1:12:38] administration of the pilot.

[1:12:42] And just,

[1:12:44] read this formally, and,

[1:12:46] this is the action we're requesting to finalize

[1:12:49] and execute a contract purchasing agreement

[1:12:51] with the Metropolitan Transportation Commission

[1:12:55] slash Clipper in support of the West Oakland Universal Basic Mobility pilot

[1:12:58] financial incentives in the form of 1000 prepaid

[1:13:00] Clipper cards at a cost of $400,000,

[1:13:03] providing the necessary

[1:13:05] spending authority for the agreement

[1:13:06] and waiving the advertising, bidding

[1:13:08] and the request for qualifications.

[1:13:11] Slash proposal.

[1:13:12] Competitive selection requirements

[1:13:15] and looking to the future.

[1:13:17] Since these pilots have been successful,

[1:13:19] we anticipate this next phase.

[1:13:20] The West Oakland pilot will be just as as much successful.

[1:13:25] We're looking towards implementing a citywide program,

[1:13:28] so that all residents can take advantage of this benefit.

[1:13:32] You know, we're seeing it's it's

[1:13:34] been the program goals of reducing driving and,

[1:13:38] providing economic benefit for very low income households.

[1:13:41] So we'd like to extend that

[1:13:42] to all Oakland residents, residents.

[1:13:45] And as an additional benefit, we could potentially

[1:13:47] use this program as a way to help mitigate

[1:13:50] the impacts of new development by providing this program

[1:13:53] as an option for developers to pay in lieu fees

[1:13:56] so they can provide a transit pass

[1:13:58] for the new residents or employees.

[1:14:01] And with that, we'll take any questions you might have.

[1:14:04] Thank you. All right. Very cool program.

[1:14:06] Thank you for the presentation.

[1:14:08] Council member Wong,

[1:14:10] thank you so much for your work on this.

[1:14:12] I fully support this.

[1:14:14] One question I just have is,

[1:14:15] it's been documented in some of the reporting around students

[1:14:19] who are trying to access the youth, free bus program,

[1:14:23] as well as the Clipper card program.

[1:14:25] Do you anticipate the same challenges with enrollment here?

[1:14:30] I don't really anticipate those challenges.

[1:14:34] One issue we did come up against was attempted

[1:14:36] email fraud on the program.

[1:14:38] Just given our survey structure.

[1:14:41] People use bots to try to take advantage of it.

[1:14:44] So therefore we're we're planning

[1:14:45] to have, cards distributed at, at,

[1:14:49] AC Transit's Clippers office in downtown Oakland.

[1:14:54] Okay, great. And what is the plan for outreach on this program?

[1:14:57] So in the past, we've partnered with many local arts

[1:15:00] Oakland institutions like Saint that, the Saint Mary's Center,

[1:15:04] Abbott California Hotel,

[1:15:07] Saint Monarch Saint Andrews all like the social service

[1:15:10] and affordable housing providers there.

[1:15:13] As well as working with the West Oakland

[1:15:15] library, attending like the Juneteenth block party.

[1:15:18] So we have a very long list

[1:15:19] of community partners that we work with. Great.

[1:15:21] Thank you so much. I'll move the item.

[1:15:23] Thank you.

[1:15:25] I'll second it and we'll go to Council Member

[1:15:27] Houston for comment.

[1:15:30] Thank you. Through the chair.

[1:15:31] Thank you.

[1:15:33] You said it was a pilot in East Oakland,

[1:15:35] and that was the first pilot

[1:15:36] in 2017 to 2021, which is four years.

[1:15:40] Can you give me just, like, a little bit?

[1:15:41] You said it was successful.

[1:15:42] Just give me like a little because I wasn't around.

[1:15:44] Only been in office 16 months.

[1:15:47] Give me a little elevator pitch on how that was successful.

[1:15:50] Of course. And through the chair.

[1:15:51] So this,

[1:15:53] the actual grant project was implemented from 2020

[1:15:56] to 2021 to include those states just, you know,

[1:16:00] so that we like this is the time it took to apply for and receive the grant.

[1:16:03] So in East Oakland in particular, we saw,

[1:16:07] transit ridership increased by 12% and driving decrease,

[1:16:12] by about 6% for for folks who, were taking

[1:16:15] either of those modes.

[1:16:17] And in general, I would say that,

[1:16:21] you know, anecdotally from from folks I've talked to,

[1:16:25] they've stressed to me that, you know,

[1:16:27] this allows them to see family members

[1:16:28] they might not otherwise see,

[1:16:30] you know, purchased Amtrak tickets to visit family

[1:16:33] out of town and also just cover their basic needs.

[1:16:36] A lot of these folks, as I mentioned earlier,

[1:16:38] like earning less than $50,000 a year are on,

[1:16:43] and, you know, urgently need these kind of benefits,

[1:16:46] to help them live their daily lives and all that.

[1:16:48] My supervisor, Kirby, speak to any other anecdotes?

[1:16:54] Yeah. The only thing I'd add is that that grant program distributed

[1:16:56] a total of $250,000 to residents that lived within half

[1:17:00] mile of the AC transit temple line, in East Oakland.

[1:17:04] How much was that again due to chair $250,000 in in transit

[1:17:08] subsidies that they could use, to ride the bus essentially.

[1:17:12] All right. Thank you.

[1:17:17] Okay, let's hear from speakers.

[1:17:19] Please move in to our public speakers. Mr.

[1:17:21] Sada, Kevin Donnelly and Blair Beekman.

[1:17:27] This don't make sense.

[1:17:29] So the main purpose is to reduce people who are driving

[1:17:34] to use the busses.

[1:17:37] And then you say you were able to determine

[1:17:40] that people were driving less.

[1:17:42] How did you do that?

[1:17:43] Because, you know, answer my questions.

[1:17:47] So people are driving in any given area.

[1:17:51] You don't know what they don't

[1:17:52] necessarily live in West Oakland.

[1:17:56] They can can be coming from any part of the city or even out of the city.

[1:17:58] So how are you determining that

[1:18:01] people drive in in an area and then you have Clipper cards

[1:18:05] or these special Clipper cards that when they when they used

[1:18:10] you have a specific identification of these 1000 Clipper cards or are they

[1:18:15] the same Clipper cards, like all the rest of them?

[1:18:18] How are you keeping up with these Clipper cards?

[1:18:21] I just this doesn't make sense to me

[1:18:24] how you get evidence data

[1:18:27] to determine this as being successful.

[1:18:32] You can license.

[1:18:34] I know.

[1:18:43] Kevin. Dally, this sounds like a great program.

[1:18:45] And to me, it makes sense.

[1:18:49] It it really sounds like it's another one

[1:18:52] of today's agenda items that to reducing carbon

[1:18:55] emissions by encouraging people to take rapid transit

[1:19:00] or slow busses, apps.

[1:19:02] Sorry. Standard busses as well.

[1:19:05] Moving people out of cars into their busses should make it

[1:19:10] safer for pedestrians and cyclists as well.

[1:19:13] There will be fewer cars driving on Broadway

[1:19:16] and more busses in the bus lane, which

[1:19:21] of course we just heard about in the previous item.

[1:19:25] I'm looking forward to the extension of this program

[1:19:28] to all of Oakland and not

[1:19:32] definitely. We're starting out slow and I'm hoping we move ahead.

[1:19:36] There's problems with Clipper, but it's the best solution

[1:19:38] to add to our transit.

[1:19:43] Thank you for your comment. Listening to our zoom speaker, Blair Beekman, I do not see him.

[1:19:47] That concludes your public speakers for item eight.

[1:19:50] We do have a motion made by Councilmember Wang,

[1:19:52] seconded by Chair Unger, to approve

[1:19:55] the recommendations of staff and report this item to the July

[1:19:58] 21st, 2026 City Council agenda on roll.

[1:20:02] Councilmember Gallo is excused.

[1:20:05] Council member Houston

[1:20:07] Council Member Wang.

[1:20:08] And to your honor, I.

[1:20:10] This motion does pass with three eyes.

[1:20:11] One excused Dio to approve the recommendations of staff

[1:20:15] and report this item to the July 21st City

[1:20:18] Council agenda and through the body.

[1:20:20] Would that be considered on.

[1:20:23] Consent, please.

[1:20:24] Thank you.

[1:20:24] Moving to item nine.

[1:20:28] Adopt the resolution authorizing the city

[1:20:31] the Council President to submit a response

[1:20:34] on behalf of the City Council to the 2025

[1:20:38] through 2026 Alameda County Civil Grand Jury report.

[1:20:42] And you do have three speakers for this item.

[1:20:47] All right.

[1:20:48] Good afternoon, chair, Committee members.

[1:20:50] My name is William, the Oakland Public works director.

[1:20:54] And on June 15th, the Alameda County Civil grand

[1:20:58] jury released an annual report

[1:21:00] that included essentially a chapter on illegal dumping.

[1:21:03] And it made eight recommendations.

[1:21:06] We, by law, are required to respond

[1:21:09] to those recommendations within 90 days.

[1:21:13] Those responses are drafted

[1:21:16] and included at attachment B.

[1:21:19] Because of that 90 day deadline falling within council's

[1:21:22] recess, there is some urgency, to make sure that we do approve.

[1:21:28] Those responses,

[1:21:30] and what that approval will do was authorize

[1:21:33] the council president to submit those responses to the Alameda

[1:21:37] County Civil Grand jury,

[1:21:40] on, in a timely fashion.

[1:21:42] For some of you, this might feel a bit like deja vu,

[1:21:46] and it should.

[1:21:46] And the reason I say that

[1:21:49] is we've been, having conversations over the past several months about,

[1:21:52] illegal dumping, and we've made significant

[1:21:56] progress in advancing both policy and implementation

[1:22:00] of our illegal dumping strategy.

[1:22:02] You might remember that, this committee and council approved,

[1:22:06] significantly higher fines for illegal dumping.

[1:22:11] This committee and council approved an illegal

[1:22:13] dumping expenditure plan to fund, the three E's.

[1:22:18] That's the city's strategy to abate illegal

[1:22:20] dumping, education, enforcement and eradication.

[1:22:24] The, we approved an adopted budget that includes

[1:22:29] more funding for both eradication and enforcement.

[1:22:33] The mayor secured a $9.25 million investment

[1:22:37] from the Crank Start Foundation to, accelerate

[1:22:40] implementation of that three E's strategy.

[1:22:43] And we also, responded to our own

[1:22:47] Oakland City Auditor's report on illegal dumping.

[1:22:50] And it's 17 recommendations.

[1:22:53] Most of what I just described either happened after or while

[1:22:58] the Alameda County civil grand jury was finalizing its report.

[1:23:02] So you don't see those actions represented in the report,

[1:23:06] understandably, because they were filing,

[1:23:08] likely, finalizing the report at the same time

[1:23:12] as we sit here today, there is encouraging news.

[1:23:15] The grand jury report is again showing alignment with what

[1:23:19] the mayor, this committee, council,

[1:23:23] the city auditor staff and also the community

[1:23:26] are saying about our three E's approach

[1:23:30] because we've discussed these items several times

[1:23:32] in the past several months, I'm

[1:23:34] not going to do thorough updates of all of the items,

[1:23:37] but I do want to highlight three items that are updates

[1:23:42] that this committee may not be aware of.

[1:23:45] First, next week we are meeting

[1:23:48] with the five Oakland Chambers,

[1:23:52] to discuss proposed amendments to our mandatory

[1:23:55] commercial garbage service ordinance.

[1:23:56] That's a mouthful.

[1:23:58] But this will make it easier for us to enforce and collect

[1:24:02] against businesses that don't have sufficient garbage service,

[1:24:04] because a business that does not have

[1:24:06] a sufficient garbage service, some of that garbage,

[1:24:09] is likely to end up on our streets and sidewalks.

[1:24:12] We will return by September with those proposed amendments

[1:24:16] to, this committee

[1:24:17] and then ultimately for council approval, in late September.

[1:24:21] Second, the Privacy Commission recently approved an amendment

[1:24:25] to the city's automated license plate reader use policy

[1:24:29] so that OPD can share illegal dumping

[1:24:32] related video and data with Oakland Public Works.

[1:24:36] That approval was,

[1:24:40] from the Privacy Commission, and we expect that by September,

[1:24:44] that approval will come, to the City council.

[1:24:48] Third, bulky block parties are back.

[1:24:51] You might have gotten the, press release, this morning,

[1:24:54] but the first of four bulky block parties,

[1:24:58] and remember, these bulky block parties were restored

[1:25:01] after the, council adopted the illegal expenditure

[1:25:05] action plan, to fund these block parties.

[1:25:08] Our first one is taking place on July 25th

[1:25:11] at 7101 Edgewater, from 9 a.m.

[1:25:15] to 1 p.m.. Aucklanders, just need to bring, government issued,

[1:25:19] photo ID, plus some mail showing that they.

[1:25:25] Oh, sorry. Can I interrupt you for a second? We, have been joined by council President Jenkins,

[1:25:27] so we need to, adjourn into a full council session.

[1:25:31] I'll make that motion. I'll send.

[1:25:36] Thank you. Have a motion by Chair Unger, seconded by Council member Wong

[1:25:40] and the president's account.

[1:25:41] Council president Jenkins

[1:25:44] to adjourn the meeting of the Public Works and Transportation

[1:25:46] Committee meeting and to convene into a special meeting

[1:25:48] of full council.

[1:25:49] The time is now 12:56 p.m.

[1:25:52] on roll. Council member Gallo. Hi.

[1:25:55] Thank you, Councilmember Houston.

[1:25:56] I thank you.

[1:25:58] Council member one I and to your honor, I sorry for the interruption.

[1:26:02] Oh, problem for those, bulky block parties,

[1:26:05] we need a, government issued ID plus some mail, ideally

[1:26:09] from a utility showing, proof of residential address

[1:26:14] in Oakland. With that, staff recommends that the committee approve

[1:26:18] the proposed responses

[1:26:20] and forward them to the city council for final approval,

[1:26:25] after which the council president can then submit them on behalf of the City Council

[1:26:28] within that statutory deadline.

[1:26:30] Happy to answer any questions you may have.

[1:26:35] I think this is great. And, you know, the, the grand jury captures a moment in time.

[1:26:39] And unfortunately, they they got us right when we were in the process of,

[1:26:42] implementing all of their recommendations.

[1:26:44] So I think we are,

[1:26:45] well ahead of of where they their report says we are.

[1:26:49] So, anything from my colleagues,

[1:26:53] Councilmember Houston.

[1:26:58] Through the chair. This is great.

[1:26:59] On page six, when it says illegal dumping

[1:27:01] expenditures action plan, where is the EEOC in that

[1:27:06] or were they included in this, enforcement officers,

[1:27:09] they weren't specifically addressed to the Illegal dumping

[1:27:13] Expenditure Action plan.

[1:27:14] Other than that plan provides budget for us to implement

[1:27:20] handheld technology

[1:27:21] to make the work of the EEOC more efficient and easier.

[1:27:26] More importantly for the EEOC,

[1:27:29] the budget that council

[1:27:31] adopted, froze one of those EEO positions.

[1:27:35] And so the really

[1:27:36] good news as we sit here today is we have three CEOs

[1:27:40] who are scheduled to start in early August.

[1:27:43] And so,

[1:27:44] with that,

[1:27:46] we should be, staffed up and our environmental enforcement officers,

[1:27:49] in a much better way than we have the last couple of years

[1:27:52] and through the chair.

[1:27:52] So this is just information,

[1:27:55] is very important in this conversation

[1:27:58] that our eels are trained

[1:28:02] for hazardous

[1:28:04] and hazmat materials

[1:28:07] because, as we all know, that

[1:28:10] the city attorney can only do fines.

[1:28:16] We need prosecution.

[1:28:18] And the only way to prosecute is if the data is collected.

[1:28:21] It has to be data driven.

[1:28:23] Data driven that we can give the right information to

[1:28:28] the Alameda County District attorney for what?

[1:28:31] So they can proceed and prosecute

[1:28:34] to the full extent of the law.

[1:28:36] As we all know,

[1:28:38] especially in my district, you took a ride with me

[1:28:42] that there's no limit to what they will dump in my community.

[1:28:47] And I'll say this. And, Madam President, he's out an ordinance.

[1:28:49] Now, we always talk about this

[1:28:50] is a crime against our community to what's happening on

[1:28:55] E Street right now, right now between 105th and 98th and this.

[1:29:00] Reverse that 98 to 100 and fifth,

[1:29:04] where the children's path to travel

[1:29:08] is horrible

[1:29:12] and school is out. It's about to start. You know, you have everything there.

[1:29:14] So I'll just say this and I'm just going to reiterate

[1:29:17] that is very, very,

[1:29:18] very important that we put have the right tools

[1:29:21] so we can give the information to the district attorney

[1:29:25] because she's willing to prosecute.

[1:29:26] But we have to do it the right way,

[1:29:29] because I'm gonna say this to you, you know, a share this.

[1:29:31] And I'm into with this.

[1:29:33] This is a crime against our community.

[1:29:35] The things that they dump on these streets,

[1:29:36] the waste management will not take.

[1:29:41] And when you think about our our children have to walk through

[1:29:42] this council member anger and then they track this

[1:29:47] into their homes onto their floors.

[1:29:50] Because they walk that street every day is horrendous.

[1:29:53] You take a ride with me.

[1:29:55] So it's very important for us to be armed up.

[1:30:00] So that documentation that goes to the district

[1:30:03] attorney can be used and not thrown out.

[1:30:05] I've been there to with Nancy O'Malley,

[1:30:07] so I know how important that is.

[1:30:12] Councilmember one

[1:30:14] thank you.

[1:30:15] Through the chair.

[1:30:17] Fantastic. Report.

[1:30:19] And also really appreciate all the progress that,

[1:30:24] the Public Works Department has been making on this under your leadership.

[1:30:27] One thing I just have a question on is on finding 2618.

[1:30:31] So this is around the grand jury's

[1:30:34] recommendation around regulating private junk haulers.

[1:30:38] And the response from the department is that

[1:30:42] this should really be tackled at the regional and state level.

[1:30:46] I was wondering if you could elaborate on that, why that is?

[1:30:50] Since I, I do have an interest in looking

[1:30:52] at the regulation of the city level, is

[1:30:54] I really want to understand that rationale.

[1:30:58] First, let me share what,

[1:31:00] the city is currently doing around

[1:31:02] junk haulers, which they are subject

[1:31:03] to the same rules around illegal dumping.

[1:31:07] And so the more we enforce, the more cameras we get

[1:31:11] out there, the more videos we have doing investigations.

[1:31:14] We'll see more enforcement actions against junk haulers

[1:31:18] who improperly dispose of the materials they pick up.

[1:31:23] The second is on the city's website.

[1:31:25] We do have a list of, junk haulers,

[1:31:29] who've got the appropriate, licensing to conduct the work.

[1:31:34] And so I do encourage residents who,

[1:31:37] are looking for some help to find that list.

[1:31:39] You can do a quick, internet search for a city of Oakland,

[1:31:44] junk haulers.

[1:31:45] And you'll see that list come up 32.

[1:31:49] More directly to your question, there could be, potential

[1:31:53] legislative changes where we essentially,

[1:31:56] end up with a registry of sorts for junk haulers

[1:31:58] so that there is some pre checking of the junk hauler

[1:32:03] to make sure they understood the rules, that they actually were bringing

[1:32:05] the materials they collect and disposing of them properly.

[1:32:09] Where we see on the staff side some struggles,

[1:32:11] there is it's very, very, very, very likely that that's

[1:32:14] going to cross city boundaries.

[1:32:17] And so for that reason, a regional or a state approach is going

[1:32:20] to be much more effective, we think, than, just doing it.

[1:32:25] Within our city limits.

[1:32:27] Okay. That's that's helpful.

[1:32:29] And if let's say we did this at the county level,

[1:32:32] what would be the regulatory body?

[1:32:34] Who would handle that at the county level?

[1:32:39] Okay, I think it would be the Board of Supervisors.

[1:32:43] And that's something that I can do some,

[1:32:45] digging to make sure that that's correct

[1:32:47] and get that information back to you.

[1:32:48] Okay. Great.

[1:32:50] Thank you. I will move this item.

[1:32:55] Okay. It looks like we've got a second from council member Houston

[1:32:58] moving to our public speakers, Mrs.

[1:32:59] Sara Blair Beekman and Kevin Donnelly

[1:33:04] all miss Asada,

[1:33:08] moving to our online zoom.

[1:33:10] Blair Beekman

[1:33:11] and I do not see Blair.

[1:33:13] So we do have a motion made by Councilmember one second

[1:33:16] by Councilmember Houston

[1:33:18] to approve the recommendations of staff

[1:33:21] and the port this item to the July 21st City Council agenda on roll.

[1:33:25] Councilmember. All. Hi.

[1:33:26] Thank you, Councilmember Houston.

[1:33:29] Councilmember Allen,

[1:33:31] I thank you and chair anchor I

[1:33:35] the motion does pass with four eyes

[1:33:38] to approve the recommendations of staff

[1:33:40] and the for this item to the July 21st, 2026

[1:33:44] city council agenda

[1:33:46] and through the body, would that be on consent?

[1:33:50] Yes please.

[1:33:51] Thank you. Moving to item.

[1:33:53] Unless there's some statutory reason why a grand jury response

[1:33:57] can't be on consent to that, I think it can go on consent.

[1:34:01] And if it can't, I'll double check.

[1:34:02] Thank you.

[1:34:07] Moving on to item S ten, which is supplemental ten.

[1:34:10] This item does require a urgency vote as,

[1:34:14] it was on the three day agenda as a title change.

[1:34:18] We do need a motion. So moved.

[1:34:23] Thank you. Would you have a motion by Chair Unger,

[1:34:25] seconded by Councilmember Gallo to approve the urgency?

[1:34:28] I would now read the item into record.

[1:34:35] Adopt the resolution

[1:34:36] authorizing the city administrator to amend

[1:34:39] the professional services contract

[1:34:41] with Alta Planning Plus Design, Inc, for the seventh Street

[1:34:44] Connection project, for increasing the contract amount

[1:34:48] by 747,288 for a total contract amount

[1:34:53] not to exceed $3,955,404, extending the contract

[1:35:00] expiration date to the December 31st, 2030.

[1:35:04] Waiting to extent required further, further advertising,

[1:35:09] competitive bidding

[1:35:10] or competitive selection requirements under the Oakland

[1:35:13] Municipal Code, section 204050

[1:35:18] and 204051, and adopting Sequa findings.

[1:35:23] You do have three speakers for this item as well.

[1:35:25] All right, let's hear the staff report.

[1:35:31] Good afternoon. My name is It's the one principal civil engineer with

[1:35:33] Department of Transportation.

[1:35:35] Some information regarding this project.

[1:35:38] The seventh Street Connection project aims to create a safer

[1:35:41] and more accessible

[1:35:43] transit corridors for motorists, cyclists and pedestrians.

[1:35:47] Using this major connection from West Oakland to downtown.

[1:35:51] The project provides a protected class

[1:35:54] for bikeway on seventh Street from Mandela Parkway to MLK way,

[1:35:58] and on Gerry Adams Way, from Castro Street to MLK Junior

[1:36:03] Way, closing a critical gap in the city's bikeway network.

[1:36:08] The project will also reduce the number

[1:36:10] of existing travel lanes, construct bus boarding islands

[1:36:14] and transit shelters, improve pedestrian accessibility

[1:36:17] and safety through widening sidewalks,

[1:36:21] reconstructing curb ramps, expanding intersection corners,

[1:36:25] and install pedestrian scale lighting, plant new trees

[1:36:29] and upgrade the corridors.

[1:36:30] Aging traffic signal equipment.

[1:36:33] So in September 2022, the City Council

[1:36:37] authorized the execution of a professional services agreement with Alta

[1:36:40] to provide engineering services for this project.

[1:36:44] Several several unforeseen circumstances encountered

[1:36:48] during the design have necessitated additional design

[1:36:50] and environmental support services

[1:36:52] from the consultant, and an extension

[1:36:54] of their contractual period of performance.

[1:36:56] Adoption of the proposed resolution would authorize

[1:36:58] the City Administrator to amend the existing contract

[1:37:01] with Alta to continue providing design, services

[1:37:04] and construction support needed for project completion.

[1:37:07] The current

[1:37:09] the contract amendment will be fully supported by available state grant funds

[1:37:13] as the project advances to 100%.

[1:37:15] Design plans and completion of the environmental process

[1:37:18] are uniquely familiar with the project's design

[1:37:21] and is best positioned to continue providing

[1:37:23] professional services at the project

[1:37:28] consultant. The proposed amendment increases the contract by around

[1:37:31] 750,000 to provide additional services

[1:37:34] for a revised total not to exceed approximately,

[1:37:38] around $4 million.

[1:37:41] Therefore, staff recommends that this resolution be adopted

[1:37:44] in the next City Council meeting to be held on July 2026.

[1:37:50] And during that, I also want to share that

[1:37:53] two documents were inadvertently left

[1:37:56] out of the agenda package.

[1:37:58] And these documents serve as background information.

[1:38:01] Attachment A was project location map, and attachment

[1:38:05] B was a copy of the consultants amendment request.

[1:38:09] So the City Attorney's Office is

[1:38:10] advised that if the committee wants them

[1:38:12] included when the item goes to council, city council,

[1:38:16] they can be provided through the appropriate process

[1:38:18] before the City Council meeting.

[1:38:23] Okay. Do we need to make an amendment to include this? Yes.

[1:38:24] So if this body would like for attachments A and B

[1:38:29] to go to council, the motion made by this body would need to include that.

[1:38:31] Okay. I'd like to make the amendment,

[1:38:34] that we move the item with the attachments included.

[1:38:40] So. All right.

[1:38:41] Council members questions.

[1:38:45] Okay. Let's hear from our speakers from the public, please.

[1:38:50] Thank you. When I call your name, please approach the podium, state your name for the record.

[1:38:52] And if you're participating via zoom, please raise your hand.

[1:38:55] Miss Asada, Kevin Daley and Blair,

[1:38:58] Kevin Daley.

[1:38:59] We'll keep it short.

[1:39:01] Great project.

[1:39:02] Seventh Street is not safe.

[1:39:06] Pre project. Afterwards it should be a lot safer for pedestrians, cyclists

[1:39:10] and for taking the bus which

[1:39:13] which runs right by so forward to seeing it approved.

[1:39:17] Thanks. Thank you.

[1:39:26] If we have to use rule 28 for this item, why couldn't it been

[1:39:29] brought in a timely manner through rules?

[1:39:33] This item identifies that you'll be adding

[1:39:35] better bus stops and lighting, adding

[1:39:38] speed cameras to key areas for safety.

[1:39:42] Now you have an item on public safety where you're

[1:39:46] looking at all surveillance, surveillance technology,

[1:39:49] whether to keep it or to eliminate it.

[1:39:52] So any items that come up until you make that decision,

[1:39:56] that has something to do with using cameras,

[1:39:59] just like the last item, the recommendation from,

[1:40:03] the grand jury was to share license plate information.

[1:40:08] And that man didn't bring up the recommendations

[1:40:11] from the grand jury,

[1:40:14] which, including larger

[1:40:16] trash bins, having,

[1:40:20] what they call a garage saw.

[1:40:23] The grand jury didn't ask you to come up with your own stuff.

[1:40:25] It asks you to respond to their recommendations.

[1:40:28] And I'd like to thank you so much for your comment,

[1:40:31] Miss Asada.

[1:40:32] Blair Beekman, I do not see Blair.

[1:40:35] We do have a motion made by Councilmember Chair Unger,

[1:40:38] seconded by Councilmember Gallo, to approve as amended,

[1:40:41] the recommendations of staff

[1:40:43] and for this item to July 21st, 2026.

[1:40:46] City Council agenda

[1:40:50] and the amendments is to add a supplemental attachments, A

[1:40:52] and B, to be included in the agenda staff report on roll.

[1:40:57] Councilmember Gallo.

[1:41:01] All right. Thank you.

[1:41:01] Councilmember Houston,

[1:41:03] Council Councilmember Wang I and Chair unger I

[1:41:07] this motion does pass with four eyes to approve,

[1:41:09] as amended, the recommendations of staff

[1:41:12] and the for this item through July 21st.

[1:41:14] City Council agenda on consent, please.

[1:41:17] Thank you.

[1:41:17] Moving to open forum.

[1:41:26] I still have a statutory reason.

[1:41:28] Okay. By ministers discretion.

[1:41:31] Just because it does say that the.

[1:41:36] Council president can decide.

[1:41:37] Okay. We don't have an obligation.

[1:41:39] That's right.

[1:41:41] Moving to open forum, miss Asada,

[1:41:45] miss kin wa Parker Brightman.

[1:41:48] And excuse me for mispronouncing your name.

[1:41:50] Blair Beekman, Kevin Daly.

[1:41:55] Julius Morel.

[1:41:58] Shinobi. Howard.

[1:42:00] Shinobi. Howard. DeShawn. Taylor.

[1:42:04] Need to be.

[1:42:08] Shauna will head senior.

[1:42:14] And I have two cards for you.

[1:42:18] And marks

[1:42:20] and Timothy killings.

[1:42:21] If I mispronounce your name, I do apologize.

[1:42:24] Please state your name for the record.

[1:42:26] If you are participating via zoom, please raise your hand.

[1:42:29] And as practice, we will take in-person speakers before June.

[1:42:32] Speakers, you may begin. Thank you.

[1:42:35] My name is Anita B, and I've been a street

[1:42:37] vendor in Oakland since I was 19 years old.

[1:42:39] I'm 55 years old now.

[1:42:40] When I started street vending, there were no laws that existed.

[1:42:43] So what I was doing was not illegal.

[1:42:46] Six years ago, the first set of laws that were created

[1:42:47] that made what I do for a livelihood illegal.

[1:42:51] I want you to know that street vending is not just about food, and commerce is about dignity

[1:42:53] is about who gets to exist in public space.

[1:42:55] It's about whether Oakland remains a city for working

[1:42:58] class families, especially those from the flatlands

[1:42:59] who can survive, build and thrive.

[1:43:01] And for many families, mending has been

[1:43:02] the difference between poverty and stability.

[1:43:05] It has paid rent, fed children, sustain entire

[1:43:08] economies and communities, and what the city has been doing

[1:43:10] since May 1st, 2026, has been a total violation

[1:43:15] of not just the Constitution, but several state laws

[1:43:19] that were put in place to protect street vendors.

[1:43:22] The city has used public Works Department staff and equipment

[1:43:26] and trucks to destroy the property

[1:43:28] of both permitted and unpermitted

[1:43:31] vendors, without warning, without receipts,

[1:43:34] without any notice of how to get their property back

[1:43:36] despite the fact they have been destroyed.

[1:43:38] Thank you for your comment, Miss Nita.

[1:43:46] My name is Joyce.

[1:43:48] I am one of many second and third generation street vendors in Oakland.

[1:43:50] I set up at Lake Merritt.

[1:43:52] Downtown North Oakland is Oakland.

[1:43:54] I have helped my mom street vendor since I could walk.

[1:43:56] My mother and I have been vending

[1:43:58] since before your street vending permits, fees, rules

[1:44:01] existed, vending paid for my education,

[1:44:03] put food on my table, clothes on my back, and paid bills.

[1:44:06] I worked a 9 to 5 but always stayed

[1:44:08] loyal to my family business.

[1:44:10] In fact, without having both a 9 to 5 and street vending,

[1:44:13] we would not be able to survive in Oakland's cost

[1:44:15] of living and impacted working class families like mine.

[1:44:19] The word has spread across Oakland that the city of Oakland

[1:44:22] and the mayor's office is cracking down on vendors.

[1:44:25] Actions by the OPD, public works

[1:44:27] and building and planning staff have done are not humane.

[1:44:30] Civilized, are legal for rolling up to food vendors,

[1:44:35] not giving them warning and throwing away their stuff is illegal.

[1:44:37] I think it's interesting that the same equipment

[1:44:39] you use to throw our stuff away is the same stuff that you use

[1:44:43] to do your sweet encampments.

[1:44:46] Thank you for your comment.

[1:44:53] My name is Dejan Tolar.

[1:44:55] I am a street vendor and I sell and make clothes,

[1:44:59] for Lake Merritt.

[1:45:01] On Friday, the city police seized my product and set up,

[1:45:04] leading me to not knowing where my product is at.

[1:45:07] And they never give me a receipt

[1:45:09] for it, leading me to be unhoused.

[1:45:12] Not to mention, a sergeant hopped in my car

[1:45:15] and drove away without calling a towing company,

[1:45:19] without doing proper procedures for it as well.

[1:45:21] So following back to what they were saying,

[1:45:24] the city is doing all types of illegal things to

[1:45:28] stop street vending that helps provide families

[1:45:32] and everything like that.

[1:45:33] So that's all I have to say.

[1:45:45] Good morning. My name is Quanah Parker Reitman.

[1:45:46] I'm executive director of United Native Americans.

[1:45:50] Come here today to stand with my brothers

[1:45:53] and sisters in the community as far as the street vendors,

[1:45:58] I am interested in wondering if the city council

[1:46:02] has adopted SB 946

[1:46:07] as far as decriminalizing street vending,

[1:46:11] obviously what you're hearing from my brothers and sisters

[1:46:14] here in the community

[1:46:15] is you're not aware of that, or you haven't trained

[1:46:20] the officers of OPD or the sheriff's department

[1:46:25] that very much, you know, really needs to be rectified

[1:46:30] as far as the treatment of people, especially our community.

[1:46:35] Okay. That's one thing we'd really like to see done here

[1:46:37] today is the treatment of all of our community

[1:46:40] treated with respect.

[1:46:42] Thank you very much.

[1:46:48] Hello, I'm Shinobi Howard.

[1:46:49] I'm also a street vendor, and,

[1:46:52] they seem to have a lot of complaints

[1:46:53] about the things that, go on at the lake.

[1:46:55] So public works, we have eggs for larger garbage cans.

[1:47:00] We ask for assistance with, with the

[1:47:02] just a lot of things that are going with the lake.

[1:47:04] So also, we cleaned up at the lake,

[1:47:05] we pick up the trash when we when we

[1:47:07] when we van and when we leave, the trash picks up.

[1:47:11] We break up everything. We put everything in the garbage spaces.

[1:47:12] We ask the city

[1:47:13] just to give us

[1:47:15] larger garbage bins so we could place more things up in there.

[1:47:17] But at the end of the day, we just, we're all vendors

[1:47:21] and we just take care of the whole things that we have to pick it.

[1:47:29] Hello. My name is Timothy Killen.

[1:47:30] I'm a street vendor, I Lake Merritt.

[1:47:32] Also, I work at USD public schools

[1:47:34] as a community schools manager.

[1:47:36] I'm here because the city's approach

[1:47:38] to vendor enforcement at Lake Merritt is unacceptable.

[1:47:41] The vendors at Lake Merritt are not the problem.

[1:47:43] They are part of the economic and cultural fabric of Oakland,

[1:47:45] and many black, indigenous and working

[1:47:47] class families trying to make an honest living.

[1:47:50] Oakland has already displaced

[1:47:51] much of the African-American community

[1:47:53] through decades of policy decisions.

[1:47:55] We should not continue that legacy by criminalizing

[1:47:57] the very people who are still here,

[1:47:59] creating culture and economic opportunity,

[1:48:01] the militarized response to vending

[1:48:03] and the repeated shutdowns of the lake.

[1:48:05] Important cultural celebrations like Juneteenth send

[1:48:07] a clear message about whose presence is welcome

[1:48:09] and whose is not the people most affected by the decision.

[1:48:12] The vendors themselves are too often excluded

[1:48:14] from conversations that shape these policies.

[1:48:16] Current vendor policies prioritize comfort of visitors

[1:48:19] and outside interests over the livelihoods

[1:48:21] of Oakland residents and the communities

[1:48:23] that have built a culture of the city.

[1:48:25] Understand, this department is not

[1:48:27] solely responsible for decisions,

[1:48:29] but every department involved responsibility to speak with us.

[1:48:35] Yeah.

[1:48:41] If I called your name and you would like to speak on the on open forum,

[1:48:44] please state your name for the record.

[1:48:45] Thank you.

[1:48:48] Yeah. Good afternoon.

[1:48:50] And marks, I am coming here just to introduce or reintroduce myself,

[1:48:54] in my new role with Pji.

[1:48:55] I think, a lot of, you know me,

[1:48:57] I worked for the city of Oakland back in the 90s,

[1:49:01] the early 2000 and, working,

[1:49:04] here in the nonprofit community for a long time,

[1:49:08] been a commissioner for the city.

[1:49:09] And, you know, I live here.

[1:49:10] My family's here. I love it here.

[1:49:12] So I was happy to have the opportunity to,

[1:49:15] be part of pg ni,

[1:49:17] and use that as an opportunity to work with my city.

[1:49:19] And so I look forward to doing that.

[1:49:22] I just want to raise awareness about one thing, which is that, PGD,

[1:49:25] used our resources and our time to lobby on behalf of SB 1218,

[1:49:29] in Sacramento.

[1:49:31] You know, the illegal dumping affects a lot of things,

[1:49:33] but it really affects our ability to,

[1:49:36] do work because often it's on top of our assets and,

[1:49:38] keeps us from doing what we need to do.

[1:49:40] And, I've heard

[1:49:42] from enough of you to know that nobody likes it when it takes us

[1:49:43] longer than it should to do our work, in, in our city.

[1:49:47] So, thank you for your time.

[1:49:49] And I look forward to working with you.

[1:49:57] So, who's this?

[1:50:00] The, the late

[1:50:03] marriage vendors, majority of them African Americans.

[1:50:06] For years, you have targeted them,

[1:50:09] and you have you used the,

[1:50:12] public works,

[1:50:14] board

[1:50:16] to target them with a pilot program.

[1:50:19] You didn't have the courage to target them on your own.

[1:50:22] You use your that group to target them

[1:50:25] with fines, ticketing, no parking,

[1:50:30] all kind of issues around

[1:50:32] majority black vendors at Lake Merritt.

[1:50:34] This has been going on for a couple of years,

[1:50:36] but you have vending all over the city

[1:50:39] that doesn't get the same attention.

[1:50:44] Is it because this is a large number of African Americans

[1:50:46] who are vending over there at Lake Merritt,

[1:50:50] but you need to have a review of that pilot vending program

[1:50:55] that was developed by a bunch of regular citizens

[1:50:58] to target these vendors.

[1:51:01] And you have one more thing.

[1:51:03] I can't say it, but we have,

[1:51:05] thank you so much for your comment, Miss Asada.

[1:51:10] Move it.

[1:51:11] Kevin Daley, your passing. Thank you.

[1:51:13] Moving to our zoom speaker, Blair Beekman,

[1:51:16] please unmute yourself and begin your one minute comment.

[1:51:20] All right. Thank you. Blair Beekman.

[1:51:22] I, been busy with the San Diego public meetings today.

[1:51:26] I missed, talking about the future

[1:51:29] redevelopment of the Broadway area.

[1:51:31] Don't forget to think about all

[1:51:33] the tech accountability policies and best practices

[1:51:36] that you can add to the future of that area.

[1:51:38] And when you do, it really helps with, it's an important draw

[1:51:43] and in why people will come to Oakland

[1:51:45] if they see good tech accountability and action,

[1:51:48] they want to be around that, don't you think?

[1:51:50] I really work on it, I hope,

[1:51:53] I also hope that,

[1:51:56] I, my previous public comments,

[1:51:59] at the special counsel yesterday,

[1:52:02] I didn't say well enough that just to really thank yourselves

[1:52:06] for it seems like city administration

[1:52:08] is taking the time, effort and care to consider the concept

[1:52:11] of community participation at this time.

[1:52:14] If they're not,

[1:52:15] I get a sense they're trying to good luck

[1:52:17] in their continued efforts to try to.

[1:52:19] And thank you.

[1:52:21] That concludes your speakers for open forum.

[1:52:25] All right. Meeting is adjourned.

[1:52:28] Don't go too far. We're getting the band back together in seven minutes.

[1:52:34] Thank you.

[1:52:36] Thank you.

* Public Works And Transportation Committee on 2026-07-14 11:30 AM

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