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Good morning.

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Oh. Excuse me. Good morning, and welcome to the Public Works

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of Insurance Protection Committee meeting for today.

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

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And this meeting has come to order.

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Before taking roll, I will provide instructions on

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how to submit a speaker's cart for items on this agenda.

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If you are here with us in chambers

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and you would like to submit a speaker's cart.

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Please fill one out

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and turn it to a clerk representative to my left.

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Your right.

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Before the item is ready to record, online speaker

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requests were due 24 hours prior to this meeting.

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This meeting came to order at 11:35 a.m.

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speaker cards were no longer be accepted.

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Ten minutes after the meeting has began.

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Or like stated before,

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or if I read item into record making that time.

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11:45 a.m..

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And with that, we will now proceed to take roll.

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Council member.

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Gayo.

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Present.

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Thank you. Council member. Houston. Present.

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Thank you, Councilmember Hwang.

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Present. Thank you. And Chair Unger here.

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We do have four members present.

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And before we begin, Council Chair Unger.

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Excuse me. Do you have any announcements?

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Yeah, we've got a packed agenda today.

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So, we're going to limit public speakers to one minute.

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And, for all of us,

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let's try to keep our comments and questions brief

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so we can get through the whole agenda.

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Thank you.

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Thank you, Chair Unger. Once again, public comment will be limited

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to one minute on all agenda items.

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Moving to item one.

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Approval of the draft

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minutes from the committee meeting on June 23rd, 2026.

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Second,

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we do have a motion made by Councilmember Gallo.

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Second, by a council member.

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Want to accept the draft minutes when the committee

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meet on June 23rd, 2026, as is on roll.

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Council member Gallo I thank you, Council member Houston.

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I thank you, Council Member Wang I thank you.

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And to your honor,

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I this motion does pass before eyes

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to accept the draft minutes from the committee

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meeting on June 23rd, 2026, as is moving to item

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two determination of scheduled outstanding committee items.

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This is also known

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as your pending list, and you do have one speaker.

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Council members, staff, administration.

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Anything for the pending list?

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Nothing from the administration.

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Thank you.

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Good morning, Committee members.

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Megan, we're assistant director of okay at.

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We do have an item on the pending list.

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The safe Oakland streets annual report that we'd like

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to request be scheduled to the September 22nd.

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Public Works and Transportation Committee

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said again.

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Is there a file ID that you're asking?

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I can I can follow up with the with the file.

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And for me, I don't have it, but okay.

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

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You said the city Hall streets.

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Yeah.

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The streets report

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moving to our public speaker, Blair

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Beekman.

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If you're participating on

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via zoom, please raise your hand.

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And I don't see it.

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I don't see Blair Beekman.

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All right, let's move on.

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We have I will make the motion to accept the pending list.

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Second.

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We do have a motion made by Councilmember

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Dias, seconded by Chair Ungar to accept, as amended,

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the determination of schedule, outstanding committee items.

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The amendments is moving safe.

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Oakland Street report file ID 26

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0861 to the September 22nd

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Public Works and Transportation Committee meeting.

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Yes, please. Thank you.

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On roll, Councilmember Gallo.

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Councilmember Houston, I thank you.

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Council Member Wang.

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I to your honor, I

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this motion does pass to allow for eyes to accept, as amended,

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the determination schedule outstanding committee items,

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which is also known as the pending list.

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Moving to item three.

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Adopt the resolution authorizing the City Administrator to execute

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an internal governmental cooperation agreement with

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the Alameda County AC transit for the Fruitvale Avenue Transit

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Signal Priority Project, and adopt appropriate

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Sequa findings. And you do have three speakers for this item.

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Great. Thank you. Let's hear from our staff, please. Hello.

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Good morning.

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Members.

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And Ocana here,

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transportation planner with the Department

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of Transportation to item before you is to request authorization

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for the city administrator

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to execute an intergovernmental cooperative agreement

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with AC transit for the Fruitvale Transit

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Signal Priority Project.

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AC transit project will deliver transit improvements

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that will increase transit reliability for East Oakland.

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There's the Intergovernmental Cooperative Agreement

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between the city and AC transit, outlining responsibilities

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associated with design, construction,

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support, and ongoing operation and maintenance.

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Once the project is completed, ownership will be transferred

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to the city of Oakland,

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where fiscal impacts is expected to be minimal

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with maintenance of traffic signals equipment

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absorbed within existing operations.

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Equipment associated with this project

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will be maintained by AC transit.

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Therefore, staff recommends that the City Council authorize

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the City Administrator to execute an intergovernmental

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cooperative agreement with AC transit

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for the Fruitville Transit Signal Priority Project.

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All right, Council members, questions.

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Council Member Wang, I believe you are next in the queue.

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I was just going to move the item.

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Thank you for your work on this.

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Council member Gayo.

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I think you guys need to press the button. Yes.

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I want to publicly thank you for your work.

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It's long overdue, and certainly it's

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going to make a big difference

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in terms of the safety transportation

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on the Fruitvale corridor,

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serving our seniors and the rest of the community.

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So with that, I make a motion to approve the item.

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Thank you.

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I'll second that. Any other questions from council members?

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Oh, man. Okay, then let's, go to our speakers.

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Public speakers. Thank you. Calling in our public speakers for item three.

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This Asada Blair Beekman

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and Kevin Dally, if you are participating via

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zoom, please raise your hand so you're easily identified.

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Thank you.

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I'm going to ask you to pay attention to reports

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that consistently have to use the language.

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People of color.

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You see, there is no such thing

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biologically in science as a race.

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It's an inventive social construct

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with the purpose of allowing certain people

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to have a position, a higher ranking.

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We all human beings.

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So what's the purpose of saying that we have a bus

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transit service opportunity, and the majority of the people

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are going to get it? People of color, what difference does it make

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to constantly put people into groups, and sometimes

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to put people into groups where we all have in the same experience,

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and we're not low income seniors?

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It doesn't matter.

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The bus service exists for anybody that wants to use it.

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Then you say, the costs you don't.

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Asada oh I'm sorry. No thank you.

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Thank you so much.

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Kevin Daley definitely.

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You strongly support this work.

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It'd be great to always mention synchronizing the pedestrian

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crossing time as well on International Boulevard.

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Frequently the pedestrians have to wait

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for a very long time to cross in order to optimize

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the bus rapid transit.

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The temporal crossing, even though obviously

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passengers on the tempo do

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become pedestrians once they leave the tempo.

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But definitely support it.

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Thank you. Moving to our zoom speaker, Blair Beekman.

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Okay, that concludes our public speakers for item through.

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We do have a motion made by Councilmember one,

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seconded by Councilmember Garcia,

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to approve the recommendations of staff in the port.

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This item to the July 23rd, 2026 City Council agenda on roll.

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Councilmember Gallo.

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Thank you, Councilmember Houston.

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I thank you.

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Councilmember one I and your honor, I

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this motion does pass with four eyes

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to approve the recommendations of staff

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and for this item to July 22nd, 2026 city council agenda

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and through the body would that be on considered on

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consent, please. Thank you so much.

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Moving to item four.

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Adopt a resolution

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authorizing the City administrator

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to award a contract to Ron Number one, Rhonda Pratt,

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for any amount not to exceed 1,400,000, to provide

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collision repair and body shop services for light vehicles

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for a three year term.

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and two one year options to renew in response to RFQ

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4065352.

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Quality body and fender,

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an amount not to exceed $1,050,000 to provide

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collision repair and body shop services

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for light vehicles for a three year term.

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and to one year options to renew and response to RFQ

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4065353.

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Falcon collision repair in amount not to exceed

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$525,000 to provide collision repair and body

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shop services for light vehicles for a three year term.

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to renew in response to RFQ for 06535

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for Miller Brothers Body Shop, in an amount not to exceed

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$525,000 to provide collision repair and body shop

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services for light vehicles for a three year term.

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and two one year options to renew in response

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to our 24065355 bowler brothers body Shop in amount

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not to exceed 1,750,000 to provide collision

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repair and body shop services

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for heavy vehicles in a three year term.

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and to one year options to renew in response to RFQ

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for 065296 Falcon

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collision repair in an amount not to exceed 1,750,000.

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To provide collision repair and body shop services

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for heavy vehicle for a three year term.

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and to one year options to renew in response to RFQ 4065297.

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Making findings under Oakland Municipal Code,

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sections 204050 and 20451,

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and waiving any further formal advertising and bidding requirements to extend necessary

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and eight and adopt appropriate score findings.

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And you do have two speakers for this item.

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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.

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Knock on wood. Let's hear from staff, please.

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Thank you for that clarification.

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Chair Unger.

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Richard Battersby, assistant director of Oakland

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Public Works,

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Bureau of Maintenance and Internal Services,

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the largest bureau and public works

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encompassing facilities, fleet, sewers and storm drain.

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I'm here to talk to you today

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about a facilities contract regarding collision repair.

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None of which, will support, Chair Ungar

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because he doesn't have collisions.

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And I also wanted to note, for the record,

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this also represents public works

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entry into the longest staff recommendation for 2026.

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So thank you, City Clerk, for that

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efficient and error free reading.

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The city operates a fleet of approximately 1500 vehicles.

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Unfortunately, during the course of operation, these vehicles become damaged

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by collisions either with other vehicles or other objects.

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And we have a history of about 50 collisions a year.

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Previously, we've been performing the body repairs.

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We have an internal body repair shop.

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We don't do any painting, but we have three body repair FTEs.

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Those three FTE have been vacant, for

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at least the past year, a couple of them longer.

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And we have recently filled one,

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but we will be filling another.

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This has resulted in us having to increase

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the amount of repairs that we send to outsourced body vendors, collision repair vendors,

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which is why I'm here with this contract today.

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Previously, we only had a single collision

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repair vendor that was Muller Brothers.

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And due to the conditions or circumstances

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that I just described,

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we have exceeded that contract capacity

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and we have not been able

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to repair vehicles for the last month or so.

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So this is a very important agenda item.

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Currently we have 25 vehicles, accident

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repair vehicles that are awaiting repair.

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22 of those are Oakland Police Department vehicles.

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So again, it's very critical that we get these contracts established.

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The contracts for collision repair totaled $7 million.

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And this is over a three year period with two optional

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one year extensions.

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The two optional one year extensions are,

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give us the ability of the vendors, demonstrate

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that they're performing acceptably

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and they're delivering good value to the city.

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We can offer them an extension on that contract without having

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to come back to council.

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We bid this opportunity, put it out RFP as the commitment

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that I've made numerous times in committee and city council.

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We are moving away from co-op contract

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procurement process to bidding, and that's to ensure

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we're getting best value, but also to allow Oakland vendors

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an opportunity to bid of the $7 million, in contract capacity.

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Before you. And keep in mind, that's just expenditure authority.

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It's not committing. Budgeted funds.

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This just gives us the ability, should we need it.

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The amount is probably more than we need,

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but that's us erring on the side of caution.

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Of the 7 million half, 3.5 million is for light duty,

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and the other half, 3.5 million is for heavy duty

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on the light vehicle collision repair contracts.

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We sent notices to.

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And I should have counted them,

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but it looks like there's at least ten.

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And we received one, two, three for responsive bids,

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one of which was an Oakland based vendor.

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I understand another Oakland based vendor

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is on the list as not submitting a response.

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Apparently they feel that they weren't contacted.

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So we are doing some information.

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But as the time of this presentation,

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I don't know if there was a disconnect,

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but we did get four responsive bids

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and we awarded those for vendors,

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percentages based on a scoring criteria.

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That scoring criteria includes

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lowest cost, competitive pricing, location

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and also awarding to multiple vendors gives us some operational flexibility,

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and it gives us options where

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we don't have all of our eggs in one basket.

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Rhonda Ford was awarded approximately 40%

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of the total, light duty repair contract.

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And this is just an estimate.

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For the purpose of this agenda report,

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we're not sure what the actual

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breakdown will come out to, because obviously,

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we can't predict exactly how much accidents are going to cost to repair.

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They, Rhonda Pratt ranked highest

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because of the lowest overall cost

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and then quality body and Fender, which is the Oakland

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based vendor, they were awarded 30% of the contract.

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And we acknowledge,

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it is a very desirable to keep Oakland

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city of Oakland dollars

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within the city of Oakland and keep Oakland working.

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And they're also closer to us, which gives us better

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response times and more rapid turnaround.

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The other two vendors, Falcon Collision and Moller Brothers,

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were each rewarded 15%, awarded 15%.

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And I will note that Moller Brothers

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was the prior incumbent for light duty body repairs.

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They're still going to get a piece of the body repair action,

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for the heavy duty side, we only received two responsive bids.

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None of which were Oakland based vendors.

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So accordingly, we awarded 50% to each and those vendors are.

355
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I'm on the wrong page here.

356
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Oh, it's right on the front.

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Molar brothers and Falcon also received the heavy duty body repair,

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which is why I was looking in the agenda report for the two additional vendors,

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but they were already noted in the light duty, so I apologize for that.

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With that, I'm here to answer any questions.

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Thanks for the report.

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Councilmember Houston, please.

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Good morning. Mr. batters me through the chair.

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I'm looking at these these documents,

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and, I see one

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Oakland based in West Oakland.

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And I just want to share with you in district six.

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I mean, really, district five and district seven

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have some of the most, body shops in Oakland.

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Right? And so let's look at this real quick because.

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So we have Falcon Collision and Concord.

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They got two contracts and that one then we have

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Muller brothers.

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That's how you pronounce the two contracts there in San Leandro.

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Then we have, Ron and Dixon.

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Right. And then we do have quality body and fender in West Oakland.

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I know that that that company very well.

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And that's in district that's in,

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Carroll five district.

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But but what I don't like is that,

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Pacific collision

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is from district seven, and they do major work

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for Caltrans, and they've been underserved for so long. Mr.

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Battersby, when it was an encampment on their in their,

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on their, street

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and that's on Helgenberger loop that affected their business.

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Just majorly Mr.

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Battersby majorly. People didn't want to come.

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Caltrans didn't want to drop their cars out there.

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And, they said that they didn't receive this.

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And that's why I came over to you,

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because I just didn't want to just throw you off.

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I wanted to find out what email,

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because there I spoke to them this morning.

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They did not receive that in their qualified, company.

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I have a question for you, Mr. Battersby.

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

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Is that what you said through the chair?

399
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That's correct. Okay, so. So this is not urgent

400
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and this is not an emergency.

401
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And and that's where I always say that,

402
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being in this seat, they always have some emergency

403
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and urgent that we got to get it done.

404
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We've got to get it done. I've got to get it done.

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And then we make decisions

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that aren't in the best interest of the city.

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And I'm gonna say this one more time

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in the best interests of the city.

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This what I see right here is not in the best interests of my city.

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Because I see one company from West Oakland,

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and we have many, many, many, many qualified in district

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five and seven. Many because that's what they do.

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That's their skill sets.

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So I want to hold this here until I find out that,

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why Pacific Collision qualify

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qualified, that was underserved, that was,

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that had,

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lost so much business.

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Mr. Battersby, when these homeless encampments was in their the area

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and they said they weren't contacted.

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So that's why I came over to and said, what email did you get?

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Who did you speak to? Because,

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this right here doesn't make me feel good

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that in the best interests of the city of Oakland, especially if there's only 25,

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this is not like it's an emergency.

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I want to find out what's going on

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and get more qualified individuals or companies in five

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and seven that have those businesses

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all along the corridor.

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But through the chair.

431
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I'd like to respond to Council Member Houston.

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As far as the contact notices

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that go out to the potential bidders,

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that would be a question for purchasing.

435
00:27:12,734 --> 00:27:14,100
Purchasing is under finance

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department, not within public works.

437
00:27:16,568 --> 00:27:19,101
Briefly before this meeting, I reached out to my staff

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to try to get in touch with someone

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from purchasing to see how their contact list work,

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and I was glancing behind me to see if we had anyone.

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I don't think we do.

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But I'll definitely get an answer to you for that.

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But but just to be clear, I don't want to rush anything

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through council, but just understand

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we can't perform any accident repairs currently.

446
00:27:38,968 --> 00:27:41,235
We currently have no contract.

447
00:27:41,235 --> 00:27:44,835
Out of those 25 vehicles, 22 are OPD.

448
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We haven't been replacing OPD patrol vehicles regularly for three years,

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and the last time we bought OPD patrol vehicles was in 2022,

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when we had 37 OPD units hung up at the San

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Leandro dealer because allegedly we couldn't pay for them.

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So it's essentially

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it is critical that we repair the vehicles

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we have because it doesn't seem we have

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scheduled regular ability to procure replacement vehicles.

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So we got to make do with what we have.

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So through the chair,

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how many OPD vehicles?

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Through the chair? 22.

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So 1 or 2 of those may not be patrol vehicles.

461
00:28:23,101 --> 00:28:25,200
Oh, so that means three.

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So is anyone can speak from police department or police

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if that's what they want.

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Pardon me.

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Do you chair anyone?

466
00:28:33,268 --> 00:28:38,350
So that means it's only three that really are outside

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of the police department. Is anyone here that can speak for the police department?

468
00:28:39,734 --> 00:28:41,201
Please do the chair.

469
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I need to speak to someone.

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Because let me just share this with you.

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This,

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I was elected

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to fight for the city of Oakland across the board.

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And this is not a rush.

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If the police department says

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that they can deal with their having their 23, that's repaired

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and it's not going to affect them,

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I want to find out why passive collision wasn't.

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That's that's that's where I stand.

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00:29:07,734 --> 00:29:09,168
And, through the chair.

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Council member Houston, would you be comfortable

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with a partial award, perhaps to quality the Oakland

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based vendor that is on the same track list,

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so we can at least move some vehicles

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00:29:20,802 --> 00:29:23,435
through the repair shop and get them back in service.

486
00:29:23,435 --> 00:29:25,735
Yes, sir. I would I would accept that, Mr.

487
00:29:25,735 --> 00:29:28,168
Battersby, is that going to give you enough capacity?

488
00:29:28,168 --> 00:29:29,768
Because we're not going to be able

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to get back to this until after the recess.

490
00:29:31,468 --> 00:29:34,535
If yes, Chair Ungar that's

491
00:29:34,535 --> 00:29:38,401
it would be $1 million or did it.

492
00:29:38,401 --> 00:29:40,268
Yeah, 1,050,000.

493
00:29:40,268 --> 00:29:45,269
That would be adequate to get us through the the break.

494
00:29:45,269 --> 00:29:48,134
Okay. So, Council member Houston, are you proposing an alternate?

495
00:29:48,134 --> 00:29:50,534
Yeah. Alternate that we,

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quality body and fender.

497
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We give them that.

498
00:29:55,168 --> 00:29:56,435
Yes. That's that.

499
00:29:56,435 --> 00:29:57,735
I'm satisfied with that.

500
00:29:57,735 --> 00:30:00,135
Oakland bass sounds good to me.

501
00:30:00,135 --> 00:30:02,634
Okay, so if we're going to do something different than what?

502
00:30:02,634 --> 00:30:03,835
Stop. Staff recommended.

503
00:30:03,835 --> 00:30:05,668
You're welcome to to make a motion.

504
00:30:05,668 --> 00:30:08,350
I just want to make a motion to to clear.

505
00:30:08,350 --> 00:30:13,335
I want to make a motion to award quality body and fender.

506
00:30:13,335 --> 00:30:14,501
The amount of money that Mr.

507
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Battersby said,

508
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to get us through until we find out about these others

509
00:30:20,301 --> 00:30:21,935
for clarity, what was the amount? Mr.

510
00:30:21,935 --> 00:30:24,169
Battersby said, we need to be exact, yes.

511
00:30:24,169 --> 00:30:28,335
The amount of $1,050,000 over a three year period,

512
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with two optional one year extensions.

513
00:30:33,201 --> 00:30:34,801
So you need you need a second.

514
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I need a second.

515
00:30:36,968 --> 00:30:38,134
Tonight I have a question.

516
00:30:38,134 --> 00:30:41,168
Well, I'd like to if we if we can.

517
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Is it about is it about this substitute motion

518
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to the report not to this.

519
00:30:47,568 --> 00:30:48,901
I'd like to get some.

520
00:30:48,901 --> 00:30:49,801
Let's get some clarity

521
00:30:49,801 --> 00:30:51,368
on the substitute motion first

522
00:30:51,368 --> 00:30:53,634
before we move on to additional questions.

523
00:30:53,634 --> 00:30:56,200
What is the amount?

524
00:30:56,200 --> 00:30:59,200
1 million, million $50,000, chair Unger okay.

525
00:30:59,768 --> 00:31:04,535
And did we have a second for that?

526
00:31:04,535 --> 00:31:08,435
Just make some of my own comments.

527
00:31:08,435 --> 00:31:11,934
So I share some of the concerns that council member

528
00:31:11,934 --> 00:31:13,201
Houston has expressed.

529
00:31:13,201 --> 00:31:14,602
I would also add that

530
00:31:14,602 --> 00:31:17,667
there are a number of auto body shops in district two.

531
00:31:17,667 --> 00:31:19,236
You know them,

532
00:31:19,236 --> 00:31:22,802
on the east side, and they're all minority owned businesses.

533
00:31:22,802 --> 00:31:26,869
And so one and I do want to acknowledge, by the way, before

534
00:31:26,869 --> 00:31:30,368
I just get into my concerns, that thank you for doing,

535
00:31:30,368 --> 00:31:31,635
procurement process

536
00:31:31,635 --> 00:31:35,602
and the norm has been a cooperative agreement.

537
00:31:35,602 --> 00:31:37,535
But one of the questions I just have

538
00:31:37,535 --> 00:31:40,767
is who makes it on to this in invitation list.

539
00:31:40,767 --> 00:31:42,735
So table one, it's noted as

540
00:31:42,735 --> 00:31:45,869
these are the list of vendors that are invited to participate.

541
00:31:45,869 --> 00:31:49,400
How are those determined and assessed since

542
00:31:49,400 --> 00:31:50,268
the I

543
00:31:50,268 --> 00:31:51,869
there's a number of auto body

544
00:31:51,869 --> 00:31:53,668
shops that I know of in the city of Oakland

545
00:31:53,668 --> 00:31:56,101
that are not on the invitation list.

546
00:31:56,101 --> 00:31:57,667
Yes. Thank you for the question.

547
00:31:57,667 --> 00:31:59,102
Through the chair,

548
00:31:59,102 --> 00:32:02,301
for an activity like this, equipment, services,

549
00:32:02,301 --> 00:32:03,702
public works,

550
00:32:03,702 --> 00:32:07,602
knows of some vendors, which we would provide to purchasing.

551
00:32:07,602 --> 00:32:11,350
But this, realistically, is a question for purchasing,

552
00:32:11,350 --> 00:32:14,602
how they conduct the RFP process, where they advertise,

553
00:32:14,602 --> 00:32:17,335
how they determine who they reach out to directly.

554
00:32:17,335 --> 00:32:19,169
And I'm afraid I just can't answer that

555
00:32:19,169 --> 00:32:23,767
question from the public works perspective on this contract.

556
00:32:23,767 --> 00:32:25,767
Okay. And,

557
00:32:26,535 --> 00:32:28,602
my other question is just beyond,

558
00:32:28,602 --> 00:32:32,834
since this item is going to if we move this forward, per

559
00:32:32,834 --> 00:32:34,468
Councilmember Houston's

560
00:32:34,468 --> 00:32:37,435
motion, that then we would be returning into the fall

561
00:32:37,435 --> 00:32:43,668
with this item, what I suppose would be a reasonable timeline,

562
00:32:43,668 --> 00:32:48,768
since I think that'll just hold us over until the,

563
00:32:48,768 --> 00:32:50,435
I don't think it's going to be enough capacity,

564
00:32:50,435 --> 00:32:51,902
of course, for the next three years.

565
00:32:51,902 --> 00:32:57,690
So what would be a reasonable time frame for an RFP yet?

566
00:32:57,690 --> 00:33:01,200
And I know that we're going to continue this item in October,

567
00:33:01,200 --> 00:33:03,968
it sounds like. But, I would love to just know that answer now.

568
00:33:03,968 --> 00:33:06,368
Yeah. Through the chair.

569
00:33:07,200 --> 00:33:10,969
That amount, I estimate, would be enough to get through October.

570
00:33:10,969 --> 00:33:13,335
Considering the normal volume of accidents,

571
00:33:13,335 --> 00:33:16,935
since we currently have 25 vehicles stacked up for accident

572
00:33:16,935 --> 00:33:20,236
repairs, I'd have to do some analysis and see.

573
00:33:20,236 --> 00:33:22,869
And we can definitely get that information back to you.

574
00:33:22,869 --> 00:33:25,635
And we can definitely get the information on how

575
00:33:25,635 --> 00:33:29,768
the outreach is conducted, in which vendors were and weren't,

576
00:33:29,768 --> 00:33:33,368
contacted regarding this, but I would

577
00:33:33,468 --> 00:33:37,201
I would suggest that if if we approved just

578
00:33:37,201 --> 00:33:40,201
the $1,050,000 that buys enough time

579
00:33:40,502 --> 00:33:45,335
to satisfy the questions that the committee has here,

580
00:33:45,335 --> 00:33:46,368
hopefully,

581
00:33:46,368 --> 00:33:49,401
I mean, I can't really predict the

582
00:33:49,401 --> 00:33:51,602
the committee or council's response once

583
00:33:51,602 --> 00:33:53,368
purchasing brings the information back.

584
00:33:53,368 --> 00:33:55,168
So that's kind of my hesitation

585
00:33:55,168 --> 00:33:56,702
in giving you a definitive answer,

586
00:33:56,702 --> 00:34:00,400
because it's really like outside of our purview.

587
00:34:00,400 --> 00:34:02,400
Okay.

588
00:34:02,569 --> 00:34:04,802
That's helpful. And then final question is just around the

589
00:34:04,802 --> 00:34:08,535
this Rhonda Pratt for they receive the,

590
00:34:08,535 --> 00:34:12,135
most percentage of this, RFP funding.

591
00:34:12,735 --> 00:34:15,100
And they are out in Dixon, California.

592
00:34:15,100 --> 00:34:17,602
That's about an hour away.

593
00:34:17,602 --> 00:34:22,435
Was the I just imagine it would add cost for transportation.

594
00:34:22,435 --> 00:34:26,200
Did their response include that transportation cost?

595
00:34:26,200 --> 00:34:28,768
I just I'm trying to imagine what that looks like

596
00:34:28,768 --> 00:34:31,801
since that is significantly far away from Oakland.

597
00:34:31,801 --> 00:34:34,680
Yeah. Through the chair.

598
00:34:34,680 --> 00:34:37,336
I can't speak to that specifically.

599
00:34:37,336 --> 00:34:40,735
I do know that some vehicles that are in an accident are still drivable.

600
00:34:40,735 --> 00:34:43,435
Others, they could be transported by tow.

601
00:34:43,435 --> 00:34:47,535
We currently use Rhonda Pratt Ford for Ford factory,

602
00:34:47,535 --> 00:34:49,468
repair and maintenance, mechanical repair

603
00:34:49,468 --> 00:34:50,869
and maintenance. So we've already got

604
00:34:50,869 --> 00:34:53,201
an established relationship with them.

605
00:34:53,201 --> 00:34:56,201
We just have to do an analysis on their hourly rate,

606
00:34:56,201 --> 00:34:59,503
which I understand was significantly lower

607
00:34:59,503 --> 00:35:03,768
than any other vendor. And then, compare that to what potential transportation costs

608
00:35:03,768 --> 00:35:07,690
in, time, labor time, if it's our staff

609
00:35:07,690 --> 00:35:09,201
or if we're actually paying for a tow truck,

610
00:35:09,201 --> 00:35:11,934
I just don't have that information here now.

611
00:35:11,934 --> 00:35:13,934
Okay,

612
00:35:14,535 --> 00:35:16,235
that sounds good. And, yeah, I think when we continue

613
00:35:16,235 --> 00:35:19,702
the item, the supplemental materials would be great.

614
00:35:19,702 --> 00:35:22,701
I'll go ahead. In the second, Council member Houston's motion,

615
00:35:22,701 --> 00:35:25,202
just to be clear, Mr.

616
00:35:25,202 --> 00:35:27,902
Battersby and city. Mr. Lake, is this with this motion, will

617
00:35:27,902 --> 00:35:31,302
this give us enough capacity to get through

618
00:35:31,302 --> 00:35:35,635
to the end of the recess with the repairs that you need to do?

619
00:35:35,635 --> 00:35:40,435
Is this going to severely hinder our operations?

620
00:35:40,503 --> 00:35:42,835
Chair Ungar, I'm comfortable saying it'll get us through the break.

621
00:35:42,835 --> 00:35:45,335
My trepidation is what happens after that

622
00:35:45,335 --> 00:35:46,834
when we bring the information back.

623
00:35:46,834 --> 00:35:48,100
Do we, with the

624
00:35:48,100 --> 00:35:50,100
the additional contract,

625
00:35:50,636 --> 00:35:54,568
do we end up in this process again, or will we make a decision at that point

626
00:35:54,568 --> 00:35:57,901
so we can I'm confident we can get to October beyond that.

627
00:35:57,901 --> 00:35:59,901
Okay.

628
00:36:00,734 --> 00:36:01,868
Council member Gale.

629
00:36:01,868 --> 00:36:03,401
Yes. Thank you.

630
00:36:03,401 --> 00:36:07,100
I drive your vehicles every day.

631
00:36:07,102 --> 00:36:09,268
All right. And it used to be in this city of Oakland

632
00:36:09,268 --> 00:36:10,635
and this city of Oakland.

633
00:36:10,635 --> 00:36:12,301
They're the council that understood,

634
00:36:12,301 --> 00:36:15,935
talked a lot about illegal dumping, a clean neighborhood.

635
00:36:15,935 --> 00:36:18,680
But I don't have the tools to do it.

636
00:36:18,680 --> 00:36:20,268
I don't have the trucks to do it.

637
00:36:20,268 --> 00:36:25,468
We go by there every weekend to rent, ride your vehicles

638
00:36:25,468 --> 00:36:28,134
and during the week, and you don't have them.

639
00:36:28,134 --> 00:36:30,202
They're broke. There's something happened.

640
00:36:30,202 --> 00:36:33,368
I used to have ten mechanics, but I don't have three.

641
00:36:33,368 --> 00:36:36,835
So those are internal decisions that this council

642
00:36:36,835 --> 00:36:40,201
and city administrator you're accountable for.

643
00:36:40,201 --> 00:36:42,200
You want a clean, safe city.

644
00:36:42,200 --> 00:36:45,100
You got to have the tools to do that and the personnel

645
00:36:45,100 --> 00:36:47,201
to get the work done.

646
00:36:47,201 --> 00:36:50,269
And so the reality for me is

647
00:36:50,269 --> 00:36:53,335
at one time we would buy, at least when I was around,

648
00:36:53,335 --> 00:36:57,701
we would buy 50 to 100 brand new vehicles every year.

649
00:36:57,701 --> 00:36:59,735
Part of our budget,

650
00:36:59,735 --> 00:37:03,368
and we would have the mechanics to do the work

651
00:37:03,368 --> 00:37:05,690
so I can pick up the trash.

652
00:37:05,690 --> 00:37:09,635
I can have my street sweepers on the street doing their job.

653
00:37:09,635 --> 00:37:12,635
They're supposed to be doing daily

654
00:37:12,635 --> 00:37:14,902
and but I think that we need to be able

655
00:37:14,902 --> 00:37:18,835
to provide the resources to get the work done.

656
00:37:18,835 --> 00:37:23,335
Right now, we don't even bring about all the vehicles we rent.

657
00:37:23,335 --> 00:37:24,969
How many you look at the police

658
00:37:24,969 --> 00:37:27,969
vehicles, different matter price, rental.

659
00:37:28,468 --> 00:37:30,350
You look at her rental.

660
00:37:30,350 --> 00:37:34,568
Well, we rent our trucks from because we don't have them.

661
00:37:34,568 --> 00:37:36,502
So the bottom line for me is

662
00:37:36,502 --> 00:37:40,935
we have to replace and have the mechanics available

663
00:37:40,935 --> 00:37:43,535
to do the work, to have the trucks

664
00:37:43,535 --> 00:37:47,635
and the vehicles available so we can be on the street

665
00:37:47,635 --> 00:37:51,835
delivering what the public paid us for.

666
00:37:51,968 --> 00:37:54,368
And so I would,

667
00:37:54,668 --> 00:37:57,350
you know, we can delayed and delayed and delayed it,

668
00:37:57,350 --> 00:38:00,602
but we've been delaying this now for a number of years.

669
00:38:00,602 --> 00:38:03,935
And the quality of service that I give Chinatown

670
00:38:03,935 --> 00:38:07,301
and the others, I don't have the tools to do it with.

671
00:38:07,301 --> 00:38:10,502
So the but the bottom line is for me is

672
00:38:10,502 --> 00:38:14,335
get the vehicles repairs so we can

673
00:38:14,335 --> 00:38:16,802
I don't want to show up on a Saturday or Sunday

674
00:38:16,802 --> 00:38:20,568
or during the week because I come out on Wednesdays now

675
00:38:20,568 --> 00:38:24,269
and you have well, the truck didn't work.

676
00:38:24,269 --> 00:38:27,336
Well, we can do this. We can't do that because the vehicles are sitting there.

677
00:38:27,336 --> 00:38:32,690
And then I go to your yard on the other side and I say 40.

678
00:38:32,690 --> 00:38:36,335
I see the number of police cars wrecked sitting there

679
00:38:36,335 --> 00:38:38,802
that haven't been service for a while.

680
00:38:38,802 --> 00:38:41,768
So I guess for me, the bottom line is for for this

681
00:38:41,768 --> 00:38:45,168
government, this council and this administrator,

682
00:38:45,168 --> 00:38:48,768
and the director, administrator, Betsy Lake,

683
00:38:49,101 --> 00:38:51,101
I urge

684
00:38:52,303 --> 00:38:54,468
you know, thank you for coming out on Sunday and riding along and seeing what's on the street.

685
00:38:54,468 --> 00:38:57,268
But you also get a chance to see the yard

686
00:38:57,268 --> 00:38:59,200
where all the vehicles are sitting

687
00:38:59,200 --> 00:39:02,969
there have been sitting there not operable.

688
00:39:02,969 --> 00:39:07,690
And yet I got personnel that if they had an extra truck,

689
00:39:07,690 --> 00:39:09,668
they would go out and keep my streets clean.

690
00:39:09,668 --> 00:39:14,201
But the reality is we need more mechanics

691
00:39:14,201 --> 00:39:19,169
and we need the vehicles to get the job done.

692
00:39:19,169 --> 00:39:22,602
Thank you. And so, so for me and I, we can I know you want to cut me out,

693
00:39:22,602 --> 00:39:25,168
but they can go off and off and off and talk,

694
00:39:25,168 --> 00:39:27,350
you know, pie in the sky stuff.

695
00:39:27,350 --> 00:39:31,350
But the bottom line is you have to be straightforward.

696
00:39:31,350 --> 00:39:34,100
So we don't blame you and give reports about how

697
00:39:34,100 --> 00:39:35,801
we're not cleaning our streets.

698
00:39:35,801 --> 00:39:37,235
Thank you for that information.

699
00:39:37,235 --> 00:39:38,468
And I and I support

700
00:39:38,468 --> 00:39:41,368
your recommendation to get the job done.

701
00:39:41,368 --> 00:39:43,501
Thank you, Councilmember Houston.

702
00:39:43,501 --> 00:39:45,468
Let's focus.

703
00:39:45,468 --> 00:39:47,734
Pie in the sky.

704
00:39:47,734 --> 00:39:49,734
That's disrespectful.

705
00:39:50,202 --> 00:39:51,969
And let me tell you why. Because for the vehicles that was damaged

706
00:39:51,969 --> 00:39:54,502
was damaged by the your crew that picked them up.

707
00:39:54,502 --> 00:39:56,701
So let's get focused okay.

708
00:39:56,701 --> 00:39:58,568
So stop.

709
00:39:58,568 --> 00:40:00,235
We're not talking about mechanics.

710
00:40:00,235 --> 00:40:01,834
We're talking about body work.

711
00:40:01,834 --> 00:40:03,868
So do the chair.

712
00:40:03,868 --> 00:40:06,268
I set that on

713
00:40:07,834 --> 00:40:10,834
that West Oakland body shop.

714
00:40:11,901 --> 00:40:13,801
My revision

715
00:40:13,801 --> 00:40:16,135
to this and let's move it

716
00:40:16,135 --> 00:40:19,535
I got a first in a second to see if we got a third.

717
00:40:19,535 --> 00:40:21,635
So I'd like to clearly restate the motion

718
00:40:21,635 --> 00:40:24,868
and then go to our public speakers if possible.

719
00:40:24,868 --> 00:40:26,868
What's that?

720
00:40:27,400 --> 00:40:28,969
Can can we

721
00:40:28,969 --> 00:40:31,568
can we clearly state the motion to make sure we have clarity

722
00:40:31,568 --> 00:40:33,602
on what we're voting on

723
00:40:33,602 --> 00:40:37,101
to the to the maker and the mover of the motion.

724
00:40:37,101 --> 00:40:38,869
Council member. Houston, to be clear,

725
00:40:38,869 --> 00:40:42,680
you are amending the second portion of the legislation

726
00:40:42,680 --> 00:40:44,767
regarding equality body and Bender.

727
00:40:44,767 --> 00:40:47,201
And your amendment is to

728
00:40:47,201 --> 00:40:50,401
in the amount of $1,050,000 over a three year

729
00:40:50,401 --> 00:40:53,680
period with two optional one year extensions.

730
00:40:53,680 --> 00:40:55,680
Is that correct?

731
00:40:56,769 --> 00:41:01,436
Thank you. And the remaining portions of this legislation will remain the same under your amendment.

732
00:41:01,436 --> 00:41:02,901
Thank you. Okay, let's hear from our public speakers.

733
00:41:02,901 --> 00:41:04,901
Please.

734
00:41:05,468 --> 00:41:06,968
Moving to our public speakers,

735
00:41:06,968 --> 00:41:09,968
Miss Asada and Blair Beekman.

736
00:41:14,635 --> 00:41:17,802
I'm trying to follow this process.

737
00:41:17,802 --> 00:41:19,834
The speakers said that on average,

738
00:41:19,834 --> 00:41:22,834
you have 50 collisions per year.

739
00:41:24,668 --> 00:41:27,368
At the same time, he's saying at this point,

740
00:41:27,368 --> 00:41:32,168
we have 22 or 23 vehicles that need collision work.

741
00:41:33,801 --> 00:41:36,100
So what you're saying is

742
00:41:36,100 --> 00:41:38,100
we have 20 something

743
00:41:38,568 --> 00:41:41,802
cars over what period of time?

744
00:41:41,802 --> 00:41:45,401
What is the period of time for which a collision happens?

745
00:41:45,401 --> 00:41:49,802
And the service needed for the repair of the car happens?

746
00:41:49,802 --> 00:41:53,401
Is they a time frame already established?

747
00:41:53,401 --> 00:41:55,301
Is it because of lack of funding?

748
00:41:55,301 --> 00:41:59,501
We now have 22 cars that need repairs

749
00:41:59,801 --> 00:42:00,734
or is it?

750
00:42:00,734 --> 00:42:03,134
What is the reason?

751
00:42:03,767 --> 00:42:05,902
But the other thing is,

752
00:42:05,902 --> 00:42:09,368
when I looked up that dealership, it said Vacaville.

753
00:42:09,368 --> 00:42:13,969
Is that the same as Dixon where you said it is same area?

754
00:42:13,969 --> 00:42:18,368
Okay, so we got Vacaville, we got San Leandro,

755
00:42:18,368 --> 00:42:20,768
Concord and then Oakland.

756
00:42:21,101 --> 00:42:22,235
Thank you for your comment, Mr.

757
00:42:22,235 --> 00:42:24,235
Asada.

758
00:42:26,536 --> 00:42:29,835
Blair Beekman, if you're participating via zoom, please raise your hand.

759
00:42:29,835 --> 00:42:31,568
Okay. That concludes your public speakers.

760
00:42:31,568 --> 00:42:34,268
We do have a motion made by Councilmember Houston.

761
00:42:34,268 --> 00:42:37,102
Second by Councilmember one to approved to

762
00:42:37,102 --> 00:42:39,502
to approve, as amended, the recommendations of staff

763
00:42:39,502 --> 00:42:43,935
and report decided to July 21st city Council agenda.

764
00:42:43,935 --> 00:42:47,200
And once again, the amendments are to the second portion

765
00:42:47,200 --> 00:42:51,869
of this legislation regarding the equality body and gender

766
00:42:51,869 --> 00:42:54,635
portion of the legislation, with the amendments

767
00:42:54,635 --> 00:42:57,635
of that portion to state.

768
00:43:02,501 --> 00:43:03,667
Please go ahead.

769
00:43:03,667 --> 00:43:04,868
Councilmember one,

770
00:43:04,868 --> 00:43:06,568
just to confirm,

771
00:43:06,568 --> 00:43:09,934
the rest of the contracts are going to come

772
00:43:09,934 --> 00:43:11,635
before this body again in the fall.

773
00:43:11,635 --> 00:43:14,968
Time for, for a vote, correct?

774
00:43:14,968 --> 00:43:16,100
Okay. Good.

775
00:43:16,100 --> 00:43:18,401
Thank you. I'll

776
00:43:19,436 --> 00:43:21,200
go ahead. Councilmember Houston, apologies and to the chair.

777
00:43:21,200 --> 00:43:24,350
And you're going to come back and find out why that company

778
00:43:24,350 --> 00:43:27,969
was not or the condition of why that company wasn't,

779
00:43:27,969 --> 00:43:31,602
reached out to our if they had the wrong email to right.

780
00:43:31,602 --> 00:43:34,101
You'll get with me before that to the chair.

781
00:43:34,101 --> 00:43:36,268
You're the chair. Absolutely, absolutely.

782
00:43:36,268 --> 00:43:38,635
Okay. We've heard back from purchasing.

783
00:43:38,635 --> 00:43:41,568
They didn't tell me how. And I'm assuming it's an email.

784
00:43:41,568 --> 00:43:46,700
I've asked them to provide me the email,

785
00:43:46,700 --> 00:43:50,102
and I just wanted to clarify. Also, if we go down to just the single Oakland based vendor

786
00:43:50,102 --> 00:43:53,201
to perform repairs, that's better than not having any.

787
00:43:53,201 --> 00:43:57,401
But as far as cycling vehicles through,

788
00:43:57,569 --> 00:43:59,635
we planned on having an award to four, which would give us the capacity

789
00:43:59,635 --> 00:44:03,350
to get the vehicles repaired more quickly, some of which

790
00:44:03,350 --> 00:44:07,535
the police vehicles date as far back as October 2025.

791
00:44:07,535 --> 00:44:09,901
So that's why the number is as high as it is.

792
00:44:09,901 --> 00:44:11,468
It's about six months

793
00:44:11,468 --> 00:44:14,602
worth of accident vehicles, which aligns with,

794
00:44:14,602 --> 00:44:18,202
50 accidents per year, added Councilmember Guy.

795
00:44:19,636 --> 00:44:23,835
On to your point. We have not been replacing vehicles regularly since 2023.

796
00:44:23,835 --> 00:44:26,935
That's when fleet replacement was decentralized.

797
00:44:26,935 --> 00:44:30,668
Prior to that, as you mentioned, we would replace 150 to 200

798
00:44:30,668 --> 00:44:35,201
vehicles per each master lease municipal financing cycle.

799
00:44:35,201 --> 00:44:37,201
We no longer have that capability.

800
00:44:37,201 --> 00:44:38,902
So for the last three years,

801
00:44:38,902 --> 00:44:40,835
we've essentially been replacing nothing.

802
00:44:40,835 --> 00:44:43,835
So we absolutely got to make do with what we have.

803
00:44:43,835 --> 00:44:47,350
Thank you for the accommodation, Council member Houston.

804
00:44:47,350 --> 00:44:49,802
So we can get these vehicles back on the road okay.

805
00:44:49,802 --> 00:44:51,335
Thank you. We've got a long agenda.

806
00:44:51,335 --> 00:44:55,535
We need to move forward. Thank you.

807
00:44:58,934 --> 00:44:59,701
To the parliamentarian.

808
00:44:59,701 --> 00:45:00,735
Do you have a clarification?

809
00:45:00,735 --> 00:45:02,902
Yeah, just a point of clarity as I hear

810
00:45:02,902 --> 00:45:04,869
different council members having different understandings.

811
00:45:04,869 --> 00:45:06,101
And I want to make sure that the record

812
00:45:06,101 --> 00:45:07,401
and the vote is quite clear.

813
00:45:07,401 --> 00:45:08,934
So, Council Member Houston, I understand

814
00:45:08,934 --> 00:45:12,534
your motion for line item two.

815
00:45:13,350 --> 00:45:16,768
Sorry, line item four to be that everything stays the same

816
00:45:16,768 --> 00:45:19,802
except for part two quality body and fender.

817
00:45:19,802 --> 00:45:21,602
You're just changing the duration

818
00:45:21,602 --> 00:45:25,335
instead of two year weather with options to renew.

819
00:45:25,335 --> 00:45:27,635
It's one year with

820
00:45:27,635 --> 00:45:30,401
or with two one year optional renewals.

821
00:45:30,401 --> 00:45:34,601
Is that correct? Okay. As a years.

822
00:45:34,802 --> 00:45:36,468
That's my. Is that is that the motion you seek to make?

823
00:45:36,468 --> 00:45:38,468
Council member Houston.

824
00:45:42,135 --> 00:45:44,802
City. Mr.. Lake, is that I don't remember right.

825
00:45:44,802 --> 00:45:49,680
I didn't recall a discussion over the term of the

826
00:45:49,680 --> 00:45:51,168
the term of the agreements changing.

827
00:45:51,168 --> 00:45:53,335
Did I miss something?

828
00:45:53,335 --> 00:45:54,901
I understand that we were

829
00:45:54,901 --> 00:45:56,901
only leaving the,

830
00:45:57,602 --> 00:46:00,868
we were leaving the resolution as it pertained

831
00:46:00,868 --> 00:46:03,868
to quality body and fender.

832
00:46:05,401 --> 00:46:07,435
Only. But we were not changing the term.

833
00:46:07,435 --> 00:46:09,701
That was my understanding of quality, body and fender.

834
00:46:09,701 --> 00:46:12,101
So just for clarity,

835
00:46:12,135 --> 00:46:16,368
it is removing everything but quality body and fender

836
00:46:16,368 --> 00:46:18,435
and all the quality body and fender terms

837
00:46:18,435 --> 00:46:20,835
would remain as proposed.

838
00:46:29,350 --> 00:46:31,601
Okay. Council Member Wong, did you have an additional question?

839
00:46:31,601 --> 00:46:33,601
You know.

840
00:46:35,269 --> 00:46:40,680
All right. Are we all clear on what we're voting on?

841
00:46:40,680 --> 00:46:41,568
At this point, what should we do?

842
00:46:41,568 --> 00:46:44,200
You want to do that one more time?

843
00:46:44,200 --> 00:46:45,901
You all right? So the city attorney has asked me to clarify

844
00:46:45,901 --> 00:46:47,368
that the remaining contracts

845
00:46:47,368 --> 00:46:51,435
in this resolution will not be moving forward today

846
00:46:51,435 --> 00:46:53,268
or at the next council meeting,

847
00:46:53,268 --> 00:46:57,468
that they will come after the break

848
00:46:57,735 --> 00:47:00,701
with an updated supplemental report.

849
00:47:00,701 --> 00:47:02,701
Yes. Thank you.

850
00:47:08,869 --> 00:47:11,168
I threw a tear to the city attorney.

851
00:47:11,168 --> 00:47:14,101
Please restate the motion regarding the quality

852
00:47:14,101 --> 00:47:16,101
body offender.

853
00:47:16,169 --> 00:47:19,434
So that's very clear on that specific portion of the legislation.

854
00:47:19,434 --> 00:47:21,434
Thank you.

855
00:47:22,102 --> 00:47:27,835
So the motion is to approve quality body and fender

856
00:47:27,835 --> 00:47:31,269
in the amounts and the time frames proposed in the staff report.

857
00:47:31,269 --> 00:47:35,401
And to remove the remaining proposed contracts to be brought

858
00:47:35,401 --> 00:47:39,335
back in a supplemental report after the break.

859
00:47:39,335 --> 00:47:41,335
Thank you.

860
00:47:45,734 --> 00:47:48,134
Give me one second.

861
00:47:50,435 --> 00:47:53,401
We do have a motion made by Councilmember Houston,

862
00:47:53,401 --> 00:47:55,201
seconded by Council Member Wang,

863
00:47:55,201 --> 00:47:57,335
to approve, as amended, the recommendations

864
00:47:57,335 --> 00:48:00,134
and staff report this item to the July 21st,

865
00:48:00,134 --> 00:48:02,134
2026 City Council agenda.

866
00:48:03,935 --> 00:48:07,168
What the amendments stated on motion on record

867
00:48:07,168 --> 00:48:10,168
by City Administrator Betsy Lake

868
00:48:10,401 --> 00:48:12,568
to approve the quality and offender of the amounts

869
00:48:12,568 --> 00:48:15,690
of the time frames proposed in the staff report,

870
00:48:15,690 --> 00:48:18,502
and to remove the remaining proposed contracts to be brought

871
00:48:18,502 --> 00:48:23,535
back in a supplemental report after the summer break.

872
00:48:23,535 --> 00:48:24,602
Yeah, just a parliamentarian point of clarity

873
00:48:24,602 --> 00:48:25,735
that they can come back

874
00:48:25,735 --> 00:48:28,340
as a separate item, but not a supplemental.

875
00:48:28,340 --> 00:48:30,734
Thank you for that clarity on roll.

876
00:48:30,734 --> 00:48:32,435
Councilmember Gallo.

877
00:48:32,435 --> 00:48:35,701
No, I'm supporting the original recommendation from staff.

878
00:48:35,701 --> 00:48:37,134
We got to get the work done.

879
00:48:37,134 --> 00:48:39,690
So that's a no to Councilmember Houston.

880
00:48:39,690 --> 00:48:41,701
Yeah, because you crashed three of them. Yes.

881
00:48:41,701 --> 00:48:44,101
Thank you. Councilmember one

882
00:48:44,235 --> 00:48:45,635
I thank you.

883
00:48:45,635 --> 00:48:47,602
And Chair Unger. All right.

884
00:48:47,602 --> 00:48:50,834
This motion does pass with three eyes and no.

885
00:48:50,834 --> 00:48:53,834
2 in 1. No council member Caio

886
00:48:54,200 --> 00:48:56,635
to approve, as amended, recommendations of staff.

887
00:48:56,635 --> 00:48:59,301
And for this item to July 21st, 2026.

888
00:48:59,301 --> 00:49:02,368
City Council agenda and due to Council member Gayles. No.

889
00:49:02,368 --> 00:49:05,201
It would be honored recommended for non consent.

890
00:49:05,201 --> 00:49:07,601
Moving to item five.

891
00:49:12,301 --> 00:49:13,201
Adopt a resolution

892
00:49:13,201 --> 00:49:14,201
authorizing the City

893
00:49:14,201 --> 00:49:15,768
Administrator to award and execute

894
00:49:15,768 --> 00:49:17,235
a Professional Services agreement

895
00:49:17,235 --> 00:49:18,835
with KW engineering

896
00:49:18,835 --> 00:49:21,268
for energy assessment and consulting services

897
00:49:21,268 --> 00:49:24,868
in an amount not to exceed $364,685

898
00:49:27,401 --> 00:49:30,668
for the Municipal Facility Energy Assessment Project number

899
00:49:30,668 --> 00:49:33,680
1008000 and adopting Sequa findings.

900
00:49:35,468 --> 00:49:39,869
And you do have three speakers for this item.

901
00:49:39,869 --> 00:49:42,602
All right. Let's hear from our staff. Please.

902
00:49:42,602 --> 00:49:44,401
Good morning, chair and committee members.

903
00:49:44,401 --> 00:49:47,468
I am Nick Cartagena, capital improvement program manager

904
00:49:47,468 --> 00:49:48,901
with Oakland Public Works.

905
00:49:48,901 --> 00:49:50,435
Happy to be here with you today

906
00:49:50,435 --> 00:49:54,635
to discuss energy assessments on, 20 city facilities.

907
00:49:55,335 --> 00:49:56,668
I'm here to request authorization

908
00:49:56,668 --> 00:49:59,935
to award a professional services contract, or agreement

909
00:49:59,935 --> 00:50:03,668
to KW Engineering and Oakland headquartered firm

910
00:50:03,668 --> 00:50:06,869
with extensive experience working on city facilities.

911
00:50:06,869 --> 00:50:09,268
The firm was selected through a competitive process

912
00:50:09,268 --> 00:50:12,869
in which 12 firms were submitted for proposals

913
00:50:12,869 --> 00:50:16,835
to conduct energy assessments at 20 city owned facilities

914
00:50:16,835 --> 00:50:20,268
through a federal grant from the Department of Energy's Energy

915
00:50:20,268 --> 00:50:23,868
Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant program.

916
00:50:23,902 --> 00:50:26,935
These assessments will look at each building's

917
00:50:26,935 --> 00:50:30,969
heating and cooling, lighting, electrical systems, and the roof, walls and windows.

918
00:50:30,969 --> 00:50:33,200
Then tell tell us what's inefficient,

919
00:50:33,200 --> 00:50:36,236
what it will cost to fix, and what we'll save.

920
00:50:36,236 --> 00:50:40,690
That information sets it up for to go after capital

921
00:50:40,690 --> 00:50:44,168
funding, utility rebates and future grant opportunities.

922
00:50:44,168 --> 00:50:45,969
The selected facilities were identified

923
00:50:45,969 --> 00:50:50,269
from the city's unfunded CIP project list using Council's

924
00:50:50,269 --> 00:50:54,469
nine criteria scoring framework, which prioritizes equity.

925
00:50:55,635 --> 00:50:57,935
Eight of the 20 facilities that serve underserved

926
00:50:57,935 --> 00:51:01,535
communities, including senior centers, recreational centers

927
00:51:01,834 --> 00:51:04,234
and emergency cooling centers.

928
00:51:05,568 --> 00:51:06,767
The contract amount is not

929
00:51:06,767 --> 00:51:08,767
to exceed $364,685.

930
00:51:10,869 --> 00:51:13,268
This grant is funded through the Department of Energy.

931
00:51:13,268 --> 00:51:17,635
All work must be completed by July 31st, 2027

932
00:51:17,635 --> 00:51:20,200
to meet federal reporting requirements.

933
00:51:20,200 --> 00:51:24,735
There is no general fund impact and no local match requirement.

934
00:51:24,735 --> 00:51:27,502
In summary, staff request authorization

935
00:51:27,502 --> 00:51:32,100
to award a Professional Services Agreement to K engineering

936
00:51:32,100 --> 00:51:34,100
not to exceed $364,685,

937
00:51:36,235 --> 00:51:39,535
fully funded by the Department of Energy grant,

938
00:51:39,535 --> 00:51:42,969
with no general fund impact and no local match.

939
00:51:42,969 --> 00:51:44,767
I'm happy to answer any questions you may have.

940
00:51:44,767 --> 00:51:46,335
Thank you.

941
00:51:46,335 --> 00:51:47,868
That's excellent. Thank you.

942
00:51:47,868 --> 00:51:49,868
Council members questions.

943
00:51:51,503 --> 00:51:53,635
All right. Seeing none. Let us go to our speakers, please. Thank you.

944
00:51:53,635 --> 00:51:55,535
When I call your name, please approach the podium.

945
00:51:55,535 --> 00:51:57,602
If you are participating via zoom, please

946
00:51:57,602 --> 00:51:59,635
raise your hand so you're easily identified.

947
00:51:59,635 --> 00:52:03,835
Miss Asada, Kevin Daly and Blair Beekman.

948
00:52:08,567 --> 00:52:10,567
So, the report

949
00:52:12,169 --> 00:52:16,268
identifies that the assessment of the 20 properties

950
00:52:16,268 --> 00:52:19,401
are the properties that have the greatest need.

951
00:52:19,401 --> 00:52:24,268
So I looked up the district of each one of these properties.

952
00:52:24,268 --> 00:52:28,468
And only one is in district seven,

953
00:52:29,168 --> 00:52:33,368
and only one is in district six.

954
00:52:33,701 --> 00:52:36,101
So those are two

955
00:52:37,101 --> 00:52:39,902
prop districts that have a lot of needs.

956
00:52:39,902 --> 00:52:43,602
And that tends to be an agenda that you follow all the time.

957
00:52:43,602 --> 00:52:47,734
District six and district seven are not being assessed,

958
00:52:47,734 --> 00:52:49,435
but you make the statement

959
00:52:49,435 --> 00:52:52,335
that these and you didn't put it in your report.

960
00:52:52,335 --> 00:52:57,135
But district, I had to look it up.

961
00:52:57,701 --> 00:52:59,169
So you're doing a report

962
00:52:59,169 --> 00:53:03,935
where you're going to identify data identification,

963
00:53:03,935 --> 00:53:06,602
but you don't know if you have the money to do corrective action.

964
00:53:06,602 --> 00:53:09,401
And you're not looking at those data centers

965
00:53:09,401 --> 00:53:12,168
that that use a lot of electricity.

966
00:53:12,168 --> 00:53:16,968
Thank you. Miss this out of your comment.

967
00:53:19,201 --> 00:53:21,340
Kevin Daley, thanks.

968
00:53:21,340 --> 00:53:23,434
I appreciate this report.

969
00:53:24,268 --> 00:53:27,668
There's a couple other items in the Equitable

970
00:53:27,668 --> 00:53:32,468
Climate Action Plan that I like to examine.

971
00:53:33,236 --> 00:53:37,668
Not only electrifying the buildings, but look at the time

972
00:53:37,668 --> 00:53:41,268
shifting of the electrical use, electricity

973
00:53:41,269 --> 00:53:45,569
in the middle of the night tends to have a higher carbon

974
00:53:45,569 --> 00:53:48,601
content. The electricity produced during the day, during peak

975
00:53:48,601 --> 00:53:50,135
solar periods.

976
00:53:50,135 --> 00:53:54,201
So it'd be good to look at that to reduce not only local carbon

977
00:53:54,201 --> 00:53:57,801
emissions, but global emissions as well.

978
00:53:59,767 --> 00:54:01,767
Things.

979
00:54:02,767 --> 00:54:03,901
Thank you all for your comments.

980
00:54:03,901 --> 00:54:05,668
Moving to our zoom speakers.

981
00:54:05,668 --> 00:54:07,169
And I do not see Blair being me.

982
00:54:07,169 --> 00:54:11,635
So that concludes our public speakers for item three.

983
00:54:11,635 --> 00:54:14,935
Okay. Let's, anything from, Council Member Gail? Yes.

984
00:54:14,935 --> 00:54:20,335
I'll make a motion to approve the item.

985
00:54:20,802 --> 00:54:22,100
Thank you. We do have a motion made by Councilmember Gallo.

986
00:54:22,100 --> 00:54:25,100
Second by Council Member one

987
00:54:25,169 --> 00:54:28,100
to approve the recommendations of staff and the report this item to the July 21st

988
00:54:28,100 --> 00:54:31,100
City Council agenda on roll.

989
00:54:31,269 --> 00:54:34,601
Councilmember Gallo I Councilmember Houston is out of his seat.

990
00:54:34,601 --> 00:54:35,667
Excuse.

991
00:54:35,667 --> 00:54:38,670
Council Councilmember Wang I

992
00:54:38,680 --> 00:54:40,468
and your honor I.

993
00:54:40,735 --> 00:54:42,534
This motion does pass with three eyes.

994
00:54:42,534 --> 00:54:43,268
One excused.

995
00:54:43,268 --> 00:54:44,535
Houston two

996
00:54:44,535 --> 00:54:46,835
for the recommendations of staff and report deciding

997
00:54:46,835 --> 00:54:50,934
to July 21st city Council agenda and through the body.

998
00:54:50,934 --> 00:54:52,767
Would that be consent?

999
00:54:52,767 --> 00:54:54,134
Yes, please.

1000
00:54:54,134 --> 00:54:57,734
Thank you. Moving to item six.

1001
00:55:02,468 --> 00:55:04,134
Adopt a resolution one.

1002
00:55:04,134 --> 00:55:05,335
Accepting and appropriating

1003
00:55:05,335 --> 00:55:08,102
a reimbursement grant from the Bay Area

1004
00:55:08,102 --> 00:55:11,102
Air Quality Management District transportation

1005
00:55:11,335 --> 00:55:14,568
Fund for the Clean Air Change Program in an amount

1006
00:55:14,568 --> 00:55:19,368
not to exceed $750,000 for elder cost eligible costs

1007
00:55:19,401 --> 00:55:21,934
associated with the installation of 15

1008
00:55:21,934 --> 00:55:23,802
two port direct current Pass

1009
00:55:23,802 --> 00:55:27,350
electric vehicle charging stations, for a total of 30

1010
00:55:27,350 --> 00:55:30,335
charging stations at the city's maintenance service centers.

1011
00:55:30,335 --> 00:55:32,335
7101 Edgewater Drive,

1012
00:55:33,236 --> 00:55:36,502
to authorize City Administrator to execute the grant agreement

1013
00:55:36,502 --> 00:55:40,702
and related documents, and three adopting Sequa findings.

1014
00:55:40,702 --> 00:55:43,201
And you do have three speakers for this item.

1015
00:55:43,201 --> 00:55:44,801
Excellent. Let's hear from Mr.

1016
00:55:44,801 --> 00:55:46,801
Matic. Please.

1017
00:55:47,836 --> 00:55:51,902
Thank you. Chair Unger. Richard batters the Oakland Public Works assistant director.

1018
00:55:51,902 --> 00:55:55,401
I'm here before you asking that, you grant approval

1019
00:55:55,401 --> 00:55:59,268
for us to accept the $750,000 grant from the Bay Area

1020
00:55:59,268 --> 00:56:01,668
Air Quality Management District?

1021
00:56:03,336 --> 00:56:07,634
This is but one of a ten grant project encompassing $16 million.

1022
00:56:07,634 --> 00:56:09,401
Excuse me.

1023
00:56:09,401 --> 00:56:12,401
We do need a quorum.

1024
00:56:12,501 --> 00:56:13,701
Thank you.

1025
00:56:13,701 --> 00:56:15,701
Please continue.

1026
00:56:16,636 --> 00:56:20,335
Thank you. Through the chair. I can have that effect on people sometimes.

1027
00:56:20,335 --> 00:56:22,335
The larger, overall fleet

1028
00:56:22,335 --> 00:56:26,100
electrification grant project, it's valued at 16 million.

1029
00:56:26,100 --> 00:56:27,568
9 million of that is through

1030
00:56:27,568 --> 00:56:30,702
grant funding, as I mentioned, through ten grant providers,

1031
00:56:30,702 --> 00:56:35,435
including federal EPA back Mid California Energy Commission,

1032
00:56:35,435 --> 00:56:38,168
the Metropolitan Transportation Commission, Alameda

1033
00:56:38,168 --> 00:56:42,301
County Transportation Fund for Clean Air, etc..

1034
00:56:42,301 --> 00:56:45,301
The overall projects bringing 139 electric

1035
00:56:45,401 --> 00:56:49,301
vehicle charging stations at six city locations.

1036
00:56:49,301 --> 00:56:52,602
And it's adding 15 vehicles to the fleet that we

1037
00:56:52,602 --> 00:56:55,680
otherwise could not have provided.

1038
00:56:55,680 --> 00:56:57,350
However, they're somewhat specialized.

1039
00:56:57,350 --> 00:57:00,268
We'll be getting three battery electric Street sweepers,

1040
00:57:00,268 --> 00:57:04,368
one battery electric refuse truck and 11 battery

1041
00:57:04,368 --> 00:57:08,969
electric Silverado pickup trucks as part of that project.

1042
00:57:08,969 --> 00:57:12,301
I just wanted to note, and thank the staff that worked on this.

1043
00:57:12,301 --> 00:57:14,602
Tony Vargas is a temporary contract

1044
00:57:14,602 --> 00:57:16,835
service employee because we lack the

1045
00:57:16,835 --> 00:57:19,835
internal expertise and resources to pursue.

1046
00:57:19,835 --> 00:57:22,235
And then at once, the grants were awarded,

1047
00:57:22,235 --> 00:57:25,301
do the grant reporting and administer the project.

1048
00:57:25,301 --> 00:57:28,468
So Tony Vargas knocked the ball out of the park

1049
00:57:28,468 --> 00:57:32,202
and martini to Erica Vasquez and Equipment Services,

1050
00:57:32,202 --> 00:57:34,968
and particular Angela Fulton, who's the acting equipment

1051
00:57:34,968 --> 00:57:36,301
services manager,

1052
00:57:36,301 --> 00:57:40,236
if not for their efforts, we wouldn't have the $750,000

1053
00:57:40,236 --> 00:57:43,869
that was added on top of the already existing grant project.

1054
00:57:43,869 --> 00:57:46,635
So with that, I'm here for your questions.

1055
00:57:46,635 --> 00:57:48,635
Excellent. Colleagues questions

1056
00:57:49,968 --> 00:57:51,968
may as well

1057
00:57:52,680 --> 00:57:54,435
make a motion to approve staff.

1058
00:57:54,435 --> 00:57:56,801
Okay, I'll second that and let us hear from our public

1059
00:57:56,801 --> 00:57:57,835
speakers, please.

1060
00:57:57,835 --> 00:58:00,202
Thank you. Want to call your name?

1061
00:58:00,202 --> 00:58:03,350
Please approach your podium. If you are participating via zoom, please raise your hand.

1062
00:58:03,350 --> 00:58:07,835
It's Asada, Kevin Dally and Blair Beekman.

1063
00:58:15,435 --> 00:58:18,767
Kevin daly, thanks for presenting this.

1064
00:58:18,767 --> 00:58:21,668
This looks like great news,

1065
00:58:21,668 --> 00:58:23,602
especially with the street sweepers.

1066
00:58:23,602 --> 00:58:27,301
I'm hoping we can find some electric street sweepers

1067
00:58:27,301 --> 00:58:31,268
for the bike lanes, as well as for the full size, but.

1068
00:58:31,268 --> 00:58:33,767
But I know that may be a while off.

1069
00:58:33,767 --> 00:58:35,767
I'm also hoping that we can.

1070
00:58:35,767 --> 00:58:38,902
I know in many cases, employees

1071
00:58:38,902 --> 00:58:41,902
are encouraged to use electric bikes

1072
00:58:41,902 --> 00:58:46,802
that are charged by bell, that are supplied by the city.

1073
00:58:46,802 --> 00:58:50,668
Will they be able to charge at these locations as well?

1074
00:58:50,668 --> 00:58:53,201
That's probably pretty simple to add on.

1075
00:58:53,201 --> 00:58:56,201
If it isn't there already.

1076
00:58:56,201 --> 00:58:58,201
Thank you.

1077
00:59:02,301 --> 00:59:05,301
So we had to evacuate.

1078
00:59:07,402 --> 00:59:10,968
If I were had an electric car, I would have been in trouble because we had no electricity.

1079
00:59:10,968 --> 00:59:13,268
All of it was down in Louisiana.

1080
00:59:13,268 --> 00:59:15,435
It was. Majority of it was down in Mississippi.

1081
00:59:15,435 --> 00:59:16,934
The gas stations were open.

1082
00:59:16,934 --> 00:59:18,801
I could get gas.

1083
00:59:18,801 --> 00:59:22,401
So if there's an emergency

1084
00:59:23,350 --> 00:59:26,235
and you paint it, you're moving towards this electricity.

1085
00:59:26,235 --> 00:59:28,268
But electricity has problems.

1086
00:59:28,268 --> 00:59:30,268
Hi. Repair bills.

1087
00:59:30,903 --> 00:59:35,690
I'm sorry, I'm sorry, not electric electrical vehicles have higher repair bills, battery limits.

1088
00:59:35,690 --> 00:59:39,401
And whether that is extreme batteries are used.

1089
00:59:39,401 --> 00:59:42,568
They use look them and cobalt.

1090
00:59:42,568 --> 00:59:44,101
These are things that are,

1091
00:59:44,101 --> 00:59:47,101
crucial threats to the environment.

1092
00:59:47,502 --> 00:59:51,402
It causes a great strain on charging

1093
00:59:51,402 --> 00:59:52,935
with the electrical comes. So we got problems, and y'all don't talk.

1094
00:59:52,935 --> 00:59:56,834
We push things and we don't look at everything involved in it.

1095
00:59:56,834 --> 00:59:58,201
If you have to evacuate

1096
00:59:58,201 --> 01:00:00,768
and you got all of these electric cars

1097
01:00:00,768 --> 01:00:05,435
and the electricity is down all through whatever areas

1098
01:00:05,435 --> 01:00:06,668
we found that.

1099
01:00:06,668 --> 01:00:09,340
Thank you for your comment, Mr. Asada.

1100
01:00:09,340 --> 01:00:11,935
That concludes your public speakers.

1101
01:00:11,935 --> 01:00:14,301
We do have a motion made by Councilmember Gallo, seconded by Chair Ungar,

1102
01:00:14,301 --> 01:00:17,336
to approve the recommendations of staff

1103
01:00:17,336 --> 01:00:19,767
and report this item to the July 21st City Council agenda on roll.

1104
01:00:19,767 --> 01:00:21,668
Councilmember Gallo,

1105
01:00:21,668 --> 01:00:24,680
Councilmember Houston is excused.

1106
01:00:24,668 --> 01:00:27,401
Council Member Wang I and Chair Unger.

1107
01:00:27,401 --> 01:00:29,834
All right, this motion does pass with three eyes.

1108
01:00:29,834 --> 01:00:31,834
One excused. Houston

1109
01:00:32,400 --> 01:00:34,268
to two,

1110
01:00:34,268 --> 01:00:37,801
for deciding to the July 21st City Council agenda.

1111
01:00:37,801 --> 01:00:39,801
And through the

1112
01:00:41,202 --> 01:00:43,401
and through the body. Would that be considered on?

1113
01:00:43,401 --> 01:00:44,969
Yes. Consent, please.

1114
01:00:44,969 --> 01:00:48,569
Thank you. Moving to item seven.

1115
01:00:52,368 --> 01:00:54,768
Adopt a resolution one.

1116
01:00:54,869 --> 01:00:57,735
Awarding a construction contract to Maguire and Hester for the Broadway

1117
01:00:57,735 --> 01:01:00,135
Streetscape Improvements Project number 1006953.

1118
01:01:02,202 --> 01:01:06,100
The lowest response have been sponsor will bidder and a accord

1119
01:01:06,100 --> 01:01:08,100
with the project plan specifications.

1120
01:01:08,100 --> 01:01:09,268
State requirements

1121
01:01:09,268 --> 01:01:14,680
and with contracts bid in the amount of $20,881,650

1122
01:01:15,268 --> 01:01:19,468
and into a adopting appropriate sequa findings.

1123
01:01:19,702 --> 01:01:22,702
And you do have three speakers for this item.

1124
01:01:22,702 --> 01:01:24,268
All right. Let's hear from Megan.

1125
01:01:24,268 --> 01:01:25,568
Wear please.

1126
01:01:25,568 --> 01:01:27,602
Thank you. Thanks so much.

1127
01:01:27,602 --> 01:01:29,801
Chair Ungar and committee members. I'm here.

1128
01:01:29,801 --> 01:01:31,535
Megan, we're assistant director

1129
01:01:31,535 --> 01:01:33,200
of department of transportation.

1130
01:01:33,200 --> 01:01:36,200
I'm pleased to be here today before you to request

1131
01:01:36,200 --> 01:01:40,690
that you consider the resolution awarding the construction

1132
01:01:40,690 --> 01:01:44,401
contract for the Broadway Streetscape Improvements Project to Maguire and Hester.

1133
01:01:44,401 --> 01:01:46,869
This project includes transportation, safety

1134
01:01:46,869 --> 01:01:50,635
and transit improvements on two segments of Broadway

1135
01:01:50,635 --> 01:01:54,200
through the heart of Oakland, from second to 11th Street

1136
01:01:54,200 --> 01:01:57,301
and from 20th to Grand Avenue, extending the current

1137
01:01:57,301 --> 01:02:01,169
transit lanes between 11th and 20th Street.

1138
01:02:01,169 --> 01:02:04,601
The project includes dedicated Red bus only lanes, new bus

1139
01:02:04,601 --> 01:02:06,200
shelters, seating

1140
01:02:06,200 --> 01:02:10,690
and trash cans, pedestrian lighting, street trees, upgraded

1141
01:02:10,690 --> 01:02:13,169
traffic signals and transit signal priority,

1142
01:02:13,169 --> 01:02:15,869
as well as pedestrian crossing improvements including curb

1143
01:02:15,869 --> 01:02:20,102
extensions, Ada compliant curb ramps and median islands.

1144
01:02:20,102 --> 01:02:22,935
More busses run on Broadway than in any other street

1145
01:02:22,935 --> 01:02:25,690
in Oakland, and its current design leads

1146
01:02:25,690 --> 01:02:28,702
to bus delays and unreliable travel times for bus riders.

1147
01:02:28,702 --> 01:02:30,301
Broadway is also part of the city's

1148
01:02:30,301 --> 01:02:32,968
High Injury network, meaning that it's just,

1149
01:02:32,968 --> 01:02:34,935
one of just 8% of our city's streets

1150
01:02:34,935 --> 01:02:37,935
where severe and fatal crashes are concentrated.

1151
01:02:37,935 --> 01:02:40,100
In upgrading Broadway, we're being responsive

1152
01:02:40,100 --> 01:02:42,535
to a number of historic plan documents.

1153
01:02:42,535 --> 01:02:43,969
The projects fully funded

1154
01:02:43,969 --> 01:02:48,135
by the federal, state and local grants,

1155
01:02:48,135 --> 01:02:50,169
because it's funded by a federal grant, the construction contract award

1156
01:02:50,169 --> 01:02:54,468
must abide by federal rules, including the suspension

1157
01:02:54,468 --> 01:02:58,680
of the disadvantaged business Enterprise program.

1158
01:02:59,350 --> 01:03:02,569
And we received three bids through a competitive bidding

1159
01:03:02,569 --> 01:03:04,668
process process. And McGuire and Hester submitted the lowest bid,

1160
01:03:04,668 --> 01:03:09,468
which was 16.6% below the city's engineer estimate.

1161
01:03:09,935 --> 01:03:12,468
Thanks so much for your consideration.

1162
01:03:12,468 --> 01:03:16,200
And I'm pleased to respond to any questions you might have.

1163
01:03:16,200 --> 01:03:17,468
That's great. This is an exciting project.

1164
01:03:17,468 --> 01:03:20,301
I'm looking forward to it. Colleagues, questions.

1165
01:03:20,301 --> 01:03:22,301
Councilmember Houston, please,

1166
01:03:22,602 --> 01:03:26,101
I like to do I like to move this.

1167
01:03:26,101 --> 01:03:26,667
All right.

1168
01:03:26,667 --> 01:03:28,667
Council member Wong,

1169
01:03:29,201 --> 01:03:30,635
thank you. Through the chair.

1170
01:03:30,635 --> 01:03:34,301
Thank you so much for your work on this, good segment of this,

1171
01:03:34,301 --> 01:03:36,701
is in district to,

1172
01:03:36,735 --> 01:03:38,568
is this project going to be coordinated

1173
01:03:38,568 --> 01:03:40,535
with the Oakland Alameda Access project?

1174
01:03:40,535 --> 01:03:42,935
Just given the overlap

1175
01:03:42,969 --> 01:03:45,301
I see in Councilmember one, we've been, the project

1176
01:03:45,301 --> 01:03:48,502
team has been working closely with the okay, Oakland,

1177
01:03:48,502 --> 01:03:51,502
project to ensure close coordination

1178
01:03:51,635 --> 01:03:55,435
as well as communications and so that there's no overlap

1179
01:03:55,435 --> 01:03:59,401
or extended, any additional delay, due to that coordination.

1180
01:03:59,401 --> 01:04:01,268
So it's happening on a weekly basis.

1181
01:04:01,268 --> 01:04:02,901
Great. Perfect. Thank you.

1182
01:04:02,901 --> 01:04:04,868
I'll second.

1183
01:04:04,868 --> 01:04:06,868
Okay. Speakers, please.

1184
01:04:07,869 --> 01:04:09,902
Public speakers. When I call your name, please approach the podium.

1185
01:04:09,902 --> 01:04:12,201
If you're participating via zoom, please raise your hand.

1186
01:04:12,201 --> 01:04:15,801
Is your easy identified Miss Asada,

1187
01:04:16,100 --> 01:04:19,100
Kevin Daly, and Blair Beekman,

1188
01:04:19,468 --> 01:04:21,868
Kevin Daly this Broadway

1189
01:04:22,401 --> 01:04:27,702
project is a great project, especially adding the bus lanes.

1190
01:04:27,702 --> 01:04:31,401
Looking forward to having more reliable bus service.

1191
01:04:31,401 --> 01:04:34,935
Bringing more passengers to the busses from cars might

1192
01:04:34,935 --> 01:04:37,834
do more to reduce carbon emissions

1193
01:04:37,834 --> 01:04:40,935
than some of our previous items.

1194
01:04:40,935 --> 01:04:45,970
The the ones aren't bad, but this one could do more.

1195
01:04:45,970 --> 01:04:49,735
Chris. We still need to worry about how to get money to AC transit so that it can

1196
01:04:49,735 --> 01:04:53,935
continue running reliable busses on those routes.

1197
01:04:54,368 --> 01:04:59,169
Which brings us back to the sales tax up.

1198
01:04:59,169 --> 01:05:02,734
Council can't do anything about it, but let's remember it.

1199
01:05:02,734 --> 01:05:04,734
Things.

1200
01:05:10,735 --> 01:05:14,680
There are districts that get a whole lot of attention.

1201
01:05:14,680 --> 01:05:15,768
The last item,

1202
01:05:15,768 --> 01:05:18,301
where they're doing assessments for air quality,

1203
01:05:18,301 --> 01:05:19,802
20 assessments,

1204
01:05:19,802 --> 01:05:23,802
only one being done in district seven, one in district six.

1205
01:05:23,802 --> 01:05:26,969
The rest of them were going to three, four and five.

1206
01:05:26,969 --> 01:05:29,690
I was looking for you to tell you that.

1207
01:05:29,690 --> 01:05:32,201
So this is district two, which get Chinatown

1208
01:05:32,201 --> 01:05:36,902
gets a lot of attention related to this.

1209
01:05:36,902 --> 01:05:40,468
But if you remember, AC transit is going to be doing some evaluation

1210
01:05:40,468 --> 01:05:44,535
based on lack of funding, and some of that is going to be,

1211
01:05:44,535 --> 01:05:48,502
not continue to have all stops in place.

1212
01:05:48,502 --> 01:05:50,902
So does this need to be coordinated

1213
01:05:50,902 --> 01:05:56,535
after we get a report from AC transit related to what services

1214
01:05:56,535 --> 01:06:01,335
will be provided, including potential elimination of stops?

1215
01:06:02,200 --> 01:06:07,135
Also, you you got to stop this bike lane thing.

1216
01:06:07,135 --> 01:06:13,735
Broadway is not suitable for any kind of riding of bikes.

1217
01:06:19,168 --> 01:06:20,535
Thank you for calling.

1218
01:06:20,535 --> 01:06:23,801
All right. Thank you for comments.

1219
01:06:23,801 --> 01:06:25,368
Moving to our zoom speaker.

1220
01:06:25,368 --> 01:06:27,835
And I do not see Blair Beekman.

1221
01:06:27,835 --> 01:06:29,935
We do have a motion made by Councilmember Houston,

1222
01:06:29,935 --> 01:06:31,869
seconded by Councilmember Wang, to approve

1223
01:06:31,869 --> 01:06:35,401
the recommendations of staff and report this item to the July

1224
01:06:35,401 --> 01:06:38,901
21st, 2026 City Council agenda on roll.

1225
01:06:38,901 --> 01:06:40,435
Councilmember Gallo is excused.

1226
01:06:40,435 --> 01:06:43,468
Councilmember Houston, I thank you, Council

1227
01:06:43,468 --> 01:06:46,602
Member Wang I and Chair Unger.

1228
01:06:46,602 --> 01:06:48,901
This motion does pass with three eyes.

1229
01:06:48,901 --> 01:06:50,100
One excused.

1230
01:06:50,100 --> 01:06:52,568
Io to approve the recommendations of staff

1231
01:06:52,568 --> 01:06:55,568
in the four days item to the July 21st, 2026

1232
01:06:55,568 --> 01:06:58,268
City Council agenda and through the body.

1233
01:06:58,268 --> 01:07:00,502
Would that be consent or not?

1234
01:07:00,502 --> 01:07:01,968
Consent, please. Thank you.

1235
01:07:01,968 --> 01:07:04,368
Moving to item eight.

1236
01:07:07,100 --> 01:07:09,100
Adopt a resolution

1237
01:07:09,436 --> 01:07:11,869
authorizing the City Administrator to finalize and execute a purchase agreement

1238
01:07:11,869 --> 01:07:14,535
with the Metropolitan Transportation Committee.

1239
01:07:14,535 --> 01:07:16,801
Commission as administrator of the Clipper

1240
01:07:16,801 --> 01:07:18,169
Regional Transit Fair

1241
01:07:18,169 --> 01:07:22,301
Payment Program in an amount not to exceed $400,000.

1242
01:07:22,301 --> 01:07:25,901
Using previously appropriate appropriated Regional Early

1243
01:07:26,680 --> 01:07:29,680
Action Planning 2.0 higher Impact Transfer

1244
01:07:29,702 --> 01:07:33,335
transformative grant funds to purchase a distribute

1245
01:07:33,335 --> 01:07:36,335
approximately 1000 prepaid prepaid Clipper cards

1246
01:07:37,468 --> 01:07:41,335
for the West Oakland Universal Basic Mobility Pilot

1247
01:07:41,335 --> 01:07:44,368
and making findings to waive the city's formal advertising,

1248
01:07:44,368 --> 01:07:46,568
competitive bidding, and request

1249
01:07:46,568 --> 01:07:48,502
for proposal and qualifications.

1250
01:07:48,502 --> 01:07:52,902
And you do have three speakers for this item.

1251
01:07:52,902 --> 01:07:55,669
All right. Let's hear from staff. Please.

1252
01:07:55,669 --> 01:07:57,568
Thank you. Good afternoon to the committee members and the public.

1253
01:07:57,568 --> 01:07:58,835
My name is Kirby Olson,

1254
01:07:58,835 --> 01:08:00,502
supervising transportation planner

1255
01:08:00,502 --> 01:08:02,135
in the Department of Transportation.

1256
01:08:02,135 --> 01:08:05,869
We do have a short presentation on this great program today

1257
01:08:05,869 --> 01:08:08,734
that will be given by, my team member, Colin Petty.

1258
01:08:08,734 --> 01:08:11,734
So come on up on.

1259
01:08:12,701 --> 01:08:13,968
Thanksgiving.

1260
01:08:13,968 --> 01:08:15,802
Hello, committee members.

1261
01:08:15,802 --> 01:08:20,235
So today we're giving you giving you more information about,

1262
01:08:20,235 --> 01:08:23,401
our request for council to approve staff

1263
01:08:23,401 --> 01:08:28,301
to authorize a new contract with MTC slash clipper to,

1264
01:08:28,301 --> 01:08:30,690
extend a second phase

1265
01:08:30,690 --> 01:08:33,401
of the universal basic mobility pilot in West Oakland.

1266
01:08:33,401 --> 01:08:35,801
And I'm sorry.

1267
01:08:37,340 --> 01:08:39,535
So universal basic mobility refers,

1268
01:08:39,535 --> 01:08:41,502
and I'm just giving you some background information.

1269
01:08:41,502 --> 01:08:43,368
It refers to a range of programs

1270
01:08:43,368 --> 01:08:46,435
that offer financial subsidies for selected participants

1271
01:08:46,435 --> 01:08:49,368
to spend on transportation services.

1272
01:08:49,368 --> 01:08:53,101
So we first started a UVM pilot in East Oakland,

1273
01:08:53,101 --> 01:08:54,834
that accompanied the launch of the tempo

1274
01:08:54,834 --> 01:08:56,668
bus rapid transit project.

1275
01:08:56,668 --> 01:09:00,468
And, and just from the jump, these are all fully

1276
01:09:00,468 --> 01:09:02,735
grant funded projects from outside funds

1277
01:09:02,735 --> 01:09:06,435
that did not require any matching funds.

1278
01:09:06,435 --> 01:09:08,368
So we wanted this first pilot in East Oakland.

1279
01:09:08,368 --> 01:09:10,768
So it was successful.

1280
01:09:11,202 --> 01:09:13,802
Then we got more grant funding from Alameda County Transportation Commission

1281
01:09:13,802 --> 01:09:16,435
to launch a pilot in West Oakland accompanying

1282
01:09:16,435 --> 01:09:17,768
a bus stop improvement

1283
01:09:17,768 --> 01:09:21,368
project called West Oakland Transit Improvements.

1284
01:09:22,202 --> 01:09:26,402
And then in 2023, city housing community development.

1285
01:09:27,690 --> 01:09:29,236
Yeah. Excuse me. Housing and Community Development Department received

1286
01:09:29,236 --> 01:09:33,235
$10 million from the Regional Early Action Planning Grant.

1287
01:09:33,235 --> 01:09:35,635
2.0 high impact transformative program.

1288
01:09:36,302 --> 01:09:39,468
To to implement the Mandela Station Development project

1289
01:09:39,468 --> 01:09:41,680
next to West Oakland Bart.

1290
01:09:41,680 --> 01:09:43,236
At the time, though,

1291
01:09:43,236 --> 01:09:46,568
they didn't pursue any action related to the portion of the funds included.

1292
01:09:46,568 --> 01:09:50,235
Which is why we're here now, today.

1293
01:09:50,235 --> 01:09:52,635
So in in evaluating,

1294
01:09:53,201 --> 01:09:55,134
the pilots that we've implemented

1295
01:09:55,134 --> 01:09:57,703
in East and West Oakland,

1296
01:09:57,703 --> 01:10:00,401
we saw that they've been successful in increasing transit ridership,

1297
01:10:00,401 --> 01:10:04,601
reducing traffic congestion and improving air quality.

1298
01:10:05,402 --> 01:10:09,102
We also found that these programs are especially helpful for very low income households.

1299
01:10:09,102 --> 01:10:12,635
So this grant, allocation would be used to implement

1300
01:10:12,635 --> 01:10:16,690
a second phase of the pilot in West Oakland.

1301
01:10:16,690 --> 01:10:20,135
And we plan to distribute Clipper cards with up to $400

1302
01:10:20,135 --> 01:10:24,902
for up to 1000 people living and working in West Oakland.

1303
01:10:24,902 --> 01:10:27,435
So to your right on the slide is the study area.

1304
01:10:27,435 --> 01:10:30,835
It's the same as in the first phase of the pilot.

1305
01:10:30,835 --> 01:10:34,468
And our eligibility requirements for participating are

1306
01:10:34,468 --> 01:10:37,435
that you must live or work in West Oakland,

1307
01:10:37,435 --> 01:10:39,200
that you must earn less than the area

1308
01:10:39,200 --> 01:10:43,468
median income, and must not be a city employee.

1309
01:10:43,468 --> 01:10:45,502
So while we were almost

1310
01:10:45,502 --> 01:10:47,435
nearly completed with the West Oakland pilot,

1311
01:10:47,435 --> 01:10:50,468
we want to give you some initial findings from,

1312
01:10:50,468 --> 01:10:53,101
East and West Oakland pilots.

1313
01:10:53,101 --> 01:10:54,902
The vast majority of participants

1314
01:10:54,902 --> 01:10:58,668
spend their funds on Clipper card or AC transit service.

1315
01:10:58,668 --> 01:11:01,235
And also the vast majority of participants

1316
01:11:01,235 --> 01:11:02,668
are very low income.

1317
01:11:02,668 --> 01:11:05,968
In West Oakland, nearly 80% of participants

1318
01:11:05,968 --> 01:11:08,968
earn less than $50,000 a year.

1319
01:11:09,169 --> 01:11:12,735
Participants also report change in the way they travel up

1320
01:11:12,735 --> 01:11:16,934
to, nearly half of participants did so in West Oakland.

1321
01:11:16,934 --> 01:11:18,134
And in both

1322
01:11:18,134 --> 01:11:20,734
pilots, we saw nearly the same amount of people,

1323
01:11:20,734 --> 01:11:22,235
driving less often.

1324
01:11:22,235 --> 01:11:27,350
So this is meeting all the program objectives.

1325
01:11:27,335 --> 01:11:29,935
So, in particular regarding Clipper card

1326
01:11:29,935 --> 01:11:32,301
and why we want to execute a contract with them

1327
01:11:32,301 --> 01:11:34,350
is because we saw that, you know,

1328
01:11:34,350 --> 01:11:36,235
as we mentioned in the slide earlier, folks,

1329
01:11:36,235 --> 01:11:40,690
majority of folks are using their funds on Clipper.

1330
01:11:40,690 --> 01:11:43,835
We had previously use prepaid debit cards, through of

1331
01:11:43,835 --> 01:11:47,168
ink so that folks could purchase shared mobility trips.

1332
01:11:47,168 --> 01:11:49,301
But now, given the program usage and also

1333
01:11:49,301 --> 01:11:52,301
some efficiencies, we're planning to switch to Clipper.

1334
01:11:52,301 --> 01:11:53,602
Clipper staff noted that

1335
01:11:53,602 --> 01:11:56,835
they're able to waive the physical cost of the cards,

1336
01:11:56,835 --> 01:11:58,535
and they're also able to provide customer

1337
01:11:58,535 --> 01:12:02,435
service support, which would free up, a lot of staff time.

1338
01:12:02,435 --> 01:12:04,201
And so there's some, some great efficiencies

1339
01:12:04,201 --> 01:12:07,368
that we want to take advantage of in this contract.

1340
01:12:07,368 --> 01:12:10,602
So by, by waiving formal advertising and competitive

1341
01:12:10,602 --> 01:12:13,200
bidding requirements, we would be able to execute

1342
01:12:13,200 --> 01:12:16,235
a purchasing agreement with Clipper and continue

1343
01:12:16,235 --> 01:12:19,835
this UPN pilot in West Oakland.

1344
01:12:20,301 --> 01:12:23,935
This the fiscal impacts of this action

1345
01:12:23,935 --> 01:12:27,335
would allocate know we excuse me, we've already allocated

1346
01:12:27,335 --> 01:12:29,735
$450,000 towards the UVM pilot.

1347
01:12:31,468 --> 01:12:34,468
We're planning to use 400,000 of those funds

1348
01:12:34,468 --> 01:12:38,401
on the Clipper subsidies, and then $50,000 towards

1349
01:12:38,401 --> 01:12:40,801
administration of the pilot.

1350
01:12:42,834 --> 01:12:44,767
And just,

1351
01:12:44,767 --> 01:12:46,735
read this formally, and,

1352
01:12:46,735 --> 01:12:49,201
this is the action we're requesting to finalize

1353
01:12:49,201 --> 01:12:51,401
and execute a contract purchasing agreement

1354
01:12:51,401 --> 01:12:54,401
with the Metropolitan Transportation Commission

1355
01:12:55,202 --> 01:12:58,102
slash Clipper in support of the West Oakland Universal Basic Mobility pilot

1356
01:12:58,102 --> 01:13:00,468
financial incentives in the form of 1000 prepaid

1357
01:13:00,468 --> 01:13:03,767
Clipper cards at a cost of $400,000,

1358
01:13:03,767 --> 01:13:05,340
providing the necessary

1359
01:13:05,340 --> 01:13:06,502
spending authority for the agreement

1360
01:13:06,502 --> 01:13:08,368
and waiving the advertising, bidding

1361
01:13:08,368 --> 01:13:11,340
and the request for qualifications.

1362
01:13:11,340 --> 01:13:12,680
Slash proposal.

1363
01:13:12,680 --> 01:13:14,680
Competitive selection requirements

1364
01:13:15,635 --> 01:13:17,768
and looking to the future.

1365
01:13:17,768 --> 01:13:19,268
Since these pilots have been successful,

1366
01:13:19,268 --> 01:13:20,835
we anticipate this next phase.

1367
01:13:20,835 --> 01:13:25,435
The West Oakland pilot will be just as as much successful.

1368
01:13:25,435 --> 01:13:28,535
We're looking towards implementing a citywide program,

1369
01:13:28,535 --> 01:13:32,568
so that all residents can take advantage of this benefit.

1370
01:13:32,568 --> 01:13:34,368
You know, we're seeing it's it's

1371
01:13:34,368 --> 01:13:38,202
been the program goals of reducing driving and,

1372
01:13:38,202 --> 01:13:41,101
providing economic benefit for very low income households.

1373
01:13:41,101 --> 01:13:42,435
So we'd like to extend that

1374
01:13:42,435 --> 01:13:45,350
to all Oakland residents, residents.

1375
01:13:45,350 --> 01:13:47,935
And as an additional benefit, we could potentially

1376
01:13:47,935 --> 01:13:50,335
use this program as a way to help mitigate

1377
01:13:50,335 --> 01:13:53,435
the impacts of new development by providing this program

1378
01:13:53,435 --> 01:13:56,435
as an option for developers to pay in lieu fees

1379
01:13:56,435 --> 01:13:58,680
so they can provide a transit pass

1380
01:13:58,680 --> 01:14:01,202
for the new residents or employees.

1381
01:14:01,202 --> 01:14:04,535
And with that, we'll take any questions you might have.

1382
01:14:04,535 --> 01:14:06,335
Thank you. All right. Very cool program.

1383
01:14:06,335 --> 01:14:08,335
Thank you for the presentation.

1384
01:14:08,335 --> 01:14:10,335
Council member Wong,

1385
01:14:10,535 --> 01:14:12,435
thank you so much for your work on this.

1386
01:14:12,435 --> 01:14:14,101
I fully support this.

1387
01:14:14,101 --> 01:14:15,935
One question I just have is,

1388
01:14:15,935 --> 01:14:19,869
it's been documented in some of the reporting around students

1389
01:14:19,869 --> 01:14:23,835
who are trying to access the youth, free bus program,

1390
01:14:23,835 --> 01:14:25,768
as well as the Clipper card program.

1391
01:14:25,768 --> 01:14:30,869
Do you anticipate the same challenges with enrollment here?

1392
01:14:30,869 --> 01:14:34,468
I don't really anticipate those challenges.

1393
01:14:34,468 --> 01:14:36,868
One issue we did come up against was attempted

1394
01:14:36,868 --> 01:14:38,468
email fraud on the program.

1395
01:14:38,468 --> 01:14:41,102
Just given our survey structure.

1396
01:14:41,102 --> 01:14:44,401
People use bots to try to take advantage of it.

1397
01:14:44,401 --> 01:14:45,802
So therefore we're we're planning

1398
01:14:45,802 --> 01:14:49,402
to have, cards distributed at, at,

1399
01:14:49,602 --> 01:14:54,402
AC Transit's Clippers office in downtown Oakland.

1400
01:14:54,869 --> 01:14:57,735
Okay, great. And what is the plan for outreach on this program?

1401
01:14:57,735 --> 01:15:00,835
So in the past, we've partnered with many local arts

1402
01:15:00,835 --> 01:15:04,634
Oakland institutions like Saint that, the Saint Mary's Center,

1403
01:15:04,634 --> 01:15:06,634
Abbott California Hotel,

1404
01:15:07,102 --> 01:15:10,735
Saint Monarch Saint Andrews all like the social service

1405
01:15:10,735 --> 01:15:13,401
and affordable housing providers there.

1406
01:15:13,401 --> 01:15:15,102
As well as working with the West Oakland

1407
01:15:15,102 --> 01:15:18,301
library, attending like the Juneteenth block party.

1408
01:15:18,301 --> 01:15:19,802
So we have a very long list

1409
01:15:19,802 --> 01:15:21,969
of community partners that we work with. Great.

1410
01:15:21,969 --> 01:15:23,801
Thank you so much. I'll move the item.

1411
01:15:23,801 --> 01:15:25,768
Thank you.

1412
01:15:25,768 --> 01:15:27,235
I'll second it and we'll go to Council Member

1413
01:15:27,235 --> 01:15:29,235
Houston for comment.

1414
01:15:30,435 --> 01:15:31,701
Thank you. Through the chair.

1415
01:15:31,701 --> 01:15:33,435
Thank you.

1416
01:15:33,435 --> 01:15:35,268
You said it was a pilot in East Oakland,

1417
01:15:35,268 --> 01:15:36,301
and that was the first pilot

1418
01:15:36,301 --> 01:15:39,901
in 2017 to 2021, which is four years.

1419
01:15:40,101 --> 01:15:41,335
Can you give me just, like, a little bit?

1420
01:15:41,335 --> 01:15:42,635
You said it was successful.

1421
01:15:42,635 --> 01:15:44,668
Just give me like a little because I wasn't around.

1422
01:15:44,668 --> 01:15:47,236
Only been in office 16 months.

1423
01:15:47,236 --> 01:15:50,568
Give me a little elevator pitch on how that was successful.

1424
01:15:50,568 --> 01:15:51,968
Of course. And through the chair.

1425
01:15:51,968 --> 01:15:53,335
So this,

1426
01:15:53,335 --> 01:15:56,301
the actual grant project was implemented from 2020

1427
01:15:56,301 --> 01:16:00,336
to 2021 to include those states just, you know,

1428
01:16:00,336 --> 01:16:03,935
so that we like this is the time it took to apply for and receive the grant.

1429
01:16:03,935 --> 01:16:07,102
So in East Oakland in particular, we saw,

1430
01:16:07,102 --> 01:16:11,302
transit ridership increased by 12% and driving decrease,

1431
01:16:12,690 --> 01:16:15,734
by about 6% for for folks who, were taking

1432
01:16:15,734 --> 01:16:17,401
either of those modes.

1433
01:16:17,401 --> 01:16:21,468
And in general, I would say that,

1434
01:16:21,468 --> 01:16:25,368
you know, anecdotally from from folks I've talked to,

1435
01:16:25,368 --> 01:16:27,435
they've stressed to me that, you know,

1436
01:16:27,435 --> 01:16:28,968
this allows them to see family members

1437
01:16:28,968 --> 01:16:30,668
they might not otherwise see,

1438
01:16:30,668 --> 01:16:33,602
you know, purchased Amtrak tickets to visit family

1439
01:16:33,602 --> 01:16:36,702
out of town and also just cover their basic needs.

1440
01:16:36,702 --> 01:16:38,869
A lot of these folks, as I mentioned earlier,

1441
01:16:38,869 --> 01:16:43,350
like earning less than $50,000 a year are on,

1442
01:16:43,350 --> 01:16:46,690
and, you know, urgently need these kind of benefits,

1443
01:16:46,690 --> 01:16:48,268
to help them live their daily lives and all that.

1444
01:16:48,268 --> 01:16:53,680
My supervisor, Kirby, speak to any other anecdotes?

1445
01:16:54,369 --> 01:16:56,568
Yeah. The only thing I'd add is that that grant program distributed

1446
01:16:56,568 --> 01:17:00,502
a total of $250,000 to residents that lived within half

1447
01:17:00,502 --> 01:17:04,702
mile of the AC transit temple line, in East Oakland.

1448
01:17:04,702 --> 01:17:08,802
How much was that again due to chair $250,000 in in transit

1449
01:17:08,802 --> 01:17:12,435
subsidies that they could use, to ride the bus essentially.

1450
01:17:12,435 --> 01:17:14,835
All right. Thank you.

1451
01:17:17,340 --> 01:17:19,335
Okay, let's hear from speakers.

1452
01:17:19,335 --> 01:17:21,468
Please move in to our public speakers. Mr.

1453
01:17:21,468 --> 01:17:25,680
Sada, Kevin Donnelly and Blair Beekman.

1454
01:17:27,301 --> 01:17:29,602
This don't make sense.

1455
01:17:29,602 --> 01:17:34,634
So the main purpose is to reduce people who are driving

1456
01:17:34,634 --> 01:17:37,340
to use the busses.

1457
01:17:37,802 --> 01:17:40,401
And then you say you were able to determine

1458
01:17:40,401 --> 01:17:42,680
that people were driving less.

1459
01:17:42,680 --> 01:17:43,969
How did you do that?

1460
01:17:43,969 --> 01:17:47,569
Because, you know, answer my questions.

1461
01:17:47,835 --> 01:17:51,301
So people are driving in any given area.

1462
01:17:51,301 --> 01:17:52,702
You don't know what they don't

1463
01:17:52,702 --> 01:17:55,702
necessarily live in West Oakland.

1464
01:17:56,102 --> 01:17:58,968
They can can be coming from any part of the city or even out of the city.

1465
01:17:58,968 --> 01:18:01,468
So how are you determining that

1466
01:18:01,468 --> 01:18:05,350
people drive in in an area and then you have Clipper cards

1467
01:18:05,350 --> 01:18:10,769
or these special Clipper cards that when they when they used

1468
01:18:10,769 --> 01:18:15,200
you have a specific identification of these 1000 Clipper cards or are they

1469
01:18:15,200 --> 01:18:18,468
the same Clipper cards, like all the rest of them?

1470
01:18:18,468 --> 01:18:21,702
How are you keeping up with these Clipper cards?

1471
01:18:21,702 --> 01:18:24,335
I just this doesn't make sense to me

1472
01:18:24,335 --> 01:18:27,335
how you get evidence data

1473
01:18:27,535 --> 01:18:31,135
to determine this as being successful.

1474
01:18:32,368 --> 01:18:34,301
You can license.

1475
01:18:34,301 --> 01:18:36,301
I know.

1476
01:18:43,690 --> 01:18:45,667
Kevin. Dally, this sounds like a great program.

1477
01:18:45,667 --> 01:18:49,267
And to me, it makes sense.

1478
01:18:49,368 --> 01:18:52,301
It it really sounds like it's another one

1479
01:18:52,301 --> 01:18:55,401
of today's agenda items that to reducing carbon

1480
01:18:55,401 --> 01:19:00,201
emissions by encouraging people to take rapid transit

1481
01:19:00,335 --> 01:19:02,635
or slow busses, apps.

1482
01:19:02,635 --> 01:19:05,169
Sorry. Standard busses as well.

1483
01:19:05,169 --> 01:19:10,201
Moving people out of cars into their busses should make it

1484
01:19:10,201 --> 01:19:13,335
safer for pedestrians and cyclists as well.

1485
01:19:13,335 --> 01:19:16,968
There will be fewer cars driving on Broadway

1486
01:19:16,968 --> 01:19:21,268
and more busses in the bus lane, which

1487
01:19:21,268 --> 01:19:25,202
of course we just heard about in the previous item.

1488
01:19:25,202 --> 01:19:28,340
I'm looking forward to the extension of this program

1489
01:19:28,340 --> 01:19:31,634
to all of Oakland and not

1490
01:19:32,336 --> 01:19:36,690
definitely. We're starting out slow and I'm hoping we move ahead.

1491
01:19:36,690 --> 01:19:38,767
There's problems with Clipper, but it's the best solution

1492
01:19:38,767 --> 01:19:41,767
to add to our transit.

1493
01:19:43,669 --> 01:19:47,200
Thank you for your comment. Listening to our zoom speaker, Blair Beekman, I do not see him.

1494
01:19:47,200 --> 01:19:50,401
That concludes your public speakers for item eight.

1495
01:19:50,401 --> 01:19:52,635
We do have a motion made by Councilmember Wang,

1496
01:19:52,635 --> 01:19:55,200
seconded by Chair Unger, to approve

1497
01:19:55,200 --> 01:19:58,502
the recommendations of staff and report this item to the July

1498
01:19:58,502 --> 01:20:02,102
21st, 2026 City Council agenda on roll.

1499
01:20:02,235 --> 01:20:04,635
Councilmember Gallo is excused.

1500
01:20:05,101 --> 01:20:07,101
Council member Houston

1501
01:20:07,335 --> 01:20:08,834
Council Member Wang.

1502
01:20:08,834 --> 01:20:10,268
And to your honor, I.

1503
01:20:10,268 --> 01:20:11,935
This motion does pass with three eyes.

1504
01:20:11,935 --> 01:20:15,401
One excused Dio to approve the recommendations of staff

1505
01:20:15,401 --> 01:20:18,668
and report this item to the July 21st City

1506
01:20:18,668 --> 01:20:20,335
Council agenda and through the body.

1507
01:20:20,335 --> 01:20:23,335
Would that be considered on.

1508
01:20:23,701 --> 01:20:24,235
Consent, please.

1509
01:20:24,235 --> 01:20:24,834
Thank you.

1510
01:20:24,834 --> 01:20:27,234
Moving to item nine.

1511
01:20:28,335 --> 01:20:31,168
Adopt the resolution authorizing the city

1512
01:20:31,168 --> 01:20:34,168
the Council President to submit a response

1513
01:20:34,168 --> 01:20:38,235
on behalf of the City Council to the 2025

1514
01:20:38,235 --> 01:20:42,435
through 2026 Alameda County Civil Grand Jury report.

1515
01:20:42,935 --> 01:20:47,501
And you do have three speakers for this item.

1516
01:20:47,501 --> 01:20:48,869
All right.

1517
01:20:48,869 --> 01:20:50,535
Good afternoon, chair, Committee members.

1518
01:20:50,535 --> 01:20:54,200
My name is William, the Oakland Public works director.

1519
01:20:54,200 --> 01:20:58,401
And on June 15th, the Alameda County Civil grand

1520
01:20:58,401 --> 01:21:00,568
jury released an annual report

1521
01:21:00,568 --> 01:21:03,835
that included essentially a chapter on illegal dumping.

1522
01:21:03,835 --> 01:21:06,835
And it made eight recommendations.

1523
01:21:06,902 --> 01:21:09,802
We, by law, are required to respond

1524
01:21:09,802 --> 01:21:12,802
to those recommendations within 90 days.

1525
01:21:13,934 --> 01:21:16,101
Those responses are drafted

1526
01:21:16,101 --> 01:21:19,101
and included at attachment B.

1527
01:21:19,435 --> 01:21:22,668
Because of that 90 day deadline falling within council's

1528
01:21:22,668 --> 01:21:28,235
recess, there is some urgency, to make sure that we do approve.

1529
01:21:28,235 --> 01:21:30,235
Those responses,

1530
01:21:30,568 --> 01:21:33,401
and what that approval will do was authorize

1531
01:21:33,401 --> 01:21:37,368
the council president to submit those responses to the Alameda

1532
01:21:37,368 --> 01:21:39,768
County Civil Grand jury,

1533
01:21:40,134 --> 01:21:42,835
on, in a timely fashion.

1534
01:21:42,835 --> 01:21:46,100
For some of you, this might feel a bit like deja vu,

1535
01:21:46,100 --> 01:21:46,868
and it should.

1536
01:21:46,868 --> 01:21:49,336
And the reason I say that

1537
01:21:49,336 --> 01:21:52,668
is we've been, having conversations over the past several months about,

1538
01:21:52,668 --> 01:21:56,268
illegal dumping, and we've made significant

1539
01:21:56,268 --> 01:22:00,301
progress in advancing both policy and implementation

1540
01:22:00,301 --> 01:22:02,468
of our illegal dumping strategy.

1541
01:22:02,468 --> 01:22:06,802
You might remember that, this committee and council approved,

1542
01:22:06,802 --> 01:22:10,402
significantly higher fines for illegal dumping.

1543
01:22:11,235 --> 01:22:13,869
This committee and council approved an illegal

1544
01:22:13,869 --> 01:22:18,301
dumping expenditure plan to fund, the three E's.

1545
01:22:18,301 --> 01:22:20,301
That's the city's strategy to abate illegal

1546
01:22:20,301 --> 01:22:23,301
dumping, education, enforcement and eradication.

1547
01:22:24,702 --> 01:22:29,502
The, we approved an adopted budget that includes

1548
01:22:29,502 --> 01:22:33,702
more funding for both eradication and enforcement.

1549
01:22:33,768 --> 01:22:37,200
The mayor secured a $9.25 million investment

1550
01:22:37,200 --> 01:22:40,168
from the Crank Start Foundation to, accelerate

1551
01:22:40,168 --> 01:22:43,668
implementation of that three E's strategy.

1552
01:22:43,668 --> 01:22:47,502
And we also, responded to our own

1553
01:22:47,502 --> 01:22:50,680
Oakland City Auditor's report on illegal dumping.

1554
01:22:50,680 --> 01:22:52,468
And it's 17 recommendations.

1555
01:22:53,668 --> 01:22:58,468
Most of what I just described either happened after or while

1556
01:22:58,468 --> 01:23:02,401
the Alameda County civil grand jury was finalizing its report.

1557
01:23:02,401 --> 01:23:06,235
So you don't see those actions represented in the report,

1558
01:23:06,235 --> 01:23:08,869
understandably, because they were filing,

1559
01:23:08,869 --> 01:23:12,368
likely, finalizing the report at the same time

1560
01:23:12,368 --> 01:23:15,169
as we sit here today, there is encouraging news.

1561
01:23:15,169 --> 01:23:19,668
The grand jury report is again showing alignment with what

1562
01:23:19,668 --> 01:23:22,668
the mayor, this committee, council,

1563
01:23:23,200 --> 01:23:26,680
the city auditor staff and also the community

1564
01:23:26,680 --> 01:23:30,435
are saying about our three E's approach

1565
01:23:30,435 --> 01:23:32,901
because we've discussed these items several times

1566
01:23:32,901 --> 01:23:34,169
in the past several months, I'm

1567
01:23:34,169 --> 01:23:37,935
not going to do thorough updates of all of the items,

1568
01:23:37,935 --> 01:23:42,768
but I do want to highlight three items that are updates

1569
01:23:42,768 --> 01:23:45,834
that this committee may not be aware of.

1570
01:23:45,834 --> 01:23:48,801
First, next week we are meeting

1571
01:23:48,801 --> 01:23:51,801
with the five Oakland Chambers,

1572
01:23:52,235 --> 01:23:55,201
to discuss proposed amendments to our mandatory

1573
01:23:55,201 --> 01:23:56,901
commercial garbage service ordinance.

1574
01:23:56,901 --> 01:23:58,202
That's a mouthful.

1575
01:23:58,202 --> 01:24:02,469
But this will make it easier for us to enforce and collect

1576
01:24:02,469 --> 01:24:04,968
against businesses that don't have sufficient garbage service,

1577
01:24:04,968 --> 01:24:06,802
because a business that does not have

1578
01:24:06,802 --> 01:24:09,135
a sufficient garbage service, some of that garbage,

1579
01:24:09,135 --> 01:24:12,435
is likely to end up on our streets and sidewalks.

1580
01:24:12,435 --> 01:24:16,340
We will return by September with those proposed amendments

1581
01:24:16,340 --> 01:24:17,568
to, this committee

1582
01:24:17,568 --> 01:24:21,602
and then ultimately for council approval, in late September.

1583
01:24:21,602 --> 01:24:25,435
Second, the Privacy Commission recently approved an amendment

1584
01:24:25,435 --> 01:24:29,301
to the city's automated license plate reader use policy

1585
01:24:29,301 --> 01:24:32,835
so that OPD can share illegal dumping

1586
01:24:32,835 --> 01:24:36,968
related video and data with Oakland Public Works.

1587
01:24:36,968 --> 01:24:38,968
That approval was,

1588
01:24:40,536 --> 01:24:44,101
from the Privacy Commission, and we expect that by September,

1589
01:24:44,101 --> 01:24:48,168
that approval will come, to the City council.

1590
01:24:48,168 --> 01:24:51,301
Third, bulky block parties are back.

1591
01:24:51,301 --> 01:24:54,802
You might have gotten the, press release, this morning,

1592
01:24:54,802 --> 01:24:58,935
but the first of four bulky block parties,

1593
01:24:58,935 --> 01:25:01,301
and remember, these bulky block parties were restored

1594
01:25:01,301 --> 01:25:05,101
after the, council adopted the illegal expenditure

1595
01:25:05,101 --> 01:25:08,268
action plan, to fund these block parties.

1596
01:25:08,268 --> 01:25:11,201
Our first one is taking place on July 25th

1597
01:25:11,201 --> 01:25:14,201
at 7101 Edgewater, from 9 a.m.

1598
01:25:15,869 --> 01:25:19,535
to 1 p.m.. Aucklanders, just need to bring, government issued,

1599
01:25:19,535 --> 01:25:24,335
photo ID, plus some mail showing that they.

1600
01:25:25,537 --> 01:25:27,102
Oh, sorry. Can I interrupt you for a second? We, have been joined by council President Jenkins,

1601
01:25:27,102 --> 01:25:31,568
so we need to, adjourn into a full council session.

1602
01:25:31,568 --> 01:25:36,368
I'll make that motion. I'll send.

1603
01:25:36,503 --> 01:25:40,268
Thank you. Have a motion by Chair Unger, seconded by Council member Wong

1604
01:25:40,268 --> 01:25:41,468
and the president's account.

1605
01:25:41,468 --> 01:25:43,468
Council president Jenkins

1606
01:25:44,969 --> 01:25:46,368
to adjourn the meeting of the Public Works and Transportation

1607
01:25:46,368 --> 01:25:48,401
Committee meeting and to convene into a special meeting

1608
01:25:48,401 --> 01:25:49,101
of full council.

1609
01:25:49,101 --> 01:25:52,701
The time is now 12:56 p.m.

1610
01:25:52,802 --> 01:25:55,340
on roll. Council member Gallo. Hi.

1611
01:25:55,340 --> 01:25:56,368
Thank you, Councilmember Houston.

1612
01:25:56,368 --> 01:25:58,368
I thank you.

1613
01:25:58,469 --> 01:26:02,350
Council member one I and to your honor, I sorry for the interruption.

1614
01:26:02,350 --> 01:26:05,535
Oh, problem for those, bulky block parties,

1615
01:26:05,535 --> 01:26:09,301
we need a, government issued ID plus some mail, ideally

1616
01:26:09,301 --> 01:26:14,101
from a utility showing, proof of residential address

1617
01:26:14,369 --> 01:26:18,801
in Oakland. With that, staff recommends that the committee approve

1618
01:26:18,801 --> 01:26:20,502
the proposed responses

1619
01:26:20,502 --> 01:26:25,200
and forward them to the city council for final approval,

1620
01:26:25,200 --> 01:26:28,768
after which the council president can then submit them on behalf of the City Council

1621
01:26:28,768 --> 01:26:30,935
within that statutory deadline.

1622
01:26:30,935 --> 01:26:35,436
Happy to answer any questions you may have.

1623
01:26:35,436 --> 01:26:39,669
I think this is great. And, you know, the, the grand jury captures a moment in time.

1624
01:26:39,669 --> 01:26:42,101
And unfortunately, they they got us right when we were in the process of,

1625
01:26:42,101 --> 01:26:44,134
implementing all of their recommendations.

1626
01:26:44,134 --> 01:26:45,468
So I think we are,

1627
01:26:45,468 --> 01:26:49,134
well ahead of of where they their report says we are.

1628
01:26:49,134 --> 01:26:52,134
So, anything from my colleagues,

1629
01:26:53,601 --> 01:26:55,601
Councilmember Houston.

1630
01:26:58,134 --> 01:26:59,502
Through the chair. This is great.

1631
01:26:59,502 --> 01:27:01,969
On page six, when it says illegal dumping

1632
01:27:01,969 --> 01:27:06,350
expenditures action plan, where is the EEOC in that

1633
01:27:06,350 --> 01:27:09,702
or were they included in this, enforcement officers,

1634
01:27:09,702 --> 01:27:13,335
they weren't specifically addressed to the Illegal dumping

1635
01:27:13,335 --> 01:27:14,902
Expenditure Action plan.

1636
01:27:14,902 --> 01:27:20,567
Other than that plan provides budget for us to implement

1637
01:27:20,567 --> 01:27:21,902
handheld technology

1638
01:27:21,902 --> 01:27:26,335
to make the work of the EEOC more efficient and easier.

1639
01:27:26,335 --> 01:27:29,335
More importantly for the EEOC,

1640
01:27:29,968 --> 01:27:31,401
the budget that council

1641
01:27:31,401 --> 01:27:35,268
adopted, froze one of those EEO positions.

1642
01:27:35,268 --> 01:27:36,802
And so the really

1643
01:27:36,802 --> 01:27:40,635
good news as we sit here today is we have three CEOs

1644
01:27:40,635 --> 01:27:43,834
who are scheduled to start in early August.

1645
01:27:43,834 --> 01:27:44,634
And so,

1646
01:27:44,634 --> 01:27:46,569
with that,

1647
01:27:46,569 --> 01:27:49,635
we should be, staffed up and our environmental enforcement officers,

1648
01:27:49,635 --> 01:27:52,134
in a much better way than we have the last couple of years

1649
01:27:52,134 --> 01:27:52,868
and through the chair.

1650
01:27:52,868 --> 01:27:55,368
So this is just information,

1651
01:27:55,368 --> 01:27:58,701
is very important in this conversation

1652
01:27:58,701 --> 01:28:01,701
that our eels are trained

1653
01:28:02,968 --> 01:28:04,634
for hazardous

1654
01:28:04,634 --> 01:28:06,634
and hazmat materials

1655
01:28:07,680 --> 01:28:10,568
because, as we all know, that

1656
01:28:10,568 --> 01:28:14,768
the city attorney can only do fines.

1657
01:28:16,680 --> 01:28:18,680
We need prosecution.

1658
01:28:18,236 --> 01:28:21,834
And the only way to prosecute is if the data is collected.

1659
01:28:21,834 --> 01:28:23,502
It has to be data driven.

1660
01:28:23,502 --> 01:28:28,668
Data driven that we can give the right information to

1661
01:28:28,668 --> 01:28:31,602
the Alameda County District attorney for what?

1662
01:28:31,602 --> 01:28:34,635
So they can proceed and prosecute

1663
01:28:34,635 --> 01:28:36,134
to the full extent of the law.

1664
01:28:36,134 --> 01:28:38,102
As we all know,

1665
01:28:38,102 --> 01:28:42,690
especially in my district, you took a ride with me

1666
01:28:42,690 --> 01:28:47,603
that there's no limit to what they will dump in my community.

1667
01:28:47,603 --> 01:28:49,268
And I'll say this. And, Madam President, he's out an ordinance.

1668
01:28:49,268 --> 01:28:50,969
Now, we always talk about this

1669
01:28:50,969 --> 01:28:55,269
is a crime against our community to what's happening on

1670
01:28:55,269 --> 01:29:00,768
E Street right now, right now between 105th and 98th and this.

1671
01:29:00,768 --> 01:29:03,768
Reverse that 98 to 100 and fifth,

1672
01:29:04,435 --> 01:29:08,634
where the children's path to travel

1673
01:29:08,634 --> 01:29:10,634
is horrible

1674
01:29:12,369 --> 01:29:14,668
and school is out. It's about to start. You know, you have everything there.

1675
01:29:14,668 --> 01:29:17,368
So I'll just say this and I'm just going to reiterate

1676
01:29:17,368 --> 01:29:18,635
that is very, very,

1677
01:29:18,635 --> 01:29:21,902
very important that we put have the right tools

1678
01:29:21,902 --> 01:29:25,435
so we can give the information to the district attorney

1679
01:29:25,435 --> 01:29:26,901
because she's willing to prosecute.

1680
01:29:26,901 --> 01:29:29,350
But we have to do it the right way,

1681
01:29:29,350 --> 01:29:31,335
because I'm gonna say this to you, you know, a share this.

1682
01:29:31,335 --> 01:29:33,335
And I'm into with this.

1683
01:29:33,335 --> 01:29:35,201
This is a crime against our community.

1684
01:29:35,201 --> 01:29:36,968
The things that they dump on these streets,

1685
01:29:36,968 --> 01:29:40,568
the waste management will not take.

1686
01:29:41,202 --> 01:29:42,735
And when you think about our our children have to walk through

1687
01:29:42,735 --> 01:29:47,602
this council member anger and then they track this

1688
01:29:47,602 --> 01:29:50,235
into their homes onto their floors.

1689
01:29:50,235 --> 01:29:53,101
Because they walk that street every day is horrendous.

1690
01:29:53,101 --> 01:29:55,200
You take a ride with me.

1691
01:29:55,200 --> 01:30:00,668
So it's very important for us to be armed up.

1692
01:30:00,668 --> 01:30:03,301
So that documentation that goes to the district

1693
01:30:03,301 --> 01:30:05,935
attorney can be used and not thrown out.

1694
01:30:05,935 --> 01:30:07,834
I've been there to with Nancy O'Malley,

1695
01:30:07,834 --> 01:30:12,340
so I know how important that is.

1696
01:30:12,801 --> 01:30:14,601
Councilmember one

1697
01:30:14,601 --> 01:30:15,368
thank you.

1698
01:30:15,368 --> 01:30:17,368
Through the chair.

1699
01:30:17,534 --> 01:30:19,534
Fantastic. Report.

1700
01:30:19,602 --> 01:30:24,402
And also really appreciate all the progress that,

1701
01:30:24,436 --> 01:30:27,350
the Public Works Department has been making on this under your leadership.

1702
01:30:27,350 --> 01:30:31,235
One thing I just have a question on is on finding 2618.

1703
01:30:31,235 --> 01:30:34,869
So this is around the grand jury's

1704
01:30:34,869 --> 01:30:38,101
recommendation around regulating private junk haulers.

1705
01:30:38,101 --> 01:30:42,350
And the response from the department is that

1706
01:30:42,350 --> 01:30:46,350
this should really be tackled at the regional and state level.

1707
01:30:46,350 --> 01:30:50,168
I was wondering if you could elaborate on that, why that is?

1708
01:30:50,168 --> 01:30:52,201
Since I, I do have an interest in looking

1709
01:30:52,201 --> 01:30:54,101
at the regulation of the city level, is

1710
01:30:54,101 --> 01:30:58,101
I really want to understand that rationale.

1711
01:30:58,101 --> 01:31:00,235
First, let me share what,

1712
01:31:00,235 --> 01:31:02,680
the city is currently doing around

1713
01:31:02,680 --> 01:31:03,668
junk haulers, which they are subject

1714
01:31:03,668 --> 01:31:07,268
to the same rules around illegal dumping.

1715
01:31:07,268 --> 01:31:11,202
And so the more we enforce, the more cameras we get

1716
01:31:11,202 --> 01:31:14,935
out there, the more videos we have doing investigations.

1717
01:31:14,935 --> 01:31:18,401
We'll see more enforcement actions against junk haulers

1718
01:31:18,401 --> 01:31:23,101
who improperly dispose of the materials they pick up.

1719
01:31:23,101 --> 01:31:25,535
The second is on the city's website.

1720
01:31:25,535 --> 01:31:29,336
We do have a list of, junk haulers,

1721
01:31:29,336 --> 01:31:34,602
who've got the appropriate, licensing to conduct the work.

1722
01:31:34,602 --> 01:31:37,200
And so I do encourage residents who,

1723
01:31:37,200 --> 01:31:39,768
are looking for some help to find that list.

1724
01:31:39,768 --> 01:31:44,168
You can do a quick, internet search for a city of Oakland,

1725
01:31:44,168 --> 01:31:45,869
junk haulers.

1726
01:31:45,869 --> 01:31:49,200
And you'll see that list come up 32.

1727
01:31:49,200 --> 01:31:53,301
More directly to your question, there could be, potential

1728
01:31:53,301 --> 01:31:56,301
legislative changes where we essentially,

1729
01:31:56,301 --> 01:31:58,969
end up with a registry of sorts for junk haulers

1730
01:31:58,969 --> 01:32:03,503
so that there is some pre checking of the junk hauler

1731
01:32:03,503 --> 01:32:05,902
to make sure they understood the rules, that they actually were bringing

1732
01:32:05,902 --> 01:32:09,401
the materials they collect and disposing of them properly.

1733
01:32:09,401 --> 01:32:11,468
Where we see on the staff side some struggles,

1734
01:32:11,468 --> 01:32:14,602
there is it's very, very, very, very likely that that's

1735
01:32:14,602 --> 01:32:17,302
going to cross city boundaries.

1736
01:32:17,302 --> 01:32:20,702
And so for that reason, a regional or a state approach is going

1737
01:32:20,702 --> 01:32:25,268
to be much more effective, we think, than, just doing it.

1738
01:32:25,268 --> 01:32:27,335
Within our city limits.

1739
01:32:27,335 --> 01:32:29,335
Okay. That's that's helpful.

1740
01:32:29,335 --> 01:32:32,702
And if let's say we did this at the county level,

1741
01:32:32,702 --> 01:32:34,535
what would be the regulatory body?

1742
01:32:34,535 --> 01:32:39,690
Who would handle that at the county level?

1743
01:32:39,690 --> 01:32:43,235
Okay, I think it would be the Board of Supervisors.

1744
01:32:43,235 --> 01:32:45,368
And that's something that I can do some,

1745
01:32:45,368 --> 01:32:47,268
digging to make sure that that's correct

1746
01:32:47,268 --> 01:32:48,634
and get that information back to you.

1747
01:32:48,634 --> 01:32:50,201
Okay. Great.

1748
01:32:50,201 --> 01:32:54,401
Thank you. I will move this item.

1749
01:32:55,690 --> 01:32:58,301
Okay. It looks like we've got a second from council member Houston

1750
01:32:58,301 --> 01:32:59,902
moving to our public speakers, Mrs.

1751
01:32:59,902 --> 01:33:03,502
Sara Blair Beekman and Kevin Donnelly

1752
01:33:04,567 --> 01:33:06,567
all miss Asada,

1753
01:33:08,268 --> 01:33:10,100
moving to our online zoom.

1754
01:33:10,100 --> 01:33:11,968
Blair Beekman

1755
01:33:11,968 --> 01:33:13,568
and I do not see Blair.

1756
01:33:13,568 --> 01:33:16,168
So we do have a motion made by Councilmember one second

1757
01:33:16,168 --> 01:33:18,168
by Councilmember Houston

1758
01:33:18,468 --> 01:33:21,369
to approve the recommendations of staff

1759
01:33:21,369 --> 01:33:25,134
and the port this item to the July 21st City Council agenda on roll.

1760
01:33:25,134 --> 01:33:26,869
Councilmember. All. Hi.

1761
01:33:26,869 --> 01:33:29,340
Thank you, Councilmember Houston.

1762
01:33:29,340 --> 01:33:31,340
Councilmember Allen,

1763
01:33:31,680 --> 01:33:35,268
I thank you and chair anchor I

1764
01:33:35,535 --> 01:33:38,101
the motion does pass with four eyes

1765
01:33:38,101 --> 01:33:40,502
to approve the recommendations of staff

1766
01:33:40,502 --> 01:33:44,468
and the for this item to the July 21st, 2026

1767
01:33:44,468 --> 01:33:46,200
city council agenda

1768
01:33:46,200 --> 01:33:50,667
and through the body, would that be on consent?

1769
01:33:50,667 --> 01:33:51,401
Yes please.

1770
01:33:51,401 --> 01:33:53,902
Thank you. Moving to item.

1771
01:33:53,902 --> 01:33:57,202
Unless there's some statutory reason why a grand jury response

1772
01:33:57,202 --> 01:34:01,168
can't be on consent to that, I think it can go on consent.

1773
01:34:01,168 --> 01:34:02,734
And if it can't, I'll double check.

1774
01:34:02,734 --> 01:34:04,734
Thank you.

1775
01:34:07,202 --> 01:34:10,340
Moving on to item S ten, which is supplemental ten.

1776
01:34:10,340 --> 01:34:14,468
This item does require a urgency vote as,

1777
01:34:14,468 --> 01:34:18,301
it was on the three day agenda as a title change.

1778
01:34:18,301 --> 01:34:22,501
We do need a motion. So moved.

1779
01:34:23,102 --> 01:34:25,350
Thank you. Would you have a motion by Chair Unger,

1780
01:34:25,350 --> 01:34:28,401
seconded by Councilmember Gallo to approve the urgency?

1781
01:34:28,401 --> 01:34:33,201
I would now read the item into record.

1782
01:34:35,235 --> 01:34:36,535
Adopt the resolution

1783
01:34:36,535 --> 01:34:39,401
authorizing the city administrator to amend

1784
01:34:39,401 --> 01:34:41,169
the professional services contract

1785
01:34:41,169 --> 01:34:44,735
with Alta Planning Plus Design, Inc, for the seventh Street

1786
01:34:44,735 --> 01:34:48,635
Connection project, for increasing the contract amount

1787
01:34:48,635 --> 01:34:52,235
by 747,288 for a total contract amount

1788
01:34:53,635 --> 01:34:57,235
not to exceed $3,955,404, extending the contract

1789
01:35:00,869 --> 01:35:04,469
expiration date to the December 31st, 2030.

1790
01:35:04,535 --> 01:35:08,735
Waiting to extent required further, further advertising,

1791
01:35:09,601 --> 01:35:10,969
competitive bidding

1792
01:35:10,969 --> 01:35:13,968
or competitive selection requirements under the Oakland

1793
01:35:13,968 --> 01:35:15,968
Municipal Code, section 204050

1794
01:35:18,535 --> 01:35:21,535
and 204051, and adopting Sequa findings.

1795
01:35:23,200 --> 01:35:25,768
You do have three speakers for this item as well.

1796
01:35:25,768 --> 01:35:30,568
All right, let's hear the staff report.

1797
01:35:31,236 --> 01:35:33,401
Good afternoon. My name is It's the one principal civil engineer with

1798
01:35:33,401 --> 01:35:35,401
Department of Transportation.

1799
01:35:35,735 --> 01:35:38,169
Some information regarding this project.

1800
01:35:38,169 --> 01:35:41,901
The seventh Street Connection project aims to create a safer

1801
01:35:41,901 --> 01:35:43,335
and more accessible

1802
01:35:43,335 --> 01:35:47,336
transit corridors for motorists, cyclists and pedestrians.

1803
01:35:47,336 --> 01:35:51,568
Using this major connection from West Oakland to downtown.

1804
01:35:51,568 --> 01:35:54,202
The project provides a protected class

1805
01:35:54,202 --> 01:35:58,668
for bikeway on seventh Street from Mandela Parkway to MLK way,

1806
01:35:58,668 --> 01:36:03,401
and on Gerry Adams Way, from Castro Street to MLK Junior

1807
01:36:03,401 --> 01:36:08,768
Way, closing a critical gap in the city's bikeway network.

1808
01:36:08,768 --> 01:36:10,468
The project will also reduce the number

1809
01:36:10,468 --> 01:36:14,202
of existing travel lanes, construct bus boarding islands

1810
01:36:14,202 --> 01:36:17,568
and transit shelters, improve pedestrian accessibility

1811
01:36:17,568 --> 01:36:20,568
and safety through widening sidewalks,

1812
01:36:21,200 --> 01:36:24,602
reconstructing curb ramps, expanding intersection corners,

1813
01:36:25,135 --> 01:36:29,268
and install pedestrian scale lighting, plant new trees

1814
01:36:29,268 --> 01:36:30,702
and upgrade the corridors.

1815
01:36:30,702 --> 01:36:33,102
Aging traffic signal equipment.

1816
01:36:33,468 --> 01:36:37,680
So in September 2022, the City Council

1817
01:36:37,969 --> 01:36:40,802
authorized the execution of a professional services agreement with Alta

1818
01:36:40,802 --> 01:36:44,368
to provide engineering services for this project.

1819
01:36:44,368 --> 01:36:47,368
Several several unforeseen circumstances encountered

1820
01:36:48,568 --> 01:36:50,335
during the design have necessitated additional design

1821
01:36:50,335 --> 01:36:52,335
and environmental support services

1822
01:36:52,335 --> 01:36:54,690
from the consultant, and an extension

1823
01:36:54,690 --> 01:36:56,668
of their contractual period of performance.

1824
01:36:56,668 --> 01:36:58,835
Adoption of the proposed resolution would authorize

1825
01:36:58,835 --> 01:37:01,268
the City Administrator to amend the existing contract

1826
01:37:01,268 --> 01:37:04,268
with Alta to continue providing design, services

1827
01:37:04,268 --> 01:37:07,667
and construction support needed for project completion.

1828
01:37:07,667 --> 01:37:09,667
The current

1829
01:37:09,703 --> 01:37:13,502
the contract amendment will be fully supported by available state grant funds

1830
01:37:13,502 --> 01:37:15,902
as the project advances to 100%.

1831
01:37:15,902 --> 01:37:18,768
Design plans and completion of the environmental process

1832
01:37:18,768 --> 01:37:21,735
are uniquely familiar with the project's design

1833
01:37:21,735 --> 01:37:23,602
and is best positioned to continue providing

1834
01:37:23,602 --> 01:37:26,602
professional services at the project

1835
01:37:28,835 --> 01:37:31,969
consultant. The proposed amendment increases the contract by around

1836
01:37:31,969 --> 01:37:34,369
750,000 to provide additional services

1837
01:37:34,969 --> 01:37:38,567
for a revised total not to exceed approximately,

1838
01:37:38,567 --> 01:37:40,567
around $4 million.

1839
01:37:41,102 --> 01:37:44,269
Therefore, staff recommends that this resolution be adopted

1840
01:37:44,269 --> 01:37:50,168
in the next City Council meeting to be held on July 2026.

1841
01:37:50,168 --> 01:37:53,635
And during that, I also want to share that

1842
01:37:53,635 --> 01:37:56,168
two documents were inadvertently left

1843
01:37:56,168 --> 01:37:58,200
out of the agenda package.

1844
01:37:58,200 --> 01:38:01,635
And these documents serve as background information.

1845
01:38:01,635 --> 01:38:05,368
Attachment A was project location map, and attachment

1846
01:38:05,368 --> 01:38:09,468
B was a copy of the consultants amendment request.

1847
01:38:09,468 --> 01:38:10,802
So the City Attorney's Office is

1848
01:38:10,802 --> 01:38:12,835
advised that if the committee wants them

1849
01:38:12,835 --> 01:38:16,535
included when the item goes to council, city council,

1850
01:38:16,535 --> 01:38:18,834
they can be provided through the appropriate process

1851
01:38:18,834 --> 01:38:21,834
before the City Council meeting.

1852
01:38:23,200 --> 01:38:24,902
Okay. Do we need to make an amendment to include this? Yes.

1853
01:38:24,902 --> 01:38:29,402
So if this body would like for attachments A and B

1854
01:38:29,402 --> 01:38:31,835
to go to council, the motion made by this body would need to include that.

1855
01:38:31,835 --> 01:38:34,635
Okay. I'd like to make the amendment,

1856
01:38:34,635 --> 01:38:40,350
that we move the item with the attachments included.

1857
01:38:40,268 --> 01:38:41,801
So. All right.

1858
01:38:41,801 --> 01:38:43,801
Council members questions.

1859
01:38:45,869 --> 01:38:50,136
Okay. Let's hear from our speakers from the public, please.

1860
01:38:50,136 --> 01:38:52,502
Thank you. When I call your name, please approach the podium, state your name for the record.

1861
01:38:52,502 --> 01:38:55,335
And if you're participating via zoom, please raise your hand.

1862
01:38:55,335 --> 01:38:58,868
Miss Asada, Kevin Daley and Blair,

1863
01:38:58,868 --> 01:38:59,767
Kevin Daley.

1864
01:38:59,767 --> 01:39:01,401
We'll keep it short.

1865
01:39:01,401 --> 01:39:02,401
Great project.

1866
01:39:02,401 --> 01:39:05,401
Seventh Street is not safe.

1867
01:39:06,736 --> 01:39:10,901
Pre project. Afterwards it should be a lot safer for pedestrians, cyclists

1868
01:39:10,901 --> 01:39:13,602
and for taking the bus which

1869
01:39:13,602 --> 01:39:17,701
which runs right by so forward to seeing it approved.

1870
01:39:17,701 --> 01:39:19,701
Thanks. Thank you.

1871
01:39:26,690 --> 01:39:29,134
If we have to use rule 28 for this item, why couldn't it been

1872
01:39:29,134 --> 01:39:33,690
brought in a timely manner through rules?

1873
01:39:33,690 --> 01:39:35,602
This item identifies that you'll be adding

1874
01:39:35,602 --> 01:39:38,902
better bus stops and lighting, adding

1875
01:39:38,902 --> 01:39:42,635
speed cameras to key areas for safety.

1876
01:39:42,635 --> 01:39:46,690
Now you have an item on public safety where you're

1877
01:39:46,690 --> 01:39:49,201
looking at all surveillance, surveillance technology,

1878
01:39:49,201 --> 01:39:52,269
whether to keep it or to eliminate it.

1879
01:39:52,269 --> 01:39:56,301
So any items that come up until you make that decision,

1880
01:39:56,301 --> 01:39:59,435
that has something to do with using cameras,

1881
01:39:59,435 --> 01:40:03,902
just like the last item, the recommendation from,

1882
01:40:03,902 --> 01:40:08,135
the grand jury was to share license plate information.

1883
01:40:08,135 --> 01:40:11,701
And that man didn't bring up the recommendations

1884
01:40:11,701 --> 01:40:14,101
from the grand jury,

1885
01:40:14,868 --> 01:40:16,301
which, including larger

1886
01:40:16,301 --> 01:40:18,301
trash bins, having,

1887
01:40:20,101 --> 01:40:23,435
what they call a garage saw.

1888
01:40:23,435 --> 01:40:25,768
The grand jury didn't ask you to come up with your own stuff.

1889
01:40:25,768 --> 01:40:28,368
It asks you to respond to their recommendations.

1890
01:40:28,368 --> 01:40:31,501
And I'd like to thank you so much for your comment,

1891
01:40:31,501 --> 01:40:32,902
Miss Asada.

1892
01:40:32,902 --> 01:40:35,401
Blair Beekman, I do not see Blair.

1893
01:40:35,401 --> 01:40:38,802
We do have a motion made by Councilmember Chair Unger,

1894
01:40:38,802 --> 01:40:41,667
seconded by Councilmember Gallo, to approve as amended,

1895
01:40:41,667 --> 01:40:43,101
the recommendations of staff

1896
01:40:43,101 --> 01:40:46,502
and for this item to July 21st, 2026.

1897
01:40:46,502 --> 01:40:48,502
City Council agenda

1898
01:40:50,369 --> 01:40:52,802
and the amendments is to add a supplemental attachments, A

1899
01:40:52,802 --> 01:40:57,368
and B, to be included in the agenda staff report on roll.

1900
01:40:57,368 --> 01:40:59,368
Councilmember Gallo.

1901
01:41:01,301 --> 01:41:01,968
All right. Thank you.

1902
01:41:01,968 --> 01:41:03,635
Councilmember Houston,

1903
01:41:03,635 --> 01:41:07,135
Council Councilmember Wang I and Chair unger I

1904
01:41:07,135 --> 01:41:09,902
this motion does pass with four eyes to approve,

1905
01:41:09,902 --> 01:41:12,680
as amended, the recommendations of staff

1906
01:41:12,680 --> 01:41:14,702
and the for this item through July 21st.

1907
01:41:14,702 --> 01:41:17,101
City Council agenda on consent, please.

1908
01:41:17,101 --> 01:41:17,868
Thank you.

1909
01:41:17,868 --> 01:41:20,268
Moving to open forum.

1910
01:41:26,568 --> 01:41:28,535
I still have a statutory reason.

1911
01:41:28,535 --> 01:41:30,935
Okay. By ministers discretion.

1912
01:41:31,468 --> 01:41:35,668
Just because it does say that the.

1913
01:41:36,635 --> 01:41:37,835
Council president can decide.

1914
01:41:37,835 --> 01:41:39,701
Okay. We don't have an obligation.

1915
01:41:39,701 --> 01:41:41,201
That's right.

1916
01:41:41,201 --> 01:41:44,801
Moving to open forum, miss Asada,

1917
01:41:45,340 --> 01:41:48,340
miss kin wa Parker Brightman.

1918
01:41:48,401 --> 01:41:50,701
And excuse me for mispronouncing your name.

1919
01:41:50,701 --> 01:41:53,101
Blair Beekman, Kevin Daly.

1920
01:41:55,667 --> 01:41:57,667
Julius Morel.

1921
01:41:58,734 --> 01:42:00,468
Shinobi. Howard.

1922
01:42:00,468 --> 01:42:02,868
Shinobi. Howard. DeShawn. Taylor.

1923
01:42:04,834 --> 01:42:06,834
Need to be.

1924
01:42:08,901 --> 01:42:11,301
Shauna will head senior.

1925
01:42:14,535 --> 01:42:18,368
And I have two cards for you.

1926
01:42:18,368 --> 01:42:20,368
And marks

1927
01:42:20,634 --> 01:42:21,768
and Timothy killings.

1928
01:42:21,768 --> 01:42:24,568
If I mispronounce your name, I do apologize.

1929
01:42:24,568 --> 01:42:26,102
Please state your name for the record.

1930
01:42:26,102 --> 01:42:29,602
If you are participating via zoom, please raise your hand.

1931
01:42:29,602 --> 01:42:32,702
And as practice, we will take in-person speakers before June.

1932
01:42:32,702 --> 01:42:35,401
Speakers, you may begin. Thank you.

1933
01:42:35,401 --> 01:42:37,350
My name is Anita B, and I've been a street

1934
01:42:37,350 --> 01:42:39,680
vendor in Oakland since I was 19 years old.

1935
01:42:39,680 --> 01:42:40,735
I'm 55 years old now.

1936
01:42:40,735 --> 01:42:43,268
When I started street vending, there were no laws that existed.

1937
01:42:43,268 --> 01:42:46,269
So what I was doing was not illegal.

1938
01:42:46,269 --> 01:42:47,969
Six years ago, the first set of laws that were created

1939
01:42:47,969 --> 01:42:51,569
that made what I do for a livelihood illegal.

1940
01:42:51,569 --> 01:42:53,802
I want you to know that street vending is not just about food, and commerce is about dignity

1941
01:42:53,802 --> 01:42:55,768
is about who gets to exist in public space.

1942
01:42:55,768 --> 01:42:58,635
It's about whether Oakland remains a city for working

1943
01:42:58,635 --> 01:42:59,869
class families, especially those from the flatlands

1944
01:42:59,869 --> 01:43:01,535
who can survive, build and thrive.

1945
01:43:01,535 --> 01:43:02,969
And for many families, mending has been

1946
01:43:02,969 --> 01:43:05,200
the difference between poverty and stability.

1947
01:43:05,200 --> 01:43:08,690
It has paid rent, fed children, sustain entire

1948
01:43:08,690 --> 01:43:10,969
economies and communities, and what the city has been doing

1949
01:43:10,969 --> 01:43:15,735
since May 1st, 2026, has been a total violation

1950
01:43:15,735 --> 01:43:19,435
of not just the Constitution, but several state laws

1951
01:43:19,435 --> 01:43:22,302
that were put in place to protect street vendors.

1952
01:43:22,302 --> 01:43:26,735
The city has used public Works Department staff and equipment

1953
01:43:26,735 --> 01:43:28,735
and trucks to destroy the property

1954
01:43:28,735 --> 01:43:31,200
of both permitted and unpermitted

1955
01:43:31,200 --> 01:43:34,200
vendors, without warning, without receipts,

1956
01:43:34,135 --> 01:43:36,902
without any notice of how to get their property back

1957
01:43:36,902 --> 01:43:38,201
despite the fact they have been destroyed.

1958
01:43:38,201 --> 01:43:42,401
Thank you for your comment, Miss Nita.

1959
01:43:46,368 --> 01:43:48,768
My name is Joyce.

1960
01:43:48,802 --> 01:43:50,834
I am one of many second and third generation street vendors in Oakland.

1961
01:43:50,834 --> 01:43:52,680
I set up at Lake Merritt.

1962
01:43:52,680 --> 01:43:54,202
Downtown North Oakland is Oakland.

1963
01:43:54,202 --> 01:43:56,902
I have helped my mom street vendor since I could walk.

1964
01:43:56,902 --> 01:43:58,602
My mother and I have been vending

1965
01:43:58,602 --> 01:44:01,134
since before your street vending permits, fees, rules

1966
01:44:01,134 --> 01:44:03,535
existed, vending paid for my education,

1967
01:44:03,535 --> 01:44:06,401
put food on my table, clothes on my back, and paid bills.

1968
01:44:06,401 --> 01:44:08,335
I worked a 9 to 5 but always stayed

1969
01:44:08,335 --> 01:44:10,135
loyal to my family business.

1970
01:44:10,135 --> 01:44:13,201
In fact, without having both a 9 to 5 and street vending,

1971
01:44:13,201 --> 01:44:15,301
we would not be able to survive in Oakland's cost

1972
01:44:15,301 --> 01:44:19,401
of living and impacted working class families like mine.

1973
01:44:19,401 --> 01:44:22,350
The word has spread across Oakland that the city of Oakland

1974
01:44:22,350 --> 01:44:25,340
and the mayor's office is cracking down on vendors.

1975
01:44:25,340 --> 01:44:27,835
Actions by the OPD, public works

1976
01:44:27,835 --> 01:44:30,969
and building and planning staff have done are not humane.

1977
01:44:30,969 --> 01:44:35,135
Civilized, are legal for rolling up to food vendors,

1978
01:44:35,135 --> 01:44:37,468
not giving them warning and throwing away their stuff is illegal.

1979
01:44:37,468 --> 01:44:39,902
I think it's interesting that the same equipment

1980
01:44:39,902 --> 01:44:43,368
you use to throw our stuff away is the same stuff that you use

1981
01:44:43,368 --> 01:44:46,368
to do your sweet encampments.

1982
01:44:46,568 --> 01:44:49,568
Thank you for your comment.

1983
01:44:53,335 --> 01:44:55,401
My name is Dejan Tolar.

1984
01:44:55,401 --> 01:44:59,634
I am a street vendor and I sell and make clothes,

1985
01:44:59,634 --> 01:45:01,102
for Lake Merritt.

1986
01:45:01,102 --> 01:45:04,668
On Friday, the city police seized my product and set up,

1987
01:45:04,668 --> 01:45:07,934
leading me to not knowing where my product is at.

1988
01:45:07,934 --> 01:45:09,340
And they never give me a receipt

1989
01:45:09,340 --> 01:45:12,935
for it, leading me to be unhoused.

1990
01:45:12,935 --> 01:45:15,568
Not to mention, a sergeant hopped in my car

1991
01:45:15,568 --> 01:45:19,350
and drove away without calling a towing company,

1992
01:45:19,350 --> 01:45:21,668
without doing proper procedures for it as well.

1993
01:45:21,668 --> 01:45:24,668
So following back to what they were saying,

1994
01:45:24,668 --> 01:45:28,602
the city is doing all types of illegal things to

1995
01:45:28,602 --> 01:45:32,235
stop street vending that helps provide families

1996
01:45:32,235 --> 01:45:33,535
and everything like that.

1997
01:45:33,535 --> 01:45:38,335
So that's all I have to say.

1998
01:45:45,401 --> 01:45:46,869
Good morning. My name is Quanah Parker Reitman.

1999
01:45:46,869 --> 01:45:50,602
I'm executive director of United Native Americans.

2000
01:45:50,602 --> 01:45:53,568
Come here today to stand with my brothers

2001
01:45:53,568 --> 01:45:58,869
and sisters in the community as far as the street vendors,

2002
01:45:58,869 --> 01:46:02,502
I am interested in wondering if the city council

2003
01:46:02,502 --> 01:46:04,502
has adopted SB 946

2004
01:46:07,535 --> 01:46:11,135
as far as decriminalizing street vending,

2005
01:46:11,269 --> 01:46:14,468
obviously what you're hearing from my brothers and sisters

2006
01:46:14,468 --> 01:46:15,935
here in the community

2007
01:46:15,935 --> 01:46:20,335
is you're not aware of that, or you haven't trained

2008
01:46:20,335 --> 01:46:25,135
the officers of OPD or the sheriff's department

2009
01:46:25,135 --> 01:46:30,302
that very much, you know, really needs to be rectified

2010
01:46:30,302 --> 01:46:35,202
as far as the treatment of people, especially our community.

2011
01:46:35,202 --> 01:46:37,702
Okay. That's one thing we'd really like to see done here

2012
01:46:37,702 --> 01:46:40,901
today is the treatment of all of our community

2013
01:46:40,901 --> 01:46:42,368
treated with respect.

2014
01:46:42,368 --> 01:46:44,768
Thank you very much.

2015
01:46:48,101 --> 01:46:49,668
Hello, I'm Shinobi Howard.

2016
01:46:49,668 --> 01:46:52,100
I'm also a street vendor, and,

2017
01:46:52,100 --> 01:46:53,401
they seem to have a lot of complaints

2018
01:46:53,401 --> 01:46:55,902
about the things that, go on at the lake.

2019
01:46:55,902 --> 01:47:00,201
So public works, we have eggs for larger garbage cans.

2020
01:47:00,201 --> 01:47:02,902
We ask for assistance with, with the

2021
01:47:02,902 --> 01:47:04,468
just a lot of things that are going with the lake.

2022
01:47:04,468 --> 01:47:05,902
So also, we cleaned up at the lake,

2023
01:47:05,902 --> 01:47:07,602
we pick up the trash when we when we

2024
01:47:07,602 --> 01:47:11,236
when we van and when we leave, the trash picks up.

2025
01:47:11,236 --> 01:47:12,934
We break up everything. We put everything in the garbage spaces.

2026
01:47:12,934 --> 01:47:13,667
We ask the city

2027
01:47:13,667 --> 01:47:15,135
just to give us

2028
01:47:15,135 --> 01:47:17,902
larger garbage bins so we could place more things up in there.

2029
01:47:17,902 --> 01:47:21,735
But at the end of the day, we just, we're all vendors

2030
01:47:21,735 --> 01:47:29,869
and we just take care of the whole things that we have to pick it.

2031
01:47:29,869 --> 01:47:30,835
Hello. My name is Timothy Killen.

2032
01:47:30,835 --> 01:47:32,635
I'm a street vendor, I Lake Merritt.

2033
01:47:32,635 --> 01:47:34,968
Also, I work at USD public schools

2034
01:47:34,968 --> 01:47:36,568
as a community schools manager.

2035
01:47:36,568 --> 01:47:38,169
I'm here because the city's approach

2036
01:47:38,169 --> 01:47:41,350
to vendor enforcement at Lake Merritt is unacceptable.

2037
01:47:41,350 --> 01:47:43,690
The vendors at Lake Merritt are not the problem.

2038
01:47:43,690 --> 01:47:45,935
They are part of the economic and cultural fabric of Oakland,

2039
01:47:45,935 --> 01:47:47,568
and many black, indigenous and working

2040
01:47:47,568 --> 01:47:50,101
class families trying to make an honest living.

2041
01:47:50,101 --> 01:47:51,568
Oakland has already displaced

2042
01:47:51,568 --> 01:47:53,268
much of the African-American community

2043
01:47:53,268 --> 01:47:55,135
through decades of policy decisions.

2044
01:47:55,135 --> 01:47:57,468
We should not continue that legacy by criminalizing

2045
01:47:57,468 --> 01:47:59,134
the very people who are still here,

2046
01:47:59,134 --> 01:48:01,702
creating culture and economic opportunity,

2047
01:48:01,702 --> 01:48:03,502
the militarized response to vending

2048
01:48:03,502 --> 01:48:05,201
and the repeated shutdowns of the lake.

2049
01:48:05,201 --> 01:48:07,835
Important cultural celebrations like Juneteenth send

2050
01:48:07,835 --> 01:48:09,835
a clear message about whose presence is welcome

2051
01:48:09,835 --> 01:48:12,735
and whose is not the people most affected by the decision.

2052
01:48:12,735 --> 01:48:14,702
The vendors themselves are too often excluded

2053
01:48:14,702 --> 01:48:16,969
from conversations that shape these policies.

2054
01:48:16,969 --> 01:48:19,835
Current vendor policies prioritize comfort of visitors

2055
01:48:19,835 --> 01:48:21,869
and outside interests over the livelihoods

2056
01:48:21,869 --> 01:48:23,602
of Oakland residents and the communities

2057
01:48:23,602 --> 01:48:25,468
that have built a culture of the city.

2058
01:48:25,468 --> 01:48:27,702
Understand, this department is not

2059
01:48:27,702 --> 01:48:29,236
solely responsible for decisions,

2060
01:48:29,236 --> 01:48:34,636
but every department involved responsibility to speak with us.

2061
01:48:35,667 --> 01:48:37,667
Yeah.

2062
01:48:41,169 --> 01:48:44,200
If I called your name and you would like to speak on the on open forum,

2063
01:48:44,200 --> 01:48:45,301
please state your name for the record.

2064
01:48:45,301 --> 01:48:47,301
Thank you.

2065
01:48:48,100 --> 01:48:50,100
Yeah. Good afternoon.

2066
01:48:50,102 --> 01:48:54,335
And marks, I am coming here just to introduce or reintroduce myself,

2067
01:48:54,335 --> 01:48:55,735
in my new role with Pji.

2068
01:48:55,735 --> 01:48:57,935
I think, a lot of, you know me,

2069
01:48:57,935 --> 01:49:01,834
I worked for the city of Oakland back in the 90s,

2070
01:49:01,834 --> 01:49:04,234
the early 2000 and, working,

2071
01:49:04,969 --> 01:49:08,680
here in the nonprofit community for a long time,

2072
01:49:08,680 --> 01:49:09,168
been a commissioner for the city.

2073
01:49:09,168 --> 01:49:10,602
And, you know, I live here.

2074
01:49:10,602 --> 01:49:12,401
My family's here. I love it here.

2075
01:49:12,401 --> 01:49:15,435
So I was happy to have the opportunity to,

2076
01:49:15,435 --> 01:49:17,102
be part of pg ni,

2077
01:49:17,102 --> 01:49:19,902
and use that as an opportunity to work with my city.

2078
01:49:19,902 --> 01:49:22,669
And so I look forward to doing that.

2079
01:49:22,669 --> 01:49:25,369
I just want to raise awareness about one thing, which is that, PGD,

2080
01:49:25,369 --> 01:49:29,767
used our resources and our time to lobby on behalf of SB 1218,

2081
01:49:29,767 --> 01:49:31,568
in Sacramento.

2082
01:49:31,568 --> 01:49:33,401
You know, the illegal dumping affects a lot of things,

2083
01:49:33,401 --> 01:49:36,668
but it really affects our ability to,

2084
01:49:36,668 --> 01:49:38,735
do work because often it's on top of our assets and,

2085
01:49:38,735 --> 01:49:40,101
keeps us from doing what we need to do.

2086
01:49:40,101 --> 01:49:42,202
And, I've heard

2087
01:49:42,202 --> 01:49:43,568
from enough of you to know that nobody likes it when it takes us

2088
01:49:43,568 --> 01:49:47,502
longer than it should to do our work, in, in our city.

2089
01:49:47,502 --> 01:49:49,201
So, thank you for your time.

2090
01:49:49,201 --> 01:49:54,100
And I look forward to working with you.

2091
01:49:57,134 --> 01:49:59,534
So, who's this?

2092
01:50:00,335 --> 01:50:02,335
The, the late

2093
01:50:03,102 --> 01:50:06,368
marriage vendors, majority of them African Americans.

2094
01:50:06,368 --> 01:50:09,268
For years, you have targeted them,

2095
01:50:09,268 --> 01:50:12,335
and you have you used the,

2096
01:50:12,335 --> 01:50:14,335
public works,

2097
01:50:14,934 --> 01:50:16,535
board

2098
01:50:16,535 --> 01:50:19,902
to target them with a pilot program.

2099
01:50:19,902 --> 01:50:22,335
You didn't have the courage to target them on your own.

2100
01:50:22,335 --> 01:50:25,368
You use your that group to target them

2101
01:50:25,368 --> 01:50:28,368
with fines, ticketing, no parking,

2102
01:50:30,340 --> 01:50:32,100
all kind of issues around

2103
01:50:32,100 --> 01:50:34,201
majority black vendors at Lake Merritt.

2104
01:50:34,201 --> 01:50:36,935
This has been going on for a couple of years,

2105
01:50:36,935 --> 01:50:39,902
but you have vending all over the city

2106
01:50:39,902 --> 01:50:44,102
that doesn't get the same attention.

2107
01:50:44,336 --> 01:50:46,935
Is it because this is a large number of African Americans

2108
01:50:46,935 --> 01:50:50,368
who are vending over there at Lake Merritt,

2109
01:50:50,368 --> 01:50:55,350
but you need to have a review of that pilot vending program

2110
01:50:55,350 --> 01:50:58,502
that was developed by a bunch of regular citizens

2111
01:50:58,502 --> 01:51:00,902
to target these vendors.

2112
01:51:01,340 --> 01:51:03,602
And you have one more thing.

2113
01:51:03,602 --> 01:51:05,702
I can't say it, but we have,

2114
01:51:05,702 --> 01:51:10,434
thank you so much for your comment, Miss Asada.

2115
01:51:10,434 --> 01:51:11,735
Move it.

2116
01:51:11,735 --> 01:51:13,268
Kevin Daley, your passing. Thank you.

2117
01:51:13,268 --> 01:51:16,535
Moving to our zoom speaker, Blair Beekman,

2118
01:51:16,535 --> 01:51:20,635
please unmute yourself and begin your one minute comment.

2119
01:51:20,635 --> 01:51:22,535
All right. Thank you. Blair Beekman.

2120
01:51:22,535 --> 01:51:26,602
I, been busy with the San Diego public meetings today.

2121
01:51:26,602 --> 01:51:29,134
I missed, talking about the future

2122
01:51:29,134 --> 01:51:31,801
redevelopment of the Broadway area.

2123
01:51:31,801 --> 01:51:33,435
Don't forget to think about all

2124
01:51:33,435 --> 01:51:36,235
the tech accountability policies and best practices

2125
01:51:36,235 --> 01:51:38,302
that you can add to the future of that area.

2126
01:51:38,302 --> 01:51:43,340
And when you do, it really helps with, it's an important draw

2127
01:51:43,340 --> 01:51:45,301
and in why people will come to Oakland

2128
01:51:45,301 --> 01:51:48,235
if they see good tech accountability and action,

2129
01:51:48,235 --> 01:51:50,435
they want to be around that, don't you think?

2130
01:51:50,435 --> 01:51:53,601
I really work on it, I hope,

2131
01:51:53,601 --> 01:51:56,100
I also hope that,

2132
01:51:56,702 --> 01:51:59,268
I, my previous public comments,

2133
01:51:59,268 --> 01:52:02,268
at the special counsel yesterday,

2134
01:52:02,768 --> 01:52:06,168
I didn't say well enough that just to really thank yourselves

2135
01:52:06,168 --> 01:52:08,236
for it seems like city administration

2136
01:52:08,236 --> 01:52:11,435
is taking the time, effort and care to consider the concept

2137
01:52:11,435 --> 01:52:14,340
of community participation at this time.

2138
01:52:14,340 --> 01:52:15,268
If they're not,

2139
01:52:15,268 --> 01:52:17,340
I get a sense they're trying to good luck

2140
01:52:17,340 --> 01:52:19,134
in their continued efforts to try to.

2141
01:52:19,134 --> 01:52:21,134
And thank you.

2142
01:52:21,602 --> 01:52:25,301
That concludes your speakers for open forum.

2143
01:52:25,301 --> 01:52:28,301
All right. Meeting is adjourned.

2144
01:52:28,402 --> 01:52:34,868
Don't go too far. We're getting the band back together in seven minutes.

2145
01:52:34,868 --> 01:52:36,168
Thank you.

2146
01:52:36,168 --> 01:52:38,168
Thank you.