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PRESIDENT KERNIGHAN.
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MADAM CHAIR, YOU HAVE A NUMBER
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OF SPEAKER CARDS ON OPEN FORUM,
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HOWEVER, SOME MEMBERS HAVE
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ORGANIZED TO ADDRESS THE
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COUNCIL.
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HOW YOU LIKE TO PROCEED?
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>> FIRST OF ALL, WELCOME,
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EVERYBODY, GOOD TO SEE SO MANY
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PEOPLE AT AN OAKLAND CITY
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COUNCIL MEETING.
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SO, OUR RULE IS THAT WE SPEND
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>> GOOD EVENING.
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DAVID TUCKER, WASTE MANAGEMENT.
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AS YOU CAN SEE, I AM SURROUNDED
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BY MY FRIENDS, MY FAMILY, WE
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ARE OAKLAND WASTE MANAGEMENT.
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LAST -- ON THE 29TH, THERE WAS
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QUESTIONS BY MANY, IS OAKLAND A
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PLACE WHERE OAKLAND MANAGEMENT
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HAS ITS EMPLOYEE, IS OAKLAND A
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PLACE WHERE WE DO BUSINESS, IS
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IT WHERE WASTE MANAGEMENT IS,
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SO AS YOU CAN SEE OBSESSING WE
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ARE OAKLAND.
[APPLAUSE].
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>> LET THERE BE NO DOUBT THAT
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WASTE MANAGEMENT CARES ABOUT
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OAKLAND, LET THERE BE KNOW
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DOUBT THAT WHAT WE BRING TO THE
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CITY TO HELP YOU BE A PREMIER
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CITY, A PREMIER ZERO WASTE CITY
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GOING FORWARD WITH THIS
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CONTRACT, THAT'S WHY WE'RE
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ASKING YOU TO SUPPORT OPTION 1.
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I'M GOING TO BRING MY COLLIDING
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CURRENTLY AN ACCOUNTING STUDENT.
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WE EMPLOY WHO LIVES IN OAKLAND
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ARE A GROUP OF PEOPLE WITH
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BACKGROUNDS AS DIVERSE AS
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OAKLAND.
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WHO STRONGLY SUPPORTS THE ZERO
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WASTE SERVICE STAFF,
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RECOMMENDATION TO THE CITY
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COUNCIL TO CHOOSE OPTION 1.
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THANK YOU.
[APPLAUSE].
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>> MY NAME'S JACK, I'M THE
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OTHER TRASH.
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WE HAVE SEEN THE INDUSTRY
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CHANGE TO THE POINT WHERE MOST
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WASTE IS RECYCLABLE AND PEOPLE
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DURING VERY LITTLE GARBAGE, ON
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AN INCREASINGLY CROWDED PLANET,
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OUR GOAL IS TO MOTIVATE OUR
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CUSTOMERS TO RECYCLE 95% OF
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WASTE AND DUMP 5% AS
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NON-RECYCLABLE GARBAGE.
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WASTE MANAGEMENT IS A UNION
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COMPANY, THE COMPANY IS
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LIST, YEAH.
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>> I DON'T THINK THE CLERK
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CALLED YOUR NAME YET.
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>> I WAS NUMBER 8 ON THE LIST
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OUT THERE IS ALL I KNOW.
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>> I CALLED THE FIRST 7 NAMES
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THAT WERE AUTHORIZED, AND
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I'M SEEING MR. PECKER'S NAME IN
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HERE.
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WOULD YOU LIKE HIM TO PROCEED?
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>> I WAS NUMBER 8 IS WHAT SHE
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JUST TOLD ME OUT THERE.
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>> GO AHEAD, WE'LL CALL THE
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REMAINING WHEN YOU'RE DONE.
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>> THANK YOU, SOMEONE LEFT
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THEIR PHONE UP HERE, I DON'T
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KNOW IF IT'S ON PURPOSE.
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GOOD EVENING, MEMBERS OF THE
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COUNCIL, MY NAME IS FRED PECKER,
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I'M THE SECRETARY TREASURER OF
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LOCAL 6 OF THE INTERNATIONAL
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LONG SHORE WAREHOUSE UNION, I
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SPOKE AT YOUR LAST MEETING AND
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THE MESSAGE IS NOT MUCH
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DIFFERENT, WE ARE PART OF THE
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SUSTAINABLE RECYCLING CAMPAIGN,
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WE SUPPORT THE THIRD BIN FOR
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MULTIFAMILY HOUSE, WE WANT THAT
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TO BE PART OF WHAT GOES
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FORWARD, BUT AS A LABOR
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ORGANIZATION, WE'RE HERE TO
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REPRESENT OUR MEMBERSHIP AND WE
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ARE GRATIFIED THE CITY COUNCIL
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INCLUDE THE STANDARDS IN ITS
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REQUEST FROM STAFF AND WE WANT
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TO MAKE SURE THAT PROMISE IS
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FOLLOWED THROUGH SO THAT OUR
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MEMBERS CAN ENJOY THE MIDDLE
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CLASS LIFE THAT THE BROTHER
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BEFORE ME TALKED ABOUT AND TO
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DATE, WE DON'T HAVE A CONTRACT
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WITH EITHER COMPLAINING WE'RE
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IN NEGOTIATIONS WITH BOTH WE
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HOPE.
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THE OTHER THING I WOULD LIKE TO
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MENTION IS DURING THE PUBLIC
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WORKS HEARING, I SAW TODAY THEY
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ARE ABOUT KEEPING GOOD UNION
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JOBS HERE, AND DURING THE
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PUBLIC WORKS HEARINGS, WE HAD
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TESTIMONY FROM TIFFANY THAT WAS
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A SERVICE REP FOR WASTE
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MANAGEMENT WHOSE JOB WAS
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OUTSOURCING AND WE WERE ADVOCATING
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THE CONTRACT MAKE SURE THOSE
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JOBS OF CUSTOMER SERVICE ALONG
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WITH THE BILLING AND DISPATCH
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STAY LOCAL HERE IN OAKLAND.
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THANK YOU.
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>> THANK YOU, MR. PECKER.
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[APPLAUSE].
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>> SIR, -- HOLD ON, SHE'S GOING
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THE CALL THE REMAINING NAMES.
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>> (CALLING SPEAKER NAMES).
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>> SO, THOSE NAMES THAT WERE
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JUST CALLED CAN COME TO THE
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MICROPHONE IN ANY ORDER.
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>> GOOD EVENING, MY NAME IS
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BARBARA TANGERI, BECAUSE
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SOMEONE JUMPED OFF A CLIFF AND
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LIVED DOES NOT MEAN I DO SAME
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AND DIE.
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NANCY MARCUS, GREG MINOR, HENRY
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GARDNER, BECAUSE OF [INAUDIBLE]
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IS DOING WELL IN FRONT OF
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OAKLAND MUSEUM DOES NOT MEAN
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YOU APPROVE A 6 MONTH PERMANENT
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PERMIT FOR THEM TO PARK 10
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TRUCK FRAS THE CORNER OF
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TELEGRAPH AVENUE TO ROSITA
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AVENUE DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF THE
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STREET, YOU GRANTED THEM
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PERMITS TO COMMENCE EVERY
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MONDAY TO CONCLUDE DECEMBER,
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2014.
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THE 10 CARS WERE PARKED IN
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FRONT TO HAVE STREET IN FRONT
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OF THE TWO MAIN ENTRANCES.
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TWO 500 WILLIAM STREET, THE
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ELEVATOR OR STAIRWELL LEADING TO
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THE SECURITY DESK, THEIR
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CONTRACT IS TO GUARD THE
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INTERIOR AND THE IMMEDIATE
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PERIMETERS OUTSIDE OF THE THREE
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BUILDINGS 500, 600 AND 601,
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THEY ARE NOT TO GUARD OFF THE
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GRID AND ETC..
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ALSO THAT PERMIT INCLUDES A
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GUITAR PLAYER STRATEGICALLY
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PLACED AT THE CORNER OF RASHIDA
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MOHAMMAD, THE FOCUS WILL BE ON
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THE FOOD, NOT THE GUITAR
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PLAYER, THEN WHY HAVE THE
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PLAYER THERE IN THE FIRST PLACE?
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SOUNDS LIKE A HOOK.
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THE MOST IMPORTANT, MONDAY
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NIGHTS IS NFL FOOTBALL AROUND
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THE SAME TIME OFF THE GRID
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PERMIT IS PRESENT FROM 5 P.M.
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TO 10 P.M., HOW COINCIDENTAL.
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>> MS. TANGERI, YOUR TIME HAS
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EXPIRED.
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>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
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[APPLAUSE].
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>> I WILL SEND [INAUDIBLE] TWO
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WEEKS FROM NOW.
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>> OKAY, THANK YOU.
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>> GOOD EVENING,
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COUNCILMEMBERS, ALL EMPLOYEES
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OF WASTE MANAGEMENT, MY NAME IS
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OSWALDO, MY FAMILY HAS BEEN IN
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OAKLAND SINCE THE EARLY 20TH
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CENTURY, MY GREAT GRANDFATHER
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CAME TO THIS COUNTRY TO BUILD
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THE BAY BRIDGE, MY FATHER
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WORKED THERE FOR
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22 YEARS.
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WHEN I FIRST GOT OUT OF HIGH
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SCHOOL, I WAS A KID WITH NO
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DIRECTION, THEY DIDN'T KNOW IF
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I WAS GOING TO GO TO SCHOOL,
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GET A JOSHING BUT I JOINED
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LOCAL 6, THROUGH LOCAL 6, I GOT
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A JOB AT WASTE MANAGEMENT.
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THANKS TO WASTE MANAGEMENT, I
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BECAME A LEAD PERSON RIGHT
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AWAY, WHICH LATER BECAME A
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SUPERVISOR, THEN A MANAGER, I'M
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CURRENTLY THE MANAGER THAT HAS
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HIRED MORE THAN 100 FAMILIES
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THAT LIVE IN OAKLAND HERE.
[APPLAUSE].
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I'M NOW THE DAVIS STREET
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MANAGER AND I'M RESPONSIBLE FOR
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APOLOGIZE FOR LAST TIME, NOT
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COMMUNICATING HOW IMPORTANT IT
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WAS TO BE OUT HERE.
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A LOT OF THAT WAS MY MISTAKE
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BUT I'M GLAD YOU GOT THE WORD
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AND YOU'RE OUT HERE.
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THE SCAVENGERS, THE DESCENDANTS
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OF SCAVENGER, BUT HERE'S THE
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MESSAGE I HAVE IN THE LAST 30
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SECONDS.
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LOVE THE SHOW, IT'S GREAT, BUT
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LET'S MAKE SURE WE HAVE THE GO.
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THESE PEOPLE WE WANT TO HAVE
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RESPECT US THROUGH THE EVENING.
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THIS IS OPEN FORUM, IT'S OUR
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ONLY OPPORTUNITY BEFOREHAND SO
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THE DRIVERS THAT GOT TO GET UP
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AND GET TO WORK AT 3:30 AND
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4:30 AND 5:30 IN THE MORNING,
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THAT WILL HELP YOU FOR THE REST
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OF THE SHOW, BUT I WANT TO LET
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YOU KNOW, ARE WE GOING TO BE
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BACK?
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[APPLAUSE].
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>> AND HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE
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GOING TO SHOW UP TO SPEAK NEXT
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TIME, THAT'S GOING TO BE A LONG
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NIGHT, BUT TONIGHT WE WANT TO
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MOVE ON.
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>> THANK YOU, MR. RITTER.
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>> GOOD EVENING, [INAUDIBLE] AS
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A RESIDENT OF THE CITY OF
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OAKLAND, I'M HERE TO PLEAD WITH
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CITY COUNCIL TO RENEW ITS
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CONTRACT WITH WASTE MANAGEMENT
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AND FOR OPTION 1, I GREW UP IN
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DISTRICT 2, 5, 7 AND I
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CURRENTLY LIVE IN DISTRICT 6, I
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WENT TO [INAUDIBLE] ELEMENTARY
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RIGHT ON 98TH STREET AND I'M A
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[INAUDIBLE] PURSUING A DEGREE
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ON BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION,
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I'VE BEEN WITH WASTE
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MANAGEMENT, I WORKED AT THE
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SPRING CLEANER, AND AS PART OF
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THE ADMINISTRATION TEAM.
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I CANNOT EXPRESS HOW GRATEFUL I
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AM TO BETTER MYSELF IN THIS
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COUNTRY.
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I WAS ABLE TO QUIT MY SECOND
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JOB AND ATTEND SCHOOL AS A FULL
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TIME STUDENT, THE SCHOOL OFFERS
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FINANCIAL AID SUPPORT THROUGH
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ITS LEAD PROGRAM WHICH PAID FOR
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MOST OF MY TUITION AND THE
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ENTIRE COST OF ALL MY TEXTBOOKS.
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I CAN'T WAIT TO FURTHER MY
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CAREER WITH THIS COMPANY.
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I CAN'T WAIT TO FURTHER MY
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CAREER, THAT'S WHY IT'S SO
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IMPORTANT FOR YOU GUYS TO
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APPROVE OPTION 2 SO THAT THE
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COMPANY CAN CONTINUE TO GROW
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AND CREATE MORE JOBS AND MORE
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OPPORTUNITIES NOT ONLY FOR
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MYSELF BUT ALSO FOR ALL THE
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OAKLAND RESIDENTS.
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THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
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>> GO AHEAD.
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>> GOOD AFTERNOON,
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COUNCILMEMBERS, MY NAME IS ERIC
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COULD MAYBE TAKE TWO OF THEM
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WHILE THESE FOLKS ARE EXITING,
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I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WOULD BE
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APPROPRIATE OR IF YOU WOULD
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YIELD.
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>> CAN SOMEBODY GO FIND THEM.
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[INAUDIBLE].
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[INAUDIBLE].
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[INAUDIBLE].
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[INAUDIBLE].
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>> FREE MUSIC, FOOD AND A
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HEALTH CARE, WE CONTINUE TO
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GIVE THANKS TO BARBARA FOR ALL
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THAT SHE'S DOING IN THE BLACK
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AND BROWN COALITION IN WEST
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OAKLAND CELEBRATING JUNE 10TH,
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THIS JUNETEENTH, THIS JUNE
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28TH ON BROCKHURST STREET, AND
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THEN I WOULD ASK THAT YOU ALL
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JOIN ME IN ADJOURNING TONIGHT'S
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MEETING IN THE NAME OF KEVIN
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WESTON, WEST OAKLAND
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SANAKAHODGE, SAYS EVERY ONE OF
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US IS GOOD AT COUNTING
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CELESTIAL BODY, BLINDING A
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DRAMA TO DARK BLESSING, WE KNOW
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OUR ANGELS WELL, WE SALUTE
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THEM, KNOW YOU ARE AMONG THEM
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ALWAYS, KEVIN IS A SON OF THE
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CITY, HE AND LATIFA HAS JOINED
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US IN HIS COURAGEOUS FIGHT WITH
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LEUKEMIA, IT HAS LED TO MANY
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OTHER LIVES BEING SAVED AND SO
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MANY OTHER PEOPLE TOUCHED
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THROUGH THEIR BONE MARROW
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DRIVE, SO WE ARE SENDING OUR
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LOVE AND LIFE TO LATIFA AND TO
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THE GIRLS AND WOULD ASK THAT
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THE COMMUNITY CONTINUE TO HOLD
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THEM UP IN LOVE AND LIGHT, THEY
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ARE CONTINUING TO RAISE FUNDS
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NOW, THIS COMMUNITY HAS BEEN SO
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[INAUDIBLE] THROUGHOUT THIS BATTLE
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WITH YOUR GENEROUS DONATIONS
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WHICH YOU CAN CONTINUE TO GIVE
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AT THE CAMPAIGN FOR KEVIN
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WESTON AND WE JUST GIVE THANKS
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TO THIS INCREDIBLE JOURNALIST,
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THIS TEACHER, THIS
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MENTOR AND OUR FRIEND, SO THANK
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YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
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>> VICE-MAYOR REID, YOU ARE
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NEXT.
>> THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
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I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THAT WE
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WOULD ADJOURN IN MEMORY OF TWO
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INCREDIBLE PEOPLE, SO FIRST IS
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PEGGY THOMPSON, PEGGY DIED TWO
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WEEKS AGO, SHE WAS THE MAYOR OF
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THE CITY OF ALBANY, JUST A
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TRULY, TRULY REMARKABLE WOMAN,
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IF YOU WERE IN HER PRESENCE,
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YOU KNEW HOW MUCH SHE LOVED THE
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CITY IN WHICH SHE WAS THE MAYOR
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OF, THE CITY IN WHICH SHE
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RAISED HER FAMILY, JUST A
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LITTLE BACKGROUND ON PEGGY, SHE
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EARNED A BACHELOR'S AND
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MASTER'S DEGREE IN EDUCATION
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FROM FRESNO STATE UNIVERSITY,
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FRESNO STATE, SHE MET HER
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HUSBAND JOHN WOULD WAS ALSO
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STUDYING IN EDUCATION, THE
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COMPANY MOVED TO ALBANY WHERE
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JOHN BECAME A 39 YEAR CAREER AT
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A HIGH SCHOOL AND SHE BEGAN HER
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OWN TEACHING CAREER WORKING IN
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ALBANY AND RICHMOND AREA
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SCHOOL, SHE TAUGHT SAILORS
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THROUGH A PROGRAM, IF UNITED
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STATES NAVY HAD WITH CHAPMAN
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COLLEGE, AND PEGGY, SHE LEAVES
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TO MOURN HER HUSBAND JOHN, HER
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TWO SONS JAMES AND ROBERT AS
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WELL, HAS THREE GRAND
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DAUGHTERS, HER ELDEST DAUGHTER
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DIANA DIED IN THE YEAR 2002 OF
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A BRAIN TUMOR AND THEY JUST
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RECENTLY HAD HER MEMORIAL
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SERVICE AT THE FIRST
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PRESBYTERIAN AND BECOME LEE, I
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WISH ALL OF YOU HAD THE
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OPPORTUNITY TO KNOW PEGGY AND
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TO KNOW HOW MUCH SHE LOVED HER
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CITY.
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SHE SURELY WILL BE MISSED BY
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THOSE OF US THAT SIT ON THE
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ALAMEDA COUNTY TRANSPORTATION
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COMMISSION.
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SHE CERTAINLY WILL BE MISSED BY
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HER FAMILY AND ALL OF THOSE WHO
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KNEW HER.
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SECOND, I WOULD LIKE TO ADJOURN
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IN MEMORY OF SOMEONE THAT I GOT
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TO KNOW ON A PERSONAL LEVEL.
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SHE WAS THE FORMER PRINCIPAL AT
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GRASS VALLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
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SHE HELPED TO SHAPE THE LIVES
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OF MY TWO YOUNGEST DAUGHTERS,
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ONE WOULD WENT THROUGH THE
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OAKLAND PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM
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AND GRADUATED FROM CAL STATE
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EAST BAY AND MY YOUNGEST
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DAUGHTER WHO IS ATTENDING THE
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UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII, BRAZELA
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JACKSON TRULY, TRULY A
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REMARKABLE WOMAN THAT TRULY
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LOVED KIDS AND ABOUT THE
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QUALITY OF EDUCATION THAT THEY
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WERE RECEIVING AT GRASS VALLEY.
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SHE MADE SURE AND SHE FOUGHT TO
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MAKE SURE THERE WAS TEACHERS
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THAT HAD HER PHILOSOPHY OF
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ABOUT MAKING SURE THE CHILDREN
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KNEW THAT THEY WERE LOVED AND
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THAT THEY WERE CARED FOR AND
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THAT UNDER HER LEADERSHIP AT
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GRASS VALLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL,
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THAT THEY WERE GOING TO GET THE
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BEST EDUCATION THAT ANY CHILD
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SHOULD RECEIVE IN THE STATE OF
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CALIFORNIA.
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SHE TRULY WILL BE MISSED.
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SHE PASSED AWAY PEACEFULLY AT
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HER HOME ON JUNE 12, 2014, SHE
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IS SURVIVED BY HER HUSBAND,
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MICHAEL WAYNE JACKSON, SOME OF
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YOU MAY KNOW MR. JACKSON, HE
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WAS AN OPT
-- OPTOMETRIST, HE
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HAD AN OFFICE ON BROADWAY.
[INAUDIBLE].
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ROSELA GRADUATED BACHELOR'S
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DEGREE IN PHILOSOPHY AND A
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MASTER'S DEGREE IN EDUCATION
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COLLEAGUES.
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I KNOW I WILL MISS THAT
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INCREDIBLE SMILE, I WILL MISS
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HER LOVE OF HER CHILDREN AND I
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WILL JUST MISS HER AS ONE OF
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GOD'S CHILDREN THAT WE WERE ALL
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BLESSED TO KNOW, THOSE OF US
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WOULD ARE PARENTS AND THOSE OF
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US WHO KNEW HER AS A FRIEND.
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AND I WAS REALLY TAKEN BACK
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WHEN I LEARNED OF HER PASSING,
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BUT I KNOW SHE IS SMILING DOWN
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NATIVE.
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I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO ADJOURN
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THE MEETING TONIGHT IN MEMORY
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OF JERRY MEADOWS, JERRY PASSED
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AWAY ON MAY 29TH, SHE WAS AN
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AMAZING WOMAN AND MENTOR TO
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MANY WOMEN, SHE WAS ON THE
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BOARD OF WOMEN'S POLITICAL
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CAUCUS, ALAMEDA NORTH FOR
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MANY YEARS AND SERVED AS
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INTERMEDIATE PRESIDENT OF NWPC
21:24:32
AS A LONG TIME ACTIVIST IN LAY
21:24:37
COMMUNITY.
21:25:26
THIS SATED SATURDAY, WE'RE
21:25:26
GOING TO BE DOWN THE
21:25:31
JUNETEENTH FESTIVAL, WE'LL HAVE
21:25:35
EL DEBARGE AND JENNIFER JOHNS, IT
21:25:36
SHOULD BE A GOOD SHOW, WE'RE
21:25:39
ASKING PEOPLE TO COME OUT AND
21:25:42
HAVE A PICNIC, IT'S FROM 2-6
21:25:44
P.M., EVERYTHING IS FREE, THERE
21:25:47
WILL BE INFORMATIONAL BOOTHS,
21:25:48
HORSE BACK RIDES, IT WILL BE A
21:25:50
LOT OF FUN SO COME OUT AND JOIN
21:25:52
US.
21:25:52
I WOULD LIKE TO JOIN IN MY
21:25:55
COLLEAGUE, MS. SCHAAF IN
21:25:57
REMEMBERING JERRY MEADOW, SHE
21:25:59
WAS SOMETHING, ALWAYS COULD
21:26:00
LIGHT UP A MEETING.
21:26:03
WHEN I FIRST GOT ELECTED, I WAS
21:26:07
A MEMBER OF NWPC AND SHE WAS
21:26:10
ACTIVE IN THAT ORGANIZATION AND
21:26:11
SHE WILL BE TRULY MISSED.
21:26:12
>> THANK YOU, MS. BROOKS, NEXT
21:26:14
IS COUNCILMEMBER KALB.
21:26:17
21:26:50
DR. CLAY BORN CARSON, DIRECTOR
21:26:52
OF THE MLK JR. RESEARCH CENTER
21:26:54
INSTITUTE AT STANFORD, THIS IS
21:26:57
BEING HOSTED AND SPONSORED BY
21:27:00
OUR VERY OWN KEITH CARSON,
21:27:03
BARBARA LEE AND THE BLACK
21:27:05
ELECTED OFFICIALS AND FAITH
21:27:06
BASED LEADERS OF THE EAST BAY.
21:27:08
IT'S A COMMEMORATION OPEN TO
21:27:10
THE PUBLIC, ALTHOUGH I HEAR
21:27:11
IT'S GOING TO BE CROWDED, IT
21:27:13
WILL PROBABLY BE A FULL HOUSE
21:27:15
SO GET THERE EARLY, AN
21:27:20
OPPORTUNITY TO ACT TO THE
21:27:22
PASSAGE OF THE ACT, THE GAINS
21:27:26
AND SETBACKS OF THE PAST YEARS,
21:27:29
SO TOMORROW IT'S 6 P.M. AT BEE
21:27:33
BEE MEMORIAL CATHEDRAL IN NORTH
21:27:35
OAKLAND.
21:27:36
I HAVE ONE IN MEMORIAM, I WOULD
21:27:38
LIKE US TO ADJOURN THIS EVENING
21:27:41
IN MEMORY OF A MICHAEL MILMAN,
21:27:48
HE WAS A RESIDENT OF NORTH
21:27:50
OAKLAND FOR QUITE A LONG TILE,
21:27:51
HE DEVOTED HIS LEGAL CAREER TO
21:27:54
FIGHTING THE DEATH PENALTY BOTH
21:27:55
IN INDIVIDUAL CASES AND IN
21:27:57
STATE LAW, HE GRADUATED FROM
21:27:59
HARVARD WITH A PHYSICS DEGREE
21:28:01
IN THE EARLY 60'S BUT HE
21:28:03
CHANGED COURSE AFTER WORKING IN
21:28:04
THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT AND
21:28:05
WENT ON TO LAW SCHOOL, HE THEN
21:28:08
BECAME A PUBLIC DEFENDER, HE'S
21:28:10
MOST WELL KNOWN AS THE
21:28:13
CO-FOUNDER OF DEATH PENALTY
21:28:14
FOCUS AND THE EXECUTIVE
21:28:16
DIRECTOR FOR NEARLY 30 YEARS OF
21:28:19
THE CALIFORNIA APPELLATE
21:28:20
PROJECT WHICH ASSISTS LAWYERS
21:28:22
IN DEATH PENALTY APPEALS AND
21:28:23
OTHER CRIMINAL CASES.
21:28:26
HE HAS BEEN AN OPPONENT OF THE
21:28:34
DEATH PENALTY FOR YEAR, HE
21:28:35
PASSED AWAY OF CANCER A COUPLE
21:28:37
OF WEEKS AGO, HE'S SURVIVED BY
21:28:40
HIS LOVING WIFE CYNTHIA AND
21:28:41
THREE CHILDREN AND HE WILL BE
21:28:43
MISSED BOTH AS AN INDIVIDUAL
21:28:45
HUMAN BEING, PERSON, FRIEND AND
21:28:47
AS A STRONG ADVOCATE AND
21:28:49
TALENTED LAWYER.
21:28:51
THANK YOU.
21:28:51
>> THANK YOU, MR. KALB.
21:28:54
NEXT IS COUNCILMEMBER GALLO.
>> THANK YOU.
21:28:57
IN OUR EFFORTS TO HAVE A CLEAN,
21:28:59
SAFE CITY, LET ME BEGIN BY
21:29:02
FIRST THANKING THE UNITY
21:29:03
COUNCIL FOR JOINING US LAST
21:29:05
TO CULTIVATE HIGH
21:36:20
SCHOLASTICS AND ETHICAL
21:36:21
STANDARDS TO ALPHA NU OMEGA
21:36:23
CHAPTER WAS CHARTERED ON JUNE
21:36:25
8, 1929 IN THE CITY OF
21:36:28
BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA AND
21:36:29
WHEREAS THE ALPHA NU OMEGA
21:36:31
EXPERIENCE.
21:37:56
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED
21:37:57
THAT THE OAKLAND CITY COUNCIL
21:37:59
HEREBY HONOR ALPHA NU OMEGA
21:38:02
CHAPTER FOR 85 YEARS OF
21:38:04
EXEMPLARY COMMUNITY SERVICES,
21:38:05
SO PLEASE ACCEPT THIS ON BEHALF
21:38:08
OF THE CITY COUNCIL FOR YOUR
21:38:11
DEDICATION AND YOUR
21:38:14
COMMITMENT.
[APPLAUSE].
21:38:16
AND SECOND, I WOULD LIKE -21:38:18
THIS IS A SECOND RESOLUTION TO
21:38:22
HONOR NORMA JEAN TUCKER FOR
21:38:26
EXTENDING COMMUNITY SERVICE,
21:38:28
WHEREAS -- SHE'S A FRAILLY
21:38:31
REMARKABLE WOMAN, WHEREAS NORMA
21:38:32
JEAN TUCKER, A NATIVE OF
21:38:34
OAKLAND MA WAS EDUCATED IN
21:38:38
OKLAHOMA PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND
21:38:40
GRADUATED WITH THE SECOND
21:38:41
HIGHEST GRADE POINT AVERAGE IN
21:38:43
HER CLASS AND GRADUATED AS A
21:38:49
SALUTATORIAN, SHE WAS AN
21:38:50
OFFICER OF THE STUDENT COUNCIL
21:38:54
IN HER SORORITY ALPHA KAPPA
21:38:59
ALPHA, GRADUATING [INAUDIBLE],
21:39:00
SHE RECEIVED HER MASTERS OF
21:39:01
EDUCATION AT THE UNIVERSITY OF
21:39:04
OKLAHOMA AND WHEREAS NORMA JEAN
21:39:06
TUCKER TALKED BUSINESS AT
21:39:09
DOUGLAS HIGH SCHOOL ALSO TAUGHT
21:39:10
FOR SIX YEARS AT OAKLAND TECH
21:39:12
HIGH SCHOOL AND WHEREAS NORMA
21:39:14
JEAN TUCKER WAS AN INSTRUCTOR
21:39:17
AT MERIT COLLEGE THAT WAS
21:39:20
LOCATED AT GROVER STREET AT THE
21:39:21
TIME, SHE REMAINED THERE AS THE
21:39:23
CAMPUS WAS MOVED TO THE
21:39:24
OAKLAND HILLS AND HELD THE
21:39:27
POSITION AS DIVISION DEAN, DEAN
21:39:28
OF INSTRUCTIONS AND CAMPUS
21:39:31
ADMINISTRATOR OF THE RENAMED
21:39:33
NORTH THROUGHOUT THEIR COLLEGE,
21:39:34
AND WHEREAS NORMA JEAN TUCKER
21:39:37
WAS TRANSFERRED TO MERIT
21:39:38
COLLEGE AND SERVED AS DEAN FOR
21:39:41
INSTRUCTION FOR 7 YEAR, SHE WAS
21:39:43
APPOINTED ACTING PRESIDENT AND
21:39:46
LATER APPOINTED PRESIDENT,
21:39:47
BECOMING THE FIRST BLACK WOMAN
21:39:50
TO SERVE AS PRESIDENT OF
21:39:53
MERRITT COLLEGE, AND WHEREAS
21:39:55
SHE HAS BEEN A MEMBER OF
21:39:58
SUPPORTIVE ORGANIZATIONS AT THE
21:39:59
LOCAL AND NATIONAL LEVEL
21:40:02
INCLUDING ALPHA KAPPA SORORITY
21:40:04
INC.
21:40:07
16TH REGIONAL DIRECTOR FROM
21:40:09
1982 TO 1986 AND LATER SERVED
21:40:13
AS ALPHA KAPPA ALPHA SIXTH
21:40:16
INTERNATIONAL REGIONAL DIRECTOR
21:40:19
FROM 2008 TO 2010.
21:40:20
SHE IS A LIFE MEMBER OF ALPHA
21:40:23
KAPPA SORORITY AND HAS SERVED
21:40:25
THE SORORITY AS AN ACTIVE
21:40:29
MEMBER REGIONALLY AND
21:40:30
INTERNATIONALLY FOR OVER 60
21:40:32
YEAR, NOW THEREFORE BE IT
21:40:34
RESOLVED THAT THE OAKLAND CITY
21:40:36
COUNCIL HEREBY RECOGNIZE NORMA
21:40:38
JEAN TUCKER FOR HER DEDICATION
21:40:40
AND OUTSTANDING COMMITMENT TO
21:40:45
COMMUNITY SERVICE, TRULY A
21:40:46
REMARKABLE WOMAN, KNOW THAT WE
21:40:48
ARE PROUD OF THE ORGANIZATION
21:40:49
THAT YOU ARE PART OF AND THE
21:40:51
WORK YOU DO EVERY DAY TO
21:40:53
IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR
21:40:54
YOUNG WOMEN AND FOR THE
21:40:58
COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE AND JUST
21:40:59
THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING THAT
21:41:00
YOU DO.
21:41:01
THIS CITY IS TRULY BLESSED,
21:41:04
THIS REGION IS TRULY
21:41:06
BLESSED WITH THE WORK THAT YOU DO
21:41:08
AND YOU LEAVE A LEGACY THAT I
21:41:12
HOPE THOSE YOUNG WOMEN THAT YOU
21:41:14
ARE MENTORING THAT WILL FOLLOW
21:41:15
THAT LEGACY THAT EACH AND EVERY
21:41:17
ONE OF YOU HAVE BEEN COMMITTED
21:41:18
TO, SO THANK YOU FROM THE
21:41:20
BOTTOM OF MY HEART.
21:41:28
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMAN REID
21:41:29
AND THANK YOU ALL MEMBER OF THE
21:41:30
CITY COUNCIL, WE ARE EXTREMELY
21:41:32
PROUD TO RECEIVE THESE HONORS
21:41:34
AND I DID SPEAK TO NORMA JEAN
21:41:37
TUCKER EARLIER TODAY AND SHE
21:41:39
WANTS TO THANK YOU FOR THIS
21:41:41
RECOGNITION, SHE IS VERY PROUD
21:41:43
TO RECEIVE THE RESOLUTIONS THAT
21:41:45
YOU ALL HAVE GIVEN TODAY.
21:41:47
SHE HAS SOME MOBILITY
21:41:48
CHALLENGES, OTHERWISE, SHE
21:41:49
WOULD PROBABLY WANT TO BE HERE
21:41:52
HERSELF TODAY, BUT I JUST THINK
21:41:54
THAT I WANT TO THANK MY MEMBERS
21:41:56
FOR COMING OUT THIS EVENING.
21:41:58
WE HAD A LARGER CONTINGENT THE
21:42:01
LAST TIME, BUT WE WANT TO THANK
21:42:02
YOU FOR GIVING US THE
21:42:04
OPPORTUNITY TO BE RECOGNIZED
21:42:09
AND THIS WEEKEND, WE WILL BE
21:42:11
HAVING OUR GRADUATION CEREMONY
21:42:13
FOR OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL GIRLS,
21:42:16
OUR EMERGING YOUNG LEADERS
21:42:18
PROGRAM, WE SUPPORTED 26 YOUNG
21:42:19
GIRLS IN MIDDLE SCHOOL FOR THE
21:42:21
LAST THREE YEARS AND IT'S A
21:42:23
LEADERSHIP PROGRAM WHERE THEY
21:42:25
HAVE HAD WORKSHOPS, THEY HAVE
21:42:27
HAD ALL TYPES OF FIELD TRIPS
21:42:29
AND IT'S BEEN REALLY AN
21:42:32
INSPIRING PROGRAM TO
21:42:33
PARTICIPATE IN AND WE HOPE TO
21:42:35
BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THEM ON
21:42:39
AFTER THIS SEGMENT OF THIS
21:42:42
PROGRAM ENDS, BUT WE WILL BE
21:42:44
ENDING THE PROGRAM THIS
21:42:46
SATURDAY WITH THEIR GRADUATION,
21:42:48
AND WE'VE CELEBRATED OUR 85TH
21:42:51
ANNIVERSARY LAST SATURDAY, WE
21:42:53
HAD A WONDERFUL TURN-OUT, WE
21:42:55
HAD ALMOST 100 PEOPLE JOIN US
21:42:56
AND IT WAS A GREAT CELEBRATION,
21:42:58
SO WE THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THIS
21:43:00
OPPORTUNITY.
21:43:00
[APPLAUSE].
21:43:00
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
21:43:03
>> THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
21:43:06
>> ALRIGHT, AND THAT RESOLUTION
21:43:08
HONORING NORMA JEAN TUCKER WILL
21:43:09
BE MOVED BY MR. REID, SECOND BY
21:43:12
MS. SCHAAF AND BY CONSENSUS.
21:43:19
>> HE DID BOTH, YEAH.
21:43:26
>> AND WE NOW GO TO ITEM 4.4,
21:43:29
IT IS A RESOLUTION PROCLAIMING
21:43:31
THE WEEK OF JUNE 22ND AS
21:43:37
GOODMAN, CHANEY, SCHWERNER
21:43:37
MEMORIAL VOTING RIGHTS WEEK AND
21:43:41
RECOGNIZING THE 50TH
21:43:42
ANNIVERSARY OF THEIR
21:43:43
ASSASSINATIONS AND SUPPORTING
21:43:44
CONTINUED EXPANSION OF VOTER
21:43:45
ACCESS PARTICIPATION IN
21:43:47
THE CITY OF OAKLAND AND WE NEED
21:43:48
AN URGENCY FINDING.
21:43:54
>> MR. KALB, WOULD YOU ->> SO MOVED.
21:43:59
>> OKAY.
21:44:01
>> SECOND.
21:44:02
>> MOVED BY MS. KAPLAN,
21:44:04
SECONDED BY -- THAT'S JUST FOR
21:44:05
THE URGENCY FINDING.
21:44:07
>> GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY.
21:44:08
SO, CAN I START WITH A
21:44:12
REVEREND, A BISHOP AND A RABBI
21:44:15
WALKED INTO CHAMBERS AND -21:44:17
WEBSITE IN CALIFORNIA
21:45:59
AND REGISTER TO VOTE, SO I WANT
21:46:01
TO ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY, PART OF
21:46:03
HOW WE CAN LIFT UP THEIR WORK
21:46:04
IS TO REGISTER EVERYONE WE KNOW
21:46:06
TO VOTE WHO HASN'T REGISTERED
21:46:07
TO VOTE AND OF COURSE WE NEED
21:46:09
TO CONTINUE THE EFFORT TO
21:46:11
RESTORE VOTER RIGHT FOR
21:46:14
FORMERLY INCARCERATED PERSONS
21:46:15
TO HAVE THEIR VOTER RIGHTS
21:46:17
RESTORED AS WELL, THAT STRUGGLE
21:46:18
21:48:04
RIGHTS SO I AM PROUD TO STAND
21:48:05
UP WITH THESE MEN OF FAITH AND
21:48:09
OUR COLLEAGUES TO SAY THEIR
21:48:11
DEATHS WERE NOT IN VAIN.
21:48:17
>> I'LL JUST BRIEFLY ADD, THANK
21:48:20
YOU TO BOTH MY COLLEAGUES AND
21:48:21
THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE.
21:48:22
THIS SHOULD BE A CELEBRATION
21:48:26
EVEN THOUGH THESE WERE THREE
21:48:28
MURDERS, ASSASSINATIONS 50
21:48:29
THANK YOU.
21:52:00
>> MY NAME IS RABBI MICHAEL,
21:52:04
I'M AN OAKLAND RESIDENT AND I'M
21:52:07
REPRESENT AGO JEWISH PART
--
21:52:12
PARTNERSHIP OF OAKLAND, WHO
21:52:12
BELIEVE IN THE POWER OF SPIRIT
21:52:14
AND HANDS AND FEET TO WORK AND
21:52:17
TO MARCH TOWARDS JUSTICE, NOT
21:52:19
JUST FOR JEWS BUT FOR
21:52:22
EVERYBODY, MICKEY AND ANDREW
21:52:23
AND JAMES WERE CUT DOWN,
21:52:26
SLAUGHTERED, BURIED IN THE
21:52:29
RIGHTEOUSNESS, TO AUTHORITY.
21:53:59
I AM GRATEFUL THIS BODY HAS
21:54:01
STOOD UP AND SAID WE BELIEVE
21:54:05
WITH THE VOTER'S RIGHT ACT AND
21:54:06
ALL THE PEOPLE'S VOICE COUNT, I
21:54:09
HOPE THAT REACHES FROM THIS
21:54:11
BODY TO THE HEART OF EVERY
21:54:13
MEMBER OF THE SUPREME COURT TO
21:54:14
EVERY SENATOR TO EVERY MEMBER
21:54:15
OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
21:54:18
TO THE PRESIDENT, MAY IT
21:54:19
CONTINUE TO RING FROM THIS DAY
21:54:21
21:57:50
APPROVING THOSE MEETINGS.
21:57:51
>> ITEM 6 IS MODIFICATIONS TO
21:57:53
THE AGENDA AND PROCEDURAL ITEMS.
21:57:55
>> THE CLERK HAS NO REQUESTS TO
21:58:01
DO ANYTHING WITH OTHER ITEMS,
21:58:02
AND I THINK WE'LL STICK ON
21:58:06
TONIGHT'S AGENDA, WE'LL STICK
21:58:06
WITH THE ORDER OF THE ITEMS AS
21:58:09
PRINTED.
21:58:09
>> OKAY.
21:58:10
SO, THAT TAKES US NOW TO THE
21:58:11
CONSENT CALENDAR AND AT THIS
21:58:13
TIME, WE WILL HAVE THE MEETING
21:58:17
OF THE LEONA QUARRY GHAD
21:58:20
CONVENE.
21:58:20
>> SO, FOR THIS, I UNDERSTAND
21:58:24
WE HAVE MADAM CITY ATTORNEY, DO
21:58:25
I STAY HERE?
21:58:33
OKAY.
21:58:36
OKAY, SO FOR THE MOMENT, WE ARE
21:58:38
NOW HAVING A MEETING OF THE -21:58:43
WE'RE ADJOURNING THE COUNCIL
21:58:44
MEETING FOR A MOMENT AND
21:58:46
TURNING THIS OVER TO THE
21:58:50
GEOLOGIC HAZARD ABATEMENT
21:58:52
DISTRICT.
21:59:17
>> THANK YOU, GOOD EVENING, I
21:59:20
AM PATRICIA CURTAIN AND I'M THE
21:59:23
ATTORNEY FOR THE GHAD WITH
21:59:27
ANAKA CLIFFORD AND WE HAVE
21:59:29
[INAUDIBLE] WHO IS THE GHAD
21:59:30
MANAGER, WE HAVE ONE ITEM ON
21:59:32
THE CONSENT CALENDAR AND STAFF
21:59:33
IS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF THE
21:59:36
ANNUAL BUDGET FOR 2014-15 AND
21:59:38
THE EXPENDITURE AMOUNT OF 209
21:59:41
THOUSAND 800 DOLLARS OF THE
21:59:44
MONITORING OF THE LEONA QUARRY
21:59:46
GHAD.
21:59:46
>> DO YOU WANT TO GIVE ANY
21:59:50
[INAUDIBLE].
21:59:50
>> NO.
21:59:50
>> SO, THE ITEM HAS BEEN
21:59:53
CALLED, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR?
21:59:54
>> AYE.
21:59:55
>> AYE.
>> ANY ABSTENTIONS?
21:59:58
ANY NO'S?
THE ITEM PASSES WITH.
22:00:04
>> WE CONCLUDE, THANK YOU VERY
22:00:06
MUCH, WE'LL TURN IT BACK OVER
22:00:07
TO THE CITY COUNCIL.
22:00:08
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
22:00:09
>> DO I NEED TO MOVE THAT WE GO
22:00:13
BACK INTO THE CITY COUNCIL?
22:00:14
>> GO RIGHT AHEAD.
22:00:16
>> I MOVE WE ADJOURN BACK INTO
22:00:18
THE FULL CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
22:00:20
>> MOVED BY MR. KALB, SECOND BY
22:00:22
MR. REID AND WE ARE BACK INTO
22:00:24
THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
WE HAVE 30 SPEAKERS.
22:00:56
>> WOW.
22:00:56
>> OKAY, SO I THINK WITH THAT
22:00:59
MANY SPEAKERS, WE'LL HAVE ONE
22:01:02
MINUTE PER PERSON.
22:01:03
>> OKAY.
22:01:03
>> SO, THE CLERK WILL CALL THE
22:01:07
NAMES.
22:01:07
>> MADAM CHAIR, I WANTED TO
22:01:10
MAKE COMMENTS ON 7.19.
22:01:12
>> LET'S HEAR THE SPEAKERS AND
22:01:14
THEN ANY COUNCILMEMBERS WHO
22:01:15
22:02:01
FIRST IS FINE.
22:02:03
>> GOOD EVENING, I AM
22:02:05
[INAUDIBLE] BURN STEIN, A
22:02:06
MEMBER TO HAVE LIBRARY ADVISORY
22:02:08
COMMISSION.
22:02:10
AND I'M PLEASED TO CONCEDE MY
22:02:14
MINUTE TO [INAUDIBLE] OUR
22:02:15
CHAIRMAN, THANK YOU.
22:02:18
>> GOOD EVENING, I'M VICTORIA
22:02:20
FROM THE LIBRARY ADVISORY
22:02:22
COMMISSION AND I'M SEEDING MY
22:02:26
TIME TO CATHERINE SERBIN, OUR
22:02:27
CHAIR, THANK YOU.
22:02:29
>> GOOD EVENING TO THE MAYOR,
22:02:34
THE COUNCILMEMBERS, HONORABLE
22:02:35
COUNCILMEMBERS AND TO CONCERNED
22:02:36
CITIZENS OF OAKLAND.
22:02:40
MY NAME'S CLYDE NELSON, I'M
22:02:42
HERE BECAUSE I'M TRYING TO GET
22:02:43
THE COUNCIL TO LISTEN TONIGHT
22:02:47
FOR FUNDS THAT WOULD HELP THE
22:02:49
OAKLAND PUBLIC LIBRARY.
22:02:50
I'VE HEARD AMOUNTS SUCH AS 500
22:02:53
THOUSAND DOLLARS.
22:02:54
MY REASONS FOR DOING SO IS
22:02:57
NUMBER 1, BECAUSE AS A YOUNG
22:03:00
BLACK MALE OF COLOR, I HAD A
22:03:01
CHOICE OF GOING TO THE LIBRARY
22:03:03
OR STANDING ON THE STREET CORN
22:03:05
E I CHOSE THE LIBRARY.
22:03:10
I'M HOPING THE COUNCIL WILL
22:03:12
GIVE -- HELP ME AND GIVING THIS
22:03:14
CHOICE TO THE YOUNG MEN OF
22:03:16
OAKLAND BECAUSE THEY DESERVE
22:03:18
THAT AND IN CLOSING I'LL SAY
22:03:21
THAT 500 THOUSAND IS ROUGHLY
22:03:25
$1.28 FOR EACH PERSON IN THE
22:03:26
CITY OF OAKLAND AND DON'T GET
22:03:28
ME WRONG, I AM A SPORTS FAN AND
22:03:30
I LOVE SPORTS, SO IF WE CAN
22:03:33
GIVE TO PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL
22:03:35
TEAM, SURELY WE CAN SPARE HALF
22:03:37
A MILLION DOLLARS FOR OUR
22:03:39
OAKLAND PUBLIC LIBRARY.
[APPLAUSE].
22:03:49
>> SO, I HAVE TWO MINUTES
22:03:51
SEEDED TO ME?
22:03:51
>> YES, SO YOU HAVE A TOTAL OF
22:03:53
THREE.
22:03:54
>> THANK YOU.
22:03:55
>> GOOD EVENING, LADIES AND
22:03:56
GENTLEMEN, MY NAME IS CATHERINE
22:04:00
STERBINS AND I AM PROUD TO BE
22:04:03
THE CHAIRPERSON OF YOUR LIBRARY
22:04:06
PUBLIC COMMISSION, WE ARE
22:04:08
FACING 3 MILLION DOLLAR
22:04:11
SHORTFALL NEXT YEAR, 2015, I
22:04:12
WOULD LIKE TO QUICKLY REVIEW
22:04:14
WHY WE'RE FUNDING BY SOURCE AND
22:04:16
I DO MEAN QUICKLY, THESE
22:04:18
22:07:00
ADDRESS THIS PROBLEM.
22:07:01
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
22:07:02
>> GOOD EVENING, MY NAME IS -22:07:04
>> IF YOU CAN PUT THE MIC.
22:07:06
FURTHER.
22:07:07
>> I WOULD LIKE TO SEED MY TIME
22:07:09
TO ROY CHAN.
22:07:13
>> GOOD EVENING, MY NAME IS ROY
22:07:15
CHAN AND I SERVE ON THE LIBRARY
22:07:19
ADVISORY COMMISSION.
22:07:19
AS CATHERINE POINTED OUT, THE
22:07:22
OAKLAND PUBLIC LIBRARY, THERE'S
22:07:24
A HUGE BUDGET GAP OF MORE THAN
22:07:26
3 MILLION DOLLARS STARTING IN
22:07:27
2015, SO WHAT DOES THIS MEAN
22:07:29
FOR THE LIBRARY?
22:07:30
AS NOTED IN A JUNE 6 MEMO THAT
22:07:32
YOU RECEIVED, IT MEANS THE
22:07:34
CLOSURE OF 6-8 BRANCHES OR THE
22:07:40
ELIMINATION OF THE NEW
22:07:41
MATERIALS AS WELL AS CLOSING UP
22:07:45
22:09:43
SEED MY TIME TO HELEN BLOCK.
22:09:47
>> GOOD EVENING, I'M HELEN
22:09:50
BLOCK.
22:09:51
, IF YOU DON'T REMEMBER ME.
22:09:53
MY NAME'S HELL LOAN BLOCK, I AM
22:09:56
AN OAKLAND RESIDENT AND A
22:09:58
HOMEOWNER, A VOTER, AND I'M
22:10:01
ALSO THE MANAGING CHILDREN'S
22:10:03
LIBRARIAN AT THE MAIN PUBLIC
22:10:04
LIBRARY BUT I'M SPEAKING THIS
22:10:06
EVENING AS AN INDIVIDUAL
22:10:07
OAKLANDER AND I WANTED TO TALK
22:10:09
A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE NEEDS OF
22:10:12
OAKLAND'S CHILDREN AND WHAT
22:10:14
WILL HAPPEN TO THEM IF THERE
22:10:15
ARE LIBRARY CUTBACKS.
22:10:18
SO, IF YOU LOOK AT CHILDREN WHO
22:10:24
ARE AGES 0-5, NEARLY HALF OF
22:10:26
THE CHILDREN ENTERING OUSD
22:10:29
KINDERGARTEN ARE BELOW AVERAGE
22:10:31
IN SCHOOL READINESS IN A
22:10:33
VARIETY OF AREAS, AND THIS IS
22:10:35
BASED ON THE URBAN STRATEGIES
22:10:38
COUNCIL BASELINE REPORT FOR
22:10:40
OAKLAND READS 2020, HOW IS THE
22:10:41
LIBRARY ADD DRESSING THAT?
22:10:43
WE HAVE A VOLUNTEER PROGRAM
22:10:44
CALLED THE BOOKS OF WIDER
22:10:48
HORIZON, WE HAVE VOLUNTEERS AT
22:10:50
31 PRESCHOOLS DOING 80 WEEKLY
22:10:52
STORY TIMES AND SERVING OVER
22:10:55
1300 PRESCHOOLERS.
22:10:55
AT OAKLAND, AND THESE ARE
22:10:57
FIGURES THAT ARE UP TO THE
22:10:59
BEGINNING, UP TO JUNE, SO THEY
22:11:01
ARE NOT COMPLETE FOR THIS
22:11:03
FISCAL YEAR, BUT WE HAVE
22:11:08
PRESENTED 1407 STORY TIMES THIS
22:11:12
FISCAL YEAR WHICH 56317 PEOPLE
22:11:14
HAVE ATTENDED.
22:11:19
[APPLAUSE].
22:11:19
>> THE K-5 STUDENT, NEARLY TWO
22:11:24
THIRD OUSD STUDENTS ARE READING
22:11:27
BELOW FIFTH GRADE LEVEL, 59%
22:11:30
ASIAN AMERICANS, AND 78% OF
22:11:32
WHITE STUDENTS ARE ONLY AT
22:11:34
GRADE LEVEL.
22:11:34
THIS AGAIN IS THE URBAN
22:11:36
STRATEGIES COUNCIL NUMBERS.
22:11:40
ONLY 580 TOTAL OAKLAND STUDENTS
22:11:43
GO TO A SCHOOL WITH A LIBRARY
22:11:46
THAT'S STAFFED BY A
22:11:49
PROFESSIONAL LIBRARIAN, 580.
22:11:51
AT THOSE SCHOOLS, ONLY 9% OF
22:11:53
THE STUDENTS ARE LOW-INCOME.
22:11:56
WHAT HAS OAKLAND DONE ABOUT
22:11:58
THIS?
22:11:59
SO FAR THIS FISCAL YEAR, WE
22:12:03
POSTED 1146 [INAUDIBLE] WITH
22:12:06
27602 CHILDREN HAVE ATTENDED.
22:12:09
NEXT, SUMMER FLIP, I DON'T KNOW
22:12:10
IF ANY OF YOU FAMILIAR WITH
22:12:12
THAT, LOTS OF STUDIES HAVE
22:12:13
SHOWN THAT STUDENTS WOULD DO
22:12:15
NOT READ DURING THE SUMMER LOSE
22:12:17
ONE MONTH OF READING ABILITY,
22:12:21
LOW-INCOME STUDENTS LOSE TWO
22:12:22
MONTHS, WHAT IS OAKLAND DOING
22:12:23
ABOUT THAT?
22:12:24
LAST YEAR WE HAD A SUMMER
22:12:26
READING PROGRAM, WE HAD 93792
22:12:39
SIGNED UP, WE GAVE AWAY OVER
22:12:45
6003 BOOKS.
22:12:46
AND LAST, SCHOOL LUNCHES,
22:12:47
ACCORDING TO THE URBAN
22:12:49
STRATEGIES COUNCIL, THREE
22:12:50
QUARTERS OF OAKLAND STUDENTS IN
22:12:54
OUSD QUALIFY FOR REDUCED COST
22:12:55
OR FREE LUNCH.
22:12:57
LAST SUMMER, AT THE LIBRARIES,
22:13:00
11 SITES SERVED MORE THAN 8500
22:13:02
FREE UNFURLS AND WE'RE DOING IT
22:13:05
AGAIN THIS SUMMER.
22:13:07
IMAGINE HOW MANY MORE CHILDREN
22:13:08
AND FAMILIES WE COULD SERVE IF
22:13:11
OUR BRANCHES WERE OPENED SIX
22:13:12
DAYS A WEEK AND WHAT'S GOING TO
22:13:15
HAPPEN TO THESE CHILDREN IF
22:13:16
LIBRARIES CLOSE BECAUSE OF LACK
22:13:19
OF FUNDING.
22:13:20
THE NEEDS OF OAKLAND'S CHILDREN
22:13:22
ARE GREAT, AND I WANT YOU TO
22:13:26
REMEMBER THAT THESE CHILDREN
22:13:28
ARE OAKLAND'S FUTURE AND I KNOW
22:13:30
I'VE GIVEN A LOT OF STATISTICS
22:13:32
BUT TRY NOT TO THINK ABOUT THE
22:13:33
NUMBERS BUT THINK ABOUT THE
22:13:35
NUMBER OF CHILDREN'S LIVES THAT
22:13:36
ARE AFFECTED SO I ASK YOU TO
22:13:39
SUPPORT THE LIBRARY FUNDING,
22:13:40
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> THANK YOU.
[APPLAUSE].
22:13:47
>> GOOD AFTERNOON, MY NAME IS
22:13:50
RENADA MURRAY AND I WOULD LIKE
22:13:51
TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE MANY
22:13:54
PEOPLE THAT ARE BEING TARGETED,
22:13:57
SINGLED OUT AND TARGETED IN THE
22:13:59
CITY OF OAKLAND.
22:14:01
THERE IS A VERY LARGE NUMBER OF
22:14:02
PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN PUT INTO
22:14:05
A PROGRAM TO BE ORGANIZED,
22:14:08
STOCKED AND HARASSED.
22:14:09
THIS HAS BEEN REPORTED BY MANY
22:14:11
TARGETED EVILS TO THE OAKLAND
22:14:13
POLICE AND OTHER OFFICIALS AND
22:14:16
TO DATE HAS BEEN IGNORED, IT
22:14:18
HAS BEEN VIRTUALLY IGNORED BY
22:14:20
ANYONE WHO HAS BEEN REPORTED TO.
22:14:22
I AM ASKING THAT YOU GUYS
22:14:25
REALLY CONSIDER TRAINING THE
22:14:28
OAKLAND POLICE ON IDENTIFYING
22:14:30
THESE VICTIMS AND TO STOP
22:14:32
WRITING THEM OFF AS MENTALLY
22:14:34
ILL BECAUSE MOST OF THESE
22:14:35
PEOPLE WHO ARE PUT INTO THIS
22:14:37
PROGRAM ARE INNOCENT PEOPLE AND
22:14:38
MOST OF THEM DON'T EVEN KNOW
22:14:40
WHY THEY ARE PUT INTO THE
22:14:41
PROGRAM.
22:14:41
THEY COULD HAVE BEEN WHISTLE
22:14:45
BLOWERS, THERE WERE RAPE VICTIMS
22:14:46
THAT WERE PUT INTO THE
22:14:49
PROGRAM, ANYONE WHO SPEAKS OUT
22:14:51
AGAINST JUST ABOUT ANYONE IS
22:14:52
PUT INTO THIS PROGRAM AND I ASK
22:14:54
THAT YOU GUYS REALLY CONSIDER
22:14:56
HELPING THESE PEOPLE AND PLEASE
22:14:57
STOP TURNING THEM AWAY.
22:14:59
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
22:15:05
[APPLAUSE].
22:15:05
>> FOR THE RECORD, GENE HAZARD,
22:15:07
I'M HERE TO SPEAK ON 7.15, THE
22:15:10
SETTLEMENT OF 110 THOUSAND
22:15:14
22:16:37
SOME OF YOU WERE NOT HERE IN
22:16:39
2011 WHEN THE CITY LAID OFF
22:16:40
MEMBERS OF THE OAKLAND MUSEUM
22:16:42
AND CONTRACTED OUT THE WORK TO
22:16:44
THE FOUNDATION IN VIOLATION OF
22:16:45
THE CITY CHARTER AND THE LOCAL
22:16:48
21 AGREEMENT.
22:16:48
ALTHOUGH THIS SETTLEMENT AND
22:16:49
I'M SPEAKING ABOUT THE ELEMENT
22:16:52
AGREEMENT REGARD THING MUSEUM,
22:16:53
ALTHOUGH THE SETTLEMENT DOES
22:16:54
NOT EQUATE ALL OF THE LOSSES
22:16:56
OUR MEMBERS HAVE INCURRED,
22:16:57
WE ARE PLEASED WITH THE
22:16:58
SETTLEMENT.
22:16:58
THANK YOU, AND I HOPE THE CITY
22:17:00
HAS LEARNED A VERY EXPENSIVE
22:17:02
LESSON AND WILL NEVER DO THIS
22:17:03
AGAIN.
>> THANK YOU.
22:17:10
[APPLAUSE].
>>
22:17:13
>> MY NAME IS IEDA RASHEED
22:17:17
AND I'M HERE TO SPEAK ON 7.9, I
22:17:20
GREET YOU ALL WITH PEACE.
22:17:22
TODAY I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF
22:17:23
MYSELF AND MY FAMILY.
22:17:26
OVER 60 YEARS AGO, MY
22:17:27
GRANDPARENTS AND GREAT
22:17:28
GRANDPARENTS LEFT THE SOUTH AND
22:17:30
THE MIDWEST TO COME TO OAKLAND,
22:17:32
CALIFORNIA FOR WORK AND BETTER
22:17:36
EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES.
22:17:37
MY FAMILY HIGHLY VALUES
22:17:39
LITERACY AND EDUCATION.
22:17:42
LITERACY MEANS FREEDOM AND
22:17:43
OAKLAND IS A CITY FOR ALL
22:17:44
PEOPLE.
22:17:46
ALL OF OUR LIBRARIES
22:17:47
[INAUDIBLE] IN OAKLAND AND WE
22:17:48
NEED TO FULLY FUND ALL SERVICES
22:17:50
TO EDUCATE AND KEEP OUR
22:17:52
COMMUNITY LITERATE.
22:17:53
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND I
22:17:54
HOPE YOU GUYS TAKE THIS
22:17:56
SERIOUSLY AND HELP FUND OUR
22:17:59
LIBRARY.
22:18:00
KEEP ALL OF OUR LIBRARIES OPEN.
22:18:02
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
[APPLAUSE].
22:18:12
>> MY NAME IS ASADA OLIBALA,
22:18:18
I WANT TO REFERENCE 7.15, ALLEN
22:18:23
BLUEFORD, 19 YEARS OLD, GETTING
22:18:25
READY TO GRADUATE FROM HIGH
22:18:27
SCHOOL, SHOT THREE TIMES IN THE
22:18:31
ABDOMINAL AREA AND DIES.
22:18:32
THIS IS BEING DESCRIBED AS
22:18:37
EXCESSIVE FORCE, EXCESSIVE
22:18:38
FORCE WHEN YOU SHOT THREE TIMES
22:18:39
AND YOU DIE, I DON'T THINK SO.
22:18:42
THIS YOUNG MAN WAS MURDERED.
22:18:45
22:20:11
SERVICE AND I'M A CALPERS
22:20:14
PENSIONER, I URGE YOU THE
22:20:15
SUPPORT THE MOVE TO DIVEST FROM
22:20:22
FOSSIL FUELS, OAKLAND HAS A
22:20:23
STRONG ENERGY AND CLIMATE
22:20:24
ACTION PLAN, I'M PROUD OF THAT
22:20:26
BUT WE NEED TO PUT OUR MONEY
22:20:28
WHERE OUR MOUTH IS, WE CAN'T
22:20:30
KEEP PROFITING FROM THE FOSSIL
22:20:33
FUEL COMPANIES WHO ARE
22:20:35
DESTROYING THE PLANET AND
22:20:36
RISKING THE HEALTH OF OUR
22:20:39
COMMUNITIES, WE NEED TO
22:20:42
REINVEST THAT MONEY IN OUR
22:20:43
COMMUNITIES AND IN A CLEAN
22:20:44
ENERGY SOLUTION.
22:20:44
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
22:20:48
[APPLAUSE].
22:20:49
>> HI, I'M MARGARET GORDON, I'M
22:20:51
WITH THE ORGANIZATION OF THE
22:20:54
WEST OAKLAND ENVIRONMENTAL
22:20:56
INDICATOR'S PROJECT BUT I'M A
22:20:57
MEMBER FROM COAL EXPORTS TO THE
22:20:59
PORT OF OAKLAND.
22:21:02
WHY I'M HERE IS WE DO NOT NEED
22:21:04
TO HAVE ANYTHING THAT WILL
22:21:08
IMPACT OUR COMMUNITY FROM AIR
22:21:10
QUALITY FROM COAL DUST BEING
22:21:13
SPREAD THROUGH THE FLAT LANDS
22:21:17
BY RAIL, SO I HOPE THAT YOU
22:21:20
PASS THIS RESOLUTION 7.19
22:21:21
TONIGHT AND TO ENSURE THAT THE
22:21:24
CITY FOLLOWS THROUGH WITH THE
22:21:26
PORT OF OAKLAND DEVELOPER NOT
22:21:28
TO HAVE COAL EXPORT COMING
22:21:30
22:22:04
THE CONSERVATION ORGANIZER FOR
22:22:08
SIERRA CLUB, WE WANT TO THANK
22:22:10
YOU FOR PASS THIRSTING
22:22:13
RESOLUTION OPPOSING HAZARDOUS
22:22:14
FOSSIL FUELS BY RAIL COMING IN
22:22:16
OAKLAND.
22:22:16
WE SEE THIS AS THE FIRST STEP
22:22:18
IN A FEW STEPS OF ENSURING NO
22:22:22
HAZARDOUS AND DIRTY FOSSIL
22:22:22
FUELS COME TO OUR CITY TO BE
22:22:26
EXPORTED TO FOREIGN MARKETS,
22:22:28
FOR EXAMPLE, COAL EXPORTS OF
22:22:30
THE PORT OF OAKLAND OR THE
22:22:33
OAKLAND ARMY BASE, THOSE WOULD
22:22:34
BE GOING TO CHINA TO BE BURNED
22:22:36
AND COMING BACK TO THE BAY AREA
22:22:38
AND POLLUTION BACK IN 7 DAYS,
22:22:40
SO THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBERS
22:22:42
KALB, MCELHANEY AND KAPLAN FOR
22:22:44
YOUR CO-SPONSORSHIP AND
22:22:45
LEADERSHIP ON THIS AND THANK
22:22:46
YOU TO THE REST OF THE COUNCIL
22:22:48
AND MAYOR FOR HOPEFULLY PASSING
22:22:49
THIS INTO POLICY AND TAKING
22:22:51
FUTURE STEPS TO ENSURE THAT
22:22:53
OAKLAND RESIDENTS ARE SAFE FROM
22:22:55
THESE COMMODITIES, ALSO THIS
22:22:56
WE'RE TAKING ACTION AT THE
22:22:58
LOCAL LEVEL TO IMPACT GLOBAL
22:23:01
CLIMATE CHANGE, THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
[APPLAUSE].
22:23:07
>> MY NAME IS BARBARA GIBSON,
22:23:11
I'M -22:23:11
>> MS. GIBSON, COULD YOU PULL
22:23:16
THE MICROPHONE DOWN SO WE CAN
22:23:17
HEAR YOU BETTER.
22:23:19
>> MY NAME'S BARBARA GIBSON,
22:23:21
I'M THE CHAIRPERSON WITH THE
22:23:22
EMERGENCY FOOD PROVIDER
22:23:23
ADVISORY COMMITTEE, A GROUP OF
22:23:25
VOLUNTEERS WOULD WORK WITH THE
22:23:27
HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT THAT
22:23:28
PROVIDE FOOD FOR THE
22:23:30
UNDERPRIVILEGED AND SENIORS IN
22:23:33
OUR COMMUNITY.
22:23:35
WE HAVE RUN INTO A PROBLEM WITH
22:23:37
THE FUNDING OF OUR PROGRAM AND
22:23:40
THE CITY HAS ALREADY GIVEN US
22:23:41
100 THOUSAND DOLLARS BUT THAT
22:23:43
DOESN'T HELP MEET THE NEED FOR
22:23:44
EXTENDING THE PROGRAM FOR THE
22:23:46
FULL 12 MONTHS OF THE YEAR.
22:23:48
WE WOULD LIKE YOUR HELP IN
22:23:53
PROMOTING WAYS TO -- TO SOLICIT
22:23:56
FUNDS OR TO GET FUNDS FROM THE
22:24:00
CDBG THAT HAS DENIED US
22:24:01
ACCESS TO AND I'M ASKING YOUR
22:24:04
SUPPORT TO FINDING WAYS TO HELP
22:24:06
US SUPPORT THE MONEY TO HAVE A
22:24:08
12 MONTH PROGRAM INSTEAD OF A 6-9
22:24:11
MONTH PROGRAM.
22:24:11
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
22:24:15
[APPLAUSE].
22:24:15
>> GOOD EVENING, MADAM MAYOR,
22:24:18
COUNCILMEMBERS, MY NAME IS
22:24:20
SHARON GREEN PIECE, I'M A
22:24:23
REPRESENTATIVE OF ASPAC AND I
22:24:26
GIVE OUT FOOD ON MONDAYS AND
22:24:29
FRIDAYS IN DISTRICT 3.
22:24:32
I'M A MEMBER OF THE FOOD
22:24:34
ADVISORY COUNCIL, MOSTLY
22:24:36
22:25:31
>> GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, MY NAME
22:25:34
IS RAY SANTIAGO, I'M HERE TO
22:25:36
SPEAK ON 7.28.
22:25:38
I'VE BEEN A LONG-TIME RESIDENT
22:25:39
OF THE CITY OF OAKLAND.
22:25:42
I'VE BEEN -- MY FAMILY AND I
22:25:44
HAVE BEEN GOING TO CAMP OAKLAND
22:25:47
FOR THE PAST 17 SUMMERS, WE
22:25:50
ENCOURAGE THE CITY COUNCIL PASS
22:25:53
THIS RESOLUTION.
22:25:54
ABOUT 90 OF US WENT UP TO THE
22:25:55
CAMP TO GET IT READY FOR THE
22:26:00
SUMMER, THERE'S 90 LOCAL
22:26:02
OAKLAND RESIDENTS THAT SUPPORT
22:26:04
THIS CAMP, THIS SUMMER WILL BE
22:26:06
THE 90TH ANNIVERSARY, WE WANT
22:26:08
THE CITY TO FUND CAPITAL
22:26:10
IMPROVEMENTS FOR THE CAMP, WE
22:26:12
WANT THE CITY TO ENSURE THE
22:26:13
FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE FOR THE
22:26:15
CAMP FOR THESE REPAIRS AND
22:26:18
IMPROVEMENTS.
22:26:18
WE WANT THE CITY TO CONSIDER
22:26:19
THE FACT THAT THE CAMPS IN
22:26:21
COMMON THAT OPERATES THE CAMP
22:26:23
BE CONSIDERED AS THE STEWARD OF
22:26:25
THE CAMP NOT ONLY FOR THIS YEAR
22:26:27
BUT FOR THE NEXT HOPEFULLY 90
22:26:30
YEARS OF THE CAMP, AND AGAIN, I
22:26:31
WANT TO THANK YOU FOR LISTENING
22:26:33
TO ME.
22:26:36
THANK YOU.
22:26:39
>> GOOD EVENING, MY NAME IS
22:26:42
MARGARET REID, THANK YOU, CITY
22:26:44
COUNCIL, MAYOR.
22:26:44
I ALSO AM SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF
22:26:49
7.28, OAKLAND [INAUDIBLE]
22:26:50
CAMPS, OUR FAMILY HAS BEEN
22:26:52
GOING THERE FOR 13 YEAR, IT'S A
22:26:54
JEWEL OF OAKLAND THAT SERVES
22:26:57
OAKLAND'S DIVERSE COMMUNITY,
22:26:59
ESPECIALLY LOW-INCOME KIDS,
22:27:00
IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY THAT YOUTH
22:27:02
IN OAKLAND OTHERWISE WILL NOT
22:27:04
HAVE, WE URGE YOU TO SUPPORT
22:27:07
THE CONTINUATION OF CAMPS IN
22:27:12
COMMON AS THE [INAUDIBLE] TO
22:27:13
KEEP IT GOING FOR THE NEXT 90
22:27:18
YEAR, IT'S AN INVESTMENT WELL
22:27:20
WORTH THE DOLLARS THAT GO TO IT.
22:27:22
IT'S A FANTASTIC OPPORTUNITY
22:27:23
FOR OAKLAND YOUTH THAT NEEDS
22:27:25
FULL SUPPORT.
22:27:25
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> THANK YOU.
22:27:33
>> HI, I'M TATIANA SANTIAGO,
22:27:35
I'M ALSO HERE ON BEHALF OF
22:27:38
FEATHER RIVER CAMP, AND FOR
22:27:41
LAST 90 YEARS, OUR FAMILY CAMP
22:27:44
HAS BEEN HELPING OAKLAND'S
22:27:45
22:28:19
GOING TO CAMP SINCE I WAS 8
22:28:21
YEARS OLD.
22:28:24
I WAS A COUNCILOR IN THE 70'S,
22:28:27
I MADE A LOT OF LIFE LONG
22:28:29
FRIENDS UP THERE.
22:28:31
CAMPS IN COMMON HAS DONE A VERY
22:28:33
GOOD JOB AT KEEPING IT GOING
22:28:35
THROUGH HARD TIMES.
22:28:36
IT COULD BE MUCH BETTER IF THE
22:28:39
CITY AND OPR FOLLOWED THROUGH
22:28:41
WITH SOME OF THEIR PROMISES,
22:28:46
AND SENT SOME KIDS TO CAMP, GOT
22:28:48
THEM UP THERE.
22:28:50
WE COULD CHANGE LIVES, LIKE
22:28:52
GETTING IRS INC.
UP THERE, I
22:28:55
HAVE INTERTIES FOR ALL OF THEM.
22:28:57
PLEASE PASS THIS RESOLUTION.
22:28:58
THANK YOU.
[APPLAUSE].
22:29:02
>> HI, MY NAME IS JERRY KYES
22:29:06
AND I'M HERE TO SPEAK ON 7.28,
22:29:10
I'M NOT A LIFETIME OAKLANDER,
22:29:13
I'M HERE FROM NEW YORK CITY AND
22:29:16
--
22:29:24
--
22:33:58
TREASURY, THERE ARE A NUMBER OF
22:34:00
RETIREMENT FUNDS THAT DO HAVE
22:34:02
SOME INVESTMENTS IN FOSSIL
22:34:03
FUELS AND THIS IS OUR EFFORT TO
22:34:05
URGE THEM TO OVER TIME DIVEST
22:34:10
AND INVEST IN CLEANER EFFORTS
22:34:14
AND SUSTAINABLE EFFORTS THAT
22:34:16
ALSO CAN REACH A STRONG RATE OF
22:34:19
RETURN.
22:34:19
IN FACT, SOCIALLY RESPONSIBLE
22:34:21
GROWING IT OUT.
22:35:57
NO MONEY CAN BE COMMITTED PRIOR
22:36:00
TO ACTUALLY ACCEPTING IT, SO
22:36:01
UNTIL WE GET A BUCKET OF MONEY,
22:36:03
IT'S DIFFICULT TO HAVE THE
22:36:05
CONVERSATION ABOUT WHAT YOU
22:36:06
WANT TO DO, BUT WE COULD SAY IF
22:36:07
WE RECEIVE MONEY IN THE FUTURE
22:36:09
AT THAT POINT, WE'LL HAVE A
22:36:12
CONVERSATION ABOUT EXPANDING
22:36:13
CEASEFIRE AT THAT POINT, SO
22:36:14
JUST SO LONG AS IT'S NOT USED
22:36:17
22:37:29
AS HAS BEEN REMARKED ABOUT,
22:37:31
THEREAFTER TOWN IN QUEBEC THAT
22:37:33
WAS ESSENTIALLY BURNED TO THE
22:37:36
GROUND BY AN EXPLODING FUEL
22:37:38
TRAIN AND WE KNOW THAT RIGHT
22:37:41
HERE IN WEST OAKLAND, OUR
22:37:44
COMMUNITIES SUFFERS
22:37:44
DISPROPORTIONATE ASTHMA AND
22:37:45
HEALTH IMPACTS ALREADY AND THAT
22:37:47
WE SEE A WORSENING OF THE
22:37:51
TRANSPORTS AND WHILE CERTAINLY
22:37:52
CLIMATE CHANGE HAS NOT BEEN AS
22:37:55
MUCH COVERED RECENTLY, THAT
22:37:56
HASN'T MADE IT STOP HAPPENING,
22:37:58
AND SO I THINK IT'S REALLY
22:37:59
IMPORTANT THAT WE PROTECT THE
22:38:01
HEALTH OF OUR COMMUNITIES IN
22:38:03
THE ENTIRE RANGE OF WAYS THAT
22:38:04
WE CAN DO SO, SO I'M PLEASED TO
22:38:07
HAVE THIS BEFORE US, AND
22:38:09
LASTLY, I JUST WANTED TO STATE
22:38:11
MY APPRECIATION FOR CAMPS IN
22:38:14
COMMON, GRASS ROOTS COMMUNITY
22:38:15
GROUPS, THEY GOT TOGETHER TO
22:38:18
SAVE FEATHER RIVER CAMP, KEEP
22:38:22
IT OPEN, PROVIDE THAT IN AN
22:38:24
OPEN WAY, THEY'VE ALSO PROVIDED
22:38:28
FOR LOWER COST FOR LOW-INCOME
22:38:30
YOUTH IN OAKLAND FAMILIES TO BE
22:38:32
ABLE TO PARTICIPATE EVEN MORE
22:38:34
IN FEATHER RIVER CAMP, I WANT
22:38:36
TO APPRECIATE THAT AND I'M
22:38:37
HAPPY TO SUPPORT THAT ITEM AS
22:38:38
WELL.
22:38:39
THANK YOU.
22:38:40
>> OKAY, MR. REID?
22:38:41
>> THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
22:38:45
COUNCILMEMBER KAPLAN
22:38:45
ARTICULATED WELL, AS IT RELATES
22:38:47
TO CAMP IN COMMONS, AND THOSE
22:38:49
OF YOU WHO HAVEN'T GONE, YOU
22:38:50
SHOULD.
22:38:50
IT IS ONE OF THE MOST PRISTINE
22:38:56
PIECE OF DIRT THAT YOU CAN VISIT
22:39:00
.
22:39:00
IT IS JUST A BEAUTIFUL PLACE,
22:39:03
WHERE IT'S LOCATED AT, SO
22:39:05
SERENE, SO PEACEFUL.
22:39:07
I'VE BEEN THERE THREE TIMES IN
22:39:08
MY 17 YEARS ON THE COUNCIL, I
22:39:10
SHOULD HAVE BEEN BACK MORE, BUT
22:39:12
IT IS JUST A GREAT PLACE TO GO,
22:39:15
TO HIKE AND REALLY ENJOY
22:39:17
YOURSELF, SO I CERTAINLY HOPE
22:39:19
ALL OF YOU WOULD SUPPORT THIS
22:39:21
AND I CERTAINLY LOOK FORWARD TO
22:39:22
MY NEXT TRIP UP TO QUINCY, I'M
22:39:25
GOING THE SPEND A FEW DAYS AND
22:39:29
COLLECT MY THOUGHTS AND REFLECT
22:39:32
BACK ON MY 31 YEARS IN THE CITY
22:39:36
OF OAKLAND.
22:39:37
>> ALRIGHT, THANKS, MR. REID.
22:39:39
SO, THERE ARE NO MORE
22:39:41
COUNCILMEMBERS ->> SO MOVED.
22:39:42
>> IN THE QUEUE, SO THE CONSENT
22:39:46
CALENDAR HAS BEEN MOVED BY MS.
22:39:50
KAPLAN, SECONDED BY MS.
22:39:51
MCELHANEY?
22:39:51
>> I WANT TO REFLECT THAT I'M
22:39:54
VOTING NO ON 7.6 AS I DID
22:39:57
DURING ITS INTRODUCTION,
22:40:00
OTHERWISE, AN AYE.
22:40:02
>> MS. BROOKS VOTED NO ON AN
22:40:04
ITEM AS WELL WHICH WAS READ
22:40:05
INTO THE RECORD ALSO SO, WITH
22:40:07
THAT -22:40:08
>> I'M SHOWING MS. BROOKS' VOTE
22:40:11
ON ITEM 7.15 IF THAT'S CORRECT?
22:40:13
>> YES.
22:40:13
>> OKAY.
22:40:14
>> I WANT TO THANK THE PEOPLE
22:40:15
WHO CAME TO SPEAK BOTH FOR THE
22:40:18
LIBRARY, FOR THE FOSSIL FUEL
22:40:21
22:44:16
I'LL JUST SUMMARIZE WHAT THE
22:44:18
SLIDES WERE GOING THE SAY THEN.
22:44:22
THE OVERARCHING GOAL OF THE
22:44:24
BROADWAY PLAN IS TO CREATE A
22:44:26
DESTINATION RETAIL DISTRICT
22:44:26
WITHIN THE PLAN AREA THAT
22:44:29
ADDRESSES THE CITY'S
22:44:30
SIGNIFICANT DEFICIENCY IN
22:44:32
COMPARISON TO SHOPPING COMPARED
22:44:32
TO ITS SIZE AND SURROUNDING
22:44:37
COMMUNITIES.
22:44:37
ECONOMIC STUDIES THAT WE'VE
22:44:38
DONE IN 2010 AND BEEN UPDATED
22:44:41
IN 2013 SHOW THAT OAKLAND LOSES
22:44:45
1 BILLION DOLLARS IN RETAIL
22:44:48
SALES ANNUALLY TO -- THANK YOU
22:44:49
VERY MUCH, EXCELLENT.
22:44:51
AND AN ESTIMATED 10 MILLION
22:44:53
DOLLARS ANNUALLY AND LOST SALES
22:44:54
TAX IN RELATION TO THAT 1
22:44:56
BILLION DOLLARS WHICH RESULTS
22:44:58
IN LOSS POTENTIAL FOR JOBS,
22:45:00
MONEY FOR CITY PROGRAMS AND THE
22:45:02
LOSS OF AN AUTHENTIC OAKLAND
22:45:03
PLACE TO SHOP AND GATHER.
22:45:07
THE BROADWAY VALDEZ DISTRICT AS
22:45:09
A WHOLE IS ABOUT 95 ACRES, THE
22:45:12
PLAN AREA'S BEEN SPLIT INTO TWO
22:45:14
SUB AREAS THAT WE CALL THE
22:45:17
VALDEZ TRIANGLE, FROM THE AREA
22:45:19
OF WEST GRAND UP TO 27TH AND
22:45:20
THE NORTH END WHICH IS MIXED
22:45:24
USE BOULEVARD UP TO 580, IT IS
22:45:28
OVER ONE MILLION SQUARE FEET OF
22:45:32
RETAIL, OVER 1800 HOUSING UNITS
22:45:34
WITHIN THE 25 YEAR PLANNING
22:45:37
HORIZON.
22:45:38
THE GOALS OF THE PLAN IS TO
22:45:40
CREATE A DESTINATION RETAIL
22:45:43
DISTRICT, COMPLETE NEIGHBORHOOD
22:45:44
WITH A DIVERSE HOUSING
22:45:47
OPPORTUNITIES, QUALITY JOBS, AN
22:45:49
AUTHENTIC OAKLAND PLACE, A
22:45:51
WALKABLE DISTRICT, TRANSIT
22:45:52
ORIENTED WITH MANAGED PARKING.
22:45:54
ONE OF OUR MAIN IMPLEMENTATION
22:45:57
MECHANISMS IS THE DESIGNATION
22:45:58
OF WHAT WE'RE CALLING RETAIL
22:46:00
PRIORITY SITES WITHIN THE
22:46:03
VALDEZ TRIANGLE, THESE RETAIL
22:46:04
PRIORITY SITE HAVES ZONING
22:46:09
CONCEPTS WHICH REQUIRE A
22:46:10
CERTAIN AMOUNT OF RETAIL AS
22:46:13
PART OF AN APPLICATION BEFORE
22:46:14
HOUSING IS PERMITTED SO HOUSING
22:46:21
IS A BONUS, WE INCLUDED THAT AS
22:46:24
AN INCENTIVE TO ENCOURAGE MORE
22:46:28
RETAIL.
22:46:28
WE ALSO HAVE TRANSFER OF
22:46:30
DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS WHICH ALLOW
22:46:32
RESIDENTIAL BE EARNED IN ONE
22:46:34
PART OF THE TRIANGLE AND
22:46:35
TRANSFERRED TO OTHER AREAS,
22:46:37
EXCEPTIONS WOULD BE ALLOWED
22:46:38
WHERE THERE IS SHOWN TO BE
22:46:42
OPERATIONAL OR SITE
22:46:43
CONSTRAINTS, AND INCENTIVES
22:46:44
PRESERVING THE EXISTING
22:46:46
BUILDINGS AND HISTORIC
22:46:47
RESOURCES HAVE BEEN BUILT INTO
22:46:49
THE PLAN WHICH I'LL ELABORATE
22:46:53
MOMENTARILY.
22:46:53
MULTIPLE INCENTIVES HAVE BEEN
22:46:55
INCLUDED IN THE PLAN TOO REUSE
22:46:57
EXISTING BUILDINGS IN ORDER TO
22:47:00
ATTAIN A BONUS TO [INAUDIBLE]
22:47:02
IF HISTORIC RESOURCES ARE
22:47:03
MAINTAINED AND USED AS RETAIL,
22:47:06
THEY COUNT AS DOUBLE TOWARDS
22:47:09
MEETING THE MINIMUM RETAIL
22:47:11
REQUIREMENT.
22:47:12
WE ALSO HAVE NO PARKING OR OPEN
22:47:15
SPACE REQUIREMENT FOR
22:47:18
HISTORICALLY DESIGNATED
22:47:19
PROPERTIES TO ALSO PROVIDE AN
22:47:21
INCENTIVE.
22:47:21
THE GOALS AND POLICIES SUPPORT
22:47:24
DEVELOPMENT OF CITYWIDE
22:47:27
AFFORDABLE HOUSING POLICY WITH
22:47:30
SPECIFIC POLICIES SUPPORTING AN
22:47:32
AFFORDABLE HOUSING IMPACT FEE
22:47:35
OR HOUSING OVERLAY ZONE,
22:47:37
CITYWIDE AND PRIORITY
22:47:40
DEVELOPMENT AREAS, THE
22:47:41
DEVELOPMENT PRIORITIES THAT ARE
22:47:43
POLICE PLACED IN THE PLAN
22:47:44
AREA, THIS IS A RECOMMENDED
22:47:47
ADDITIONAL POLICY THAT WAS
22:47:48
ADDED BY THE PLANNING
22:47:50
COMMISSION.
22:47:52
AND ADDITIONAL INCENTIVES OF
22:47:55
35% RESIDENTIAL BONUS WHEN
22:47:58
PROJECTS INCLUDE 15% AFFORDABLE
22:48:01
HOUSING.
22:48:02
SO, IN SUMMARY, WE RECOMMEND
22:48:04
THAT THE COUNCIL ADOPT A
22:48:05
RESOLUTION AS RECOMMENDED BY
22:48:06
THE CITY PLANNING COMMISSION TO
22:48:08
CERTIFY THE EIR, MAKE THE
22:48:13
REQUIRED CEQA FINDINGS AND
22:48:15
ADOPT THE GENERAL PLAN
22:48:17
AMENDMENT AND DESIGN GUIDELINE,
22:48:18
ADOPT AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE
22:48:20
PLANNING CODE, ZONING HEIGHT
22:48:21
AND MASTER FEE SCHEDULE AND
22:48:23
AUTHORIZE THE CITY
22:48:24
ADMINISTRATOR OR HER DESIGNEE
22:48:27
TO MAKE MINOR ONGOING
22:48:30
REVISIONS, THE BROADWAY ACTION
22:48:31
PLAN AND ALL NECESSARY ACTIONS
22:48:33
NECESSARY TO ADOPT THE IN LIEU
22:48:36
FEE PROGRAM FOR PARKING AND
22:48:38
OPEN SPACE, AND I ALSO WANTED
22:48:41
TO EMPHASIZE WE'RE REQUESTING A
22:48:42
SECOND READING ON JULY 1 ON THE
22:48:46
NON-CONSENT CALENDAR AGENDA
22:48:47
ITEMS TO COMPLY WITH OUR
22:48:49
NOTICING AND THANK YOU VERY
22:48:50
MUCH, MYSELF AND OTHER STAFF
22:48:51
ARE AVAILABLE IF YOU HAVE ANY
22:48:55
QUESTIONS.
22:48:56
>> THANK YOU, MR. MANASI, SO
22:48:59
NOW WE WILL HEAR THE PUBLIC
22:49:01
SPEAKERS WOULD SIGNED UP ON
22:49:05
THIS ITEM.
22:49:07
HOW MANY SPEAKERS ARE THERE?
22:49:13
OKAY, SO WE'LL HAVE THE REGULAR
22:49:16
TWO MINUTES PER PERSON, BUT IF
22:49:18
YOU CAN MAKE IT LESS, THAT
22:49:20
WOULD BE APPRECIATED BECAUSE
22:49:21
WE'VE GOT MORE SPEAKERS ON
22:49:22
ITEMS COMING UP.
22:49:23
THANK YOU.
22:49:24
>> ONCE YOUR NAME IS CALLED,
22:49:26
PLEASE APPROACH THE PODIUM IN
22:49:29
ANY ORDER.
(CALLING SPEAKER NAMES).
22:49:55
IN ANY ORDER, PLEASE.
22:49:59
>> OKAY, GOOD EVENING, MEMBERS
22:50:00
OF THE COUNCIL, MAYOR QUAN,
22:50:05
[INAUDIBLE] WALLER, HERE WITH
22:50:10
EAST BAY PROJECTS ORGANIZATION,
22:50:11
I WAS A MEMBER OF THE COMMUNITY
22:50:13
ADVISORY GROUP, I HAVE A SENSE
22:50:16
OF HOW MUCH EFFORT WENT INTO
22:50:18
THIS ON THE PART OF THE STAFF,
22:50:21
TO
22:51:51
TAKE STEPS AND MANY OF COURSE
22:51:52
HAVE AROUND THE BAY, THEY'RE
22:51:53
22:52:48
400 SENIORS AND WE WANT TO
22:52:51
THANK YOU FOR THE -- THE CITY
22:52:55
STAFF FOR INCORPORATING THE
22:52:56
INPUT OF THE COMMUNITY THAT IS
22:52:59
ALREADY PRESENT THERE.
22:53:01
WE ARE APPRECIATIVE ALSO FOR
22:53:04
INCLUDING THE ASPECT OF
22:53:07
AFFORDABLE HOUSING REQUIREMENT,
22:53:08
BUT WE ALSO WANT TO SEE THIS AS
22:53:11
NOT JUST GOALS BUT A
22:53:14
REQUIREMENT.
22:53:14
WE ALSO WANT TO SEE THAT
22:53:19
AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS TAKEN
22:53:20
SERIOUSLY AND THERE IS A SITE
22:53:23
THAT THE CITY OWNS AT 2330
22:53:27
WEBSTER THAT IS A WONDERFUL
22:53:31
SITE THAT CAN BE USED FOR
22:53:33
AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND THE
22:53:35
OTHER CONCERN I HAVE IS OVER
22:53:40
THE ANTIDISPLACEMENT POLICY.
22:53:42
WITHIN THIS WHOLE MASTER PLAN,
22:53:43
THERE ARE GOING TO BE A NUMBER
22:53:47
OF FAMILIES THAT ARE DISPLACED,
22:53:50
AND I AM REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT
22:53:54
THAT, THAT WE PREVENT THIS IF
22:53:56
WE CAN AND THAT WE DO NOT
22:54:00
BECOME ANOTHER SAN FRANCISCO
22:54:02
WHERE PEOPLE ARE DISPLACED WHO
22:54:06
HAD AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND NOW
22:54:08
HAVE TO MOVE ELSEWHERE, SO
22:54:09
THOSE ARE MY CONCERNS AND I
22:54:10
ALSO WANT TO THANK THE STAFF
22:54:14
FOR INCORPORATING AGAIN SO MUCH
22:54:15
OF THE COMMUNITY THAT ALREADY
22:54:18
LIVES IN THE VALDEZ BROADWAY
22:54:21
VALDEZ TRIANGLE.
22:54:23
THANK YOU.
[APPLAUSE].
22:54:30
>> GOOD EVENING, I'M FRANCINE
22:54:32
WILLIAMS, I LIVE IN THE
22:54:35
BROADWAY VALDEZ CORRIDOR RIGHT
22:54:37
AT WHAT'S CALLED VALDEZ PLAZA.
22:54:38
I'M A PART OF THE BROADWAY
22:54:42
VALDEZ COALITION, AND I KNOW
22:54:44
THAT THIS PLAN HAS BEEN ON THE
22:54:46
BOARD A WHILE.
22:54:47
WE STARTED WORKING AND GETTING
22:54:50
OUR OPINIONS BACK IN 2008, SOME
22:54:55
-- MUCH.
22:56:29
>> GOOD EVENING, MY NAME IS
22:56:31
TONE ANY ROCHELLE, I WORK AT
22:56:33
THE VALDEZ TRIANGLE, I'M A
22:56:34
PROPERTY MANAGER IN THE AREA,
22:56:36
AND I JUST WANTED TO TAKE A
22:56:39
MOMENT TO PERSONALLY THANK
22:56:40
STAFF FOR WORKING HARD AND LONG
22:56:41
ON THIS PLAN.
I PERSONALLY FULLY BELIEVE THIS
22:56:49
PLAN WILL PROVIDE NECESSARY
22:56:50
INCOME FOR THE CITY THAT WILL
22:56:52
HELP WITH MANY OF THE
22:56:55
SHORTFALLS WITH THE LIBRARY,
22:57:00
WITH OUR EDUCATION PROGRAMS,
22:57:01
OUTSOURCING THAT WILL COME TO
22:57:02
FRUITION, I THINK IT WILL BE
22:57:04
GREAT FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
22:57:05
I WANT TO THANK COUNCIL FOR
22:57:07
SUPPORTING THIS AND THANK YOU,
22:57:10
MAYOR, FOR SUPPORTING IT AS
22:57:14
WELL.
22:57:15
>> HI, CITY COUNCIL, MY NAME IS
22:57:17
DANTE CONNOR, I WANT TO TALK
22:57:21
ABOUT TRANSPORTATION, ALSO THE
22:57:22
GUY THAT WAS TALKING ABOUT THE NEW
22:57:24
WAVE OR WHATEVER, THERE'S A LOT
22:57:26
OF GOOD PEOPLE IN OAKLAND, I'M
22:57:29
FROM THE BAY AREA, I CAN'T
22:57:31
AFFORD TO REALLY LIVE HERE, SO
22:57:34
I HAD TO BUILD A SHACK IN WEST
22:57:37
OAKLAND TO LIVE WITH MY OWN
22:57:38
MONEY AND I MADE IT MYSELF.
22:57:40
I HAVE TO WORK IN SAN FRANCISCO
22:57:45
, THAT'S VERY FRUSTRATING, I
22:57:48
WASH DISHING ALL DAY AT A SUSHI
22:57:52
PLACE IN RICHMOND AND I TAKE
22:57:54
THE BART BACK AND BARELY MAKE
22:57:55
IT TO OAKLAND.
22:57:57
I'M JUST VERY AFRAID OF THE
22:57:59
GENTRIFICATION THAT WILL HAPPEN
22:58:01
WITH THE DEVELOPMENT.
22:58:03
I ALSO THINK THAT HOUSING IS
22:58:05
VERY IMPORTANT FOR EVERYONE.
22:58:06
I THINK HOUSING IS LIKE THE
22:58:08
MAIN THING THAT GETS PEOPLE OFF
22:58:10
THEIR FEET, BUT I AM AFRAID OF
22:58:11
WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN WITH THE
22:58:14
DEVELOPMENT.
22:58:15
ALSO LIKE I REALLY DIDN'T AGREE
22:58:17
THAT EVERYTHING USED TO LOOK
22:58:19
NICE FOR PEOPLE TO HAVE A GOOD
22:58:21
LIFE, IT'S THE PEOPLE AND THE
22:58:23
COMMUNITY AROUND THAT, EVEN
22:58:24
THOUGH I THINK PEOPLE WOULD
22:58:25
LIKE TO LIVE IN A NICE WAY, I
22:58:28
DON'T THINK IT HAS TO BE SUPER
22:58:31
EXPENSIVE, I WOULD CONSIDER
22:58:32
PEOPLE IN WEST OAKLAND THAT
22:58:36
LIVE NEAR THERE BECAUSE I THINK
22:58:38
THE NORTH WILL TAKE OVER THE
22:58:41
WEST, THAT WILL HAPPEN
22:58:42
PROBABLY, JUST THINK ABOUT THAT
22:58:46
ALSO WHAT HAPPENS WITH
22:58:48
DEVELOPMENT PLANS AND PEOPLE
22:58:49
THAT ARE FROM THE CLASS AND
22:58:51
PEOPLE WITH COLOR, HOW HARD IT
22:58:52
IS ALREADY TO LIVE IN A
22:58:54
COMMUNITY OR A DEVELOPMENT WHEN
22:58:56
LIKE YOU CAN'T AFFORD TO LIVE
22:58:58
AND YOU HAVE TO USE YOUR OWN
22:59:01
MONEY TO BUILD A SHACK TO LIVE,
22:59:03
YOU KNOW, BUT THAT'S REALLY ALL
22:59:04
I HAVE TO SAY, THANKS.
22:59:06
>> ALRIGHT, THANK YOU.
[APPLAUSE].
22:59:12
>> HI, MY NAME IS JOAN LICKER
22:59:18
MAN, THANK YOU, I THINK THIS
22:59:20
AREA THAT INCREDIBLE POTENTIAL
22:59:21
AND I APPRECIATE TALL WORK
22:59:23
STAFF HAS PUT INTO IT.
22:59:24
WHAT I LOVE IS IT REALLY BUILDS
22:59:26
ON WHAT WE HAVE NOW AND I THINK
22:59:28
THAT'S IMPORTANT, THAT WE DON'T
22:59:30
BECOME A SAN FRANCISCO.
22:59:34
TO THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF
23:01:09
PLANNING COMMISSIONERS, THERE
23:01:10
IS IN THE PLAN A PROGRAM TO
23:01:13
GIVE THESE HOUSEHOLDS EXTRA
23:01:14
ASSISTANCE SHOULD THEY BE
23:01:17
DISPLACED.
23:01:17
WE'D LIKE CLARIFICATION ON WHAT
23:01:18
THAT PROGRAM WILL BE, IT'S NOT
23:01:19
CLEAR IN THE PLAN AND WE
23:01:22
RECOMMEND THAT THEY BE PROVIDED
23:01:23
WITH THE SAME BENEFITS AND
23:01:26
RELOCATION ASSISTANCE THAT THEY
23:01:27
-- POLICIES
23:01:49
IN THE PLAN OF DISPLACEMENT,
23:01:51
WE WOULD RECOMMEND A ONE MORE
23:01:57
[INAUDIBLE] REPLACED WITH
23:01:58
ANOTHER ONE OF COMPARABLE SIZE
23:02:05
AND AFFORDABILITY, THESE
23:02:06
POLICIES, WHAT THEY DO, THEY
23:02:08
MAKE IT THAT THE DEVELOPMENT,
23:02:09
POLICY ON THIS.
23:03:22
THE INITIAL DRAFT PLAN CALLED
23:03:27
ONLY FOR INCENTIVES AND BONUSES
23:03:29
EVEN THOUGH THEY HAVE NEVER
23:03:32
WORKED TO PRODUCE AFFORDABLE
23:03:34
HOUSING, THE FEASIBILITY STUDY
23:03:36
REPORTED JUST LAST WEEK THAT HE
23:03:39
IS RECOMMENDING AGAINST BONUSES
23:03:40
AND INCENTIVES AND RECOMMENDS
23:03:42
THAT YOU ADOPT A CITYWIDE
23:03:44
IMPACT FEE.
23:03:45
WE'RE HAPPY THAT STAFF AND THE
23:03:48
23:05:07
MEMBER OF WALK OAKLAND, BIKE
23:05:09
OAKLAND, WE'VE BEEN
23:05:10
ADVOCATING FOR A MORE
23:05:12
PROGRESSIVE APPROACH TO THIS
23:05:13
SPECIFIC PLAN AND THIS PRIORITY
23:05:16
DEVELOPMENT AREA, AND TONIGHT
23:05:18
I'M PLEASED TO SAY THE PLAN HAS
23:05:21
MOVED SIGNIFICANTLY FROM ITS
23:05:23
INITIAL DRAFT TO EMBRACE
23:05:26
LIVABILITY,
AUK
-- WALK
23:05:43
ABILITY AND TRANSIT ACCESS.
23:05:44
PROGRAMS AND FUNDING FOR
23:05:46
ALTERNATIVE TRANSPORTATION WILL
23:05:47
HELP US BECOME MORE COMPETITIVE
23:05:49
AND CREATE A MORE VIBRANT AND
23:05:51
AFFORDABLE DISTRICT THAT WILL
23:05:52
BE THE SUCCESS THAT WE ALL HOPE
23:05:54
THAT IT WILL BE.
23:05:57
REGARDING AFFORDABLE HOUSING, I
23:05:58
ALSO AGREE THAT IT'S A SHAME
23:06:00
THERE'S NO SPECIFIC MEASURES
23:06:02
FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN THIS
23:06:03
PLAN.
23:06:03
I THINK THAT SPECIFICALLY TO
23:06:05
THIS AREA, THERE ARE GOOD
23:06:07
REASONS FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING
23:06:08
POLICIES BECAUSE THIS IS A
23:06:10
FORMER REDEVELOPMENT AREA WITH
23:06:12
THE STATE MANDATE FOR THE
23:06:14
PROVISION OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING
23:06:15
AND BECAUSE THIS IS A MASTER
23:06:18
PLAN DEVELOPMENT WITH THE
23:06:20
OPPORTUNITY TO IMPOSE FEES, I
23:06:21
THINK THAT'S DIFFERENT FROM THE
23:06:23
CITYWIDE SITUATION, SO I WOULD
23:06:25
LIKE TO SEE THAT THIS PLAN HAS
23:06:28
SOMETHING SPECIFIC ABOUT
23:06:29
AFFORDABLE HOUSING, WHETHER
23:06:31
IT'S THE USE OF THE CITY AND
23:06:33
PARCEL OR SOME OTHER MEANS OF
23:06:35
FINDING THE FUNDING TO CREATE
23:06:37
AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN THIS
23:06:39
AREA.
23:06:40
THE PLAN IS NOT [INAUDIBLE] ALL
23:06:41
THE WAY, WE DON'T SEE A CLEAR
23:06:44
INVESTMENT IN OUR PUBLIC
23:06:45
TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM, WE DON'T SEE A
23:06:49
CLEAR EMPHASIS ON WALK ABILITY
23:06:52
IN TERMS OF THE DESIGN OF THE
23:06:53
PARCELS AND THE LOCATION OF
23:06:55
THE PARCELS, HOWEVER, THERE IS
23:06:57
ENOUGH IN THIS PLAN THAT I URGE
23:06:59
YOU TO MOVE FORWARD AND WE CAN
23:07:01
HAVE A DISCUSSION OF THE
23:07:02
LOCATION OF PARKING GARAGES AND
23:07:04
OTHER AMENITIES AT THE
23:07:05
APPROPRIATE TIME, SO THANK YOU
23:07:06
FOR YOUR TIME AND PLEASE MOVE
23:07:07
FORWARD WITH THIS PLAN.
23:07:10
>> THANK YOU, MR. BARE.
23:07:13
>> HELLO, COUNCIL MEANS,
--
23:07:20
COUNCILMEMBERS, I WORK FOR
23:07:23
ALAMEDA AND CONTRA COSTA
23:07:25
COUNTY, WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON
23:07:26
THIS PLAN FOR SIX YEARS AS YOU
23:07:29
HAVE HEARD FROM OUR BROADWAY
23:07:30
COALITION MEMBERS AND WE'RE
23:07:33
EXCITED THAT STAFF, PLANNING
23:07:34
COMMISSION AND COUNCILMEMBERS
23:07:35
HAVE PARTICIPATED TO MOVE THIS
23:07:37
FORWARD AND WE'RE EXCITED TO
23:07:39
SEE OAKLAND INVEST IN
23:07:41
SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES, THE
23:07:42
COMMUNITIES THAT ARE AFFORDABLE
23:07:43
TO ALL PEOPLE AND THAT REALLY
23:07:45
TIE TOGETHER ALL THE SITUATIONS
23:07:47
WE TALK ABOUT ON A REGULAR
23:07:49
BASIS, HOW TO CONNECT PEOPLE TO
23:07:51
JOBS AND EXCITING PLACES WHERE
23:07:52
THEY CAN SHOP AND PLAY, HOW TO
23:07:54
GET PEOPLE FROM LAKE MERRITT UP
23:07:58
DOWN TO DOWNTOWN, IT'S AT THE
23:08:02
HEART OF THE BROADWAY VALDEZ
23:08:04
CONNECTION, AND WE'RE EXCITED
23:08:05
TO SEE THIS MOVE FORWARD, ALONG
23:08:07
WITH OUR COLLEAGUE, WE BELIEVE
23:08:08
THERE COULD BE SOME SLIGHT AND
23:08:10
SMALL TWEAKS THAT COULD BE MADE
23:08:12
TO THIS PLAN TO BRING IT OVER
23:08:14
THAT GAP TO SOMETHING THAT IS
23:08:16
AN OUTSTANDING SPECIFIC PLAN
23:08:17
FOR THE REGION, AND I'VE WORKED
23:08:19
THROUGH COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT
23:08:20
THE A BAY AREA AND HAVE SEEN
23:08:23
MANY PLACES FALTER IN THEIR
23:08:26
COMMITMENT TOWARDS PEOPLE IN
23:08:28
THEIR COMMUNITY, SO WE STRONGLY
23:08:29
RECOMMEND THAT YOU MOVE FORWARD
23:08:31
WITH A NEXUS STUDY TO BE
23:08:33
COMPLETED IN DECEMBER, WE
23:08:34
BELIEVE THIS TIMEFRAME WILL
23:08:36
MOVE THINGS FORWARD FOR OAKLAND
23:08:38
AND ENSURE THAT TRANSPARENCY
23:08:39
THAT WE TALKED ABOUT FOR THE
23:08:41
DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY.
23:08:42
THE DEVELOPERS ARE OKAY WITH
23:08:43
THIS, I HAVE HEARD ALSO FROM
23:08:44
PEOPLE AT THE URBAN LAND
23:08:46
INSTITUTE THAT IT'S AN
23:08:49
ENTERTAIN IDEA AND THEY'RE A
23:08:52
PRETTY DEVELOPMENT BASE
23:08:53
ORGANIZATION, IT SPEAKS TO
23:08:54
THE TIME AND ECONOMY AND I
23:08:56
THINK IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY
23:08:57
FOR THE CITY OF OAKLAND TO
23:09:00
DEDICATE ITS RESOURCES
23:09:02
INCLUDING ITS CITY OWNED
23:09:02
PARCELS TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE
23:09:05
HOUSES FOR PEOPLE, SUCH AS THE
23:09:09
HOMES THAT LIVE NEARBY, OR THE
23:09:10
PEOPLE WHO ARE WORKING IN THE
23:09:14
LOCAL SHOPS AND BUSINESSES IN
23:09:15
DOWNTOWN AND UPTOWN AND THE
23:09:17
CHANGE MAKERS IN OAKLAND, WE'VE
23:09:19
HAD SEVERAL PEOPLE SPEAK OUT IN
23:09:22
COUNCIL, SAYS THEY ARE GETTING
23:09:24
30% RENT INCREASES IN THE
23:09:26
VALDEZ CIRCLE AS WE SPEAK, IT
23:09:27
IS A PRESSING ISSUE AND I THINK
23:09:28
YOU HAVE THE POLICIES IN PLACE
23:09:30
AND WE'RE READY TO MOVE FORWARD.
23:09:31
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
POSSIBLE.
23:11:36
THIS IS THE OLD WILL WORK SITE
23:11:38
AS A OPPOSED TO HAVING THE
23:11:40
HEIGHT REQUIREMENTS IN THE AREA
23:11:43
WHERE THOSE BUNGALOWS CURRENTLY
23:11:45
ARE.
23:11:45
THE SECOND ONE IS THAT NO
23:11:47
SPECIFIC -- WHILE THERE'S NO
23:11:50
SPECIFIC AFFORDABLE HOUSING
23:11:51
IMPOSED ON THE BROADWAY VALDEZ
23:11:53
SPECIFIC PLAN AREA, THAT'S
23:11:54
BECAUSE THE CITY IS PROCEEDING
23:11:57
AS PART OF A CITYWIDE
23:12:53
COMMUNITIES BENEFITS TO REQUIRE
23:12:54
DEVELOPERS IN SPECIFIC PLAN
23:12:56
AREAS, PDA'S AND LARGE
23:12:59
DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS TO ASSIST
23:13:02
IN AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN
23:13:03
OPTIONS THAT MAY INCLUDE IMPACT
23:13:07
FEES, LAND DEDICATIONS, THE
23:13:10
CITY WILL CONDUCT AN ECONOMIC
23:13:14
FEASIBILITY STUDY TO ACHIEVE
23:13:16
THIS OBJECTIVE INCLUDING
23:13:17
INCLUSIONARY ZONING AND IMPACT
23:13:19
23:13:48
INCENTIVES THAT WILL ALLOW FOR
23:13:50
HIGHER DENSITY IN THE PROVISION
23:13:53
OF AFFORDABLE HOUSE, THE
23:13:55
CRITERIA TO BE CONSIDERED AS
23:13:56
PART OF THE ANALYSIS AND THE
23:13:58
REST OF IT REMAINS UNCHANGED
23:14:00
AND I KNOW HOW HARD STAFF
23:14:04
WORKED TO WRITE INCENTIVES
23:14:06
THERE, THE THIRD INCENTIVE
23:14:07
WOULD BE BETWEEN THE 9TH AND
23:14:10
10TH FURTHER RESOLVED PARAGRAPH
23:14:12
TO CLARIFY THE INTENT OF THE
23:14:13
CITY COUNCIL WITH THE INTENT OF
23:14:14
THE IMPACT FEES AND THE PLANNED
23:14:16
AREA, SO FURTHER RESOLVED,
23:14:18
THE INTENT OF THE CITY
23:14:21
COUNCIL THAT ADOPTED CITYWIDE
23:14:23
IMPACT FEES WOULD APPLY TO THE
23:14:25
SPECIFIC PLAN IF THE CITY
23:14:26
COUNCIL SO DIRECTS AND BE IT
23:14:28
FURTHER RESOLVED THAT SHOULD
23:14:30
ENVIRONMENTAL AND TRAFFIC
23:14:31
ANALYSES WARRANT, THE CITY MAY
23:14:33
REQUIRE THE INSTALLATION OF
23:14:35
TRAFFIC CALMING
23:14:37
MEASURES AS A CONDITION, NOT
23:14:39
AND, BUT AS A CONDITION OF
23:14:41
PROJECT APPROVAL.
23:14:43
SO, WITH THAT,
COLLEAGUES, I
23:14:48
WOULD URGE AN AYE VOTE AND I
23:14:49
MOVE THE ITEM.
23:14:51
>> I'LL SECOND THAT.
23:14:52
>> ALRIGHT, WE HAVE A MOTION ON
23:14:54
THE FLOOR AND MANY PEOPLE FOR
23:14:57
COMMENT.
23:14:57
MS. KAPLAN, YOU'RE NEXT.
23:14:59
>> YES, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
23:15:02
I WANT TO REALLY APPRECIATE ALL
23:15:03
OF THE WORK THAT HAS GONE INTO
23:15:06
THIS PLAN AND PARTICULARLY THE
23:15:08
COMMUNITY GROUPS THAT HAVE BEEN
23:15:10
HAVING MEETINGS ABOUT THIS PLAN
23:15:12
FOR YEARS AND YEARS NOW, AND I
23:15:16
SEEM TO RECALL, WHAT, FIVE, SIX
23:15:18
YEARS AGO, SOME MEETINGS OUT AT
23:15:20
SOME OF THE HOUSING FACILITIES
23:15:21
TO TALK ABOUT THE VISION AND
23:15:24
HOW TO MAKE SURE IT'S AN
23:15:26
INCLUSIVE VISION THAT WILL
23:15:28
IMPROVE THE LIVES, NOT ONLY OF
23:15:29
THE NEW PEOPLE WHO MAY MOVE IN
23:15:32
BUT WOULD IMPROVE THE LIVES OF
23:15:34
THE PEOPLE WHO ALREADY LIVE IN
23:15:35
THAT AREA SO I WANT TO
23:15:37
APPRECIATE EVERYONE WHO'S DONE
23:15:38
THAT, AND SO IN TERMS OF THE
23:15:42
CHANGES, I DO APPRECIATE THE
23:15:43
COMMENTS FROM -- AND
23:15:45
SUGGESTIONS FROM COUNCILMEMBER
23:15:46
MCELHANEY AND KALB, I THINK
23:15:48
THAT THEY STRENGTHEN IT AND I
23:15:50
DO THINK IN TERMS OF THE NEXUS
23:15:53
STUDY, I MEAN, WE HAVE BEEN
23:15:55
ASKING FOR THIS NEXUS STUDY FOR
23:15:58
MANY YEARS NOW, AND SO I THINK
23:16:02
HAVING A DISTINCT TIMELINE ON
23:16:03
IT IS GOOD.
23:16:04
I WONDER IF WE WANT TO CALL UP
23:16:06
STAFF TO RESPOND OR AT LEAST
23:16:08
ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WE ARE SETTING
23:16:10
A DEADLINE AND THAT WE REALLY
23:16:12
EXPECT THE NEXUS STUDY TO BE
23:16:14
DONE AND TO MAKE SURE THAT
23:16:17
HAPPENS, AND THEN ALSO
23:16:18
THEREAFTER COMMENT ABOUT HOW
23:16:19
WE'RE GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT
23:16:21
THIS IS TRANSIT ORIENTED AND
23:16:24
PEDESTRIAN ORIENTED, SO I KNOW
23:16:25
THAT WE'RE NOT TONIGHT DECIDING
23:16:27
THE SPECIFIC EXACT LAYOUT OF
23:16:29
EVERYTHING, BUT I JUST WANTED
23:16:30
TO SUGGEST THAT AS THE PLANNING
23:16:33
GOES FORWARD IN THE DETAIL
23:16:35
LEVEL, THAT LOOKING AT WAYS TO
23:16:38
EXPAND THE INCORPORATION OF THE
23:16:41
BROADWAY SHUTTLE, LOOKING AT
23:16:43
WAYS TO EXPAND BICYCLE AND
23:16:45
PEDESTRIAN ACCESS TO AND
23:16:47
THROUGH THE SITE INCLUDING
23:16:49
SECURE BIKE PARKING, INCLUDING
23:16:51
MAKING SURE THE BUILDINGS DON'T
23:16:52
HAVE ACCESS POINTS THAT ONLY
23:16:53
FACE THE PARKING GARAGE BUT
23:16:55
THAT FACE THE PEDESTRIAN POINTS
23:16:57
OF ACCESS AND THAT THE
23:16:59
PEDESTRIAN ACCESSES ARE WELL
23:17:01
LIT.
23:17:01
ALL OF THOSE ARE DETAILS THAT
23:17:03
WE DON'T HAVE TO VOTE ON
23:17:04
TONIGHT, I WANTED SO SAY THEM
23:17:08
OUT LOUD SO THEY WOULD BE IN
23:17:10
OUR THOUGHTS AND PLANS MOVING
23:17:14
FORWARD BECAUSE THAT WOULD BE
23:17:16
TO THE SUCCESS OF THE PROJECT
23:17:17
AND I THINK THIS WOULD BE A
23:17:18
GREAT THING FOR OAKLAND.
23:17:19
THANK YOU.
23:17:20
>> THANK YOU, MR. KALB, YOU
23:17:22
ARE NEXT.
23:17:23
>> THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
23:17:25
FIRST, I WANT TO JUST THANK THE
23:17:27
STAFF, THE TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF
23:17:29
WORK OVER THE PAST I DON'T KNOW
23:17:31
HOW MANY YEARS, 5, 6 YEARS,
23:17:33
IT'S BEEN A LOT OF WORK AND I
23:17:35
APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK THAT
23:17:37
ALL THE STAFF HAVE PUT IN, AND
23:17:41
INCLUDING IN MORE RECENT
23:17:45
MONTHS, THE BRIEFINGS AND
23:17:47
MEETINGS WITH COUNCILMEMBERS,
23:17:47
AND I APPRECIATE THE TREMENDOUS
23:17:50
WORK AND ENGAGEMENT THAT SO
23:17:51
MANY PEOPLE IN THE COALITION IF
23:17:54
YOU WILL HAVE BEEN ENGAGED FOR
23:18:00
IN MULTIPLE YEARS, MEETING WITH
23:18:02
STAFF AND COUNCILMEMBERS,
23:18:03
OFFERING SPECIFIC SUGGESTIONS.
23:18:08
I WANT TO SPECIFICALLY
23:18:09
[INAUDIBLE] THE VALUE OF
23:18:11
OFFERING SUGGESTIONS AS MANY
23:18:13
ADVOCATES HAVE DONE OVER THE
23:18:15
PAST MONTHS OR YEARS, WHEN WE
23:18:16
MEET WITH OR TALK WITH OR HEAR
23:18:19
FROM COMMUNITY GROUPS AND
23:18:21
ADVOCATES HAVING SPECIFIC IDEAS
23:18:24
IS USUALLY MORE HELPFUL THAN
23:18:28
JUST KIND OF GENERAL
23:18:31
STATEMENTS, NEVERTHELESS, I
23:18:32
APPRECIATE EVERYBODY'S INPUT.
23:18:33
I WANT TO ALSO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT
23:18:36
WHILE THIS IS PREDOMINANTLY
23:18:38
THOUGHT OF AS AN AREA WHERE WE
23:18:41
WANT TO INVITE MORE RETAIL AND
23:18:44
TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE LOST
23:18:46
RETAIL THAT WE BELIEVE IS GOING
23:18:47
TO OTHER COMMUNITIES IN THE BAY
23:18:50
AREA, THAT WE ALSO ARE
23:18:52
ACKNOWLEDGING AND SHOULD
23:18:54
ACKNOWLEDGE THAT FOR
23:18:56
SIGNIFICANT -- FOR NEW
23:18:57
SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF RETAIL
23:18:58
TO COME TO THIS OR ANY OTHER
23:19:00
PART OF OAKLAND, WE NEED TO
23:19:03
SHOW DEMAND, THE RESIDENTS, THE
23:19:05
DENSITY TO SUPPORT THAT RETAIL,
23:19:09
AND SO BUILDING HOUSING
23:19:12
INCLUDING SOME CERTAIN
23:19:13
IMPORTANT PERCENTAGE OF
23:19:16
AFFORDABLE HOUSING, ON
23:19:17
DIFFERENT INCOME LEVELS, CLOSE
23:19:18
TO THIS AREA BUT CERTAINLY IN
23:19:20
THIS AREA AS WELL IS AN
23:19:22
ESSENTIAL PART FOR SUCCESSFULLY
23:19:24
ATTRACTING THE RETAIL, AND I
23:19:26
BELIEVE THERE'S ACKNOWLEDGMENT
23:19:26
OF THAT.
23:19:27
I JUST WANT TO SAY IT
23:19:30
EXPLICITLY BECAUSE IT'S TRUE
23:19:31
AND WE SHOULDN'T FORGET THAT,
23:19:32
THERE NEEDS TO BE THAT RIGHT
23:19:34
BALANCE OF RETILE AND HOUSING
23:19:36
AND WE'RE MOVING FORWARD AS WE
23:19:39
SEE HERE, AND IT MAY BE
23:19:40
NECESSARY TO GET SOME OF THE
23:19:44
MORE HOUSING BUILT, GET PEOPLE
23:19:45
TO MOVE INTO THE HOUSING WHEN
23:19:46
RETAIL IS READY TO MOVE IN, SO
23:19:49
WHICH COMES THE FIRST THING, SO
23:19:50
JUST A BRIEF COMMENT ON THE
23:19:56
SHEET OF PAPER AND THE
23:19:58
SUGGESTIONS THAT COUNCILMEMBER
23:19:59
MCELHANEY AND I ARE PUTTING
23:20:00
FORWARD AND THOSE WHO HAVE HAD
23:20:02
INPUT INTO THAT ALREADY, ON
23:20:04
NUMBER 3, THE LAST TWO RESOLVED
23:20:06
CLAUSES ON THE BACK OF THAT
23:20:07
PAGE, I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY
23:20:09
THE REASONS FOR THAT, THOSE ARE
23:20:13
TWO DIFFERENT RESOLVED CLAUSES,
23:20:15
THE FIRST ONE, BASICALLY IT'S
23:20:16
JUST PUTTING INTO WRITING WHAT
23:20:19
WE THOUGHT WE WERE PUTTING IN
23:20:22
ANYWAY, THAT BECAUSE WE HAVE
23:20:24
HAVEN'T ADOPTED ANY FEES YET,
23:20:26
WE WOULD NOT WANT INADVERTENTLY
23:20:30
OR OTHERWISE ANY PROJECT
23:20:32
DEVELOPER TO THINK THAT WE HAVE
23:20:35
PASSED THIS PLAN AND THEREFORE
23:20:36
THEY'RE NOT ON THE HOOK FOR ANY
23:20:39
FEE THAT WE MAY PASS IN THE
23:20:40
FUTURE, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE,
23:20:42
YOU MAY BE ON THE HOOK AND
23:20:45
THAT'S WHAT WE'RE PUTTING IN
23:20:46
TODAY AND SO THE COUNCIL SHOULD
23:20:48
WISH, YOU'LL BE ON THE HOOK AS
23:20:50
WELL, SO IT'S A HEADS-UP SO
23:20:52
THERE ISN'T ANY LACK OF
23:20:54
CLARITY, SAME FOR THE SECOND
23:20:56
RESOLVER CLAUSE, THE LAST
23:20:58
RESOLVED CLAUSE WE'RE ADDING,
23:20:58
THAT HAS TO DO WITH, THERE'S
23:21:01
BEEN SOME REFERENCE TO
23:21:03
POTENTIAL ANALYSES AND
23:21:04
CERTAINLY IT'S REFERENCED IN
23:21:05
THE EIR THAT WE ARE ADOPTING AS
23:21:08
WELL, THAT THERE MAY BE A NEED
23:21:11
FOR TRAFFIC CALMING MEASURES
23:21:12
BECAUSE OF INCREASED TRAFFIC IN
23:21:14
THE AREA WHICH YOU WOULD
23:21:17
LOGICALLY EXPECT, SO IF THE
23:21:19
ANALYSES DO SHOW THAT FOR
23:21:22
TRAFFIC CALMING MEASURES, THAT
23:21:23
THE PROJECT DEVELOPERS MAY BE
23:21:26
OBLIGATED OR COULD BE ON THE
23:21:29
HOOK TO PAY FOR THOSE TRAFFIC
23:21:32
CALMING MEASURES AS WOULD BE
23:21:33
ALLOWED BY LAW, I'M JUST
23:21:36
PUTTING THAT IN WRITING IN HERE
23:21:37
SO THERE'S NO AMBIGUITY IN THE
23:21:41
MEASURE, THOSE TWO RESOLVED
23:21:43
CLAUSES ARE SIMPLE
23:21:43
CLARIFICATIONS SO THERE IS NO
23:21:47
LACK OF AMBIGUITY -- SO THERE'S
23:21:51
CLARITY IN THE FUTURE, THAT'S
23:21:52
IT, I THINK THIS IS A GREAT
23:21:55
PLAN, ALWAYS THINGS CAN BE
23:21:58
IMPROVED BUT IT'S TREMENDOUS
23:21:59
WORK AND I LOOK FORWARD TO
23:22:00
SEEING THE FRUITS OF THIS PLAN
23:22:02
IN THE FUTURE, THANK YOU.
23:22:04
>> MADAM MAY YOUR, YOU'RE NEXT.
23:22:06
>> THANK YOU, SISTER MARIE IS
23:22:08
STILL HERE, I WENT TO ONE OF
23:22:10
THE EARLIER MEETINGS AT SISTER
23:22:13
MARIE'S BUILDING, HOLE LE, AND
23:22:14
I KNOW IT'S BEEN A LONG
23:22:18
PROCESS, AND I WANT TO THANK
23:22:20
EVERYBODY WHO'S BEEN A PART OF
23:22:21
IT.
23:22:21
I WANT TO GIVE MY THANKS AND
23:22:24
CONGRATULATIONS TO
23:22:25
COUNCILMEMBER MCELHANEY BECAUSE
23:22:27
SHE'S NOW GOT TWO IN THE
23:22:29
PIPELINE, SHE WAS IN THE
23:22:31
PLANNING COMMISSION FOR THE
23:22:32
OAKLAND SPECIFIC AND THIS ONE
23:22:33
GOT HERE FIRST AND I WANT TO
23:22:34
REMIND YOU THAT WE HAVE THE
23:22:37
LAKE MERRITT CHINATOWN COMING
23:22:39
IN JULY, WE PASTED THE ESTUARY
23:22:42
ONE LAST YEAR AND I FORGET,
23:22:44
WHAT'S THE LAST ONE WE STILL
23:22:46
HAVE TO DO, INTERNATIONAL IS
23:22:47
GOING TO BE A LONGER AND BROKEN
23:22:50
UP PROCESS, BUT DURING THE
23:22:51
RECESSION, WE WANTED TO MAKE
23:22:53
SURE THAT THE CITY WOULD BE
23:22:56
READY FOR DEVELOPMENT ONCE
23:23:00
DEVELOPMENT STARTS -- STARTED
23:23:01
LENDING AGAIN AND THEY'VE
23:23:02
STARTED TO DO THAT.
23:23:03
DURING THE RECESSION, WE ALSO
23:23:06
-- OR THAT WE WANTED TO -23:23:10
DECIDED WE BETTER SPEND MOST OF
23:23:12
OUR REDEVELOPMENT FUNDING AND
23:23:16
WE BUILT 1700 OR RESTORED SOME
23:23:18
OLDER SENIOR HOMES IN THE FIRST
23:23:20
TWO AND A HALF YEARS I WAS
23:23:22
MAYOR.
23:23:23
RIGHT NOW, THERE'S A THOUSAND
23:23:25
HOMES UNDER CONSTRUCTION AND
23:23:26
ABOUT 80% OF THEM ARE
23:23:28
AFFORDABLE HOUSING, BUT NOW THE
23:23:30
MARKET RATE HOUSING IS COMING
23:23:31
ONLINE SO THE QUESTION AND THE
23:23:34
CHALLENGE IS ONCE THE FUNDS
23:23:36
THAT WE'VE HAD FROM
23:23:39
REDEVELOPMENT AND GRANTS GOES
23:23:40
AWAY, HOW DO WE MAINTAIN THAT,
23:23:42
SO I KNOW IT'S BEEN A TOP
23:23:43
PRIORITY OF MINE THAT WE GET
23:23:45
THE IMPACT STUDIES DONE AND I'M
23:23:47
GOING TO ASK STAFF TO GIVE US
23:23:48
AN IDEA OF WHAT THEY SEE THE
23:23:51
TIMING OF THAT BEING, AND THEN
23:23:52
I THINK IT'S ALSO CRITICAL THAT
23:23:54
SOME OF US HAVE WORKED ON CAPS
23:23:56
AND TRADE FUNDS FROM THE STATE
23:24:01
AND THE GOVERNOR DID NOT ALLOW
23:24:03
AS MUCH AS WE'D LIKE FOR
23:24:06
AFFORDABLE HOUSING, ONCE IT GETS
23:24:08
TO THE BAY AREA, MTC HAS SET
23:24:11
ASIDE AND ABAG HAS SET ASIDE
23:24:13
25% OF THOSE FUNDS TO THE
23:24:15
PRIORITY DEVELOPMENT AREAS
23:24:16
WHICH ARE IN MANY CASES THE
23:24:19
AREAS WE'RE LOOKING TO DEVELOP,
23:24:23
HOUSING ALONG TRANSIT CORRIDORS
23:24:24
AND AT THE BART STATION, SO
23:24:27
WE HAVE FRUITVALE TOO COMING
23:24:29
UP, WE HAVE MACARTHUR,
23:24:30
BART THAT STILL NEEDS TO BE
23:24:32
FINISHED.
23:24:33
WE'RE HOPING WITH THE WEST
23:24:34
OAKLAND SPECIFIC PLAN TO GET
23:24:35
HOUSING AT THE WEST OAKLAND
23:24:37
BART AND WE HAVE THE WHOLE
23:24:39
INTERNATIONAL AVENUE AREA WHICH
23:24:41
OVER THE NEXT I THINK FIVE
23:24:43
YEARS THAT WE WILL TRY TO BRING
23:24:47
BOTH BUSINESSES, SHOPPING AND
23:24:50
AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN THE FAIR
23:24:52
PROPORTION, SO IT'S AN EXCITING
23:24:53
TIME SO, THE PLANS ARE JUST THE
23:24:57
FIRST STEP.
23:24:58
GETTING DEVELOPERS AND GETTING
23:24:59
THE WORK DONE AND ATTRACTING
23:25:02
BOTH THE PUBLIC AND NON-PROFIT
23:25:05
AND THE MARKET RATE HOUSING
23:25:10
DEVELOPMENT IN THESE AREAS IS
23:25:11
GOING TO TAKE A NEW KIND OF
23:25:14
COLLABORATION BECAUSE THE OLD
23:25:15
KINDS OF FUNDING IS NOT THERE,
23:25:17
BUT I THINK WE'RE PARED
23:25:18
DEDICATED TO DOING THAT AND
23:25:21
THAT'S WHY I'VE SET 25% AS OUR
23:25:26
GOAL, MOST OF THE 7500 HOMES
23:25:32
AND HOUSING UNITS THAT WERE IN
23:25:34
THE PIPELINE JUST DURING THE
23:25:35
STATE OF THE CITY IS NOW
23:25:39
PROBABLY GONE TO THE OVER 9
23:25:42
THOUSAND, AND ABOUT 1600 OF
23:25:43
THOSE ARE AFFORDABLE, SO WE HAD
23:25:45
TO FIND THE FUNDING FOR ABOUT
23:25:48
900 MORE, WE'RE WELL ON OUR
23:25:49
WAY, SO I WANT TO THANK
23:25:50
EVERYBODY FOR THIS WORK AND FOR
23:25:52
THE WORK ON THE OTHER TWO AREAS
23:25:54
OF THE SPECIFIC PLANS THAT ARE
23:25:56
COMING IN FRONT OF US.
23:26:00
>> ALRIGHT, THANK YOU, NEXT,
23:26:04
COUNCILMEMBER SCHAAF.
23:26:06
OKAY, YOU GO AHEAD, NEXT WAS ME
23:26:08
BUT I SAID IT WRONG: I HAD
23:26:11
QUESTIONS FOR STAFF AND I'M
23:26:13
SORRY WE DIDN'T GET THIS
23:26:14
PROPOSAL BEFORE COMMITTEE, IT
23:26:15
WOULD HAVE BEEN GREAT TO GET A
23:26:18
REACH OUT FROM THESE ADVOCACY
23:26:20
GROUPS A LITTLE EARLIER.
23:26:22
WHEN WE WERE IN COMMITTEE, WE
23:26:24
WERE TOLD THAT DECEMBER 31 WAS
23:26:28
NOT NECESSARILY A DATE WE COULD
23:26:31
EXPECT A NEXUS STUDY COULD BE
23:26:33
FINISHED BY, IT WOULD BE GREAT
23:26:35
IF IT COULD BE, BUT THIS IS AN
23:26:37
IMPORTANT STUDY, THIS IS
23:26:39
SUPPOSED TO BE OUR ONE SHOT DO
23:26:40
IT RIGHT, SO I WANT TO BE SURE
23:26:43
WE'RE NOT GOING TO SACRIFICE
23:26:46
QUALITY FOR EXPEDIENCY.
23:26:47
CAN WE GET THIS DONE VERY WELL
23:26:50
BY DECEMBER 31?
23:26:51
I WOULD LOVE IT IF WE CAN, I
23:26:54
HAVEN'T HEARD YOU CONFIRM THAT.
23:26:55
>> THE LATEST UPDATE I RECEIVED
23:26:57
FROM THE TEAM THAT'S RELEASING
23:26:59
OUR FEE, OUR FEE WILL BE OUT BY
23:27:02
THE END OF THIS MONTH AND THAT
23:27:06
A CONSULTANT WILL BE THEN
23:27:08
SHORTLY DECIDED UPON
23:27:11
THEREAFTER, AFTER RECEIPT OF
23:27:12
LITERS OF INTEREST FROM THE
23:27:15
RFP, AND THAT THE RFP WILL
23:27:18
STIPULATE IT WILL BE FINISHED
23:27:19
BY THE END OF THIS YEAR.
23:27:21
WE'LL HEAR FROM OUR CONSULTANT
23:27:24
TEAMS AS THEY RESPOND TO THE
23:27:27
RFP WHICH TEAMS ARE FEASIBLE
23:27:29
AND THAT WILL OBVIOUSLY GO INTO
23:27:32
THE DECISION MAKES PROCESS OF
23:27:33
WHICH TEAMS WE CHOOSE TO GO
23:27:35
FORWARD WITH.
23:27:35
>> COULD YOU BRING THIS BACK TO
23:27:37
US IF YOU FEEL LIKE IT IS NOT
23:27:39
FEASIBLE TO FINISH THIS WITH
23:27:42
QUALITY BY DECEMBER 31?
23:27:45
>> I WILL RELAY THAT TO OUR
23:27:48
DIRECTOR.
23:27:48
>> IS THAT -23:27:50
>> THAT'S FINE, COUNCILMEMBER
23:27:51
SCHAAF, BUT WE DID CHECK WITH
23:27:52
STAFF AND THEY GAVE US A
23:27:55
REVISION TO SAY THEY BELIEVE IT
23:27:56
WILL DONE AND COMPLETED BY THE
23:27:57
END OF THE YEAR.
23:27:59
>> GREAT.
23:28:00
BECAUSE JUST TO REMIND
23:28:01
EVERYBODY, THIS IS NOT JUST A
23:28:03
NEXUS STUDY OF AFFORDABLE
23:28:05
HOUSING, THIS IS SUPPOSED TO BE
23:28:09
COMPREHENSIVE, IT'S SUPPOSED TO
23:28:12
BE OUR ONE SHOT FOR A
23:28:14
COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH.
23:28:14
THE SECOND THING IN HERE IS, I
23:28:19
KNOW WE'VE COMMITTED AND
23:28:21
BUDGETED FOR AND JUST TO
23:28:22
ACKNOWLEDGE, IT WAS THE COUNCIL
23:28:24
THAT PUT THE MONEY IN THE
23:28:25
BUDGET FOR THE NEXUS STUDY.
23:28:28
THE NEXUS STUDY, BUT THIS ALSO
23:28:29
SAYS THAT THE CITY WILL
23:28:32
CONDUCT A NEXUS STUDY AND AN
23:28:35
ECONOMIC FEASIBILITY STUDY TO
23:28:37
EVALUATE INCLUSIONARY ZONING,
23:28:37
AND I WAS NOT AWARE OF US
23:28:42
COMMITTING ANY FUNDS OR
23:28:43
CONDUCTING ANY STUDIES RIGHT
23:28:45
NOW TO EVALUATE INCLUSIONARY
23:28:46
ZONING, SO THAT IS SOMETHING I
23:28:48
WANTED MORE INFORMATION ABOUT,
23:28:50
EITHER FROM THE MAKERS OF THE
23:28:54
MOTION OR FROM STAFF.
23:28:56
>> STAFF CAN'T GIVE SPECIFICS
23:28:59
ABOUT HOW THAT PORTION WOULD BE
23:29:03
IMPLEMENTED.
23:29:04
I ASSUME IT WOULD BE INCLUDED
23:29:05
AS PART OF THE NEXUS STUDY AND
23:29:11
ECONOMIC FEASIBILITY STUDY AS
23:29:13
LOOKING AT THE PROS AND CONS
23:29:15
FOR GOING WITH AN IMPACT FEE OR
23:29:20
INCLUSIONARY.
23:29:21
INCLUSIONARY CAN PROVIDE FOR
23:29:23
SALE UNIT, IT CANNOT BE APPLIED
23:29:25
TO RENTAL.
23:29:27
>> I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THAT
23:29:28
ADDITION BECAUSE WHAT THE
23:29:29
COUNCIL APPROVED WAS A NEXUS
23:29:32
STUDY FOR IMPACT FEES, BUT THE
23:29:34
COUNCIL DID NOT APPROVE THE
23:29:39
INCLUSION OF STUDYING
23:29:39
INCLUSIONARY ZONING AS PART OF
23:29:41
OUR BUDGET ACTION, AND I DON'T
23:29:43
THINK THAT'S CURRENTLY WITHIN
23:29:45
THE SCOPE FOR THE RFP.
23:29:47
>> THROUGH THE CHAIR, IF MY
23:29:49
CHIEF OF STAFF CAN SPEAK TO
23:29:50
THIS, THAT WAS ALSO
DISCUSSED
23:29:55
WITH THE PLANNING DIRECTOR.
23:29:56
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBERS.
23:29:58
THE FINANCIAL ANALYSIS WOULD
23:29:59
JUST BE AS A MATTER OF COURSE
23:30:03
INCLUDED AS PART OF THE IMPACT
23:30:05
FEE, NOT ONLY WHAT FEES CAN BE
23:30:07
LEGALLY CHARGE BUT WHAT IS
23:30:12
FINANCIALLY FEASIBLE, WHAT
23:30:12
KILLS DEVELOPMENT AND WHAT
23:30:14
COULD WE CHARGE THAT COULDN'T
23:30:16
KIM DEVELOPMENT, ALLOWS
23:30:17
DEVELOPMENT TO PROCEED, BUT
23:30:19
THAT STILL ADDS TO OUR -- THE
23:30:22
ECONOMICS OF BEING ABLE TO
23:30:24
PROVIDE AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
23:30:25
THE SECOND POINT IS IF YOU READ
23:30:27
THIS CAREFULLY, IT MAY INCLUDE
23:30:30
IMPACT FEES, LAND DEDICATION
23:30:31
AND INCLUSIONARY ZONING, SO
23:30:33
IT'S NOT TO SAY THAT THAT WOULD
23:30:36
ABSOLUTELY BE A RECOMMENDATION
23:30:37
OF THE IMPACT FEE STUDY BUT
23:30:39
OFTEN IMPACT FEES AND
23:30:41
INCLUSIONARY ZONE ARE PART AND
23:30:42
PARCEL OF THE SAME THING,
23:30:44
DEVELOPER IS OFFERED THE
23:30:45
OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE AN
23:30:48
AFFORDABLE UNIT OR THEY'RE
23:30:49
ALLOWED TO PAY A FEE INTO AN
23:30:53
IMPACT FEE BANK TO DEFER THAT
23:30:56
OPTION OF DOING AFFORDABLE
23:30:57
HOUSING, SO I DON'T THINK THIS
23:30:59
LOCKS US INTO A SPECIFIC STUDY
23:31:01
ABOUT INCLUSIONARY ZONING, IT
23:31:05
WAS JUST -- IT IS TO KEEP
23:31:07
OPTIONS OPEN AT THE CURRENT
23:31:08
TIME.
23:31:10
>> I THINK THAT'S PROOF OF THE
23:31:12
FIRST SENTENCE BUT NOT OF THE
23:31:14
SECOND SENTENCE, SO I DON'T
23:31:15
HAVE AN ISSUE WITH YOUR FIRST
23:31:16
SENT THAT SAYS THE CITY INTENDS
23:31:18
AS PART OF A COMMUNITY BENEFITS
23:31:21
POLICY TO REQUIRE DEVELOPERS
23:31:22
BLAH, BLAH, BLAH, TO MAKE
23:31:24
CONTRIBUTIONS TO ASSIST IN THE
23:31:26
DEVELOPMENT OF AFFORDABLE
23:31:28
HOUSING THAT MAY INCLUDE IMPACT
23:31:31
FEES AND INCLUSIONARY ZONING,
23:31:32
I'M FINE WITH THAT, I'M
23:31:33
CONCERNED WITH YOUR SECOND USE
23:31:35
OF IT WHICH SAYS AMONG OTHER
23:31:36
ACTIONS, THE CITY WILL CONDUCT
23:31:38
A NEXUS STUDY AND AN ECONOMIC
23:31:40
FEASIBILITY STUDY TO EVALUATE
23:31:44
NEW PROGRAMS INCLUDING
23:31:44
INCLUSIONARY ZONING AND IMPACT
23:31:46
FEES FOR HOUSING DEVELOPMENT, THE
23:31:47
STUDY WILL BE COMPLETED NO
23:31:51
LATER THAN OCTOBER 31, AND MR.
23:32:03
MANASI, I BELIEVE WE DRAFTED
23:32:05
THE RFP AND THAT IS NOT PART OF
23:32:08
IT.
23:32:09
>> I'M GOING TO ASK THE DEPUTY
23:32:12
DIRECTOR ANSWER THAT QUESTION.
23:32:13
>> THIS MAKES IT LOOK THAT WE
23:32:16
SHALL CONDUCT A STUDY THAT
23:32:19
INCLUDES THESE TWO THINGS, IS
23:32:20
THAT PART OF THE RFP THAT'S
23:32:22
ALREADY BEEN DRAFTED.
23:32:24
>> DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF PLANNING
23:32:26
AND BUILDING DEPARTMENT, THE
23:32:28
NEXUS STUDY WOULD EVALUATE THE
23:32:30
NEXUS BETWEEN THE NEED FOR
23:32:31
AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND THE
23:32:33
DEVELOPMENT OF MARKET RATE
23:32:35
HOUSING, SO THE NEXUS
23:32:37
ESTABLISHES THAT LINK AND
23:32:38
PROVIDES ENOUGH BASIS FOR THEN
23:32:41
THE COUNCIL TO PURSUE POLICY
23:32:43
DIRECTIONS THAT COULD INCLUDE
23:32:44
INCLUSIONARY IMPACT FEES OR
23:32:46
OTHER SOLUTIONS, SO THE NEXUS
23:32:48
STUDY ITSELF JUST PROVIDES THE
23:32:50
BASIS BUT THEN A VARIETY OF
23:32:53
POLICY CONSIDERATIONS.
23:32:54
>> BUT I THOUGHT THE STUDY IS
23:32:57
ALSO SUPPOSED THE ASSESS WHAT
23:32:59
IS THE FEE THE MARKET CAN BEAR?
23:33:02
>> THAT'S THE FINANCIAL
23:33:07
FEASIBILITY COMPONENT, SO
23:33:08
JUSTIFYING THE DEVELOPMENT OF
23:33:10
MARKET RATE HOUSING CREATES A
23:33:12
NEED FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING,
23:33:13
THAT'S THE FIRST PIECE, THE
23:33:15
NEXUS.
23:33:15
THE SECOND PIECE IS LOOKING AT
23:33:17
WHAT KIND OF FEE THE MARKET
23:33:19
COULD SUPPORT WITHOUT AFFECTING
23:33:20
FEASIBILITY AND THAT FEE WOULD
23:33:23
BE CONSIDERED IN CONJUNCTION
23:33:24
WITH THE DIFFERENT TOPICS YOU
23:33:27
MENTIONED, TRANSPORTATION,
23:33:27
CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS SO THAT'S
23:33:28
A POLICY OPTION THAT WILL BE
23:33:30
BROUGHT TO THE COUNCIL.
23:33:31
THESES THE AMOUNT OF FEE WE
23:33:33
THINK THE MARKET COULD SUPPORT,
23:33:34
HOW WE WANT TO ALLOCATE THAT
23:33:37
FEE TO THESE DIFFERENT TOPICS.
23:33:38
>> OKAY.
23:33:39
>> AND COUNCILMEMBER SCHAAF, IN
23:33:41
OUR PRIOR DISCUSSIONS WITH
23:33:43
STAFF AROUND THIS AND
23:33:44
PARTICULARLY WITH THE DIRECTOR,
23:33:47
THE ABILITY TO EVALUATE WHAT
23:33:49
THE MARKET WILL BEAR NOW,
23:33:51
WHETHER OR NOT DEVELOPERS WOULD
23:33:53
CHOOSE INCLUSIONARY OVER THE
23:33:54
FEE ARE LOOKING AT THE OPTIONS
23:33:55
IN TERMS OF WHAT THE MARKET
23:33:57
WOULD BEAR, IT WOULD GIVE US
23:33:59
MORE CLARITY IN TERMS OF THE
23:34:01
POLICY DIRECTION THE COUNCIL
23:34:02
WANTS US TO TAKE, IT DOESN'T
23:34:04
BIND US BUT GIVES US A FULL
23:34:06
VIEW OF WHAT'S OUT THERE IN
23:34:08
TELLER OF THE RANGE OF OPTIONS
23:34:09
AND WHERE WE ARE, SO IT IS
23:34:12
INCLUDED AS MY UNDERSTAND, IT'S
23:34:14
NOT AN ADDITIONAL FEE, MY LAST
23:34:17
CONVERSATION WITH DIRECTOR
23:34:20
FLYNN, ALL OF THESE THINGS
23:34:22
WOULD BE IN THIS BUDGET THAT WE
23:34:24
ESTABLISHED.
23:34:25
>> LET ME GET YOU ON THE
23:34:26
RECORD, THIS LANGUAGE THAT SAYS
23:34:29
WE SHALL CONDUCT A NEXUS STUDY
23:34:31
AND AN ECONOMIC FEASIBILITY
23:34:34
STUDY, THAT INCLUDES
23:34:34
INCLUSIONARY OPENING AND IMPACT
23:34:35
FEES, DOES THAT CHANGE WHAT YOU
23:34:37
ARE DOING RIGHT NOW?
23:34:44
THAT'S WHAT IT SAYS.
23:34:50
WELL, IT SAYS WILL, WILL AND
23:34:51
SHALL ARE THE SAME THING IN MY
23:34:58
MIND.
23:34:59
A LITTLE LESS BIBLICAL, BUT IT
23:35:04
IS -- BUT IT JUST SAYS WE WILL.
23:35:12
IT'S NOT SAYING WE MAY, IT'S
23:35:14
SAYING WE WILL, AND I ASSUME
23:35:15
THE INTENT WAS THAT YOU'RE
23:35:17
REFERENCING THE WORK THAT IS
23:35:20
ALREADY UNDER WAY WHICH WE ALL
23:35:21
AGREE WE DON'T WANT TO DELAY,
23:35:23
SO I STILL HAVEN'T HEARD A
23:35:25
DEFINITIVE ANSWER FROM STAFF.
23:35:26
>> I THINK THERE'S SOME OPTIONS
23:35:30
HERE FOR THE COUNCIL, WE
23:35:32
BELIEVE THAT THE CURRENT
23:35:34
DIRECTION FROM COUNCIL WOULD
23:35:36
ACCOMMODATE THIS, NOW, THE
23:35:38
COUNCIL, IF THEY WISH TO COME
23:35:40
UP WITH OTHER LANGUAGE TO
23:35:42
CLARIFY THAT, THEN WE'D BE
23:35:43
COMFORTABLE WITH THAT.
23:35:45
>> SAY THAT AGAIN, I DO NOT
23:35:47
UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU JUST u JUST
23:35:50
SAID.
23:35:51
>> THE PROPOSED LANGUAGE IS A
23:35:53
POLICY STATEMENT FROM THE
23:35:58
COUNCIL, AND THAT THE COUNCIL
23:36:00
COULD ADOPT THIS LANGUAGE THAT
23:36:03
WE BELIEVE WOULD BE CONSISTENT
23:36:04
WITH THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING,
23:36:08
IT WOULD REENTER THE WORK WE
23:36:09
ARE ALREADY DOING, IF THE
23:36:11
COUNCIL FEELS THIS LANGUAGE IS
23:36:15
INCONSISTENT, IT COULD ALTER
23:36:17
THAT LANGUAGE TONIGHT.
23:36:18
>> I AM CONCERNED BECAUSE IN
23:36:19
OUR APPROVAL OF THE NEXUS
23:36:22
STUDY, WE WERE VERY SPECIFIC
23:36:24
ABOUT IMPACT FEES WHICH WE DID
23:36:25
THE BUDGET ACTION, WE DID NOT
23:36:28
SPECIFICALLY MENTION INCLUSION
23:36:29
u COLLUSION NAIR ZONING, IT'S
23:36:30
AN ISSUE THAT THE COUNCIL HAS
23:36:32
DISCUSSED IN THE PAST.
23:36:34
AGAIN, IF YOU'RE --
23:36:36
>> YOU'RE PRETTY FAR OVER YOUR
23:36:37
FOUR MINUTES.
23:36:38
>> I THINK YOU HEAR MY CONCERNS
23:36:42
AND I THINK YOU HAVE A TYPO IN
23:36:44
YOUR LAST FURTHER RESOLVED.
23:36:45
OKAY, YOU ALREADY SAW THAT.
23:36:48
>> SHE CAN HAVE MY MINUTE.
23:36:51
>> OKAY.
23:36:51
ALRIGHT, SO I AM NEXT IN THE
23:36:53
QUEUE AND I AM GOING TO FOLLOW
23:36:54
UP ON SOME OF THAT.
23:36:59
WELL, FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO
23:37:03
THANK STAFF AND THE COMMUNITY
23:37:05
FOR THEIR LONG WORK ON THIS AND
23:37:07
JUST TO REMIND EVERYBODY THAT
23:37:08
THE REASON FOR THIS PARTICULAR
23:37:10
SPECIFIC PLAN WAS ALL ABOUT
23:37:14
DEVELOPING DESTINATION RETAIL,
23:37:14
WHICH MEANS THE KIND OF RETAIL
23:37:17
THAT PEOPLE ACTUALLY WILL
23:37:19
TRAVEL TO SO THEY CAN BUY WHAT
23:37:21
IN THE TRADE IS CALLED
23:37:23
COMPARISON GOODS, SO WE'RE
23:37:26
TALKING ABOUT CLOTHES,
23:37:27
FURNITURE, THINGS LIKE THAT,
23:37:28
WHICH WE HAVE A BIG LACK OF IN
23:37:35
OAKLAND.
23:37:36
AND SO ONE -- AND ONE OF THE
23:37:40
THINGS THAT WE HAVE LEARNED IN
23:37:42
EARLIER YEARS ABOUT THE STUDY
23:37:45
OF RETAIL IS THAT RETAIL STORES
23:37:48
DON'T GET -- ARE JUST
23:37:50
BASICALLY, THEY DON'T PAY MUCH
23:37:51
RENT.
23:37:52
IN ORDER TO GET DEPARTMENT
23:37:53
STORES AND THAT KIND OF STUFF,
23:37:55
THE AMOUNT OF RENT THEY'RE
23:37:57
WILLING TO PAY PER SQUARE FOOT
23:38:00
IS DRAMATICALLY LESS THAN
23:38:01
HOUSING, SO SOMETIMES YOU NEED
23:38:03
TO BUILD HOUSING ON THE SAME
23:38:06
SITE SO THAT YOU CAN AFFORD TO
23:38:10
BUILD RETAIL, AND SO THE
23:38:11
HOUSING IS KIND OF SUBSIDIZING
23:38:14
THE RETAIL, AND ONE OF THE
23:38:16
THINGS THAT IS A DIFFICULT
23:38:18
POLICY TRADEOFF IS OBVIOUSLY WE
23:38:19
WANT TO HAVE SOME AFFORDABLE
23:38:21
HOUSING IN THE AREA, BUT THAT
23:38:23
ALSO HAS TO BE SUBSIDIZED SO
23:38:25
THERE'S ONLY SO MUCH SUBSIDY
23:38:27
THAT YOU CAN GET OUT OF ONE
23:38:29
PIECE OF LAND, AND IN THIS
23:38:33
PARTICULAR SPECIFIC PLAN AREA
23:38:35
WHERE THE WHOLE FOCUS OF IT WAS
23:38:38
TO CREATE THE RETAIL THAT WE
23:38:40
DON'T HAVE IN OAKLAND, I DON'T
23:38:42
WANT TO SEE A SITUATION WHERE
23:38:45
OUR MANDATE FOR AFFORDABLE
23:38:46
HOUSING IS KILLING THE RETAIL,
23:38:48
SO I JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE
23:38:50
THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF A
23:38:55
TRADEOFF THERE.
23:38:55
YOUNG MAN, WE DO NOT HAVE
23:38:59
SPEAKING FROM -- WE LISTENED TO
23:39:01
YOU SPEAK EARLIER.
23:39:04
PLEASE REFRAIN FROM TALKING IN
23:39:09
THE AUDIENCE.
23:39:10
SO, I APPRECIATE THE WORK
23:39:12
COUNCILMEMBERS THAT YOU HAVE
23:39:13
DONE, BUT ALSO I AM A LITTLE
23:39:18
CONCERNED THAT ALL OF US ARE
23:39:21
SEEING THESE CHANGES ON THE
23:39:23
DIAS AFTER THIS HAS BEEN GOING
23:39:25
ON FOR SIX YEARS AND IT DIDN'T
23:39:27
COME TO COMMITTEE AND THESE ARE
23:39:29
REALLY IMPORTANT ISSUES AND I
23:39:30
KNOW STAFF IS SAYING THEY CAN
23:39:32
LIVE WITH THEM BUT I THINK YOU
23:39:35
HAVE INTRODUCED SOME KIND OF
23:39:37
BIG ISSUES HERE THAT WERE NOT
23:39:40
IN THE PLAN.
23:39:47
WELL, ONE PARTICULAR THING IN
23:39:49
YOUR POINT NUMBER 2, THAT TALKS
23:39:52
ABOUT THE NEXUS STUDY FOR
23:39:55
CITYWIDE AFFORDABLE HOUSING
23:39:56
IMPACT FEE, THAT'S NOT ACCURATE.
23:40:01
IT'S A CITYWIDE IMPACT FEE THAT
23:40:05
INCLUDES AFFORDABLE HOUSING,
23:40:06
TRANSPORTATION AND OTHER THINGS.
23:40:08
>> I'M HAPPY TO ADD THAT
23:40:09
AMENDMENT, MADAM CHAIR.
23:40:11
THE INTENT OF THIS JUST FOR THE
23:40:13
CLARIFICATION WAS IN RESPONSE
23:40:17
TO THE ADVOCACY COMMUNITY, WE
23:40:19
ARE PROCEEDING IN EARNEST AS WE
23:40:21
SAID IN COMMITTEE WITH THE
23:40:23
NEXUS STUDIES AND WE WANTED TO
23:40:25
EXPLICITLY SAY THAT THIS IS A
23:40:28
TRADEOFF OF SORTS, THAT WE'RE
23:40:30
NOT EARMARKING AS YOU HEARD THE
23:40:33
ADVOCACY COMMUNITY, THE PARCEL
23:40:34
AT THE 2300 BLOCK OF WEBSTER,
23:40:36
WE ARE LOOKING AT -- AND
23:40:39
AFFIRMING THE CITY'S COMMITMENT
23:40:40
TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING BY MAKING
23:40:42
THAT AN URGENT PRIORITY.
23:40:43
>> AND I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM
23:40:46
WITH CALLING OUT AS YOU ARE
23:40:50
THAT PURSUING AFFORDABLE
23:40:52
HOUSING CONTINUES TO BE AN
23:40:55
IMPORTANT GOAL IN THIS AREA,
23:41:00
AND ALSO I LIKE YOUR FURTHER
23:41:02
RESOLVED THAT SAYS IT IS THE
23:41:04
INTENT OF THE CITY COUNCIL THAT
23:41:07
FUTURE ADOPTED CITYWIDE IMPACT
23:41:08
FEES WOULD APPLY TO THIS
23:41:11
DISTRICT, AND I HEARTILY
23:41:13
ENDORSE A CITYWIDE IMPACT FEE
23:41:15
BECAUSE THAT IS THE MOST SORT
23:41:20
OF CERTAIN PREDICTABLE WAY THAT
23:41:22
WE CAN LEVY SOME -- WELL, WE
23:41:26
CAN GET SOME CONTRIBUTIONS FROM
23:41:28
DEVELOPERS BUT DO IT IN A WAY
23:41:30
WHERE THEY CAN PLAN AHEAD AND
23:41:33
FIGURE OUT HOW THEY'RE GOING TO
23:41:39
ACCOMMODATE THAT.
23:41:39
WHAT CONCERNS ME THOUGH IS YOUR
23:41:41
PARAGRAPH ON THE SECOND PAGE
23:41:42
THAT SAYS THE SAME ONE MS.
23:41:44
SCHAAF WAS ASKING ABOUT, THE
23:41:46
CITY INTENDS AS PART OF A
23:41:48
CITYWIDE COMMUNITY BENEFITS
23:41:51
POLICY TO REQUIRE DEVELOPERS
23:41:52
AND SPECIFIC PLAN AREAS TO MAKE
23:41:57
CONTRIBUTIONS BLAH, BLAH, BLAH,
23:41:58
WELL, I DON'T KNOW WHAT
23:42:03
CITYWIDE COMMUNITY WIDE
23:42:06
BENEFITS COMMUNITY POLICY
23:42:06
YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT BECAUSE WE
23:42:08
DON'T HAVE ONE, WHAT I'M
23:42:12
CONCERNED ONE, THIS PARAGRAPH
23:42:19
IS INTRODUCING UNCERTAINTY AND
23:42:19
UNPREDICTABILITY TO A SPECIFIC
23:42:19
PLAN THE ENTIRE PURPOSE OF THIS
23:42:20
WAS TO PROVIDE CLARITY AS PO
23:42:25
-- TO WHAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN
23:42:28
IN THAT SPECIFIC WIDE AREA,
23:42:29
THAT'S WHY WE DO SPECIFIC
23:42:31
PLANS, BECAUSE IF ANYBODY WHO
23:42:33
IS INTERESTED IN DEVELOPING
23:42:34
THAT AREA WILL KNOW THE RULES
23:42:36
AND THIS IS NOW MAKING IT VERY
23:42:40
VAGUE, IT'S INTRODUCING THE
23:42:40
IDEA THAT THERE MAY BE
23:42:43
INCLUSIONARY ZONING IN ADDITION
23:42:45
TO IMPACT FEES IMPLIED IN THIS
23:42:47
AREA AND SO NOW THE DEVELOPER
23:42:51
HAS NO IDEA WHAT THE COMMUNITY
23:42:53
BENEFITS ARE GOING TO CONSIST
23:42:57
OF.
23:42:57
SO, THIS PARAGRAPH REALLY GIVES
23:43:00
ME PAUSE.
23:43:07
SO, I DON'T LIKE HAVING TO
23:43:10
WRITE THIS KIND OF LANGUAGE ON
23:43:14
THE FLOOR, BUT I THINK THE
23:43:18
OTHER PARTS OF THIS ARE FINE,
23:43:20
YOU KNOW, SAYING THAT
23:43:22
AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS
23:43:23
IMPORTANT, THAT WE'RE GOING TO
23:43:25
DO A NEXUS STUDY, THAT THERE
23:43:27
WILL BE AN IMPACT FEE, BUT THAT
23:43:31
WHOLE SECOND PARAGRAPH, I DON'T
23:43:32
MIND YOU SAYING THE STUDY WILL
23:43:35
BE DONE ON DECEMBER 1,
23:43:38
ACTUALLY, BOTH THOSE
23:43:42
SENTENCES, THE BEGINNING
23:43:43
SENTENCES OF THAT PARAGRAPH I
23:43:44
THINK ARE CONFUSING AND
23:43:47
AMBIGUOUS AND I WOULD PREFER
23:43:49
THEY WEREN'T IN THERE.
23:43:51
SO, THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS, AND
23:43:56
MS. MCELHANEY, YOU ARE IN THE
23:43:59
QUEUE.
23:43:59
MR. REID, DO YOU WANT TO WEIGH
23:44:02
IN?
23:44:03
>> NO.
23:44:04
I WANT TO, BUT I'M GOING TO
23:44:06
HOLD MY REMARKS.
23:44:09
SOMETIMES I JUST WONDER ABOUT
23:44:10
US AS A MEMBER OF THE COUNCIL.
23:44:14
>> OKAY.
23:44:14
>> IF I SAID ANYTHING, I WOULD
23:44:17
PROBABLY GET MYSELF IN TROUBLE,
23:44:18
SO I'M HOLD MY COMMENTS.
23:44:21
>> YOU'VE BEEN HERE A LONG
23:44:22
TIME, YOU KNOW A LOT ABOUT
23:44:26
DEVELOPMENT IN OAKLAND AND I'M
23:44:28
INTERESTED IN YOUR VIEWPOINTS.
23:44:31
MS. MCELHANEY, YOU'RE NEXT.
23:44:34
>> MADAM CHAIR, I WOULD
23:44:37
ENCOURAGE AS TO SUPPORT
23:44:39
THESE FRIENDLY AMENDMENTS, WE
23:44:40
HAVE DISCUSSED THIS AND VETTED
23:44:42
THIS WITH STAFF AFTER PRIOR
23:44:45
DISCUSSIONS, THIS PLAN IS
23:44:48
IMPORTANT, WE'VE MET -- MY
23:44:49
STAFF AND I DO WANT TO GIVE A
23:44:53
SHOUT OUT TO ZACK WALSH AND
23:44:54
CASEY FARMERS WOULD MET THE
23:44:58
DEVELOPERS WHO OWN A
23:45:00
SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF THE
23:45:00
OPPORTUNITY SITES, WE'VE MET
23:45:02
WITH THOSE WHO ARE WELL
23:45:02
INVESTED AND THEY HAVE NOT
23:45:05
OBJECTED TO THESE FRIENDLY
23:45:09
AMENDMENTS, AND SO WHAT WE WANT
23:45:14
TO AFFIRM IN THIS MEMO IS THE
23:45:17
POLICY THAT THE COUNCIL HAS
23:45:17
ALREADY UNDERTAKEN, I
23:45:19
UNDERSTAND THERE'S SOME PAUSE
23:45:22
AS TO WHETHER EXAMINING
23:45:23
INCLUSIONARY ZONING IS
23:45:25
[INAUDIBLE] THIS DOES NOT BIND
23:45:26
US TO THAT, IT'S SAYING WAS THE
23:45:29
BEST WAY TO ENSURE ECONOMIC
23:45:32
INTEGRATION IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD
23:45:33
SO WE'RE NOT LOOKING AT SOUTH
23:45:35
OF MARKET, THAT WE'RE NOT
23:45:37
DISPLACING FAMILIES.
23:45:38
THIS BECAME AN ISSUE JUST A FEW
23:45:42
MONTHS AGO WHEN STAFF BROUGHT
23:45:43
FORWARD AND THEN RETRACTED A
23:45:48
DEVELOPMENT IN THAT AREA THAT
23:45:49
WENT AHEAD OR WAS IN ADVANCE OF
23:45:51
THE SPECIFIC PLANS, SO WE THINK
23:45:52
THIS IS A MODERATE WAY FOR US
23:45:54
TO AFFIRM THE INTENT.
23:45:55
THIS COUNCIL HAS MADE
23:45:58
AFFORDABLE HOUSING A PRIORITY
23:45:59
WHEN WE DID OUR OWN BUDGETARY
23:46:01
EARMARK, OUR VALUES ARE STATED.
23:46:03
THIS IS TO PROVIDE CERTAINTY TO
23:46:06
THE DEVELOPERS WHO WOULD BE IN
23:46:09
PROGRESS HERE, THAT THE CITY IS
23:46:10
LOOKING AT THIS, WE ARE ALSO
23:46:13
CLEAR TO THE DEVELOPERS WHO
23:46:14
HAVE BEEN THEMSELVES SUPPORTIVE
23:46:15
OF IMPACT FEES AND HAVE
23:46:18
WONDERED WHY THE CITY OF
23:46:20
OAKLAND HAS DRAGGED ITS FEET ON
23:46:22
THIS CRITICAL REVENUE SOURCE TO
23:46:24
MAKE OUR CITY SAFE AND OUR
23:46:26
ROADS DESIRABLE AND OUR PARKS
23:46:28
LOVELY AND ALL THE THINGS THAT
23:46:31
OUR SUBURBAN NEIGHBORS ARE
23:46:33
TAKING ADVANTAGE OF, SO IF
23:46:34
THERE ARE SPECIFIC CHANGES YOU
23:46:35
WANT TO MAKE TO THIS LANGUAGE
23:46:39
WHILE MAINTAINING THE INTENT,
23:46:41
I'M HAPPY TO ENTERTAIN THOSE,
23:46:42
BUT I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT
23:46:43
THAT WE NOT SAY -- AND I'M A
23:46:46
CHAMPION, THIS IS DISTRICT 3,
23:46:48
I'LL THROW DOWN THE GAUNTLET
23:46:53
FOR MY DISTRICT, WE HAVE TO
23:46:54
MAKE SURE IT'S AN INCLUSIVE
23:46:57
VISION.
23:46:57
>> THERE'S ONE SUGGESTION THAT
23:46:59
MIGHT CLARIFY BECAUSE I THINK
23:47:01
I'M ZONING IN ON THE PARTICULAR
23:47:05
LANGUAGE, YEAH, THE SECOND TO
23:47:08
LAST SENT HAS A LEVEL OF
23:47:10
CERTAINTY THAT'S NOT INCLUDED
23:47:11
IN THE FIRST, WHERE THE FIRST
23:47:13
PART SAYS THROUGH OPTIONS THAT
23:47:14
MAY INCLUDE, AND THEN IT
23:47:18
SAYS INCLUDING INCLUSIONARY
23:47:19
ZONING IN THE SECOND TO LAST
23:47:23
SENTENCE, SO PERHAPS CHANGING
23:47:24
THAT LAST SENTENCE TO HAVE
23:47:26
SIMILAR LANGUAGE WHERE IT WOULD
23:47:28
SAY THROUGH OPTIONS THAT MAY
23:47:30
INCLUDE INCLUSIONARY ZONING AND
23:47:31
IMPACT FEES FOR NEW HOUSING
23:47:34
DEVELOPMENT INSTEAD OF SAYING
23:47:35
SPECIFICALLY -- NO?
23:47:39
>> OKAY, YOU'RE SAYING --
23:49:45
ENOUGH WORKING FOR FORMER
23:49:48
COUNCILMEMBER BRUNNER AND THE
23:49:52
DEBATE AROUND INCLUSIONARY,
23:49:53
CHECK WITH ZACK, HE SHOULD HAVE
23:49:59
EVERYTHING, I HOPE YOU KEPT ALL
23:50:01
YOUR DOCUMENTS AND ALL THE
23:50:02
MEETINGS THAT TOOK PLACE WITH
23:50:03
THE DEVELOPERS, I WOULD BE
23:50:06
INTERESTED WHICH DEVELOPERS
23:50:07
THAT YOU'VE TALKED TO THAT
23:50:09
SUPPORT INCLUSIONARY ZONING
23:50:10
BECAUSE AS LONG AS I'VE BEEN ON
23:50:12
THIS COUNCIL, YOU CAN'T.
23:50:14
THE NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS,
23:50:16
THEY LOVE THAT, AND ZACK'S IN
23:50:20
THOSE MEETINGS THAT DIDN'T MAKE
23:50:21
IT THROUGH THIS COUNCIL, SO IF
23:50:23
YOU'RE GOING TO PUT THIS OFF
23:50:25
FOR AN HOUR, I WOULD LIKE TO
23:50:27
REGISTER MY NO VOTE AND WISH
23:50:28
YOU THE BEST OF LUCK AND HOPES
23:50:31
THE CITY CONTINUES TO MOVE
23:50:33
FORWARD IN THE FUTURE BECAUSE
23:50:35
SOMETIMES WE DO THING, EVEN
23:50:37
THOUGH WE THINK WE THOUGHT IT
23:50:40
OUT CAREFULLY, WE HOLD THIS
23:50:44
CITY BACK, AND I'VE ALWAYS
23:50:47
WANTED TO MOVE THIS CITY
23:50:50
FORWARD AND REALIZE THIS
23:50:52
POTENTIAL, YOU'RE HELPING ME TO
23:50:56
MAKE MY DECISION REAL QUICK.
23:50:57
>> THIS DOESN'T SAY WE'LL ADOPT
23:51:00
INCLUSIONARY, IT SAYS WHEN THE
23:51:02
CONSULTANTS COME BACK, THEY
23:51:04
WILL INCLUDE A CURRENT
23:51:06
CONTEMPORARY NOT 10 YEARS AGO
23:51:09
EXAMINATION OF THE ISSUE.
23:51:11
>> WELL, WHEN TEN YEARS AGO,
23:51:13
WHEN WE HAD THIS DISCUSSION AND
23:51:15
YOU GOT THE PERFECT STAFF
23:51:16
PERSON ON YOUR STAFF TO
23:51:18
ARTICULATE ALL THE DISCUSSIONS
23:51:21
AND ARGUMENTS AND DEBATES THAT
23:51:23
WE HAD AROUND INCLUSIONARY
23:51:26
ZONING.
23:51:27
>> THANK YOU, MR. REID, I WOULD
23:51:28
LIKE TO PUT OUT THERE AN OPTION
23:51:34
FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION AND I
23:51:34
WOULD LIKE TO COME BACK TO THIS
23:51:37
MAYBE AFTER THE NEXT ITEM, AND
23:51:40
IT WOULD BE TO CLEAT THE
23:51:42
SENTENCE THAT STARTS OUT THE
23:51:46
CITY INTENDS, AND SO HOW THE
23:51:49
REMAINING THING WOULD READ IS,
23:51:50
ABOVE THAT, IT SAY IT IS CITY
23:51:52
IS COMMITTED TO EQUITABLE
23:51:55
DEVELOPMENT AND SPECIFIC PLAN
23:51:56
AREAS, PRIORITY DEVELOPMENT
23:51:58
AREAS AND LARGE DEVELOPMENT
23:52:00
PROJECTS THAT PROVIDE HOUSING
23:52:00
FOR A RANGE OF ECONOMIC LEVELS
23:52:01
TO ENSURE THE DEVELOPMENT OF
23:52:04
THRIVING VIBRANT COMPLETE
23:52:06
COMMUNITIES.
23:52:06
THEN IT WOULD DROP DOWN TO
23:52:08
AMONG OTHER ACTIONS, THE CITY
23:52:11
WILL CONDUCT A NEXUS STUDY AND
23:52:13
AN ECONOMIC FEASIBILITY STUDY
23:52:17
TO EVALUATE NEW PROGRAMS TO
23:52:18
ACHIEVE THIS OBJECTIVE, AND
23:52:19
THEN THROUGH OPTIONS THAT MAY
23:52:22
INCLUDE INCLUSIONARY ZONING AND
23:52:24
IMPACT FEES FOR NEW HOUSING
23:52:27
DEVELOPMENTS.
23:52:27
I'M STILL NOT THRILLED ABOUT
23:52:33
INCLUSIONARY ZONING, AND
23:52:34
THEN THE STUDY WILL BE
23:52:36
COMPLETED NO LATER.
23:52:37
>> SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO
23:52:41
COME BACK TO THIS, I WILL ASK
23:52:41
MY CO-SIGNER TO WEIGH IN WITH
23:52:46
YOUR AMENDMENT, IF WE -- I'M
23:52:56
HAPPY WITH THAT.
23:52:57
I'M HEARING FROM STAFF THE
23:52:59
STUDY WILL INCLUDE WHETHER WE
23:53:00
STATE IT HERE, THE EXAMINATION
23:53:03
OF INCLUSIONARY, WE CAN DROP
23:53:05
THAT SPECIFIC LANGUAGE FROM
23:53:06
THIS DOCUMENT WHICH IS REALLY
23:53:08
JUST TO SAY WITH CERTAINTY TO
23:53:10
THE COMMUNITIES OF INTEREST
23:53:11
THAT THE NEXUS STUDY IS
23:53:17
UNDERWAY.
23:53:18
>> I THINK LETTING PEOPLE KNOW
23:53:21
THE NEXUS STUDY IS UNDERWAY, I
23:53:23
THINK SAYING AN IMPACT FEE IS
23:53:25
GOOD.
23:53:25
ARE WE AGREEING TO DROP THE
23:53:27
SENTENCE THAT SAYS THE CITY
23:53:30
INTENDS, I THINK SOMEBODY NEEDS
23:53:30
TO GIVE THE EXACT LANGUAGE,
23:53:34
THERE'S A SLIGHT TWEAK I THINK
23:53:34
NECESSARY IN THE NEXT SENTENCE
23:53:36
THAT STARTS AMONG OTHER ACTION,
23:53:38
AND THEN ->> MAY I?
23:53:40
>> YEAH.
23:53:41
MR. KALB WAS ALSO IN THE QUEUE
23:53:42
PREFERABLE TO ME.
23:54:33
I'M NOT SURE IF DAN AND LYNETTE
23:54:36
HEARD THAT.
23:54:36
WHY DON'T WE COME BACK -- SHALL
23:54:38
WE COME BACK TO THIS?
23:54:40
I KNOW I'M GOING THE CALL ON
23:54:42
YOU, MR. GALLO, SO WE CAN WORK
23:54:45
OUT A SENTENCE AND WE CAN WRITE
23:54:46
IT DOWN AND SEE IT.
23:54:47
>> THAT'S FINE.
23:54:50
>> MR. GALLO, GO AHEAD.
23:54:52
>> MADAM CHAIR, THERE HAS TO
23:54:55
IT AND GO HOME.
23:55:50
>> IS MS. BROOKS GONE?
23:55:51
>> SHE LEFT, SHE WENT HOME.
23:55:53
SHE LEFT.
23:55:54
>> WELL, LET US MAKE SURE WE
23:55:56
DON'T LOSE A QUORUM.
23:55:57
>> YEAH, SO I WOULD LIKE TO GET
23:55:59
THE AGENDA, I WOULD LIKE THE
23:56:00
COME BACK TO THIS WHILE YOU
23:56:02
GUYS ALL DECIDE ON THE LANGUAGE
23:56:03
AND THE T'S AND ACCESS AND
23:56:06
STUFF LIKE THAT.
23:56:09
HOME.
23:56:52
SO, LET'S GO TO -- SO, WE'RE
23:57:00
GOING TO GO TO THE ANIMAL
23:57:05
SHELTER REPORT AND
23:57:07
RECOMMENDATIONS, THAT'S ITEM
23:57:09
S-14, MADAM CITY CLERK, DO YOU
23:57:10
NEED TO ANNOUNCE ANYTHING?
23:57:11
>> AND THAT WOULD BE THE ANIMAL
23:57:13
SHELTER ITEM, IT IS THE
23:57:16
IMPLEMENTATION PLAN AND
23:57:18
TIMELINE FOR REORGANIZING THE
23:57:19
OAKLAND ANIMAL SHELTER, YOU
23:57:21
23:58:10
WE HAD A GREAT DEAL OF
23:58:11
DISCUSSION AT THE PUBLIC SAFETY
23:58:13
COMMITTEE AND COUNCILMEMBER
23:58:14
SCHAAF HAS PREPARED A MOTION
23:58:15
THAT SHE'D LIKE TO GET ON THE
23:58:18
TABLE, WHICH I BELIEVE IS IN
23:58:20
AGREEMENT WITH OUR ANIMAL
23:58:22
SHELTER VOLUNTEERS AND STAFF
23:58:23
MEMBERS, SO IF WE GET THAT ON
23:58:26
THE FLOOR, THEN PERHAPS I THINK
23:58:28
YOU WOULD PERHAPS AGREE TO
23:58:32
WHAT'S ON COUNCILMEMBER
23:58:33
SCHAAF'S, WHAT SHE'S GOING TO
23:58:35
INTRODUCE?
23:58:36
>> WELL, THANK YOU,
23:58:38
COUNCILMEMBER GALLO, AND I HOPE
23:58:40
YOU'LL FIND GREAT CONSENSUS
23:58:42
AROUND THIS ITEM SO YOU MAY NOT
23:58:45
FEEL COMPELLED TO SPEAK
23:58:46
TONIGHT, IN ADDITION TO STAFF'S
23:58:49
RECOMMENDATION FOR ADOPTING
23:58:50
OPTION B, COUNCILMEMBERS GALLO
23:58:53
AND KAPLAN AND MYSELF MAKE THE
23:58:54
FOLLOWING AMENDMENT DOS THE
23:58:57
CITY ADMINISTRATOR'S
23:58:58
IMPLEMENTATION PLAN AND
23:58:59
TIMELINE FOR REORGANIZING THE
23:59:05
OAKLAND ANIMAL SHELTER, PRIORITIZE
23:59:08
HIRING TWO SHELTER MANAGERS
23:59:11
OR [INAUDIBLE] WE SHOULDN'T SAY
23:59:14
ALLOCATED, IN THE MAYOR'S
23:59:16
PROPOSED MID CYCLE BUDGET, LINE
23:59:18
D, THESE TWO POSITIONS
23:59:21
WILL FULFILL BOTH THE SHELTER
23:59:24
MANAGEMENT AND ANIMAL RESCUE
23:59:25
FUNCTIONS IDENTIFIED AS
23:59:26
CRITICAL TO A SUCCESSFUL ANIMAL
23:59:30
SHELTER, THE ANIMAL SHELTER
23:59:32
WILL PROVIDE PROFESSIONAL
23:59:33
EXPERIENCE WITH ANIMAL CARE AND
23:59:35
WELFARE, THE ANIMAL SERVICES
23:59:37
DIRECTOR WILL BE HIRED AS SOON
23:59:39
AS POSSIBLE AND BE ALLOWED TO
23:59:42
HIRE ON THESE TWO POSITIONS, IT
23:59:43
WILL BE FUNDED AS FOLLOWS, A,
23:59:47
DELETE ONE UNFILLED
23:59:49
ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT
23:59:50
REPRESENTED IN THE OAS REPORT
23:59:52
MAY 27TH, RESULTING OF A
23:59:54
SAVINGS OF APPROXIMATELY 17
23:59:57
THOUSAND 306 DOLLARS AND B,
00:00:07
REDUCE HIRING OF AN ADDITIONAL
00:00:07
ONE FTE VETERINARIAN AS
00:00:07
PROPOSED IN THE MAY 27TH REPORT
00:00:07
TO ONLY ONE-HALF VETERINARIAN
00:00:07
TO AN ALLOCATION OF THE
00:00:10
[INAUDIBLE] FOR THE OAS RESULTING
00:00:12
IN A SAVINGS OF
00:00:14
APPROXIMATELY 69 THOUSAND 289
00:00:16
DOLLARS.
00:00:16
ITEM 2, OF THE 8 OF 20 PART
00:00:20
TIME ANIMAL CONTROL ATTENDANTS
00:00:22
CURRENTLY BUDGETED BUT
00:00:23
UNFILLED, EXPLORE HIRING FULL
00:00:24
TIME POSITIONS INSTEAD OF PART
00:00:26
TIME AS POSSIBLE WITH FUNDING,
00:00:28
MORE PERMANENT STAFF WILL
00:00:30
PROVIDE LONGEVITY TO PROVIDE OAS
00:00:33
NEEDS.
00:00:33
NUMBER 3, THE CITY
00:00:36
ADMINISTRATION WILL [INAUDIBLE]
00:00:37
AND HOLD THE FIRST INTERIM
00:00:39
ADVISORY COMMITTEE BY JULY 10,
00:00:42
2014 AND JUST TO RECALL BECAUSE
00:00:44
THIS IS CREATED BY THE COUNCIL OF
00:00:46
THAT BODY, THEY WILL BE SUBJECT
00:00:50
TO THE BROWN ACT, THEY SHOULD
00:00:52
DRAFT AN ORDINANCE OF A
00:00:54
PERMANENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE
00:00:56
AND BRING THIS BY [INAUDIBLE]
00:00:57
AND FINALLY THE CITY
00:00:59
ADMINISTRATION SHOULD BRING TO
00:01:00
THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE BY
00:01:02
OCTOBER 14TH A REPORT ON
00:01:05
ALL OAS TRANSITION
00:01:06
PROGRESS, I BELIEVE IT'S THE
00:01:07
SUPPORT OF OUR ADVOCATE, OF OUR
00:01:09
STAFF, THANK YOU VERY MUCH TO
00:01:11
ALL STAFF.
00:01:12
>> I'LL SECOND THAT MOTION.
>> THANK YOU.
00:01:16
>> OKAY.
00:01:16
>> THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH AND
00:01:18
WHY DON'T WE GO AHEAD AND TAKE
00:01:20
THE PUBLIC SPEAKERS.
AND I SERVE THAT MOTION.
00:01:27
>> AS I CALL YOUR NAME, PLEASE
00:01:30
APPROACH THE PODIUM IN ANY
00:01:33
ORDER.
(CALLING SPEAKER NAMES).
00:01:51
>> HELLO, MY NAME IS EMILY FOX
00:01:53
AND I HAVE TIME SEEDED TO ME
00:01:58
FROM WILLOW AND SARAH ROGERS.
00:02:00
AND THERE IS A POWERPOINT
00:02:03
PRESENTATION THAT GOES ALONG
00:02:05
WITH THIS, THE FIRST SLIDE, SO
00:02:06
I'M GOING THE TAKE THIS FIRST
00:02:09
SLIDE AND ADOPT OPTION B HAS
00:02:11
BEEN CLEARLY PUT OUT THERE AND
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00:08:14
AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE IN ORDER
00:08:15
TO SURVIVE.
00:08:16
A LOT OF THEM HAVE -- THEY'RE
00:08:19
NOT FAMILIAR WITH EATING SOLID
00:08:22
FOODS JUST YET, A LOT OF THEM
00:08:24
HAVE KITTENS THAT YOUNG, THEY
00:08:26
HAVE WEAK IMMUNE SYSTEMS AND
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MAKE THEM SUSCEPTIBLE TO
00:08:30
DISEASE.
00:08:30
EVERY HOUR THEY SPEND AT THE
00:08:33
SHELTER IS -- PUTS THEM IN
00:08:35
DANGER AND MAKES THEM AT RISK
00:08:38
OF BEING EUTHANIZED.
00:08:39
THE QUICKER THEY CAN BE
00:08:41
ASSESSED AND RESCUE
00:08:43
OR PLACED INTO A FOSTER
00:08:46
HOME, THE MORE KITTEN'S LIVES
00:08:48
WE CAN SAVE, THAT'S ONE REASON
00:08:49
WHY WE NEED A RESCUE PERSON
00:08:52
THERE EVERY SINGLE DAY, SO I
00:08:53
KNOW YOU GUYS ARE HEARING US
00:08:55
AND I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR
00:08:57
SUPPORT.
00:08:57
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
00:09:04
>> GOOD EVENING,
00:09:04
COUNCILMEMBERS, MY NAME IS
00:09:07
JENNY LIDA, I'M REALLY
00:09:14
EXCITED ABOUT THESE PROPOSALS
00:09:16
FOR THE ANIMAL SHELTER, I THINK
00:09:17
IT'S GOING TO BE A REAL BREAK
00:09:22
THROUGH, AND WE'VE NEEDED THESE
00:09:24
POSITIONS FOR SOME TIME, IN THE
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PAST, WE HAVE POSITIONS THAT
00:09:27
HAVE BEEN BUDGETED BUT NOT
00:09:31
FILLED, AND I AM HOPING THAT IF
00:09:35
THE SHELTER IS MOVED TO AN
00:09:37
INDEPENDENT BODY, TO AN
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INDEPENDENT DEPARTMENT, THAT
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THAT WILL NO LONGER BE THE
00:09:42
CASE, THAT WE WILL BEGIN TO
00:09:45
FILL BUDGETED AND ALLOCATED
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POSITIONS.
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I JUST -- ONE OTHER THING I
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WOULD LIKE TO SAY, I KNOW THAT
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THE PROCESS OF HIRING A
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DIRECTOR WILL BE BEGINNING
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SOON, I'VE HEARD, AND THAT'S
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GREAT, AND I JUST WANT TO SAY
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THAT NOT ONLY DO WE NEED
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SOMEBODY WITH PROFESSIONAL
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EXPERTISE, WE NEED SOMEBODY WHO
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REALLY LOVES THOSE ANIMALS, AND
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IS COMMITTED TO REDUCING THE
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EUTHANASIA RATE.
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WE HAVE REDUCED THE EUTHANASIA
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RATE SIGNIFICANTLY OVER THE
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PAST YEARS, IT'S REDUCED DOWN
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TO 29%.
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I THINK WE CAN DO BETTER.
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I THINK THAT WITH THE RESCUE
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COORDINATOR AND SHELTER
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MANAGER, ALL THESE PEOPLE
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WORKING TOGETHER, WE CAN DO
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BETTER THAN THAT, AND I THINK
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WE CAN REALLY SET AN EXAMPLE
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FOR THE REST TO HAVE COUNTRY AS
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TO WHAT A MUNICIPAL ANIMAL
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SHELTER CAN REALLY BE LIKE,
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THANK YOU.
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[APPLAUSE].
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>> HI, GOOD EVENING, MY NAME'S
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SAMANTHA AND I'M NOT A
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VOLUNTEER AT THE ANIMAL SHELTER,
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I OWN THREE ANIMALS AND I'M
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CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON
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AND I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR
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CONSIDERING THIS TONIGHT, I
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THINK IT'S IMPORTANT AND IT
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MOVES EVERYTHING IN A POSITIVE
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DIRECTION.
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I AM CONCERNED ABOUT THE
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EUTHANASIA RATE AT THE SHELTER,
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I AFRAID IF THE DOG GETS LOOSE,
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THAT IT WILL -- SO, I HOPE THIS
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IS A STEP IN THE RIGHT
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DIRECTION AND I HOPE THEY
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EXPAND THEIR HOURS.
[INAUDIBLE].
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[INAUDIBLE].
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[INAUDIBLE].
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[INAUDIBLE].
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>> I ALSO WANT TO SAY THAT I
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THINK IT SHOULD BE ACKNOWLEDGED
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THAT A LOT OF THE CRITICISM AND
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FAILURES OF THE OPERATION WERE
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JOINTLY SHARED.
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TO WORK WITH.
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AND THAT NEEDS TO BE
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ACKNOWLEDGED.
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SECONDLY, I THINK THAT THE
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OPTION THAT WAS ADOPTED AT THE
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PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE MOVES
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THE CARE OF ANIMAL.
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[INAUDIBLE].
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[INAUDIBLE].
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>> SO, I'M HAPPY TO SUPPORT IT
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MOVING FORWARD.
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I THINK WE'RE ALL SUFFICIENTLY
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PRESIDENT, DO YOU WANT TO COME
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BACK TO THE PREVIOUS ITEM?
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>> LET US GO NOW BACK TO ITEM
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11.
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>> [INAUDIBLE].
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>> SIR, I THINK YOU SIGNED UP
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FOR OPEN FORUM WHICH IS AT THE
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END OF THE MEETING, SO IT'S
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GOING TO BE A LONG NIGH, SORRY.
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ITEM 11.
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>> ITEM 11 IS TO ADOPT AN
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ORDINANCE ADOPTING THE SALARY
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SCHEDULE TO ADJUST SALARY RATES
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FOR CLASSIFICATION FOR IT TO BE
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BELOW THE CALIFORNIA MINIMUM
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WAGE.
>> SO MOVED.
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>> SECOND.
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>> I'M SORRY, WOULD WAS THE
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MOVER?
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>> AND MR. KALB SECONDED.
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>> COULD WE JUST MAKE CLEAR -00:23:54
THERE'S A LOT OF CONVERSATION
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ABOUT MINIMUM WAGE.
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[INAUDIBLE].
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[INAUDIBLE].
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[INAUDIBLE].
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>> I WANT TO MAKE PUBLICLY THE
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REPORT, BUT I WILL BE BRIEF.
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THERE WERE A SERIES OF MISSTEPS
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IN MANAGING THE CONTRACT IN
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TERMS OF ITS MAXIMUM
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[INAUDIBLE] THAT HAVE BEEN
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APPROVED BY THE COUNCIL AND THE
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CONTRACT TERM, THAT IS THE
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PERIOD IN WHICH THE CONTRACT
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