The Council
will consider removal and addition of items to the Consent Calendar prior to
voting on the Consent Calendar. All
items remaining on the Consent Calendar will be approved in one motion. Items removed from the Consent Calendar will
be taken up after the "Action Calendar" unless the Council reorders
the agenda.
1.
Lease Agreement:
1769 Alcatraz Avenue (PDF, 362 KB) (First Reading September 20, 2005 –
Unanimous)
From: City Manager
Recommendation: Adopt second reading of an Ordinance
authorizing the City Manager to execute a lease agreement with Thomas Goetzl
for real property located at 1769 Alcatraz Avenue, in an amount not to exceed
$24,000, for the purpose of leasing office space for the Black Infant Health Program
for the period November 1, 2005 to October 31, 2007, with an option to extend
for an additional two year period.
Financial Implications: Health Fund - $24,000
Contact: Fred Medrano,
Health and Human Services, 981-5100
2.
Amendment to the Condominium Conversion Ordinance (PDF, 33 KB) (First Reading as amended
September 20, 2005; Noes – Worthington)
From:
City Manager
Recommendation: Adopt second reading of an Ordinance amending Berkeley Municipal Code
(BMC) Chapter 21.28, Condominiums, Community Apartments, Stock Cooperatives and
Tenancy in Common Projects.
Financial Implications: Unknown
Contact: Stephen Barton,
Housing, 981-5400
3.
Needle Exchange (PDF, 22 KB)
From: City Manager
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution
reviewing and confirming the continued existence of a local emergency with
regard to HIV transmission from use of HIV-Infected Needles among injection
drug users, and authorizing the local health officer to take steps to enable
the operation of Needle Exchange Emergency Distribution.
Contact: Sara T. Cox, City
Clerk, 981-6900
4.
Veterans Memorial Building - Operating Costs (PDF, 25
KB)
From: City Manager
Recommendation: Submit to the mid-year
budget review process proposed funding options for FY 2006 and FY 2007 for
unbudgeted operating costs associated with keeping the Veterans Memorial Building
(VMB) open year round.
Financial
Implications: General Fund and Building Maintenance Fund - $98,923
Contact: Phil Kamlarz, City
Manager, 981-7000
5.
Grant Youth Focused Bicycle and Pedestrian Injury Prevention
Program (PDF, 27 KB) (To be delivered)
From: City Manager
Recommendation: Adopt a
Resolution authorizing the City Manager to: 1) submit a grant application to
the California Office of Traffic Safety for funds in the amount of $406,621 in
FY 2006 to develop a youth focused bicycle and pedestrian injury prevention
program and outreach to youth and families; and 2) accept the grant and execute
any resultant revenue agreements and amendments; and 3) authorizing the
implementation of the projects and appropriation of funding for related
expenses, subject to securing the grant.
Financial
Implications: Grant Revenue - $406,621
Contact: Fred Medrano, Health and Human Services, 981
5100
6.
Additional Funding
for the McKinley House Rehabilitation (PDF, 26 KB)
From: City Manager
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution
authorizing the City Manager to execute an amendment to the development loan
agreement with Building Opportunities for Self-Sufficiency (BOSS) for
renovation of McKinley House at 2111 McKinley Avenue increasing it by $40,000
for an amount not to exceed $230,000.
Financial Implications:
Housing Trust Fund - $40,000
Contact: Stephen Barton, Housing, 981-5400
7.
Use of Veterans Memorial Building: Men’s Shelter and Multi-Agency
Service Center (PDF, 37 KB)
From: City Manager
Recommendation: Adopt first
reading of an Ordinance: 1) making findings and declarations of a continuing
homeless shelter crisis; 2) authorizing continuation of use of the Veterans
Memorial Building basement by the Men’s Overnight Assistance Center (the Men’s
Shelter) and Multi-Agency Service Center (MASC); and 3) suspending applicable
local laws which might otherwise regulate, apply to or govern the continued
operation of the Men’s Shelter and the MASC.
Financial
Implications: None
Contact: Stephen Barton, Housing, 981-5402
8.
Contract: Plan
Checking Services (PDF, 32 KB)
From: City Manager
Recommendation: Adopt a
Resolution authorizing the City Manager to execute an amendment to contracts
with Linhart Peterson Powers Associates and Telesis Engineers for plan checking
services to increase each contract amount by $120,000 for a total amount not to
exceed $240,000 for each contract.
Financial
Implications: Permit Service Center Fund - $240,000
Contact: Dan Marks, Planning and Development, 981-7400
9.
Appointment of Adolf
Moody to Berkeley Housing Authority
(PDF, 236 KB)
From: Mayor Bates
Recommendation: Confirm the Mayor’s appointment of Adolf Moody to the vacant Tenant
Commissioner position on the Berkeley Housing Authority (BHA) and appoint Mr.
Moody to a two-year term commencing on September 27, 2005 and ending on
September 27, 2007.
Financial Implications: None.
Contact: Tom Bates, Mayor,
981-7100
10.
Analysis of the
Security of the Kinder Morgan Energy Partners Pipeline in West Berkeley
(PDF, 8 KB)
From: Councilmember Maio and Moore
Recommendation: Request that the City Manager inquire of Kinder Morgan Energy Partners
(KMEP) specifically what they have done and what they intend to do to ensure
their pipelines’ integrity in West Berkeley.
Financial Implications: Staff time.
Contact: Linda Maio,
Councilmember District 1, 981-7110 and Darryl Moore, Councilmember District 2,
981-7120
11.
Presentation: Technologies and Arts for Disabled Children and
Adults (PDF, 6 KB)
From: Councilmember Spring
Recommendation: Schedule up to 20 minutes
at a Council meeting in late October or November 2005 for a presentation by
Dmitri Belsher, Executive Director of the Center for Accessible Technology, on
technology and art for disabled children and adults.
Financial Implications: None.
Contact: Dona Spring,
Councilmember District 4, 981-7140
12.
Proclamation: Mario and Rosalinda Tejada Day (PDF, 23 KB)
From: Councilmember Worthington
Recommendation: Approve a proclamation for
Mario and Rosalinda Tejada Day on October 10th in Berkeley in honor of their
continued community service to the City.
Financial Implications: None.
Contact:
Kriss Worthington, Councilmember District 7, 981-7170
13.
Support ASUC Safety Week (PDF, 23 KB)
From: Councilmember Worthington
Recommendation: Support ASUC Safety Week,
to be held from October 10-14, 2005.
Financial Implications: None.
Contact: Kriss Worthington,
Councilmember District 7, 981-7170
14.
Support Marriage Equality (AB 897) and Oppose Two Anti-Gay
Groups’ Initiatives to Ban Marriage Equality and Domestic Partnerships (PDF, 25 KB)
From: Councilmember Worthington
Recommendation: Send a letter to the Governor to not veto Marriage Equality (AB 849) and
to strongly oppose two anti-gay groups’ proposed initiatives to ban marriage
equality and domestic partnerships, and ask him to work to defeat these
immoderate measures just like Ronald Reagan did in coming out publicly and
strongly against the anti-gay Briggs initiative in the 1970’s.
Financial Implications: None.
Contact:
Kriss Worthington, Councilmember District 7, 981-7170
15.
Homeless People With Vehicle Impoundments (PDF, 24
KB) (CF
22-05)
a. From:
Homeless Commission
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution
committing Council to establishing permanent housing for the homeless as its
first priority; allocating funding for solutions to homelessness; and
addressing the loss of a vehicle through no-cost strategies including:
1) establishing a legal place for homeless people to park; 2) waiving time
limits for working off fines through the performance of community service; and
3) establishing a mechanism to prevent compounding of unpaid fines.
Financial
Implications: None
Contact: Jane Micallef, Secretary, 981-5426
b. From:
City Manager (PDF, KB)
Recommendation:
Refer Commission
recommendations to the Work Session on Anti-Poverty and Homeless Programs
currently scheduled for November 29, 2005.
Contact:
Stephen Barton, Housing, 981-5400
Action
Calendar – New Business
19.
Downtown Area Plan
Work Program and Public Participation Process
a. From: City Manager
(PDF, 42 KB)
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution appointing a Downtown Area Plan Advisory Committee.
Financial Implications: See report
Contact: Dan Marks, Planning
and Development, 981-7400
b. From:
Transportation Commission (PDF, 25 KB) (Held over from September 20, 2005)
Recommendation: Request
that Council: 1) direct the Transportation Commission to appoint a
transportation representative to serve on any Downtown Area Plan (DAP)
Committee or Task Force that may be established; 2) appoint the Office of
Transportation (OOT) and Transportation Commission (TC) to be the lead City
agencies for the development of transportation policies related to any new
Downtown Area Plan and that the OOT and the TC review any proposed
transportation policies before consideration by the Planning Commission or by
Council and before inclusion in any Plan; and 3) create the Downtown Area Plan
Committee/Task Force based upon the Hotel/Convention Center Task Force/Downtown
Berkeley Plan model and include representatives of appropriate stakeholder
groups.
Financial Implications: None
Contact: Peter Hillier,
Secretary, 981-6300
c. From:
City Manager (PDF, 22 KB) (Held
over from September 20, 2005)
Recommendation: Refer the recommendations
of the Transportation Commission to the larger process to come back to Council
at the September 27, 2005 meeting; take into consideration suggestions
regarding the Commission’s membership on a potential Downtown Area Plan Task
Force; and conduct a review of transportation policies as a work plan is
developed.
Financial Implications: None
Contact: Claudette Ford, Public Works, 981-6300
20.
Disappearing Newsracks and the Constitutionality and
Practicality of the Interpretation and Implementation of Newsrack Regulations (PDF, 27 KB)
From: Councilmember Worthington
Recommendation: Refer to the City Manager to
review city ordinances, interpretations, and operations in regards to Newsrack
regulation. As one part of this review, to invite persons responsible for
distribution of newspapers to identify problem areas, including but not limited
to the disappearance of newsracks without notification to the newspapers,
possibly eliminating the part of the City ordinance that allows City removal of
newsracks with zero notice, and making sure that the City is not creating
impediments to fair placement for all publications.
Financial Implications: Staff time.
Contact: Kriss Worthington,
Councilmember District 7, 981-7170
