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.
Sale of Real Property: 2334 Sixth Street
(PDF, 6 KB) (First
Reading October 18, 2005 – Unanimous)
From: City Manager
Recommendation: Adopt the
second reading of an Ordinance authorizing the City Manager to execute all
necessary documents required to sell the real property located at 2344 Sixth
Street to LifeLong Medical Care, Inc., for a sale price of $2.2 million.
Financial Implications: See report
Contact: Claudette R. Ford,
Public Works, 981-6300
2.
Gilman Street Playing Fields
(PDF, 11 MB) (First Reading October 18, 2005 –
Unanimous)
From: City Manager
Recommendation: Adopt
second reading of an Ordinance amending the Zoning Ordinance, Berkeley
Municipal Code (BMC) Section 23E.88.030, to clarify that where the Specific
Plan exempts a permitted use from the requirements of a Master Development Plan
and Use Permit, the use is subject to Zoning Conformance procedures as set
forth in BMC Chapter 23B.20.
Financial Implications:
Contact:
Dan Marks, Planning and Development, 981-7400
3.
Amendment to the Condominium Conversion Ordinance
(PDF, 69 KB) (First
Reading as amended October 18, 2005.
Noes – Capitelli, Olds and Wozniak)
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 as amended to incorporate “Duplex Alternative No. 2”
and “Tenant Protection Alternative No. 2” provided they comply with tenant
protection section 21.28.050A.
Financial Implications: See report.
Contact: Stephen Barton,
Housing, 981-5400
4.
Minutes for Approval
(PDF, 25 KB)
From: City Manager
Recommendation:
Approve the minutes for the Council meeting of September 19, 2005
(closed).
Financial Implications: None.
Contact: Sara T. Cox, City
Clerk, 981-6900
5.
Borrowing of Funds
and the Sale and Issuance of FY 2006 Tax and Revenue Anticipation Notes (PDF, 49 KB)
From: City Manager
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution providing for the borrowing of $25,000,000 and the
sale and issuance of FY 2006 Tax and Revenue Anticipation Notes.
Financial Implications: General Fund - $25,000,000
Contact: Fran David,
Finance, 981-7300
6.
Formal Bid Solicitations & Request for Proposals
(PDF, 33 KB)
From: City Manager
Recommendation: Approve the attached request for proposal that will be, or is planned to
be, issued upon final approval by the requesting department or division.
Financial Implications: Measure Q Funds - $500,000
Contact: Fran David,
Finance, 981-7300
7.
Contract: Shelter Plus Care Grant for the Homeless
(PDF, 23 KB)
From: City Manager
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution authorizing the City Manager to execute a revenue
contract and any subsequent amendments with the Alameda County Housing and
Community Development Department for the purposes of receiving Federal
Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) funds to implement a new
Shelter Plus Care grant for chronically homeless individuals in Berkeley in an
amount not to exceed $747,120 for a five-year period beginning with the date of
execution of a contract with Alameda County Housing and Community Development
Department.
Financial Implications: Grant Revenue - $747,120
Contact:
Stephen Barton, Housing, 981-5400
8.
Winter Homeless
Shelter Programs (PDF, 23 KB)
From: City Manager
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution authorizing: 1) the City Manager to enter into a
Memorandum of Understanding with the City of Oakland Department of Human
Services and execute subsequent amendments as necessary for the Winter Shelter
Program at the Oakland Army Base; 2) payment not to exceed $42,000 for
transportation for residents to and from the Winter Shelter; and 3) payment of
up to $14,642 to provide vouchers to homeless households for emergency housing
at local motels and the Berkeley YMCA.
Financial Implications: See report
Contact: Stephen Barton, Housing, 981-5400
9.
License: Use of
Building at 91 Bolivar Drive, Aquatic Park, by Fix Our Ferals
(PDF, 106 KB)
From: City Manager
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution authorizing the City Manager to execute a license with
Fix Our Ferals for short-term use of the Rod and Gun Club, a vacant Aquatic
Park building at 91 Bolivar Drive, as a pre and post sterilization recovery
room for free-roaming cats for the period November 1, 2005 to March 31, 2006.
Financial Implications: Minimal
Contact: Marc Seleznow,
Parks Recreation & Waterfront, 981-6700
10.
Contract: On-Call Traffic Engineering Services
(PDF, 23 KB)
From: City Manager
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution authorizing the City Manager to execute a contract and
any amendments with Korve Engineering for on-call traffic engineering services
in an amount not to exceed $40,000 for the period November 1, 2005 to October
31, 2007.
Financial Implications: Capital Improvement Fund - $40,000
Contact: Claudette R. Ford,
Public Works, 981-6300
11.
Contract Amendment
and Purchase/Operations Agreement: Phase 2 of the Parking Pay Station Program
(PDF, 26 KB)
From: City Manager
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution
authorizing the City Manager to execute an amendment of $242,172 plus $50,000
per year over five years to the agreement with Cale Parking Systems USA, Inc.,
for Phase 2 implementation of parking pay stations, to install pay and display
stations in the North Shattuck and Southside areas, and cover associated costs
for the 5-year term of the agreement.
Financial Implications: Parking Meter Fund - $292,172 plus $50,000 over five
years
Contact: Claudette R. Ford, Public Works, 981-6300
12.
Purchase Order:
Vehicle Replacement (PDF, 501 KB)
From: City Manager
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution authorizing the City Manager to
execute a purchase order with San Francisco Toyota in an amount not to exceed
$137,854 to purchase six Toyota Prius Hybrid vehicles for the City of Berkeley
fleet.
Financial Implications: Equipment Replacement Fund - $137,854
Contact: Claudette Ford,
Public Works, 981-6300
13.
Transportation
Commission: Comments on the Gilman at Curtis Intersection (PDF,
23 KB) (CF 14-05)
From: City Manager
Recommendation: Concur with Transportation Commission recommendation
supporting improvements made by staff in 2005 to enhance pedestrian and bicycle
safety by highlighting the crosswalks at the Gilman Street and Curtis Street
intersection.
Financial Implications: None
Contact: Claudette R. Ford,
Public Works, 981-6300
14.
Proposed Amendment
No. 1 to Alameda County Measure B Expenditure Plan (PDF, 29 KB)
From: City Manager
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution
endorsing the Alameda County Transportation Authority’s (ACTA) proposed
Amendment No. 1 to the 1986 Alameda County Measure B Transportation Expenditure
Plan, which is required by law to be approved by 14 ACTA member cities
representing a majority of the County population.
Financial Implications: None
Contact: Claudette R. Ford,
Public Works, 981-6300
15.
Improve Healthy Food
and Physical Activity Options (PDF, 238 KB)
From: Mayor Bates
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution endorsing the Strategic Alliance "Taking Action
for a Healthier California: Recommendations to Improve Healthy Food and
Activity Options" and beginning implementation of the following two
recommendations: 1) ensure that a significant percentage of prepared and
vending machine foods sold at worksites are healthy and affordable; and 2)
encourage physical activity through such practices as encouraging stairway use,
providing bike racks, providing lockers and showers, and offering flextime or
breaks for physical activity.
Financial Implications: See report
Contact: Tom Bates, Mayor, 981-7100
16.
Tobacco Prevention
Policies (PDF, 41 KB)
From: Mayor Bates
Recommendation: Refer
the following three issues to the Community Health Commission for further
investigation, with a request to return to Council by June 2006 with specific
policy recommendations that would reduce the life threatening impacts of
smoking and second-hand smoke and tobacco industry promotions to young adults:
1) eliminate tobacco industry bar nights in Berkeley; 2) include second-hand
smoke in Berkeley’s General Nuisance ordinance; and 3) require new, publicly
funded, multi-unit housing developments to be smoke-free, and request that the
City Attorney research and inform the Council on whether it has the legal
authority to prohibit smoking in cars that are
transporting children in the city limits.
Financial Implications: Staff time
Contact: Tom Bates, Mayor,
981-7100
Action Calendar – New Business
21.
Amending
"By Right" Residential Additions and Definition of a Story in the Zoning Ordinance
(PDF, 73 KB)
From: Councilmembers Olds and Wozniak
Recommendation: Refer to the Planning Commission the following issue for discussion and
return to the City Council within 120 days with recommendations for proposed
modifications to the language of the Zoning Ordinance: 1) an addition of up to
700 sq. ft within the required setbacks be permitted on the first floor of a
residence, by right with a zoning certificate; 2) an addition of up to 500 sq
ft. to a second story and higher stories require an Administrative Use Permit;
3) clarify the language in the Zoning Ordinance on how many feet constitute a
story in residential construction.
Financial Implications: None.
Contact: Betty Olds, Councilmember District 6, 981-7160
and Gordon Wozniak, Councilmember District 8, 981-7180
22.
Bevatron at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
a.
From: Councilmembers
Wozniak, Moore and Maio (PDF, 24 KB) (Held over from October 18, 2005)
Recommendation: Recommend 1) that the City
Council reaffirm its support for the full decommissioning, deconstruction and
removal of the Bevatron; and 2) refer to the City Manager for review the Peace
& Justice Commission resolution on the proposed demolition of B51 and the
Bevatron and the Draft Environmental Impact Report (DEIR), when it is released
later in the Fall of 2005. For this review, staff would have the benefit of the
comprehensive analysis of the associated environmental and historical impacts
in the DEIR.
Financial
Implications: None.
Contact: Gordon Wozniak,
Councilmember District 8, 981-7180; Darryl Moore, Councilmember District 2,
981-7120; Linda Maio, Councilmember District 1, 981-7110
b. From:
Peace and Justice Commission (PDF, 25 KB) (October 25, 2005)
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution recommending that the City Council request: 1) the
Department of Energy, the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and their
managing agency, the University of California, to continue with their original
plan to preserve the Bevatron Facility as a place of merit on the National
Register of Historic Places for the benefit of future interested individuals
and students of science, history and architecture; and 2) that the $85 million
budgeted for the demolition of the Bevatron be primarily redirected to the
decontamination of toxic underground plumes at Lawrence Berkeley National
Laboratory as promised with enough spared to complete the conversion of the
accelerator facility for safe public access.
Financial Implications: None
Contact: Manuel Hector,
Secretary, 981-5110
c. From:
City Manager (October
25, 2005)
Recommendation: The City Manager takes no position concerning the recommendations of the Commission.
Contact:
Fred Medrano, Health and Human Services, 981-5100
