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TUESDAY JUNE 17, 2014.

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CITY OF OAKLAND.
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CONCURRENT MEETING OF THE
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OAKLAND REDEVELOPMENT SUCCESSOR
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AGENCY/CITY COUNCIL/GEOLOGIC
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HAZARD ABATEMENT DISTRICT BOARD.
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>> IF I COULD HAVE YOUR
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ATTENTION, PLEASE.
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WOULD YOU PLEASE STAND AND JOIN
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US IN THE PLEDGE OF
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ALLEGIANCE.
(PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE).
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>> I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE

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FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF
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AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR
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WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION
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UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH
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LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
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>> THANK YOU.
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GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO THE
20:43:52
CONCURRENT MEETING OF THE
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REDEVELOPMENT SUCCESSOR
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AGENCY/CITY COUNCIL/GEOLOGIC
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HAZARD ABATEMENT DISTRICT BOARD.
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THE MEETING IS FOR TUESDAY JUNE

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17, 204.
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IF THERE ARE MEMBERS OF THE
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AUDIENCE WHO WOULD LIKE TO
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SPEAK ON AN AGENDA ITEM, PLEASE
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FILL OUT A SPEAKER CARD AND
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RETURN THAT CARD TO A CLERK
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REPRESENTATIVE.
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ON ROLL ARE COUNCILMEMBER
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BROOKS WHO WILL BE JOINING US,
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GALLO, MCELHANEY, KALB,
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KAPLAN, REID, SCHAAF AND
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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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15 MINUTES ONLY AT THE

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BEGINNING TO HAVE MEETING FOR
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OPEN FORUM, SO THE CLERK WILL
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CALL 15 NAMES, SO OBVIOUSLY NOT
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EVERYBODY WHO SIGNED UP WILL
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GET TO SPEAK ON OPEN FORUM, BUT
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THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE SIGNED UP
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ON OTHER ITEMS WILL BE ABLE TO
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SPEAK LATER, SO I UNDERSTAND
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THAT WE HAVE SOME BIG
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CONTINGENTS FROM A COUPLE OF
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GROUPS, SO WE HAVE MADE SURE
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THAT SOME OF YOUR

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REPRESENTATIVES ARE GOING TO
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GET CALLED.
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SO, MADAM CLERK, WOULD YOU GO
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AHEAD AND CALL THESE NAMES AND
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THEN THE REMAINING UNTIL WE GET
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TO 15.
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EACH PERSON WILL GET 1 MINUTE
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TO SPEAK.
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>> CERTAINLY.
(CALLING SPEAKER NAMES).
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JUST TO BEGIN, COULD YOU
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APPROACH THE PODIUM, PLEASE.

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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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UP, ROSEMARY SMITH.

[APPLAUSE].
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>> GOOD EVENING, CITY MEMBER,
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MY NAME IS ROSEMARY SMITH, I'M
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AN OAKLAND RESIDENT BORN AND
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RAISED.
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I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH WASTE
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MANAGEMENT FOR 12 YEARS, MY
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CURRENT ROLE IS A [INAUDIBLE]
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COORDINATOR WHICH HELPS ME
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PROVIDE FOR MY 7 KIDS WHO ALL
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ATTEND OAKLAND PUBLIC SCHOOLING
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AS I ATTAIN LAIN COLLEGE,

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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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SENIOR DISTRICT MANAGER OF THE

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TRANSFER STATION, I'M HERE
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REPRESENTING ALL EMPLOYEES WHO
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WHOLEHEARTEDLY SUPPORT OUR
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OPERATIONS AND OUR BUSINESSES.
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THERE'S A RICH HISTORY BETWEEN
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THIS CONTRACT AND WASTE
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MANAGEMENT AND ITS PREDECESSOR,
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OAKLAND SCAVENGER COMPLAINING
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I'M THIRD GENERATION, 36 AND A
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HALF YEARS WITH WASTE
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MANAGEMENT AN OAKLAND SCAVENGER
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COMPANY AND I AM PROUD TO BE

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HERE TO EXPLAIN TO YOU HOW
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IMPORTANT IT IS FOR THESE
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PEOPLE.
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THE DAVIS STREET HISTORY GOES
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BACK TO THE 70'S WHEN YOUR
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PREDECESSORS AND PEOPLE ON THE
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BOARD OF SUPERVISORS LOOK
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TOWARDS WASTE MANAGEMENT TO
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PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET
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PAST A VERY SEVERE SHORTAGE AND
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LANDFILL CAPACITY.
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OUT OF THAT, YOU HAVE DAVIS

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STREET AND [INAUDIBLE]
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LANDFILL, TWO AWARDING
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FACILITIES THAT SUPPORT YOUR
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MMNO AND R & R, WE SUPPORT, WE
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SUPPORT, WE SUPPORT THIS
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WHOLEHEARTEDLY AND I APPRECIATE
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OUR EMPLOYEES SHOWING THEIR
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INTEREST.
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THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> THANK YOU.
[APPLAUSE].
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>> MY NAME'S MARTY FRAY TOWS,
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I'M SECRETARY TREASURER OF

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TEAMSTERS 47, I'M PROUD I
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REPRESENT A LOT OF PEOPLE IN
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HERE AND WE SUPPORT LOCAL 6, THE
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MACHINISTS, LOCAL 70S
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POSITION IS CLEAR, WE WANT TO
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PROTECT OUR MEMBERS AND THEIR
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JOBS, BUT WE ALSO WANT TO BE
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FAIR TO THE RESIDENTS OF
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OAKLAND, AND WE UP TO KNOW HAVE
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BEEN NEUTRAL BECAUSE WE
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REPRESENT BOTH COMPANIES, BUT
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THAT'S HISTORY, WE ARE NOT

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NEUTRAL ANYMORE AND THE REASON
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WE'RE NOT NEUTRAL, WE'VE LOOKED
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AT THE FACTS, AND THE FACTS ARE
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WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE OPERATING
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FACILITIES, THE OPERATING
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FACILITY, IT'S ALL WASTE
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MANAGEMENT, THEY HAVE ALL,
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[INAUDIBLE] DOESN'T, WHEN YOU
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LOOK AT EQUIPMENT AND FUEL,
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IT'S ALL WASTE MANAGEMENT, CAL
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WASTE DOESN'T HAVE IT, IN FACT,
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CAL WASTE IS NEGOTIATING WITH

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PHIL ABUTI IN THE PORT OF
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OAKLAND FOR 17 ACRES SO THEY
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CAN PARK THEIR TRUCK, THOSE
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ACRES ARE SUPPOSED TO BE FOR
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CONTAINERS.
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PROTECTION OF JOBS, WITH YOU
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LOOK AT THE PROPOSAL, CAL WASTE
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PROPOSAL ELIMINATES JOBS, OURS
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ARE PROTECTED.
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WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE LOSS OF
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JOBS THAT CAN BE CREATED BY CAL
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WASTE SOLUTIONS, THE BOTTOM

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LINE HERE IS WE HAVE TO LOOK AT
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THE FACTS, WHEN YOU LOOK AT ALL
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THE FACTS AND THE POSITIVES FOR
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EVERYBODY, IT'S GOT TO BE
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OPTION 1 WASTE MANAGEMENT.
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
[APPLAUSE].
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>> GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCIL, HOW
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ARE YOU ALL DOING THIS EVENING?
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>> SIR, TALK INTO THE MIC. SO
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WE CAN HEAR YOU.
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>> I HAVE 169 [INAUDIBLE] FOR
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DISPATCH DRIVERS, THE COMMUNITY,

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WE HAVE PERSONAL PEOPLE THAT
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LOVE THIS CITY.
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>> CAN YOU GIVE ME YOUR NAME.
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>> MY NAME IS ERIC QUICK, I'M
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BORN AND RAISED IN OAKLAND,
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BORN IN OAKLAND, PLAYED
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SPORTS IN OAKLAND, TALKED TO
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THE KIDS IN OAKLAND, TODAY IS
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ABOUT US, I AM OAKLAND, I'M
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GOING TO BE HERE, I AIN'T GOING
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NOWHERE AND I WANT YOU THE
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THINK ABOUT WHAT WE MEAN AND

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WHAT IT MEANS TO ME TO BE PART
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OF THIS ORGANIZATION, IT'S BEEN
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PROVIDED TO ME, THE CHILDREN, THE
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COMMUNITY, EVEN WITH THE
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CONTAINERS OUT THERE ON THE
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STREET AND I SEE STUFF OUT
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THERE, IT MAKES ME FEEL GOOD WHEN I
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TOUCH THAT AND IT SAYS [INAUDIBLE],
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IT PROVIDES SOMETHING FOR ME,
20:52:03
IT PROVIDES FOR THEM AND I KNOW
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YOU'VE GOT A BIG DECISION ON
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YOUR HANDS, THE KEY WORD FOR ME

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TODAY AND FOR ANYONE IN HERE IS
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INTEGRITY, BASE IT ON
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INTEGRITY, NOT WHAT YOU DO WHEN
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YOU ARE HERE, IT'S NOT WHEN YOU
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AREN'T HERE, YOU CALL ME, I'M
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READY.
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THIS IS MY JOB, I LOVE WHAT I
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DO, I DON'T LIKE IT, I LOVE
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WHAT I DO AND THIS IS MY LIFE.
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THANK YOU.
20:52:27
>> THANK YOU, SIR.
20:52:46

>> FELIX MARTINEZ, GOING TO

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THE BEGINNING OF THIS RFP
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PROCESS, WE TALKED ABOUT
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PROTECTING LABOR, I WOULD SAY
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LABOR IS IN THE HOUSE TONIGHT.
20:52:55
WE TALKED ABOUT PREFERENTIAL
20:52:56
POINTS AND THAT WAS SOMETHING
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IN THE BEGINNING THAT WE SAID,
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LOOK, WE'RE GIVING OUT
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PREFERENTIAL POINTS FOR
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COMPANIES THAT LOOK ABOUT DOING
20:53:04
BUSINESS, THERE WERE COMPANIES
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THAT WERE BIDDING THAT DIDN'T

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HAVE THE FACILITIES OR THE
20:53:09
TRUCK, COME JULY 1, 2015, YOU
20:53:11
GUY ARES SITTING UP THERE TO
20:53:12
MAKE A DECISION ON WHO'S GOING
20:53:15
TO SERVICE THE COMMUNITY, WHO
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HAS 130 CNG TRUCKS READY TO GO,
20:53:24
WHO HAS MEMBERS TO CLEAN UP THE
20:53:26
GARBAGE, PUT THEIR BOOTS AWAY,
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PUT THEIR BOOTS INTO THEIR
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LOCKERS, WHO HAS THAT FACILITY,
20:53:32
WHO HAS THE ABILITY TO HOUSE
20:53:34

THE MEMBERS AND BRING THE

20:53:36
MEMBERS IN TOGETHER, WHO HAS
20:53:38
THE FACILITIES?
20:53:38
THERE'S ONLY ONE COMPANY THAT
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HAS THE FACILITY, THAT'S A
20:53:43
QUESTION THAT HAS TO BE ANSWER
20:53:44
TELEVISING'S ONLY ONE COMPANY
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THAT CAN DO IT, THANK YOU.
20:53:52
[APPLAUSE].
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>> GOOD EVENING, MEMBERS OF THE
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CITY COUNCIL, MY NAME IS MIKE
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SLATHER, I'M A MEMBER OF THE
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TEAMSTERS LOCAL 70 AND I WORK

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FOR THE WASTE MANAGEMENT SINCE
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1984, LIKE MANY OF THE
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EMPLOYEE, WE BEGAN WITH OAKLAND
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SCAVENGER COMPANY ON PERALTA
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AVENUE AND WEST OAKLAND.
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WE HAVE ALWAYS BEEN DEDICATED
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TO SERVING THE PEOPLE OF
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OAKLAND.
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EACH DAY, WE DEPLOY OVER 130
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GREEN ENERGY TRUCKS PICKING UP
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RECYCLING, GREEN WASTE AND
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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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COMMITTED TO DIVERSITY AND

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PROVIDES WELL PAYING MIDDLE
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CLASS CAREERS WITH A
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SUSTAINABLE LONG TERM
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RETIREMENT.
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WE ARE LUCKY TO RAISE OUR
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FAMILIES LOCALLY AND ACHIEVE
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THE GOAL OF SENDING OUR
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CHILDREN TO COLLEGE.
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AS I HAVE DONE WITH MY SON AND
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DAUGHTERS, WE LOOK FORWARD TO
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CONTINUING A LONG TERM
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PARTNERSHIP WITH THE PEOPLE OF

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OAKLAND AND HOPE YOU WILL
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CONTINUE TO SUPPORT OUR SERVICE.
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ON BEHALF OF THE OAKLAND WASTE
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MANAGEMENT AND TEAMSTER
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FAMILIES, WE ASK YOU FOR YOUR
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AYE VOTE AT THE APPROPRIATE
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TIME.
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THANK YOU.
[APPLAUSE].
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>> GOOD EVENING, MEMBERS OF THE
20:55:30
COUNCIL, MY NAME IS FRED
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PECKER, I WAS NUMBER 8 ON THE

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LIST, YEAH.
20:55:36
>> I DON'T THINK THE CLERK
20:55:38
CALLED YOUR NAME YET.
20:55:39
>> I WAS NUMBER 8 ON THE LIST
20:55:42
OUT THERE IS ALL I KNOW.
20:55:45
>> 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
20:55:52
HERE.
20:55:52
WOULD YOU LIKE HIM TO PROCEED?
20:55:56
>> 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
20:56:01
REMAINING WHEN YOU'RE DONE.
20:56:03
>> THANK YOU, SOMEONE LEFT
20:56:04
THEIR PHONE UP HERE, I DON'T
20:56:05
KNOW IF IT'S ON PURPOSE.
20:56:09
GOOD EVENING, MEMBERS OF THE
20:56:10
COUNCIL, MY NAME IS FRED PECKER,
20:56:13
I'M THE SECRETARY TREASURER OF
20:56:15
LOCAL 6 OF THE INTERNATIONAL
20:56:17
LONG SHORE WAREHOUSE UNION, I
20:56:19
SPOKE AT YOUR LAST MEETING AND
20:56:20
THE MESSAGE IS NOT MUCH

20:56:22
DIFFERENT, WE ARE PART OF THE
20:56:25
SUSTAINABLE RECYCLING CAMPAIGN,
20:56:26
WE SUPPORT THE THIRD BIN FOR
20:56:28
MULTIFAMILY HOUSE, WE WANT THAT
20:56:29
TO BE PART OF WHAT GOES
20:56:31
FORWARD, BUT AS A LABOR
20:56:34
ORGANIZATION, WE'RE HERE TO
20:56:35
REPRESENT OUR MEMBERSHIP AND WE
20:56:38
ARE GRATIFIED THE CITY COUNCIL
20:56:40
INCLUDE THE STANDARDS IN ITS
20:56:43
REQUEST FROM STAFF AND WE WANT
20:56:45
TO MAKE SURE THAT PROMISE IS

20:56:47
FOLLOWED THROUGH SO THAT OUR
20:56:49
MEMBERS CAN ENJOY THE MIDDLE
20:56:51
CLASS LIFE THAT THE BROTHER
20:56:52
BEFORE ME TALKED ABOUT AND TO
20:56:53
DATE, WE DON'T HAVE A CONTRACT
20:56:55
WITH EITHER COMPLAINING WE'RE
20:56:56
IN NEGOTIATIONS WITH BOTH WE
20:56:58
HOPE.
20:56:58
THE OTHER THING I WOULD LIKE TO
20:57:00
MENTION IS DURING THE PUBLIC
20:57:02
WORKS HEARING, I SAW TODAY THEY
20:57:06
ARE ABOUT KEEPING GOOD UNION

20:57:07
JOBS HERE, AND DURING THE
20:57:09
PUBLIC WORKS HEARINGS, WE HAD
20:57:13
TESTIMONY FROM TIFFANY THAT WAS
20:57:14
A SERVICE REP FOR WASTE
20:57:17
MANAGEMENT WHOSE JOB WAS
20:57:18
OUTSOURCING AND WE WERE ADVOCATING
20:57:20
THE CONTRACT MAKE SURE THOSE
20:57:22
JOBS OF CUSTOMER SERVICE ALONG
20:57:24
WITH THE BILLING AND DISPATCH
20:57:25
STAY LOCAL HERE IN OAKLAND.
20:57:27
THANK YOU.
20:57:27
>> THANK YOU, MR. PECKER.

20:57:33
[APPLAUSE].
20:57:33
>> SIR, -- HOLD ON, SHE'S GOING
20:57:38
THE CALL THE REMAINING NAMES.
20:57:42
>> (CALLING SPEAKER NAMES).
20:57:58
>> SO, THOSE NAMES THAT WERE
20:58:00
JUST CALLED CAN COME TO THE
20:58:01
MICROPHONE IN ANY ORDER.
20:58:10
>> GOOD EVENING, MY NAME IS
20:58:13
BARBARA TANGERI, BECAUSE
20:58:14
SOMEONE JUMPED OFF A CLIFF AND
20:58:16
LIVED DOES NOT MEAN I DO SAME
20:58:21
AND DIE.

20:58:22
NANCY MARCUS, GREG MINOR, HENRY
20:58:27
GARDNER, BECAUSE OF [INAUDIBLE]
20:58:28
IS DOING WELL IN FRONT OF
20:58:32
OAKLAND MUSEUM DOES NOT MEAN
20:58:34
YOU APPROVE A 6 MONTH PERMANENT
20:58:36
PERMIT FOR THEM TO PARK 10
20:58:38
TRUCK FRAS THE CORNER OF
20:58:44
TELEGRAPH AVENUE TO ROSITA
20:58:45
AVENUE DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF THE
20:58:48
STREET, YOU GRANTED THEM
20:58:50
PERMITS TO COMMENCE EVERY
20:58:53
MONDAY TO CONCLUDE DECEMBER,

20:58:57
2014.
20:58:57
THE 10 CARS WERE PARKED IN
20:58:58
FRONT TO HAVE STREET IN FRONT
20:58:59
OF THE TWO MAIN ENTRANCES.
20:59:05
TWO 500 WILLIAM STREET, THE
20:59:07
ELEVATOR OR STAIRWELL LEADING TO
20:59:11
THE SECURITY DESK, THEIR
20:59:12
CONTRACT IS TO GUARD THE
20:59:14
INTERIOR AND THE IMMEDIATE
20:59:15
PERIMETERS OUTSIDE OF THE THREE
20:59:20
BUILDINGS 500, 600 AND 601,
20:59:21
THEY ARE NOT TO GUARD OFF THE

20:59:23
GRID AND ETC..
20:59:25
ALSO THAT PERMIT INCLUDES A
20:59:28
GUITAR PLAYER STRATEGICALLY
20:59:29
PLACED AT THE CORNER OF RASHIDA
20:59:34
MOHAMMAD, THE FOCUS WILL BE ON
20:59:35
THE FOOD, NOT THE GUITAR
20:59:38
PLAYER, THEN WHY HAVE THE
20:59:40
PLAYER THERE IN THE FIRST PLACE?
20:59:42
SOUNDS LIKE A HOOK.
20:59:44
THE MOST IMPORTANT, MONDAY
20:59:47
NIGHTS IS NFL FOOTBALL AROUND
20:59:49
THE SAME TIME OFF THE GRID

20:59:51
PERMIT IS PRESENT FROM 5 P.M.
20:59:53
TO 10 P.M., HOW COINCIDENTAL.
20:59:56
>> MS. TANGERI, YOUR TIME HAS
20:59:58
EXPIRED.
20:59:58
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
21:00:02
[APPLAUSE].
21:00:02
>> I WILL SEND [INAUDIBLE] TWO
21:00:04
WEEKS FROM NOW.
21:00:04
>> OKAY, THANK YOU.
21:00:14
>> GOOD EVENING,
21:00:14
COUNCILMEMBERS, ALL EMPLOYEES
21:00:16
OF WASTE MANAGEMENT, MY NAME IS

21:00:20
OSWALDO, MY FAMILY HAS BEEN IN
21:00:22
OAKLAND SINCE THE EARLY 20TH
21:00:28
CENTURY, MY GREAT GRANDFATHER
21:00:30
CAME TO THIS COUNTRY TO BUILD
21:00:32
THE BAY BRIDGE, MY FATHER
21:00:33
WORKED THERE FOR
21:00:36
22 YEARS.
21:00:37
WHEN I FIRST GOT OUT OF HIGH
21:00:39
SCHOOL, I WAS A KID WITH NO
21:00:42
DIRECTION, THEY DIDN'T KNOW IF
21:00:43
I WAS GOING TO GO TO SCHOOL,
21:00:44
GET A JOSHING BUT I JOINED

21:00:47
LOCAL 6, THROUGH LOCAL 6, I GOT
21:00:48
A JOB AT WASTE MANAGEMENT.
21:00:50
THANKS TO WASTE MANAGEMENT, I
21:00:52
BECAME A LEAD PERSON RIGHT
21:00:54
AWAY, WHICH LATER BECAME A
21:00:57
SUPERVISOR, THEN A MANAGER, I'M
21:00:59
CURRENTLY THE MANAGER THAT HAS
21:01:01
HIRED MORE THAN 100 FAMILIES
21:01:03
THAT LIVE IN OAKLAND HERE.
[APPLAUSE].
21:01:13
I'M NOW THE DAVIS STREET
21:01:15
MANAGER AND I'M RESPONSIBLE FOR
21:01:18

ALL THE DRIVEWAYS AND

21:01:21
RESPONSIBLE FOR THE MMO.
21:01:22
I HOPE THAT YOU GUYS VOTE FOR
21:01:26
OPTION 1.
WE ARE OAKLAND.
>> THANK YOU.
[APPLAUSE].
21:01:38
>> GOOD EVENING.
21:01:40
MY NAME'S TOM RITTER AND I
21:01:42
WASN'T BORN IN OAKLAND BUT I
21:01:44
GOT HERE AS FAST AS I COULD,
21:01:46
OKAY.
21:01:47
I LOVE THESE PEOPLE THAT SHOWED
21:01:49
UP TONIGHT AND I WANT TO

21:01:51
APOLOGIZE FOR LAST TIME, NOT
21:01:53
COMMUNICATING HOW IMPORTANT IT
21:01:54
WAS TO BE OUT HERE.
21:01:55
A LOT OF THAT WAS MY MISTAKE
21:01:58
BUT I'M GLAD YOU GOT THE WORD
21:01:59
AND YOU'RE OUT HERE.
21:02:03
THE SCAVENGERS, THE DESCENDANTS
21:02:10
OF SCAVENGER, BUT HERE'S THE
21:02:11
MESSAGE I HAVE IN THE LAST 30
21:02:13
SECONDS.
21:02:14
LOVE THE SHOW, IT'S GREAT, BUT
21:02:16
LET'S MAKE SURE WE HAVE THE GO.

21:02:18
THESE PEOPLE WE WANT TO HAVE
21:02:21
RESPECT US THROUGH THE EVENING.
21:02:23
THIS IS OPEN FORUM, IT'S OUR
21:02:25
ONLY OPPORTUNITY BEFOREHAND SO
21:02:26
THE DRIVERS THAT GOT TO GET UP
21:02:28
AND GET TO WORK AT 3:30 AND
21:02:38
4:30 AND 5:30 IN THE MORNING,
21:02:39
THAT WILL HELP YOU FOR THE REST
21:02:41
OF THE SHOW, BUT I WANT TO LET
21:02:42
YOU KNOW, ARE WE GOING TO BE
21:02:45
BACK?
21:02:48
[APPLAUSE].

21:02:48
>> AND HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE
21:02:49
GOING TO SHOW UP TO SPEAK NEXT
21:02:51
TIME, THAT'S GOING TO BE A LONG
21:02:53
NIGHT, BUT TONIGHT WE WANT TO
21:02:55
MOVE ON.
21:02:56
>> THANK YOU, MR. RITTER.
21:03:02
>> GOOD EVENING, [INAUDIBLE] AS
21:03:03
A RESIDENT OF THE CITY OF
21:03:05
OAKLAND, I'M HERE TO PLEAD WITH
21:03:08
CITY COUNCIL TO RENEW ITS
21:03:09
CONTRACT WITH WASTE MANAGEMENT
21:03:10
AND FOR OPTION 1, I GREW UP IN

21:03:12
DISTRICT 2, 5, 7 AND I
21:03:14
CURRENTLY LIVE IN DISTRICT 6, I
21:03:17
WENT TO [INAUDIBLE] ELEMENTARY
21:03:19
RIGHT ON 98TH STREET AND I'M A
21:03:22
[INAUDIBLE] PURSUING A DEGREE
21:03:23
ON BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION,
21:03:25
I'VE BEEN WITH WASTE
21:03:27
MANAGEMENT, I WORKED AT THE
21:03:31
SPRING CLEANER, AND AS PART OF
21:03:33
THE ADMINISTRATION TEAM.
21:03:34
I CANNOT EXPRESS HOW GRATEFUL I
21:03:37
AM TO BETTER MYSELF IN THIS

21:03:38
COUNTRY.
21:03:39
I WAS ABLE TO QUIT MY SECOND
21:03:41
JOB AND ATTEND SCHOOL AS A FULL
21:03:44
TIME STUDENT, THE SCHOOL OFFERS
21:03:47
FINANCIAL AID SUPPORT THROUGH
21:03:48
ITS LEAD PROGRAM WHICH PAID FOR
21:03:50
MOST OF MY TUITION AND THE
21:03:52
ENTIRE COST OF ALL MY TEXTBOOKS.
21:03:56
I CAN'T WAIT TO FURTHER MY
21:03:58
CAREER WITH THIS COMPANY.
21:04:00
I CAN'T WAIT TO FURTHER MY
21:04:03
CAREER, THAT'S WHY IT'S SO

21:04:04
IMPORTANT FOR YOU GUYS TO
21:04:07
APPROVE OPTION 2 SO THAT THE
21:04:08
COMPANY CAN CONTINUE TO GROW
21:04:10
AND CREATE MORE JOBS AND MORE
21:04:12
OPPORTUNITIES NOT ONLY FOR
21:04:13
MYSELF BUT ALSO FOR ALL THE
21:04:15
OAKLAND RESIDENTS.
21:04:15
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
21:04:26
>> GO AHEAD.
21:04:29
>> GOOD AFTERNOON,
21:04:30
COUNCILMEMBERS, MY NAME IS ERIC
21:04:33

ALEXANDER, I ALSO JUST

21:04:35
GRADUATED FROM [INAUDIBLE] THIS
21:04:36
PAST SATURDAY AND MAJORED IN
21:04:39
CORPORATE MANAGEMENT AND
21:04:40
ACCOUNTING, I AM THE SUPERVISOR
21:04:42
AT DAVIS STREET AND ALTHOUGH
21:04:43
I'VE ONLY BEEN AT THE COMPANY
21:04:45
FOR ABOUT TWO MONTHS, IN THE
21:04:46
LITTLE TIME I'VE
21:04:48
BEEN HERE, I'VE BEEN ABLE TO
21:04:52
OBSERVE AND CO-EXIST AMONG THE
21:04:55
EMPLOYEES, OVER THE LAST FEW
21:04:56

WEEKS IVE HAD THE PRIVILEGE

21:04:58
TO SIT DOWN WITH MANY OF THE
21:05:00
SORTERS, I WAS ABLE TO LEARN A
21:05:02
LOT FROM EACH AND EVERY ONE OF
21:05:03
THEM AND I WAS MOVED BY THE
21:05:06
SENTIMENT FOR THE COMPANY.
21:05:07
I WAS VERY PLEASED TO HEAR THAT
21:05:09
MOST OF US ARE VERY CONTENT
21:05:11
WITH THEIR JOBS AND WE ENJOY
21:05:13
COMING IN TO WORK EVERY DAY.
21:05:16
MANY ALSO EXPRESSED WASTE
21:05:19
MANAGEMENT IS LIKE THEIR SECOND
21:05:20

HOME, THEY DON'T HAVE ANY

21:05:22
WORRIES WHEN THEY GO HOME OR
21:05:24
PROBLEMS WITH ANYONE, IT'S VERY
21:05:25
CLEAR THAT THESE OAKLAND
21:05:27
RESIDING EMPLOYEES ARE PROUD OF
21:05:29
THEIR JOBS AND THEY'RE EAGER TO
21:05:31
BRING WASTE MANAGEMENT TO THE
21:05:33
NEXT LEVEL, CHOOSE OPTION 1.
21:05:34
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
[APPLAUSE].
21:05:50
>> (CALLING SPEAKER NAMES).
21:06:11
>> ARE YOU REBECCA JEWEL?
21:06:13

>> I AM REBECCA JEWEL, I'VE

21:06:19
BEEN WORK AT WASTE MANAGEMENT,
21:06:22
I WANT TO SEE HOW TO REACH THE
21:06:23
LEVEL OF FACILITIES THAT WE
21:06:25
CURRENTLY HAVE AT DAVIS STREET
21:06:28
FOR ANY OTHER COMPANY, THE
21:06:29
FACILITY THAT WE WORK IS ABOUT
21:06:30
150 MILLION DOLLARS WORTH OF
21:06:32
INFRASTRUCTURE, IT'S BEEN
21:06:34
BUILT SINCE 1979, THE
21:06:36
POSSIBILITIES OF ANOTHER
21:06:36
COMPANY WOULD REALIZE THAT
21:06:38

LEVEL OF INFRASTRUCTURE AS WELL

21:06:39
AS THAT LEVEL OF PERMITTING
21:06:41
THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE IN
21:06:42
ADDITION TO COMPLYING WITH
21:06:45
STATE PERMITS, [INAUDIBLE]
21:06:46
PERMITS AND WATER PERMITS, WE
21:06:48
RECEIVE A VISIT FROM THE
21:06:51
ALAMEDA COUNTY ENVIRONMENTAL
21:06:53
HEALTH EVERY TWO WEEKS, WE'RE
21:06:55
IN COMPLETE COMPLIANCE.
21:06:57
THIS COMES WITH AN ENORMOUS
21:07:00
AMOUNT OF INFRASTRUCTURE AS
21:07:02

WELL AS THE VERIFICATION WE

21:07:04
HAVE CHECKS THE BALANCES TO
21:07:05
COMPLY WITH ALL THIS PERMITTING.
21:07:08
I'M SKEPTICAL ABOUT ANY OTHER
21:07:10
COMPANY REACHING THAT LEVEL OF
21:07:12
COMPLEXITY IN THREE YEARS.
21:07:12
THAT'S WHAT I HAVE TO SAY.
THANKS SO MUCH.
21:07:16
>> ALRIGHT, THANKS.
[APPLAUSE].
21:07:24
>> CITY COUNCIL, THANK YOU FOR
21:07:25
THE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK.
21:07:26
I'M NOT A SPEAKER, I'M A
21:07:29

GARBAGE MAN FOR 45 YEARS.

21:07:31
I DIDN'T KNOW I WAS GOING TO
21:07:32
TALK BUT WHAT I WANT TO SAY IS
21:07:35
THAT THIS IS A FAMILY.
21:07:38
JUST A LITTLE STORY, IT'S GOING
21:07:40
TO BE QUICK, BUT I WORK WITH A
21:07:44
GENTLEMAN CALLED WILLIAM
21:07:45
HAMILTON FOR 30 YEARS WHEN I
21:07:46
GOT OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL, WE DID
21:07:48
EVERYTHING TOGETHER, WE PICKED
21:07:49
IT UP AND WE DUMPED IT, HE
21:07:51
RETIRED AND ONE DAY A FEW YEARS
21:07:53

AGO, I WAS OUT WASHING THE

21:07:57
TRUCK, THERE'S THIS HANDSOME
21:07:58
KID THERE, AND IT WAS WILLIE'S
21:08:03
GRANDSON, AND IT BRINGS TEARS
21:08:06
TO YOUR EYES BECAUSE THERE'S
21:08:08
SUCH A HISTORY, THAT'S JUST ONE
21:08:10
ISOLATED CASE.
21:08:10
EVERYBODY HERE HAS A STORY LIKE
21:08:13
THAT, THAT WHEN YOU WORK WITH
21:08:14
SOMEBODY'S FATHER AND NOW
21:08:15
YOU'RE WORKING WITH THEIR SON,
21:08:17
YOU'RE WORKING WITH THEIR
21:08:18

GRANDFATHER, YOU CAN'T TAKE THAT

21:08:21
AWAY, ESPECIALLY TO ANOTHER
21:08:22
COMPANY THAT DOESN'T GIVE THEIR
21:08:24
EMPLOYEES WHAT THIS COMPANY
21:08:27
GIVES THEIR EMPLOYEES, IT WOULD
21:08:27
BE A SIN.
21:08:28
THIS GUY, THIS IS THE GREATEST
21:08:32
-21:08:33
>> [LAUGHTER].
21:08:33
>>
[ Applause ]
.
21:08:38
>> HIS GRANDFATHER AND I
21:08:41

[INAUDIBLE] IN THE RAIN, IN THE

21:08:43
HEAT AND THERE MIGHT HAVE BEEN
21:08:45
BAD DAYS BUT MOSTLY WE LAUGHED
21:08:46
AND WE LAUGHED OVER 40 YEARS
21:08:48
UNTIL HE RETIRED AND I MEET
21:08:50
THIS GUY AND YOU DON'T KNOW
21:08:52
WHAT THAT MEANS, AND NOW HE'S
21:08:54
STARTING A LIFE WITH HIS FAMILY
21:08:56
AND SOMEBODY WANTS TO TAKE THAT
21:08:58
AWAY, IT'S NOT RIGHT, IT'S NOT
21:09:00
FAIR.
21:09:01
THERE'S SO MUCH HISTORY AND NOT
21:09:02

EVERYBODY WANTS TO BE A GARBAGE

21:09:04
MAN WHEN THEY GROW UP BUT SOME
21:09:06
OF US DO AND SOME OF US LOVE
21:09:07
THE JOB.
[APPLAUSE].
21:09:19
>> OKAY.
21:09:22
ALRIGHT.
21:09:22
THAT IS -- THAT IS ALL OUR OPEN
21:09:24
FORUM SPEAKERS.
21:09:25
THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING, AND
21:09:28
IT LOOKS LIKE WE'LL SEE YOU
21:09:31
AGAIN SOON.
[APPLAUSE].
21:09:42

>> WE NOW MOVE TO -21:09:44

>> MADAM PRESIDENT, BEFORE WE
21:09:45
MOVE FORWARD ->> MS. MCELHANEY?
21:09:49
>> I WANTED TO SAY WE HAD A
21:09:51
COUPLE OF PEOPLE WHO CAME
21:09:52
FROM THE LIBRARY.
21:09:52
I DON'T KNOW IF WE GOT TO THEIR
21:09:54
NAMES.
21:09:54
>> I THINK THEY MAY HAVE SIGNED
21:09:56
UP ON AN ITEM.
21:09:57
>> OKAY, I THOUGHT THEY WERE
21:10:00
COMING FOR OPEN FORUM, IF WE

21:10:01
COULD MAYBE TAKE TWO OF THEM
21:10:03
WHILE THESE FOLKS ARE EXITING,
21:10:04
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WOULD BE
21:10:06
APPROPRIATE OR IF YOU WOULD
21:10:08
YIELD.
21:10:08
>> CAN SOMEBODY GO FIND THEM.
21:13:33
[INAUDIBLE].
21:14:03
[INAUDIBLE].
21:14:04
[INAUDIBLE].
21:14:14
[INAUDIBLE].
21:14:27
>> FREE MUSIC, FOOD AND A
21:14:28
HEALTH CARE, WE CONTINUE TO

21:14:29
GIVE THANKS TO BARBARA FOR ALL
21:14:31
THAT SHE'S DOING IN THE BLACK
21:14:33
AND BROWN COALITION IN WEST
21:14:35
OAKLAND CELEBRATING JUNE 10TH,
21:14:38
THIS JUNETEENTH, THIS JUNE
21:14:42
28TH ON BROCKHURST STREET, AND
21:14:43
THEN I WOULD ASK THAT YOU ALL
21:14:46
JOIN ME IN ADJOURNING TONIGHT'S
21:14:47
MEETING IN THE NAME OF KEVIN
21:14:56
WESTON, WEST OAKLAND
21:14:57
SANAKAHODGE, SAYS EVERY ONE OF
21:14:58
US IS GOOD AT COUNTING

21:15:03
CELESTIAL BODY, BLINDING A
21:15:05
DRAMA TO DARK BLESSING, WE KNOW
21:15:07
OUR ANGELS WELL, WE SALUTE
21:15:09
THEM, KNOW YOU ARE AMONG THEM
21:15:13
ALWAYS, KEVIN IS A SON OF THE
21:15:17
CITY, HE AND LATIFA HAS JOINED
21:15:22
US IN HIS COURAGEOUS FIGHT WITH
21:15:25
LEUKEMIA, IT HAS LED TO MANY
21:15:27
OTHER LIVES BEING SAVED AND SO
21:15:29
MANY OTHER PEOPLE TOUCHED
21:15:31
THROUGH THEIR BONE MARROW
21:15:33
DRIVE, SO WE ARE SENDING OUR

21:15:35
LOVE AND LIFE TO LATIFA AND TO
21:15:37
THE GIRLS AND WOULD ASK THAT
21:15:39
THE COMMUNITY CONTINUE TO HOLD
21:15:40
THEM UP IN LOVE AND LIGHT, THEY
21:15:42
ARE CONTINUING TO RAISE FUNDS
21:15:45
NOW, THIS COMMUNITY HAS BEEN SO
21:15:47
[INAUDIBLE] THROUGHOUT THIS BATTLE
21:15:50
WITH YOUR GENEROUS DONATIONS
21:15:51
WHICH YOU CAN CONTINUE TO GIVE
21:15:54
AT THE CAMPAIGN FOR KEVIN
21:15:56
WESTON AND WE JUST GIVE THANKS
21:15:59
TO THIS INCREDIBLE JOURNALIST,

21:16:02
THIS TEACHER, THIS
21:16:04
MENTOR AND OUR FRIEND, SO THANK
21:16:05
YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
21:16:07
>> VICE-MAYOR REID, YOU ARE
21:16:09
NEXT.
>> THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
21:16:11
I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THAT WE
21:16:14
WOULD ADJOURN IN MEMORY OF TWO
21:16:20
INCREDIBLE PEOPLE, SO FIRST IS
21:16:27
PEGGY THOMPSON, PEGGY DIED TWO
21:16:29
WEEKS AGO, SHE WAS THE MAYOR OF
21:16:31
THE CITY OF ALBANY, JUST A

21:16:37
TRULY, TRULY REMARKABLE WOMAN,
21:16:37
IF YOU WERE IN HER PRESENCE,
21:16:40
YOU KNEW HOW MUCH SHE LOVED THE
21:16:42
CITY IN WHICH SHE WAS THE MAYOR
21:16:44
OF, THE CITY IN WHICH SHE
21:16:48
RAISED HER FAMILY, JUST A
21:16:49
LITTLE BACKGROUND ON PEGGY, SHE
21:16:51
EARNED A BACHELOR'S AND
21:16:52
MASTER'S DEGREE IN EDUCATION
21:16:55
FROM FRESNO STATE UNIVERSITY,
21:16:56
FRESNO STATE, SHE MET HER
21:16:58
HUSBAND JOHN WOULD WAS ALSO

21:17:01
STUDYING IN EDUCATION, THE
21:17:02
COMPANY MOVED TO ALBANY WHERE
21:17:05
JOHN BECAME A 39 YEAR CAREER AT
21:17:07
A HIGH SCHOOL AND SHE BEGAN HER
21:17:10
OWN TEACHING CAREER WORKING IN
21:17:13
ALBANY AND RICHMOND AREA
21:17:15
SCHOOL, SHE TAUGHT SAILORS
21:17:17
THROUGH A PROGRAM, IF UNITED
21:17:20
STATES NAVY HAD WITH CHAPMAN
21:17:25
COLLEGE, AND PEGGY, SHE LEAVES
21:17:28
TO MOURN HER HUSBAND JOHN, HER
21:17:30
TWO SONS JAMES AND ROBERT AS

21:17:33
WELL, HAS THREE GRAND
21:17:36
DAUGHTERS, HER ELDEST DAUGHTER
21:17:37
DIANA DIED IN THE YEAR 2002 OF
21:17:40
A BRAIN TUMOR AND THEY JUST
21:17:43
RECENTLY HAD HER MEMORIAL
21:17:45
SERVICE AT THE FIRST
21:17:48
PRESBYTERIAN AND BECOME LEE, I
21:17:49
WISH ALL OF YOU HAD THE
21:17:51
OPPORTUNITY TO KNOW PEGGY AND
21:17:52
TO KNOW HOW MUCH SHE LOVED HER
21:17:55
CITY.
21:17:56
SHE SURELY WILL BE MISSED BY

21:17:58
THOSE OF US THAT SIT ON THE
21:18:00
ALAMEDA COUNTY TRANSPORTATION
21:18:01
COMMISSION.
21:18:02
SHE CERTAINLY WILL BE MISSED BY
21:18:03
HER FAMILY AND ALL OF THOSE WHO
21:18:07
KNEW HER.
21:18:08
SECOND, I WOULD LIKE TO ADJOURN
21:18:09
IN MEMORY OF SOMEONE THAT I GOT
21:18:11
TO KNOW ON A PERSONAL LEVEL.
21:18:15
SHE WAS THE FORMER PRINCIPAL AT
21:18:19
GRASS VALLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
21:18:21
SHE HELPED TO SHAPE THE LIVES

21:18:24
OF MY TWO YOUNGEST DAUGHTERS,
21:18:26
ONE WOULD WENT THROUGH THE
21:18:27
OAKLAND PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM
21:18:29
AND GRADUATED FROM CAL STATE
21:18:31
EAST BAY AND MY YOUNGEST
21:18:34
DAUGHTER WHO IS ATTENDING THE
21:18:40
UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII, BRAZELA
21:18:42
JACKSON TRULY, TRULY A
21:18:44
REMARKABLE WOMAN THAT TRULY
21:18:45
LOVED KIDS AND ABOUT THE
21:18:46
QUALITY OF EDUCATION THAT THEY
21:18:48
WERE RECEIVING AT GRASS VALLEY.

21:18:50
SHE MADE SURE AND SHE FOUGHT TO
21:18:53
MAKE SURE THERE WAS TEACHERS
21:18:55
THAT HAD HER PHILOSOPHY OF
21:18:57
ABOUT MAKING SURE THE CHILDREN
21:18:58
KNEW THAT THEY WERE LOVED AND
21:19:00
THAT THEY WERE CARED FOR AND
21:19:02
THAT UNDER HER LEADERSHIP AT
21:19:05
GRASS VALLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL,
21:19:06
THAT THEY WERE GOING TO GET THE
21:19:11
BEST EDUCATION THAT ANY CHILD
21:19:12
SHOULD RECEIVE IN THE STATE OF
21:19:16
CALIFORNIA.

21:19:16
SHE TRULY WILL BE MISSED.
21:19:20
SHE PASSED AWAY PEACEFULLY AT
21:19:23
HER HOME ON JUNE 12, 2014, SHE
21:19:27
IS SURVIVED BY HER HUSBAND,
21:19:29
MICHAEL WAYNE JACKSON, SOME OF
21:19:31
YOU MAY KNOW MR. JACKSON, HE
21:19:34
WAS AN OPT

-- OPTOMETRIST, HE

21:19:39
HAD AN OFFICE ON BROADWAY.
[INAUDIBLE].
21:19:52
ROSELA GRADUATED BACHELOR'S
21:19:53
DEGREE IN PHILOSOPHY AND A
21:19:55
MASTER'S DEGREE IN EDUCATION
21:19:56

FROM THE CALIFORNIA STATE

21:19:58
UNIVERSITY EAST BAY, SHE WAS AN
21:20:00
EDUCATOR WITH THE OAKLAND
21:20:02
UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR
21:20:03
OVER 30 PLUS YEARS AND RECEIVED
21:20:05
MANY PROFESSIONAL AWARDS AND
21:20:06
HONORS DURING HER CAREER.
21:20:08
SHE WAS THE PRINCIPAL AT GRASS
21:20:10
VALLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN
21:20:11
OAKLAND FOR 9 YEARS PRIOR TO
21:20:14
HER RETIREMENT IN 2011.
21:20:16
THEY GREW UP IN ST. PAUL,
21:20:18

MINNESOTA, SHE LOVED TO TRAVEL,

21:20:20
SHE WAS A WONDERFUL COOK AND
21:20:21
SHE WAS WELL KNOWN FOR HOSTING
21:20:26
ELEGANT, INTIMATE GATHERINGS AS
21:20:28
WELL AS EXUBERANT AFFAIR, SINCE
21:20:30
HER DIAGNOSIS WITH PANCREATIC
21:20:32
CANCER JUST OVER A YEAR AGO,
21:20:35
SHE WOULD OFTEN REMARK SHE HAD
21:20:37
A WONDERFUL LIFE AND THROUGH
21:20:38
HER LIFE, SHE SHARED HER WARM
21:20:41
BOUNDLESS LOVE OF LIFE WITH A
21:20:44
NUMBER OF FRIENDS, FAMILY AND
21:20:45

COLLEAGUES.
21:20:46
I KNOW I WILL MISS THAT
21:20:50
INCREDIBLE SMILE, I WILL MISS
21:20:53
HER LOVE OF HER CHILDREN AND I
21:20:55
WILL JUST MISS HER AS ONE OF
21:20:57
GOD'S CHILDREN THAT WE WERE ALL
21:21:00
BLESSED TO KNOW, THOSE OF US
21:21:02
WOULD ARE PARENTS AND THOSE OF
21:21:04
US WHO KNEW HER AS A FRIEND.
21:21:08
AND I WAS REALLY TAKEN BACK
21:21:10
WHEN I LEARNED OF HER PASSING,
21:21:12
BUT I KNOW SHE IS SMILING DOWN
21:21:14

ON US AND I THINK ABOUT ALL THE

21:21:16
KIDS WHO HAVE GONE THROUGH THE
21:21:19
OAKLAND PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM
21:21:20
THAT SHE PLAYED A SIGNIFICANT
21:21:24
ROLE IN THEIR LIVES, IN THE
21:21:27
COLLEGES THAT THEYVE GONE
21:21:28
OFF TO, WHETHER IT BE HARVARD
21:21:32
OR PRINCETON OR YALE, ANY OF
21:21:35
THE I.V. LEAGUE SCHOOLS OR
21:21:38
THOSE HISTORICAL BLACK COLLEGE,
21:21:40
THERE'S A LOT OF YOUNG PEOPLE
21:21:41
THAT HOLD A GREAT DEBT OF
21:21:45

GRATITUDE TO HER, FOR ME AS A

21:21:46
PARENT OF TWO FORMER STUDENTS
21:21:49
OF HERS WHO SHE PLAYED A
21:21:51
SIGNIFICANT ROLE IN HELPING TO
21:21:53
SHAPE THEIR LIVES, I OWE
21:21:57
TREMENDOUS DEBT OF GRATITUDE TO
21:22:02
HER, AND SHE WILL BE MISSED.
21:22:05
THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT AND
21:22:07
THE COUNCIL.
21:22:07
>> THANK YOU, MR. REID.
21:22:10
NEXT IS COUNCILMEMBER SCHAAF.
21:22:13
>> I HAVE ONE ANNOUNCEMENT TO
21:22:16

SHARE, THIS SUNDAY, MY SAVE

21:22:19
OAKLAND SPEAKER SERIES
21:22:20
CONTINUES AT HUB OAKLAND, IT'S
21:22:22
GOING TO BE THIS SUNDAY FROM
21:22:25
4-6, AND HUB OAKLAND IS LOCATED
21:22:28
AT 2323 BROADWAY BETWEEN GRAND
21:22:32
AND 23RD.
21:22:32
THIS SUNDAY, THE THEME IS
21:22:34
OAKLAND BACK TO SCHOOL
21:22:37
BLUEPRINT, HOW WILL OAKLAND
21:22:39
SCHOOLS KEEP ALL STUDENTS SAFE
21:22:39
AND PREPARED TO GRADUATE AND
21:22:40

WE'RE GOING TO FEATURE A

21:22:43
FABULOUS PANEL OF FIVE LOCAL
21:22:44
LEADERS THAT ARE HELPING LEAD
21:22:51
THE WAY, DAVID COCASHIBA OF THE
21:22:53
EAST BAY ASIAN CENTER AND THE
21:22:54
PRESIDENT OF THE UNIFIED
21:22:56
PRESIDENT BOARD OF DIRECTOR,
21:22:58
CAR REAM WEAVER, EXECUTIVE
21:22:59
DIRECTOR AT NEW LEADERS FOR NEW
21:23:03
SCHOOL, GEOFFREY GOD FREE,
21:23:04
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF
21:23:07
CALIFORNIA'S YOUTH OUTREACH,
21:23:10

DIMITRIA HUNTSMAN, TEENS

21:23:12
ON TARGET PROGRAM AND FINALLY
21:23:15
FABULOUS GENIUS WILLIAM, THE
21:23:17
CEO OF THE URBAN STRATEGIES
21:23:20
COUNCIL, FABULOUS PEOPLE DOING
21:23:22
FABULOUS WORK IN OAKLAND.
21:23:25
I HAVE ONE ADDITIONAL
21:23:27
ADJOURNMENT AND I WOULD BE
21:23:29
PLEASED TO JOIN COUNCILMEMBER
21:23:31
GIBSON MCELHANEY AND IN THE
21:23:35
ADJOURNMENT FOR KEVIN WESTON,
21:23:38
LATIFA WAS MY CLASS MEAT IN THE
21:23:41

2009 CLASS OF EMERGE CALIFORNIA

21:23:42
AND THE TWO OF THEM HAVE BEEN
21:23:44
WONDERFUL SUPPORTERS OF MINE
21:23:46
WHILE GOING THROUGH THIS VERY
21:23:47
TRYING JOURNEY THAT THEY HAVE
21:23:48
HAD TOGETHER FOR THE LAST TWO
21:23:52
YEARS AND I'LL JUST ADD THAT
21:23:53
KEVIN WAS JUST AN INCREDIBLY
21:23:57
INSPIRATIONAL TEACHER, ACTIVIST
21:23:58
AND REALLY A MULTIMEDIA
21:24:00
VISIONARY, AND WE ARE PROUD TO
21:24:02
CLAIM HIM AS OUR OWN OAKLAND
21:24:04

NATIVE.
21:24:04
I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO ADJOURN
21:24:06
THE MEETING TONIGHT IN MEMORY
21:24:11
OF JERRY MEADOWS, JERRY PASSED
21:24:14
AWAY ON MAY 29TH, SHE WAS AN
21:24:20
AMAZING WOMAN AND MENTOR TO
21:24:21
MANY WOMEN, SHE WAS ON THE
21:24:23
BOARD OF WOMEN'S POLITICAL
21:24:25
CAUCUS, ALAMEDA NORTH FOR
21:24:27
MANY YEARS AND SERVED AS
21:24:31
INTERMEDIATE PRESIDENT OF NWPC
21:24:32
AS A LONG TIME ACTIVIST IN LAY
21:24:37

BOXER REPRODUCTIVE JUSTICE,

21:24:38
CIVIL RIGHTS AND ANTIWAR
21:24:39
POLITICS AND MANY WOMEN HAVE
21:24:40
HER TO THANK.
21:24:42
THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
>> THANK YOU.
NEXT, COUNCILMEMBER BROOKS.
21:24:49
>> GOOD EVENING, I JUST WANT TO
21:24:51
REMIND PEOPLE THAT THIS COMING
21:24:53
FRIDAY, WE ARE BUILDING THE
21:24:58
PLAY STRUCTURE AT BURKHALTER
21:25:00
PARK WITH COMMUNITIES
21:25:01
VOLUNTEERS SO IF YOU'RE FREE ON
21:25:04

FRIDAY FROM 8:00 UNTIL 3:00 IN

21:25:06
THE AFTERNOON, WE'LL BE
21:25:08
FINISHED BUILDING THAT PLAY
21:25:09
STRUCTURE AND IT'S SOMETHING TO
21:25:10
TAKE PART OF THAT ACTIVITY SO
21:25:12
IF YOU'RE FREE, COME OUT AND
21:25:13
JOIN US AND HELP BUILD
21:25:15
SOMETHING FOR THE KIDS,
21:25:17
BURKHALTER PARK IS AT THE
21:25:19
EDWARD'S EXIT, YOU LOOK
21:25:22
STRAIGHT AT BURKHALTER PARK SO
21:25:23
IT'S RIGHT THERE IN THE
21:25:25

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

>> THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.

21:26:22
I HAVE ONE EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT
21:26:23
AND THEN ONE IN MEMORIUM.
TOMORROW ACTUALLY IS A
21:26:30
COMMEMORATION AND CELEBRATION
21:26:31
OF THE 50TH CELEBRATION OF THE
21:26:34
1964 CIVIL RIGHTS ACT, THIS
21:26:35
WILL TAKE PLACE AT 6:00 P.M.
21:26:39
TOMORROW EVENING AT BEE BEE
21:26:41
MEMORIAL CATHEDRAL IN NORTH
21:26:44
OAKLAND, AND THIS IS A PROGRAM
21:26:46
WITH A NUMBER OF NATIONALLY
21:26:48
RECOGNIZED SPEAKERS INCLUDING

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

SATURDAY ON A CLEANUP ON 35TH

21:29:07
AND FOOTHILL, CLEANING UP THE
21:29:09
AREA, NOT ONLY PICKING UP
21:29:11
TRASH, ILLEGAL DUMPING,
21:29:12
GRAFFITI REMOVAL AND
21:29:13
BEAUTIFICATION AT THE SAME
21:29:16
TIME, THIS SATURDAY FOR THOSE
21:29:17
OF YOU THAT MIGHT BE
21:29:19
INTERESTED, PLEASE JOIN US ON
21:29:22
HIGH STREET AND INTERNATIONAL
21:29:23
STARTING FROM 9:00, WE NOW GO
21:29:26
FROM 9-2 P.M., TRYING TO GET TO
21:29:29

KNOW OUR NEIGHBORS BUT AT THE

21:29:30
SAME TIME VOLUNTEER THE MAKE
21:29:33
SURE THAT OUR STREETS ARE SAFE
21:29:36
AND CLEAN AND WE'RE NOT ONLY
21:29:38
OUR FAMILIES BUT OUR CHILDREN
21:29:41
CAN ENJOY, OUR CONGRATULATIONS
21:29:42
GO OUT TO THE OAKLAND CHEATER
21:29:45
ACADEMY THAT WE JUST OPENED UP
21:29:47
A BRAND NEW MIDDLE SCHOOL ON
21:29:49
42ND AVENUE AND FOOTHILL AND SO
21:29:51
THE OAKLAND CHARTER ACADEMY IS
21:29:54
A SCHOOL THAT'S NATIONALLY
21:29:55

RECOGNIZED AS ONE OF THE BEST

21:29:57
HIGH SCHOOLS IN OAKLAND AND THE
21:29:59
U.S. AND CALIFORNIA AND THEIR
21:30:02
MIDDLE SCHOOL HAS RECEIVED MANY
21:30:05
HONORS INCLUDING THE CALIFORNIA
21:30:07
DISTINGUISHED SCHOOL, AND SO IF
21:30:09
YOU HAVE MIDDLE SCHOOL CHILDREN
21:30:10
AND WOULD LIKE TO ENROLL THEM
21:30:12
IN A POSITIVE ENVIRONMENT AND A
21:30:15
GOOD ACADEMIC PROGRAM, PLEASE
21:30:16
CONSIDER THE OAKLAND CHEATER
21:30:19
ACADEMY.
21:30:19

OUR THANKS GO OUT TO THE BRIDGE

21:30:22
HOUSING -- THE BRIDGE HOUSING
21:30:25
CORPORATION, THIS COMING
21:30:26
WEDNESDAY, WE WILL HAVE A GRAND
21:30:32
OPENING OF THE DEROSA HOUSING
21:30:34
PROJECT THAT'S LOCATED ON 26TH
21:30:37
AVENUE AND INTERNATIONAL RIGHT
21:30:38
NEXT TO THE OLD ST. JOSEPH DOWN
21:30:40
THE STREET OF THE CAESAR
21:30:44
EDUCATION SITE, AND WE'RE
21:30:46
GRATEFUL, WE'LL BE HAVING
21:30:48
AFFORDABLE UNITS AND I BELIEVE
21:30:49

MOST OF THEM ARE OCCUPIED BUT

21:30:52
IT'S A POSITIVE CONTRIBUTION TO
21:30:54
OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, AND ALSO THIS
21:30:57
COMING TUESDAY JUNE THE 24TH AT
21:31:00
6 P.M., WE WILL HAVE OUR PUBLIC
21:31:03
SAFETY COMMITTEE AND I'M SURE
21:31:05
IT'S GOING TO BE A VERY
21:31:08
EDUCATIONAL, ENTERTAINING AT
21:31:09
SOME POINTS BUT IT'S GOING TO
21:31:11
BE A REALLY WHERE WE CELEBRATE
21:31:13
OUR DEMOCRACY AND HAVING
21:31:15
DIFFERENCES AND AT THE SAME
21:31:16

TIME BE ABLE TO CRAFT OUR

21:31:19
FUTURE PUBLIC SAFETY INITIATIVE
21:31:21
THAT WE CURRENTLY CALL MEASURE
21:31:23
Y, SO THE MEASURE Y COMMITTEE
21:31:24
WILL BE PRESENT TO PRESENT
21:31:28
THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS, WHETHER
21:31:30
WHAT AN OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE
21:31:32
SHOULD LOOK LIKE, BE ABOUT
21:31:35
BECAUSE THEY'VE DONE THIS FOR A
21:31:36
NUMBER OF YEARS AND AT THE SAME
21:31:38
TIME BE ABLE TO RECOMMEND ON
21:31:43
THE CURRENT DRAFT OF THE
21:31:46

ADMINISTRATION AS PUT TOGETHER,

21:31:47
SO WE WILL IN NOVEMBER BE
21:31:49
REACHING OUT TO YOU TO CONTINUE
21:31:51
TO SUPPORT PUBLIC SAFETY AND SO
21:31:54
PLEASE JOIN US ON JUNE 24TH AT
21:31:56
THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE.
21:31:57
THANK YOU.
21:31:58
>> THANK YOU, MR. GALLO.
21:32:00
NEXT IS THE MAYOR.
21:32:04
>> JUST QUICKLY, I WANTED TO
21:32:06
THANK EVERYBODY WHO CAME TO
21:32:08
OUR LAST TOWN HALL MEETING IN
21:32:10

AREA 1 WITH COUNCILMEMBER KALB

21:32:12
AND -- I'M SORRY, THAT'S
21:32:15
COUNCIL DISTRICT 1, POLICE AREA
21:32:18
2, WITH COUNCILMEMBER KALB AND
21:32:20
OUR SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER JODEE
21:32:23
LONDON, WE HAD ABOUT 140 PEOPLE
21:32:26
AND GOOD DISCUSSION, AND I ALSO
21:32:27
WANTED TO REMIND PEOPLE THAT
21:32:30
THE AIDS WALK IS ON THE EAST
21:32:33
BAY IS THIS SATURDAY,
21:32:34
HISTORICALLY, SAN FRANCISCO
21:32:35
GIVES MORE ATTENTION BUT THE
21:32:38

AIDS EPIDEMIC IS GOING FASTER

21:32:39
ON THE EAST BAY, SIGNIFICANTLY
21:32:41
AMONG WOMEN AND AFRICAN
21:32:42
AMERICANS, AND THIS IS A CHANCE
21:32:44
FOR US TO SUPPORT THE CAUSE AND
21:32:47
TO EDUCATE PEOPLE ABOUT THE
21:32:50
DANGER OF BEING HIV POSITIVE,
21:32:53
AND LASTLY, WE ARE GOING TO
21:32:55
HAVE THE OAKLAND CONTINGENT IN
21:32:58
THE PRIDE PARADE IN SAN
21:33:00
FRANCISCO ON JUNE 29TH AND
21:33:02
WE'RE LOOKING FOR CONTINGENTS
21:33:05

TO JOIN US, THIS IS A TIME FOR

21:33:08
OAKLAND TO MARCH TOGETHER, LAST
21:33:09
YEAR WE WERE JOINED BY THE
21:33:10
POLICE DEPARTMENT, BY BANDS AND
21:33:12
SCHOOLS SO ANY OAKLAND GROUP
21:33:13
WHO WANTS TO MARCH WITH US CAN
21:33:15
JOIN US AND WE'RE GOING TO POST
21:33:18
OUR CONTINGENT NUMBER, LAST
21:33:19
YEAR WE WERE ABOUT A BLOCK
21:33:21
LONG, WE WELCOME EVERYBODY TO
21:33:23
JOIN US AND IT'S A WAY THAT WE
21:33:26
ALSO ADVERTISE OAKLAND PRIDE
21:33:26

WHICH IS GOING TO BE LABOR DAY

21:33:28
WEEKEND THIS YEAR.
21:33:29
THANK YOU.
21:33:30
>> THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR.
21:33:31
NEXT IS MR. REID.
21:33:33
>> THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT,
21:33:36
JUST REAL QUICKLY, I JUST
21:33:37
TOTALLY FORGOT, I WOULD LIKE TO
21:33:39
EXTEND AN INVITATION TO ALL OF
21:33:41
YOU AND TO THE PUBLIC ON JUNE
21:33:45
28TH AT 10:30, WELLS FARGO,
21:33:47
THEY ARE OPEN AND OPERATING
21:33:49

NOW, THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE

21:33:50
THEIR BIG GRAND OPENING AT
21:33:53
FOOTHILL SQUARE, SO PLEASE COME
21:33:55
AND JOIN US AND GET TO MEET AN
21:33:57
INCREDIBLE STAFF THAT WELLS
21:33:59
FARGO THAT ASSEMBLED TO PROVIDE
21:34:01
SERVICES TO THE RESIDENTS OF
21:34:04
OAKLAND, AND THEN FINALLY,
21:34:06
MADAM PRESIDENT, MY DAUGHTER
21:34:08
WOULD RESIDES IN THE STATE OF
21:34:10
FLORIDA, IN ORLANDO FLORIDA WAS
21:34:15
JUST HERE AND I WANT TO
21:34:18

CONGRATULATE HER, SHE DIDN'T

21:34:18
THINK I WOULD DO THIS, BUT I
21:34:20
TOLD HER I WOULD BECAUSE I WAS
21:34:22
PROUD OF HER AS A FATHER.
21:34:25
SO, I WOULD LIKE TO JUST
21:34:28
CONGRATULATE HER AND HER PART
21:34:30
R, SHE GOT MARRIED IN THE CITY
21:34:32
AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO.
21:34:35
SHE IS EXTREMELY HAPPY AND AS A
21:34:38
FATHER, I'M EXTREMELY PROUD OF
21:34:39
HER BECAUSE I RAISED HER RIGHT.
21:34:42
SHE HAS INCREDIBLE VALUES AND
21:34:44

SHE IS JUST AN AWESOME PERSON,

21:34:47
AND I JUST WANTED HER TO KNOW
21:34:48
THAT I WAS PROUD OF HER AND I
21:34:50
WILL SEND HER A COPY OF THIS.
21:34:52
SHE DIDN'T THINK I HAD THE
21:34:54
NERVE TO DO IT BECAUSE THERE
21:34:55
ARE SOME WHO TAKE ISSUES WITH
21:34:56
IT BUT I DON'T TAKE ISSUE WITH
21:34:59
IT.
21:35:00
SHE'S MY CHILD AND I LOVE HER
21:35:03
LIKE I LOVE MY OTHER CHILDREN,
21:35:06
SO SHAHIDA, CONGRATULATIONS.
21:35:10

>> CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU TOO.

21:35:14
[APPLAUSE].
21:35:14
>> WE NOW GO TO ITEM 4.1, IT IS
21:35:17
A RESOLUTION HONORING ALPHA NU
21:35:21
OMEGA CHAPTER FOR 85 YEARS OF
21:35:22
EXEMPLARY COMMUNITY SERVICE.
21:35:24
I SEE NO SPEAKERS.
21:35:25
>> SO, THAT WILL BE MOVED BY
21:35:28
MR. REID, SECONDED BY MS.
21:35:30
KAPLAN AND BY CONSENSUS, THE
21:35:33
RESOLUTION WHICH WILL NOW BE
21:35:35
PRESENTED BY MR. REID.
21:35:38

>> THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT

21:35:39
AND MEMBERS OF THE OAKLAND CITY
21:35:40
COUNCIL AND TO THE PUBLIC.
21:35:43
WE WERE -- THEY WERE HERE
21:35:45
RECENTLY AT OUR LAST COUNCIL
21:35:46
MEETING, I DIDN'T HAVE THE
21:35:50
RESOLUTION IN TOE, SO IT GIVES
21:35:52
ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT
21:35:58
TWO RESOLUTIONS, BUT I'M GOING
21:35:59
TO PRESENT THIS TO THE
21:36:03
ORGANIZATION ITSELF.
21:36:04
THIS SAYS HONORING ALPHA NU
21:36:07

OMEGA CHAPTER FOR 85 YEARS OF

21:36:10
EXEMPLARY COMMUNITY SERVICE,
21:36:10
WHEREAS INSPIRED BY THE
21:36:12
FOUNDERS OF THE INTERNATIONAL
21:36:15
ALPHA KAPPA ALPHA SORORITY
21:36:18
INC.

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

CHAPTER IS DEDICATED TO SERVING

21:36:33
THE COMMUNITY THROUGH THEIR
21:36:35
COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIP IN HEALTH
21:36:37
AND ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL JUSTICE
21:36:40
INITIATIVE AND WHEREAS ALPHA NU
21:36:42
OMEGA CHAPTER HAS AWARDED OVER
21:36:44
100 THOUSAND DOLLARS IN
21:36:46
ENDOWMENT AND SCHOLARSHIPS IN
21:36:47
THE PAST 40 YEARS AND WHEREAS
21:36:54
DURING THE 1970'S AND 1980'S,
21:36:57
THEY HELD AN ANNUAL LUNCHEON,
21:37:01
YOU GUYS DIDN'T INVITE ME, TO
21:37:04

BENEFIT THE HOSPITAL GILL WHICH

21:37:06
PROVIDES RESOURCES, SERVICE AND
21:37:08
MEDICAL SUPPLIES FOR THOSE LESS
21:37:10
FORTUNATE, AND WHEREAS THE
21:37:12
ALPHA NU OMEGA CHAPTER
21:37:15
CONSISTENTLY SUPPORTS THE CACAO
21:37:17
PROGRAM WHICH SUPPORT RESEARCH
21:37:18
AND DEVELOPMENT FOR TREATMENT
21:37:21
OF SICKLE CELL ANEMIA THROUGH
21:37:22
CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL IN OAKLAND.
21:37:24
WHEREAS THE ALPHA NU OMEGA
21:37:28
CHAPTER SIGNATURE GLOBAL
21:37:31

LEADERSHIP THROUGH TIMELESS

21:37:32
CITIZENSHIP FOCUS ON YOUNG
21:37:35
GIRLS, 6TH TO 8TH GRADE THAT
21:37:36
PROVIDED A FRAMEWORK FOR THE
21:37:39
ALPHA NU OMEGA CHAPTER TO
21:37:42
CONTINUE ITS EFFORTS WITH
21:37:43
DESERVING YOUNG LADIES.
21:37:45
26 YOUNG LADIES PRIMARILY FROM
21:37:48
OAKLAND AND RICHMOND ATTEND
21:37:49
MONTHLY ACTIVITIES AND EVENTS
21:37:51
THAT ARE -- AND ARE EXPOSED
21:37:55
TO AFFIRMATIVE LEADERSHIP
21:37:56

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.

WHERE SHE SERVES AT THE

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

GOOD EVENING AND I WANT TO

21:44:19
THANK MY COLLEAGUE, COUPES
21:44:21
MEMBER DAN KALB AND LYNETTE
21:44:23
MCELHANEY AS WE STAND TOGETHER
21:44:25
HERE TONIGHT, WE ARE HONOR
21:44:29
THING 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE
21:44:30
DEATH AND FRANKLY THE
21:44:32
ASSASSINATIONS OF THREE CIVIL
21:44:33
RIGHTS WORKERS WHO WERE WORKING
21:44:36
ON VOTING RIGHTS WHEN THEY WERE
21:44:37
MURDERED FOR THAT ACT, ANDREW
21:44:42
GOODMAN, JAMES CHANEY AND MICK
21:44:44

KI SCHWERNER AND THIS COMING

21:44:46
WEEK IS THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF
21:44:48
THEIR DEATH, SO HOW I WAS
21:44:52
RAISED, THE WAY YOU HONOR THE
21:44:54
PERSON WHO HAS PASSED, YOU LIFT
21:44:56
UP THE GOOD WORKS THEY'VE DONE
21:44:58
IN THEIR LIFE AND YOU COMMIT TO
21:45:00
CARRYING THOSE GOOD WORKS
21:45:02
FORWARD, SO I'M PLEASED TO BE
21:45:04
JOINED BY ALL OF YOU AND TO
21:45:06
ALSO ANNOUNCE AN EVENT ON
21:45:08
TUESDAY JUNE 24TH AT 12:15 AT
21:45:11

THE FEDERAL BUILDING WHICH IS

21:45:13
RIGHT BEHIND CITY HALL, THERE
21:45:15
WILL BE A PUBLIC MEMORIAL TO
21:45:18
HONOR THEIR LIVES AS WELL, SO I
21:45:20
WANTED TO SHARE THAT WITH ALL
21:45:23
OF YOU AND ALSO JUST TO SHARE
21:45:24
-- AND I WILL PASS THIS ALONG
21:45:26
FOR OTHERS IF THEY WANT TO ADD
21:45:28
A WORD, THAT THE FIGHT FOR
21:45:30
VOTING RIGHTS IS NOT OVER, THAT
21:45:31
THE EFFORT TO SUPPRESS THE VOTE
21:45:33
TO ENACT NEW LAWS TO TAKE AWAY
21:45:35

THE VOTE CONTINUE, AND THAT OUR

21:45:37
EFFORT TO BE VIGILANT AND TO
21:45:39
FIGHT BACK FOR VOTER RIGHTS FOR
21:45:41
ALL MUST CONTINUE AND SO WE
21:45:43
SHOULD NOT LET THE MURDER OF
21:45:45
THESE THREE YOUNG MEN DETER US
21:45:48
BUT TO PUT US FORWARD AS WELL
21:45:50
AS THE RECENT ATTACKS IN OTHER
21:45:52
STATES AGAINST VOTER RIGHT, IN
21:45:54
CALIFORNIA, YOU CAN REGISTER TO
21:45:55
VOTE ONLINE, YOU CAN GO TO THE
21:45:57
SECRETARY OF STATE'S
21:45:58

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

TOO IS NOT OVER, AND LASTLY, I

21:46:21
JUST WANT TO SAY THAT I GREW UP
21:46:27
ATTENDING ORTHODOX HEBREW
21:46:40
SCHOOL, I LEARNED AS A YOUNG
21:46:41
CHILD ABOUT THE MURDER OF THESE
21:46:43
THREE YOUNG MEN AND WHAT THEY
21:46:45
WERE FIGHTING FOR AND WHAT THEY
21:46:47
WERE STANDING UP FOR, AND I
21:46:49
HAVE ALWAYS SEEN THAT AS PART
21:46:51
OF THE LEGACY THAT WE HAVE
21:46:53
TO CARRY FORWARD AND I WAS
21:46:55
PARTICULARLY REMINDED OF THIS
21:46:58

WHEN RONALD REGAN LAUNCHED HIS

21:46:59
CAMPAIGN FOR THE PRESIDENT,
21:47:02
PHILADELPHIA MISSISSIPPI WHEN
21:47:03
HE WENT TO STAND ON THEIR GRAVE
21:47:05
TO TAKE THEIR DEATH AS A SIGN
21:47:10
OF HIS RIGHT WING BADGE SO, THE
21:47:13
STRUGGLE CONTINUES, WE HONOR
21:47:15
AND REMEMBER ANDREW GOODMAN,
21:47:17
JAMES CHANEY, MIKE L, KNOWN AS
21:47:24
MICKEY SCHWERNER, SO THANK YOU
21:47:26
FOR VOTING RIGHTS FOR ALL, WE
21:47:27
THANK YOU FOR THAT.
21:47:29

>> YOU HAVE SAID IT WELL,

21:47:31
PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE, WE WHO
21:47:34
BELIEVE IN FREEDOM CAN
21:47:36
[INAUDIBLE] -- CANNOT REST
21:47:39
UNTIL THEY COME, SO IN THIS
21:47:41
PLACE, IN THIS CITY AT THIS
21:47:43
TIME, WE FIGHT FOR WAGE JUSTICE
21:47:45
AS WE FIGHT FOR CLEAN ENERGY OR
21:47:49
CLEAN COMMUNITIES FOR SAFE
21:47:51
NEIGHBORHOODS, WE CONTINUE THIS
21:47:52
WORK OF THESE BRAVE YOUNG MEN
21:47:55
WHO WERE LIKE BABIES IN OUR
21:47:57

EYES IN MANY WAYS BUT STOOD UP

21:48:00
FOR OUR

DEMOCRACY AND OUR

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

YEARS A IT'S THE CELEBRATION OF

21:48:30
THE EFFORT THEY MADE AND IN THE
21:48:33
SUCCESSES WE'VE HAD AND THE
21:48:34
REMEMBRANCE THAT WE STILL HAVE
21:48:36
MORE SUCCESSES TO COME.
21:48:37
WHILE MAYBE IN CALIFORNIA,
21:48:39
WE'RE DOING IT BETTER THAN IN
21:48:41
OTHER STATE, SOME OF THE STATES
21:48:43
IN THE PAST THREE YEARS, SOME
21:48:47
OF THE FOLKS IN THE PAST THREE
21:48:49
YEARS IN OTHER STATES HAVE BEEN
21:48:50
GOING BACK IN TIME, IT'S LIKE
21:48:51

DID I BREAK UP IN ALICE IN

21:48:54
WONDER LAND 50 YEARS AGO, ARE
21:48:57
WE FELTING THIS AGAIN?
21:48:58
THINGS THAT HAPPEN TO TRY IN
21:49:00
OTHER STATES TO REDUCE VOTER
21:49:02
TURN-OUT TO MAKE IT HARDER TO
21:49:04
VOTE IS REMINISCENT OF WHAT WE
21:49:06
THOUGHT WE GOT RID OF CLOSE TO
21:49:08
50 YEARS AGO, SO WHAT COMES
21:49:10
AROUND GOES AROUND SADLY, SO
21:49:12
THAT THE BATTLE OF VICTORY IS
21:49:15
GREAT, BUT YOU ALWAYS HAVE TO
21:49:19

REENGAGE AND CONTINUE THAT

21:49:22
VICTORY AND FIGHT TO KEEP IT,
21:49:24
THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE TODAY TO
21:49:26
EXPRESS OUR APPRECIATION FOR
21:49:28
THE HARDWORKING PEOPLE, WHEN I
21:49:30
WAS A BABY WHEN THE CIVIL
21:49:31
RIGHTS MOVEMENT WAS GETTING
21:49:32
STARTED BUT THE APPRECIATION OF
21:49:34
THE HARDWORKING PEOPLE OF ALL
21:49:35
BACKGROUNDS AND ALL PARTS OF
21:49:37
THE COUNTRY WHO WORK SO HARD
21:49:39
AND IN SOME CASES GAVE THEIR
21:49:41

LIVES SO WE COULD HAVE SOME

21:49:44
IMPROVEMENT LIKE WE SAY, WE
21:49:45
STILL HAVE MORE TO GO BUT WE
21:49:48
MADE SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS IN
21:49:49
THE LAST 50 YEARS AND WE'LL
21:49:51
CONTINUE TO MAKE MORE PROGRESS
21:49:52
AS WE MOVE FORWARD, SO WE HAVE
21:49:55
OUR PERSONS OF FAITH HERE TO
21:49:56
SAY A FEW WORDS?
21:49:57
>> THANK YOU.
21:49:59
I'M BISHOP WATKINS AND I'M THE
21:50:01
PASTOR OF JACK LONDON SQUARE
21:50:03

CHAP BELL, CHURCH OF GOD AND

21:50:04
CHRIST, AND I REMEMBER WHEN
21:50:06
THIS HAPPENED, I WAS ABOUT 19
21:50:08
YEARS OLD AND WE WERE OUTRAGED
21:50:11
THAT THESE YOUNG MEN WERE
21:50:12
MURDERED GOING DOWN A BACK
21:50:15
ROAD, TOOK A WRONG TURN, AND
21:50:16
CAME UP IN A TOWN THAT WAS FULL
21:50:19
OF THE KKK, AND WE WERE SO
21:50:22
OUTRAGED AND WE WERE VERY ANGRY
21:50:25
HERE IN OAKLAND, BUT YOU KNOW,
21:50:29
WITH THEIR DEATH CAME THE
21:50:32

VOTING RIGHT OF 1965 AND THEN

21:50:36
64 AND 65, IT CAME APPARENT
21:50:39
THAT NOT ONLY WAS THE VOTING
21:50:42
RIGHT, IT WAS THE CIVIL RIGHT
21:50:43
ACT OF 65 AND THE VOTING RIGHT
21:50:46
ACT OF 64, OUT OF THEIR DEATHS,
21:50:48
SO WHEN IT COMES DOWN TO
21:50:50
VOTING, LET EVERYONE GO OUT AND
21:50:53
BE HEARD, BE HEARD, PUT OUT
21:50:55
YOUR VOTES, GIVE YOUR VOTES,
21:50:57
HAVE YOUR VOICE HEARD BECAUSE
21:50:59
THESE YOUNG MEN DIED FOR THAT,
21:51:01

AND I'M THE FOUNDER OF

21:51:04
[INAUDIBLE] OF HOPE OWH
21:51:06
STUDIOS WHICH TEACHES BROADCAST
21:51:09
TELEVISION TO AT RISK YOUTH AND
21:51:10
WE JUST OPENED IT UP TO
21:51:12
VETERANS, WHAT YOU DO IS WE
21:51:14
WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE WORD
21:51:19
GETS OUT, THAT THERE IS A VOTE.
21:51:23
BE SURE AND VOTE, WHOEVER IS IN
21:51:25
YOUR DISTRICT AND THIS IS
21:51:27
OAKLAND, GET YOUR VOTE OUT.
21:51:29
THANK YOU, AND THIS
21:51:32

PROCLAMATION WILL HANG IN OUR

21:51:35
HALL, AT THE MARCUS GARVEY
21:51:38
BUILDING, HE FILED THE DESIGN
21:51:39
AND ALL THE OTHERS WOULD WERE
21:51:42
PIONEERS IN THE BLACK COMMUNITY
21:51:43
WORKED OUT OF THAT BUILDING AT
21:51:45
8TH AND CHESTER, IT'S CALLED
21:51:47
LIBERTY HALL, COME AND VISIT
21:51:50
THAT BUILDING, THIS
21:51:51
PROCLAMATION WILL HANG WITH THE
21:51:53
OTHER MEN AND WOMEN OF THIS
21:51:56
GREAT CITY WHO CREATED OAKLAND.
21:52:00

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

MISSISSIPPI MUD, THE WITNESS

21:52:30
WHO SAW THAT WAS HATE, THEY
21:52:32
WERE KILLED, NUMBER ONE, FOR
21:52:34
WHO THEY ARE AND THEY ARE NOT
21:52:35
THE FIRST MEN WHO FERTILIZED
21:52:37
THE GROUND, THE FIRST JEWISH
21:52:40
MEN, THE FIRST AFRICAN MEN WHO
21:52:42
FERTILIZED THE GROUND IN THE
21:52:44
NAME OF HATE, THEY WERE NOT
21:52:45
ONLY KILLED FOR WHO THEY WHAT
21:52:48
AND WHAT THEY ARE, BUT WHAT
21:52:51
THEY STOOD FROM, THE IDEA THAT
21:52:55

IS REPRESENTED IN OUR PEOPLE

21:52:56
AND ALL OF OUR PEOPLE'S BIBLES
21:53:03
WHEN THE ISRAELITES GATHER, AND
21:53:07
THEY SAY IN THE HEBREW WORDS,
21:53:11
WE WILL DO AND WE WILL HEAR,
21:53:13
THE IDEA THAT THESE MEN DIED
21:53:15
FOR IS THE WE, WE WILL DO AND
21:53:18
WE WILL HEAR THAT THREAD
21:53:21
STRETCHES ALL THE WAY FROM THAT
21:53:23
MOMENT TO WE THE PEOPLE.
21:53:26
THERE IS NO COMMUNITY, THERE IS
21:53:27
NO BLESSED COMMUNITY, THERE IS
21:53:29

NO HOLY PEOPLE WITHOUT THAT WE.

21:53:33
IF WE SAY MY VOICE COUNTS AND
21:53:36
YOUR VOICE DOESN'T OR YOUR
21:53:37
VOICE COUNTS AND HIS DOESN'T OR
21:53:39
HERS DOESN'T BECAUSE SHE COMES
21:53:42
FROM SHARECROPPERS OR HER
21:53:43
PARENTS ARE FROM
21:53:45
SOMEWHERE OR HIS FAMILY IS FROM
21:53:48
EASTER EUROPE, ONCE WE SAY YOUR
21:53:50
VOTE COUNTS AND YOURS DOESN'T,
21:53:51
WE LOSE THE WE AND WE LOSE ANY
21:53:54
CLAIM WE HAVE, THE TO
21:53:57

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

FORWARD TO EVERY MOMENT FORTH,

21:54:23
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THIS
21:54:25
RESOLUTION.
21:54:26
>> MY NAME'S REVEREND DANIEL
21:54:30
BUFORD, I'M THE MINISTER AT THE
21:54:34
ALAN BAPTIST TEMPLE CHILDREN,
21:54:37
I AM THE MINISTER OF THE SOCIAL
21:54:39
JUSTICE ISSUES, I WANT TO THANK
21:54:41
AND COMMEND THE OAKLAND CITY
21:54:45
COUNCIL FOR BEING STEADFAST AND
21:54:46
HOLDING UP THE RIGHT TO VOTE
21:54:50
AND BEING STEADFAST NOT TO
21:54:52

REMOVE OR FORGET THE ANCIENT

21:54:54
MARKER THAT WAS LAID DOWN BY
21:54:58
SHEDDING OF THE BLOOD OF THESE
21:55:03
THREE MARTYRS, I WANT TO SAY
21:55:05
THE CURRENT SUPREME COURT HAS
21:55:07
EATEN UP THE FOUNDATION OF THE
21:55:10
VOTING RIGHTS ACT BY TERMITES,
21:55:12
THEY'RE EATING AT THE
21:55:13
FOUNDATION OF IT EVERY TIME
21:55:15
THEY GET INTO SESSION, THEY
21:55:17
FIND ANOTHER WAY TO ERODE IT.
21:55:19
I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT AS AN
21:55:21

AFRICAN AMERICAN, ONE OF THE

21:55:23
THINGS I KNOW FOR SURE SINCE
21:55:24
THEY HAVE TO TALK ABOUT OUR
21:55:26
VOTING RIGHTS AND THE VOTING
21:55:28
RIGHTS ACT EVERY 25 YEARS IS
21:55:30
THAT IT MEANS THAT OUR
21:55:32
CITIZENSHIP AND OUR RIGHT TO
21:55:33
VOTE AND OUR FREEDOM IS A NOT A
21:55:36
PERMANENT FEATURE OF OUR
21:55:37
CITIZENSHIP, IT MEANS OUR
21:55:39
FREEDOM AND OUR CITIZENSHIP AND
21:55:41
OUR RIGHT OF FREEDOM IS
21:55:42

CONDITIONAL ON WHOEVER THE

21:55:44
ELECTED OFFICIALS AND
21:55:45
POLITICIANS ARE WHO GET IN
21:55:46
EVERY 25 YEARS OR SO, WHO
21:55:49
REVIEW WHETHER OR NOT THE
21:55:51
ENFORCEMENT FOR VISIONS AND SO
21:55:53
ON SHOULD BE ENFORCED, SO I
21:55:55
WILL SAY THAT AS WE LIFT UP THE
21:55:58
NAMES OF SCHWERNER, GOODMAN AND
21:56:00
CHANEY WHO DIED IN 1964 AND
21:56:03
THEY DIED AT A TIME TO CHANGE
21:56:07
WHAT WE KNOW POLITICS NOW TO
21:56:10

BE, SO THE DEMOCRATS BECAME

21:56:13
BLACKER AND THE REPUBLICANS
21:56:15
BECAME WHATEVER IT IS THAT THEY
21:56:18
HAVE BECOME, SO HERE WE ARE,
21:56:20
THAT SAME YEAR, THEY DID THE
21:56:29
1964 RESOLUTION AND LINDEN
21:56:30
JOHNSON LOST THE DEMOCRATIC
21:56:32
PARTY BECAUSE OF HIS SUPPORT OF
21:56:34
THE 1964 CIVIL RIGHTS ACT WHICH
21:56:36
LED TO THE 1965 VOTING RIGHTS
21:56:38
ACT SO, WE ARE HERE TODAY TO
21:56:41
COMMEMORATE THIS HISTORY, TO
21:56:42

RELIVE THIS HISTORY AND TO KEEP

21:56:43
THE HOPE OF THAT HISTORY ALIVE,
21:56:46
SO THEN WE WILL HAVE THIS ON
21:56:48
DISPLAY IN THE FAMILY LIFE
21:56:50
CENTER AT THE ALLEN TEMPLE
21:56:52
BAPTIST CHURCH, SO ON BEHALF OF
21:56:59
OUR PASTOR DR. JAFREY SMITH,
21:57:04
AND OUR PASTOR, WE ARE
21:57:06
HONORED TO BE PART OF THIS
21:57:09
RESOLUTION AND THIS OBSERVANCE,
21:57:10
THANK YOU.
21:57:10
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, SO MOVED.
21:57:14

>> MOVED BY MS. KAPLAN,

21:57:16
SECONDED BY MS. MCELHANEY AND
21:57:21
BY CONSENSUS, WE
21:57:22
ENTHUSIASTICALLY SUPPORT THAT
21:57:25
RESOLUTION.
[APPLAUSE].
21:57:35
>> THAT TAKES US TO ITEM 35
21:57:37
WHICH IS APPROVAL OF THE DRAFT
21:57:38
MINUTES FROM THE MEETINGS OF
21:57:41
MAY 29TH, JUNE 2ND AND JUNE 3RD.
21:57:43
>> SO MOVED, MADAM PRESIDENT.
21:57:45
>> MOVED BY MR. REID, SECOND BY
21:57:48
MR. GALLO, AND BY CONSENSUS,

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.

>> AND MADAM CLERK?

22:00:31
>> THAT TAKES US TO OUR CONSENT
22:00:33
CALENDAR, I AM NOTING FROM
22:00:35
COUNCILMEMBER BROOKS SHE WISHES
22:00:36
TO SPEAK ON ITEM 7.13 AND SHE
22:00:39
IS REGISTERING A NO VOTE FOR
22:00:42
7.15.
22:00:42
AND THE FIRST ITEM IS 7.2,
22:00:48
EXCUSE ME, SORRY, -22:00:49
>> WE HAVE SPEAKERS ON A NUMBER
22:00:50
OF THE ITEMS.
22:00:52
>> MY GOD, WE DO.
22:00:53

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

ALSO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON

22:01:18
ITEMS.
22:01:18
>> AS I CALL YOUR NAME, PLEASE
22:01:20
APPROACH THE PODIUM IN ANY
22:01:21
ORDER AND STATE YOUR NAME FOR
22:01:24
THE RECORD.
(CALLING SPEAKER NAMES).
22:01:49
I WILL STOP THERE.
22:01:53
>> ALRIGHT.
22:01:53
FOLKS CAN COME UP IN ANY ORDER
22:01:56
AND JUST REMINDING YOU, IT'S A
22:01:58
ONE MINUTE TIME LIMIT.
22:02:00
SO, ANYONE WHO WANTS TO BE THE

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

FIGURES WE SHARED WITH YOU

22:04:20
ALREADY AS THE JUNE 6TH MEMO
22:04:25
FISCAL YEAR 2014-15 BUDGET
22:04:26
QUESTIONS, AND ALSO THE HANDOUT
22:04:28
YOU RECEIVED FROM THE LIBRARY
22:04:30
COMMISSION EARLIER THIS WEEK, I
22:04:33
E-MAILED TO ALL OF YOU YEARLY
22:04:36
FUNDING BREAKDOWNS FOR ANY OF
22:04:37
YOU WHO WOULD LIKE SPECIFIC
22:04:40
NUMBER, SO IN 2004, LIBRARY
22:04:43
FUNDING WAS SPLIT 50/50 BETWEEN
22:04:45
GENERAL FUND AND MEASURE Q, THE
22:04:47

GENERAL FUND SHARE WAS 10

22:04:49
MILLION 6 AND THE MEASURE Q
22:04:52
SHARE WAS 10 MILLION 6, THE
22:04:53
GENERAL FUND CONTRIBUTION TO
22:04:55
THE LIBRARY BUDGET HAD BEEN
22:04:57
STEADILY INCREASING PRIOR TO
22:05:01
THE GREAT RECESSION, THE
22:05:02
GENERAL FUND INVESTMENT DROPPED
22:05:04
TO ALMOST 9.1 MILLION DOLLARS,
22:05:05
A LEVEL REQUIRED TO COLLECT
22:05:08
MEASURE Q FUNDS, SINCE THAT
22:05:09
TIME, THE GENERAL FUND
22:05:11

INVESTMENTS HAVE REMAINED AT

22:05:12
THAT MINIMUM, NOT GROWING WITH
22:05:14
GROWING NEEDS AND INCREASING
22:05:16
COSTS, NOT TO MENTION
22:05:19
RECOVERING TO PRERECESSION
22:05:22
LEVELS, TODAY MEASURE Q BEARS A
22:05:24
BROADER PORTION OF THE LIBRARY
22:05:26
PORTION, WHILE THE LIBRARY
22:05:29
BUDGET HAVE GROWN ALONGSIDE
22:05:30
GROWING OAKLAND, THE GENERAL
22:05:32
FUND INVESTMENTS HAVE INSTEAD
22:05:35
DROPPED.
22:05:35

COMPARED TODAY'S MEASURES TO

22:05:38
THE 50/50 SPLIT, TODAY IN THE
22:05:41
PROPOSED BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR
22:05:44
2014, MEASURE Q PROVIDES 65% OF
22:05:47
THE LIBRARY'S BUDGET OR 17
22:05:49
MILLION 135, THE GENERAL FUND
22:05:51
OF THE LIBRARY PORTION HAS
22:05:53
DROPPED TO 35% OR 9 MILLION
22:05:56
060, WITH GENERAL FUND
22:05:57
INVESTMENTS REDUCED TO THE
22:06:00
ALMOST 9.1 MILLION DOLLAR
22:06:01
MINIMUM SINCE THE GREAT
22:06:03

RECESSION, THE LIBRARY HAS

22:06:04
CUTBACK ON SERVICES SUCH AS
22:06:07
LOSING ITS [INAUDIBLE] SERVICE
22:06:09
AND IT'S DIPPED INTO ITS OWN
22:06:11
RESERVE FUND TO FILL THAT GAB.
22:06:13
CURRENTLY THE LIBRARY IS
22:06:14
RUNNING AT A 3 MILLION DOLLAR
22:06:17
DEFICIT, WITH 2014, THE LIBRARY
22:06:19
RESERVE TAPPED INTO YEAR AFTER
22:06:21
YEAR WILL RUN OUT.
22:06:22
ANY FUTURE BUDGET GAP IF NOT
22:06:26
MET WITH GENERAL FUND
22:06:27

INVESTMENTS WILL NECESSITATE

22:06:29
WITH FURTHER CUTBACK, THAT'S
22:06:30
WHY I'M HERE TO ASK EACH OF YOU
22:06:32
TO REMEMBER HOW IMPORTANT THE
22:06:33
LIBRARY IS TO OUR CITY.
22:06:35
PLEASE COMMIT TO FILLING THE 3
22:06:37
MILLION DOLLAR BUDGET GAP.
22:06:38
WE ARE APPROACHING NEXT YEAR,
22:06:42
2015, PLEASE START PUTTING
22:06:44
ASIDE SURPLUS FUNDS NOW.
22:06:46
WE ON THE LIBRARY COMMISSION
22:06:47
COULD NOT AGREE MORE WITH
22:06:49

COUNCILMEMBER KALB'S WORDS FROM

22:06:51
YOUR JUNE 2 MEET, LET'S NOT
22:06:53
WAIT FROM A

YEAR FROM NOW TO

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

TO THREE BRANCH, YOU THINK

22:07:47
CLOSING A LIBRARY OR TWO OUT OF
22:07:49
16 BRANCHES IS NOT A HUGE DEAL,
22:07:52
BUT THESE LIBRARY ARES
22:07:53
STRATEGICALLY LOCATED IN OUR
22:07:54
CITY.
22:07:55
THEY PROVIDE A SOURCE OF
22:07:57
SUPPORT, SAFETY AND ACCESS FOR
22:07:59
AN AT RISK POPULATION THAT IS
22:08:04
ALREADY TECHNOLOGICALLY
22:08:04
[INAUDIBLE] WE'RE CUTTING OFF
22:08:06
SERVICES AND ACCESS FOR
22:08:06

CHILDREN AND TEENS WHO ARE

22:08:07
GROWING UP IN A DISADVANTAGED
22:08:11
ENVIRONMENT AND IN ADULT
22:08:13
POPULATIONS WITH SEVERE
22:08:19
ECONOMETRICALLY.
22:08:20
LIBRARIES ARE FEW SPACES THAT
22:08:24
IS WELCOME TO EVERYBODY,
22:08:24
CUTTING OFF THE ABILITY TO TRY
22:08:26
IN A COMMUNITY OF DIRE NEED OF
22:08:29
RESOURCES.
22:08:29
DURING THE PAST SIX YEARS WITH
22:08:31
BUDGET CUTS, THE LIBRARY HAS
22:08:34

HAD TO SERVE OAKLANDERS WITH

22:08:37
FEWER DOLLARS, SINCE 2006, THE
22:08:39
LIBRARIES HAVE REDUCED THE
22:08:41
NUMBER OF BRANCHES, THERE'S A
22:08:43
16% REDUCTION, THEY HAVE
22:08:46
ELIMINATED 35 EMPLOYEES AND THE
22:08:47
LIBRARY HAS RECEIVED NO MONEY
22:08:49
FOR BUILDING MAINTENANCE FOR
22:08:51
MUCH NEEDED IMPROVEMENTS.
22:08:57
OVERALL, IT'S REALLY IMPERATIVE
22:08:59
THAT AS A LIBRARY ADVISORY
22:09:04
COMMISSION, AS A STEWARD OF
22:09:07

MEASURE Q AND LIBRARY FUNDS, WE

22:09:08
URGE YOU TO REALLY CONSIDER
22:09:10
SETTING ASIDE FUNDS NOW BEFORE
22:09:14
THE BIG DEFICIT HITS NEXT YEAR.
22:09:16
THANK YOU.
[APPLAUSE].
22:09:22
>> GOOD EVENING, MY NAME IS
22:09:27
RANI ALATI AND I SEED MY TIME
22:09:29
TO HELEN BLOCK.
22:09:31
>> GOOD EVENING, MY NAME IS
22:09:33
ANNE DANIEL, I ALSO SEED MY
22:09:35
TIME TO HELEN BLOCK.
22:09:38
>> HELLO, MY NAME IS ALAN, I

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

DOLLARS FOR THE BLUEFORD CASE,

22:15:17
THE INDIVIDUAL WHO WAS -- THEY
22:15:20
SAY EXCESSIVE FORCE, THAT'S A
22:15:24
EUPHEMISM FOR UNJUSTIFIED
22:15:25
HOMICIDE BY THE POLICE.
22:15:26
UNDERSTAND THIS, THIS COMMUNITY
22:15:29
IS NOT ANTIPOLICE, IT'S
22:15:32
ANTIROLE COPS, AND THAT'S WHY
22:15:34
YOU NEED A POLICE CITIZEN'S
22:15:37
REVIEW COMMISSION.
22:15:38
LET'S DISPEL THE MYTH ABOUT WHO
22:15:43
COMPROMISES SUCH A COMMISSION,
22:15:45

YOU ACT LIKE CITIZENS CAN'T

22:15:46
MAKE THAT DETERMINATION.
22:15:48
WHO SAYS A LEGAL MIND WON'T BE
22:15:49
ON THAT COMMISSION.
22:15:51
WHO SAYS AN ADMINISTRATION
22:15:52
PERSON WON'T BE ON THAT
22:15:55
COMMISSION.
22:15:56
BUT WHO SITS ON JURY PANEL,
22:16:00
THEY'RE CITIZENS, SO WHY DON'T
22:16:03
YOU -- AND THEY SIT IN
22:16:06
JUDGMENT, GUILT OR INNOCENCE OF
22:16:07
FOLKS WHO HAVE BEEN CONVICTED
22:16:09

OF A CRIME, SO HOW COME YOU

22:16:13
CAN'T FIND THESE VEINS WHO SIT
22:16:16
ON THE CITIZEN REVIEW -- POLICE
22:16:18
REVIEW COMMISSION, KEEP THAT IN
22:16:22
MIND AND HAVING AN ACCOUNTABLE
22:16:25
REVIEW COMMISSION WITH
22:16:26
[INAUDIBLE].
22:16:27
THANK YOU.
22:16:27
>> THANK YOU, MR. HAZARD.
[APPLAUSE].
22:16:33
>> GOOD EVENING, MY NAME IS
22:16:35
[INAUDIBLE],
22:16:36
REPRESENTATIVE.

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

THERE ARE NO CONSEQUENCES FOR

22:18:47
THE PERPETRATOR, HE'S BACK ON
22:18:51
THE POLICE FORCE, THIS IS
22:18:53
UNFAIR, THIS IS THE EXTREME OF
22:18:54
WHAT IS GOING ON IN OUR CITY
22:18:59
UNDER THE BANNER OF RACIAL
22:19:01
PROFILING.
22:19:01
AT SOME TIME, WE AS A COUNCIL,
22:19:04
WE AS A CITY HAVE TO DEAL WITH
22:19:05
THE FACT THAT WE HAVE SOME
22:19:08
PERSONS IN OUR POLICE
22:19:09
DEPARTMENT, NOT ALL, ENGAGING
22:19:12

IN RACIAL PROFILING AS A RESULT

22:19:13
OF YOUR STOP AND SEARCH, IT IS
22:19:17
QUITE EVIDENCE THAT IT IS GOING
22:19:20
ON.
22:19:22
>> THANK YOU, MA'AM.
22:19:24
>> I'LL CONTINUE CALLING
22:19:26
NAMES.
(CALLING SPEAKER NAMES).
22:19:58
>> MY NAME IS LINDA RUDOLPH,
22:20:00
I'M HERE TO SPEAK ON 7.18, I'M
22:20:05
AN OAKLAND RESIDENT SINCE 1979,
22:20:07
I RAISED FOUR KIDS HERE, I
22:20:09
RETIRED FROM STATE AND LOCAL

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

THROUGH OUR FLAT LANDS

22:21:32
COMMUNITY BECAUSE WE STILL HAVE
22:21:37
IMPACTS OF AIR POLLUTION
22:21:38
THROUGH OUR CHAINING OUR
22:21:42
ELDERLY AND OUR DISABLED SO WE
22:21:44
COULD LIKE TO CONTINUE THE GOOD
22:21:47
WORK OF HAVING NO POLLUTION
22:21:50
ADDED TO THIS COMMUNITY.
22:21:51
SO, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> THANK YOU.
22:21:57
[APPLAUSE].
22:21:57
>> GOOD EVENING, COUNCILMEMBERS
22:21:59
AND MAYOR, MY NAME IS JESS, I'M

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

VOLUNTEER ORGANIZATION THAT WAS

22:24:38
ESTABLISHED UNDER MAYOR
22:24:46
LIONEL WILSON, ASPAC IS YOUR
22:24:47
ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON IS USE OF
22:24:49
HUNGER IN YOUR COMMUNITY.
22:24:50
WE SERVE THEM DAILY AND EACH
22:24:53
AND EVERY DISTRICT IN OAKLAND.
22:24:54
WE ARE THE AGENCIES THAT
22:24:56
NABBING UP THE CITY'S HUNGER
22:24:58
PROGRAM.
22:24:59
CURRENTLY, THE CITY COUNCIL
22:25:01
GIVES THE HUNGER PROGRAM 100
22:25:04

THOUSAND DOLLARS ANNUALLY,

22:25:06
WHILE WE DEEPLY APPRECIATE WHAT
22:25:07
YOU GIVE US, IT IS LESS THAN
22:25:08
WHAT WE NEED.
22:25:10
WE FEED ONCE A MONTH MOST OF
22:25:13
THEM ON THE THIRD FRIDAY OF THE
22:25:15
MONTH, AND WE SEE 3400 PEOPLE
22:25:17
HERE IN OAKLAND AND THAT'S JUST
22:25:19
A DROP IN THE BASKET.
22:25:21
WE REALLY NEED MORE MONEY TO
22:25:24
CONTINUE OUR SERVICES, THANK
22:25:24
YOU.
>> THANK YOU.

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

YOUTH, I'VE BEEN GOING THROUGH

22:27:47
SINCE I WAS 1 AND I'M 13 NOW,
22:27:49
AND IT'S JUST LIKE A SECOND
22:27:51
HOME TO ME, SO RENEWING THAT
22:27:54
CONTRACT WOULD MEAN SO MUCH TO
22:27:56
EVERYONE WHO'S BEEN GOING THERE
22:27:58
FOR THAT LONG AND LONGER AND
22:28:01
THE NEXT GENERATIONS WOULD BE
22:28:03
SO APPRECIATIVE OF IT, SO THANK
22:28:04
YOU SO MUCH.
[APPLAUSE].
22:28:12
>> MY NAME IS ROBERT PAKORNI,
22:28:16
I'M 60 YEARS OLD TODAY, BEEN

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
--

RECENT, SIX YEAR, NOT THAT

22:29:24

RECENTLY, HAVING RIVER CAMP HAS

22:29:25
BEEN MY SALVATION, I LEFT NEW
22:29:26
YORK CITY TO GET TO A SMALLER
22:29:28
CITY SO I CAME TO OAKLAND WHICH
22:29:30
IS A GREAT CITY AND I REALLY
22:29:32
LOVE IT, BUT SOMETIMES I NEED
22:29:33
TO GET OUT OF THE CITY, SO I
22:29:35
HOPE YOU TAKE A VISIT UP AND
22:29:37
COME SEE US UP IN QUINCY, WE
22:29:40
CAN HOST UP TO 300 KIDS I
22:29:42
BELIEVE AT ANY SUMMERTIME AND
22:29:44
WE'D LIKE THE CITY TO SUPPORT
22:29:48

NEWS BRINGING LOW-INCOME

22:29:48
FAMILIES UP TO THE CAMP.
22:29:50
I AM FORTUNATE TO BE ABLE TO GO
22:29:52
TO THE CAMP BECAUSE THEY DO
22:29:56
OFFER CAMP SCHOLARSHIPS FOR
22:29:59
LOW-INCOME FAMILIES AND BE IT
22:30:00
THAT I LIVE ON SOCIAL SECURITY
22:30:01
DISABILITY, I QUALIFY FOR THAT
22:30:03
AMOUNT OF MONEY AND I ALSO WANT
22:30:05
TO MENTION BEFORE MY TIME RUNS
22:30:06
OUT THAT IT ALSO HAS A WEEK
22:30:12
LONG PROGRAM FOR LGBTQ
22:30:16

FAMILIES, THANK YOU.

22:30:17
>> IS THAT ALL OUR SPEAKERS?
22:30:20
>> ALL NAMES WERE CALLED.
22:30:21
>> ALL RIGHT, NOW WE WILL GO TO
22:30:23
COUNCILMEMBERS WHO WISH TO
22:30:25
SPEAK.
22:30:26
MS. MCELHANEY, I HAVE YOU FIRST
22:30:26
IN THE QUEUE.
22:30:28
>> THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT,
22:30:31
I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT YOUR
22:30:34
ATTENTION ON 7.19 ON THE COAL,
22:30:36
I THINK WE HAVE TOO MANY MIC.'S
22:30:39

OPEN, THERE'S FEEDBACK.

22:30:45
WHILE WE DON'T PARTICULARLY
22:30:47
HAVE JURISDICTION OVER THE
22:30:48
RAILS, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT
22:30:53
FOR OUR COMMUNITY TO STAND UP
22:30:54
AND SAY TO THE GOVERNMENT AND
22:30:56
TO OUR REGULATOR AND OUR NATION
22:30:58
AT LARGE THAT WE ARE CONCERNED
22:31:00
ABOUT THE INCREASE USE OF RAIL
22:31:05
TO TRANSPORT THESE DANGEROUS
22:31:06
MATERIALS, PARTICULARLY OF COAL
22:31:08
AND OIL.
22:31:09

WE ONLY NEED TO THINK ABOUT

22:31:12
VIRGINIA OR QUEBEC, THE THINGS
22:31:13
THAT HAVE BEEN HAPPENING, JUST
22:31:16
LAST YEAR ALONE TELEVISING'S
22:31:17
BEEN AN INCREASED NUMBER OF
22:31:24
FATALITIES THAT WIPE OUT
22:31:25
COMMUNITIES, THIS IS VERY
22:31:26
ESSENTIAL TO THE SAFETY AND
22:31:27
WELL BEING OF OUR CITIZENS,
22:31:29
WITH SO MANY OF OUR COMMUNITIES
22:31:30
SITTING RIGHT ON THE RAIL LINE
22:31:32
AND OUR PORT IN SUCH CLOSE
22:31:35

PROXIMITY TO WHERE PEOPLE BOTH

22:31:39
LIVE AND WORK, SO IT'S ON THE
22:31:42
CONSENT CALENDAR AND I THANK
22:31:43
YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT.
22:31:45
>> THANK YOU, MR. KALB, YOU'RE
22:31:48
NEXT.
22:31:49
>> THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
22:31:51
I JUST WANTED TO TOUCH BASE ON
22:31:54
A FEW OF THE ITEMS VERY QUICKLY.
22:31:58
ON ITEM 7-16, THIS IS A
22:32:01
RESOLUTION WE'RE DOING ON
22:32:04
CONSENT PROCLAIMING JUNE 21 AS
22:32:06

ASK DAY, AND WHAT THAT REFERS

22:32:10
TO IS ASKING SAVE KIDS, I'LL
22:32:14
READ A COUPLE OF QUICK
22:32:16
STATISTICS, ONE OUT OF THREE
22:32:18
HOMES IN OUR COUNTRY HAS A
22:32:19
CHILD LIVING IN THE HOME AND A
22:32:23
GUN IN THAT HOME AS WELL, IN
22:32:24
MANY OF THOSE CASES, ESTIMATED
22:32:25
OVER A MILLION OF THOSE
22:32:27
SITUATIONS, THERE'S A LOADED
22:32:30
UNLOCKED GUN IN THOSE HOMES,
22:32:32
THE ASK CAMPAIGN IS VERY
22:32:34

SIMPLE, IT JUST SUGGESTS TO

22:32:38
PARENTS WHEN THEIR CHILD OR
22:32:40
CHILDREN ARE VISITING OTHER
22:32:42
FAMILIES, OTHER HOUSEHOLDS TO
22:32:43
ASK QUESTIONS, AS THE PARENTS
22:32:45
DO ON A ROUTINE BASIS, AND THIS
22:32:49
IS JUST TO ASK ONE MORE
22:32:51
QUESTION, BEFORE MY CHILD COMES
22:32:52
OVER, IS THERE AN UNLOCKED GUN
22:32:54
IN YOUR HOUSE, AND IF WE ASK
22:32:57
THAT QUESTION, WE MIGHT BE ABLE
22:33:00
TO PREVENT ACCIDENTS, FATAL
22:33:03

ACCIDENTS FROM HAPPENING AS

22:33:04
OFTEN AS THEY HAVE IN THE PAST,
22:33:06
SO IT'S A RESOLUTION THAT WE'LL
22:33:08
BE ADOPTING ON CONSENT AND
22:33:12
LET'S ALL BE VERY VIGILANT
22:33:16
ABOUT KEEPING GUNS WHERE THEY
22:33:18
SHOULD BE AND ONLY HAVING GUNS
22:33:21
WHEN ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY AND
22:33:22
MAYBE AS LITTLE AS POSSIBLE, SO
22:33:24
THANK YOU FOR THAT.
22:33:26
ALSO I WANT TO JUST COMMENT
22:33:28
VERY BRIEFLY ON ITEM 7-18, YOU
22:33:31

HEARD A FEW SPEAKERS TALK ABOUT

22:33:32
THIS.
22:33:32
THIS IS OUR EFFORT TO DIVEST
22:33:38
FROM LARGE FOSSIL FUEL
22:33:39
COMPANIES.
22:33:39
THERE WAS A BRIEF MENTION AT
22:33:41
THE FINANCE COMMITTEE WITH SOME
22:33:43
CLARIFICATION LANGUAGE THAT WAS
22:33:45
NEEDED, THAT CLARIFICATION
22:33:46
LANGUAGE HAS BEEN PUT INTO THE
22:33:48
RESOLUTION THAT IS BEFORE YOU
22:33:49
IN OUR PACKET AND WHILE WE HAVE
22:33:53

NEGLIGIBLE IF ANY INVESTMENTS

22:33:55
IN OUR CITY TREASURE

--

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

FUNDS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY

22:34:22
HAVE BEEN AROUND FOR 30 PLUS
22:34:23
YEARS AND IN MANY CASES, THEY
22:34:25
OFFER A BETTER RATE OF RETURN
22:34:28
THAN SOME MORE TRADITIONAL
22:34:30
MUTUAL FUNDS.
22:34:32
AND THEN FINALLY A QUICK
22:34:34
COMMENT, A QUESTION, THIS IS ON
22:34:38
ITEM 7.29 AND THIS MAYBE IS A
22:34:41
QUESTION FOR SOMEBODY ON OUR
22:34:43
STAFF, EITHER A CITY ATTORNEY
22:34:46
OR ADMINISTRATION, THIS DEALS
22:34:48

WITH THE APPROPRIATION OF OUR

22:34:50
FORFEITURE, WE HAD A DISCUSSION
22:34:51
ABOUT THIS AT PUBLIC SAFETY AND
22:34:53
I WAS WONDERING AND I GOT SOME
22:34:55
RESPONSE BACK BY E-MAIL, I WAS
22:34:59
WONDERING, IS IT PERMITTED, I
22:35:00
REALIZE THERE ARE RESTRICTIONS
22:35:01
AT WHAT THESE FUNDS CAN GO
22:35:04
THROUGH BY FEDERAL REGULATIONS,
22:35:06
I GET THAT, THE STATE AS WELL,
22:35:07
BUT IS WITHIN THE RESTRICTIONS,
22:35:09
IS IT PERMITTED TO HAVE THESE
22:35:11

FUNDS GO TO THE EXPANSION OR

22:35:15
FUNDING OF OUR CEASEFIRE
22:35:17
PROGRAM?
22:35:18
THAT'S CERTAINLY LAW
22:35:20
ENFORCEMENT, IT'S TWO ASPECTS
22:35:21
OF LAW ENFORCEMENT TOGETHER BUT
22:35:23
IT'S CERTAINLY CRIME PREVENTION
22:35:26
LAW ENFORCEMENT, EITHER THE
22:35:27
EXISTING OR POSSIBLE EXPANSION
22:35:29
OF CEASEFIRE, COULD THESE FUNDS
22:35:30
NOW OR IN THE FUTURE, NEXT
22:35:32
YEAR, LET'S SAY, GO TO THAT?
22:35:34

I WONDER IF ANYBODY HAS AN

22:35:35
ANSWER TO THAT.
22:35:37
>> IT LOOKS LIKE ASSISTANT
22:35:40
CHIEF FIGUEROA.
22:35:40
>> AND IT'S TOO LATE FOR NOW,
22:35:42
BUT NEXT YEAR WE HAVE THE SAME
22:35:44
QUESTION, SO I'M ASKING FOR THE
22:35:46
FUTURE.
22:35:48
>> PAUL FIGUEROA, THE FUNDS CAN
22:35:49
BE USED TO ADD TWO A PROGRAM,
22:35:53
SO YES, TO THAT EXTENT, THAT
22:35:54
IT'S ADDING TO THE PROGRAM OR
22:35:56

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

TO SUR PLANT WHAT WE ALREADY

22:36:19
HAVE.
22:36:19
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, THAT'S
22:36:20
ALL I HAVE.
22:36:22
>> CHIEF FIGUEROA, CAN I FOLLOW
22:36:23
UP ON THAT, WHAT IS THE NORMAL
22:36:27
PROCESS FOR DECIDING HOW THAT
22:36:30
ASSET FORFEITURE FUND IS USED?
22:36:32
>> IT DEPENDS -- WELL, THE
22:36:34
PROCESS IS THAT WE WILL BE
22:36:36
NOTIFIED THAT FUNDS WILL BE
22:36:38
DISPERSED THROUGH OUR AGENCY,
22:36:41

WE WILL AGREE TO COME TO

22:36:42
COUNCIL WITH A REPORT AND THEN
22:36:44
WE SIT DOWN AND COME UP WITH A
22:36:46
SPENDING LAN THAT WE BELIEVE
22:36:47
FITTING THE NEEDS OF THE
22:36:49
DEPARTMENT AT THE TIME AND THEN
22:36:50
WE BRING IT TO PUBLIC SAFETY
22:36:53
AND IT'S DISCUSSED, SO ONCE WE'RE
22:36:56
NOTIFIED WE RECEIVE FUNDS, WE
22:36:58
RECOMMEND THE SPENDING PLAN FOR
22:36:59
THOSE FUNDS BASED ON THE NEEDS
22:37:00
OF THE DEPARTMENT.
22:37:01

>> AND THEN IT COMES TO

22:37:02
COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL?
22:37:04
>> YES, IT DOES.
22:37:05
>> OKAY, THANK YOU.
22:37:07
I THINK THAT IS ALL.
THANKS.
22:37:12
NEXT IN THE QUEUE IS
22:37:16
COUNCILMEMBER KAPLAN.
22:37:16
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MADAM
22:37:19
PRESIDENT, AND I WANT TO THANK
22:37:21
EVERYONE WHO'S BEEN SO ACTIVE
22:37:23
AROUND THE FUEL AND POLLUTION
22:37:28
AND HAZARDOUS MATERIALS ISSUE,

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

DIRTY FUELS RESOLUTION, I

22:40:23
APPRECIATE THAT, AND THEIR GOOD
22:40:24
WORK.
22:40:24
>> AND AGAIN, THAT WAS MOVED BY
22:40:28
VICE-MAYOR REID -- PRO TEM
22:40:31
KAPLAN.
22:40:31
>> SECOND BY MCELHANEY?
22:40:32
>> SORRY, I JUST GOT BACK.
22:40:35
>> BY CONSENSUS, ADOPTING THE
22:40:37
CONSENT CALENDAR WITH THE OTHER
22:40:40
VOTES NOTED.
22:40:41
>> WE NOW GO TO ITEM 8, IT IS A
22:40:45

FINAL REPORT MADE DURING CLOSED

22:40:49
SESSION, I SHOW NO SPEAKERS.
22:40:51
>> MADAM CITY ATTORNEY?
22:40:52
>> PRESIDENT KERNIGHAN AND
22:40:54
MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, THE
22:40:57
COUNCIL APPROVED ONE SETTLEMENT
22:40:58
IN CLOSED SESSION THIS
22:40:59
AFTERNOON, THAT WAS IN THE CASE
22:41:02
OF FRANCIS LOVE VERSUS BART AND
22:41:06
CITY OF OAKLAND, THE COUNCIL
22:41:07
APPROVED A SETTLEMENT IN THE
22:41:09
AMOUNT OF 11 THOUSAND 500
22:41:11

DOLLARS, THIS IS NEXT WITH AN

22:41:13
INCIDENT THAT OCCURRED IN
22:41:15
OCTOBER, 2011, IN WHICH A
22:41:21
FRANCIS LOVE FELL ON THE
22:41:23
SIDEWALK ON THE ENTRANCE OF THE
22:41:26
BART STATION, BART PAID THE
22:41:27
CLAIM AND FILED AGAINST THE
22:41:29
CITY ALLEGING THE CITY WAS
22:41:30
LIABLE FOR THE CONDITION OF THE
22:41:32
SIDEWALK, THIS SETTLEMENT
22:41:33
RESOLVED THE CLAIM WEAN THE
22:41:34
CITY AND BART AND IT WAS
22:41:37

APPROVED BY 7 VOTES OF THE

22:41:42
COUNCIL, COUNCILMEMBERS BROOKS,
22:41:45
GALLO, GIBSON MCELHANEY, KALB,
22:41:46
KAPLAN, SCHAAF AND KERNIGHAN,
22:41:47
AND THERE WAS ONE ABSENT
22:41:49
COUNCILMEMBER REID AND THAT WAS
22:41:52
IT.
22:41:52
>> ALRIGHT, DO I HAVE A MOTION
22:41:53
-22:41:54
>> MOVE THE ITEM, MADAM
22:41:56
PRESIDENT.
22:41:56
>> MOVED BY MR. REID, SECONDED
22:41:59

BY MS. KAPLAN AND BY CONSENSUS.

22:42:02
>> WE BEGIN WITH THE FIRST
22:42:03
PUBLIC HEARING SCHEDULED FOR
22:42:06
THIS EVENING, ITEM NUMBER 9.1,
22:42:08
IT IS A REQUEST TO CONDUCT A
22:42:11
PUBLIC HEARING AND UPON
22:42:13
CONCLUSION ADOPT THE FOLLOWING
22:42:15
PIECES OF LEGISLATION, A
22:42:17
RESOLUTION AS RECOMMENDED BY
22:42:18
THE CITY PLANNING COMMISSION
22:42:20
CERTIFYING THE ENVIRONMENTAL
22:42:22
IMPACT REPORT AND MAKING
22:42:24

RELATED CEQA FINDINGS AND B,

22:42:26
ADOPTING THE BROADWAY VALDEZ
22:42:27
DISTRICT SPECIFIC PLAN AND
22:42:29
RELATED GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENTS
22:42:32
AND DESIGN GUIDELINES AND AN
22:42:34
ORDINANCE, AS RECOMMENDED BY
22:42:35
THE CITY PLANNING COMMISSION
22:42:37
AMENDING THE ZONE REGULATIONS
22:42:39
AND MAKE CONFORMING CHANGES TO
22:42:41
OTHER PLANNING CODE SECTIONS AS
22:42:42
WELL AS ADOPTING ZONING AND
22:42:44
HEIGHT AREA MAPS, AND B,
22:42:47

OAKLAND MASTER FEE SCHEDULE

22:42:49
13184 AS AMENDED TO ESTABLISH A
22:42:51
PARKING IN LIEU FEE AND OPEN
22:42:53
SPACE IN LIEU FEE.
22:42:55
I AM SHOWING WHAT APPEARS TO BE
22:42:58
ABOUT 6 SPEAKERS ON THE ITEM,
22:43:01
PERHAPS 9, I'M SORRY.
22:43:06
>> OKAY.
22:43:06
>> SO, LET'S HAVE THE STAFF
22:43:08
REPORT AND THEN WE'LL HAVE THE
22:43:10
SPEAKERS.
22:43:11
>> THANK YOU, KTOP, CAN WE HAVE
22:43:16

THE POWERPOINT FOR BROADWAY

22:43:17
VALDEZ, PLEASE.
22:43:18
>> THANK YOU MEMBERS OF THE
22:43:20
CITY COUNCIL.
22:43:22
THE BROADWAY VALDEZ PLAN WILL
22:43:23
BE A 25 YEAR PLAN, IT PROVIDES
22:43:26
A VISION AND PLANNING FRAMEWORK
22:43:28
FOR FUTURE GROWTH AND
22:43:30
DEVELOPMENT WITHIN THE PLAN
22:43:31
AREA WHICH EXTENDS ALONG BOTH
22:43:33
SIDES OF OAKLAND'S BROADWAY
22:43:35
CORRIDOR BETWEEN GRAND AVENUE
22:43:38

AND 580, THE OVERARCHING GOAL

22:43:41
OF THE BROADWAY PLAN -22:43:45
>> WE'RE TRYING TO CHANGE
22:43:47
SLIDES HERE BUT IT'S NOT GOING.
22:43:52
>> KTOP, I CAN'T CHANGE THE
22:43:53
SLIDES.
22:43:57
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
22:44:05
OKAY, I'LL JUST WING IT.
22:44:07
>> OKAY, AND KTOP, IF YOU CAN
22:44:09
HELP US OUT, WE WOULD
22:44:13
APPRECIATE IT.
22:44:13
GO AHEAD, TRY TO ->> THANK YOU.

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

ALL THE OTHER CONTRIBUTOR, I

22:50:23
CONGRATULATE FOLKS TO GETTING TO
22:50:24
THIS POINT TELEVISING'S A LOT
22:50:26
OF CREATIVE THOUGHT IN THIS
22:50:27
PLAN, A LOT OF THINGS WE'RE
22:50:29
TRYING TO ACHIEVE IN THIS PLACE
22:50:31
AND TOWN, SO I REALLY
22:50:33
APPRECIATE THAT LEVEL OF EFFORT.
22:50:40
EBHO WAS INVOLVED IN THIS, WE
22:50:42
DID NOT GET EVERYTHING IN THIS
22:50:44
PLAN THAN WE WANTED IN TERMS OF
22:50:47
AFFORDABLE HOUSING WITH
22:50:50

DEFINITIVE REQUIREMENTS IN TERMS OF

22:50:52
DEDICATED SITES, THERE'S A
22:50:54
RECOGNITION THAT THE NEED OF
22:50:56
COURSE IS THERE, IMPORTANTLY,
22:50:57
THAT THIS IS A GREAT LOCATION
22:51:00
FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING, ALL THE
22:51:01
RIGHT THINGS ARE IN PLACE, THAT
22:51:04
AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS AN
22:51:05
IMPORTANT CONTRIBUTOR TO THE
22:51:06
KIND OF DISTRICT WE'RE TRYING
22:51:08
TO CREATE, NOT JUST THE
22:51:10
HOUSING, THE RESIDENCE, THE
22:51:11

WORKING FOLKS THAT WOULD LIVE

22:51:12
THERE.
22:51:13
WHAT I WANT TO FOCUS ON TONIGHT
22:51:16
IS WHAT THE PLAN PUSHES FORWARD
22:51:18
AS A NEXT STEP WHICH IS THIS
22:51:21
CITYWIDE POLICY ON AFFORDABLE
22:51:22
HOUSING.
22:51:22
WE WORK WITH A LOT OF FOLKS IN
22:51:25
THE PRIVATE WORLD AS WELL AS
22:51:27
THE NON-PROFIT WORLD.
22:51:27
THERE IS A LOT OF INTEREST IN
22:51:29
OAKLAND.
22:51:30

YOU GUYS KNOW THIS, THE

22:51:31
PLANNING DEPARTMENT KNOWS THIS,
22:51:32
IT'S HAPPENING, THESE URBAN
22:51:34
NEIGHBORHOODS IS WHERE PEOPLE
22:51:35
WANT TO LIVE, IT'S NOT A SHORT
22:51:37
TERM THING BUT WE ALSO WANT TO
22:51:39
CATCH THIS WAVE AND THE CITIES
22:51:41
THAT ARE GOING TO BE SUCCESSFUL
22:51:43
ARE GOING THE VALUE WHAT THEY
22:51:45
HAVE, AND THEY ARE GOING

TO

22:51:51
TAKE STEPS AND MANY OF COURSE
22:51:52
HAVE AROUND THE BAY, THEY'RE
22:51:53

GOING THE MAKE SURE THE

22:51:56
BENEFITS THAT FLOW FROM THIS
22:51:59
DEVELOPMENT ARE REASONABLY
22:52:00
DISTRIBUTED, A WHOLE RANGE OF
22:52:02
PUBLIC BENEFIT INCLUDING
22:52:04
AFFORDABLE HOUSING, PRIVATE
22:52:05
DEVELOPERS UNDERSTAND THIS,
22:52:06
BUSINESS INTERESTS UNDERSTAND
22:52:06
THIS, IT'S NOT A TRADE-OFF,
22:52:11
THESE THINGS REALLY REINFORCE
22:52:12
EACH OTHER, I ENCOURAGE THE
22:52:14
COUNCIL TO MOVE FORWARD WITH
22:52:16

THE NEXUS STUDY WITH GETTING

22:52:18
THIS POLICY IN PLACE, PROPERLY
22:52:20
IMPLEMENTED GRADUALLY, BUT
22:52:21
LET'S DO THIS RIGHT NOW, THIS
22:52:22
IS THE RIGHT TIME.
THANKS VERY MUCH.
22:52:29
>> MY NAME IS INAUDIBLE MARIE
22:52:32
TAYLOR AND I'M PRESIDENT OF THE
22:52:36
WEST LAKE CHRISTIAN TERRACE
22:52:37
RESIDENT COUNCIL, AND WE ARE
22:52:38
RIGHT IN THE HEART OF THE NORTH
22:52:42
PART OF THE VALDEZ PLAZA
22:52:46
PROJECT, AND I REPRESENT OVER

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

OF OUR FOLKS HAVE GONE

22:54:59
[INAUDIBLE] IN THIS PLAN BUT
22:55:01
WE'RE STILL STANDING, MY MAIN
22:55:04
CONCERN IS THAT REGARDING THE
22:55:06
HOUSING, THAT IS REGARDING
22:55:08
AFFORDABLE HOUSING, IN
22:55:09
PARTICULAR, WE ARE LOOKING AT
22:55:12
THAT PARCEL THAT'S PUBLICLY
22:55:14
OWNED AT 2330 WEBSTER.
22:55:15
WE ARE -- I WOULD LIKE TO SEE
22:55:19
THAT THE COUNCIL WOULD ACCEPT
22:55:21
OUR RECOMMENDATION THAT THAT
22:55:24

PARCEL BE USED TO SUPPORT AND

22:55:28
ACTUALLY FULFILL A LOT OF THE
22:55:31
AFFORDABLE HOUSING REQUESTS
22:55:32
THAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR.
22:55:35
AND IN REGARDS TO THE
22:55:37
ANTIDISPLACEMENT, I THINK IT
22:55:39
WOULD BE WONDERFUL IF YOU WOULD
22:55:42
BUILD ON THAT PARCEL, THAT 2330
22:55:46
WEBSTER, AND THEN IF ANYONE IS
22:55:49
DISPLACED BY THIS PLAN, THAT
22:55:50
THEY BE GIVEN THE FIRST
22:55:54
OPPORTUNITY, THE FIRST OPTION
22:55:57

TO LIVE IN THE NEW FACILITIES

22:56:01
THAT WE WOULD BE BUILDING AT
22:56:03
2330 WEBSTER.
22:56:04
I THINK THAT WE COULD KILL TWO
22:56:07
BIRDS WITH ONE STONE, TAKE CARE
22:56:09
OF ANYONE WHO MIGHT BE
22:56:10
DISPLACED AND ALSO USE THAT
22:56:13
PARCEL TO BUILD ON, IT'S AN
22:56:17
EXCELLENT TAX CREDIT AND I JUST
22:56:18
HOPE YOU GUYS WILL ELECT TO
22:56:21
ACCEPT OUR RECOMMENDATION.
22:56:22
THANK YOU VERY MFP.
22:56:28

-- 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

I WANTED TO SECOND WHAT PEOPLE

22:59:36
HAVE SAID ABOUT AFFORDABLE
22:59:38
HOUSING, THE CURRENT PLAN
22:59:40
CONTAINS A TARGET OF 15% FOR
22:59:43
AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
22:59:43
I THINK THAT SHOULD BE A
22:59:44
REQUIREMENT AND NOT A TARGET.
22:59:46
I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO SEE
22:59:50
PRIORITIZATION OF THE PARCEL ON
22:59:53
WEBSTER FOR AFFORDABLE HOMES
22:59:56
AND MORE SPECIFIC
22:59:58
ANTIDISPLACEMENT POLICIES TO
22:59:59

PROTECT OAKLAND RESIDENTS FROM

23:00:00
RENT SPIKES IN THE AREA.
23:00:04
AND ALSO STRATEGIES FOR
23:00:06
INDEPENDENT BUSINESS RETENTION
23:00:07
AND DEVELOPMENT.
23:00:10
THANK YOU.
23:00:13
[APPLAUSE].
23:00:16
>> GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND CITY
23:00:18
COUNCILMEMBER, MY NAME IS
23:00:20
ANTHONY FREDERICO, I'M FROM
23:00:22
EAST BAY HOUSING AND
23:00:24
ORGANIZATIONS, AND WE IN THE
23:00:27

BETTER BROADWAY COALITION HAS

23:00:28
WORKED WITH YOUR STAFF FOR SIX
23:00:30
YEARS AND THEY REALLY LISTENED
23:00:31
TO THE COMMUNITY AND REFLECTED
23:00:33
OUR FEEDBACK AND
23:00:34
RECOMMENDATIONS INTO THE PLAN
23:00:35
AND WE'VE BEEN GRATEFUL FOR
23:00:37
THAT PARTNERSHIP AND WE
23:00:39
RECOGNIZE THEIR EFFORTS AND
23:00:41
TALENT.
23:00:41
AT THE SAME TIME, WE STILL HAVE
23:00:43
CONCERNS ABOUT THE LACK OF
23:00:44

AFFORDABLE HOUSING REQUIREMENT

23:00:46
IN THE PLAN AREA AND THE FACT
23:00:48
THAT WE SEE NO ANTIDISPLACEMENT
23:00:50
POLICIES STRONG ENOUGH TO KEEP
23:00:52
FAMILIES FROM BEING PUSHED OUT
23:00:54
AND IMPORTANT AFFORDABLE
23:00:56
HISTORIC HOMES FROM BEING
23:00:58
DEMOLISHED IN THE PLAN AREA.
23:01:00
THERE ARE 94 HOUSEHOLDS BEING
23:01:02
PUT AT RISK OF DISPLACEMENT
23:01:04
BECAUSE THEY'RE LOCATED IN A
23:01:06
RETAIL PRIORITY ZONE AND THANKS
23:01:07

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

WOULD BE IF IT WERE PUBLIC

23:01:32
DEVELOPMENT, AND YOU CAN FIND
23:01:34
THE STANDARDS IN THE CALIFORNIA
23:01:37
RESISTANCE LAW AND WE WANT TO
23:01:40
SEE NOT ONLY POLICY

-- 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

INVESTMENT AND GROWTH ARE

23:02:11
COMING RAPIDLY TO OAKLAND, THAT
23:02:12
THE BENEFITS OF THIS
23:02:13
DEVELOPMENT AND GROWTH NOT GO
23:02:15
TO A FEW PEOPLE BUT TO THE
23:02:17
WHOLE COMMUNITY, SO THANK YOU
23:02:19
FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND YOUR
23:02:21
PARTNERSHIP.
>> THANK YOU.
[APPLAUSE].
23:02:29
>> GOOD EVENING, JEFF LEVIN
23:02:32
WITH THE EAST BAY HOUSING
23:02:34
ORGANIZATIONS, THANK YOU TO THE
23:02:35

STAFF AND ALL OF THE

23:02:38
STAKEHOLDERS FOR ALL THEIR HARD
23:02:39
WORK ON THIS, IT'S BEEN A
23:02:41
CHALLENGING PROCESS, SINCE THE
23:02:43
INCEPTION OF THIS POLICY, EBHO
23:02:48
HAS ENSURED THERE IS HOUSING
23:02:49
IN THE AREA TO MEET THE GOAL
23:02:51
OF HAVING A DIVERSE
23:02:52
NEIGHBORHOOD FOR PEOPLE OF ALL
23:02:54
ECONOMIC LEVELS, FOR THIS PLAN
23:02:56
AND FOR THE OTHER SPECIFIC PLAN
23:02:58
THAT ARE NEARING COMPLETION, WE
23:02:59

HAVE URGED THE CITY TO

23:03:03
ESTABLISH MANDATORY
23:03:04
REQUIREMENTS FOR AFFORDABLE
23:03:06
HOUSING THROUGH INCLUSIONARY
23:03:07
ZONING, HOUSING IMPACT FEES OR
23:03:09
OTHER MECHANISM AND EACH TIME
23:03:10
WE HAVE BEEN TOLD THIS CAN'T BE
23:03:13
DONE FOR AN INDIVIDUAL PLAN AND
23:03:13
NEEDS TO BE DONE AS A CITYWIDE
23:03:16
POLICY AND HERE WE ARE WITH ALL
23:03:19
OF THOSE PLANS NEARING
23:03:20
COMPLETION AND NO CITYWIDE
23:03:21

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

PLANNING COMMISSION HAVE BANDED

23:03:49
THE LANGUAGE TO INCLUDE ON THE
23:03:51
PREPARATION OF THE NEXUS STUDY
23:03:55
MANDATORY CONTRIBUTION, WE
23:03:57
THINK IT'S CRITICAL FOR OAKLAND
23:04:00
TO JOIN CALIFORNIA CITIES WHO
23:04:04
HAVE HAD MANDATORY POLICIES IN
23:04:05
PLACE.
23:04:06
IT IS IMPORTANT NOW AT THE
23:04:08
OUTSET THAT WE SEND A CLEAR
23:04:11
SIGNAL TO THE DEVELOPMENT
23:04:12
COMMUNITY ABOUT WHAT OAKLAND
23:04:13

EXPECTS AS PART OF THE

23:04:15
DEVELOPMENT SO THEY CAN PLAN
23:04:17
KARL, IT WILL NOT SCARE THEM
23:04:19
AWAY, THEY NEED TO KNOW UPFRONT
23:04:21
BECAUSE WHAT DEVELOPERS NEED
23:04:24
MOST IS CONSISTENCY AND
23:04:25
PREDICTABILITY.
23:04:26
IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE COMPLETE
23:04:28
THE NEXUS STUDY AS QUICKLY AS
23:04:30
POSSIBLE AND WE URGE YOU TO
23:04:31
MAKE SURE THAT'S DONE BY
23:04:35
DECEMBER, THE BROADWAY VALDEZ
23:04:36

IS A PRIORITY DEVELOPMENT AREA,

23:04:38
THE CITY RECEIVED A PDA
23:04:41
PLANNING GRANT FROM MTC TO DO
23:04:43
THIS PLAN, AND A REQUIREMENT IS
23:04:44
TO BE A REAL AFFORDABLE HOUSING
23:04:48
STRATEGY AND ANTIDISPLACEMENT
23:04:50
STRATEGY IN THAT PLANNING PLEASE
23:04:52
MAKE SURE THAT COMES TO PASS.
23:04:53
THANK YOU.
[APPLAUSE].
23:04:59
>> GOOD EVENING,
23:05:02
COUNCILMEMBERS, MADAM MAYOR, MY
23:05:04
NAME IS JONATHAN BARE, I'M A

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.

>> THANK YOU.

[APPLAUSE].
23:09:38
>> ALRIGHT, THAT APPEARS TO BE
23:09:40
ALL OUR PUBLIC SPEAKERS.
23:09:41
>> IF WE COULD HAVE A MOTION TO
23:09:44
CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AT
23:09:45
THIS POINT.
23:09:45
>> MOVED BY MR. REID, SECONDED
23:09:48
BY MS. MCELHANEY.
>> THANK YOU.
23:09:51
>> CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
23:09:53
SO, WE HAVE SEVERAL
23:09:55
COUNCILMEMBERS IN THE QUEUE,
23:09:56

FIRST IS MS. MCELHANEY.

23:09:58
>> THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT,
23:09:59
AND THANK YOU TO ALL THE
23:10:00
SPEAKERS WHO HAVE COME OUT AND
23:10:01
TO THE STAFF.
23:10:04
THIS HAS BEEN QUITE THE TASK TO
23:10:11
REALLY TRY TO BALANCE ALL OF
23:10:13
THE COMPETING INTERESTS AND
23:10:13
LOVE AND DESIRES THAT ARE IN
23:10:15
THIS AREA.
23:10:16
AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S
23:10:19
BEEN REALLY AT THE HEART OF THE
23:10:22

STAFF'S PUSH FOR THIS IS FOR US

23:10:24
TO RECAPTURE SOME OF THAT
23:10:26
BILLION DOLLAR LEAKAGE AND I DO
23:10:28
APPRECIATE THAT BECAUSE WE KNOW
23:10:29
WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO
23:10:31
PROVIDE FOR THE NECESSITIES OF
23:10:33
LIFE FOR THE OAKLANDERS HERE,
23:10:35
LIPSTICK, UNDERWEAR, THINGS
23:10:36
LIKE THAT THAT WE'D LIKE TO BUY
23:10:38
IN OUR OWN CITY, SO -- AND IT
23:10:41
IS OUR HOPE AND DESIRE THESE
23:10:43
CHANGES THAT ARE PRESENTED IN
23:10:45

THE PLAN WILL ALLOW FOR THAT.

23:10:47
COUNCILMEMBER KALB AND I HAVE
23:10:49
ISSUED A LETTER TO OFFER SOME
23:10:52
MINOR FURTHER TWEAKS TO THIS AS
23:10:53
WE COME OUT OF THE CEDA
23:10:57
COMMITTEE AND YOU SHOULD ALL
23:10:58
HAVE THE LETTER IN FRONT OF YOU
23:11:00
NOW.
23:11:00
THERE ARE THREE ADJUSTMENTS TO
23:11:01
THE SPECIFIC PLAN LANGUAGE WE'D
23:11:04
LIKE TO OFFER, ONE, IN ORDER TO
23:11:05
PROVIDE MORE FLEXIBILITY IN THE
23:11:09

DEVELOPMENT PRIORITY AREAS, 5A,

23:11:11
5B AND 5C, AND TO TAKE
23:11:14
DEVELOPMENT PRESSURE OFF OF 5C
23:11:16
WHERE THERE ARE A NUMBER OF
23:11:18
HISTORIC HOMES WITH AN
23:11:22
IMMIGRANT POPULATION, THOSE
23:11:23
CUTE VICTORIANS THAT ARE THERE,
23:11:25
WE PROPOSE THE HEIGHT LIMIT BE
23:11:27
TRANSFERRED TO THE VACANT
23:11:29
PORTION OF SITE 5A AND ALL OF
23:11:33
SITE 5B, WE INCLUDED LANGUAGE
23:11:34
THAT WOULD MAKE THAT CHANGE
23:11:36

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

WITH THIS NEXUS STUDY WITH AN

23:11:59
FLOODER HOUSING IMPACT FEE.
23:12:02
THE FOLLOWING LANGUAGE WE
23:12:04
PROPOSE WILL PUT A TIMELINE ON
23:12:08
THE NEXUS STUDY, THIS COUNCIL
23:12:11
ADOPTED A BUDGET FOR THIS NEXUS
23:12:13
STUDY, WE WANT TO MAKE THAT
23:12:15
CLEAR, SO THE TIMEFRAME FOR THE
23:12:16
NEXUS STUDY ON RECORD, IT MAKES
23:12:19
IT CLEAR TO POTENTIAL
23:12:20
DEVELOPERS THAT THE CITY IS
23:12:22
PROCEEDING WITH THE CITYWIDE
23:12:23

STUDY WHICH WILL APPLY TO THE

23:12:27
SPECIFIC AREA, THE FOLLOWING
23:12:28
LANGUAGE WOULD BE ADDED TO
23:12:31
4.4.7, JUST TO SAY THAT UNDER
23:12:34
AFFORD NL HOUSING REQUIREMENTS,
23:12:36
THE CITY IS DEVOTED TO
23:12:39
EQUITABLE DEVELOPMENT, PRIORITY
23:12:42
DEVELOPMENT AREAS, AND LARGE
23:12:44
DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS THAT
23:12:46
PROVIDE ECONOMIC LEVELS TO
23:12:48
ENSURE A VIBRANT AND COMPLETE
23:12:50
COMMUNITIES, THE CITY INTENDS
23:12:51

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

FEES FOR NEW HOUSING

23:13:20
DEVELOPMENT.
23:13:21
THE STUDY WILL BE COMPLETED NO
23:13:23
LATER THAN OCTOBER 31, 2014.
[INAUDIBLE].
23:13:34
THE ADDITIONAL BULLET WOULD BE
23:13:36
ON BONUSES AND INCENTIVES FOR
23:13:38
AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND
23:13:40
COMMUNITY BENEFITS, THE CITY
23:13:41
WILL EXPLORE THE BENEFITS OF
23:13:43
EXPLORING THE HOUSING OVERLAY
23:13:45
ZONE THAT PROVIDES AN
23:13:46
APPROPRIATE METHOD FOR BONUS

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 --

>> MADAM CHAIR?

23:47:43
I THINK HIS SUGGESTION IS GOING
23:47:47
AWAY FROM THE POINT THAT YOU
23:47:47
RAISED WHICH I THINK WAS A GOOD
23:47:49
ONE.
23:47:49
WE WANT TO CREATE MORE
23:47:52
CERTAINTY, NOT LESS CERTAINTY,
23:47:53
IF I HEARD WHAT YOU SAID, TO
23:47:56
ME, IT SOUNDS LIKE YOUR REQUEST
23:47:58
OF MODIFICATION WOULD BE TO
23:48:00
STRIKE THE FIRST SENTENCE AND
23:48:02
JUST TO LEAVE AMONG OTHER
23:48:04

ACTIONS, THE CITY WILL CONDUCT

23:48:06
A NEXUS STUDY AND ECONOMIC
23:48:09
FEASIBILITY STUDY TO EVALUATE
23:48:11
IMPACT FEES FOR AFFORDABLE
23:48:13
HOUSING, TRANSPORTATION AND
23:48:14
CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT, THE STUDY
23:48:15
WILL BE COMPLETED NO LATER
23:48:19
THAN DECEMBER 31, 2014.
23:48:22
THAT'S A VERY CERTAIN STATEMENT.
23:48:22
THAT IS WHAT WE'VE ALREADY
23:48:23
COMMITTED TO DOING AND THAT IS
23:48:25
CLEAR.
23:48:27

>> THAT WOULD ALSO BE

23:48:28
ACCEPTABLE.
23:48:29
>> YEAH, I WOULD LIKE SOMETHING
23:48:30
MORE LIKE THAT BECAUSE THE
23:48:34
FIRST -- AND ALSO I WOULDN'T
23:48:37
MIND THE OPPORTUNITY,
23:48:38
I WOULD REALLY LIKE THE
23:48:41
OPPORTUNITY TO PERHAPS HOLD OFF
23:48:42
VOTING ON THIS FOR ANOTHER HOUR
23:48:44
OR SO WHILE WE'RE DOING ANOTHER
23:48:46
ITEM SO I CAN TALK TO STAFF
23:48:51
ABOUT THIS, BUT I REALLY
23:48:53

STRONGLY OBJECT TO THE FIRST

23:48:54
SENTENCE THAT STARTS THE CITY
23:48:57
INTENDS AS PART OF A CITYWIDE
23:49:01
COMMUNITY BENEFITS POLICY
23:49:05
BECAUSE IT INTRODUCES -- AS I
23:49:06
SAID, THE WHOLE POINT OF THESE
23:49:08
PLANS IS TO REDUCE UNCERTAINTY
23:49:11
AND THAT SENTENCE JUST THROWS
23:49:13
IT BACK INTO THE WORLD OF
23:49:16
ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN, THERE'S,
23:49:18
YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU
23:49:20
COME IN HERE TO BUILD SOME
23:49:22

BUILDING, YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT

23:49:23
THE RULES ARE, THAT'S WHAT THAT
23:49:28
SENTENCE SAYS.
23:49:29
AND -23:49:29
>> MADAM PRESIDENT, IS THERE A
23:49:31
SENSE OF URGENCY?
23:49:32
IS THERE A REASON WHY THIS
23:49:34
NEEDS TO GET APPROVED TONIGHT?
23:49:38
THERE IS?
23:49:38
WELL, AS MUCH AS I WANT TO VOTE
23:49:40
FOR THIS, I'M NOT.
I JUST CAN'T.
23:49:43
I THINK ZACK'S BEEN AROUND LONG

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

AND THEN MS. SCHAAF.

23:53:46
DAN, DO YOU WANT TO GO FIRST
23:53:48
BEFORE MS. SCHAAF?
23:53:50
NO?
23:53:51
MS. SCHAAF, GO AHEAD.
23:53:52
>> I WAS JUST GOING TO SUGGEST
23:53:53
THE SENT THAT I THINK WHAT YOU
23:53:55
WERE TRYING TO GET AT, AMONG
23:53:58
OTHER ACTIONS, THE CITY WILL
23:54:00
CONDUCT A NEXUS STUD CITY AND
23:54:03
AN ECONOMIC FEASIBILITY STUDY
23:54:04
TO EVALUATE IMPACT FEES FOR
23:54:07

AFFORDABLE HOUSING, NOT JUST

23:54:08
NEW HOUSING DEVELOPMENT BUT FOR
23:54:11
AFFORDABLE HOUSING, AND DO WE
23:54:12
WANT ALSO TO JUST CLARIFY THIS
23:54:16
IS AFFORDABLE HOUSING,
23:54:17
TRANSPORTATION AND CAPITAL
23:54:19
IMPROVEMENTS, PERIOD.
23:54:20
AND THEN LEAVING THE LAST
23:54:21
SENTENCE THE STUDY WILL BE
23:54:22
COMPLETED NO LATER THAN
23:54:24
DECEMBER 31, 2014.
23:54:28
>> THAT SENTENCE IS MUCH
23:54:32

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

BE A BETTER WAY GETTING THINGS

23:54:59
DONE AT THE CITY COUNCIL, WE
23:55:01
SHOULD HAVE HAD AN
23:55:02
UNDERSTANDING AND AGREEMENT, I
23:55:04
WOULD LIKE TO CONSIDER AT THE
23:55:05
INTEREST OF TIME THAT WE CAN
23:55:07
TAKE ITEM S14, THE OAKLAND
23:55:12
ANIMAL SHELTER ITEM, EVERYBODY
23:55:13
WORKS OUT THE LANGUAGE, THE
23:55:15
RIGHT HEADINGS AND SO FORTH AND
23:55:16
BE ABLE TO COME BACK TO THIS
23:55:18
ITEM, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE
23:55:19

ON SO I CAN GO HOME, SO ITEM

23:55:21
S14, I WOULD LIKE TO ENTERTAIN
23:55:23
THAT ITEM.
23:55:24
THAT SHOULD BE A PRETTY SIMPLE
23:55:26
DIRECT ACTION SO WE CAN GO.
23:55:29
>> YOU'RE NOT PLANNING TO STAY
23:55:30
AROUND FOR THE OTHER THREE
23:55:32
ITEMS?
23:55:35
>> YOU KNOW, I MEAN, IF WE CAN
23:55:40
TAKE THAT ANIMAL SHELTER'S BEEN
23:55:41
ON THERE FOR TWO YEARS NOW AND
23:55:43
I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE ACTION ON
23:55:44

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

>> WELL, THERE'S ACTUALLY -23:56:12

ALRIGHT.
23:56:19
WELL, NO, THE OTHERS -- WE CAN
23:56:22
-- WHY DON'T WE TAKE THE ANIMAL
23:56:24
SHELTER ONE BECAUSE WE HAVE
23:56:26
PEOPLE WAITING AND THEN WE'LL
23:56:27
COME BACK TO THIS ITEM.
23:56:30
SO, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO
23:56:32
DO, SO WE'RE GOING TO DEFER
23:56:36
VOTING ON THE BROADWAY VALDEZ
23:56:40
PLAN.
23:56:42
YEAH, BUT MR. GALLO WANTS TO GO
23:56:49

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

HAVE MANY SPEAKERS ON THE ITEM.

23:57:28
>> ALRIGHT.
23:57:33
SO, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT
23:57:39
SOME FOLKS FROM THE COMMUNITY
23:57:42
HAVE A BRIEF POWERPOINT, LIKE
23:57:43
ABOUT FIVE OR SIX MINUTES WHICH
23:57:48
I AM FINE WITH.
23:57:49
DO WE ALSO NEED A STAFF REPORT
23:57:52
OR SHOULD WE JUST -- FIRST,
23:57:56
CITY ADMINISTRATION ON THE
23:57:57
ANIMAL SHELTER ISSUE?
23:58:06
YES?
>> I THINK -- HOLD ON A SECOND,

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
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[INAUDIBLE] FOR THE OAS RESULTING
00:00:12
IN A SAVINGS OF
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APPROXIMATELY 69 THOUSAND 289
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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
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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
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PROVIDE LONGEVITY TO PROVIDE OAS
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NEEDS.
00:00:33
NUMBER 3, THE CITY
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ADMINISTRATION WILL [INAUDIBLE]
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AND HOLD THE FIRST INTERIM

00:00:39
ADVISORY COMMITTEE BY JULY 10,
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2014 AND JUST TO RECALL BECAUSE
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THIS IS CREATED BY THE COUNCIL OF
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THAT BODY, THEY WILL BE SUBJECT
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TO THE BROWN ACT, THEY SHOULD
00:00:52
DRAFT AN ORDINANCE OF A
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PERMANENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE
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AND BRING THIS BY [INAUDIBLE]
00:00:57
AND FINALLY THE CITY
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ADMINISTRATION SHOULD BRING TO
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THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE BY
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OCTOBER 14TH A REPORT ON

00:01:05
ALL OAS TRANSITION
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PROGRESS, I BELIEVE IT'S THE
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SUPPORT OF OUR ADVOCATE, OF OUR
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STAFF, THANK YOU VERY MUCH TO
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ALL STAFF.
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>> I'LL SECOND THAT MOTION.
>> THANK YOU.
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>> OKAY.
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>> THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH AND
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WHY DON'T WE GO AHEAD AND TAKE
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THE PUBLIC SPEAKERS.
AND I SERVE THAT MOTION.
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>> AS I CALL YOUR NAME, PLEASE

00:01:30
APPROACH THE PODIUM IN ANY
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ORDER.
(CALLING SPEAKER NAMES).
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>> HELLO, MY NAME IS EMILY FOX
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AND I HAVE TIME SEEDED TO ME
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FROM WILLOW AND SARAH ROGERS.
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AND THERE IS A POWERPOINT
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PRESENTATION THAT GOES ALONG
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WITH THIS, THE FIRST SLIDE, SO
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I'M GOING THE TAKE THIS FIRST
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SLIDE AND ADOPT OPTION B HAS
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BEEN CLEARLY PUT OUT THERE AND
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EVERYBODY'S AGREEING THIS IS

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THE WAY TO GO, THE ANIMAL CARE
00:02:19
ATTENDANT THAT LIBBY JUST SPOKE
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TO, WE ALSO AGREE THAT
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REVIEWING THE PROPOSED STAFFING
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STRUCTURE FOR OPTION B IS
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NECESSARY AS SOME OF THE FULL
00:02:32
TIME ANIMAL CARE ATTENDANT
00:02:34
EMPLOYEES MAY BE REQUIRED TO
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PROVIDE CONTINUITY ONCE OTHER
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STAFF ARE NO LONGER ON SITE AND
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ALSO THE DOG DESCRIPTION FOR
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THE ANIMAL CARE ATTENDANT IS

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GREATLY EXPANDED TO INCLUDE A
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RANGE OF ADDITIONAL DUTIES
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INCLUDING EUTHANASIA, ADOPT
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INTAKES SO WE SUPPORT REVIEWING
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THE ROLE OF ANIMAL CARE
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ATTENDANTS AT THE SHELTER,
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WHICH IS PART OF OPTION B IN
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STEP 2.
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AND THEN I'M ALSO GOING TO
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FOCUS ON THE ROLE OF SHELTER
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MANAGER AND RESCUE
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COORDINATORS, THIS IS PROPOSED

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IN STEP 5 OF THE PLAN ON PAGE
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13.
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AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE AN
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ARGUMENT FOR WHY OAS NEEDS A
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RESCUE COORDINATOR, I APOLOGIZE
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FOR THE COUNCILMEMBERS WHO HAVE
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SEEN THESE GRAPHS, THE FIRST
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GRAPH IS SHOWING EUTHANASIA
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DATA AT THE CENTER, THIS IS
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FROM PAGE 6, YOU CAN SEE IT IS
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DECREASING OVER THE LAST FOUR
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YEARS WHICH IS FANTASTIC AND

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THEY ARE SHOWING THE OUTCOME OF
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ALL ANIMALS INCLUDING THOSE
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ADOPTED, THOSE TRANSFER TO
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RESCUE GROUPS WHICH ARE THE
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ORANGE WEDGE, THOSE RETURN TO
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OWNER WHICH ARE GREEN WEDGES
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AND THOSE EUTHANIZED, THE
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PURPLE WEDGES, AS EUTHANASIA IS
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DECREASING, THOSE WEDGES ARE
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GETTING SMALLER, THE ORANGE
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WEDGES ARE INCREASING, WE
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BELIEVE THIS CORRELATION IS THE

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REASON WHY RESCUE IS SO
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IMPORTANT, IT'S INCREASING THE
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LIVE RELEASE RATES AND
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DECREASING EUTHANASIA.
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THE RESCUE COORDINATOR IS
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RESPONSIBLE FOR FORMING
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RELATIONSHIPS WITH ALL OF THE
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GROUPS THAT TAKE THESE ANIMALS
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AND THESE GROUPS ARE ALL OVER
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AMERICA AND EVEN IN CANADA,
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THIS IS QUITE A LARGE DOG, WE
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BELIEVE THAT A DEDICATED

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PHYSICIAN IS NEEDED.
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TO COORDINATE RESCUE, SO THE
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RESPONSIBILITIES OF RESCUE
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COORDINATOR NEEDS TO BE HIGHLY
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TRAINED AND SKILLED IN
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UNDERSTANDING ANIMAL BEHAVIOR
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AND APPROPRIATE ASSESSMENT OF
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THE ANIMALS IN ORDER TO PLACE
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THEM WITH THE APPROPRIATE
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RESCUE GROUPS, THEY HAVE TO
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MAINTAIN RESCUE [INAUDIBLE] AND
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WE ALSO EXPECT THE RESCUE

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COORDINATOR TO WORK ON
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REINSTATING THE FOSTER PROGRAM
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THAT WAS DISCONTINUED IN 2013
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AS FOSTERING DARKLY FROM THE
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SHELTER IS ANOTHER FANTASTIC
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WAY TO INCREASE LIVE RELEASE
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RATES WHILE [INAUDIBLE] ON THE
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SHELTER RESOURCES.
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AND SO WE KNOW THAT THE JOB
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DESCRIPTION FOR RESCUE
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COORDINATE DOOR RD -00:05:26

COORDINATOR DOES NOT -- AS

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OPPOSED TO HAVING ONE PERSON
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THERE FOR FIVE DAYS AND ONE
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PERSON THERE FOR FIVE DAYS SO
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WE THINK THIS WOULD BE A GREAT
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WAY TO USE JOB DESCRIPTIONS
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THAT ALREADY EXIST IN THE CITY
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TO FILL THE NEEDS OF THE
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SHELTER.
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THE BUDGET GRAPH IS LOOKING AT
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THE REPORT, WE ASK THAT YOU
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APPROVE AND BUDGET THE
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POSITIONS THAT WERE OUTLINED BY

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COUNCILMEMBER SCHAAF AND THAT
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WE INCLUDE BOTH SHELTER MANAGER
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TYPE POSITIONS IN HERE TO COVER
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THOSE TWO VERY IMPORTANT ROLES.
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THANK YOU.
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>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
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[APPLAUSE].
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>> I'M AN OAKLAND RESIDENT
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SINCE 91, SO I WAS GOING TO
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SORT OF DESCRIBE WHY I THINK WE
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NEEDED THEM, BUT NOW HEARING
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THE AMENDMENTS PROPOSED BY

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COUNCILMEMBERS GALLO, KAPLAN
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AND SCHAAF, I DON'T FEEL LIKE I
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NEED TO DO THAT.
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I JUST WANT TO SAY I AM IN
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COMPLETE AGREEMENT WITH THESE
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AND THAT I REALLY WANT TO THANK
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YOU SINCERELY FOR BEING SO
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HUSBANDING LAST WEEK AND FOR
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SEVERAL MONTHS BECAUSE I FEEL
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LIKE YOU REALLY UNDERSTAND WHY
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THIS IS IMPORTANT AND THAT IT
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IS IMPORTANT AND THAT WE'RE

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GOING THE MAKE IT HAPPEN
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TOGETHER.
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>> I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO
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ADOPT ALL THESE AMENDMENTS,
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PART OF WHY WE NEED SOMEBODY AT
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THE SHELTER EVERY DAY IS TO
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HANDLE COORDINATION.
I'M GOING TO SAY THIS, IT'S
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BECAUSE OF THE LITTLE UNDERAGE
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KITTENS THAT COME IN UNDER 10
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WEEKS OLD, THEY'RE VULNERABLE
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AND NEED TO LEAVE THE SHELTER

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AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE IN ORDER
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TO SURVIVE.
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A LOT OF THEM HAVE -- THEY'RE
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NOT FAMILIAR WITH EATING SOLID
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FOODS JUST YET, A LOT OF THEM
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HAVE KITTENS THAT YOUNG, THEY
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HAVE WEAK IMMUNE SYSTEMS AND
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MAKE THEM SUSCEPTIBLE TO
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DISEASE.
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EVERY HOUR THEY SPEND AT THE
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SHELTER IS -- PUTS THEM IN
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DANGER AND MAKES THEM AT RISK

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OF BEING EUTHANIZED.
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THE QUICKER THEY CAN BE
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ASSESSED AND RESCUE
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OR PLACED INTO A FOSTER
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HOME, THE MORE KITTEN'S LIVES
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WE CAN SAVE, THAT'S ONE REASON
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WHY WE NEED A RESCUE PERSON
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THERE EVERY SINGLE DAY, SO I
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KNOW YOU GUYS ARE HEARING US
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AND I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR
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SUPPORT.
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THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

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>> GOOD EVENING,
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COUNCILMEMBERS, MY NAME IS
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JENNY LIDA, I'M REALLY
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EXCITED ABOUT THESE PROPOSALS
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FOR THE ANIMAL SHELTER, I THINK
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IT'S GOING TO BE A REAL BREAK
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THROUGH, AND WE'VE NEEDED THESE
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POSITIONS FOR SOME TIME, IN THE
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PAST, WE HAVE POSITIONS THAT
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HAVE BEEN BUDGETED BUT NOT
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FILLED, AND I AM HOPING THAT IF
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THE SHELTER IS MOVED TO AN

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INDEPENDENT BODY, TO AN
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INDEPENDENT DEPARTMENT, THAT
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THAT WILL NO LONGER BE THE
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CASE, THAT WE WILL BEGIN TO
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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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THE ANIMAL SHELTER WAS NOT

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PROPERLY FUNDED.
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THE FACILITIES IMPROVEMENTS
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THAT TOOK PLACE FAR TOO LATE
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SHOULD HAVE BEEN DONE MORE
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TIMELY, BUT I ALSO WANT TO SAY
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THAT I THINK THAT THERE SHOULD
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BE RECOGNITION THAT THE POLICE
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DEPARTMENT'S SUPERVISION AND
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THE PEOPLE WHO ARE ASSIGNED TO
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THE ANIMAL SHELTER DID THE BEST
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THEY COULD WITH WHAT THEY HAD
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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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CLEAR ON THE MOTION, IT'S BEEN

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MOVED AND SECONDED.
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ALL IN FAVOR, AYE.
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>> AYE.
>> ANY OPPOSED?
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ANY ABSTENTIONS?
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PLEASED TO REPORT THAT IS
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UNANIMOUS, THANK YOU ALL SO
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VERY MUCH.
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[APPLAUSE].
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>> AND NOW WE WILL CALL THE
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NEXT ITEM.
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UNLESS -- MADAM COUNCIL

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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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>> 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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TERMINATED OR SHOULD HAVE

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TERMINATED, AND THAT HAPPENED
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OVER SEVERAL YEARS.
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THE PERSON WHO GAVE THE REPORT
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WHO IS THE SERVICE MANAGER IN
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THE BUREAU WAS NOT HERE WHEN
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THAT HAPPENED AND NOR WAS I AND
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I HOPE NOBODY ELSE IS STILL
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HERE WHEN THAT HAPPENS.
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THERE ARE SEVERAL MISSTEPS THAT
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SHOULD NEVER HAVE HAPPENED AND
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THE RESOLUTION BEFORE YOU IS TO
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CLEAN THAT UP.

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WE SPENT MONEY THAT HAD NOT
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BEEN APPROVED BY THE COUNCIL,
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WE EXCEEDED THE MAXIMUM TERM OF
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THAT CONTRACT AND WE CONTINUED
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THE CONTRACT AFTER ITS
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EXPIRATION DATE.
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THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THIS
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REPORT WOULD CLEAN ALL OF THAT
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UP BUT IT WOULD DO [INAUDIBLE].