Zac Unger

District 1 Councilmember

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Coming to City Council Committee

September 30, 2025

Finance Commitee

Item 3: OPD Overtime Report

         Receive an informational report about how OPD overtime has been spent (or curtailed) in the 3rd quarter.

 

Item 4: Appropriations Limits For FY 2025-26

         Allows City to recalculate its appropriations limits for population growth and inflation.

 

Item 5: City Of Oakland Investment Policy For FY 2025-26

         Minor edits and legislative changes to existing investment policy to bring us in line with State and Federal statutory changes.

 

Item 6: Oracle Business Intelligence And Analytics Consulting Services

         Enter into a contract with Fusion BI for help managing our Oracle platform.

 

Item 7: Cash Management Report For FY 2024-2025 Fourth Quarter Ended June 30, 2025

         Report on returns and management practices for the City’s liquid assets.

 

Item 8: Options To Raise Additional Ongoing $40 Million In General Purpose Fund Revenues

         Receive a report from Finance Department about different options to structure a parcel tax—and perhaps other measures—to increase revenue at the ballot box.

 

Public Works & Transportation Commitee

Item 3: Recognizing Ecosystems Concepts, Inc

         Goats, goats, goats! Recognizing the hard work of our vegetation management goats and their goatherds.

 

Item 4: Three-Year Professional Services Agreement With Daupler Inc.

         Entering into a contract with a company to provide after-hours call center for emergency management issues like trees down, board ups, sewage overflows, etc.

 

Item 5: Three-Year Maintenance Services Agreement With YES Construction Group, Inc.

         Entering a contract with a specialized company that performs water backflow valve testing to ensure that City buildings meet EBMUD requirements.

 

Item 6: CFD 2015-1 Gateway Industrial Landscape Maintenance Contract 2025

         Landscape maintenance contract for roads near the Port of Oakland. This money comes from an industrial financing district, not the General Fund.

 

Item 7: Amending And Expanding The Civicorps Contract Agreement

         Expand Civicorps’ scope of work to include projects funded by the Measure MM wildfire assessment district.

 

Item 8: Maintenance Agreements Between The City And Caltrans

         Authorizes the City Administrator to negotiate maintenance agreements between City and CalTrans on roadways where both parties share responsibility.

 

Item 9: Purchase Of Asphalt Paving Materials For In-House Paving And Sidewalk Operations

         Waives certain contracting provisions to allow the City to purchase the specialized types of asphalt to sustain our in-house paving operation.

 

Item 10: Ensure Compliance With Sewer Consent Decree

         Waives Local/Small business requirements so that we can continue to fix our sewers at the rate specified buy the consent decree.

 

Community & Economic Development Commitee

 

Item 3: Permit Ready Express Program

         Allocates money from HUD for use in revolving loan program for affordable housing and creates a position of Affordable Housing Permit Expediter.

 

Item 4: Middle Income JPA Bond Financing Program

         Allows the city to establish a joint powers authority with the state to create a financing mechanism for middle-income housing. These bonds would not be issued by the City, do not use the City’s credit rating, and the City is not responsible for repayment in any circumstance.

 

Item 5: Affordable Housing Funding - Program Income And FY2025-26 HCD Capital Funds

         Authorizing expenditure of Measure U funds, impact fees, and other sources for affordable housing uses.

 

Item 6: Sale Of 1226 73rd Avenue

         Allows City Administrator to sell this property that is badly damaged and in need of repair.

 

Item 7: 2025-2029 Economic Development Action Plan

         Receive a report on long-term economic development plans.

 

Public Safety Commitee

 

Item 3: OPD NSA Status Update

         Update on City’s progress on the Negotiated Settlement Agreement.

 

Item 4: OPD Eberhardt Consulting Contract

         Continue a contract with a consultant who helps us compy with the NSA.

 

Item 5: Agreement With Greenlight Fund And Urban Peace Institute For Community Violence Intervention Academy

         Allows DVP to receive in-kind assistance at no cost to the city to develop and run a violence intervention training academy.

 

Item 6: Adjustments To DVP Grants With Community-Based Organizations For Grant Year 2025-2026

         Allows the City Administrator to slightly increase several contracts with CBOs as a result of increased revenue projections from Measure NN.

 

Life Enrichment Commitee

 

Item 3: Honoring Creative Growth Art Center

         Celebrating 50th anniversary of an org that works with artists with developmental disabilities.

 

Item 4: Honoring Diamano Coura West African Dance Company

         Celebrating 50th anniversary of a cultural arts organization.

 

Item 5: Amend Resolution 90767 C.M.S. - OFCY FY 2025-2026 Grant Renewals And Programmatic Changes

         Clean up some mistakes to amounts and names from a previous resolution.

 

Item 6: CHS FY 25-26 Contracts

         Amending grant agreements and professional service contracts with some providers of homelessness services. Due to reductions in funding from multiple sources, some of these contracts will be revied down to six months rather than one year. Awards are based on performance metrics.

         **This item likely to generate lots of discussion and comment**

 

Item 7: Medi-Cal Administrative Activities Memorandum Of Understanding

         Accepting grants from MediCal and allowing City Administrator to negotiate MOU with Alameda County for reimbursement of admin services performed by the City.

 

Item 8: Oakland Paratransit For The Elderly And Disabled Program (OPED) Measure BB Funds For FY 25-26

         Accepting money from Measure BB and allocating funds to several paratransit providers.

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Zac Unger is a lifelong Oakland resident and still lives on the street in North Oakland where he grew up. Before being elected to the City Council, Zac worked as an Oakland firefighter for 27 years and was president of Local 55 of the International Association of Firefighters. He worked on the steering committees for multiple ballot measures regarding public safety, infrastructure, and business tax reform. His wife owns a small law firm in Oakland and his three kids all attended OUSD. In his spare time, he works as a whitewater river raft guide and is the author of two books and dozens of magazine articles.