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Item 3: Oakland PFRS Investment Portfolio As Of March 31, 2025
PFRS is the Police and Fire Retirement System, a closed pension fund that did not admit any new members after 1976. There are currently about 600 people still in this retirement plan. The trustees of the plan will present a report on the plan’s fiscal health, which is exceedingly good.
Item 3: Critical Sewer Division Power Rodder Vehicle Acquisitions
Authorizing Public Works to buy specialized equipment that clears obstructions deep in sewer pipes.
Item 4: Professional Services Contract Amendment With Biggs Cardosa Associates,
Inc. For Leimert Bridge Seismic Retrofit Project
Authorizing the city to amend and increase their contract with an engineering firm for work to seismically retrofit the Leimert Street Bridge.
Item 5: Issuance Of An Unconditional Certificate Of Completion For Brooklyn Basin
Phase Two Public Improvements
Directs the City to issue a certificate of completion following final inspections of Phase Two of the Brooklyn Basin Project.
Item 6: Parking Fines
Consistent with state law, this will impose a $40 ticket for infractions of the “daylighting” ordinance for vehicles that park too close to a pedestrian crosswalk.
Item 3: Omnibus Planning Code Amendments With Focus On Streamlining Design
Streamlines Design Review processes by creating a new ministerial process for design review and updating design standards and procedures to provide clear, objective project expectations.
Item 4: 2025 Code Amendments: Accessory Dwelling Units/Fire Zone
Consistent with new state laws, this increases the number of ADUs allowed on a lot with an existing multifamily building; removes the requirement to replace uncovered parking spaces
removed to construct ADUs; clarifies definition of livable space; updates the definition of a Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zone
Item 5: Rent Adjustment Ordinance Amendment
If passed, would allow landlords to petition to pass on the costs of the increase in Waste Management fees to their tenants.
Item 6: 2025 Consolidated Plan Adoption
Allows the City to accept $14 million in HUD grants, and lists potential projects where this money might be spent.
Item 7: The East Bay Recreation And Culture Club, Inc. Lease Agreement
Requests the City Administrator to negotiate a lease with a nonprofit organization to create an Arts Center inside the old Montclair firehouse on Moraga Avenue.
Item 8: New César E. Chávez Library Lease
Authorizes a lease between the City and the Fruitvale Development Corporation for a five year lease (with options to renew) to keep the extant library housed at its current site.
Item 3: OFCY 2023-2024 Year End Evaluation Report
Receive an informational report about the Oakland Fund for Children and Youth.
Item 4: FY 2025 Professional Services - The Bridging Group (TBG)
Enter into a professional services agreement for evaluation of and consulting for the OFCY.
Item 5: FY 2024-25 Informational Report On The Operations Of Oakland’s Cultural Affairs Division
Receive an informational report about recent activities of the Cultural Affairs Division.
Item 6: Report On The City’s Head Start Program
Receive an informational report on the City’s Head Start program, including recent staff changes and how that might impact ability to receive Federal grants.
Item 7: Report On Extended Stay America Acquisition
Receive a report on the recent acquisition of this hotel and report on how we are using this property to house people recently relocated from large encampments at Mosswood and East 12th.
Item 3: OPD Asset Forfeiture Fund Appropriation
Allows the City Administrator to accept $1.2 million in funds from Federal and State Asset Forfeiture program, and directs the money to equipment needed for the Ceasefire program.
Councilmember Noel Gallo will serve as Interim City Council President and former Councilmember At Large Rebecca Kaplan will serve as Interim District Two Councilmember
Partnership for the Bay’s Future awards grant of $675,800 to fund a two-year fellow and select community partners to work on the nexus between lead hazard abatement and proactive rental inspection.
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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.
