Action: Moved, seconded, carried (Wozniak /
Worthington) to adopt Consent Calendar in one motion except as indicated:
1.
Fair Procedures in Quasi-Judicial Land Use Matters
(PDF, 67 KB) (First Reading February
22, 2005 – Unanimous)
From: City Manager
Recommendation: Adopt second reading of an
Ordinance amending the BMC Sections 23B.28.060 and 23B.32.060 to reflect new
rules regarding ex parte communications for matters on appeal to the Zoning
Adjustments Board and the City Council.
Financial Implications:
None.
Contact: Dan Marks,
Planning, 981-7400
Action: Adopted Ordinance No. 6,844–N.S.
(PDF, 107 KB) Effective
April 7, 2005.
2.
Minutes for Approval (PDF,
2 MB)
From: City Manager
Recommendation: Approve the minutes for
Council meetings of January 18, 2005 (regular and closed), January 25, 2005
(regular), February 7, 2005 (closed) and February 8, 2005 (special and
regular).
Contact:
Sara T. Cox, City Clerk, 981-6900
Action: Approved
minutes.
3.
Needle Exchange (PDF,
176 KB)
From: City Manager
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution
reviewing and confirming the continued existence of a local emergency with
regard to HIV transmission from use of HIV-Infected Needles among injection
drug users, and authorizing the local health officer to take steps to enable
the operation of Needle Exchange Emergency Distribution.
Contact:
Sara Cox, City Clerk, 981-6900
Action: Adopted Resolution No. 62,828–N.S.
(PDF, 101 KB)
4.
Amendment of BMC Chapter Regarding Infractions and
Misdemeanors (PDF, 478 KB)
From: City Manager
Recommendation: Adopt the first reading of
an Ordinance amending Berkeley Municipal Code (BMC) section 1.20.020 relating
to how violations of City ordinances are charged.
Financial Implications: None.
Contact: Manuela
Albuquerque, City Attorney, 981-6950
Action: Adopted
first reading of Ordinance. Second reading scheduled for March 15, 2005.
5.
Formal Bid Solicitations and Requests for Proposals
(PDF, 313 KB)
From: City Manager
Recommendation: Approve new invitations
for bids and requests for proposals (RFP) that will be, or are planned to be,
issued; that have been issued and received due to extenuating circumstances; or
that have been sent out (opened) but not yet received (closed).
Financial Implications: Various Funds – $4,775,000
Contact: Fran David,
Finance, 981-7300
Action: Approved recommendation as amended by City
Manager to remove North Pool Roof Replacement.
Councilmembers Worthington, Moore and Anderson requested they be recorded
as voting no on the Public Safety integrated software.
6.
Safe Haven Program for Newborns
(PDF, 217 KB)
From: City Manager
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution authorizing the City to participate in the Safe Haven
Program for Newborns by establishing Berkeley fire stations as approved
locations where abandoned newborns can be dropped off.
Financial Implications: Staff time.
Contact: Debra Pryor, Fire,
981-5500
Action: Adopted Resolution No. 62,829–N.S.
(PDF, 80 KB)
7.
Contract: Financial Consultant Services – Seifel Consulting,
Inc. (PDF, 268 KB)
From: City Manager
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution authorizing the City Manager to execute a contract
with Seifel Consulting, inc. for financial consulting services in an amount not
to exceed $40,000.
Financial Implications: CDBG Fund – $40,000.
Contact: Stephen Barton,
Housing, 981-5400
Action: Adopted Resolution No. 62,830–N.S.
(PDF, 86 KB)
8.
HUD Section 108 Loan Guarantee for the University Neighborhood
Apartments at 1719-1725 University Avenue (PDF, 571 KB)
From:
City Manager
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution: 1) approving participation in the U.S. Housing and
Urban Development (HUD) Section 108 Loan Guarantee Program and authorizing the
use of current and future Community Development Block Grant funds as the
ultimate security and loan collateral in order to secure a loan for the
University Neighborhood Apartments’ development at 1719-1725 University Avenue,
up to the amount of $800,000; 2) authorizing the City Manager to execute the
HUD Contract for Loan Guarantee Assistance, Note, and all other documents,
agreements and amendments necessary to secure the HUD 108 Loan for the
University Neighborhood Apartments’ development; and 3) rescinding Resolution
No. 61,275–N.S.
Financial Implications: None.
Contact: Stephen
Barton, Housing, 981-5400
Action: Removed from Consent Calendar by
Councilmember Wozniak. Moved, seconded,
carried (Worthington/Maio; Noes – Wozniak) to adopt Resolution No. 62,831–N.S.
(PDF, 161 KB)
9.
Raising The Tibetan Flag In Solidarity With The Tibetan People
(PDF, 29 KB)
From: Councilmember Worthington
Recommendation: Allow the Tibetan flag to be raised on the city flag pole on March 10,
2005 to show solidarity with the people of Tibet and Tibetan support groups in
commemoration of the Tibetan National Uprising Day.
Financial Implications: None.
Contact: Kriss Worthington,
Councilmember District 7, 981-7170
Action: Approved recommendation.
10.
Meeting City’s Greenhouse Gas Reduction Goals
(PDF, 22 KB)
From: Councilmembers Wozniak and Maio
Recommendation: Request that staff prepare a cost benefit analysis, which would be sent
to the Energy Commission for review, of offering free on-street parking at
metered spaces for fuel-efficient and clean hybrid vehicles to increase the
percentage of fuel efficient vehicles owned by Berkeley residents and reduce
gasoline consumption to meet the City’s Kyoto goals. Staff should consider if
this incentive would be available: only to high-efficiency vehicles purchased
in Berkeley, which generate a local sales tax; high efficiency vehicles
regardless of origin; the term of the incentive (how many years per purchaser);
and the likelihood of achieving the Kyoto reductions.
Financial Implications: Staff time.
Contact: Gordon Wozniak,
Councilmember District 8, 981-7180; Linda Maio, Councilmember District 1,
981-7110
Action: Removed from Consent Calendar by
Councilmember Worthington. Moved,
seconded, carried (Wozniak/Maio) to approve recommendation as amended to limit
incentives to high efficiency vehicles purchased in Berkeley and refer to staff
for term, feasibility and enforcement analysis to be reported back to Council.
11.
Policy on University Avenue Land Use Projects Applications
Deemed Complete after January 1, 2005 (PDF, 73 KB)
From: Councilmember Spring
Recommendation: Pass a policy requiring that University Avenue land use projects
applications that are deemed complete after January 1, 2005 are subject to
University Avenue Strategic Plan zoning amendments passed by Council on
December 7, 2004.
Financial Implications: None.
Contact:
Dona Spring, Councilmember District 4, 981-7140
Action: Moved to Information by Councilmember
Spring as verbally amended to indicate no projects on University Avenue came in and were
deemed complete between January 1 – 6, 2005.
12.
Filling Vacancies Among the Elected Representatives of the
Poor
a. From:
Human Welfare and Community Action Commission (PDF, 178 KB)
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution confirming the appointment of Ms. Carita Jenkins
(District 2) as an elected representative of the poor on the Human Welfare
Community Action Commission (HWCAC), having been selected by the remaining
elected representatives of the poor at the HWCAC February 2, 2005 meeting, and
that her term expires November 14, 2006.
Financial Implications: None.
Contact: Kristen Lee, Secretary, 981-5427
b. From:
City Manager (PDF, 53 KB)
Recommendation: The City Manager concurs with the content and recommendations of the
report.
Contact: Stephen Barton,
Housing, 981-5400
Action: Adopted Resolution No. 62,832–N.S.
(PDF, 76 KB)
Action Calendar – New Business
14.
Parking Enforcement Operations Audit
(PDF, 3 MB)
From: City Auditor
Recommendation: Request
the City Manager to ensure that the recommendations in the attached report are
fully implemented, and to report back by July 19, 2005, regarding the
implementation status of each recommendation in the report. A date should be
set for a follow-up report to Council if any recommendations remain unimplemented
at the time of the July report.
Financial Implications: See report.
Contact: Ann-Marie Hogan,
City Auditor, 981-6750
Action: Moved, seconded, carried (Wozniak/ Moore) to
approve the recommendation.
15.
Contract: Environmental and Planning Services
(PDF, 326 KB)
From: City Manager
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution authorizing the City Manager to approve four contracts
and any amendments with Crawford, Multari & Clark, Pacific Municipal
Consultants, Amy Skews-Cox and Chandler Lee for planning and environmental
review services in an amount not to exceed $500,000 each, for a contract period
of three years, with the sole source of funding derived from funds provided by
applicants.
Financial Implications: Funding provided by the applicant.
Contact: Dan Marks,
Planning, 981-7400
Action: Moved, seconded, carried (Worthington/ Maio)
to adopt Resolution No. 62,834–N.S.
(PDF, 104 KB)
