Review
and Action on Draft
City Council Agenda for January 11, 2005
Action:
All
items approved for placement on the agenda with the following additions,
deletions or changes:
Response to Budget Submission by BASTA
From: Mayor Bates
Recommendation:
Refer to the City Manager for comments on the proposed recommendations in
response to the recent letter from BASTA suggesting possible solutions
to the City’s budget crisis.
Contact: Tom Bates, Mayor, 981-7100
Action: Report revised by Mayor Bates.
Encroachment
Permit: UC Pedestrian
Bridge over Hearst Avenue (Foothill Bridge) (Held
over from December 7, 2004 by Councilmember Anderson)
From: City
Manager (July
13, 2004 Report)
Recommendation:
Adopt a Resolution authorizing the City Manager to issue a major
encroachment permit to the University of California for a pedestrian
bridge crossing (Foothill)
over Hearst Avenue east of La Loma Avenue on the following conditions:
1) an improved bridge design is submitted and approved by the Public
Works Director, in consultation with the Design Review Committee; 2) any
detrimental effects on the immediate community are offset by
contributing to specified pedestrian safety and public infrastructure
improvements in the “Hearst Corridor,” in the amount of $200,000;
and 3) all plan check comments and other technical issues are resolved
to the satisfaction of the Public Works Director.
Financial Implications:
See
report.
Contact:
Rene Cardinaux, Public Works, 981-6300
b. From: Public Works Commission (July
13, 2004 Report)
Recommendation:
Deny the application from the University of California for an encroachment
permit, either a Conditional or a Full Permit, for a Pedestrian Bridge
over Hearst Avenue near La Loma Avenue.
Contact:
Jeffrey Egeberg, Secretary, 981-6406
c. From:
Public Works Commission (November 9, 2004 Report)
Recommendation:
Should Council pursue the option of issuing a permit with mitigations, the
following language should be adopted: “Whereas this project and its
application for an encroachment permit have a unique history, therefore
this permit does not create a precedent for future requests for such
permits; and in the future, any such encroachment permits should be
secured before any part of intended construction is begun.”
Financial Implications: None.
Contact: Jeffrey Egeberg, Secretary, 981-6406
Action: Moved to February 22, 2005.
Rental
Housing Safety Program Update (CF
53-03)
From: City Manager
Contact:
Stephen Barton, Housing, 981-5400
Action: Moved to January 25, 2005.
Added Items to Consent Calendar:
Set Dedicated Council Budget Meetings
From: Mayor Bates
Recommendation:
Adopt a resolution authorizing the City Manager to dedicate the second
Council meeting of each month entirely to budget issues.
Contact: Tom Bates, Mayor, 981-7100
Oppose Low Lake Rancheria-Koi Nation Casino
From: Councilmembers Maio and Capitelli and Mayor
Bates
Recommendation:
Support the Nadel/Quan resolution opposing the proposed establishment of
the Low Lake Rancheria-Koi Nation Casino in the City of Oakland and
communicate its opposition to the Oakland City Council and Mayor Jerry
Brown.
Contact: Linda Maio, Councilmember District 1,
981-7110; Lauire Capitelli, Councilmember District 5, 981-7150; Tom
Bates, Mayor, 981-7100
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