Review
and Action on Draft City
Council Agenda for May 24, 2005.
Action:
All items
approved for placement on the agenda with the following additions,
deletions or changes:
Youth
Voting
From: Councilmembers Moore and Worthington
Recommendation:
Adopt
a Resolution: 1) supporting state legislation permitting local choice in
which cities and counties will be permitted to designate a voting age of
16 years or older in city or county elections; and 2) preparing an
amendment to the City Charter to be presented to the voters in Berkeley
that would allow a resident of 16 years of age or older the right to
vote in city elections, if and when the state allows this action.
Financial Implications: $10,000 to place the charter amendment on the ballot.
Contact: Darryl Moore, Councilmember District 2,
981-7120 and Kriss Worthington, Councilmember District 7, 981-7170
Action: Moved to Action Calendar.
Revisions
to the Zoning Ordinance, Part 2
From: City Manager
Recommendation:
Adopt
the first reading of an Ordinance to correct various typographic errors
in Title 23 (Zoning Ordinance) and clarify long-standing interpretations
of the regulatory text.
Financial Implications: None.
Contact: Dan Marks,
Planning, 981-7400]
Action: Moved to Consent Calendar.
Contract:
Environmental Review Services for 700 University Avenue
From: City Manager
Recommendation:
Adopt
a Resolution authorizing the City Manager to execute a contract and any
amendments with Christopher A. Joseph & Associates for environmental
review services in an amount not to exceed $150,000 for a total contract
period not to exceed one year with the sole source of funding derived
from funds provided by applicants.
Financial Implications: None – funding provided by applicant.
Contact: Dan Marks, Planning, 981-7400
Action: Moved to Consent Calendar.
Added to Consent Calendar:
Reprogramming
FY 2001 Emergency Shelter Grant Funds
From: City Manager
Recommendation:
Adopt
a Resolution authorizing: 1) the reprogramming of $9,925 in FY 2004
Emergency Shelter Grant funds, previously awarded to Building
Opportunities for Self-Sufficiency (BOSS), to the Berkeley Food and
Housing Project (BFHP) for minor rehabilitation work at BFHP’s Men’s
and Women’s Shelter; and 2) an amendment of the existing contract with
BHFP, increasing the amount by $9,925 for a total amount not to exceed
$1,108,683 for the period July 1, 2003 through June 30, 2005.
Financial Implications: Emergency Shelter Grant Funds –
$9,925 transferred from BOSS to BHFP.
Contact: Stephen Barton, Housing, 981-5400
Contract
Amendments: CDBG and ESG Funded Improvement Projects
From: City Manager
Recommendation:
Adopt
a Resolution authorizing the City Manager to execute amendments to
contracts with Building Opportunities for Self-Sufficiency (BOSS)
Harrison Street Shelter and Multi-Agency Service Center Improvements and
Ephesian Children’s Center for Greg Brown Park Improvements funded
with Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) and Emergency Shelter
Grant (ESG), extending the contracts to June 30, 2006 for these
activities.
Financial Implications: None – funding amounts remain unchanged.
Contact: Stephen Barton, Housing, 981-5400
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