Review
and Action on Draft City Council Agenda for November 29,
2005.
Action:
All items approved for placement on
the agenda with the following additions, deletions or changes:
Rosa
Parks Commemoration Day
From:
Councilmember Moore
Recommendation:
Adopt a Resolution designating December 1st as “Rosa Parks Commemoration
Day.”
Financial
Implications: None.
Contact:
Darryl Moore, Councilmember District 2, 981-7120
Action:
Approved as amended.
Affordable
Housing Loophole
From:
Councilmember Worthington
Recommendation:
Refer to the Planning Commission to consider whatever policy or policies
are needed for closing the "4 +
4 = 4" loophole which is being
used to avoid building affordable housing by defining up to
four units as live work and up to four units as rental, thereby
circumventing the important public priority of the inclusionary
requirement that if you build five or more units, twenty percent
should be affordable.
Financial
Implications: Staff time
Contact:
Kriss Worthington, Councilmember District 7, 981-7170
Action:
Moved to Action Calendar by Councilmember Wozniak.
Disappearing
Newsracks and the Constitutionality and Practicality of the
Interpretation and Implementation of Newsrack Regulations (Held over from October 18, 2005)
From:
Councilmember Worthington
Recommendation:
Refer to the City Manager to
review city ordinances, interpretations, and operations in regards
to Newsrack regulation. As one part of this review, to invite
persons responsible for distribution of newspapers to identify
problem areas, including but not limited to the disappearance of
newsracks without notification to the newspapers, possibly
eliminating the part of the City ordinance that allows City removal
of newsracks with zero notice, and making sure that the City is not
creating impediments to fair placement for all publications.
Financial
Implications: Staff time
Contact:
Kriss Worthington, Councilmember District 7, 981-7170
Action:
Moved to December 13, 2005.
Support
Sutter Health Employees (Held
over from October 18, 2005)
From:
Councilmember Worthington
Recommendation:
Adopt a Resolution in support of
Sutter Health employees at the California Pacific Medical Center and
the Federal Mediator’s proposed Settlement Agreement.
Financial
Implications: None
Contact:
Kriss Worthington, Councilmember District 7, 981-7170
Action:
Withdrawn by Councilmember Worthington.
Response
to Draft Environmental Impact Report for Bevatron at Lawrence
Berkeley National Laboratory
From:
City Manager (November 29, 2005)
Recommendation:
Authorize staff to send comments to LBNL on the Draft EIR for demolition
of Bevatron and Building 51 regarding cumulative impacts,
transportation, air quality, compliance with health and safety
regulations, and the need for LBNL to identify additional methods to
recognize the site’s historic significance.
Financial
Implications: See report
Contact:
Dan Marks, Planning, 981-7400
Action:
Approved as amended.
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