Review
and Action on Draft City
Council Agenda for December 13, 2005.
Action:
All items approved for
placement on the agenda with the following additions, deletions or
changes:
Health
Plan Rate Increases
From:
City Manager
Recommendation:
Adopt two Resolutions: 1) approval of a 14.63 percent rate increase for
the Kaiser Foundation Health Maintenance Organization health plan;
and 2) approving a 12.9 percent rate increase for both the Health
Net Health Maintenance Organization health plan and Point of Service
health plan for City employees effective January 1, 2006, through
December 31, 2006, and rescinding Resolution No. 62,751-N.S. and
Resolution No. 62,752-N.S.
Financial Implications: Payroll Deduction Trust Fund - $10,531,000
Contact:
David W. Hodgkins, Human Resources, 981-6805
Action:
Approved as amended.
Final
Tract Map 7527: 1809 Shattuck Avenue
From:
City Manager
Recommendation:
Adopt
a Resolution approving the final map of Tract Map 7527, a thirty-two
unit residential and commercial condominium at 1809 Shattuck Avenue.
Financial
Implications: None
Contact:
Claudette R. Ford, Public Works, 981-6300
Action:
Approved as amended.
Final
Tract Map 7537: 1797 Shattuck Avenue
From:
City Manager
Recommendation:
Adopt
a Resolution approving the final map of Tract Map 7537, a 67-unit
residential and commercial condominium located at 1797 Shattuck
Avenue.
Financial
Implications: None
Contact:
Claudette R. Ford, Public Works, 981-6303
Action:
Approved as amended.
Budget
Referral: Berkeley Guides
From:
Councilmembers Moore
Recommendation:
Refer
the one-time request for $10,000 to be used to leverage long-term
funding for Berkeley Guides to the midyear budget process.
Financial
Implications: $10,000
Contact:
Darryl Moore, Councilmember District 2, 981-7120
Action:
Approved as amended.
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 January 17, 2006
Support
Commission Diversity (Held
over as amended from November 29, 2005)
From:
Councilmember Worthington
Recommendation:
Adopt
a Resolution to: 1) encourage City Councilmembers to actively seek
to fill vacant positions with consideration of the needs and
benefits of a more representative and diverse commission roster; and
2) implement semi-annual reviews of its progress to determine if
additional steps should be taken to ensure that these goals are met.
Financial
Implications: None
Contact:
Kriss Worthington, Councilmember District 7, 981-7170
Action:
Moved to January 17, 2006
Delayed
Implementation of Audit Recommendations
From:
Auditor
Recommendation:
Request
the City Manager take the following steps to address the causes and
effects of delays in implementing audit recommendations the City has
previously agreed to implement: 1) Report back to Council regarding causes for difficulties in implementing
audit recommendations; 2) Investigate the possibility that budget-related cuts and freezes
may have impacted oversight/support functions and internal controls
Citywide to a degree of unacceptable risk; 3) include an analysis of potential
internal control impacts in future discussions of City budgets, as
well as estimated costs for resolving them; and 4) take additional steps as Council
may determine after discussion.
Financial
Implications: See
report
Contact:
Ann-Marie Hogan, City Auditor's Office, 981-6750
Action:
Approved as amended.
Phase-Out
of Tritium Exit Signs for the City of Berkeley
a.
From: Community Environmental Advisory Commission
Recommendation:
That Council require the
City Manager to institute the following policy: no new tritium signs
to be purchased or installed in new City owned and leased buildings;
the City must provide an inventory of all tritium exit signs in
City-owned and leased buildings within six months; and, the City
should provide facilities maintenance staff and subcontractors the
training to recognize and properly remove and legally dispose of
such signs.
Financial
Implications: Unknown
Contact:
Nabil Al-Hadithy, Secretary, 981-7461
b.
From: City Manager
Recommendation: The City Manager
concurs with the content and
recommendations of the report.
Contact:
Dan Marks, Planning, 981-7400
Action:
Moved to Consent Calendar
Added
to Consent Calendar:
Grant:
Ed Roberts Campus Transportation for Livable Communities
From:
Mayor Bates and Councilmembers Anderson and Worthington
Recommendation:
Adopt
a Resolution: 1) authorizing the City Manager to submit a grant
application to the Alameda County Congestion Management Agency
Transportation for Livable Communities Capital Program, FY 2006-2009
for funds in an amount up to $3,000,000 in FY 2006-2007 for
transportation enhancements related to the Ed Roberts Campus at the
Ashby BART Station; and accept the grant and execute any resultant
agreements and amendments, and 2) rescinding Resolution No.
63,107-N.S.
Financial
Implications: See report
Contact:
Tom Bates, Mayor, 981-7100; Max Anderson, Councilmember District 3, 981-7130; Kriss
Worthington, Councilmember District 7, 981-7170
Added
to Action Calendar:
FY
2006 & FY 2007 Biennial Budget Update – First Quarter
From:
City Manager
Recommendation:
Adopt a Resolution allocating
anticipated, one-time General Fund revenue in the amount of $878,564
to provide continued funding for specific programs and to fund
non-discretionary costs that have arisen since July 1, 2005, as
identified in Attachment A, and approve additional staffing for
Permit Center activity.
Financial
Implications: See report
Contact:
Tracy Vesely, City Manager, 981-7000
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