Review
and Action on Draft City
Council Agenda for February 21, 2006.
Action:
All items approved for
placement on the agenda with the following additions, deletions or
changes:
Homeland
Computers
From:
Councilmember Spring
Recommendation:
Request the City Manager report back to the Council responding to
questions regarding the City of Berkeley's Homeland security
computers/other equipment, such as source of funding, requirements
and uses for the Homeland security computers and/or other equipment.
Financial
Implications: None
Contact:
Dona Spring, Councilmember District 4, 981-7140
Action:
Approved as amended.
June
Ballot Measure: Clarify Instant Run-Off (IRV) policy and Allow
Alameda County to Run an IRV Election in Berkeley in November 2006
From:
Councilmember Worthington
Recommendation:
Request the City Manager to prepare ballot title and designation for a
June ballot measure that clarifies the intent of Measure I, and
addresses possible technical objections to implementation of IRV in
November 2006.
Financial
Implications: Minimal cost of $9,000 to place it on the June
primary ballot; but also possibly saving the cost of conducting one
or more run-off elections in November.
Contact:
Kriss Worthington, Councilmember District 7, 981-7170
Action:
Moved to the Action Calendar and approved as amended.
Ashby
BART Station Grant Proposal (Held
over from February 7, 2006)
From:
Councilmember Anderson
Recommendation:
Reaffirm Resolution No. 63,146-N.S. to seek a planning grant from Caltrans
for potential residential and commercial development at the west
parking lot of the Ashby BART station.
Financial
Implications: None
Contact:
Max Anderson, Councilmember District 3, 981-7130
Action:
Withdrawn by Councilmember Anderson
Downtown
Area Plan Advisory Committee
From:
City Manager
Recommendation:
Invite
the University of California, Berkeley to appoint three
representatives to serve on the DAPAC in an ex officio capacity.
Financial
Implications: See report
Contact:
Dan Marks, Planning, 981-7400
Action:
Approved as amended.
Downtown
Area Plan Advisory Committee
From:
Councilmember Worthington
Recommendation:
Invite the University of California, Berkeley to appoint three
representatives to serve on the DAPAC in an ex officio capacity.
Financial
Implications: None.
Contact:
Kriss Worthington, Councilmember District 7, 981-7170
Action:
Approved as amended.
Added
to Consent Calendar:
Vacating
Portion of Easement Ashby Avenue at 9th
Street
From:
City Manager
Recommendation:
Adopt first reading of an Ordinance summarily vacating a portion of the
public right-of-way located on the North East corner of Ashby Avenue
and 9th Street and conveying the City’s interests in
the vacated property to Affordable Housing Associates for the
purpose of constructing affordable housing units.
Financial
Implications: See report
Contact:
Claudette R. Ford, Public Works, 981-6300
Ed
Roberts Campus - Support for Federal Transportation Appropriation
Request
From:
Mayor Bates
Recommendation:
Adopt a Resolution designating the Ed Roberts Campus as the City’s first
priority for funding in the FY 2007 Transportation Appropriation Act
and support the request being made by the Ed Roberts Campus for a
$2.5 million grant in that act.
Financial
Implications: None
Contact:
Tom Bates, Mayor, 981-7100
Ed
Roberts Campus - Support for Federal Labor, Health and Human
Services, and Education Appropriations Request
From:
Mayor Bates
Recommendation:
Adopt a Resolution designating the Ed Roberts Campus as the City’s first
priority for funding in the FY 2007 Labor, Health and Human
Services, and Education Appropriations Act and support the request
being made by the Ed Roberts Campus for a $2.5 million grant in that
act.
Financial
Implications: None
Contact:
Tom Bates, Mayor, 981-7100
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