Review
and Action on Draft City
Council Agenda for May 23, 2006.
Action:
All items approved for placement on the agenda with the
following additions, deletions or changes:
Budget
Referral: Funding Set Aside for Ball Field and Farmers Market
Relocation Costs
From:
Councilmembers Wozniak and Olds
Recommendation:
Refer to the budget process a
recommendation that the City Manager set aside $1,000,000 to provide
funds for costs associated with the closed Derby Street playing
field option. Costs
would include relocating the Farmers Market to a different portion
of the site and relocation and infrastructure improvements
associated with closing Derby Street.
Financial
Implications: $1,000,000
Contacts:
Gordon Wozniak, Councilmember District 8, 981-7180 and Betty Olds,
Councilmember District 6, 981-7160
Action: Withdrawn by Councilmember Wozniak
Presentation:
Recommendations for Creeks Ordinance Revisions
a.
From: City Manager
Recommendation:
Discuss
recommendations for revisions to the Creeks Ordinance (BMC Chapter
17.08 – Preservation and Restoration of the Natural Watercourses)
and determine if there are remaining issues and questions in
anticipation of providing direction to staff after a special Council
meeting and public hearing to be held on May 30, 2006.
Contact:
Dan Marks, Planning and Development,
981-7400
b.
From: Planning Commission
Recommendation:
If
the City Council accepts the Creeks Task Force recommendations, the
revised ordinance reflect the Planning Commission concerns listed in
this report.
Contact:
Dan Marks, Planning and Development, 981-7400
Action:
Moved to May 30, 2006 by the City Manager.
Presentation:
City Infrastructure Report (Public Works Program)
From:
City Manager
Contact:
Claudette R. Ford, Public Works, 981-6300
Action:
Withdrawn by the City Manager.
Discussion
and Direction to Staff and Timeline Regarding Ballot Measures
From:
City Manager
Recommendation:
Hold a discussion and provide direction to staff regarding the preparation
of any Council sponsored ballot measures to be placed on the ballot
for the November 7, 2006 General Municipal Election.
Financial
Implications: See report
Contact:
Sara T. Cox, City Clerk, 981-6900
Action:
Withdrawn by the City Manager
Clean
Money Ballot Measure
From:
Councilmembers Worthington and Moore
Recommendation:
Consider
placement on the November 7, 2006 election ballot, of a campaign
finance reform item providing for public finance of future Berkeley
elections.
Financial
Implications: Approximately
$10,000 to place a ballot measure on a consolidated election.
Contacts:
Kriss Worthington, Councilmember District 7, 981-7170; Darryl Moore, Councilmember District 2, 981-7120
Action:
Councilmember Anderson added as a co-sponsor.
Allocation
of $1,000,000 from the General Fund to the Housing Trust Fund
From:
Homeless Commission
Recommendation:
Approve the City Manager’s Fiscal Year 2007 Proposed Community Agency
Allocations for Homeless Programs requires and expenditure of
$215,521 in Community Development Block Grant, $173,556 in Community
Services Block Grant, $128,591 in Emergency Shelter Grant, and
$1,728,755 in General Funds for a total allocation of $2,322,471.
Financial
Implications: See report
Contact:
Jane Micallef, Secretary to Homeless Commission, 981-5426
Action:
Added as a separate item titled Community Agency Allocations.
Added
to the Consent Calendar
Initiative
Petition: Ordinance Amending Berkeley Municipal Code Chapter 21.28
to Encourage and Regulate Conversion of a Limited Number of Rental
Units to Condominiums and to Assist Tenants in Purchasing Their
Own Units
From: City Manager
Recommendation:
Refer to the City Manager a proposed initiative for a report to Council as
to any of the impacts specified in Election Code Section 9212.
Financial
Implications: See report
Contact:
Sara T. Cox, City Clerk, 981-6900
Notice
of Intention to Dissolve Zone of Benefit No. 15 in Berkeley
Streetlight Undergrounding Assessment District No. 1985-1
From:
City Manager
Recommendation:
Adopt a Resolution declaring the City’s intention to dissolve Zone of
Benefit No. 15 in Berkeley Streetlight Undergrounding Assessment
District No. 1985-1.
Financial
Implications: See report
Contact:
Claudette R. Ford, Public Works, 981-6300
Budget
Referral: Implementation of a Hypertension Prevention Initiative
From:
Mayor Bates
Recommendation:
Refer to the budget deliberations a $200,000 allocation from the general
fund for the Department of Health and Human Services to implement a
Hypertension Prevention and Treatment Initiative in partnership with
Lifelong Medical Care, Inc.
Financial
Implications: $200,000
Contact:
Tom
Bates, Mayor, 981-7100
Budget
Referral: Berkeley Champions for Kids Community Volunteer Center
From: City Manager
Recommendation:
Refer to the budget deliberations a $10,000 allocation from the general
fund for The Berkeley Alliance for the on-going management of
Berkeley Champions for Kids – placing city and community
volunteers in the City’s youth serving programs.
Financial
Implications: $10,000
Contact:
Tom
Bates, Mayor, 981-7100
Budget
Referral: Berkeley Art Center
From:
Councilmember Maio, Spring, Capitelli and Mayor Bates
Recommendation:
Council refer to the Budget
Process the restoration of essential funding of $20,000 for the
Berkeley Art Center.
Financial
Implications: General Fund - $20,000
Contact:
Linda Maio, Councilmember District 1, 981-7110
Budget
Referral: Landscaped Traffic Barriers
From:
Councilmember Spring
Recommendation:
Refer to the FY 06-07 budget process the landscaping
of permanent traffic barriers in the North Shattuck area on Cedar
Street at Milvia and Grant Streets.
Financial
Implications: Approximately
$30,000
Contact:
Dona Spring, Councilmember District 4, 981-7140
Added
to the Action Calendar
Ballot
Measure: Greenhouse Gas Ballot Measure
From:
Mayor Bates
Recommendation:
Discuss placing an advisory measure on the November ballot to support
aggressive efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and actively
engage in climate-disaster preparations to address the likely local
climate change impacts such as flooding, shortages of potable water,
and dramatically increased costs of energy.
Financial
Implications: $9,000 to place the item on the ballot
Contact:
Tom
Bates, Mayor, 981-7100
Fiscal
Year 2007 Proposed Budget and Work Plan Update
From:
City Manager
Recommendation:
Conduct
a public hearing on the FY 2007 Proposed Budget and Work Plan
Update. Council will
adopt the FY 2007 budget on June 27, 2006.
Financial
Implications: See budget book
Contact:
Tracy Vesely, City Manager, 981-7000
Telegraph
Avenue Economic Development Assistance Package
From:
Mayor Bates
and Councilmembers Wozniak and Worthington
Recommendation: Direct
the City Manager to return with a plan (as detailed in the
background information) to: 1) increase police presence on
Telegraph; 2) increase street and sidewalk cleaning; 3) review
street and pedestrian level lighting; 4) create a façade
improvement grant/ matching program; 5) streamline permits for the
Telegraph commercial district; 6) improve social service and mental
health outreach; 7) develop strategies related to inappropriate
street behavior; 8) request property owners assist with rent or
other incentives to attract new businesses; and 9) launch a new
joint marketing effort with the university.
Financial
Implications: Significant
impacts to be determined
Contacts:
Tom
Bates, Mayor, 981-7100; Gordon
Wozniak, Councilmember, District 8, 981-7180, Kriss Worthington, Councilmember District 7, 981-7170
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