Review
and Action on Draft City
Council Agenda for June 13, 2006.
Action:
At the Committee’s request
the order of the agenda was modified by grouping all City Council
budget referrals together at the end of the Action Calendar
immediately after the Budget Update.
All items approved for placement on the agenda with the
following additions, deletions or changes:
Appeal:
3027 Adeline Street – Black and White Liquors
From:
City Manager
Recommendation:
City Manager report submitting proposed findings on Black and White
Liquors, 3027 Adeline Street (nuisance abatement appeal).
Financial
Implications: See report
Contact:
Manuela Albuquerque, City Attorney, 981-6950
Action:
Moved to the June 20, 2006 meeting at the request of the City
Attorney.
Contract:
Community Conservation Center
From:
City Manager
Recommendation:
Adopt a Resolution amending Contract No. 6856 with Community Conservation
Center to increase the not-to-exceed amount from $238,000 to
$380,000 in FY 2006 to correct an error and reinstate the previously
authorized contract amount.
Financial
Implications: $380,000 - Various Funds
Contact:
Claudette R. Ford, Public Works, 981-6300
Action:
Moved to the June 20, 2006 meeting at the request of the City
Manager.
Oppose
Senate Bill 1404: Parking Citations Related to Street Sweeping
From:
City Manager
Recommendation:
Oppose SB 1404, which would require that citations issued for violating
parking restrictions related to street sweeping be cancelled once
contested if the city
cannot prove that the street was cleaned on the date of the
violation; and send a letter of opposition to the
Senate Appropriations Committee; Senator Mike Machado; the
League of California Cities Department of Public Safety,
Transportation and Public Works; and the City's State
Lobbyist.
Financial
Implications: None
Contact:
Claudette R. Ford, Public Works, 981-6300
Action:
Moved to the June 20, 2006 meeting at the request of the City
Manager.
Ballot Measure: A Clean Water Measure to Address Severe Flooding,
Sewage Contamination, Creek and Culvert Improvements
From:
Councilmembers Maio and Moore
Recommendation:
Request
placement of a measure on the November ballot to address severe
flooding, sewage contamination, creek and culvert improvement-A
Clean Water measure.
Financial
Implications: To be determined
Contacts:
Linda Maio, Councilmember District 1, 981-7110 and Darryl Moore,
Councilmember District 2, 981-7120
Action:
Removed from the Consent Calendar and moved to Action by Mayor
Bates.
Changes
to West Berkeley Zoning
From:
Councilmembers Maio, Capitelli, Moore and Mayor Bates
Recommendation:
Refer to the Planning Commission the request that the City make changes to
the West Berkeley zoning to achieve more rational use of space and
facilitate arts and crafts uses to locate in the M district.
Financial
Implications: See report
Contacts:
Linda Maio, Councilmember District 1, 981-7110; Laurie Capitelli,
Councilmember District 5, 981-7150; Darryl
Moore, Councilmember District 2, 981-7120; and Tom Bates, Mayor, 981-7100
Action:
Removed from the Consent Calendar and moved to Action by
Mayor Bates. Councilmember Moore and Mayor Bates added as
co-sponsors.
Proclamation:
Designating June as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Month
From:
Councilmembers Worthington and Moore
Recommendation:
Support a proclamation to honor June as Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender
and Questioning Pride Month in the City of Berkeley and authorize
the City Manager to fly the Rainbow Flag for the rest of June.
Financial
Implications: None
Contacts:
Kriss Worthington, Councilmember District 7, 981-7170 and Darryl
Moore, Councilmember District 2, 981-7120
Action:
Councilmember Moore added as a cosponsor.
Civic
Arts Work Plan for FY 2007 and West Berkeley Arts Inventory
a.
From: Civic Arts Commission
Recommendation:
Adopt
a Resolution accepting the Civic Arts Commission
Work Plan for FY 2007 and adopt
a Resolution to fund an intern to assist in the inventory of
artists, art organizations and
creative businesses in West Berkeley.
Financial
Implications: General Fund - $12,000
Contact:
Mary Ann Merker, Secretary to the Civic Arts Commission, Economic
Development, 981-7530
b.
From: City Manager
Recommendation:
Refer to the budget process.
Contact:
Thomas Myers, Economic Development, 981-7530
Action:
Removed from the Consent Calendar and moved to Action by the City
Manager.
Restore
Public Art Funds and Restore the Civic Arts Grant Program Funding
From:
Civic Arts Commission
Recommendation:
Direct
the City Manager to restore to the annual budget for the Civic Arts
Program one FTE position
including salary and benefits
from General Fund revenues, and to restore the Public Art Fund 657
for revenues expended during the current Fiscal Year in excess of
0.5% allowed under
Resolution No. 60,048-N.S. for the management costs for projects;
and adopt a Resolution
to restore the Civic
Art Grant Program to $300,000 for FY07.
Financial
Implications: See report
Contact:
Mary Ann Merker,
Secretary to the Civic Arts Commission, Economic Development,
981-7530
b.
From: City Manager
Recommendation:
Refer to the budget process.
Contact:
Thomas Myers, Economic Development, 981-7530
Action:
Removed from the Consent Calendar and moved to Action by the City
Manager.
Added
to the Consent Calendar
Designating
May 19, 2006 as “Wayne Dismuke Day”
From:
Mayor Bates and Councilmembers Moore, Anderson and Worthington
Recommendation:
Adopt a resolution commemorating May 19th as “WAYNE DISMUKE DAY” in
remembrance of the incredible life spirit of Captain Wayne S.
Dismuke
Financial
Implications: None
Contacts:
Tom
Bates, Mayor, 981-7100;
Darryl
Moore, Councilmember District 2, 981-7120; Max Anderson, Councilmember District 3, 981-7130; and Kriss
Worthington, Councilmember District 7, 981-7170
Recognizing
the Dramatic Philanthropic Divide Between Minority-led Nonprofits
and Non-minority-led Nonprofits
From:
Councilmembers Moore and Anderson
Recommendation:
Adopt a Resolution recognizing the dramatic philanthropic divide between
minority-led nonprofits and non-minority-led nonprofits.
Financial
Implications: None
Contacts:
Darryl
Moore, Councilmember District 2, 981-7120 and Max Anderson,
Councilmember District 3, 981-7130
Added
to the Action Calendar
Budget
Referral: $10,000 for the Operating Budget for the West Berkeley
Neighborhood Development Corporation and Costs Associated with the 2nd
Annual International Food Festival
From:
Councilmembers Moore and Maio
Recommendation:
Refer a request for $10,000, $4000 of which is to be used for the
operating budget for the West Berkeley Neighborhood Development
Corporation and $6000 for costs associated with the 2nd
Annual Berkeley International Food Festival.
Financial
Implications: $10,000
Contacts:
Darryl
Moore, Councilmember District 2, 981-7120; and Linda Maio,
Councilmember District 1, 981-7110
Budget
Referral: Restore Funding for Staffing of the Office of Emergency
Services
From:
Councilmember Spring
Recommendation:
Refer
to the budget process up to $120,000 to restore funding for staffing
of the Office of Emergency Services.
Financial
Implications: See report
Contact:
Dona Spring, Councilmember District 4, 981-7140
Budget
Referral: $10,000 for the Center for Accessible Technology
From:
Councilmember Spring
Recommendation:
Refer the request for an additional $10,000 annually starting this fiscal
year for the Center for Accessible Technology to the budget process.
Financial
Implications: See report
Contact:
Dona
Spring, Councilmember, District 4, 981-7140
Budget
Referral: Create a Public Safety Commission
From:
Councilmember Wozniak
Recommendation:
Refer to the budget process a recommendation that the
City Manager establish a new City Commission focused on reducing
crime and improving public safety.
Financial
Implications: See report
Contact: Gordon Wozniak, Councilmember, District 8,
981-7180
Budget
Referral: Sweatfree
Berkeley Ordinance Monitoring
and Enforcement
From:
Councilmember Worthington
Recommendation:
Refer fifty thousand dollars ($50,000)
to the Budget process to be considered for allocation for the
monitoring and enforcement component of the Sweatfree Berkeley
ordinance.
Financial
Implications: $50,000
Contact:
Kriss Worthington, Councilmember District 7, 981-7170
Protection
of Local Telecommunication Revenue and Maintenance of Control over
the Public Right of Way
From:
Mayor Bates and Councilmember Wozniak
Recommendation:
Adopt a Resolution in support of the Telecommunication Principles of the
League of California Cities; and authorize the City Manager to
appropriately and timely respond to any State or Federal legislative
or regulatory action, or to other legal action, which may threaten
the City’s revenue derived from telecommunications, the City’s
control over the Public Right-of-Way, or the City’s ability to
negotiate or govern cable/video service agreements within its
boundaries.
Financial
Implications: See report
Contacts:
Tom
Bates, Mayor, 981-7100 and Gordon Wozniak, Councilmember, District
8, 981-7180
Added
to the Information Calendar
Update
from City Attorney Regarding Placement of a Public Financing of
Elections Measure on the November 2006 Ballot
From:
City Manager
Contact:
Manuela Albuquerque, City Attorney, 981-6950
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