Review
and Action on Draft City
Council Agenda for June 20, 2006.
Action:
All items approved for
placement on the agenda with the following additions, deletions or
changes:
Grandfathering
Recycling Box on 1700 Block of Channing Way
From:
Councilmember Spring
Recommendation:
Request
that the City Manager create a classification to accommodate the 35
year recycling box, known as “Wishing Well,” on the sidewalk
median strip on the 1700 block of Channing Way and waive any
proposed costs.
Financial
Implications: None
Contact:
Dona Spring, Councilmember District 4, 981-7140
Action:
Moved from Consent Calendar to Action Calendar.
Added
to the Consent Calendar
Abatement
of Nonconforming/Substandard Sewer Laterals on Private Property
From:
City Manager
Recommendation:
Adopt first reading of an Ordinance amending Section 2 of Ordinance No.
6914–N.S., Abatement of Nonconforming/Substandard Sewer Laterals
on Private Property, to change the effective date from July 1, 2006
to October 1, 2006.
Financial
Implications: None
Contact:
Claudette Ford, Public Works, 981-6300
Ed
Roberts Campus Transportation for Livable Communities Grant
Application
From:
Mayor Bates
Recommendation:
Adopt
a Resolution authorizing the City Manager to submit a grant
application to the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC)
Transportation for Livable Communities (TLC) 2006 Capital Program
for funds in the amount up to $3,000,000 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.
Financial
Implications: See report.
Contacts:
Tom
Bates, Mayor, 981-7100; Max Anderson, Councilmember District
3, 981-7130; and Kriss
Worthington, Councilmember District 7, 981-7170
Added
to the Action Calendar
Compromise
Landmarks Ordinance
From:
Mayor Bates
Recommendation:
That the City Council support, in principle, the draft compromise
revisions to the Berkeley Landmarks Preservation Ordinance (LPO) and
refer those changes to staff, the Landmarks Preservation Commission,
and the State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) for review in time
for the scheduled Council public hearing in July.
Financial
Implications: None
Contact:
Tom
Bates, Mayor, 981-7100
Funding
to Complete the Warm Water Pool
From:
Councilmember Spring
Recommendation:
Request
that the City Manager either 1) prepare a ballot measure to go to
the voters in November 2006 to increase the parcel tax approved by
the voters in 2000 to provide the additional funding needed to build
a new swimming pool at the location chosen by the BUSD Board on the
former BHS tennis courts; or 2) prepare a certificate of
participation to be paid back over 20 to 30 years from the general
fund to cover the remaining funding gap.
Financial
Implications: See
report
Contact:
Dona
Spring, Councilmember, District 4, 981-7140
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