The Council will consider
removal and addition of items to the Consent Calendar prior to voting on the
Consent Calendar. All items remaining
on the Consent Calendar will be approved in one motion. Items removed from the Consent Calendar will
be taken up after the "Action Calendar" unless the Council reorders
the agenda.
1. Appointment of City Clerk
From: City Manager
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution
confirming the appointment of Bonnie L. Gawf as City Clerk.
Financial Implications: See report
Contact:
Phil Kamlarz, City Manager, 981-7000
2.
Appointment of Director of Public Works
From:
City Manager
Recommendation:
Adopt a Resolution
confirming the appointment of Claudette R. Ford as Director of Public Works.
Financial Implications: See report
Contact: Phil,
Kamlarz, City Manager, 981-7000
3.
Contract: Artwork for Maudelle Shirek Mural
From: City Manager
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution authorizing the City Manager to execute a professional
service artist contract with Mildred Howard & Daniel Galvez to create a
mural of the life of Maudelle Shirek in Old
City Hall in an amount not to exceed $38,000 for the period of August 1,
2006 through June 30, 2006.
Financial Implications: Public Art Fund - $38,000
Contact: Thomas Myers, Acting Manager of Economic
Development, 981-6500
4.
Agreement: Community Relationship Management Software
From: City Manager
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution authorizing the City Manager to: 1) Approve the
selection of a vendor to be either Lagan Technologies Inc., or Tier 1
Innovations, based on Requests for Proposals (RFP) submitted; and 2) Execute a
3-year contract during the Council recess with the selected vendor to provide
comprehensive Community Relationship Management software in an amount not to
exceed $500,000 plus annual maintenance not to exceed $50,000 for the period of
September 1, 2006 through August 31, 2009.
Financial Implications: General Fund - $650,000
Contact: Frances David, Finance, 981-7300
5. Grant: Mental Health Services
From: City Manager
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution
authorizing the City Manager to accept a grant from the California Department
of Mental Health and execute a revenue agreement in the amount of $2,510,238 to
plan and implement transformative mental health programs under the Mental
Health Services Act Community Services and Supports; to execute the resultant
revenue agreement and any amendments; and authorizing the implementation of the
projects and appropriation of funding for related expenses, subject to securing
the grant.
Financial Implications: Revenue to Mental Health
Fund – See report
Contact:
Fred Medrano, Health and Human Services, 981-5100
6.
Contract: Mental Health Workforce Development
From:
City Manager
Recommendation:
Adopt a Resolution
authorizing the City Manager to execute an amendment to the contract with
Lippitt Consultant Services for services in support of activities related to
increasing the diversity and skill base of the public mental health workforce
and to increase the amount by $2,618 for a total contract amount not to exceed
$38,618.
Financial Implications: See report
Contact: Fred
Medrano, Health and Human Services, 981-5100
7.
Contract: Public Health Trainee
From: City Manager
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution authorizing the City Manager to execute a contract
with Tanya Perez, California Epidemiological Investigation Service trainee, to
develop communicable disease protocols, flu prevention campaign, avian flu
preparedness, and other communicable
disease prevention and control activities in an amount not to exceed
$43,000.
Financial Implications: Various Funds - $43,000
Contact: Fred Medrano, Health and Human Services, 981-5300
8.
Amendment to Pre-Development Agreement - Oxford Plaza Housing
Development
From: City Manager
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution 1) approving the use of $610,000 from a fund
reservation of $2,200,000 previously
approved for the Oxford Plaza from the
Housing Trust Fund, and authorizing the
City Manager to amend and execute loan agreements concerning the Predevelopment
Agreement with Resources for Community Development; (RCD) and 2) Adopt a
Resolution amending Resolution No. 62,797-N.S. for the Oxford Plaza project to
amend the conditions for the funding reservation to exempt any funds which are
reallocated to pre-development funding, to be exempt from specific funding
reservation requirements.
Financial Implications: See report
Contact: Stephen
Barton, Housing, 981-5400
9. Contract: Sustainable Berkeley
From: City Manager
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution
authorizing the City Manager to execute a sole source contract and any
amendments with Community Energy Services Corporation (CESC) for Sustainable
Berkeleyin an amount not to exceed $133,700.
Financial Implications: See report
Contact:
Stephen Barton, Housing, 981-5400
10. Contract: Occupational Health Medical Examinations
From:
City Manager
Recommendation:
Adopt a Resolution
authorizing the City Manager to execute a contract with U. S. HealthWorks for
occupational health medical examinations including pre-employment and annual
physicals, and drug and alcohol sample collection.
Financial Implications: Various Funds including General Fund, $150,000
Contact: David W.
Hodgkins,Human Resources, 981-6805
11.
Contract: Public Safety Computer System
From: City Manager
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution authorizing the City Manager to execute an amendment
to the contract with Innovative Technologies Inc. increasing the amount by
$75,000 to cover additional work on the new public safety computer system, for a
total amount not to exceed $100,000.
Financial Implications: See report
Contact: Chris Mead, Information Technology, 981-6500
12.
Pavement Markings and Motorcycle Parking on Telegraph Avenue
From: City Manager
Recommendation: Request the City Manager to direct staff to remove the 17 small
channelization islands on Telegraph Avenue in order to straighten the alignment
of the lane lines on Telegraph Avenue, between Ashby Avenue and Dwight Way, and
to reinstate the car parking spaces where they were removed to accommodate the
lane configuration.
Financial Implications: Building Purchases and Management Fund - $50,000
Contact: Peter Hillier, Public Works, 981-7010
13. Proclamation: Celebration of Americans with Disability Act's
16th Anniversary (PDF, 63 KB)
From:
Councilmember Worthington
Recommendation:
Approve a
proclamation in Celebration of American's with Disability Act (ADA) 16 Year
Anniversary.
Financial Implications: None
Contact: Kriss
Worthington, Councilmember District 7, 981-7170
14.
Oppose Proposition 85: California Constitutional Amendment
requiring Parental Notification for Abortion (PDF, 75 KB)
From: Councilmember Worthington
Recommendation: Oppose a constitutional amendment that would require health care providers
to notify the parents of women
under the age of 18 before providing abortion services.
Financial Implications: None
Contact: Kriss Worthington, Councilmember District 7,
981-7170
Action Calendar – Public
Hearing
17. Transportation Services Fee (CF 69-01)
a. From: City Manager (continued from July 11, 2006)
Recommendation: Conduct a public hearing
and upon conclusion: 1) adopt first
reading of an Ordinance amending Berkeley Municipal Code (BMC) Chapter 22.20, Mitigation and Fees--Conditions For Approval of Development
Projects, to enact a Transportation Services Fee; 2) adopt a Resolution
establishing the fee level, applicability, and procedures for assessing the
Transportation Services Fee; and 3) direct the Planning Commission to remove
all references to the previous Transportation Services Fee in the City’s Zoning
Ordinance and make any other necessary changes to the Zoning Ordinance.
Financial Implications: See report
Contact:
Claudette R. Ford, Public Works, 981-6300
b. From: City Manager
Supplemental Materials (July 11, 2006)
1. Revised
Resolution
2. Fact
Sheet
3. Nelson/Nygaard
Consulting Associates
Contact: Claudette R. Ford, Public Works, 981-6300
c. From: Transportation
Commission (Held
over from April 25, 2006)
Recommendation: Adopt the Transportation
Services Fee with the following conditions included in the ordinance: 1) tie
the threshold for fee application to a discretionary permit and 1,000 square
feet of new floor area; 2) use a five-year definition of vacancy; and 3) assess
the full fee six months after adoption of the enabling ordinance.
Financial Implications: Unknown
Contact:
Peter Hillier, Commission Secretary, 981-6300
d. From: Planning
Commission
Recommendation: Council not adopt the Transportation Service Fee at this time and that
the Council direct staff and the appropriate commissions to develop
alternative, broadly-based funding mechanisms that would fund the proposed
projects.
Contact: Carli Paine, Commission Secretary, 981-7403
Action Calendar – Old
Business
18. Employee Representation at the West Berkeley Bowl (Held over from July 11,
2006)
From: Councilmembers Capitelli,
Anderson, Moore and Worthington
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution
supporting an expeditious and open process for employee representation at the
West Berkeley Bowl.
Financial Implications: None
Contacts:
Laurie Capitelli,
Councilmember District 5, 981-7150; Max Anderson, Councilmember District
3, 981-7130; Darryl Moore,
Councilmember District 2, 981-7120; and Kriss Worthington, Councilmember District 7, 981-7170
19. Support of Fair Labor Practices (Held over from July 11, 2006)
From:
Councilmember Spring
Recommendation:
Adopt a Resolution requesting that the Berkeley Bowl
and other Berkeley businesses support fair labor practices and refer to the
City Manager a request that staff work with community members and union members
to create an ordinance that will encourage the hiring of community members for
jobs with fair labor standards.
Financial Implications: See Report
Contact: Dona Spring, Councilmember District
4, 981-7140
