City Council Regular Meeting eAgenda June 25, 2019
AGENDA
BERKELEY CITY COUNCIL MEETING
Tuesday, June 25, 2019
6:00 P.M.
SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD ROOM - 1231 ADDISON STREET, BERKELEY, CA 94702
Jesse Arreguin, Mayor
Councilmembers:
District 1 – Rashi Kesarwani |
District 5 – Sophie Hahn |
District 2 – Cheryl Davila |
District 6 – Susan Wengraf |
District 3 – Ben Bartlett |
District 7 – Rigel Robinson |
District 4 – Kate Harrison |
District 8 – Lori Droste |
This meeting will be conducted in accordance with the Brown Act, Government Code Section 54953. Any member of the public may attend this meeting. Questions regarding this matter may be addressed to Mark Numainville, CMC, City Clerk, 981-6900.
The City Council may take action related to any subject listed on the Agenda. The Mayor may exercise a two minute speaking limitation to comments from Councilmembers. Meetings will adjourn at 11:00 p.m. - any items outstanding at that time will be carried over to a date/time to be specified.
Preliminary Matters
Roll Call:
Ceremonial Matters: In addition to those items listed on the agenda, the Mayor may add additional ceremonial matters.
- Recognition of Elder Abuse Awareness Month
- Recognition of Alpha Kappa Alpha 90th Anniversary
City Manager Comments: The City Manager may make announcements or provide information to the City Council in the form of an oral report. The Council will not take action on such items but may request the City Manager place a report on a future agenda for discussion.
Public Comment on Non-Agenda Matters: Persons will be selected by lottery to address matters not on the Council agenda. If five or fewer persons submit speaker cards for the lottery, each person selected will be allotted two minutes each. If more than five persons submit speaker cards for the lottery, up to ten persons will be selected to address matters not on the Council agenda and each person selected will be allotted one minute each. Persons wishing to address the Council on matters not on the Council agenda during the initial ten-minute period for such comment, must submit a speaker card to the City Clerk in person at the meeting location and prior to commencement of that meeting. The remainder of the speakers wishing to address the Council on non-agenda items will be heard at the end of the agenda. Speaker cards are not required for this second round of public comment on non-agenda matters.
Consent Calendar |
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The Council will first determine whether to move items on the agenda for “Action” or “Information” to the “Consent Calendar”, or move “Consent Calendar” items to “Action.” Items that remain on the “Consent Calendar” are voted on in one motion as a group. “Information” items are not discussed or acted upon at the Council meeting unless they are moved to “Action” or “Consent”. No additional items can be moved onto the Consent Calendar once public comment has commenced. At any time during, or immediately after, public comment on Information and Consent items, any Councilmember may move any Information or Consent item to “Action.” Following this, the Council will vote on the items remaining on the Consent Calendar in one motion. For items moved to the Action Calendar from the Consent Calendar or Information Calendar, persons who spoke on the item during the Consent Calendar public comment period may speak again at the time the matter is taken up during the Action Calendar. |
Public Comment on Consent Calendar and Information Items Only: The Council will take public comment on any items that are either on the amended Consent Calendar or the Information Calendar. Speakers will be entitled to two minutes each to speak in opposition to or support of Consent Calendar and Information Items. A speaker may only speak once during the period for public comment on Consent Calendar and Information items.
Additional information regarding public comment by City of Berkeley employees and interns: Employees and interns of the City of Berkeley, although not required, are encouraged to identify themselves as such, the department in which they work and state whether they are speaking as an individual or in their official capacity when addressing the Council in open session or workshops.
Consent Calendar |
1. |
FY 2020 Tax Rate: Fund the Maintenance of Parks, City Trees and Landscaping |
2. |
FY 2020 Tax Rate: Fund the Provision of Emergency Medical Services (Paramedic Tax) |
3. |
FY 2020 Tax Rate: Fund Emergency Services for the Severely Disabled (Measure E) |
4. |
FY 2020 Tax Rate: Business License Tax on Large Non-Profits |
5. |
FY 2020 Tax Rate: Fund Disaster Fire Protection (Measure Q) |
6. |
FY 2020 Tax Rate: Fund the Debt Service on the Street and Watershed Improvements General Obligation Bonds (Measure M, November 2012 Election) |
7. |
FY 2020 Tax Rate: Fund Fire Protection and Emergency Response and Preparedness (Measure GG) |
8. |
FY 2020 Tax Rate: Fund Debt Service on 2015 Refunding General Obligation Bonds (Measures G, S & I) |
9. |
FY 2020 Tax Rate: Fund the Debt Service on the Infrastructure and Facilities General Obligation Bonds (Measure T1, November 2016 Election) |
10. |
FY 2020 Tax Rate: Fund Debt Service on Neighborhood Branch Library Improvements Project General Obligation Bonds (Measure FF, November 2008 Election) |
11. |
FY 2020 Tax Rate: Fund the Debt Service on the Affordable Housing General Obligation Bonds (Measure O, November 2018 Election) |
12. |
FY 2020 Special Tax Rate: Fund the Provision of Library Services |
13. |
Repealing and Reenacting BMC Chapter 13.104, Wage Theft Prevention |
14. |
Contract: Downtown Berkeley YMCA for Fitness Center Memberships for City Employees |
15. |
Minutes for Approval |
16. |
Formal Bid Solicitations and Request for Proposals Scheduled for Possible Issuance After Council Approval on June 25, 2019 |
17. |
Appropriations Limit for FY 2020 |
18. |
Franchise Tax Board / City Business Tax Reciprocal Agreement |
19. |
Revision to the Investment Policy and Designation of Investment Authority FY 2020 |
20. |
Contract No. 10904 Amendment: Bay Area Community Services (BACS) for Pathways STAIR Center Year Two Operations |
21. |
Revenue Contract: Community Services Block Grant Discretionary Funding for June 1, 2019 – May 31, 2020 |
22. |
Contract: Dorothy Day House to Operate Shelter at Veteran’s Building |
23. |
Revenue Contracts: FY 2020 Aging Services Programs |
24. |
Contract No. 31900042 Amendment: CivicPlus, Inc. for Training and Integration Services |
25. |
Contract No. 10036C Amendment: TruePoint Solutions, LLC for Accela Professional Services |
26. |
Contract: NextRequest for Public Records Act Response Software System |
27. |
Contract: Governmentjobs.com, Inc. DBA NEOGOV for Performance and Learning Management System (P/LMS) |
28. |
Contract No. 8865J Amendment: Accela, Inc. for Software Maintenance and Professional Services |
29. |
Contract No. 9536 Amendment: Royston, Hanamoto, Alley & Abey (RHAA) for On-Call Landscape Architecture |
30. |
Contract No. 10632 Amendment: GHD, Inc. for the WETA MOU Planning Phase for potential ferry service and public recreation pier at the Berkeley Marina |
31. |
2019 Bay Area SunShares Residential Solar and Zero-Emission Vehicle Program |
32. |
Contract: Rincon Consultants, Inc. for Development of a Berkeley Pathway to Clean Energy Buildings Report |
33. |
On-Call Planning Services Contracts |
34. |
Contract: Tanko Lighting for Street Light Luminaire Retrofit Project |
35. |
Educator and Educational Staff Housing |
Council Consent Items |
36. |
An Action Plan for Greening the City of Berkeley Fleet of Vehicles |
37. |
Zoning Ordinance Modification for Elmwood Commercial District |
Action Calendar |
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The public may comment on each item listed on the agenda for action as the item is taken up. For items moved to the Action Calendar from the Consent Calendar or Information Calendar, persons who spoke on the item during the Consent Calendar public comment period may speak again at the time the matter is taken up during the Action Calendar. The Presiding Officer will request that persons wishing to speak line up at the podium to determine the number of persons interested in speaking at that time. Up to ten (10) speakers may speak for two minutes. If there are more than ten persons interested in speaking, the Presiding Officer may limit the public comment for all speakers to one minute per speaker. Speakers are permitted to yield their time to one other speaker, however no one speaker shall have more than four minutes. The Presiding Officer may, with the consent of persons representing both sides of an issue, allocate a block of time to each side to present their issue. Action items may be reordered at the discretion of the Chair with the consent of Council. |
Action Calendar – Old Business |
38. |
Budget Referral: Remediation of Lawn Bowling, North Green and Santa Fe Right-of-Way, FY2020-2021 (Continued from June 11, 2019) |
Action Calendar - New Business |
39. |
FY 2020 and FY 2021 Biennial Budget Adoption |
40. |
FY 2020 Annual Appropriations Ordinance |
41. |
Borrowing of Funds and the Sale and Issuance of FY 2019-20 Tax and Revenue Anticipation Notes |
Council Action Items |
42. |
Waiver of Fees for Trash Corral Pilot Program |
Information Reports |
43. |
Voluntary Time Off Program for FY 2020 |
44. |
Audit Status Report Response: Code Enforcement Resources Significantly Constrained and Improvements Needed in Case Management and Oversight from January 1, 2019 – April 16, 2019 |
45. |
FY 2020 Civic Arts Grant Awards |
46. |
FY 2019 Second Quarter Investment Report: Ended December 31, 2018 |
47. |
Referral Response: Community Microbond Initiative |
48. |
LPO NOD: 2140 Shattuck Avenue, #LMSAP2018-0004 |
49. |
goBerkeley Parking Management Program: Parking Rate and Time Limit Adjustments for Northside Area for August 1, 2019 |
50. |
2019 Commission on Disability Work Plan |
51. |
2019 Public Outreach Efforts of Commission on Disability |
52. |
Mental Health Commission 2018 Annual Report |
Public Comment – Items Not Listed on the Agenda |
Adjournment
NOTICE CONCERNING YOUR LEGAL RIGHTS: If you object to a decision by the City Council to approve or deny a use permit or variance for a project the following requirements and restrictions apply: 1) No lawsuit challenging a City decision to deny (Code Civ. Proc. §1094.6(b)) or approve (Gov. Code 65009(c)(5)) a use permit or variance may be filed more than 90 days after the date the Notice of Decision of the action of the City Council is mailed. Any lawsuit not filed within that 90-day period will be barred. 2) In any lawsuit that may be filed against a City Council decision to approve or deny a use permit or variance, the issues and evidence will be limited to those raised by you or someone else, orally or in writing, at a public hearing or prior to the close of the last public hearing on the project.
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City Clerk Department |
Libraries: |
2180 Milvia Street |
Main - 2090 Kittredge Street |
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Fax: 510-981-6901 |
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I hereby certify that the agenda for this meeting of the Berkeley City Council was posted at the display case located near the walkway in front of the Maudelle Shirek Building, 2134 Martin Luther King Jr. Way, as well as on the City’s website, on June 13, 2019.
Mark Numainville, City Clerk
Communications
Council rules limit action on Communications to referral to the City Manager and/or Boards and Commissions for investigation and/or recommendations. All communications submitted to Council are public record. Copies of individual communications are available for viewing at the City Clerk Department and through Records Online.
Communication (or Agenda Item) Title
Author
Supplemental Communications and Reports
Items received by the deadlines for submission will be compiled and distributed as follows. If no items are received by the deadline, no supplemental packet will be compiled for said deadline.
- Supplemental Communications and Reports 1
Available by 5:00 p.m. five days prior to the meeting.
- Supplemental Communications and Reports 2
Available by 5:00 p.m. the day before the meeting.
- Supplemental Communications and Reports 3
Available by 5:00 p.m. two days following the meeting.