City Council Regular Meeting eAgenda November 12, 2019
AGENDA
BERKELEY CITY COUNCIL MEETING
Tuesday, November 12, 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.
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 |
Urgency Item: Resolution Terminating the Proclamation of Emergency by the Director of
Emergency Services Due to PG&E Public Safety Power Shutoff
From: City Manager
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution Terminating the Proclamation of Emergency by the Director of Emergency
Services due to the PG&E Public Safety Power Shutoff on October 25, 2019, ratified by Council on October 29, 2019
(Resolution No. 69,151 N.S.)
1. |
Revision to the 2020 City Council Meeting Schedule |
2. |
Formal Bid Solicitations and Request for Proposals Scheduled for Possible Issuance After Council Approval on November 12, 2019 |
3. |
Contract No. 31900203 Amendment: Resource Development Associates for Crisis, Assessment and Triage Line Evaluation |
4. |
Contract: Berkeley Unified School District for Mental Health MHSA-Funded Programs |
5. |
Authorize the City Manager to Submit Senate Bill 2 Planning Grants Program Application |
6. |
Adoption of Berkeley Building Codes, including Local Amendments to California Building Standards Code |
7. |
Companion Report: Recommendations for a Fossil Fuel Free Berkeley (Reviewed by the Facilities, Infrastructure, Transportation, Environment & Sustainability Committee. Item contains revised material.) |
8. |
Contracts: On-Call Environmental Consulting Services: GSI Environmental, Inc., Wood Environment & Infrastructure Solutions, Inc., and Northgate Environmental Management, Inc. |
9. |
Final Map of Tract 8369: 2747 San Pablo Avenue |
10. |
Stop Sign Warrant Policy |
Council Consent Items |
11. |
Support of SB 378 – Reducing Deenergization Events |
12. |
Budget Referral: BART Station Environmental Planning |
13. |
Modifying Appointments to City Council Standing Policy Committees |
14. |
Support Impeachment Actions to Immediately Remove the 45th President of the United States |
15. |
Additional funding to Enhance Services at the Berkeley Drop-In Center |
16. |
Additional funding for Berkeley Community Gardening Collaborative/Moving South Berkeley Forward |
17. |
Budget Referral: Evaluation and Implementation of Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety Along Oxford Street |
18. |
Request for Information: Police Dispatch |
19. |
Budget Referral: Expansion of Homeless Navigation Facilities and Programs |
20. |
Wildfire Mitigation Mid-Year Budget Referral |
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. |
Staff shall introduce the public hearing item and present their comments. This is followed by five-minute presentations each by the appellant and applicant. The Presiding Officer will request that persons wishing to speak, line up at the podium to be recognized and 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. Each member of the City Council shall verbally disclose all ex parte contacts concerning the subject of the hearing. Councilmembers shall also submit a report of such contacts in writing prior to the commencement of the hearing. Written reports shall be available for public review in the office of the City Clerk. |
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Amend BMC Chapter 14.52 Adding the North Shattuck Metered Parking Area to the goBerkeley Program (Continued from October 29, 2019) |
22. |
Adoption of the 2019 California Fire Code with Local Amendments |
23. |
Public Hearing and Approval of California Municipal Finance Authority Bond Financing for 1601 Oxford Street |
24. |
ZAB Appeal: 2701 Shattuck Avenue, Use Permit #ZP2016-0244 |
Action Calendar - Old Business |
25. |
Companion Report: Utilization of City-Owned Property at 1281 University Avenue to House up to 8 - 10 RV Dwellers (Continued from September 24, 2019) |
26. |
City Council Rules of Procedure and Order Revisions (Reviewed by the Agenda & Rules Committee. Continued from October 29, 2019.) |
27. |
Referral Response: Lava Mae Mobile Shower and Hygiene Services (Continued from October 29, 2019) |
28. |
Repealing and Reenacting BMC Chapter 13.104, Wage Theft Prevention (Continued from October 29, 2019) |
29. |
Referral: Measures to Address Traffic Enforcement and Bicycle Safety (Continued from October 29, 2019. Item contains revised material.) |
Action Calendar – New Business |
30. |
Surveillance Technology Report, Surveillance Acquisition Report, and Surveillance Use Policy for Automatic License Plate Readers, GPS Trackers, and Body Worn Cameras |
31. |
Recommendations for a Fossil Fuel Free Berkeley (Reviewed by the Facilities, Infrastructure, Transportation, Environment & Sustainability Committee) |
32. |
Bird Safe Berkeley Requirements |
Council Action Items |
33. |
Budget Referral: Transportation to Support Mobility-Impaired Individuals Experiencing Homelessness who are Engaged in Rehousing and other Services |
Information Reports
34. |
Age-Friendly Berkeley Update |
35. |
Denial of Request to Waive Fees, 2992 Adeline Street |
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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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 October 31, 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.
Item 20: Wildfire Mitigation Mid-Year Budget Referral
- Laurie McWhorter, on behalf of Councilmember Wengraf
Item 24: ZAB Appeal: 2701 Shattuck Avenue, Use Permit #ZP2016-0244
- Ben Libbey
- Diego Aguilar-Canabal
Item 25: Companion Report: Utilization of City-Owned Property at 1281 University Avenue to House up to 8 - 10 RV Dwellers
- Berkeley Warehouse (3)
- Ben Zlotkin, on behalf of Edition One Group
- Peter Nervo
- Rose Hill, on behalf of Studio 4
- Farr Hariri, on behalf of Belfiore Cheese Company
Homelessness/Encampments
- Parisa Jorjani (3)
Homeless Project
- Alfred Twu
- Irene Rosenthal
- Tom Luce
- Gabriela Kramer
PG&E – Public Safety Power Shutoff
- Nina Beety
Utility Undergrounding
- Lloyd Morgan, on behalf of Environmental Health Trust
5G
- Arthur Stopes III (2)
Upper Hearst Project Lawsuit
- Somya Jain, on behalf of Local Government Relations Director for Cal
- Ruben Lizardo, Director of Local Government Relations Director for Cal
Cannabis
- Susan Soares
Measure O Template
- Phyllis Orrick
Berkeley Transfer Center
- Robert Abiad
Triangle Park on Telegraph
- Therese Fitzpatrick
Pedestrian Safety
- David Lerman
Traffic Circle Trees
- Ernest Machen
Herbert Bradford Cleaveland
- Miriam Berg
- Tracy Taylor
Opportunity Zones
- Margy Wilkinson
Tenant Eviction Notice
- Selma Rockett (2)
Standards for Building Shadows
- Topher Brennan
PRC Charter
- Peace and Justice Commission
- 6 identically worded letters
- 9 mail@changemail.org
Support Artist – 1740 San Pablo Live/Work Space
- Susan Duhan Felix
Mental Health Treatment Pilot Plan
- Eric Friedman
- Margy Wilkinson (2)
City Council Not Reading Emails
- Margy Wilkinson
Affordable Housing Framework
- Jessica Woodard
Removal of Big People from the Bridge
- Jordan Klein, on behalf of the City of Berkeley
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.