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For Redevelopment

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May 7, 2026

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Briefing

May 5, 2026

Oakland City Council/ORSA concurrent meeting adopts procurement, public-safety contracts, land & homelessness actions; tree-violation finding approved after contested hearing

The Oakland Redevelopment Successor Agency and City Council met May 5, 2026. Major actions included adopting a resolution finding a property in violation of the Protected Tree Ordinance after a contested public hearing; adding Rule 33 to Council rules for hybrid meetings; approving cooperative purchase agreements for Public Works; authorizing construction contract for Feather River Camp septic and water replacements; approving Oakland Police Department contracts for Cellebrite and a records-search platform; advancing multiple housing, library, parks, and youth program items; and receiving the 2026 Homelessness Strategic Action Plan.

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Briefing

Apr 14, 2026

Special Concurrent Meeting — Oakland Redevelopment Successor Agency / City Council (Draft minutes), April 14, 2026

Council convened at 3:35 PM (Council President Jenkins presiding). Major items: public hearings on a protected-tree code violation (continued to May 5), receipt of a citywide staffing report (to return biannually to the Finance & Management Committee), approval of multiple consent items including emergency declarations (AIDS, medical cannabis, homelessness), contracts and pilot programs (hazardous materials contractor, Aerbits illegal-dumping pilot), introduction of several ordinances (salary schedule amendments, illegal dumping enforcement, park license, property purchase for Hoover Library), adoption of OPD GPS tracker policy, and multiple appointments/reappointments.

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Briefing

Mar 26, 2026

Rules & Legislation Committee — March 26, 2026 (Meeting Minutes)

Committee convened at 10:31 AM with Council President Jenkins presiding; Members Brown, Ramachandran, and Jenkins present (Councilmember Fife excused). The committee approved prior meeting minutes, considered new scheduling items, and forwarded multiple informational reports, ordinances, resolutions, and referrals to standing committees and Special City Council meetings (notably items on illegal dumping enforcement and remediation, police policies and technology, staffing and budget reports, housing rent adjustment matters, floodplain regulations, and property/lease transactions). The Mayor’s Charter Reform Working Group report was received and filed. The meeting adjourned at 12:33 PM.

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Briefing

Mar 24, 2026

Life Enrichment Committee meeting — March 24, 2026: library report received; cooperative agreements and Hoover Library property purchase forwarded to April 14 Special City Council

The Life Enrichment Committee met March 24, 2026 at 4:02 PM in the City Council Chamber (3rd Floor). Members approved prior minutes; accepted the schedule of outstanding items; received and filed the 2025 Library Commission Annual Report; approved as amended a resolution for Citywide Cooperative Agreements and forwarded it to the April 14, 2026 Special City Council (non-consent); and approved acquisition of 3105 San Pablo Ave for redevelopment as the Hoover Branch Library (purchase price $3,495,000, reallocation of $242,000 in Measure KK funds, CEQA findings) and forwarded that item to the April 14, 2026 Special City Council on consent. The meeting adjourned at 5:57 PM.

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Briefing

Mar 12, 2026

Special Rules and Legislation Committee — Meeting Minutes (March 12, 2026)

Committee convened at 9:11 AM with Council President Jenkins presiding. Members Brown, Ramachandran, and Jenkins present; Councilmember Fife excused. Committee reviewed and scheduled multiple agenda items for referral to standing committees and Special City Council/Concurrent meetings, accepted new scheduling items as amended, and adjourned at 9:37 AM.

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