Fwd: Berkeley City Meetings

0 views
Skip to first unread message

Alan Gould

unread,
Nov 9, 2025, 1:02:29 AMNov 9
to LOCCNA
Forwarded message...

From: Berkeley Neighborhoods Council <bn...@berkeleyneighborhoodscouncil.com>
Subject: Berkeley City Meetings and Rallies November 10th, 2025
Date: November 8, 2025 at 8:41:54 PM PST

++++++ CITY COUNCIL AGENDA for Monday, November 10, 2025+++++++++++
CITY COUNCIL Regular 6 pm Meeting on MONDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 2025
(Tuesday, November 11, is the Veterans Day Holiday – City offices will be closed)
Hybrid Meeting
In-Person: at 1231 Addison, School District Board Room
Teleconference: 1-669-254-5252 or 1-833-568-8864 (toll free)
Meeting ID: 160 112 3117
FINAL AGENDA for City Council Regular 6 pm Meeting on November 10, 2025
LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
CEREMONIAL MATTERS: Evie Wozniak, Berkeley Resident
CITY MANAGER COMMENTS
PUBLIC COMMENTS on NON-AGENDA MATTERS
AGENDA on CONSENT:
1.     Oyekanmi, Finance – Formal Bid Solicitations total $625,000, Occupational Medicine Services – Worker’s Compensation - $75,000, Return to Work - $250,000, South Adeline Area Landscape - $300,000 ($50,000 from parks tax)
2.     Sprague, Fire – Contract $135,000 with Tablet Command for Mobile CAD and Incident Command by piggybacking on a contract with the City of Long Beach. 11/5/2025 – 9/21/2027, may be extended for 3 additional 1-year periods for a cost not to exceed $85,000
3.     Sprague, Fire – Contract $892,000 with Protiviti Government Services Inc using GSA Vehicle Purchase for vehicle no. GS35F-0280X
4.     Gilman, HHCS – Amend Resolution No. 71,682-N.S. to increase fund request from $4,500,000 to $5,000,000 for Joint Homekey+Application for MLK House at 2942-44 MLK Jr Way
5.     Ferris, Parks – Grant Application with $1,000 match for 2025 Surrendered and Abandoned Vessel Exchange (SAVE) grant program of CA Division of Boating & Waterways
6.     Ishii, co-sponsors Bartlett, Humbert, Lunaparra – 15th Annual MLK Jr Celebration on January 19, 2026 relinquishment of office budget funds
7.     Ishii – Reappointment of Dr. P. Robert Beatty to the Alameda County Mosquito Abatement District Board of Trustees for a 4-year term
8.     Tregrub – Resolution of the City of Berkeley Supporting the Bay Area District’s Zero Emission Building Appliance rules phasing out the sale of polluting gas-fired water heating and space heating equipment when existing fossil fuel equipment needs replacement starting in 2027 for water heaters and 2029 for furnaces
AGENDA on ACTION:
9.     Sprague, Fire – Adoption of the 2025 California Fire Code with Local Amendments
10.  Sprague, Fire – Amendments to the California Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI) Code
11.  Louis, Police – Resolution to accept Annual Surveillance Technology Report for Body Worn Cameras, GPS Trackers, Fixed Surveillance Video Cameras, Parking Enforcement Officer Automated License Plate Readers, the Street Level Imagery Project, Unmanned Aerial Systems and Fixed Automated License.
12.  Kesarwani, co-sponsor Humbert – “Referral to Amend Berkeley Municipal Codes 3.24.120 and 3.24.300 to Improve Procedure for Designating Landmarks, Historic Districts and Structures of Merit” – this agenda item is to make Landmarking more difficult by increasing the threshold for application from 50 to 200 and for properties located in residential zoning districts to require 51% of the residents within a 300 foot radius of the subject building/structure to be among the applicants, “we note that this 2nd requirement may necessitate the collection of more than 200 signatures.”
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
++++++ CITY COUNCIL AGENDA for Tuesday, November 18, 2025 +++++++++++
CITY COUNCIL Regular 6 pm Meeting on TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 2025
Hybrid Meeting
In-Person: at 1231 Addison, School District Board Room
Teleconference: 1-669-254-5252 or 1-833-568-8864 (toll free)
Meeting ID: 160 387 4389
FINAL AGENDA for City Council Regular 6 pm Meeting on November 18, 2025
LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
CEREMONIAL MATTERS: PLEDGE of ALLEGIANCE
CITY MANAGER COMMENTS
PUBLIC COMMENTS on NON-AGENDA MATTERS
AGENDA on CONSENT:
1.     White, CM Office – 2nd reading Empty Homes Tax
2.     Ferris, Parks – 2nd reading Ground Lease 400 Gilman
3.     Disaster and Fire Safety Commission – 2nd reading Transfer Tax Rebate for Wildfire Hardening
4.     Brown, City Attorney – Amend Ordinance Prohibiting the Sale or Use of Coordinated Pricing Algorithms
5.     Numainville, City Clerk – Minutes
6.     Numainville, City Clerk –Contract $75,000 with General Code, LLC for Berkeley Municipal Code Publishing Services 11/20/2025 – 11/19/2030
7.     Arredondo, CM Office – Contract $7,510,842 (3-years) with Options Recovery Services to operate Berkeley CareBridge post-arrest diversion and reentry, Appropriate $409,158 (3-years) for administrative evaluation and 0.5079 FTE temporary Assistant to the City Manager to support grant administration
8.     Dupaya, Budget Manager – Amend FY 2026 Annual Appropriations Ordinance
9.     Oyekanmi, Finance – Amend Contract No. 32000179 add $1,000,000 total $5,450,000 and extend to 6/30/2026 with Allied Universal Security Service for Citywide Unarmed Security Services
10.  Oyekanmi, Finance - $8,053,016 Formal Bid Solicitations - $150,000 – Public Art Commission for the Berkeley Animal Shelter, $225,000 - Public Art Commission for the South Berkeley Senior Center, $7,678,015.64 Citywide Security Guard services, $100,000 Survey Registered Voters for Potential 2026 Ballot Initiatives
11.  Sprague, Fire – Purchase Order $1,500,000 with Blaisdell’s Business products for office furniture for Fire Headquarters
12.  Gilman, HHCS – Golden Bear Homes Partnership Transfer
13.  Gilman, HHCS – Amend Contract add $500,000 total $1,464,480 with Jackson & Coker for Locums Tenens Psychiatrists
14.  Rodrigues, HR – Adoption of Side Letter Agreements Between the City of Berkeley and the Berkeley Fire Fighters Association, Berkeley Fire EMS Professionals Association and Berkeley Fire Chief Officers Association to clarify the calculation and reporting of special compensation under CalPERS Regulations
15.  Rodrigues, HR – Adoption of Side Letter Agreements Between the City of Berkeley and the Berkeley Police Association to clarify the calculation and reporting of special compensation under CalPERS Regulations
16.  Fong, IT – Amend Contract No. 32100079 add $110,000 total $718,400 with ePlus Technology Inc for Cohesity Backup Software, Maintenance and Support 11/1/202 – 11/30/2026
17.  Ferris, Parks – Contract total $440,000 base $368,000, additive bid $32,000, 10% contingency $40,000 with Paymun Building & Development Inc. for the K-Dock Restroom Renovation
18.  Ferris, Parks – License Agreement for Temporary Parking for Tom Bates Regional Sports Complex
19.  Klein, Planning – Mills Contract – 1619 Walnut Street
20.  Davis, Public Works – Contract $375,000 with DC Electric for on-call electrical services, 12/1/2025 – 11/30/2028
21.  Davis, Public Works – Amend Contract No. 32500098 add $300,000 total $600,000 with Pacific Site Management Landscaping Services for Gilman Street and Interstate 80 interchange project and extend through 6/30/2028 and executing a reimbursement agreement with Alameda County Transportation Commission for up to $300,000
22.  Davis, Public Works – Contract $150,000 with Baily Fence Company, Inc for On-Call Handrail Fabrication and Installation Services 1/1/2026 – 12/31/2028
23.  Davis, Public Works – 3 contracts $100,000 each with Acumen Industrial Hygiene Inc, Millennium Consulting Associates, Ninyo & Moore Geotechnical & Environmental Sciences Consultants for on-call industrial hygiene and contract $4,00,000 with  Geosyntec Consultants, Inc for Regulatory Compliance all contracts 1/1/2026 – 1/1/2029
24.  Davis, Public Works – Multi-year Purchase Orders $380,000 with Pape Kenworth Inc. for parts and related equipment for Kenworth, Peterbilt and PACCAR Medium and Heavy-Duty Trucks
25.  Transportation and Infrastructure Commission – Recommendation to Rename 5 ½ Street Alleywat as Jeronimus Alley between Camelia Street and Virginia Street
26.  Taplin – Refer to CM for assessment, analysis and presentation to council for Formulation of Advanced Fiscal Policies to Institutionalize Strategic Bond Issuance, Optimize Municipal Investment Returns, and Leverage Intergovernmental and Philanthropic Capital Funding
27.  Lunaparra, co-sponsors – Sanctuary City Contracting Ordinance Updates and shorten Right to Cure from 90 days to 30 days
COUNCIL on ACTION:
28.  Klein, Planning – 2nd reading Adoption of Berkeley Building Codes, Local Amendments
29.  Klein, Planning – Zoning Ordinance to Title 23 of BMC code for consistency with state law and technical edits
30.  Humbert, co-sponsors Ishii, Kesarwani, Lunaparra – Pause City of Berkeley Authorization for Mills Act Agreements for historic property preservation, deferring or denying all pending applications as of November 19, 2025 and allowing existing contracts to expire without renewal unless the City Council takes future action to reauthorize the program.
31.  Taplin, co-sponsors Kesarwani, Humbert, - refer to CM the initiation for Police to acquire and use unmanned aerial systems. FITES positive recommendation)
INFORMATION REPORTS:
32.  Wong, Auditor – 2025 Audit Follow-up status Update
33.  Wong, Auditor – audit of Payroll Audit Division
DISPOSITION ITEMS REMOVED from the AGENDA:
·      Rescheduled for 12/2/2025 - Fong, IT – Contract $450,000 with Alcor Solutions, Inc for Professional Services for ServiceNow and Intranet
++++++++++ Land Use - Work Sessions - Special Meetings +++++++++++++++
NOTICE of DECISION (NOD) – none listed
PUBLIC HEARINGS SCHEDULED
·      2109 Virginia – 1/27/2026 – demolish 2-story commercial building
·      2425 Durant – 2/10/2026 - 20 story SB 330 State Density project
WORK SESSIONS & SPECIAL MEETINGS:
·      November 18 (4 pm) PAB/ODPA Annual Report
·      November 18 (5:45 pm) Successor Agency to the Redevelopment Agency
·      December 2 (4 pm) Capital Improvements and Infrastructure Bond Planning
·      December 2 (5:45 pm) Joint Powers Financing Authority
·      February 24 (4 pm) Community Health Improvement Plan (HHCS)
·      March 10, 2026 (4 pm) – Economics Dashboard
UNSCHEDULED WORK SESSIONS & SPECIAL MEETINGS
·      Report on DEI (added on 9/29/2025)
·      Presentation on City’s Unfunded Liabilities previous projected date - June 3, 2025
FUTURE INFORMATION REPORTS
·      Affordable Housing Fee Feasibility Study
·      Berkeley Fire Department Annual Report
PREVIOUSLY LISTED WORKSESSIONS and SPECIAL MEETINGS REMOVED FROM LIST
·      Presentation on City’s Deferred Infrastructure Needs
·      Evacuation Study and Response Times  - Evacuation study is published and publicly available
·      Fire Department Standards of Coverage & Community Risk Assessment
·      Dispatch Needs Assessment Presentation
·      Greenhouse Gas Inventory / Climate Action Plan Update
·      Reimagining Public Safety Update



Reply all
Reply to author
Forward
0 new messages