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Reposting my #oakmtg 11/10/2020 tweets as one thread.

James Vann points out that no homeless people are on Schaaf's appointee list for the Homelessness Commission, on the agenda today for Council approval. Joey Harris, however, is formerly homeless, but also an employee of the Temescal Business Improvement District #oakmtg

Ty Hudson of Unite Here complains that service workers at the Coliseum are about to be fired as the food services contractor is replaced. #oakmtg

Ahn Kush from Unite Here is also calling in urging that JPA take all measures to keep 477 food service workers employed at Coliseum as the Coliseum changes food service contractors. #oakmtg

Nino Parker, a homeless person and advocate says that Kaplan earned his vote by always prioritizing the homeless in council deliberations #oakmtg

Emily Wheeler congratulates all the Council people who won their elections, a list that excludes McElhaney and currently Gallo #Oakmtg

Many speakers have called in to criticize Schaaf's appointments to the Homelessness Commission, which include no currently homeless people. The legislation specified homeless, formerly homeless or low income residents. Speakers say Schaaf overlooked qualified applicants #oakmtg

Caller says he's concerned about his community's growing acceptance of high levels of violence as the new normal. He wants the Council to rech out to community to do something about the issue of violence and murder in affected communities.

Kiran Shenoy of Bridge Assn of Realtors thanks the Council for suspending a relatively new law that required homeowners to be responsible for the state of the sidewalks in front of their property. Suspending the law was a key goal of realtors associations. #oakmtg

A lot of people are confused about what's going on at Union Point Park, and they should read my report on it because I'm the only journo who reported on the cease and desist order Oakland received from a state body to close the camp patreon.com/posts/43294875 #oakmtg

Jeff Levin of EBHO says less than 1/3 of projects permitted in Oakland since Fees passed paid fees, unclear how much generated because of conflicting data. He says City took too long to implement fees & lost opportunity for funds. On site alternative doesn't work. #oakmtg

Kalb moved to reschedule the Impact Fee report and the deliberation on a conflict between two housing owners in Piedmont that keeps popping into the schedule to a December meeting. Rationale on moving Impact Fee report is to give City more time to add info to the report #oakmtg

Reiskin also added 3.29, a modification to a loan for Swan's to a December meeting. So the agenda just got quite a bit lighter with three items rescheduled. #oakmtg

Theres an item today to consider changing city's dockless scooter permit program to include dockless E-bikes. Originally, Lyft was envisioned as being exclusive provider, but Lyft's walked away from that--likely due to the fact that Covid-conditions made Lyft lose interest.

The proposed change has been agendized several times, always paired with rejiggering Lyft's contract to supposedly correct an error that gave Lyft a non-exclusive contract for docked bikes in Oakland. It was clear the City and Lyft wanted these linked to E-bikes

But now, Lyft is indifferent to E-bikes. They claim programs elsewhere get more vandalism than $$. Lyft still wants to be exclusive provider, but w/complete freedom to abandon E-bikes. To tempt Lyft back, Reiskin suggests, literally, that City pay them to run the program #oakmtg

It should be noted that neither decision is on the agenda or in the item. I assume they are basically telling the City that if they pass this, they'd also want to move forward with Lyft in this way. #oakmtg

A City Attorney notes that the Sidewalk Repair Enforcement suspension doesn't have the correct title, so it has to be pulled and rescheduled to the next meeting. But it apparently would also affect the start date of the suspension #oakmtg

In approving contract for development of a master plan for a new firehouse in D6, Taylor has added request to specify other developments on the large site area, including affordable housing and a grocery store. There is significant affordable housing on that block, 66th avenue

The City Attorney notes that as this is a substantive amendment it would require either a vote to consider it an urgency item, or to reschedule it to another meeting.

With the urgency vote passed, the vote goes forward without controversy

City's Kerby Olsen is presenting proposed changes to the dockless scooter program that would include e-bikes. The changes were meant to prompt Lyft into an exclusive agreement for E-bikes, but Lyft is indifferent to it now because it won't make money during Covid period #oakmtg

Olsen says DOT now has a dedicated parking enforcement person for dockless equipment and have given out hundreds of citations #oakmtg

The City passed the changes to the dockless scooter permitting program, which will now allow dockless e-bikes. Lyft is no longer necessarily linked to this new program--it could be Lyft or another provider, or series of providers. Or no providers, given the economics #oakmtg

City deliberating over using a budget surplus in Excess Litter Fee program to add subcontracting of Roots and Deeply Rooted which will employ homeless to do add'l work. money would be distributed by ELF program contractor, Oakland Venue Management and double work hours to 13.6k.

Gallo has used this item to complain about blight in his district, which this item can't address substantively. His second round, despite Kalb commenting dryly that they are having drifting on the convo #oakmtg

Homelessness Director Daryel Dunston apparently was involved in selection process for the Homelessness Commission. He says that rather than put a currently homeless person on the commission, Schaaf chose the option of creating an ad hoc committee with homeless invididuals #oakmtg

Bas says that unhoused residents from her district were up for the Commission and she says that she suggested them for the Commission. Bas seems to be giving the nod to the homeless ad hoc advisory committee adjuncted #oakmtg

Schaaf's request to Council is to create an advisory committee adjunct to the Commission, composed of currently homeless people, with compensation. City Attorney says that they can't consider the creation of the advisory ad hoc because its not in the language of the item #oakmtg

Just to clarify, they can't consider it today. Bas is making a scheduling motion to direct the Commission, once seated, to create the ad hoc advisory being discussed. #oakmtg

Dunston notes that the Commission would have to meet first before creating the ad hoc. But this also brings up questions of funding. This is a lot more complicated than anyone wanted it to be, as Moreno notes, that stipends aren't enumerated in the Commission legislation #oakmtg

Moreno also notes Council can't direct the Commission to create the ad hoc advisory committee, as its already in the commission's scope. Like many things the Council and Mayor envision as spectacles to mimic demands from teh public, its more complicated than they thought #oakmtg

Bas clarifies her motion. It would recommend to the Commission to create an ad hoc advisory committee composed of currently homeless people. Questions of the suggested stipend or those committee members are still muddled. #oakmtg

The motion passed. The item to recommend that the Commission create the ad hoc composed of homeless residents passed. The power to create the committee is in the commission's hands. The Mayor's appointments also passed. #oakmtg

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