Title
Consider Directing Staff to Establish a City Council Committee with the Port of Oakland Commissioners. (Councilmember Jensen)
Body
COUNCIL REFERRAL FORM
The Council can take any of the following actions:
1) Take no action.
2) Refer the matter to staff to schedule as a future City Council agenda item. Concurrence that staff time will be devoted to the item does not signify approval.
3) Take dispositive action only on time sensitive legislative matters if sufficiently noticed such that the public and Council have been provided sufficient information by the published agenda, and no formal published notice of a public hearing is required.
Name of Councilmember requesting referral: Tracy Jensen
Date of submission to City Clerk (must be submitted before 5:00 p.m. on the Monday two weeks before the Council meeting requested): 10/21/24
Council Meeting date: 11/6/24
Brief description of the subject to be printed on the agenda, sufficient to inform the City Council and public of the nature of the referral:
Direct Staff to Establish a City Council Committee With Port of Oakland Commissioners. The Interagency Liaison Committees, ILCs, are regular standing bodies whereby two city council members and city staff meet regularly, usually quarterly, with appointed or elected members of other public agencies and staff to discuss matters that fall with both agency jurisdictions. Currently Alameda City Council has an ILC with AC Transit. In addition to the ILC, Alameda City Council has three subcommittees to address multi-jurisdictional issues with Alameda Unified School District, East Bay Regional Park District, and Alameda Healthcare District. This referral is a recommendation to establish an Interagency Liaison Committee or a subcommittee to meet regularly and share information about issues of mutual interest, including the San Francisco Bay Oakland International Airport and the Oakland Seaport.
The City Council approved a Strategic Plan on November 21, 2023, which established the following 5 priorities:
A. Enhance Community Safety & Services
B. Build Resilience to Climate Change & Water Level Rise
C. Invest in Transportation, Infrastructure, Economic Opportunities & Historic Resources
D. House All Alamedans & End Homelessness
E. Practice Fiscal Responsible, Equitable & Inclusive Governance
If applicable, briefly describe which Council priority the subject falls under and how it relates:
A. ENHANCE COMMUNITY SAFETY AND SERVICES: Invest in public safety … resources, including crime prevention... Expand and maintain City services that support community wellbeing...
B. BUILD RESILIENCE TO CLIMATE CHANGE & WATER LEVEL RISE: Reduce greenhouse gas emissions and become more resilient and adaptive to climate change …
E. PRACTICE FISCAL RESPONSIBLE, EQUITABLE & INCLUSIVE GOVERNANCE: Increase fiscal resilience and ensure equitable distribution of public resources.