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FinanceAndManagementCommittee | 2006-05-09 | Subject: Fiscal Year 2005-2006 Third Quarter Revenue #4 From: Budget Office Recommendation: Receive An Information Report On Fiscal Year 2005- 2006 Third Quarter Revenue And Expenditure Results And Year-End Projections For Selected City Funds (General Purpose, Telecommunications, Contract Compliance, Equipment And Facilities); On The May 23, 2006 Finance And Management Commitee Agenda *Rescheduled to the *Finance & Management Committee Attachments: Vier Report.pdf, View Report.pd DUE TO THE PRESENCE OF COUNCILMEMBER KERNIGHAN, A QUORUM OF THE CITY COUNCIL WAS NOTED, AND A MOTION WAS MADE AND SECONDED TO ADJOURN THE MEETING OF THE FINANCE AND MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE, AND TO CONVENE AS A SPECIAL MEETING OF THE FULL COUNCIL AT 2:10 PM Subject: Equal Access Ordinance Status Report 3 From: Councilmember Kernighan Recommendation: Receive A Status Report Of The Implementation Of The Equal Access Ordinance And Recommendations For Improving Language Access To City Services For Oakland's Diverse Population Attachments: View Report.pdf View Report.pdf The Committee directed staff to return on July 11, 2006 with a report providing the following information: 1) A list that includes all positions that are and are not considered "Public Contact Positions" (PCPs) according to the 50% public contact requirement; 2) the City Administrator's plan to prioritize bi-lingual hiring; and 3) how job descriptions can be written to encourage bi-lingual applicants. The Committee also directed staff to use the updated statistics from the 2000 census to set the new goals for equal access and to provide the Administrative Instruction (AI) that established the current PCP threshold. The Committee further directed that staff should return in September with a report addressing the following recommendations: 1) Establishment of a Language Access task force in the Summer of 2006 that includes service providers and community based organizations to work on recommendations for implementing the ordinance. Staff will return to the Committee with a set of recommendations to increase the number of bi-lingual employees in PCPs; 2) recommendations on filling current vacant PCPs with as many bilingual employees as possible; and 3) a recommendation for departments to budget for language interpretation at official meetings and document translation in the Fiscal Year 2007-2009 budget. The Equal Access office should provide recommendations on appropriate funding amounts. The following individual(s) spoke in favor of this item: - Concilmember Kerninghan - Jim Nguyen Atashi Chakravarty - Mary Lai The following individual(s) spoke and indicated no position on this item: - Sanjiv Handa THE SPECIAL MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL ADJOURNED AT THIS TIME AND RECONVENED AS THE FINANCE AND MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE Continued to the *Finance & Management Committee Subject: Compressed Natural Gas Refueling Station From: Director, Public Works Agency Recommendation: Adopt The Following Pieces Of Legislation: 1) A Resolution Authorizing The City Administrator To Accept $225,000 In Grant Funds To Offset The Incremental Cost Of Acquiring One Compressed Natural Gas Refueling Station And To Enter Into A Funding Agreement With The Alameda County Congestion Management Agency; And Attachments: View Report.pd 79902 CMS.pdf A motion was made by Member Brunner, seconded by Member De La Fuente, that this matter be *Approve the Recommendation of Staff, and Forward to the Concurrent Meeting of the Oakland Redevelopment Agency / City Council, due back on May 16, 2006. The motion carried by the following vote: | 2 | FinanceAndManagementCommittee/2006-05-09.pdf |