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OaklandRedevelopmentSuccessorAgencyandtheCityCouncil | 2014-11-18 | Concurrent Meeting of the Oakland Meeting Minutes - DRAFT November 18, 2014 Redevelopment Successor Agency and the City Council 4) A Resolution Waiving The Competitive Request For Proposal ("RFP") Selection Requirement And Authorizing The City Administrator To Enter Into A New Professional Services Agreement With The Oakland Business Development Corporation (OBDC) In An Amount Not To Exceed $500,000 To Administer The Startup Phase Of The Technical Assistance Element Of The City Of Oakland East Bay Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) Project Business Impact Mitigation Fund; And 14-0149 Attachments: 85285 CMS A motion was made by Schaaf, seconded by Gallo, that this matter be Adopted. The motion carried by the following vote: Aye: 8 - Brooks, Gallo, Gibson McElhaney, Kalb, Kaplan, Reid, Schaaf, and Kernighan 5) A Resolution Allocating $1,000,000 In Fiscal Year 2015 - 2016 And Fiscal Year 2016 - 2017 Community Development Block Grant Funds To The City Of Oakland East Bay Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) Project Business Impact Mitigation Fund - Business Sustainability Program 14-0150 Attachments: 85286 CMS.pd A motion was made by Schaaf, seconded by Gallo, that this matter be Adopted as Amended to include the following: 1) RESOLVED: That the Oakland City Council directs staff to create a BRT Business Assistant & Sustainability Fund to provide direct monetary assistance in the form of loans and grants to businesses for the purpose of enhancing the viability of such businesses that have experienced adverse permanent impact from the BRT infrastructure changes. Merchants may use funds for infrastructure improvements such as sidewalk improvements, implementation of technical assistance recommendations, business operations, capital and/or tenant improvements. The Oakland City Council commits at least $2,000,000 to this BRT Business Assistant & Sustainability Fund, to come from the $1,000,000 General Purpose Fund dollars authorized in July 2014 and the $1,000,000 in CDBG (or other sources which may be swapped for the CDBG monies), and shall not be dispersed until guidelines are in place; and 2) FURTHER RESOLVED: The Council asks the City Administrator to seek regional grant sources to address further capital improvements to the public right-of-way along the BRT corridor and to continue to seek additional flexible funding sources to provide local matching funds to those regional grant opportunities. The motion carried by the following vote: Aye: 8 - Brooks, Gallo, Gibson McElhaney, Kalb, Kaplan, Reid, Schaaf, and Kernighan CONTINUATION OF OPEN FORUM City of Oakland Page 24 Printed on 12/11/2014 | 24 | OaklandRedevelopmentSuccessorAgencyandtheCityCouncil/2014-11-18.pdf |