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RESOLUTION IITABLISHING CITY OF PHYSICAL IE PARTICIPAT OAKLAND

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GOALS

AND POLICIES FOR THE EMPLOYMENT

AND

RELATED

TO HOUSING

ONMENT

AND CIRCULATION INCORPORATING

AND

CITIZEN

AUTHORIZING THE

PREPARATION OF AN THESE AND OTHER

TO BE

GOALS

PDLICY PLAN AND PClLICIES

AND AUTHORIZING ACTIONS POLICIES

TAKEN TO IMfLEMENT THESE GOALS

WHEREAS the United economic

he

City
and

of Oakland

was

designated
in June

as

depressed

area

by
s

an

agency of

States Department

of Commerce

1964

due to Oakland

persistent

problems
with

WHEREAS
ssistance

this

designation
701

Oakland became

eligible
of 1954

for
as

an

Urban

Planning
and

Grant the

under Section 701

of the Housing Act

amended

Ii

WHEREAS

City

grant application
on

was

formally approved by
3 1965 and

the U

S with

Department of Housing and Urban Development additional funds provided by the City made
and

June

said grant

to

analyses aimed toward

WHEREAS those

i efforts

possible a City wide program of and Plan for Oakland Development Comprehensive
culminated in
a summary report entitled recommendations concerning selected

surveys

Options for

Oakland and

which

analyzed

and made

problem

areas

WHEREAS In Oakland Lrculation

in the and

Options for Oakland areas of housing

citizen

pointed out many current and critical problems jobs and employment physical environment and participation and
City Planning
Commission reviewed the recommendations and and the

WHEREAS made in i

the Oakland

held a public hearing Options for Oakland submitted a report to City Council containing its own recommendations
WHEREAS

made modifications

the Oakland

Citizens Committee for Oakland

Urban

Renewal
a

OCCUR

reviewed

s Options for report containing submitted and to Council and later recommendations to the City Planning Commission City and more detailed recommendations to City Council in the form of four resolutions

recommendations made in

submitted

OCCUR

WHEREAS made

City

Council has Oakland

held the

numerous

work sessions

discussing
and OCCUR

recommendations and

by

Options

for

City

Planning Commission
own

WHEREAS
now

City

Council has held its

public hearing

on

these

recommendations

therefore

be it Council of the City of Oakland hereby adopts the following guide the future actions of the City Council and all departments

RESOLVED
either and
as

That
to

the

policies

recommendations to or as its agencies under the authority of the City of Oakland other governmental jurisdictions or to agencies over which it has no direct authority I POPULATION AND HOUSING

Growth 1

and Prosperity the

That

goal

of achieving

basic

character
in

as

middle income the

community

will be

pursued by providing

sufficient quantities

It

lJ f

housing educational service and environmental qualities which a population with generally higher incomes will seek that at the same time each family regardless of income and relative to its needs will have access to the City s full range of benefits
2 That every unit in part Oakland the City will pursue the goal of ensuring that y has the opportunity to live in a sound housing enough s ccommodate its members at a reasonable cost its income and free from noneconomic constraints on its cula

large

relative to

freedom of selection B Ethnic

Change
the

That of

City

will take the

a

achieving
as

well 2

within

completely the region

open

leadership housing

in

seeking

additional the

means as

market within

City

That Urban and

agencies will formulate an aggressive departments program designed to influence regional governmental agencies and East Bay county and local governments to develop and implement a regional fair housing program
3 That the and

the City in cooperation with the Oakland Citizens Committee for Renewal and other appropriate citizens groups and public

City will support and urge creation of programs to increase participation by all the City s minority groups in the educational employment benefits and opportunities available in the City

the

Poverty
1 That the

City

will become

more

closely

identified and

with efforts

to

fight poverty by seeking additional support easing its burden and breaking its hold
2 That
a

new

solutions for

special
head

efforts
a

will be directed toward

a

assisting

families with

female

group with

high

rate

of poverty and

unique problems

That
or

provision will be made for all

be advised of the existence
are now

low income
a

families to receive

to

housing

subsidies which future

any of available or

of

variety of special

available in the be taken of 4 That

and

that maximum programs

expected to be advantage will especially

are

homeownership subsidy

hereby urges local public agencies participating production publicly assisted housing to pursue authorization to develop the maximum number of such housing units determined to be economically and socially feasible
in the

the City Council of

That

the

City

Council and

maximum number of

economically
programs

hereby urges private developers to include the publicly assisted housing units determined to be socially feasible within all future development

That

the City Council hereby urges local public agencies and other developers participating in the production of publicly assisted housing to implement homeowners hip opportunities for low to moderate income families to the maximum possible extent That

anticipation of family income gains encouragement will be given to those housing programs that will permit the development of good quality housing and that will allow their low income occupants the option of continued occupancy if possibly through purchase family income rises beyond subsidy eligibility housing
constructed with subsidies for low and moderate income

in

That

families will be

equally distributed throughout the city wherever such new construction is economically feasible will conform to the city s and will not zoning regulations overly impact the area s schools
9 That the

City

will take

the

leadership

and

initiative

in

launching

special effort to convince communities outside Oakland to make housing subsidies available so that low income families if they choose may live closer to jobs or may like their higher income counterparts
increase
D

their range of

housing opportunities

A Youth

Oriented City

That

agencies

the young will be programs to 2 That

serving the needs of encouraged developing long range expansion fully serve a youthful population
are

whose

efforts

directed toward
start

to

agencies which serve the young will work closely with them in formulating policy and where possible their boards and commissions will include direct youth representation
Elderly
That

The

special efforts will be directed toward

seeking
of the the

out

programs that will assist the elderly citizens the unique problems facing them especially in
treatment

implementing community to solve

of medical

and

areas

leisure time studies

activities

and

housing
carried
out

That

all

of and

programs
of

for the

the

with the active

F

participation

elderly will be elderly themselves

Family Size Changes and Housing Development

1 That the

City

will stay informed of

aware

of current

keeping supply
2 That

well

imbalances between

housing deficiencies by housing needs and housing

the

assist

City will encourage private housing development and will developers to make proper decisions regarding the types and
and that in
some cases

location of units to be built take the form of

assistance will the urban

helping

to make

land

available

through

renewal process 3

That

the

City through

its

agencies will be prepared

to

through

direct

housing
left 4

construction

and rehabilitation

fill the gaps

in demand

unmet

by private efforts
its

That

the City through by utilizing existing subsidies

agencies will attempt

and
new

to

occupying
5 That

programs seeking programs that provide to families whose income would otherwise prevent them from sound housing of the proper size

discourage overcrowding housing

with the backing of sufficient housing subsidies where necessary the City and its agencies will insist that all new housing units ave those qualities and amenities that will continue to make them competitive on the private market

Substandard Housing 1 That the City and

its

agencies will increase

their efforts

to

remove

dilapidated units from the housing supply as rapidly as adequate substitute housing is made available and that efforts will also be maximized to create a totally effective open housing market provide adequate housing subsidies implement homeownership opportunities and add sufficient numbers of large size housing units to the existing supply
2 That the City and will make grants and

rehabilitation and

they
and

agencies will increase the level of their code enforcement programs and that in these programs every effort to assist in providing rehabilitation loans
follow up services
as

its

needed

as

well

as

relocation aid

if required 3 That the City will initiate a total permit aimed at by periodic reinspections condition

as

soon

as

resources

inspection program

followed

maintaining housing
4 That

units in sound

such and 5

centralize housing assistance functions providing relocation services financial assistance information and general housing information and services
as

the City will seek to those

That for
on

in its
more

housing

activities

the

City

and

its

agencies will provide

participation and representation appropriate boards and commissions

direct

by

affected persons

II

JOBS
1

AND EMPLOYMENT That and

the City of Oakland will continue to

assume

extensive

involvement

leadership

in

employment

and manpower

development

programs

the City Council urges those educational institutions operating within Oakland to find ways to increase the proportion of young people That who achieve basic educational skills at the secondary school and junior college levels and that while recognizing that such basic educational instruction is the responsibility of these educational institutions
to

place

City Council urges all manpower training programs greater emphasis on filling basic educational gaps where
the

they
3 That

occur

hereby urges that training toward the expanding clerical sales subprofessional managerial white collar occupations in both basic educational and occupational be emphasized and professional
the City Council

training programs
4 and placement services manpower programs will include training needs of the the business city designed to meet the employment the Area in and other public agencies Bay That

community
5 That

by insisting
actions

affirmative

residents and upon maximum utilization of jobless the City of Oakland to recruit racial minorities for of

will increase
an

opportunities
a

employer franchising
That for

and

purchaser

unemployed through its capacity and through its and services goods

as

powers

City of Oakland employees as a whole as well as for each City the racial and ethnic makeup of personnel in all job Department to the racial and will bear a reasonable ratio balance categories
ethnic
or

that it is the goal population of Oakland 1 1974 within three of Oakland that by July years City target reasonable ratio balance all City Departments will have achieved this and that no and will maintain it thereafter in all

composition
of the

of

the

job categories City employee shall be dismissed opportunity for advancement be diminished goal or target
incumbent 7 That 50137
C M

from

job
to

nor

will his this

in order

achieve

all S

affirmative action dated

policies adopted
1969

in Resolution

Number

C M S

April
11

17

and Resolution
to

Number 51299 be the

dated February

1971

will continue

policies

of

the

City

Council

proposals of any type which seek to remedy the problems of unemployment will recognize the extent and seriousness of the problem among other population groups in addition to the young and the minorities including the untrained the handicapped the
That female head
of

family

and

the

over

45 job seeker

That those
a

Oakland will establish industrial industries which

are

development policies
viable and

to

encourage

economically

which also

high proportion of low skill entry level jobs and upward mobility within the industry
5

provide opportunities for

10

That

or private cooperative City of Oakland encourages public which are designed to aid to be developed transportation programs

the

the
to

unemployed

the

underemployed

and

the

job

seeker

reach otherwise inaccessible

employment

centers

in general beyond city

boundaries low general open housing policies and programs to provide and throughout instituted in Alameda should be County housing the region as another means of increasing employment opportu and nities for unemployed and underemployed Oakland residents that Oakland will assume leadership toward implementing this That
cost

11

recommendation CIRCULATION

III

PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT AND

General Form

comprehensive process of urban design will be pursued to seize opportunities as they occur and creatively more livable direct physical changes toward a more efficient
That
a

continuing

more

beautiful

and

more

dramatic urban environment

and

that in

the City will see that all public this process addition to their being individually well designed in

facilities form

in the

visible framework which organizes aggregate a logical lates private development 2 That urban

and stimu

development

will be

related

sensitively

to

the natural

setting
3 the intensity of development at each related to the degree of accessibility That That the

point

in

the

city

will be

Proposed Design Structure map and the Illustrative Future though Land Use map are hereby approved in their broad outlines as an illustration of the City s not necessarily in their details underlying environmental policies and that as such they are not intended to portray the future use of any particular parcel of land

Residential Areas

higher density residential development will be channeled into locations offering accessibility and amenity thereby helping to stable lower density the s minimize disruption to city existing will be near the Central densities areas and that the higher
That District Core and in other clusters
routes

and

corridors

related to major

transportation
amenities

open spaces

creeks and

other

topographic

important higher density development will extend along and along Freeway BART Telegraph Avenue corridor main which are to the intercity corridors secondary perpendicular
That in

general

the Grove

Shafter

BART line and could

serve

as

feeder transit

routes

to

BART stations

That each
ment

there will be

wider choice

of densities and housing cluster

types in
unit

major section
in the hills

of the

city

including

planned

develop

That major efforts will be made to and the identifiability of Oakland

street
areas

preserve and improve the livability and that massive s neighborhoods

tree

planting

programs

should take

place

in most

of the residential

of the city

That that

zoning
new

amendments and

apartment

review criteria will be formulated to ensure buildings are more livable and visually harmonious

with their

neighborhoods
and Industrial Areas

Commercial

Civic

quality of all commercial and industrial areas should and similar amenities that open space be vastly improved planting them more desirable will be added to make shopping and working that environments and important shopping frontages will be protected from disruption by randomly located parking lots and open uses
That the visual That
as

the Oakland

Central District
s

will be and

emphasized
office Core

and

strengthened
and that within

the East
area

Bay
the

dominant commercial and civic center retail Grand Avenue will be

this from

high intensity
to

along Broadway

but that 11th Street clearly include of Central District will also a variety specialized the as well as complementary commercial civic and recreational areas dominant close in apartment 3 That besides districts there will be clear
structure

the Central District

of several subordinate that the scale controlled District

s so

and
as

levels of commercial and civic functions of these centers will be

areas

and and

planned

to

complement

rather

than weaken

the Central

functions

That much
at

clearer differentiation and and

a in the smaller commercial centers and the commercial strips of scale and functions will exist than

present community

that the location and

scale of

subregional
well

neighborhood
and and established

centers will be determined

as population patterns development area

relative

accessibility

trading

by their as by

local amenities

That
more

intensive

the emphasis will be on making within the industrial belt underused and derelict lands use of vacant land use and the heavy industrial belt s inland side stabilize its which will and will be made simplify changes with

That
street

on

presently ragged boundary

7 That the architectural
as
a

adjacent

residential

areas

potential of industrial structures will be positive addition to the form and beauty of fully exploited the city and that waterfront development in particular will be opened up to public view and use wherever possible
7

That

particular
as

attention

will be

given
and

to

the transition between

uses

residential

uses

and

industrial

and

commercial

and

that

devices such will be

on one

landscape
to

treatment

employed
another

ameliorate the

special development controls impact of conflicting activities

Open Spaces
1 That the

Creeks

and

the Shoreline

City

will protect
to

and expand Oakland those

open space

that

emphasis

areas most deficient in open space given and that development will include both small neighborhood and com munity parks and open spaces and major parks along selected creeks

will be

and 2

shoreline sections

That wherever possible new parks and neighborhood open spaces will be provided in conjunction with needed new schools or school expan sions That in

creek system will be capitalized on as a positive element physical environment that the City will insist upon flood control designs which preserve trees and the natural character of the the creeks
as

the

linear

that sections of several streams will be developed parks with creekside walks and that schools libraries
areas

and recreational connected 4

will relate to

creeks

in

recognizable

system of public facilities

near

That

the

total

industrial hold and in

over

the waterfront will be residential

use

loosened and

recreational

some

cases

made of much of it be concentrated north of the Bay in

and that major several

recreational

large segments

development will including the section

shoreline

Bridge Approach

the Central District

Brooklyn
5 That

Basin

and San Leandro Bay clear and

Bay fill will be undertaken only

that its benefits will other costs

upon

evidence and
E

outweigh

its

convincing resulting environmental

Trafficway Appearance
1 That

major efforts will be made to improve the visual quality and legibility of the city s trafficway system and that a massive street planting program with concurrent undergrounding of utili ties and improvements in luminaires and street furniture will
be undertaken

That

budgets

for street

improvements will
and tree

as

matter
as

of

course as

include items for

landscaping

planting

well

for

continued maintenance

Circulation 1

That for

in order to prevent the City of Oakland from being sacrificed the commuting convenience of suburban dwellers of the San Francisco Bay Area in order for residents of Oakland to have a greater share in job opportunities in Oakland in order to prevent further destruction and isolation of Oakland s neighborhoods which presently have weak physical identities and in order to BART

give

an

opportunity
new

to

have

substantial

impact
the

on

transportation
Council will oppose these and directs the
as

patterns all

of the San Francisco

Bay Area

City

freeway

construction in Oakland

that would increase Oakland

problems
ways and

without compensating
to

benefits to and

appropriate departments

develop

viable alternatives such that it must be shown

park

landscaped arterials trafficway construction

a

that any

will
s

primarily
residents

serve

the transportational

needs

of

Oakland

will be beneficial to

Oakland

residents

in

expanding job opportunities

c

will not

will not
nor

destroy or disrupt Oakland s neighborhoods impose unnecessary barriers between neighborhoods

from their waterfront and

separate residents

will have allowed the assessment

on

of the

impact

that

BART will have Francisco 2

transportation patterns

of the San

Bay Area
Circulation of

That

the Proposed 1985 basis

System
a

interim

pending adoption

map is hereby approved on an future plan to be developed by the

Force herein described that this plan includes a clearly differentiated system of several levels of trafficway each of which performs a separate principal function and that each level will

Transportation Task

have

its

own

appropriate
section
a

identifiable

form

type and scale of planting

to

typical
and

cross

etc

and will be connected

the next

higher

lower levels in

recognizable pattern designed to they will

and handle have

That

freeways through traffic

at

will be and

extremely large
of

volumes

of

that

full control

access

grade

separation
lanes 4

all

intersections

physical separation

of opposing

That

secondary

level of
and

through

traffic routes

expressways that their

will be

designed
traffic

for

heavy
or

design

will feature full

to

partial control of
intersections and

access

restriction of

cross

major
lanes

physical separation
9

of opposing

traffic

That

arterial streets will connect

streets

will

serve

as

the basic network for sections of the city and collector

through that they

and

traffic flow between different

freeways

and

expressways with

local

neighborhoods
6 That collector

and will define rather than sever residential and commercial areas industrial tracts traffic movement between

streets

will

serve

arterial and local streets and also provide direct access to and that they will be so designed that they abutting properties not attract volumes of through traffic do large 7 will be used primarily for access to abutting that their design will discourage all through traffic property and should respect the importance of pedestrian movement That local streets and That be of
or

will citywide system of pedestrianways and bicycle paths areas in that will be and they provided especially developed heavy foot traffic and in locations of unusual visual community historical significance
a

That

the

use

of

mass

especially
feeder

in small
to

lines

encouraged and facilitated planning where the relationship of BART neighborhood development patterns will be explored
transit will be
area

Renewal

and Public Improvements of the city wilL receive some kind of attention with the types and scale of actions prevent blight
area

That
to

every
or

cure

in each

area

tailored to
use

its

specific
all

conditions

and

needs

and

that maximum

will be made of

urban renewal and of

available programs including code enforcement in addition to the full range

Federally
and

assisted open space

neighborhood

facilities

beauti

fication That the

housing

programs

the urban renewal program will be on taking many separate actions scattered across wide areas rather that such than on concentrated treatment of entire large areas

emphasis

in using

actions will stress creation of scale

new

rehabilitation and conservation rather

a

and the than large flexible

current

development opportunities
and that renewal will be
to

clearance

continuous and

process which is sensitive market opportunities 3 That street timed and

changing

conditions

construction and other

capital improvements
and
to

will be

coordinated very

closely with renewal

to

concentrated these
actions

code enforcement actions

give
10

maximum

support

Zoning and Subdivision Regulations

1 That
use

extensive rezonings will be undertaken proposals made in Options for Oakland

to

promote the land that in the

and and for

they

will

be

accomplished largely in stages keyed to improvements and other major developments

conditions in each
area

renewal

public

become appropriate

general as rezoning

That
to

the

zoning applied
s a

the

area

provide
excess

for

to any given area will be closely tailored proposed function and character or where appropriate gradual transition to it and that the amount of

land zoned

for

each type

of
a

use

will not

be

substantially

in

of demand

given

reasonable margin will achieve

for individual choice

That

residential

rezonings

of densities with some and others decreased

areas

increased in

greater differentiation allowable density

That and

nonresidential industrial
area

functions and IV

and will

rezonings will seek to give each commercial the zoning appropriate to its special promote the pattern of subregional community
proposed
in

neighborhood

centers

Options for Oakland

NEIGHBORHOOD PLANNING AND 1 That

CITIZEN PARTICIPATION

the City Council endorses

attention to

neighborhoods
the

communication between 2 That

in order its

policy of devoting significant establishing processes for improving City and neighborhood residents
a

and

to

to be

responsive
and

to

citizens

needs the

and desires

and to meet and

requirements

commitments

City

Council will

continue to make

every positive effort to improve the communication involvement between the citizens of Oakland and the City
to

government
more

make information
its

concerning City
and to

activities and in the

policies

readily

available to

citizens

establish effective

methods and

techniques

for

citizen involvement

City

decision

making
3

processes

as such the Oakland That Citizens Committee for Urban Renewal and other appropriate citizens groups will be given full opportunity to be involved as a consulting and advisory group or groups in the formulation of the City s Budget or a City Development Program e g a five year Capital Improvement Program or a Resource Allocation Program that when the City Manager distributes budgetary or development program guide lines and schedules copies of this information shall be sent to OCCUR and other appropriate citizens and that OCCUR and other groups appropriate citizens groups will be invited to be present and participate in each and work session or hearing in which the Council meets to every meeting discuss or decide on any aspect of the budget or development program

11

That

it will be the practice of the City Council and the appropriate City departments to schedule the discussion of issues which have substantial impact on the welfare of the citizens or which have significant community interest or potential community interest to take place in evening meetings and that the scheduling of the discussion of these issues will be sufficiently made known to the general public by the use of a variety of public media That the City Council recognzies that citizen participation is the success of any efforts to establish cooperation and of disparate programs over which the control programs in such fields as

crucial to

coordination little direct

City itself has housing education

transportation
AND BE

employment

and welfare

That the City Council hereby authorizes the Development Plan as a replacement for the existing Oakland General Plan and as a means for systematically expressing City policies and integrating them into City development programs and that the City Manager is hereby instructed to direct his staff to immediately prepare the Policy Plan element of the Comprehensive Development Plan such Policy Plan to initially be based on goals and policies contained above in addition to previously adopted policies as set

IT FURTHER RESOLVED
a

preparation of

Comprehensive

forth

in

the Oakland
to be

General Plan that the

and the Oakland Beautification form and submitted to

is

Program
Council direct

and such for review his staff

Policy
by
to June

Plan 3D

completed
and

in draft

City

1972

City Manager

hereby

instructed to

initiate

Development that such Development Program

programs of agencies outside

the Resource Allocation Program as the first step toward a total five year the second element of the Comprehensive Development Plan and Program
is

the

eventually have integrated authority of the City Council

to

into

it

if

possible

AND BE the

IT FURTHER RESOLVED

That the

City

Council

hereby

authorizes

partially implement following actions

to

the above

policies

HOUSING ACTIONS 1 the City will create a new housing plan for Oakland and to directed toward 2 That
in to

That

housing

office to

coordinate and

prepare a total initiate programs

its

effectuation

working

toward

City housing goals and

as

part of the housing

be submitted to City Council for adoption this new housing office will prepare a housing program with specific quantitative targets

plan
for

the

next

ten

to

fifteen

years

at the beginning of each fiscal year and with the cooperation of the the Building and Housing Department the Oakland City Planning Department Housing Authority the Oakland Redevelopment Agency the Oakland Citizens

That

Committee for Cities and

Urban

Renewal

the

Community Demonstration Agency of Model

other concerned

office will recommend to

production of

this new housing agencies and citizens groups City Council for adoption annual targets for local housing units to be constructed and or rehabilitated with public 12

assistance of

for removal of substandard

housing

units

and

for conversion

existing publicly
low
to

assisted rental units into units available for purchase families in meeting and that this office will also report the previous year s targets

by
to

moderate income
on

City Council
this
new

progress

That

information

private

housing office will have the responsibility of providing available housing assistance programs to public agencies developers and local citizens and of disseminating general informa
on s

tion about Oakland this office will

housing
about

situation
as

and

that

as

annually publish

complete
s

information

part of this responsibility as possible using

existing
5 That this

data

sources

Oakland

housing supply
the

new

housing

office will be assigned

on

responsibility
open

of
to

disseminating information
citizens
in

fair

housingl1
from

and

housingH
purchase

laws

property
their

owners

and

real estate brokers efforts

and will assist

to
or

citizens
rent

housing
and

pursuing through

grievances resulting City

Council
new

normal

existing channels

and

that this office will seek if

recommend to

legal machinery

possible

to

support

this function

That
on

the

all

housing office will explore and report back to City Council within the new office and feasibility of centralizing relocation services and assistance for local families displaced by public
this
new

possibility

actions

That

the

City

will

equivalent subsidies
code enforcement

investigate the availability of relocation funds or to be provided on a basis comparable to Federal

for those families required to be relocated due to or other programs not now covered by widening

relocation allowances relocation funds

street

That

the City Manager is hereby directed to how this new housing office can be financed

report back to City Council on through some combination of the

following
assistance
or

and

reorganizing present City Departments obtaining state or federal transferring funds from the emergency contingency appropriation
or

from any other appropriation

fund balance deemed

feasible

II

JOBS AND 1

EMPLOYMENT ACTIONS the Oakland the business Subcommittee to CAMPS will include

That
from

adequate representation

community

related programs operating will be established an executive

and manpower the disadvantaged communities in Oakland that within the CAMPS subcommittee committee which will be and decisions

making
of the

broad

policy

recommendations

city

executive economic staff

to

composition

manpower programs and affirmative ethnic committee membership will reflect the city s staff will the s and that city manpower
s

responsible for regarding implementation action policies that the

racial and
serve as

the executive

committee

13

That made

within fiscal year functional

a

1971

72

the Council will create and action

s

cause

to

be and

position

of affirmative

compliance

officer
a

that the 3 That

position
s

will be part of the

City

Personnel Director

taff

the City

Personnel Department is
a

directed to

reports which will include

description
and

of the total number of

compile quarterly positions

by

classification in the and filled

city

the incumbents vacated quarter

that the report and those filled

the racial and ethnic breakdown of will also show the number of positions that
were new

positions during the

that the report of the positions and ethnic background of the newly hired That

identify the racial employees by job classification

filled will
in

each quarter the Personnel Department appropriate persons will develop forecasts

that will

cooperation with other project the vaCancies

that will project officer how and

expected
the

during employment goals set

to
occur

the following forth

quarter and
the

in this resolution will be satisfied

that this report will be coordinated 5 That

by

compliance

the compliance officer will each quarter when the forecast is made Commission the Oakland Citizens Committee Civil Service fully explain to the Renewal and other for Urban appropriate groups any failure to fulfill the
evious

forecast of all

and

that included

in

this and

explanation

will be

full toward

description

recruiting

training

testing efforts expended

achieving these
6 That CAMPS

goals
Department
staff

the Personnel with and

including

the

compliance

officer

in

cooperation

the Executive

Committee of the Oakland will continue to and

Subcommittee to

the manpower

review the content of

all the City s to assure that

job they

tests
are

employment procedures
relevant to

job

qualifications

the job involved

III

PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT AND 1 That

CIRCULATION ACTIONS

the City Council will create a and economic represent government force will other

study

and

recommend

transportation task force which will that the task community interests for Oakland by new traffic ways plan

December 1972 and

that the Oakland citizens

Citizens Committee for Urban Renewal

groups will be given full opportunity appropriate that the task force will be directed to participate in the task force of the c balanced hierarchical e to consider alternative thr as a guideline alternatives found in Chapter 7 of Options for Oakland and that the task force will developing a new traffic ways plan also study and develop a plan for a total system of pedestrian ways and bicycle paths in Oakland as a part of the 1985 circulation system for
IV

CITIZEN PARTICIPATION ACTIONS staff the City Council will explore the feasibility of acquiring a and that the function independent of the City Manager s supervision the following but not be limited to of the Council Staff will include That 14

Dg

and

analY2ing
citizens endations

requests
I

ndations

and

data inputs

from

and
to

citizens

groups

and

making

subsequent
b

rec

the Council

Receiving and analyzing recommendations and data inputs and from the City Manager and his administrative staff Council recommendations to the making subsequent
c

Gathering

data and information

from other

public juris

dictions and
tion

private organizations analyzing such informa and making subsequent recommendations to the Council
a

Developing

systematic

information to citizens

program of disseminating and citizens groups and

pertinent

Developing a program of translating important documents public interest into Spanish and other languages of citizens upon request by a representative group
e

of

the City Council will explore the feasibility of each District Council establishing limited office facilities within his district and contacting from City Hall as well as his constituency from that office That
man

That

the Council will each

publicize

information concerning
to meet

schedule of his will

of when

Councilman is available and the

with members
a

constituency

general public
Staff

and and

that such

schedule

be disseminated

by

the Council

the City Clerk

15

IN COUNCIL

OAKLAND CALIF

OCT 26 1971

19

PASSED AYES

BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE

VUKASIN SUTTER CHlALVO AND ENG

mmu B9M

MAGGIORA PRE DENT

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f
NOES ABSENT nnu

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2
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ATTEST

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6n

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n KLAND CITY C
R ESOLUTION N o
INTRODUCED BY COUNCILMAN

d COUNc

55722

C M S

2
1

WCS

mn

RESOLUTION AMENDING SECTION 11 6 OF RESOLUTION RESPECTING CITY EMPLOYMENT GOALS NO 51836 C M S

on

WHEREAS Resolution No October 26 and 1971

51836 C M S

was

adopted

said resolution WHEREAS among other things in Section 11 6 thereof certain goals with respect to the achievement of ethnic parity within the City work force and

postulated

WHEREAS the parity to be achieved according to goals related the ethnic constituency of the City s general population to its work force and was predicated on the City s legal right to condition employment on City and residency those Section 10 5 requirements of City condition of as a employment and thereby frustrates residency the goals set forth in Section 11 6 insofar as they relate and to the general population of the City WHEREAS the
enactment

of Article

11

of the

California

Constitution forbids

the

job

WHEREAS said goals are achievable only within the relevant labor market for any given of parameters therefore be it classification now RESOLVED Section 11 6 of Resolution No amended to read as follows hereby

51836

C M S

is

of Oakland employees as for each City as the racial and ethnic Department makeup of personnel in all job categories will bear a reasonable ratio balance to the racial and ethnic composition prevailing within the relevant labor market that it is the goal or of the of Oakland that this target City reasonable ratio balance will be achieved within a reasonable time frame consistent with City needs and abilities that no incumbent City employee shall be dismissed from a job nor will his oppor tunity for advancement be diminished in order to achieve this goal or target and that the City Manager is hereby authorized and directed to prepare and promulgate an affirmative action plan to implement the foregoing That
a

for

City
as

whole

well

I certify that the foregoing Is a full true and cOtrect copy of passed by the City Coun 1I of the of Oa dand Calif on

ResQlutlon

Per

ROBERT C JACOBSEN City 0 JUL Cler

J 976

Deputy

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