Tuesday, February 1, 2005
Presiding: Mayor Irma L. Anderson · Called to order: 7:03 p.m. · 4 items · 8 votes · 8 public comments
What happened
The council approved a $922,458 contract with Cleary Brothers Landscape to build Southside Community Park. The vote was unanimous across all nine council members.
The council also unanimously approved launching an investigation into the Solbourne matter with a $30,000 budget. The city will likely hire outside investigators to handle this unspecified issue.
The council approved 4 routine items on consent, including accepting completed rehabilitation work at Monterey and Mendocino Parks and extending a job training contract with Oakland Private Industry Council. The consent calendar also created a reward program for reporting public nuisance violations.
Discussion of a new law allowing special neighborhood districts to fund local improvements received no vote and was left unresolved. Amendments to alcohol sales permit laws were continued to a future meeting.
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Approved as a group without individual discussion.