Community and Economic Development Committee · Dec 9, 2025
Tuesday2 h 20 min4 officials identified18 public speakers10 agenda itemsRoll call: 4 present (clerk)Video: KTOP
The longest item after routine business: Amendments To The Oakland Fire Code, 38 min of this 2 h 20 min meeting.
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- 2:32DEFINITION OF TERMS: • Action Item: shall mean any resolution, ordinance, public hearing, motion or recommendation requiring official vote and approval of the City Council to be effective. • Informational Item: shall mean an agenda item consisting only of an informational report that does not require or permit Council action. • Consent Item shall mean, for the purposes of the City Council agenda: 1) approval of Council minutes, and 2) any action or informational item placed on a Council agenda for a Regular Meeting or Special Meeting (i) as a Consent Item by the Rules and Legislation Committee, (ii) pursuant to Rule 28, or (iii) that a Standing Committee has forwarded to the full Council with unanimous recommendation for approval by the members who are present: Consent Item shall not include: 1) any item having a high level of public interest or controversy as determined by the Standing Committee Chair, or the Rules and Legislation Committee, or pursuant to Rule 28; 2) any item that requires a public hearing or that otherwise is ineligible by law as a Consent Item. • Non-Consent Item shall mean, for the purposes of a City Council agenda for a Regular Meeting or Special Meeting, any action or informational item that: 1) a Standing Committee has forwarded to the full Council without unanimous recommendation for approval; 2) has a high level of public interest or controversy as determined by a Standing Committee Chair, the Rules and Legislation Committee, or pursuant to Rule 28; or 3) requires a public hearing or is otherwise ineligible by law as a Consent Item.
- 3:44Roll Call / Call To Order
- 5:471 26-0223 Approval Of The Draft Minutes From The Committee Meeting Held On October 28, 2025 And The Special Meeting On November 18, 2025
- 6:272 26-0274 Determination Of Schedule Of Outstanding Committee Items
- 9:53MOU Between City Of Oakland And City Of San Leandro
- 15:59Terms For An Exclusive Negotiating Agreement
- 51:54Cannabis Equity Program
- 1:23:27Bay Area Air District's Zero Emission Building Appliance Rules
- 1:36:48Amendments To The Oakland Fire Code
- 2:15:02Open Forum
What happened
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- The committee took up item 1, the draft minutes of its October 28th and November 18th, 2025 meetings; the motion was announced as passing with “4 ayes”.4:53
- Item 4 was read: a resolution authorizing negotiation of terms for an exclusive negotiating agreement with Costco Wholesale Corporation and DECA Companies in the North Gateway Development Area of the former Oakland Army Base.16:24
Who spoke
4 officials identified · talk time, most first.
- Carroll FifeDistrict 3 · 14 minFirst speaks at 17:24
- Rowena BrownChairperson · At-Large · 13 minFirst speaks at 3:36
- Zac UngerCouncilmember · 2.2 minFirst speaks at 46:29
- Janani RamachandranCouncilmember · District 4 · 0.6 minFirst speaks at 1:19:20
Roll call: 4 present, 0 excused, 0 absent. From the clerkPublic comment: 18 speakers.
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Hamlet, “Community and Economic Development Committee, Dec 9, 2025: Oakland.” https://cities.myhamlet.com/oakland/ced/meetings/2025-12-09. Data as of Oct 9, 2026 (version d14b03c); meeting of Dec 9, 2025.