SOBO Meeting March 22, 2012 Minutes

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Downtown Oakland Association/Lake Merritt-Uptown District Association

Joint Sidewalk Operations and Beautification Order (SOBO) Committee

March 22nd, 2012 – 1:00 p.m. – Cathedral Conference Room

Present: Michelle Lane; Laurie Berberich; Martin Ward; Michelle Mansfield-Hicks

Excused Absence:

Staff: Steve Snider/District Manager, Andrew Jones/District Services Coordinator,Victoria Decker/Office Manager, Rick Williams/Peralta Service

Corporation, Harold Dees/ Peralta Service Corporation, Ted Tarver/Block by Block

Guests:

Discussions held and decisions made by the SOBO Committee

Subject Discussion Action?Introductions

Approval of minutes from

February 21st, 2012

meeting

Michelle moved and

Laurie seconded the

motion to approve the

minutes from February 21st,

2012. The motion was

approved unanimously.

Security Ambassador

Report: Ted Tarver

Ted highlighted a few incidents that occurred in

the districts recently, and noted that Captain

Israel has contacted Ted about further utilizing

the Safety Ambassador Team. Ted also noted

that OPD is monitoring our radio, and we have

an OPD radio paid for and on its way to the

CBD office for use by the Safety Ambassador

team.

Michelle noted that most of the issues that weencounter involve the mentally ill, and inquired

if there was a solution, other than calling OPD,

who release them after 24 hours. She suggested

looking into community programs.

Ted responded that there is not much that we

can do. OPD does not usually respond to the

mentally ill unless they are a “threat to

themselves or others”.

Andrew reported that we have looked into

various programs that deal with the mentally ill,



but they have severe time restrictions and the

individuals must be willing to go, which for the

most part they are not. He also noted that staff

is looking into creating a nudity kit.Ted noted that staff has been documenting all

interactions and issues with the “top 10” most

problematic individuals for use when we have

the opportunity to work with OPD or Public

Health.

Rick asked if the Health Department could

intervene in this issue. Ted responded that it is

staff’s intention to ask the Health Department

for help, and that is the purpose for

documenting the incidences with these

individuals.

Maintenance AmbassadorReport: Rick Williams Rick noted a spike in graffiti at the Saturnbuilding and the surrounding area of 24th and

Broadway, as well as an increase in calls from

business owners regarding urine abatement,

which is common at the beginning of spring.

Rick noted that he attended a few meetings

with Job Corps on Treasure Island in order to

implement a year round youth internship

program.

District Service

Coordinator Report:

Andrew Jones

a) Beautification/Hanging

plant maintenancecontract with

Columbine

b) OPD/DA meetings

c) Surveillance Camera

Task Force

d) Meeting with City

Administrator

regarding PWA issues

e) Service provider RFP

a) Andrew reported that we hung dual hanging

baskets on 35 poles in the Uptown. These were

purchased and installed through Trimacs. Plans

for maintenance and money budgeted for

hanging plants in the Uptown were discussed.

Steve mentioned that the districts have applied

for a neighborhood revitalization grant from

LISC.

b) Andrew gave a brief overview of the staff

meeting with DA Paul Hora, and the CBD’s

developing relationship with OPD.

c) Andrew gave a brief overview of the

potential issues surrounding the installation of a

security camera system on Broadway. He notedthat there is more than enough legal

precedence for us to move forward, but we

have to consider the community reaction.

There was further discussion of the potential

issues connected with this project.

d) Andrew noted that staff and the board

presidents will be meeting with the City

Administrator on April 4th.

f) Andrew stated that we are required to



re-bid our service providers. The

committee discussed various possibilities,

requirements, and potential problems

regarding the service provider RFPs, aswell as the possibility of internally raising

funds. Andrew also stated that instead

of hiring an outside contractor staff can

do some of the manual labor such as

landscaping.

Andrew gave an update about the back of

BART planter project. BART raised the concern

that people might sit or stand on the planters

and fall. It was suggested that we bevel the

edge of the planter to make it uncomfortable

to sit or stand on. This is an added cost. Andrewhas contacted a vendor in Alameda who can

make concrete forms in Oakland, for a lower

price. This option also avoids the shipping fee of

$2,000.00. This brings the total increase in cost t o

$7,500.00. This additional cost means that there

will be 3 uncovered BART entrances, unless we

increase the budget by $7,500.00. There was

discussion about whether or not to allocate

additional funds for this project.

It was decided that staff will move forward with

the project and keep the current budget. The

chairs will meet to look at budgets and decide

if it is possible to allocate the additional funds.Other Andrew mentioned that he was featured on

NPR discussing the new SeeClickFix program.

Staff quickly reported the success of the

program.

Next Meeting Dates Budget meeting: Thursday, March 29th

Committee: May 15th

Minutes taken by Fiona Simms, Administrative Assistant

Documents

SOBO Meeting March 22, 2012 Minutes