2015 Council Items

• 1/20/15 Labor Commission Referral: City of Berkeley Labor Practices, Tabled
• 1/27/15 Flexible Work Time Initiative, 9-0-0, Passed
• 1/27/15 City Manager Referral: Add Easily Accessible Language Translation on City Website, 9-0-0, Passed
• 2/10/15 Support the Creation of Financial Services by the United States Post Office , 9-0-0, Passed 
• 2/10/15 Berkeley Police Department Use of Police Vehicle In-Vehicle and Body-Worn Cameras, 9-0-0, Passed 
• 2/10/15 Support the National Demands by Ferguson Action, 9-0-0, Passed 
• 2/10/15 Amendments to BPD General Orders C-64 (Crowd Control), M-2 (Mutual Aid) and U-2 (Use of Force), 9-0-0, Passed 
• 2/10/15 Independent Investigation of Police Response to December 6, 2014 Protests, 9-0-0, Passed 
• 2/24/15 City Co-Sponsorship of the Persian New Year Festival , 9-0-0, Passed 
• 2/24/15 Persian Center For The Persian New Year Festival: Relinquishment Of Council Office Budget Funds To General Fund And Grant Of Such Funds, 9-0-0, Passed 
• 2/24/15 Community Emergency Response Training for Multi-unit Residential Buildings and Emergency Cache Program Tailored to the Needs of Large Multi-unit Residential Buildings , 9-0-0, Passed 
• 3/10/15 Celebrating the 40th Anniversary of Bay Area Hispano Institute for Advancement (BAHIA): Relinquishment of Council Office Budget Funds to General Fund and Grant of Such Funds , 9-0-0, Passed 
• 3/10/15 Budget Referral: Appropriate Traffic Controls on University Avenue from Martin Luther King, Jr. Way to California Street, 9-0-0, Passed 
• 3/10/15 City Co-Sponsorship of Urban Air Market, 9-0-0, Passed 
• 3/10/15 Declaring the Cesar Chavez-Dolores Huerta Commemorative Period and Renaming the Cesar Chavez Commemorative Planning Committee (Supplemental Materials)9-0-0, Passed 
• 3/17/15 Positive Change Donation Box Pilot Program 8-0-1, Passed 
• 3/17/15 Berkeley Community Commercial Sidewalks and Public Spaces 3-1-5, Failed 
• 3/24/15 Scheduling June 23, 2015 Worksession: Homeless Task Force 8-0-0, Passed 
• 3/24/15 Support AB 768 - Tobacco Free Baseball Act 8-0-0, Passed 
• 3/24/15 Assembly Bill 7: Larry Itliong Day 8-0-0, Passed 
• 4/7/15 Budget Referral: Housing Trust Fund Allocation  8-0-0, Passed 
• 4/28/15 Supporting Assembly Speaker Atkins’ Affordable Housing Package , 9-0-0, Passed 
• 4/28/15 Referral to Reduce Urban Water Usage by 25% , 9-0-0, Passed 
• 4/28/15 Proclaiming May 2015 as Mental Health Month , 9-0-0, Passed 
• 4/28/15 In Support of Banning Clearcutting in California , 9-0-0, Passed 
• 4/28/15 Proclamation in Honor of Rafael Jesús González, 9-0-0, Passed 
• 5/5/15 Public Comment and Council Discussion on Significant Community Benefits for New Tall Buildings in the Downtown 8-0-0, Passed 
• 5/5/15 Additional Information Related to Significant Community Benefits for New Tall Buildings in the Downtown (Supplemental Material), 8-0-0, Passed 
• 5/12/15 Support SB 548: The Raising Child Care Quality and Accessibility Act , 9-0-0, Passed 
• 5/26/15 Referral to City Manager: Amendments to Berkeley Housing Element 2015-2023 , 9-0-0, Passed 
• 6/9/15 Support the California Police Accountability Package, 9-0-0, Passed 
• 6/9/15 Proclamation Honoring Antonio Rossman, Roger Moore and Zachary Cowan for their Work in Defending the Berkeley Main Post Office, 9-0-0, Passed 
• 6/9/15 Budget Referral: Homeless Task Force Recommendations, 9-0-0, Passed 
• 6/9/15 Referral to City Manager and Planning Commission: Drafting Percent for Art Ordinance, and Adding a Condition of Approval to Sizable Projects 6-1-2, Passed 
• 6/23/15 Direct the City Manager Develop a Schedule in Coordination with the School Board for a Three Month Pilot to Conduct City Council Meetings at the B.U.S.D Board Room at the West Campus 7-1-1, Passed 
• 6/30/15 Optimal Utilization of the Downtown Berkeley Main Post Office Building, 9-0-0, Passed 
• 7/14/15 City Co-sponsorship for Downtown Berkeley Association Eats, Beats & Brews – Salsa Sundays, and Center Stage , 9-0-0, Passed 
• 7/14/15 In Support of Medicare National Day of Action, 9-0-0, Passed 
• 7/14/15 Increase in Business License Tax for Owners of Residential Rental Property with Tax Reductions for Small, Low or Moderate-Income Owners, 8-0-0, Passed 
• 7/14/15 Steel Reinforcement of Balconies and Periodic Inspection of Balconies (Revised Materials 1) (Revised Materials 2), 8-0-0, Passed 
• 7/14/15 Referral to City Manager: Disclosure of Balcony Condition and Signage Specifying Maximum Weight Capacity (Revised Materials), 9-0-0, Passed 
• 7/14/15 Point-to-Point Car-Sharing, 9-0-0, Passed 
• 9/15/15 Mandatory Green Stormwater Infrastructure in New Developments, 9-0-0, Passed 
• 9/15/15 Letter to AC Transit Regarding Aligning Bus Schedules with Berkeley High School Class Schedule, 9-0-0, Passed 
• 9/15/15 Proclamation Declaring Latino Heritage Month in the City of Berkeley, 9-0-0, Passed 
• 9/15/15 Supporting Senate Bill 350 - The Clean Energy and Pollution Reduction Act of 2015, Tabled 
• 9/15/15 Prohibit Sales of Tobacco Products to Persons Under the Age of 21, Tabled 
• 9/15/15 Raising the Minimum Age for Purchasing Tobacco Products to 21, 9-0-0, Passed 
• 9/15/15 Refer to the City Manager, Disability Commission, and Planning Commission to Develop an Ordinance Requiring New Residential Buildings to Provide Auto-door Openers and Roll-in Showers, 9-0-0, Passed 
• 9/15/15 Send a Letter to California Public Utilities Commission Opposing the Attack on Rooftop Solar by Big Utilities, TABLED 
• 9/15/15 Oppose House Resolution 3009 “Enforce the Law for Sanctuary Cities Act” and Send a Letter to U.S. Senators Feinstein and Boxer, 9-0-0, Passed 
• 9/29/15 Proclamation Declaring October 10, 2015 as Indigenous Peoples Day and Approving City Co-Sponsorship, 8-0-0, Passed 
• 9/29/15 Send Letter to Governor Brown Encouraging Him to Sign AB 953 to Facilitate Local and Statewide Data Gathering on Racial Profiling Statistics 8-0-0, Passed 
• 9/29/15 Support AB 101 – Ethnic Studies for California High Schools and Creation of an Ethnic Studies Advisory Committee, TABLED 
• 10/13/15 Adopt a Resolution to Co-sponsor Veteran’s Day Event and Refer to the City Manager to Re-establish Support for Berkeley Veterans 8-0-0, Passed 
• 10/27/15 Urging the State Legislature and Governor to Repeal the Costa-Hawkins Rental Housing Act, 9-0-0, Passed 
• 10/27/15 Support of Latino/Chicano Representation at UC Berkeley 8-0-1, Passed 
• 11/3/15 U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Decrease in Fair Market Rents (FMR) for FY2016, 9-0-0, Passed 
• 11/3/15 Opposing the Trans-Pacific Partnership9-0-0, Passed 
• 11/3/15 City Manager Referral: Campus National Night Out to Reduce Crime, 9-0-0, Passed 
• 11/3/15 Allocation of Grant Funds to U.C. Theater and Kala Art Institute9-0-0, Passed 
• 11/17/15 Send a Letter to California Public Utilities Commission Opposing the Attack on Rooftop Solar by Big Utilities, 9-0-0Passed 
• 12/1/15 Revising the Rental Housing Safety Program, 9-0-0, Passed 
• 12/15/15 Reaffirming City of Refuge for Refugees of Syria, Iraq and Other Countries, 9-0-0, Passed 
• 12/15/15 Updates on Police and Community Relations Referrals, 9-0-0, Passed 
• 12/15/15 Amending Open Government Ordinance to Allow Submission of Revised/Supplemental Items 7-0-2, Passed 
• 12/15/15 Supporting the Undocumented Community Resource Center, 9-0-0, Passed 
• 12/15/15 Referral to City Manager: Establishment of Affordable Housing Small Sites Program (Revised Version), 9-0-0, Passed