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City Council 2026-06-16 - Regular met on 2026-06-16. This summary uses official annotated-agenda action text and pairs each recorded action with its agenda item title rather than loose metadata. The most resident-relevant actions centered on housing, land use, and permitting, contracts, grants, leases, and assessments, and fees, transportation, and public works.
Key Decisions
Adopted first reading of Ordinance No. 8,017-N.S. regarding FY 2027 Tax Rate: Fund the Debt Service on the Affordable Housing General Obligation Bonds (Measure O, November 2018 Election).
Adopted first reading of Ordinance No. 8,027-N.S. regarding Utility Easements for East Bay Municipal Utility District (EBMUD) Water Meters at 80 and 90 Bolivar Drive.
Adopted Resolution No. 72,320-N.S. regarding Approving Proposed Projects Anticipated to Be P aid for by the State’s Road Maintenance and Rehabilitation Account Funds for FY 2026-27.
Adopted Resolution No. 72,321-N.S. regarding Declaration of Intent - Fiscal Year 2027 Street Lighting Assessments.
Adopted Resolution No. 72,332-N.S. regarding Resorcery Org’s Mural Reveal and Food Drive Relinquishment of Council Office Budget Funds to the General Fund and Grant of Such Funds.
Adopted Resolution No. 72,333-N.S. regarding United for Health’s Moffitt Library Clinic: Relinquishment of Council Office Budget Funds to General Fund and Grant of Such Funds.
Adopted Resolution No. 72,334-N.S. regarding Implement Residential Preferential Parking (RPP) Program on the 1500 Block of Delaware Street. Vote: All Ayes.
Why It Matters
This summary is based on Berkeley annotated-agenda item blocks, so action and vote language is tied back to the relevant agenda item.
Housing and General Plan actions affect how the city tracks housing obligations, land-use policy, and future development priorities.
Contracts and agreements shape who carries out city work and the terms under which public services or leadership roles move forward.
Budget actions can affect city service levels, project timing, and how limited local funds are allocated.
Topics Discussed
housing, land use, and permitting - contracts, grants, leases, and assessments - fees, transportation, and public works
What Happens Next
Budget and fee actions move into implementation through city departments and future financial reporting.
Housing, land-use, and permitting actions continue through city implementation, appeals, or follow-up reviews recorded in the official action text.
Approved contracts, grants, leases, or assessments move forward under the terms recorded in the annotated agenda.
Identity & Access Management (IAM): Moving to fully automated employee onboarding and offboarding workflows.
Reconstructed
Funding Historically, the City has utilized Fund 680 (ISF) to cover both daily IT operations and major infrastructure modernizations. Fund 680 is currently underfunded and structurally incapable of absorbing the large-scale lifecycle refreshes required to main...
Proposed FY 2027 – FY2031- Unfunded Capital Needs by Department and Category Page 1 of 135 Rev - 21
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PROPOSED FIVE- YEAR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM FISCAL YEARS 2027-2031 City Council June 9, 2026 Page 2 of 135 Rev - 22 Agenda • CIP Overview • Infrastructure inventory and categories • Funding highlights • Infrastructure funding by category • Infrastructure f...
Strategic Transformation: Cloud & Modernization IT transitioned from “Data Center First” to “Cloud First” to eliminate hardware risks and ensure 24/7 service resiliency.
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Accela Cloud Migration: Successfully migrated the City’s permitting system in October 2025 following a 78-hour continuous cutover. This eliminated on-site server failure risks and improved portal performance by 40%. Employee Access (EA) Portal: Launched on Mar...
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Cybersecurity, Resilience & Employee Safety Implementing a defense-in-depth strategy to protect digital assets and the physical workforce.
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BeWARNED (Workplace Alert & Response): Launched an omnichannel emergency broadcast system to all City-issued hardware. Accelerated ahead of the FY27 planned schedule. MFA Deployment (Berkeley 2-Step): Achieved 100% city-wide compliance with hardware-based MFA...
Financial Technology & PCI-DSS Compliance Focusing on regulatory excellence and the strategic retirement of legacy financial systems.
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Sycurio Secure Phone Payments: Achieving PCI Compliance The implementation of Sycurio for the 311 Call Center was the decisive factor in achieving 100% PCI-DSS compliance for phone-based transactions. By using DTMF masking, credit card data is captured securel...
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Critical Infrastructure & Public Impact Delivering complex facility builds and near-total city-wide digital connectivity.
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Fire HQ Relocation (1250 9th St): Designed a dual-path fiber-optic architecture with 2 Gbps throughput. Completed 100% of the racking and patching for backbone switching infrastructure. Engineered a temporary SD-WAN/Sonic solution to bypass external utility pe...
