Briefing
Life Enrichment Committee (Oakland) — Minutes of March 10, 2026: Library contracts, service amendments, and homelessness funding/plan advanced
The committee convened at 4:00 PM (Chair Carroll Fife). Members Gallo, Houston, Wang (arrived 4:03) and Fife participated. The committee: accepted the February 24, 2026 minutes; withdrew and rescheduled library agreements with Piedmont and Emeryville to April 21, 2026; approved an amendment to the American Building Service janitorial contract (increase to $1,000,000 and term extended to June 30, 2029); approved contracts for Atthowe Fine Art Services (storage) and Innovative Interfaces (library system) and forwarded those items to the March 16, 2026 special City Council consent agenda; approved HHAP-6/Winter Relief/OPRI funding resolution (including accepting up to $23,029,455.86 in HHAP funds and related county and OHA funds) with added semiannual reporting and performance/benchmarking requirements; received and forwarded the City of Oakland 2026 Homelessness Strategic Action Plan with a request for a supplemental report addressing council questions. Meeting adjourned at 6:14 PM.
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