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Official Documents, Provided by City Attorney in response to PRR 5870, Aug, 2011
(Original Organization)
(Click here for a chronological list.)
    Set 1, folder 000001-000267:
  1. 000001.pdf - Ordinance 12078, July 28, 1998
  2. 000039.pdf - Oakland Zoo Master Plan, October, 1996
  3. 000081.pdf - Resolution 74736, Dec. 15, 1998
  4. 000124.pdf - Oakland Zoo Master Plan, Sept. 10, 1990
  5. 000146.pdf - City Council Agenda, Dec. 4, 1990
  6. 000151.pdf - Interoffice Letter, Dec. 4. 1990
  7. 000152.pdf - City Council Agenda, Dec. 18, 1990
  8. 000166.pdf - City Council Minutes, Dec. 18, 1990
  9. 000200.pdf - Oakland Zoo Master Plan Report, Oct. 1980

    10. Set 2, folder 000268-000584:
  10. 000268.pdf - Folder: EBSZ Lease, 1988 - Present
  11. 000269.pdf - Evidence of Property Insurance, 5/15/09
  12. 000277.pdf - Certificate of Insurance, 9/25/95
  13. 000281.pdf -
    1. Certificate of Insurance, 9/25/95;
    2. Letter and Fax, City to Zoo, re: Expiry of Mgmt. Agreement, Mar, '94
  14. 000285.pdf -
    1. Check stub, 9/19/94, $119,857, City to EBZS;
    2. Fax cover, page 2 of unknown doc., possibly mgmt. agreement
  15. 000288.pdf - Many documents pertaining to Mgmt Agreement, dating from '03 through '06, incl.
    1. amendments,
    2. evidence of $800K city subsidy,
    3. reports from Zoo,
    4. presentation files,
    etc.
  16. 000384.pdf - Decl. of Compliance, living wage ord., 5/10/05
  17. 000386.pdf - Decl. of Compliance, ADA, 4/21/05
  18. 000388.pdf - Decl. of Non-Discriminatiuon, 5/10/05
  19. 000390.pdf - Employee Insurance amendment, adding Domestic Parther Coverage
  20. 000394.pdf - 2005 Employee Insurance Remewal Offerings, Kaiser Permanente
  21. 000396.pdf - Partial HR Policies - vacation, holidays, sick leave, etc.
  22. 000407.pdf - Ack. of Campaign Contribution Limits, Nuclear-Free Zone
  23. 000410.pdf - Evidence of Insurance, 5/14/04
  24. 000416.pdf -
    1. Apprenticeship Workforce Development Doc.;
    2. Memo, City Admin. to City Clerk re. new Mgmt. Agrmnt, 10/19/04;
    3. partial Resolution 78872 adopting Mgmt. Agrmnt, Sep. 30, '04
  25. 000447.pdf -
    1. Partial Resolution 78872, Jul 10, '04, etc.;
    2. Bylaws of EBZS, Jun. 29, '94
  26. 000476.pdf -
    1. Mgmt. Agrmnt., 3/9/94;
    2. Conveyance of KP from State to City, Aug. 18, '75
  27. 000501.pdf - Draft 10-year lease, 1/18/94
  28. 000503.pdf - Mgmnt. Agrmnt., with projects & costs, 1994
  29. 000517.pdf - Interoffice letters from City Mgr. re. 10-year lease, grant to exceed $100K, Jan. 4, '94
  30. 000521.pdf - Interoffice Letter and unsigned ordinance, re: 10-year lease, Jan. 4, '94
  31. 000526.pdf - Articles of Incorporation, Alameda County Zological Society, Apr. 23, 1936
  32. 000534.pdf -
    1. Interoffice Letter, draft ordinance, re. 10-year lease, Feb. 10, '93;
    2. Conveyance of PH from State to City, Aug. 18, '75
  33. 000565.pdf - Memo from Ceda Floyd (City) to Office of Parks and Rec., re, Can EBZS raise fees w/o city approval, 2/5/93
  34. 000567.pdf - Letter, Zoo to Office of Parks and Rec., re, changes to contract, Jan 15, '93
  35. 000570.pdf - Letter from Office of Parks and Rec. to Zoo, re, draft 10-year contract, Dec. 18, '92
  36. 000574.pdf - Letter from City Atty. to Zoo regarding return of fee for Snow Bldg. to Temple Beth Sholom, Oct. 25, '90
  37. 000575.pdf - Letter from City Atty. to M. L. Eisenberg, re. Penal Code Sec. 319/320 (lotteries/gaming), Oct. 22, '90
  38. 000577.pdf - Fax of above letter
  39. 000579.pdf - Blank rental agreement for Snow Bldg.
  40. 000581.pdf -
    1. Daily Review article, Oct. 17, '90, re, Monte Carlo Night at Zoo;
    2. Article 5, on Games of Chance, Sec. 3-5, on gambling and betting

    41. Set 3, folder 000585-000777:
  41. 000585.pdf - Folder: EBZS Lease, 1977 - 1987
  42. 000586.pdf - EBZS 1985-86 Proposed Budget and Capital Improvements for 85-86 & 86-87
  43. 000605.pdf - EBZS Animal Inventory, Oct. 1, '85
  44. 000609.pdf - Memo, Office of Parks and Rec. to EBZS, re, Decisions on '85-'86 Budget
  45. 000611.pdf - (Partial?) Annual Report, Jun. 18, '85
  46. 000613.pdf - EBSZ Animal Inventory, Apr. 1, '85
  47. 000617.pdf - Duplicate of above inventory
  48. 000621.pdf - EBZS Balance Sheet, 03/31/85
  49. 000638.pdf - Status of the Collection, Feb. 1, '85
  50. 000649.pdf - "Balance Sheet", date illegible
  51. 000665.pdf -
    1. Certificates of Insurance, Jul. 29, 1982, Jul. 29, 1977;
    2. Minutes of Annual Mtg. of East Bay Botanical and Zoological Society, Jan. 22, '70;
    3. Letter from Dir. of Parks to Wisconsin Dalles, Aug. 27, '69 (3 copies);
    4. Letter and Interoffice Letter from City Atty to Office of Parks and Rec., re, Concession sale, Jul. 7, '77
  52. 000680.pdf - EBZS Affirmative Action Plan, May 5, '81
  53. 000684.pdf - Rental Agreement, City and Diane Blackman, Jan. 16, '81, with attachments re KP Security
  54. 000693.pdf - Letter of Conveyance, from State to City, with Capital Improvements, 19 Aug., '75
  55. 000699.pdf - Animal Inventory, May 10, '82
  56. 000703.pdf -
    1. Zoo Equipment Inventory, undated;
    2. Parks Services Dept. Tool and Equipment Inventory, Knowland Park Lower Area, undated
  57. 000707.pdf -
    1. Agreement, City and EBZS, Zoo Staff Work Clothes, Feb. 4, '83;
    2. Proposed Operational Budged, '82-'83, EBZS
  58. 000710.pdf - Blank (but signed) agreement between City and EBZS, Aug. 1, '82
  59. 000732.pdf -
    1. Concession sale, with inventory and values, Jun. 30, '77;
    2. Payment agreement and bill of sale, Jun. 30, '77
  60. 000740.pdf - Amendment to Agreement, City and EBBZS, Apr. 1, '77
  61. 000742.pdf - Amendment to Agreement, City and EBBZS, Jan. 26, '77
  62. 000744.pdf - Agreement, City and EBBZS, Jul. 20, '76
  63. 000746.pdf - Resolution 55683, re, Mgmt. Agrmnt., Jul. 6, '76
  64. 000748.pdf - Amendment to Agreement, City and EBBZS, Jan. 10, '76
  65. 000750.pdf - Blank (unsigned) Mgmt. Agrmnt, 1982
  66. 000752.pdf -
    1. Ordinance 10229, re, Lease Agrmnt., 6/22/82 (two copies);
    2. Resolution 61084, re, Renovation of irrigation system at KP, Dec. 7, '92;
    3. Illegible Letter, City Clerk to Office of Parks and Rec., re, Contracts (?), Mar. ?, '75
  67. 000756.pdf - Amendment to Agreement, City and EBBZS, Jan. 23, '74
  68. 000758.pdf - Mgmt. Agrmnt, Jan. 23, '68
  69. 000761.pdf -
    1. Amendment #1 to Quitclaim and Surrender, Feb. 7, '73;
    2. Resolution 52929, re, this Quitclaim, Feb. 1, '73
  70. 000765.pdf - Precis and signed QUitclaim and Surrender, Jul. 16, '56, approved Dec. 31, '56
  71. 000772.pdf - Agreement and Sublease, Dec. 1, '49, approved Mar. 30, '50
  72. 000776.pdf - Ordinance 4912, re, Quitclaim and Surrender, May 15, '50

    73. Set 4, folder 000778-001033:
  73. 000778.pdf - Folder: EBZS Improvement Projects
  74. 000779.pdf - Letter from Zoo to Wm. Noland, re, allocation of FEMA funds to Zoo, Oct. 17 & 23, '03
  75. 000781.pdf -
    1. Letter from City Atty. to Zoo re, extension of Mgmt. Agrmnt. from Aug. '92 until new one is executed, Oct. 15, '92;
    2. Letter from Zoo to Office of Parks and Rec. re, extended Mgmt. Agrmnt., Oct. 29, '92
  76. 000783.pdf - Duplicates of above two letters
  77. 000785.pdf -
    1. Letter from Office of Parks and Rec., re, new Mgmt. Agrmnt, Jul. 13, '92;
    2. Measure K Program Payment Request Form, Oct. 23, '91;
    3. City Puchase Requisition, re, Mgmt. Agrmnt, for $800K, $15k, $150K
  78. 000788.pdf - Letter from City Life Enrichment Agency to Zoo, re, new Mgmt. Agrmnt., Mar. 8, '01
  79. 000789.pdf -
    1. Bylaws of EBZS, Nov. 4, '92;
    2. ordinance 11683, re, 10 year lease, undated;
    3. Interoffice letter, Office of Parks and Rec. to City Mgr, re, 10 year lease, Jan. 4, '94
  80. 000822.pdf - Mgmt. Agrmnt, Mar. 7, 2001
  81. 000840.pdf - Resolution 76180, re, Mgmt Agrmnt. ($5,190,000), Dec. 12, '00
  82. 000842.pdf -
    1. Measure K, Series D Project Description, 7/21/00;
    2. Measure K, Series D Project Budget;
    3. Business Tax Certificate., Dec. 31, '01;
    4. Certificate of Insurance, 12/21/00;
    5. Insurance Amendment, Aug. 5, '00;
    6. Certificate. of Insurance, 7/01/01;
    7. Certificate. of Insurance, 12/21/00;
    8. Insurance Amendment, Aug. 5, '00
  83. 000854.pdf - Mgmnt. Agrmnt. with project costs, descriptions, Oct. 4, '94
  84. 000869.pdf -
    1. Interoffice Letter, Office of Parks and Rec. to City Mgr., re, Mgmt. Agrmnt., with description of 15 capital projects, Jun. 16, '92;
    2. Resolution 69031, re, Mgmnt. Agrmnt., Jun. 16, ' 92
  85. 000874.pdf -
    1. Mgmnt. Agrmnt., with Measure K Series 1 Projects/Costs/Timelines, Jul. 10, '92;
    2. City Affadavits E, F of South Africa Divestment;
    3. Certificate of Insurance 6/24/92;
    4. Performance Bond, EBZS, Jun. 30, '92;
    5. Power of Attorney, Jul. 9, '92
  86. 000904.pdf - Blank, unsigned Mgmt. Agrmnt., 1992
  87. 000924.pdf -
    1. Agreement between EZS and City for Security Services at Zoo, 4/15/91 - 4/14/92;
    2. Interoffice Letter, City to "Ranger Section", describing ranger duties, Jun. 5, '91
  88. 000934.pdf -
    1. Interoffice Letter (3 copies), City Mgr. to Office of Parks and Rec., authorizing EBZS to use Sole Source Vendors w/o competitive bidding for Measure K projects, Jul. 7, '92;
    2. Draft Resolution authorizing same, 7/1/92
  89. 000942.pdf - Letter from Office of Parks and Rec. to Zoo, re, Measure K improvements, Jul. 3, '92
  90. 000943.pdf -
    1. Interoffice Letter (3 copies), Office of Parks and Rec. to City Mgr, re, project mgmt services for Zoo improvement projects, Jun. 16, '92 through Apr. 1, '94, Jun. 16, '92;
    2. Blank, unsigned Mgmt. Agrmnt., with Measure K project costs/descriptions;
    3. Blank Resolution authorizing same, 1992 (4 copies)
  91. 000981.pdf - Letter from Office of Parks and Rec. to Zoo, on expiry of Mgmnt. Agrmnt., Mar. 18, '92
  92. 000982.pdf -
    1. Interoffice Letter from Measure K Technical Team to EBZS, re, Measure K projects, Feb. 4, '92;
    2. Mgmt. Agrmnt, 1992; Exhibits A and B on Measure K, with spreadsheets of project costs
  93. 001015.pdf -
    1. Interoffice Letter from Measure K Technical Team to EBZS, re, Measure K, Jan. 13, '92;
    2. Mgmnt. Agrmnt., with Measure K Series 1 Projects/Costs/Timelines, Version 3, 12/6/91

    94. Set 5, folder 001034-001041:
  94. 001034.pdf - Folder: Knowland Park House, Rental Agreement
  95. 001035.pdf -
    1. PG&E Credit deposit Request, $45.00, 12/7/81;
    2. Rental Agreement City and Diane Blackman, Jun. 16, '81
  96. 001037.pdf - Rental Agreement, City and Louis Tavares, Nov. 12, '75

    97. Set 6, folder 001042-001082:
  97. 001042.pdf - Folder: Knowland Park/Oakland Zoo Management and Park Agreement
  98. 001043.pdf - Independent Auditors' Report on EBZS, Jun. 30, '97 & '96
  99. 001061.pdf -
    1. Mgmt. Agrmnt., Mar. 10, '94;
    2. Ordinance 11683, re, 10 year lease, Feb. 1, '94
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