{"body": "CityCouncil", "date": "2010-03-02", "page": 1, "text": "MINUTES OF THE REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING\nTUESDAY- - MARCH 2, 2010- 7:00 P.M.\nActing Mayor Matarrese convened the meeting at 7:02 p.m. Councilmember Tam led\nthe Pledge of Allegiance.\nROLL CALL -\nPresent:\nCouncilmembers Gilmore, Tam and Acting Mayor\nMatarrese - 3.\nAbsent:\nVice Mayor deHaan and Mayor Johnson - 2.\nAGENDA CHANGES\n(10-086) Acting Mayor Matarrese moved approval of continuing the Public Hearing\n[paragraph no. 10-102], the Recommendation to Authorize the Interim City Manager\n[paragraph no. 10-103], and Council Referral [paragraph no. 10-104 to March 16, 2010.\nCouncilmember Gilmore seconded the motion, which carried by unanimous voice vote -\n3. [Absent: Vice Mayor deHaan and Mayor Johnson - 2.]\nPROCLAMATIONS, SPECIAL ORDERS OF THE DAY & ANNOUNCEMENTS\n(10-087) Proclamation Declaring April through June 2010 as Historic Preservation\nSeason.\nActing Mayor Matarrese read and presented the proclamation to Judith Lynch, Historical\nAdvisory Board.\nMs. Lynch provided a handout; thanked Council for the proclamation and introduced\nNancy Hurd, Alameda Architectural Preservation Society and Robbie Dileo, Alameda\nMuseum.\nMs. Dileo stated the Alameda Museum has been collecting and preserving artifacts for\nover fifty years; the Kids and Queen Victoria exhibit will be held on May 1st;\nCouncilmember Gilmore will be presenting the Queen.\n(10-088) Proclamation Declaring March 2010 as American Red Cross Month.\nActing Mayor Matarrese read and presented the proclamation to Helen Knudson,\nLeadership Council for the American Red Cross, Bay Area Chapter.\nMs. Knudson thanked Council for the proclamation and ongoing partnership and\nsupport; stated March 13th is CPR Saturday.\nActing Mayor Matarrese inquired how the community could help the Red Cross with\nefforts to help Chile.\nRegular Meeting\nAlameda City Council\n1\nMarch 2, 2010", "path": "CityCouncil/2010-03-02.pdf"}
{"body": "CityCouncil", "date": "2010-03-02", "page": 2, "text": "Ms. Knudson responded currently, nothing has been set up for Chile; stated the Red\nCross has a very strong chapter in Chile; Chile has strong building standards; teams will\nbe sent to study what has and has not worked; more information will be provided within\na month or so.\nCONSENT CALENDAR\nActing Mayor Matarrese announced that the Resolution Authorizing the Interim City\nManager [paragraph no. 10-097 and Resolution Opposing Proposition 16 [paragraph\nno. 10-098 were removed from the Consent Calendar for discussion.\nCouncilmember Tam moved approval of the remainder of the Consent Calendar.\nCouncilmember Gilmore seconded the motion, which carried by unanimous voice vote -\n3. [Absent: Vice Mayor deHaan and Mayor Johnson - 2.] [Items so enacted or adopted\nare indicated by an asterisk preceding the paragraph number.]\n(*10-089) Minutes of the Special Joint City Council, Alameda Reuse and\nRedevelopment Authority and Community Improvement Commission Meetings and the\nRegular City Council Meeting held on February 16, 2010. Approved.\n(*10-090) Ratified bills in the amount of $2,996,818.63.\n(*10-091) Recommendation to Accept the Quarterly Treasurer's Report for the Period\nEnding December 31, 2009. Accepted.\n(*10-092) Recommendation to Accept the Quarterly Sales Tax Report for the Period\nEnding September 30, 200. Accepted.\n(*10-093) Recommendation to Approve the City of Alameda Investment Policy.\nAccepted.\n(*10-094) Recommendation to Approve a $74,996 Change Order to a $570,160\nContract with Designed Mobile Systems Industries, Inc. for a Total Contract Amount of\n$645,156 for Construction of the Bayport Community Building. Accepted.\n(*10-095) Recommendation to Award Contract in the Amount of $400,531, Including\nContingencies, to Gallagher & Burk, Inc. for the Buena Vista Avenue Street\nRehabilitation Project, No. P.W. 02-09-05. Accepted.\n(*10-096) Recommendation to Award Contract in the Amount of $613,928, Including\nContingencies, to Suarez & Munoz Construction, Inc. for the Webster Street/Wilver\n\"Willie\" Stargell Avenue Intersection Project - Landscape and Irrigation Improvements,\nNo. P.W. 06-09-18. Accepted.\nRegular Meeting\nAlameda City Council\n2\nMarch 2, 2010", "path": "CityCouncil/2010-03-02.pdf"}
{"body": "CityCouncil", "date": "2010-03-02", "page": 3, "text": "(10-097) Resolution No. 14427, \"Authorizing the Interim City Manager to Approve Fund\nPass-Through Agreement Between the San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District\nand the City of Alameda to Receive $1,668,154 in Federal Transit Administration Funds\nfor the Transit and Access Plan and Implementation of Shuttle Service Improvements,\nand Authorize the Use of $95,178 from Alameda Reuse and Redevelopment Authority\nFunds as Matching Funds for the First Phase of the Project.\" Adopted.\nThe Supervising Civil Engineer gave a brief presentation.\nCouncilmember Tam stated Alameda Transit Advocates' letter notes that the City's\nlong-range Transit Plan is out of date; inquired why the Transportation Commission has\nnot met for the last seven months and whether the Transportation Commission could\nhave done some work to update the Transit Plan.\nThe Supervising Civil Engineer responded last year, the Transportation Commission\nestablished a subcommittee to work on the policy aspect of the Transit Plan; stated the\nTransportation Commission has acknowledged that the Transit Plan needs to be\nupdated; the subcommittee met a couple of times last year.\nCouncilmember Tam inquired whether the subcommittee met over the last seven\nmonths.\nThe Supervising Civil Engineer responded that he does not know; stated staff will\nprovide Council with an Off Agenda Report.\nCouncilmember Tam inquired when the Transportation Commission would meet to\ndiscuss the best use of the pass-through funding, to which the Supervising Civil\nEngineer responded the third Wednesday of the month.\nCouncilmember Tam requested that staff respond to whether the 2005 Metropolitan\nTransportation Commission (MTC) study is available and can be made available on line.\nThe Supervising Civil Engineer stated the 2005 Station Area Plan will be reviewed; staff\nis not intending to ignore anything; all studies will be reviewed moving forward; internet\naccess is available for Alameda Point studies.\nActing Mayor Matarrese stated an explanation should be provided if the link from the\nAlameda Point website to the studies is not there.\nCouncilmember Tam moved approval of the staff recommendation.\nCouncilmember Gilmore seconded the motion, which carried by unanimous voice vote\n-\n3. [Absent: Vice Mayor deHaan and Mayor Johnson - 2.]\n(10-098) Adoption of Resolution Opposing Proposition 16, the \"New Two-Thirds Vote\nRequirement for Local Public Electricity Providers - Initiative Constitutional Amendment.\nRegular Meeting\nAlameda City Council\n3\nMarch 2, 2010", "path": "CityCouncil/2010-03-02.pdf"}
{"body": "CityCouncil", "date": "2010-03-02", "page": 4, "text": "Not adopted.\nCouncilmember Tam stated that she would recuse herself from the item.\nActing Mayor Matarrese moved approval of continuing the item to the March 16, 2010\nCouncil meeting.\nCouncilmember Gilmore seconded the motion.\nUnder discussion, Councilmember Gilmore stated that she would still like to hear an\nexplanation of the proposition tonight and again at the next meeting.\nThe Alameda Municipal Power (AMP) General Manager gave a brief presentation.\nActing Mayor Matarrese inquired whether voter approval would be needed from people\nwithin transmission line areas if Alameda procures power that has to go through [new]\ntransmission lines.\nThe AMP General Manager responded voter approval would be needed to build new\ntransmission lines; stated load is growing; eventually, public power systems will need to\nbuild new transmission lines; Alameda should be fine serving Alameda Point within the\nexisting service territory; however, not everyone is taking the same viewpoint; some\npeople think that [Proposition 16's impact on] service within a city is unclear.\nCouncilmember Gilmore inquired whether the proposition is directed to municipal power\ncompanies.\nThe AMP General Manager responded the proposition is not only directed to existing\nmunicipal power companies who may be entrusted in expanding service territories but\nalso include entities such as Marin County, which has undertaken efforts to create a\ncommunity choice aggregation system.\nCouncilmember Gilmore inquired whether the proposition would make things more\ndifficult for government entities to either make it in business or expand, to which the\nAMP General Manager responded in the affirmative.\nCouncilmember Gilmore inquired whether the proposition would not place any restraints\non investor-owned companies such as Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E), to which the\nAMP General Manager responded in the affirmative.\nCouncilmember Gilmore inquired whether competing with entities such as PG&E would\nbe harder for municipalities and government-owned power companies [if Proposition 16\npasses].\nThe AMP General Manager responded in the affirmative; stated AMP does not compete\nhead-to-head; annexations occur at green field site areas and would be a place for\nRegular Meeting\nAlameda City Council\n4\nMarch 2, 2010", "path": "CityCouncil/2010-03-02.pdf"}
{"body": "CityCouncil", "date": "2010-03-02", "page": 5, "text": "competition; competition would be limited because fewer entities would be able to\nparticipate in the wholesale power market.\nActing Mayor Matarrese inquired what would the ambiguities [within the Proposition\nlanguage] do to rates.\nThe AMP General Manager responded that he cannot see rates going down; stated\npredicting the impact would be difficult; the proposition would limit the City's flexibility to\naccess resources.\nActing Mayor Matarrese inquired whether the initiative would be explained in \"The\nFlash\" flyer that accompanies bills, to which the City Attorney responded a factual\nexplanation could be included.\nActing Mayor Matarrese inquired whether Council could have a full discussion on the\nmatter when a full Council is present.\nThe City Attorney responded in the affirmative; stated the full presentation would be\nrepeated and will afford a better discussion with the community.\nActing Mayor Matarrese stated the matter would be continued to March 16, 2010.\n(*10-099) Resolution No. 14288, \"Approving Revised Memorandum of Understanding\nBetween the Alameda Police Officers Association Non-Sworn Unit and the City of\nAlameda for the Period Commencing December 20, 2009 and Ending December 18,\n2010.\" Adopted.\nCITY MANAGER COMMUNICATIONS\n(10-100) America's Cup\nThe Interim City Manager gave Power Point presentation.\nSpeakers: Andy McKinley, Alameda; Michael Britt; William Williford, Rock Wall Winery;\nTim Leathers, Alamar Marinas; Melody Marr, Chamber of Commerce; Kathy Moehring,\nWest Alameda Business Association (WABA); Robb Ratto, Park Street Business\nAssociation (PSBA); Bob Naber; Stephen Crogon and Plato Wang.\nActing Mayor Matarrese stated Alameda has shore side facilities and expertise to\nhandle the boats.\nMr. Naber stated that he has been sailing out of Alameda for approximately thirty years;\nthat he gathered material for Council review; the Interim City Manager knows how to\ncontact him if Council has any questions.\nThe Interim City Manager stated the first goal is to bring the Cup to San Francisco; only\nRegular Meeting\nAlameda City Council\n5\nMarch 2, 2010", "path": "CityCouncil/2010-03-02.pdf"}
{"body": "CityCouncil", "date": "2010-03-02", "page": 6, "text": "the Bay Area and Rhode Island have submitted proposals; the City will do everything\npossible to help San Francisco be successful; the City will end up winning as well.\nActing Mayor Matarrese stated Council is extremely supportive; thanked everyone who\nparticipated in the effort.\nCouncilmember Gilmore thanked everyone; stated people know the type of things the\nCity can accomplish.\nCouncilmember Tam expressed her appreciation; stated that she is impressed with the\ncommunity enthusiasm; Alameda has five Councilmembers, less bureaucracy, more\nstreamlining, and great community support.\n(10-101) Google Request for Information\nThe Deputy City Manager - Development Services gave a brief presentation.\nSpeakers: Jim Meyer, wirealameda.org; Howard Ashcraft; John Michael Kyono,\nwirealameda.org; Kathy Moehring, WABA; and Robb Ratto, PSBA.\nActing Mayor Matarrese inquired what is the timeline.\nThe Deputy City Manager - Development Services responded the City application and\ncommunity applications need to be submitted by March 26th; stated a press release will\nbe submitted; a resolution will be presented to Council on March 16.\nActing Mayor Matarrese inquired whether information will be posted on the website with\na link to wirealameda.org.\nThe Deputy City Manager - Development Services responded posting on the website\nwould be a great idea; stated Google will make a selection before the end of the year;\nthe impression is that Google would want to get started right away and implement the\nentire deployment within six or twelve months.\nCouncilmember Gilmore stated video game players would benefit; having 3-D models of\nbuilding plans would be great; accessing the internet at peak times without a decrease\nin speed would be nice; encouraged everyone to think outside the box.\nCouncilmember Tam stated that she attended the committee meeting organized by Mr.\nAshcraft and Mr. Mayer; the City is shovel ready, maritime ready, and now wireless\nready; people at Google have no patience for bureaucracy; that she served on the\nAlameda Hospital Board with Ms. Ezzy Ashcraft and was always looking for ways to\nsave money; health care imaging creates huge opportunities for hospitals; that she\nlooks forward to having a robust, successful application.\nActing Mayor Matarrese thanked everyone for moving fast and decisively on the matter;\nRegular Meeting\nAlameda City Council\n6\nMarch 2, 2010", "path": "CityCouncil/2010-03-02.pdf"}
{"body": "CityCouncil", "date": "2010-03-02", "page": 7, "text": "stated opportunities will be lost if the City is not first in line; that he looks forward to\nhaving the application in by March 26th; encouraged everyone who has a blog or\nwebsite to publish a link to wirealameda.org.\nREGULAR AGENDA ITEMS\n(10-102) Public Hearing to Consider a Call for Review of the Planning Board's\nModification of a Use Permit for Extended Hours of Operation at the Kohl's Store\nLocated at 2201 South Shore Center, and Adoption of Related Resolution. Continued to\nMarch 16, 2010.\n(10-103) Recommendation to Authorize the Interim City Manager to Enter into\nNegotiations with Kemper Sports Management for the Long-Term Management and\nOperation of the Chuck Corica Golf Complex. Continued to March 16, 2010.\nORAL COMMUNICATIONS, NON-AGENDA\nNone.\nCOUNCIL REFERRALS\n(10-104) Consider Pursing the Establishment of a Task Group to Promote, Market and\nSupport Businesses, Educational and Technology Resource Opportunities. Continued\nto March 16, 2010.\nCOUNCIL COMMUNICATIONS\n(10-105) Councilmember Gilmore stated Alameda has been dragged into internet time\nand cannot afford to let things go through customary channels which needs to be kept in\nmind when interacting with the community; people's expectations have changed; people\nwant things done yesterday, especially with businesses; when relocating, businesses\nwant to know whether the area is business friendly and know how long it will take to get\nthings from City Hall before the business can be opened.\nADJOURNMENT\nThere being no further business, Acting Mayor Matarrese adjourned the meeting at 8:46\np.m.\nRespectfully submitted,\nLara Weisiger\nCity Clerk\nThe agenda for this meeting was posted in accordance with the Brown Act.\nRegular Meeting\nAlameda City Council\n7\nMarch 2, 2010", "path": "CityCouncil/2010-03-02.pdf"}
{"body": "CityCouncil", "date": "2010-03-02", "page": 8, "text": "MINTUES OF THE SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING\nTUESDAY- MARCH 2, 2010- -6:15 P.M.\nActing Mayor Matarrese convened the meeting at 6:15 p.m.\nRoll Call -\nPresent:\nCouncilmembers Gilmore, Tam and Acting Mayor Matarrese\n- 3.\nAbsent:\nVice Mayor deHaan and Mayor Johnson - 2.\nThe meeting was adjourned to Closed Session to consider:\n(10-084) Conference with Labor Negotiator; Agency negotiators: Interim City Manager\nand Human Resources Director; Employee organizations: Alameda Police Officers\nAssociation - Non Sworn Unit, Alameda Police Managers Association and Alameda Fire\nManagers Association.\n(10-085) Liability Claims (54956.95); Claimant: Port of Oakland; Agency Claimed\nAgainst: City of Alameda.\nFollowing the Closed Session, the meeting was reconvened and Acting Mayor\nMatarrese announced that regarding Labor, the Council received a briefing on the Non\nSworn Police Officers Association negotiations from the Labor Negotiator; no action was\ntaken; and regarding Liability Claims, the Council received a briefing from Legal\nCounsel regarding a claim from the Port of Oakland; the Council provided direction to\nLegal Counsel regarding settlement parameters.\nAdjournment\nThere being no further business, Acting Mayor Matarrese adjourned the meeting at 6:30\np.m.\nRespectfully submitted,\nLara Weisiger\nCity Clerk\nThe agenda for this meeting was posted in accordance with the Brown Act.\nSpecial Meeting\nAlameda City Council\nMarch 2, 2010", "path": "CityCouncil/2010-03-02.pdf"}