{"body": "CityCouncil", "date": "2020-06-29", "page": 1, "text": "MINUTES OF THE SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING\nTUESDAY- - JUNE 29, 2020- 5:30 P.M.\nMayor Ezzy Ashcraft convened the meeting at 5:30 p.m. and led the Pledge of\nAllegiance.\nROLL CALL -\nPresent:\nCouncilmembers Daysog, Knox White, Oddie, Vella,\nand Mayor Ezzy Ashcraft - 5. [Note: The meeting was\nconducted via Zoom.]\nAbsent:\nNone.\nORAL COMMUNICATIONS, NON-AGENDA\n(20-439) Paul Foreman, Alameda, stated the routine invoking of reducing public\nspeaking time gives the public the impression that their thoughts are not valued; urged\nthat the Mayor first ask if there is a motion to waive the time limits prior to just invoking\nthe limit.\nREGULAR AGENDA ITEMS\n(20-440) Recommendation to Develop a Work Plan, including Community Dialogue, to\nAddress the Following: 1. Unbundling Services Currently Delivered by the Police\nDepartment; 2. Systemic Racism; 3. a Review of Police Department Policies and\nPractices; 4. Police Department Accountability and Oversight; 5. a Review of Laws that\nCriminalize Survival; and 6. Other Matters which may be Pertinent, including Vacancies.\nThe Assistant City Manager made a brief presentation.\nCouncilmember Oddie inquired whether Council is looking at systemic racism as a\nbroader societal, Citywide issue, and not focusing specifically on accusing the Police\nDepartment or Officers in the Department, of racism; stated that he just wants to be\nclear what Council is looking at.\nThe Assistant City Manager responded that he has heard it to be a conversation about\neither organizationally or with the community; the particular component of the work\nprogram has not been directed towards the Police Department; it has been\norganizationally as the City of Alameda and as the broader community, which is why it\nis not embedded in the work plan tonight.\nCouncilmember Oddie stated in the future, it would be helpful to bifurcate the topic on\nthe agenda that addresses Police reform so there is not confusion that the focus is on\none particular department.\nThe Assistant City Manager stated the work plan could do that going forward.\nSpecial Meeting\nAlameda City Council\n1\nJune 29, 2020", "path": "CityCouncil/2020-06-29.pdf"}
{"body": "CityCouncil", "date": "2020-06-29", "page": 2, "text": "Stated some suggestions to codify now, in terms of goals and measurements that\neveryone can agree on, include defining unacceptable behavior, making sure it stops\nand the requirement for practical transparency: Ben Calica, Alameda.\nExpressed concern about the serious problems of using Police to handle situations\ninvolving mentally ill citizens; urged unbundling of Police services to find a better\nsolution: Lorin Salem, Alameda.\nDiscussed the recent Council decision to remove the use of the Police Department's\nemergency response armored vehicle and Officers in school: Jason Horvath, Alameda\nPolice Officer.\nStated that she supports changing policing in the City, including defunding the Police\nDepartment by 50%, defunding the pay of Officers involved in detaining Mr. Watkins\nand investigation in the 2018 Gattenby incident: Jenice Anderson, Alameda.\nStated that she hopes for progressive, solid actions as a result of the public comments;\nshe is interested to know how many civil rights incidents have happened resulting in\npayouts to victims' families: Cheri Johansen, Alameda.\nUrged Council to proceed with three things in mind when creating the work plan: listen,\nact, and be accountable: Laura Cutrona, Alameda.\nStated that he is glad Council is keeping the issue on the agenda and moving it forward;\nsuggested any community participation be a robust process, inclusive and fact-based;\nurged against a Council-led committee: Jono Soglin, Alameda\nStated policing as an institution was built on racist ideals and principles; she does not\nbelieve Councilmember Oddie's recommendation regarding training is a solution; urged\nunbundling of Police services: Alexa Arocha, Alameda.\nUrged Council to use the many resources available in the community when developing\nthe work plan; reminded Council of important youth demands: Lean DeLeon, Alameda.\nRequested to be placed at the end of the speaker line so that Black and Brown\nspeakers can be centered: Seth Marbin, Alameda\nMayor Ezzy Ashcraft received consensus from the Council to rearrange the speaker\norder to center Black and Brown speakers.\nStated that she appreciated Councilmember Oddie sitting with dispatchers for three\nhours to see first-hand how things work; changes need to be made and people should\nput themselves in other's shoes: Keisha Brooks, Alameda Dispatcher.\nStated that he does not understand how Council can run its own process when they are\na part of the systemic racism; a community process cannot be held until there is\nSpecial Meeting\nAlameda City Council\n2\nJune 29, 2020", "path": "CityCouncil/2020-06-29.pdf"}
{"body": "CityCouncil", "date": "2020-06-29", "page": 3, "text": "accountability of elected and public officials; an independent oversight committee\nshould be formed, but not without first reallocating Alameda Police Department (APD)\nfunds to community support programs and services or enacting an immediate 50%\nreduction in the APD budget: Amos White, Alameda American Civil Liberties Union\n(ACLU) People Power.\nStated that he experienced Police injustice in Alameda at a young age; suggested the\nframework for the process should be truth and reconciliation; urged the Council and the\nCity to engage people who have been targeted to be able to come forward to speak\ntheir truths; until that happens, there can be no justice: Rasheed Shabazz, Alameda.\nStated that he encourages the City Manager and Council to consider a change of\nleadership in the Police Department; he is looking forward to the independent review of\nthe May 23rd incident: Walter Yonn, Alameda.\nStated the Council should be better educated to truly represent the community's\ninterest; there is an urgency to deal with the issues and a work plan must be\ncommunity-led to be worthwhile: Thomas Mariadason, Alameda.\nExpressed appreciation for the Council's continued attention to all the Police issues;\nsuggested looking at the Police union agreement: Cheryl Taylor, Alameda\nStated Officer Horvath's comments were disparaging to some speakers; needing Police\nin schools because of crime and an armored vehicle because there are guns are faulty\narguments; urged community members to pay close attention to which side\nCouncilmembers are taking so they can elect officials that represent the people: James\nBergquist, Alameda.\nStated systemic racism is about unequal outcomes; the school-to-prison pipeline\ncreates psychological and physical risks to students of Color; he agrees with defunding\nthe Police by 50%; training has negative consequences for People of Color; expressed\nsupport for community-led organizations separate from Council: Wesley Swedlow,\nAlameda.\nMayor Ezzy Ashcraft inquired the status of School Resource Officers (SROs) in\nAlameda.\nThe Police Chief responded that he informed the City Manager and the School\nSuperintendent a month ago that he intended to pull SROs out of the schools; the\nprimary reason is staffing issues and school has not been in session since March 16;\nCouncil voted to approve a temporary suspension of the SRO program.\nDiscussed the importance of finding creative ways to center Black and Brown voices in\nthe future; stated no matter how well-intentioned the community is, there is not the lived\nexperience: Seth Marbin, Alameda.\nSpecial Meeting\nAlameda City Council\n3\nJune 29, 2020", "path": "CityCouncil/2020-06-29.pdf"}
{"body": "CityCouncil", "date": "2020-06-29", "page": 4, "text": "Stated that she was upset about the perceived Police policy of not answering non-\ncriminal calls from the public; urged that the City have a clear decision making process\non policies regarding City services so the public is not confused: Toni Grimm, Alameda.\nStated taking until 2022 to establish Police accountability and a review board seems like\na very long time; the events of May 23rd seem like clear cause to fire someone;\nexpressed support for reductions in the Police budget: Jeff Lewis, Alameda.\nStated there are underlying issues of cultural and structural racism in the Police\nDepartment; urged Council to consider a community-based approach and critical cases\nof mental illness when unbundling Police services: Quinn Weaver, Alameda.\nStated a 50% defunding of the Police is a good start; a citizen oversight committee\nneeds to be implemented immediately: Annie Murray, Alameda\nStated that he appreciated the quick response of the Council to center Black and Brown\nspeakers; encouraged Council to continue a creative mindset going forward; he is\nimpressed by the local young people who have become models in the role of\ntransforming Police: Indi McCasey, Alameda.\nStated Alameda needs better oversight and better accountability; urged Council to take\naction sooner rather than later because she feels Black and Brown people are still being\ntargeted: Melodye Montgomery, Alameda.\nThanked Council for putting together a thoughtful process for re-imagining policing in\nthe community; urged Council to think about the needs, wants and what can be\nachieved; stated there is a lot of opportunity to do good and build a system that works\nand is part of the community: Michele Ellson, Alameda.\nStated City Hall needs to take a public stand and use the recent car vandalism incident\nas a teaching moment to stand against racism; she hopes a citizens oversight board\nincludes People of Color who have been hurt by racism: Jannette Eng, Alameda.\nStated that he appreciates the Council's commitment to address important issues in a\ntimely fashion; he endorses the comments made about re-evaluating policing; he hopes\nthe Council seizes the moment and understands the importance of making the\ncommunity more compassionate: Robert Deutsch, Alameda.\nIn response to Mayor Ezzy Ashcraft's inquiry regarding COVID-19, Dr. Deutsch\nresponded there is an increase in cases at Alameda Hospital, Highland Hospital,\nAlameda Health System and in the Bay Area; masking protects not only the wearer, but\nthose around them; urged everyone to continue to not let their guards down until a\nvaccine is available.\nPublic Comment read into record:\nSpecial Meeting\nAlameda City Council\n4\nJune 29, 2020", "path": "CityCouncil/2020-06-29.pdf"}
{"body": "CityCouncil", "date": "2020-06-29", "page": 5, "text": "Thanked Council for its commitment to make Alameda safer by directing more\nresources towards community programs that support mental health and public safety;\nstated that she supports reducing the Police budget to invest money into community\nprograms; it is important to highlight the voices of Black residents and Black youth in\nAlameda; urged Council to take immediate action by no longer accepting donations\nfrom Police Unions and committing to defund the Police by 50% in the long term and\n10% in the upcoming budget cycle: Molly Montgomery, Alameda.\nAsked several questions of the Council regarding the Mali Watkins incident; stated APD\nneeds to run independent of politics and should not be defunded; urged support for the\nPolice Department and Chief Rolleri: Marilyn Grabina, Alameda.\nStated that she supports the ACLU People Power's demand of a 50% reduction of\nAPD's budget; the process moving forward should center Black voices and the voices of\nthose who have experienced harm from policing; urged Council to address reducing\npolicing and re-imagining public health and safety with clear, actionable goals: Savanna\nCheer, Alameda.\nUrged Council to pledge to return all campaign or lobbying funds received from public\nsector Unions or stakeholders during the process and to commit to defunding APD by\n50% in the long term; stated it is important that Black and Brown Alamedans have\nseveral prominent roles in the committees and boards to come: Erin Fraser, Alameda.\nThanked Council for its efforts in establishing a work plan; expressed support for a 50%\ndecrease of the APD budget; urged unbundling of Police services to include an\nincreased budget for community programs; stated the steering committees should\nselect members who are committed to directly addressing the various inequalities in\nAlameda, especially racial inequality; expressed support for centralizing the voices of\nBlack people and those most impacted by the harms of policing; urged Council to\ncommit to not take any public safety Union or lobbyists' money at this time: D.N.,\nAlameda.\nStated that he is a senior citizen and does not support cutting or defunding the Police;\nthe Police have been courteous, committed and diligent in protecting Alameda citizens;\nnow is the time to stand up and support our Police; the community moto is \"Alameda\nstands against hate\" and that includes the hate shown towards Alameda's wonderful\nPolice: Robert K., Alameda.\nStated that she is concerned about the recent the direction Council has taken on behalf\nof the City that APD is to continue business as usual and must do so with less staffing,\nless lifesaving and protective equipment and must respond to all calls for service,\nincluding non-criminal calls; the conversation from thousands, including advocacy\ngroups who are seeking equality, evaluations of Police policies, and for minimal police\ninteractions for non-criminal offenses, is important and long overdue: Michaelia B.,\nAlameda.\nSpecial Meeting\nAlameda City Council\n5\nJune 29, 2020", "path": "CityCouncil/2020-06-29.pdf"}
{"body": "CityCouncil", "date": "2020-06-29", "page": 6, "text": "Expressed support and thanks to APD for the investigation of the 15 year old student,\nIko; stated that she does not support defunding the Police and believes that more\nfunding, more training and support of Alameda's Police Department is the only way to\nkeep the community safe: Anna S., Alameda.\nStated that she demands serious and swift reallocation of money from the Police\nDepartment to community services, such as mental health, education, health care and\nhomeless services; urged Council to show other cities and governments that Alameda\ncares about its citizens' lives more than its Police badges: Amy DeSmidt, Alameda.\nExpressed support for the Police Department; stated that she is concerned about the\nchanges Council is proposing; she does not agree with removing the armored vehicle\nand feels sorry that the City is being misrepresented: Maria Gutierrez, Alameda.\nStated that he strongly opposes the call for an immediate full defunding of the Police or\nan immediate large budget reduction; there is a need to reallocate funding to other\nagencies for services that can be performed without Police intervention, but not until\ngoing through the process of determining what services to transfer, the cost and the\nfunding necessary to provide for Police response to serious crimes; Council has acted\nprudently in temporarily freezing the hiring of new Police Officers until the allocation\nprocess is worked through: Paul Foreman, Alameda.\nExpressed concern about Councilmember Oddie seeming more concerned about\naccusing the police of being racist than he is about the conduct of the Police\nDepartment; stated the issue of systemic racism within APD is the concern being\naddressed; there is work to do in the larger society: April Madison-Ramsey Alameda.\nExpressed support for the Police Department; stated Black lives do matter; having a fair\njudicial system is absolutely necessary; racism on the Island is not okay; applauded\nAPD for taking self-initiated steps in addressing matters; stated that she is concerned by\nCouncil policy changes that put the Island and the lives of People of Color in jeopardy:\nTiffany Jackson, Alameda.\nUrged Council to respond to questions regarding the system of policing in Alameda and\nto listen to Black, Indigenous, and other People of Color (BIPOC) about where funds will\nbe directed when redistributing the budget; expressed concern about Police Officers\nwearing Blue Lives Matter face masks: Anonymous Alameda resident.\nShared a link from ShowingUpForRacialJustice.org\" that outlines how White\nsupremacy manifests in organizational culture and common problematic characteristics\nand dynamics that emerge in particularly White-led institutions, as well as constructive\nactions to take in order to change organizational culture; urged Council to thoroughly\nread the piece and take into consideration its suggestions when making institutional\nreforms: Melissa Scott, Alameda.\nSpecial Meeting\nAlameda City Council\n6\nJune 29, 2020", "path": "CityCouncil/2020-06-29.pdf"}
{"body": "CityCouncil", "date": "2020-06-29", "page": 7, "text": "Expressed support for the Police and distress over recent proposals to defund and alter\nthe current leadership structure; stated the Police need more support and funding from\nCouncil; the Department is already understaffed and under-represented in the\ncommunity; vacancies must be filled, overtime shortened, leave taken and training\nimproved if the goal is to have a quality Police force: Anthony Russell, Alameda.\nStated Police budgets grow because the prison industrial complex grows; contact\nbetween oppressed people and Police must be decreased in order to make a\nmeaningful change; Police dispatchers repeatedly try to trivialize the issue by\nindividualizing the crimes of Officers, which is an institutional problem: Carlos Williams-\nMoreiras, Alameda.\nStated a 50% deduction of funds to the Police Department will not make Alameda a\nsafer community; urged everyone to do a ride along with Police Officers to see what a\nday is really like in their shoes: Brittany Benvenuto, Alameda.\nUrged Council to make an amendment to the City Charter and create a citizen-led\noversight committee with members representing the system impacted; people should be\nappointed by the Council, not the Mayor; Alameda needs oversight and power with\naccountability; suggested redistributing $150,000 earmarked for the 4th of July Parade\nto the Black residents of Alameda as a beginning gesture and action towards\nreparations: Debra Mendoza, Alameda.\nStated the plan put forward by Vice Mayor Knox White and Councilmember Vella is a\ngood starting point; he is concerned about the need to give every Councilmember a\nsubcommittee in the plan; suggested reducing the complexity the five subcommittees\ngiven the great amount of overlap of the topics: Zac Bowling, Alameda.\nExpressed concern about issues related to the Mali Watkins incident and mental health\nand support for keeping the armored vehicle; stated Alameda Police do an excellent,\nprofessional job, given the resources that they have; he does not support defunding the\nPolice; recommended Councilmembers go on monthly or bimonthly ride-alongs with the\nPolice: Rowland Wing, Alameda.\nMayor Ezzy Ashcraft recessed the meeting at 7:30 p.m. and reconvened the meeting at\n7:45 p.m.\n(20-441) Councilmember Oddie moved approval of waiving the nine minute Council\nspeaking limit.\nVice Mayor Knox White seconded, which carried by the following roll call vote:\nCouncilmembers Daysog: Aye; Knox White: Aye; Oddie: Aye; Vella: Aye; and Mayor\nEzzy Ashcraft: Aye. Ayes: 5\n***\nSpecial Meeting\nAlameda City Council\n7\nJune 29, 2020", "path": "CityCouncil/2020-06-29.pdf"}
{"body": "CityCouncil", "date": "2020-06-29", "page": 8, "text": "Mayor Ezzy Ashcraft stated the process is about finding solutions to serious long-\nstanding issues in the community; it should not be about further dividing community or\nincreasing mistrust; all energy needs to be directed to achieving important objectives;\nshe would like to look at the most effective ways to accomplish the goals; she has\nthought a lot about the topic of systemic racism; one definition is a system or structure\nthat have procedures or processes that disadvantage African Americans; it is important\nto address and acknowledge racism exists outside of community institutions; while\nCouncil may not be able to legislate to address it, it needs to be part of the discussion;\nshe would like to have input from all five Councilmembers working together; she was\nsurprised by the ready-made proposal brought to the rest of the Council by two\nCouncilmembers; she prefers organic discussion with Councilmembers starting from the\nsame place, also keeping in mind transparency and bringing the public along;\nexpressed concern about comments regarding the details of the Vice Mayor's proposal,\nwhich were not included in the proposal or staff report from the last meeting; she\nlearned the comments were from Vice Mayor Knox White's detailed Facebook post; a\nlot of people many not have seen it; she anticipated the Council would be addressing\nthe issue starting fresh today; expressed concern; stated that she was a little thrown-off;\nshe would have preferred details be posted be part of the staff report or as an\nattachment so all Councilmembers can be on the same page; inquired how the Council\ncan have a participatory discussion given she, and perhaps others, have not had an\nopportunity to read Vice Mayor Knox White's post.\nVice Mayor Knox White responded it was not his intent to just drop his proposal and ask\nfor support; he likes to get a lot of community input; he worked with Councilmember\nVella on thinking of ways to move forward and what it would look like; it has to be fair,\ncenter Black and youth voices; members of the community who are not often led to the\ntable have been brought forward; he posted on Facebook and asked for feedback.\nMayor Ezzy Ashcraft inquired whether Vice Mayor Knox White shared the document\nwith the rest of the Council, to which Vice Mayor Knox White responded that he sent it\nto the City Clerk to be distributed; the reason Mayor Ezzy Ashcraft had not seen it yet\nwas because he wanted to make sure everyone had their say first before diving into\nsomething that had bullet points; he tried to outline a way forward, but did not anticipate\nthere would be support for any one particular proposal; he is happy to discuss his\nthoughts rather than defending why he thought engaging with the community before the\nmeeting was worthwhile.\nMayor Ezzy Ashcraft stated that she does want to hear Vice Mayor Knox White's\nthoughts and she also believes in engaging with the community; her concern is that it is\na limited community as he did not share it with people other than those that follow him\non Facebook; she wants to have a full and robust discussion from all Councilmembers\nand staff.\nCouncilmember Oddie stated it would be good to hear thoughts before getting into a\nspecific plan of action.\nSpecial Meeting\nAlameda City Council\n8\nJune 29, 2020", "path": "CityCouncil/2020-06-29.pdf"}
{"body": "CityCouncil", "date": "2020-06-29", "page": 9, "text": "Vice Mayor Knox White concurred with Councilmember Oddie; stated talking about\nwhat everyone had to say rather than focusing on a specific proposal was what he had\nin mind for the discussion.\nCouncilmember Oddie stated the job of the Council as elected representatives is to set\npolicy; the City Manager's job is to take policy direction and implement it; inquired\nwhether Alameda Police Officers have worn Blue Lives Matter face masks.\nThe City Manager responded that he is hearing about the masks for the first time tonight\nand will check on it tomorrow; stated the Police Chief may be able to provide more\ninformation.\nCouncilmember Oddie stated if it is true; it is not conducive to working together; pretty\ndivergent views were heard today; there was also lots of commentary about the fate of\nthe Officers involved in the Mr. Watkins incident; requested an update on what\ninformation can be made available to the public and whether or not it is against the\nCharter to ask the City Manager to fire the Officers involved.\nThe City Attorney responded it would be a violation of the Charter for Council to ask the\nCity Manager to take any disciplinary or termination action against the Officers; stated\nvery little information can be made public as State law makes it clear that any\ninformation related to an investigation of a Police Officer is considered confidential; the\nCity could not invite public participation in the interview of an Officer or allow the public\nto review any investigator's findings or conclusions; the City could confirm the\nemployment status of the Officer.\nCouncilmember Oddie inquired whether the Alameda Police Union contract includes the\nState law regarding confidentiality.\nThe City Attorney responded the confidentiality provision is covered by State law; the\nCouncil would not have the ability to adopt ordinances or have contracts changing the\nconfidentiality provisions.\nCouncilmember Oddie stated that he wants to make sure people understand Council is\nnot taking action one way or another, which is not because they are being idle or\nincompetent or ignorant of the public outcry, but because it is what the State law\nguarantees for the Officers whether the public agrees with it or not; there is a limited\namount of information that Council can provide other than employment status; he has\nbeen on the Council nearly six years and has not had an issue that was so emotional\nand has such a dichotomy of viewpoints; Councilmembers have been called insensitive,\nracist, reactionary, too slow, corrupt, and complicit, which is such a wide gamut of things\nthat all cannot be true; what was missing from the conversation, and is disappointing, is\nthat there is an \"either/or' which is not what policy-making is about; he will never know\nthe experiences of being an African American teen walking to his car or a Central\nAmerican immigrant with a tail light out; quoted the Mayor of Chicago, Laurie Lightfoot,\nregarding how defunding the Police ignores how reform works and would hurt diversity\nSpecial Meeting\nAlameda City Council\n9\nJune 29, 2020", "path": "CityCouncil/2020-06-29.pdf"}
{"body": "CityCouncil", "date": "2020-06-29", "page": 10, "text": "of the force; he will not make policy by hashtag; Alameda has done a good job in terms\nof diversity in hiring, which is lost if blanket percent cuts are made; he has not met a\nracist cop in Alameda, but others say they have, which everyone should remain\ncognizant of; what Council needs to do is talk about building authentic, lasting\nrelationships; what that means to him is that everyone has to put in the hard work to\nbuild partnerships and have some empathy in trying to understand what it is like to be in\nthe other person's shoes; he sat in with dispatch and saw how much is asked of the\nPolice Department; the onus is on the Council to make changes; empathy is important;\nthe Council are everyday human beings; the same goes for the Police Officers; they are\ndiverse and have families; a broad brush should not be painted against every single\nPolice Officer who works in Alameda or against every Councilmember; on the flip side,\nAlameda's Officers need to do a better job of empathizing; there has to be a willingness\nto change culture; there are a lot of systemic race issues in the country and the City;\ngave an example of when his children were in school at Bay Farm; stated the school\nwas able to raise $64,000 through the Parent Teacher Association; Paden School could\nnot even raise 10% of that and Bay Farm did not want to share with Paden; there are\nnew schools on one side of town and crumbling schools on the other side; there are\nconstant battles over the homeless; there are zoning issues; attitudes need to change;\nthere are things in the Charter that have racial impacts; the entire criminal justice\nsystem outside the Police Department needs a lot of reform.\nCouncilmember Daysog thanked the residents for participating in tonight's meeting, an\nindication of democracy clearly at work; discussed his experience with the Alameda\nPolice as a youth in Alameda; stated the Police are here because they serve the\nresidents; described a March 2016 break-in incident at his significant other's house;\nstated he was impressed by the responding Officers who put their lives at risk at a\nmoment's notice in order to protect and serve all; when he looks at reforming the Police,\nhe sees it as an opportunity to institutionalize new ways of doing things in light of what\nhas happened in the past and also the recent May 23, 2020 incident; he looks forward\nto the conversation of improving the Alameda Police force; it is his opinion that there is\nno need to frame the discussion in rhetoric where there is no reconciliation or middle\nground; he sees the Alameda Police force as people who will put their lives on the line\nin time of emergency; he also sees the Police force that has always been a vital part of\nthe community's social fabric, as coaches or members of the rotary; Council should\nseize the opportunity to improve the Alameda Police force; as he discusses the ways he\nthinks the Police force could be improved, he wants to be clear to the citizens what he is\nfor and what he is not for' he is not in favor of a 50% defunding of the Police\nDepartment; his sense is that the Council will not defund by 50% and will look at ways\nto generate some efficiencies to provide the new level of services needed; he is not in\nfavor of removing the use of the armored vehicle and would like Council to reconsider\nthe matter; he agrees with the Police Chief and Officer Horvath that the armored vehicle\nmay be the type of civilian vehicle needed in times of emergency; he agrees with the\nrest of the Council not to militarize the Police; he is in favor of three items in the staff\nreport: 1) unbundling Police services, which should be more specific; he likes the\nEugene, Oregon CAHOOTS (Crisis Assistance Helping Out On The Streets) program\nwhich could be a solution to changing the way the Police deal with mental health issues;\nSpecial Meeting\nAlameda City Council\n10\nJune 29, 2020", "path": "CityCouncil/2020-06-29.pdf"}
{"body": "CityCouncil", "date": "2020-06-29", "page": 11, "text": "budget-wise, the program could be scaled to the size which would work in Alameda; 2)\nthe power of dealing with systemic racism occurs when it is married with Police\nDepartment accountability and oversight; if a Police commission or advisory board is\npursued, Council must be upfront in stating one of the reasons for the creation is to deal\nwith long-standing issues of racism that have been a part of Alameda's Police force;\none particular task to come out of a Police commission could be strengthening the\nmanual or policies with regard to training and racial profiling; 3) reviewing Police\nDepartment policies and practices, including dealing with crowd control issues; he\nwould like to move forward on the three issues concretely; Councilmembers have to try\ntheir best to speak the truth as they see it and sometimes that might not coincide with\nhow the world is seen; his responsibility to the people is to articulate what is on his mind\nand what he sees are the best policies for the City of Alameda going forward; growing\nup in Alameda has put him in a unique position to see the Police through a different\nlens; he respects the perspective of others affected by the events that have been\nhappening nationally; he hopes the community can move forward around concrete\nissues he has put forward and come out better for it.\nCouncilmember Vella discussed a better method for centering Black and Brown voices\nduring public comment; stated the robotic voice is really hard to follow; the inflections\nare sometimes disconcerting; expressed concerned about the order of the public\ncomment being read; stated some came through via email and some through\nanonymous text, which seems to be a way to get around the time limits; the process\nneeds to be figured out; suggested going back to having someone read comments;\nstated that she is glad to hear some members of the community talk about how safe\nand secure they feel in Alameda; it is her goal, and the goal of her fellow\nCouncilmembers, to make sure that is the experience of everybody in Alameda and not\nat the expense of others who do not feel the same; Council needs to acknowledge the\nmembers of the public who say they do not feel safe and secure or comfortable moving\naround in the community; Council needs to take heed, listen and find ways to respond;\nAlameda can move towards being a community that provides safety and security for all;\nsafety and security for all are loaded words; however, part of how community services\nare structured is about redefining what those words mean and making sure there is\nspace for everybody in the community to feel those things, regardless of race, gender,\ncreed, and ethnicity; every City department serves residents and are not independent,\nautonomous wings of government; the City and Council are all accountable; she likes to\nthink that she has over 80,000 bosses; all Councilmembers do; Council represents the\nentire community, not just segments or districts; she is concerned when there are\npeople in the community who feel like they are not being served; she would like to find\nways to improve that, which is a value and virtue shared by her colleagues; the trauma\nfrom a bad response is life-changing; shared an anecdote reflective of a bigger picture;\nstated that she is a woman of color, member of Council and was heavily pregnant when\nPolice banged on her door trying to do a mental health call, which was made by a\ncriminal stalker misusing Police authority; the anecdote is a commentary in the\ndiscussion for anti-racism beyond the four walls of the Police Department; it should\ninherently be part of the review of policies within the Police Department and also a part\nof the larger conversation throughout the City, the hiring process, through policies and\nSpecial Meeting\nAlameda City Council\n11\nJune 29, 2020", "path": "CityCouncil/2020-06-29.pdf"}
{"body": "CityCouncil", "date": "2020-06-29", "page": 12, "text": "practices; it is about diversity in all areas Citywide; there is also a bigger problem of the\ncommunity and people weaponizing the Police force; it is a problem when there are\npeople who feel confident and comfortable enough to call the Police and misuse their\nauthority in that way; it is not just about systemic racism, it is about anti-racism, about\nmisuse of different types of governmental, structural or institutional power; the issue is\nalso more than just law enforcement; she would like to make it very clear that she\nstands by the direction Council unanimously gave to review policing policies; however,\nthe conversation is also about the overall reimagining of services; if the title of the\nconversation includes law enforcement, then the responses will continue to be about\nlaw enforcement; she thinks Council would want to transcend and move beyond that;\nservices need to be provided that are responsive to what people need; it is a disservice\nto the Officers and the public when armed Officers are sent to respond to a mental\nhealth scenario; Alameda can do better and has done better; there are models and\nAlameda has the ability to shift how services are reimagined; she would also like to\nfocus on the process; she wants to talk about the end goal; she is not married to what\nthe subcommittees would look like; there are five issues which may have some overlap;\nthere are also issues that would require a deep-dive; she thinks having one group focus\non the deeper issues may be helpful to inform policy and practices moving forward;\nthere will always be tension when discussing issues of systemic racism, racism, anti-\nracism or power structures; it is not an either/or conversation and sometimes it is\nuncomfortable; acknowledging the tension leads to a better conversation and better\nwork product; Council needs to be deliberate and thoughtful and create a safe space for\npeople; create the space and let the people lead; thematically the question is how will\nCouncil create safety and security for all people in Alameda; she would like to spend\ntime considering the bigger questions regarding the steering committee, such as who\nwill do the selection, what is the process, what is the commitment being asked of the\nindividuals; Council needs to be thoughtful, inclusive, consider offering a stipend and\nfind a way to include other voices and trying to find individuals who have had unique\nexperiences and can speak from that perspective; she feels very strongly that space\nneeds to be created in the short term to begin working; although she is not married to\nthe number of people on a committee, it will be difficult to have too many people; she\ndoes not want to have too few seats that people are not included; it would be perfectly\nappropriate for the Mayor to be part of the over-arching conversation; a process needs\nto be created where the people can tell the Council what they want within the finer lines;\nthen, Council can work with staff; having ad hoc Councilmembers involved reminds\npeople of the confines of the City Charter and Council authority; she supports the\noverall structure of the process laid out by herself and Vice Mayor Knox White, but also\ntried to hear what her colleagues want included; she would like a process that everyone\ncan stand by and that will get to an end product which will really be transformative.\nMayor Ezzy Ashcraft stated her preference would be that all Councilmembers throw out\nideas and suggestions for moving forward; she does not want to work from the\nattachment, which can be sent on to staff to be factored into the mix.\nVice Mayor Knox White stated he was taken aback for being called out for talking about\nideas to the people Council represents; noted the Police Chief, as well as other\nSpecial Meeting\nAlameda City Council\n12\nJune 29, 2020", "path": "CityCouncil/2020-06-29.pdf"}
{"body": "CityCouncil", "date": "2020-06-29", "page": 13, "text": "Councilmembers, received an email about Police Officers wearing Blue Lives Matter\nface masks; the Police Chief stated it was not a big deal, but there is now a policy\nagainst wearing the masks; he raised the issue because he was very concerned by\nCouncilmember Oddie's comments trying to equivocate that everyone's experiences are\nthe same; everyone's experience is not the same; he has to remind himself to stay\ncentered on how lucky, entitled, and privileged he is as a middle-aged White man; he\nagrees that the Officers are people; they do a difficult job and he has a lot of respect for\nthem; he has done ride-alongs and has talked about how they impacted him; the impact\nof the Officers hearing the community complain about the racists system is not\nequivalent to the impact on people and speakers; he looks forward to having many\nconversation regarding the issue; racism is not an individual action, it is a system;\nmaking it an individual action allows us to feel that somehow we are morally superior to\npeople that we label as racists; the incident on May 23rd seems that we are indicting\nspecific people as being immoral, which is not what is happening; he has never once\ntalked about the specific action of any given person involved in the incident; at the end\nof the day, it is a system that the Council perpetuates; when people are told to calm\ndown and step back, the system is being perpetuated; he echoes all of Councilmember\nVella's comments; he was a little disappointed that the Council asked for a conversation\nto come forward on a topic that turned into a conversation about law enforcement when\nactually the adopted language was regarding the City provision of community services,\nresponses and law enforcement, including policy review of existing policies; it was\nintentional so as not to get into the argument of whether the Police are good or bad;\nthere will be law enforcement in Alameda to provide crime and violence prevention;\nwhen he talks to the Police Department staff at all levels, they talk about all the types of\nresponses Council has made them responsible for; all Council has done is say there are\nplans and programs in place to be responsive; Council cannot one day say the Police\nare no longer responding to 5150 calls and have the Fire Department do it, but not talk\nto them or the City Manager about it; he thinks Alameda needs a community-led\nprocess, not a staff-led process; Council needs to trust the community to tell them which\ndirection to go and to help identify goals and objectives; what he is proposing tonight is\nto identify a couple of Councilmembers who could work to find seven to nine people to\nfill a steering committee; tonight's meeting can be continued so the names can be\napproved by the Council next Tuesday; he proposes to hold some Town Halls this\nmonth to get community feedback and propose the objectives and goals before the\nwhole Council; the steering committee members should not all be of like minds and\nshould represent a diverse range of voices; most people would agree with what Council\nwants to provide, which is safety and security for everybody; because of tonight's\nconversation, which is perpetuated by City staff and is extremely problematic, people\nare under the idea that Council is somehow suggesting the Police are not going to come\nif someone is being attacked or if their house is being broken into; nobody has proposed\nthat; what he proposes, as a general idea, is for a community-led process that is kicked-\noff tonight; Council is a month into this; next week will be a month since the video came\nout; Council needs to start moving forward to identify the two Councilmembers to serve\nas ex-officio non-voting members of a steering committee to bring back input from the\ndocument and have staff start looking at the Police Chief's June 10th policy direction to\nidentify ways to put things into action and come back for discussion so that when the\nSpecial Meeting\nAlameda City Council\n13\nJune 29, 2020", "path": "CityCouncil/2020-06-29.pdf"}
{"body": "CityCouncil", "date": "2020-06-29", "page": 14, "text": "community is told the Police are not going to respond to non-crime calls, Council will\nalso be able to tell them what that means and how concerns will be responded to; what\nis important is to get going so by the end of the month, there are goals and objectives\nCouncil has agreed to; systemic racism is what Council is trying to overcome, but the\nquestion is how the City can start acting like anti-racists and how actions can be taken\nthat work against racism and it imbues everything Council does; he has benefitted from\nand participated in racism; he is part of a racist system and every time he does not\nspeak up or take action, he is perpetuating that; he rejects the idea that law\nenforcement, community services, planning, or anything can be talked about without\ntalking about racism; Council needs to work with law enforcement staff and help them\nunderstand that racism and racist outcomes can be discussed without impugning the\npeople's moral goodness or badness because that is a false dichotomy; we cannot set\nup the dichotomy that if we are not cheering on the Police as saviors and patriots that\nsomehow we are anti the people and the job that they are doing; every year Council\nshould meet with them outside the Police Station and honor the Officers that have been\nshot and killed; he appreciates Mr. Horvath speaking out and being open, even though\nthey may disagree on the tactical vehicle; at the end of the day, he is here to represent\nthe people that voted; he does not want to talk about law enforcement being good or\nbad; he wants to talk about what the community want; and how to get to the outcomes\ndesired; he understands the frustration and perception that Council is dragging its feet;\nthe budget can be cut tomorrow, but there is nowhere to put the money and Council will\nnot fire half the Police Department overnight; he does not think Council will fire half the\nPolice Department, but everything is on the table; tonight the Council needs to identify\nand approve a process; he hopes it will be community-led, not staff-led; he appreciates\nstaff's input, but does not want to put more on their plate right now; staff will be engaged\nand involved but the people who do not generally get to sit at the table should be heard\nand be put front and center.\nCouncilmember Oddie stated he respects Vice Mayor Knox White and enjoys working\nwith him, but there was recently passed a Code of Conduct which basically says\nCouncilmembers are not supposed to attack the integrity or impugn other colleagues;\nhe has tried to live up to that Code of Conduct and is not sure Vice Mayor Knox White's\nremarks lived up to that; he does not think a person can be called a racist just because\nthey want folks to see the human side of someone behind a badge; as leaders, when\nthings are said, whether they are important or not, they mean things and people react to\nthem; when Councilmembers get up in public or go on Facebook and accuse people of\nthings whether or not it is true, it will incite hardening of feelings; he witnessed a\nhardening of feelings on one side with a group that will not even utter the phrase Black\nLives Matter and another group that wants to abolish the Police Department; neither\none of those are feasible alternatives; in trying to ask people to calm down the rhetoric,\nhe is being criticized in violation of the Code of Conduct for asking for a rational\napproach to solving a major problem; he does agree with a lot of what has been said\nand believes goals can be set today; if the goals are centered around Black Lives\nMatter and everyone regardless of age, race and gender; everyone has to feel secure\nand be secure, then everything else can fall into place; he is open to however the\nprocess can be done; he likes the ideas Vice Mayor Knox White and Councilmember\nSpecial Meeting\nAlameda City Council\n14\nJune 29, 2020", "path": "CityCouncil/2020-06-29.pdf"}
{"body": "CityCouncil", "date": "2020-06-29", "page": 15, "text": "changes, on April 3rd, the department dialed-back on a lot of self-initiated enforcement\nSpecial Meeting\nAlameda City Council\n15\nJune 29, 2020", "path": "CityCouncil/2020-06-29.pdf"}
{"body": "CityCouncil", "date": "2020-06-29", "page": 16, "text": "because of COVID, not because of anything that happened, which was a month and\na\nhalf before the May 23rd incident; the policy change were an effort to protect the Officers\nand the public from COVID, which he reported to the City Manager and Council; in his\ninterview on June 10th, he was not making a drastic departure from what was already\nbeing done; the statement about not going to mental health calls was edited as he went\non to say that he had hoped to start a conversation at City Hall about how to approach\nmental health calls, which has now happened; unfortunately, that portion was not\nincluded in the television report, which is regrettable; he has apologized to the City\nManager that it could have been done in a better way; the policy direction, which is a\nprocedural thing, was already in place on April 3rd and 100% COVID-related; he did not\nmean to cause any consternation in the community or with City Hall; he was also trying\nto respond to the reporters on what he can say to the people of Alameda to make them\nfeel safer and be responsive; it is important for everyone to hear the clarification.\nMayor Ezzy Ashcraft stated she appreciates all the comments from the public; being\nable to walk in someone else's shoes becomes a useful attribute; she believes the\nyouth today who have had negative experiences with law enforcement; she believes\nAlameda could do better; she met with the family whose car was vandalized and\nexplained to them what the City is doing about racism issues in Alameda, including\nmeeting about the issues; it is her hope to see some community task forces; the\nhusband said he would love to be involved; as a former Marine, he protected and\nserved people without knowing their skin color, which is the way things should work; the\nissue of unbundling Police services has some exciting possibilities; she has reached out\nto the coordinator of the CAHOOTS program; hopefully, he will be her guest this Friday\nat her Mayor's Town Hall; Alameda's Police Chief has reached out to the Eugene,\nOregon Police Department to get information on how the Department works with the\nCAHOOTS program; there are also County services available; the Assistant City\nManager has reached out to the Alameda County Behavioral Health Department\nDirector to talk about how the City may be able to work with the County on some\nservices; anything done should be fact-based and data-driven; she would like to look\ninto more information on collecting and analyzing data on the number and types of calls\nreceived by Alameda's Dispatchers; it would be important in deciding how to reimagine\nthe delivery of Police services and how mental health calls might be handled differently;\nthe CAHOOTS program is unique because it is connected to a 30 year old health care\ninstitution, which is something Council would need to think about for Alameda; implicit\nbiased training is important; it is also important to have stakeholders and Police at the\ntable; she does not want it to be us against them and it is appropriate to have someone\nfrom the Police Department present when discussing the issue of Police policies and\npractices; she hopes Council would consider a youth advisory commission similar to the\nCity of Oakland; it gives youth a voice in real time to talk about and raise issues; it is\nreasonable to say Council cannot do everything set forward at once, notwithstanding\nthe public's desire to move quickly; Council will move with deliberate speed, but also\nneeds to do it right; the one issue that could be set aside or referred elsewhere might be\nthe laws that criminalize survivors; some of the topics might be good subjects for task\nforces; Council does need to talk about the size, mission, expectations and objectives of\nthe task forces; she agrees with some of the speakers who said the process should be\nSpecial Meeting\nAlameda City Council\n16\nJune 29, 2020", "path": "CityCouncil/2020-06-29.pdf"}
{"body": "CityCouncil", "date": "2020-06-29", "page": 17, "text": "community-led and that Council should not be a part of it; Councilmembers sitting in on\na task force takes it in a different direction; the preferable way is for members of the\ncommunity to meet with staff; there are some concerns with Brown Act issues that come\ninto play when Councilmembers sit on subcommittees; she is happy to work with\nanother Councilmember to work with staff on how to move forward; she would like to\ngive staff direction and come out with a work plan and timeline; it would be helpful to\nhave a Council subcommittee; she would be happy to work with Councilmember Vella\non a subcommittee, subject to the approval of her colleagues.\nVice Mayor Knox White stated he would absolutely support a collaboration with Mayor\nEzzy Ashcraft and Councilmember Vella; he is less interested in task forces; he prefers\na steering committee, which does not make the decisions, but develops the process and\nfigures out ways to bring in the community; he hopes to move forward tonight with the\nsubcommittee as well as have a solid plan to have things come back; he would like a\nsubcommittee that is actually an ex-officio, non-voting committee that comes back with\na proposed process and goals and objectives by the end of month.\nMayor Ezzy Ashcraft concurred with Vice Mayor Knox White; stated that she would like\nthe decision for a proposal and other considerations to be brought back to the Council\nthrough the subcommittee; she does not want to take an inordinate amount of time, just\nenough time to think it through well; Council also has to consider meetings will all have\nto take place virtually during this time of COVID.\nCouncilmember Oddie stated Council had an ad hoc committee for the America's Cup\nthat held public meetings; he likes the idea of Mayor Ezzy Ashcraft and Councilmember\nVella working together; guiding principles going forward can include basic categories\nand goals, geographic diversity, gender diversity, members of the Black community,\ncommunity interest groups, business high impact, and centering Black and youth\nvoices; as long as the proposal comes back quickly and is open and the community can\nbe part of it; he agrees with Vice Mayor Knox White that Council can come up with the\ngoals and objectives by the end of the month; the issue of accountability and the\npossibility of a citizens board has not been fleshed out, but ballot language would need\nto be considered.\nIn response to Mayor Ezzy Ashcraft's inquiry regarding how a citizen's oversight\ncommittee might be formed, the City Attorney stated the Council has wide-ranging\ndiscretion on how to ultimately form a committee and how it would function; depending\non the function assigned to the committee, there may or may not need to be ballot\naction; for example, the Charter assigns administrative functions to the City Manager,\nand policy-making duties to the Council; if enough decision-making authority is assigned\nto the body, it could begin to infringe on the City Manager's authority to administer the\nPolice Department; at that point, it would need voter consent; on the other hand, if a\ncommittee is established that gives Council and the City Manager recommendations\nabout policy changes, ballot approval is clearly not needed as it would be an advisory\ncommittee.\nSpecial Meeting\nAlameda City Council\n17\nJune 29, 2020", "path": "CityCouncil/2020-06-29.pdf"}
{"body": "CityCouncil", "date": "2020-06-29", "page": 18, "text": "realistic.\nCouncilmember Daysog stated that he thinks the issue of unbundling Police services\nmight require a separate community input process; one of the big reasons why Council\nis here is because the community was concerned about the way in which Mali Watkins\nwas treated; the CAHOOTS program is a touchy-feely program that people are attracted\nto.\nSpecial Meeting\nAlameda City Council\n18\nJune 29, 2020", "path": "CityCouncil/2020-06-29.pdf"}
{"body": "CityCouncil", "date": "2020-06-29", "page": 19, "text": "Vice Mayor Knox White stated he is not ready to move forward with any specifics\ntonight; he is not going to be able to support having a subcommittee come up with a\nprocess tonight that does not have dates or cannot come back with finalized amended\ngoals and objectives by the end of the month; he cannot support the direction if there\nare no milestones; Mayor Ezzy Ashcraft's proposed subcommittee working with staff will\nslow things down; the community expects and deserves some action so they are not\nwaiting another month; if Council is going to move forward with some model, he would\nlike to know when it will be brought back, who will be on the steering committee and the\nprocess, so that there are goals and objectives by the end of the month; he does not\nwant to wait another month.\nMayor Ezzy Ashcraft stated what she intends to work with Councilmember Vella very\nquickly come up with proposals that can be brought back to Council for finalization, but\nshe would like to see specified plans, a timeline, measurables and how to decide\noutcomes; she would like to get a better idea of what body will help shape the process;\nJuly is very busy; Council may need to carve out time in August.\nCouncilmember Oddie stated with COVID, he is not going anywhere; he agrees with\nVice Mayor Knox White that there has to be a definitive date; one of the beauties of the\nproposal is that it has a fixed, rapid schedule; there is unanimity regarding the\nunbundling; he wants to know how Council should proceed.\nMayor Ezzy Ashcraft stated there is agreement across the board that Council does\nneed to unbundle Police services; she has a general sense and aspirational goal of\nwhat the resources would look like, but there is the need to analyze data; the question is\nwhat is the right model and how to get there in terms of funding.\nCouncilmember Oddie stated Council direction qualifies under Vice Mayor Knox White's\ndefinition of a pre-determined outcome.\nVice Mayor Knox White stated his proposal is that Council give staff, and the experts on\nthe staff, the Police Chief's list of five different policies to come up with a model and\nreturn to Council with a recommendation; unbundling can be an ongoing conversation.\nCouncilmember Oddie inquired what the deliverable on unbundling would be from the\nsteering committee.\nVice Mayor Knox White responded the steering committee would come back with\ncommunity-derived goals and objective definitions, and also a process for having a\nconversation with the community to identify what unbundling looks like and what are the\nimportant things to unbundle; then it comes to Council for a decision.\nCouncilmember Vella stated she thinks everyone is in agreement that Council would\ncome back by the end of July; a special meeting can be scheduled to actually get\nconcurrence with the proposals; there will also be a number of town hall opportunities,\nrecognizing that there are other committees and groups that are meeting; there also\nSpecial Meeting\nAlameda City Council\n19\nJune 29, 2020", "path": "CityCouncil/2020-06-29.pdf"}
{"body": "CityCouncil", "date": "2020-06-29", "page": 20, "text": "needs to be discussion whether there should be consistent membership within the\nsubcommittee; it is important to know whether members will be asked to be on the\nsteering committee for a month or if they need to carve out time for a longer duration.\nMayor Ezzy Ashcraft concurred with Councilmember Vella regarding the amount of time\nenvisioned for the community engagement; stated that she hopes the economy would\nopen back up soon and people can get back to their livelihoods; inquired what the\ntimeframe would look like.\nVice Mayor Knox White stated that he has heard comments from community members\nthat Council will disperse too much; there is a lot of validity to that; anti-racism and\nunbundling are long term projects; he has a personal interest in engaging in the anti-\nracism work and how that looks at a City and City government level; he thinks the two\nissues should be reviewed by the end of the month; the other policy issues can be\nlooked at on separate tracks, but have two or three tracks going on at the same time; he\ntrusts the steering committee for the timeframe.\nCouncilmember Oddie stated he trusts that the steering committee would communicate\nto the members the expectations on the timeframe.\nCouncilmember Daysog stated he would be looking at the end of July or early August;\nthe City of San Leandro has made major decisions regarding de-funding Police rapidly;\nhe believes Alameda can make similar decision on the same timeframe; he would like to\nlook at the CAHOOTS program as a model and Council can begin to make good\ndecisions; staff can look into an additional range of other issues which he thinks can be\ndone by the end of month.\nIn response to Mayor Ezzy Ashcraft's inquiry, the City Manager stated staff has some\ngood direction and he will work with staff to set up the steering committee format and\nhopefully come back with staff report to Council by July 21st\nMayor Ezzy Ashcraft stated she was looking for more than just status report.\nThe City Manager clarified that, at the minimum, staff would come back with status and\na recommendation.\nCouncilmember Oddie moved approval of authorizing the creation of a steering\ncommittee comprised of Mayor Ezzy Ashcraft and Councilmember Vella to develop the\nscope and goal, with the membership based on the policy documents by Vice Mayor\nKnox White and Councilmember Vella, with a deadline to report back by July 31st\nMayor Ezzy Ashcraft stated she would like the motion to base the work on both the\npolicy document and the entire Council discussion.\nCouncilmember Oddie concurred with Mayor Ezzy Ashcraft and accepted the\namendment to the motion.\nSpecial Meeting\nAlameda City Council\n20\nJune 29, 2020", "path": "CityCouncil/2020-06-29.pdf"}
{"body": "CityCouncil", "date": "2020-06-29", "page": 21, "text": "Vice Mayor Knox White seconded the motion, added the clarification of reporting back\nwith the proposal and the definition; stated that he wants to be clear there will be a final\nrecommendation for goals, objectives and work plan.\nOn the call for the question, the motion carried by the following roll call vote:\nCouncilmembers Daysog: Aye; Knox White: Aye; Oddie: Aye; Vella: Aye; and Mayor\nEzzy Ashcraft: Aye. Ayes: 5\nADJOURNMENT\nThere being no further business, Mayor Ezzy Ashcraft adjourned the meeting at 10:20\np.m.\nRespectfully submitted,\nIrma Glidden\nAssistant City Clerk\nThe agenda for this meeting was posted in accordance with the Sunshine Ordinance.\nSpecial Meeting\nAlameda City Council\n21\nJune 29, 2020", "path": "CityCouncil/2020-06-29.pdf"}