{"body": "CityCouncil", "date": "2020-07-14", "page": 1, "text": "MINUTES OF THE SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING\nWEDNESDAY- - JULY 14, 2020- 7:00 P.M.\nMayor Ezzy Ashcraft convened the meeting at 7:14 p.m. and Councilmember Daysog\nled the Pledge of Allegiance.\nROLL CALL -\nPresent:\nCouncilmembers Daysog, Knox White, Oddie, Vella,\nand Mayor Ezzy Ashcraft - 5. [Note: The meeting was\nconducted via WebEx and Zoom.]\nAbsent:\nNone.\nADJOURNMENT TO CLOSED SESSION:\n(20-484) Public Employee Performance Evaluation (Pursuant to Government Code\nSection 54957); Position Evaluated: City Manager - Eric Levitt\nFollowing the Closed Session, the meeting was reconvened and Mayor Ezzy Ashcraft\nannounced that the evaluation was continued until after the open session.\nMayor Ezzy Ashchraft called a recess at 7:03 p.m. and reconvened the meeting at\n7 :14 p.m.\n***\nORAL COMMUNICATIONS, NON-AGENDA\nNone.\nAGENDA ITEM\n(20-485) Consider Adoption of Resolution Declaring Racism a Public Health\nEmergency, including Identifying and Approving Direction to Staff Regarding Initial and\nOngoing Actions to Address the Crisis. (Vice Mayor Knox White and Councilmember\nOddie)\n***\n(20-486) Councilmember Oddie moved approval of waiving the nine minute Council\nspeaking time.\nVice Mayor Knox White seconded the motion, which carried by the following roll call\nvote: Councilmembers Daysog: Aye; Knox White: Aye; Oddie: Aye; Vella: Aye; and\nMayor Ezzy Ashcraft: Aye. Ayes: 5.\n***\nCouncilmember Oddie and Vice Mayor Knox White gave a brief presentation.\nSpecial Meeting\nAlameda City Council\n1\nJuly 14, 2020", "path": "CityCouncil/2020-07-14.pdf"}
{"body": "CityCouncil", "date": "2020-07-14", "page": 2, "text": "Stated racism should be addressed; expressed concern for other declarations being\nused in cities as a Trojan horse for removing Police Departments; stated that she is\ndisturbed the matter is not being voted on by the people; urged Council to find and\nretain good Officers with training and an increased budget; stated that she is not in favor\nof de-funding Police: Pamela Heath, Alameda.\nExpressed support for the resolution; stated the resolution is good start; urged Council\nto vote yes: Toni Grimm, Alameda Renters Coalition.\nDiscussed her experience as a public health professional, parent and resident; urged\nCouncil to declare racism as a public health emergency; provided statistics from\nAlameda County; stated racism adversely affects people's health; racism is a Public\nHealth Emergency: Jennifer Lucky, Alameda.\nExpressed support for the resolution, which is a good next step to help move things\nforward in the City; stated the resolution names racism as a problem and provides a\npath to repair; shifting funds from Police into program services is the intent; should the\nresolution pass, Alameda joins over 65 cities and counties in doing so: Amos White,\nAlameda.\nStated there is a lack of understanding of the resolution based on correspondence and\nsocial media posts; noted the reduction in Police is shown in the resolution; stated it is\nimportant to listen to Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC): Jenice Anderson,\nAlameda.\nStated that she has seen the impacts of structural racism as a pediatrician; racism\neffects health, is contagious, infectious and communicable; racism is a public health\nemergency; urged Council to support the resolution: Jyothi Marbin, Alameda.\nUrged Council to adopt the resolution; discussed the difficulties BIPOC face living a\nhealthy life; stated racism is a public health crisis; shifting funds away from Police is\nnothing to fear and rights a wrong by reinvesting funds: Grace Rubenstein, Alameda.\nExpressed support for the resolution; stated racism is a system of privilege; discussed\nhealth statistics; stated budgets are not financial choices, they are statements of public\npolicy and tools for achieving a City's vision and goals: Jennifer Rakowski, Alameda.\nStated it is important to declare racism as a public health emergency; urged funding\nreflect the new influx of calls; more funding leads to greater Police violence; the City\nbudget deserves to support the systems which will carry the burden of a new social\nsystem being created: Kylie Gabbard, Alameda.\nStated racism is a public health crisis; expressed support for the resolution; read a\nquote from Mariame Kaba; urged Council to reimagine policing, focus energy on funding\nand investing in creating non-violent community systems: Susie Hufstader, Alameda.\nSpecial Meeting\nAlameda City Council\n2\nJuly 14, 2020", "path": "CityCouncil/2020-07-14.pdf"}
{"body": "CityCouncil", "date": "2020-07-14", "page": 3, "text": "Expressed support for the resolution; discussed her experience as a resident in\nAlameda; stated it is time to take immediate action to support true diversity in practice\nand support fellow residents of Color; racism is a true public health emergency;\nAlameda has a history of racism: Jillian Blanchard, Alameda.\nUrged Council to vote yes on the resolution; stated disparities among Black and Brown\nfolk is true in Alameda; the only fix is to take a proactive approach to addressing racism;\nthe resolution will allow Alameda to take the lead; expressed support for reallocating the\nPolice budget: Molly Montgomery, Alameda.\n***\nDue to technical difficulties, Mayor Ezzy Ashcraft called a meeting recess at 8:05 p.m.\nand reconvened the meeting at 8:24 p.m.\nExpressed support for the resolution; stated the resolution demonstrates a strong\nawareness; expressed concern about the resolution only mentioning the issue of racism\nin schools without addressing the issue in a full and direct manner; stated the word\neducation is only mentioned twice in the resolution; issues need to be addressed with\nthe Alameda Unified School District (AUSD): James Bergquist, Alameda.\nExpressed support for the resolution; stated that she would like to see more of the\npercent of the budget as well as the dollar amount being spent on Police and social\nservices made available to the public and subcommittee; urged Council consider\ninnovative solutions for redirecting funding, including for housing: Laura Kindsvater,\nAlameda.\nStated Item 6 should be a separate agenda item; urged Council to vote no; stated the\nAlameda Police Department (APD) is understaffed by 16 Officers and will not be getting\nbetter; a reduction of 45% in service is not justifiable; justification must be provided in\nwriting to residents; expressed support for a fully staffed Police Department: Lester\nCabral, Alameda.\nExpressed support for the resolution and reallocating funds from the Police Department;\ndiscussed his experience with Police Officers; stated interactions with Police have\nresulted in lasting effects; urged Council to adopt the resolution: Damian Leon,\nAlameda.\nStated that she is tired of the rampant racism on the Island; discussed a missing\nperson; stated there are impacts to physical and mental health; the resolution is an\nimportant first step and identifies flaws in Alameda: Nairobi Taylor, Encinal High School\nand Youth Activists of Alameda.\nExpressed support for the resolution and reducing the APD budget by reallocating funds\nto social services; stated that she learned to fear Police at a young age; Black and\nSpecial Meeting\nAlameda City Council\n3\nJuly 14, 2020", "path": "CityCouncil/2020-07-14.pdf"}
{"body": "CityCouncil", "date": "2020-07-14", "page": 4, "text": "Latino people make up less than one-fifth of the population combined in Alameda yet\nmake up more than half of the arrests: Nadia Rojas, Alameda.\nStated racism is an important issue which needs to be addressed; cutting funding to the\nPolice Department will not resolve racism; holding Police accountable and changing\nculture will help: Fion Lip, Alameda.\nExpressed support for the resolution; stated structural racism creates harmful and\ndeadly outcomes to the Black community throughout multiple institutions; racism is\nkilling Black Americans; expressed support for dismantling the Police; reforms cannot\ndismantle and institution: Alyssa Michaels, Alameda.\nDiscussed his experience living in Alameda; expressed support for the resolution; stated\nracism is not an emergency, rather a chronic condition at the structure of society;\nexpressed support for language giving an oversight committee authority; urged Council\nto research anti-bias training: Wes Swedlow, Alameda Renters Coalition.\nDiscussed the resolution language; questioned the meaning of providing mental health\nto all; expressed support for providing education; questioned whether affordable child\ncare is provided through a subsidy; stated language in Item 4 should be the core; urged\nlanguage be added that displays costs: David Greene, Alameda.\nExpressed concern for the lack of notification to the public; stated the Charter indicates\na meaningful identification in the agenda and should be called out; discussed the term\nreallocate versus cut in relation to the budget; stated mental health is an issue;\nexpressed concern about the speed of the work: Colette Supica, Alameda.\nExpressed support for the resolution; stated Black and Brown folks have been\nconsistently harmed by the Police; there is nothing to fear by making the community\nsafer; people trained in mental health is a much safer use of City resources: Eve\nGordon, Alameda.\nExpressed support for passing the resolution; urged Council to defund the Police, shift\nfunds from policing to healthcare, housing and non-Police responses; discussed\nreferences to communities without sufficient policing having increased violence; stated\nincreased safety in communities with reimagined Police services has occurred: Sofia\nCoffin, Alameda High School and Youth Activists of Alameda.\nExpressed support for the resolution; urged Council to create or post a City-backed\ndefinition of what is being discussed in relation to defunding the Police; stated an\nunderstanding of the discussion is needed; community-based input is integral to what is\nbeing accomplished; a truth and reconciliation process needs to be implemented with\nongoing training: Shalom Bruhn, Alameda.\nStated that he feels safe living in Alameda and there is no systematic racism; there is\nevidence of racism; discussed his experience calling the Police: Tong Ouyang,\nSpecial Meeting\nAlameda City Council\n4\nJuly 14, 2020", "path": "CityCouncil/2020-07-14.pdf"}
{"body": "CityCouncil", "date": "2020-07-14", "page": 5, "text": "Alameda.\nDiscussed \"the talk\" that she has with her children as a Woman of Color; stated \"the\ntalk\" is related to ways to not aggravate the Police; expressed support for the resolution;\ndiscussed movies which address systematic racism: Melodye Montgomery, Alameda.\nExpressed support for the resolution, for reallocating 42% of the Police budget to mental\nhealth, humanity, addressing racism, and building interactions between races: Vina\nVerman, Alameda.\nStated racism is a public health crisis; discussed health implications and statistics which\naffect Black residents; there is unequal access to quality and affordable housing; the\ninequity is not separate from policing; interactions with Police erodes mental and\nphysical health: Grover Wehman-Brown, Alameda.\nStated the resolution does not acknowledge that many residents occupy Ohlone land;\nOhlone people are still present; the resolution could benefit from local context and\nacknowledge Alameda's own history of institutionalized racism; discussed Article 26:\nRasheed Shabazz, Alameda.\nStated that he is not hearing about the victims of crimes; noted that he would like to see\nstatistics of all crimes in Alameda be made available to the public; discussed code\nviolations in relation to the Mali Watkins case: Roland Wing, Alameda.\nStated that he has never experienced racism from the Police Department; safety and\nschools are the reasons to raise a family in Alameda; the City is on the bandwagon with\nother large cities in the country, which need defunding and more community programs;\nstated crimes are increasing and Police need more training, not defunding: Mo Hassen,\nAlameda.\nDiscussed her experience as a resident of Alameda; expressed support for the\nresolution; stated that she does not experience \"the talk\" in the same manner as other\nFamilies of Color; urged Council to vote yes on the resolution: Meresa Connors-Walters,\nAlameda.\nExpressed support for the resolution; stated this is an opportunity to help atone for the\nlong history of racism in Alameda: Julie Casey, Alameda Progressives.\nDiscussed experience being arrested and with Police; stated systemic racism may be a\npublic health crisis, but it should be measured with a baseline and objective metrics;\nurged Council not to pass the resolution without measures and transparency: Jeff\nRester and Dawn Hale, Alameda.\nStated that he has benefitted from White privilege; noted that he has been working to\neliminate racist attitudes from his belief system; stated that he did not learn he was\nWhite as a child; it is important for White people not to take over the conversation; there\nSpecial Meeting\nAlameda City Council\n5\nJuly 14, 2020", "path": "CityCouncil/2020-07-14.pdf"}
{"body": "CityCouncil", "date": "2020-07-14", "page": 6, "text": "are many studies which show racism to be a public health emergency: Seth Marbin,\nAlameda.\nExpressed concern about rewriting the history of Alameda; discussed growing up in a\nracially diverse school and racist interactions; stated Measure A was not a racist\nmovement: Christine Kanbergs, Alameda.\nExpressed concern about little discussion being related to how crime has risen in the\nlast couple years; stated reducing the Police force could be a problem; the City is in a\ndeficit until October; questioned why Council has not concentrated on the increasing\ncrime: K Motola, Alameda.\nStated policing racism is a complex issue; people need to educate themselves; there is\nample evidence that systemic racism is endemic in society, culture and cities; there are\nmany problems with policing; there are more effective ways to deter crime; Council has\nembarked on a meaningful journey: Paul Bergamaschi, Alameda.\nDiscussed the current topic compared to COVID-19; stated most people believe\nCOVID-19 is a public health crisis; people are dying due to elected leaders failing to\ntake things seriously and implement effective solutions and policies; systemic racism is\na public health emergency: Erin Fraser, Alameda.\nStated the City should be a safe haven for all; the Police do not help residents get to\nthat level; expressed concern about the notion of defunding resulting in delay of\ninvestigation of a missing Black person from the community; urged Council to consider\nracism as a public health emergency and to pass the resolution; stated all lives cannot\nmatter unless Black Lives Matter: Kevyn Lauren, Alameda.\nStated there have been numerous accounts of racism; racism is an issue and deserves\na timely resolution; the meeting has been called as an emergency; noted the\nemergency status allows the Sunshine Ordinance to be bypassed; expressed concern\nfor transparency; stated emergency items should be considered carefully: Jay Garfinkle,\nAlameda.\nUrged Council to vote no on the resolution as currently written; stated the way the\nresolution is written depicts community members safety and well-being as not a goal of\nthe Police Department; urged Council to create a separate resolution; expressed\nconcern about the timing: Allison Pilmer, Alameda.\nStated racism is an open wound in Alameda; the pain of community members has been\nwitnessed; many community members are calling for action; many concerns have been\ndiscussed at length; noted the shift in resources makes sense from an efficiency model:\nJannette Eng, Alameda.\nStated Item 8 is more powerful than initially considered; the action provides absolute\ncover for the Black community while the City figures out what to do; an open truth and\nSpecial Meeting\nAlameda City Council\n6\nJuly 14, 2020", "path": "CityCouncil/2020-07-14.pdf"}
{"body": "CityCouncil", "date": "2020-07-14", "page": 7, "text": "reconciliation process has begun; departments and Officers will be cautious; there is\ntime to keep everyone safe and informed about rebuilding: Ben Calica, Alameda.\nStated racism is a public health crisis; policing is deeply rooted in racism and White\nsupremacy; the budget should reflect the Police being defunded; the funding should be\nreallocated to low-income housing, education, healthcare and other programs and\nservices: Samantha Russi, Alameda.\nExpressed support for an understanding of the resolution; discussed what happens to\nBlack people being different than what happens to non-Black people; noted there have\nbeen helpful Police Officers; mental health training should happen and is deserved; it is\nnot a threat to talk about racism as a public health emergency: Melissa Merin, Alameda.\nExpressed support for the resolution; discussed articles exploring the detrimental\nimpacts racism can have on the health of People of Color; stated people are not finding\ninformation; statistics are being used by White supremacists against the item: Aidan\nKeith, Alameda.\nDiscussed experience with systemic racism in Alameda; stated it is sad to hear other\nImmigrants' comments about a lack of systemic racism; not experiencing systemic or\nsystematic racism is not a reason to state it does not exist; racism affects health in\nmany ways and is a public health emergency; urged Council to defund the Police and\nuse the funds to benefit the community: Randell Rubies, Youth Activists of Alameda.\nUrged Council to support the resolution; discussed records of student harassment by\nPolice; stated passing the resolution is crucial to the safety of the children on the Island:\nGeronimo Coffin, Lincoln Middle School.\nUrged Council to vote yes on the resolution; stated the safety others fear losing is at the\nexpense of BIPOC's continued lack of safety in Alameda; the fears are unfounded;\nmeaningful actions need to be taken in order for the resolution to have impact; the\nmeaningful actions need to be funded by the money being reallocated from Police:\nNaomi Forsberg, Alameda.\nExpressed support for the resolution; stated climate justice is inextricably linked with\nracial justice; discussed living and medical conditions for People of Color and the effects\nof redlining in the United Stated; stated Council has an opportunity to pass the\nresolution as a step forward: Emily Nielson, Alameda.\nExpressed support for making changes to reduce racism in the City and many items in\nthe resolution; expressed concern about portions of the resolution; stated Officers need\nbe trained to respond to calls; appropriate staffing must occur; expressed support for\nhaving those who inappropriately call the Police taking a course in appropriate calls:\nKelly Cope, Alameda.\nDiscussed her experience with racism; expressed support for the resolution; urged\nSpecial Meeting\nAlameda City Council\n7\nJuly 14, 2020", "path": "CityCouncil/2020-07-14.pdf"}
{"body": "CityCouncil", "date": "2020-07-14", "page": 8, "text": "Council to end White supremacy and defund the Police; stated this is the beginning to\nmake Alameda a better place for all people; she does not always feel safe in Alameda\nand would like that to change; urged Council to pass the resolution: Raquel Williams,\nYouth Activists of Alameda.\nStated the proposed resolution shows racism is a serious problem; the resolution also\nshows how dangerous racism is to BIPOC neighbors; many commenters have a fear of\nlosing safety; the proposed resolution is not the opposite of the fears being described;\nthe resolution is a new way forward: Savanna Cheer, Alameda.\nStated reimagining public safety is a long journey; expressed support for the resolution;\nurged Council to commit to the resolution and continue to make impactful actions; urged\nresidents to consider the possibility of life outside of lived experiences; stated that she is\ndisheartened to hear previous speakers disregard the impacts of systemic racism: Amy\nChu, Alameda.\nExpressed support for the resolution; stated systemic racism is a crime and BIPOC\npeople are the victims; the systems of society are designed to reinforce White wealth\nand power at the expense of BIPOC people; systemic racism is not unique to Alameda;\ncrime will decrease once basic needs are met: Laura Cutrona, Alameda.\nExpressed support for the resolution; stated denial of racism on the Island is evidence\nof the need for the resolution; discussed crime statistics; stated defunding the Police\ndoes not mean immediate abolishment; funds will be re-routed to programs which\nprovide remedies: Alexia Archoa, Alameda.\n***\n(20-487) Councilmember Vella moved approval of having a speaking time of one\nminute.\nVice Mayor Knox White seconded the motion, which carried by the following roll call\nvote: Councilmembers Daysog: No; Knox White: Aye; Oddie: Aye; Vella: Aye; and\nMayor Ezzy Ashcraft: Aye. Ayes: 4. Noes: 1.\nMayor Ezzy Ashcraft called a meeting recess at 9:56 p.m. and reconvened the meeting\nat 10:10 p.m.\nThe Following Comments Were Read Into the Record:\nStated that he does not support the resolution; passing the resolution feels\nundemocratic and a shortcut to addressing the real problem of systemic racism; the\nresolution is an overreach by the City to circumvent processes outlined in the Charter;\nthe resolution fails to address the crisis in Alameda: Joseph Cutrona, Alameda.\nUrged Council to approve the resolution; stated the resolution names racism as the\nSpecial Meeting\nAlameda City Council\n8\nJuly 14, 2020", "path": "CityCouncil/2020-07-14.pdf"}
{"body": "CityCouncil", "date": "2020-07-14", "page": 9, "text": "problem and provides a path to repair; the City needs to look at Alameda Police data to\nunderstand the community's greatest needs: Elaine Santos, Alameda.\nStated the resolution is ill-conceived and is knee-jerk; stated Alameda has dedicated\nlaw enforcement; the overall impact of a proposed 42% cut to APD is unknown; cutting\nthe traffic division with non-sworn personnel is ridiculous: Richard Sherratt, Alameda.\nExpressed support for the resolution; stated a healing-centered truth and reconciliation\neffort is equally urgent; swift action must be taken to learn and assess how City\ngovernment operates to combat systems of anti-Blackness and White supremacy:\nRosemary Jordan, Alameda.\nExpressed support for the resolution; stated structural racism has long infected the most\nvulnerable populations; discussed intergenerational traumas and damages; expressed\nsupport for redirecting funds to initiatives designed to support community health:\nEleanor Chung, Alameda.\nStated Alameda is a great City; noted the Police Chief is a native of Alameda and is\nprogressive; discussed his experience as a traffic control volunteer; stated it is foolhardy\nto cut the Police Department budget in any amount: Michael Steinrok, Alameda.\nUrged Council to use common sense in making the decision to defund the Police\nDepartment: Dave Case, Alameda.\nStated racism fears are not supported by factual data; questioned statistics provided;\ndiscussed violent crime statistics: Warren Dole, Alameda.\nExpressed support for the resolution, further reduction beyond 42%, and housing\nsupport programs; stated low-level offenses constitute more than 80% of arrests; urged\nCouncil to align the budget with efforts to de-incarcerate and provide services to allow\ncommunities to thrive: Kate Crowley Richardson, Alameda.\nExpressed concern for the current resolution; stated there is no understanding of what\nis driving the urgency for the resolution; Alameda is not experiencing extreme issues to\ncause a drastic move; reducing Police funding would cost taxpayers more: S Kane,\nAlameda.\nExpressed disgust at Police actions and concern for the Police Department budget;\nstated little is spent on education, libraries and parks; more funds need to be put into\nservices and agencies which help; urged Council to defund APD: Ryan Soule, Alameda.\nDiscussed how racism affects BIPOC youth and families; urged Council to declare\nracism a public health emergency, to address the work of dismantling racist\ninfrastructure and to allow all youth an equal chance to succeed: Archana Nagraj,\nAlameda.\nSpecial Meeting\nAlameda City Council\n9\nJuly 14, 2020", "path": "CityCouncil/2020-07-14.pdf"}
{"body": "CityCouncil", "date": "2020-07-14", "page": 10, "text": "Stated that she is upset at the proposed Council decisions; discussed Police and Fire\nstaff; stated it is taboo to question the Fire Department budget: Brittany Benvenuto,\nAlameda.\nSpecial Meeting\nAlameda City Council\n10\nJuly 14, 2020", "path": "CityCouncil/2020-07-14.pdf"}
{"body": "CityCouncil", "date": "2020-07-14", "page": 11, "text": "Stated change is necessary; expressed support for change in policing practices; stated\nthat she does not support changes being made without consideration of long-term\neffects to the safety of the City: Whitney Moon, Alameda.\nExpressed support for the resolution; stated the declaration conveys a \"life or death\"\nurgency; the declaration will send a clear and strong message to all Alamedans;\nexpressed support for reducing funding for the Police Department: Laura Rose,\nAlameda.\nStated Alameda does not feel safe anymore for People of Color when the idea of\ndefunding the Police is considered a good thing; discussed riots and protests across the\nnation and lawlessness; stated there is not an African-American Councilmember to\nweigh-in on the issues: Rene A, Alameda.\nExpressed support for the resolution; stated Alameda has to join as a leader in the\nmovement; everyone must stop being complicit and start fighting against racism: Duc\nNguyen, Alameda.\nUrged Council to represent people like herself and to defund Police by 50%; stated\nPolice do not make citizens safer; racism is a health emergency; discussed her\nexperience as a public school Teacher and juvenile Probation Officer: Debra Mendoza,\nAlameda.\nExpressed support for the resolution; stated the resolution is important during a\npandemic which affects People of Color at higher rates; the resolution is important while\ncommunities experience Police actions which also affects People of Color at higher\nrates: Kevin McCarty, Alameda.\nExpressed support for the resolution; stated structural racism is embedded in\ngovernment institutions and disadvantages the most vulnerable populations; inequalities\ndisproportionately affect BIPOC; there is a moment of reckoning caused by Police\nbrutality: Andrea Carlise, Alameda.\nUrged Council to adopt the resolution; expressed support for unbundling Police services\nand cutting the Department budget; stated it is not right that Black people are arrested\nat a disproportionate rate in Alameda; changes need to be made now: Jennifer Taggart,\nAlameda.\nExpressed support for the resolution; stated racism impacts physical, mental, emotional,\nand psychological well-being of all victims; there is a need to recognize the harm and\ndamage racism inflicts at all levels: Carly Stadum-Liang, Alameda.\nStated major changes made to the Police force should be left up to the people in\nAlameda; Council cannot act unilaterally: Mary An, Alameda.\nUrged Council to make backing up the Police Department a priority and participating in\nSpecial Meeting\nAlameda City Council\n11\nJuly 14, 2020", "path": "CityCouncil/2020-07-14.pdf"}
{"body": "CityCouncil", "date": "2020-07-14", "page": 12, "text": "ride-alongs before making any decisions to cut funding; stated Police do good for\ncommunities: Mackenzie Chung, Alameda.\nDiscussed living in Alameda for safety; stated State law has become lenient on crimes;\ndiscussed crimes within the last year; expressed opposition to defunding the Police;\nexpressed support for an increase in Police funding by 10%: Frances Mak, Jessica\nZeng, Horace Ho, and Xiaoli, Alameda.\nStated that she would like the findings which support holding a special Council meeting:\nTherese Hall, Alameda.\nStated that she hopes the proposal leads to real action in making the City safer,\nhealthier and more welcoming; urged Council to pass the resolution: Kristan LeVietes,\nAlameda.\nExpressed concern about items which may pose a threat to public safety; stated that\nshe is interested in a collaborative outline created by all Departments and presented to\nthe community for feedback: Michaelia B., Alameda.\nUrged Council to listen to the BIPOC of Alameda and defund the Police; stated action is\nneeded; the resolution is an empty promise: Lily Kotansky, Alameda.\nExpressed support for the resolution; stated that he is disappointed the resolution does\nnot go far enough; stated the City is allowing a directionally positive resolution to be\ndiluted by a long-winded processes: Issao Fujiwara, Alameda.\nExpressed support for the resolution and reducing Police funding by 50%; stated the\nrecommendations in the resolution are important: Rhea Boyd, Alameda.\nExpressed support for the resolution; discussed a friend's experience in Alameda;\nstated racism is real; urged Council to vote yes on the resolution: Zac Oransky,\nAlameda.\nDiscussed arrest statistics in Alameda; stated the mistreatment of Black people by APD\nin Alameda is funded by tax dollars; urged Council to invest Alameda's tax dollars into\nanti-racist public health policies and programming: Sarah Jo Neubauer, Alameda.\n***\n(20-488) Vice Mayor Knox White moved approval of continuing the meeting past 11:00\np.m. to hear the City Manager evaluation item [paragraph no. 20-484 and to proceed\nno later than 12:00 a.m., continuing the items on the July 7, 2020 continued meeting to\nthe next regular City Council meeting.\nCouncilmember Oddie expressed support for moving the continued items.\nMayor Ezzy Ashcraft expressed support for moving the continued items; inquired\nSpecial Meeting\nAlameda City Council\n12\nJuly 14, 2020", "path": "CityCouncil/2020-07-14.pdf"}
{"body": "CityCouncil", "date": "2020-07-14", "page": 13, "text": "whether members are amenable to the meeting ending at 12:00 a.m.\nCouncilmember Vella responded that she is ok with the midnight stop time.\nMayor Ezzy Ashcraft stated that she supports the meeting going until midnight and no\nlater; the rules of order referral and Stopwaste brief should be continued to the July 21,\n2020 meeting.\nThe City Attorney stated the Council must set a date and time specific to continue the\nitems.\nThe City Clerk stated a 7:02 p.m. start time is available; should the items not be heard,\nthe items will push to a September meeting.\nMayor Ezzy Ashcraft stated the rules of order item may be continued to September.\nVice Mayor Knox White moved approval of hearing the evaluation after the current\nmatter discussion and ending by 12:00 a.m., with the remaining items being continued\nto a future meeting [July 21, 2020 at 7:02 p.m.].\nCouncilmember Oddie seconded the motion, 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.\nMayor Ezzy Ashcraft stated there is no doubt in declaring racism as a public health\nemergency; the matter is important and necessary; expressed concern about the timing;\nstated there are many topics covered in the declaration; many of the topics were\ndelegated to a steering committee on June 29th; the unbundling services, review of\nPolice Department policies and practices, Police Department accountability and\noversight and addressing systemic and community racism and anti-racism topics\noriginated from a proposal created by Vice Mayor Knox White and Councilmember\nVella; the steering committee proposal will be heard on July 21st; if adopted by Council,\nwill be community-led and centered on Black voices; the steering committee has met\ntwice; questioned whether Council should limit to the scope of community members'\ninput or if Council should listen to input from those that understand the experience of\nbeing Black in America; stated the declaration can be made fuller and more complete;\nexpressed concern about how input from the Black community is received; questioned\nwhether the input should be more than just comments received; stated the\nsubcommittee intends to provide input in one week; it is not easy to give up power and\nelected officials are elected for a reason; Councilmembers are passionate about desired\nchanges; there is room for a community process; the process is not being delayed with\ncommunity input; speakers have urged Council to act, not speak; she would like the\nactions taken to make a difference and to mean something within a strong declaration;\nceding abilities to a committee still allows Council to make final determinations; there\nwill be a missed opportunity should Council not allow BIPOC community members the\nSpecial Meeting\nAlameda City Council\n13\nJuly 14, 2020", "path": "CityCouncil/2020-07-14.pdf"}
{"body": "CityCouncil", "date": "2020-07-14", "page": 14, "text": "unfettered ability to be heard; Council is moving forward rapidly.\nCouncilmember Vella stated that a number of public commenters announced how long\nthey have lived in Alameda; time of residency does not matter; each voice matters;\nthere are a number of reasons for people to speak and address Council; the credentials\nof how long someone has lived in Alameda should not matter and are part of systemic\nracism; racism is not an individual thing, it is not a personal attack on any individual;\nracism is the over 400 years of systemic legal racism that leads to disparate outcomes\nand deaths of BIPOC; the goal of the resolution is to specifically call out racial\ndisparities: income, health, wealth, education, access to upward mobility and a number\nof other things related to quality of life; racism is the causation of disproportionately high\nrates of homelessness, incarceration, economic hardship and poor outcomes in\neducation and health; racism is not an attack on any individual; racism is the disparate\noutcomes happening; systemic racism is legalized racism which has occurred\nthroughout all systems; California is not immune from racism; even though California\nrejected slavery, it committed genocide against Native Americans; outlined historic\ngenocide information; stated California has overwhelmingly voted to continue racial\ndiscrimination in the sale and rental of housing; the State and United States Supreme\nCourts ruled discrimination is unconstitutional; many laws have been racist and created\nsystems where simply being a race meant actions were illegal and crimes; Alameda is\nnot leading the way in declaring racism a public health crisis; Wisconsin State and\nmunicipalities were the first, along with Indiana, Michigan and Ohio; Alameda can look\nto the other cities which have declared racism a public health crisis; she has reached\nout to cities which have declared racism a public health crisis to understand the impact\nverbiage has on the declaration; the trend is identifying words which showcase racism\nas a problem; it is important to start there from a public policy standpoint; it is important\nto identify the lens with which progress will take place; resolutions are often followed\nwith a directive or process to determine the best way to promote racial equity; the\nsubcommittee will report back with recommendations to the governing body within six\nmonths to one year; discussed generally accepted public health issues; stated it should\nbe easy to declare racism as a public health issue; the order with which Council is\napproaching is off from other municipalities; expressed support for defining the problem\nand looking at the matter through the lens of racism; noted public comments provided\nhave been helpful; expressed support for getting out the core sentiment that racism is a\npublic health issue; stated the matter is beyond the Police Department and is Citywide;\nthere is a way to combine the process; expressed support for adding language which\nclarifies or adds clear direction to community groups; stated the City has not been clear\nabout which powers have been surrendered; a defined process incorporating directives\nneeds to be established; expressed support for empowering the community group to\ndefine and gather data needed to inform its decision, for the community led group to\nprovide recommendations on shifting resources, for finding funding for the programs\nrecommended and to make recommendations across the board for Citywide change to\ndefine short and long-term goals and to look at the issues for the five areas provided by\nCouncil with a racial lens; stated it is important to have the racial lens when looking at\nthe issues; surrendering to community process is daunting and jarring; informative\nchange will not occur without voices of support from the White community; the silence\nSpecial Meeting\nAlameda City Council\n14\nJuly 14, 2020", "path": "CityCouncil/2020-07-14.pdf"}
{"body": "CityCouncil", "date": "2020-07-14", "page": 15, "text": "from the White community has been deafening and is a reason why systems have been\nallowed to continue for centuries; expressed support for centering around voices of\nColor; BIPOC people are empowered to tell Council how to proceed without limit; stated\nthat she is fine with shifting the funding parameters beyond the 42%; a space needs to\nbe created to address those reacting from fear; change will not happen unless everyone\nis brought along.\nCouncilmember Oddie outlined Propositions 209 and 8; urged citizens to look at their\nWhite privilege and read books; outlined a letter of support for Police containing code\nwords; stated the letter is indicative of the problem; Alameda has made it so that People\nof Color are afraid to visit; the resolution is a good first step; expressed support for\nhearing how the resolution can be complimentary to the process and for hearing any\nneeded changes; noted Brown Act restrictions; stated that he is open to anything which\nmakes the matter stronger and any process which addresses the root cause.\nVice Mayor Knox White stated that he is flabbergasted by comments; he is thrilled to\nsupport of the community led process; questioned whether comments were written\nbeforehand; stated the resolution was put together with input from the community and\nwith Black voices; Council can delay the resolution and hold off until there is better\nlanguage; expressed support for Councilmember Vella's comments; questioned the\nimpacts of the delay in time spent rewriting language and whether the delay will bring\nthe goal closer; stated there has been much support for CAHOOTS; he does not think\nmoving forward on one item limits the subcommittee; noted that he will gladly follow\nCouncil; expressed concern about the delay in acknowledging the City's commitment to\nthe problem; expressed support for adding language to be brought back as a revision;\nstated many people have urged no delay in the process; delay is a process problem, not\nan action problem; it is fine to remove all of Item 6A and send it to the subcommittee;\nexpressed support for hearing whether there is interest from Council in moving the item\nforward or stopping at the current position and sending it to the subcommittee.\nMayor Ezzy Ashcraft stated that she always hopes for conversation and discussion;\nCouncilmembers do not have to agree, but it is good to hear other voices; the topics are\ndifficult to discuss; expressed support for the declaration of racism as a public health\nemergency; stated the subcommittee may weigh-in on processes, gather data, and\ncreate a more local process; declaring racism a public health emergency is important;\nCouncil can learn from other communities; short, mid and long-term goals will be looked\nat; a process has been set up for community input; expressed concern about wanting to\nbring the community along; stated there is systemic racism; noted this is a turning point;\nexpressed concern about putting too much into the matter without the benefit of input\nfrom lives affected; stated there may be things brought forth that were not thought of\nwhich need attention and are worthwhile; she is unsure about what can move forward,\nbut Council returns in one week.\nCouncilmember Daysog stated that he appreciates various perspectives and comments;\nhe is impressed with the amount of feedback from public health professionals; Council\nis a policy-making body; Council makes policy in three ways: by ordinance, resolution\nSpecial Meeting\nAlameda City Council\n15\nJuly 14, 2020", "path": "CityCouncil/2020-07-14.pdf"}
{"body": "CityCouncil", "date": "2020-07-14", "page": 16, "text": "and motion; making policy by ordinance and resolution means Council is providing\ndirection to the City Manager for execution; Item 6 of the resolution states: \"these cuts\nwill be proportional to the 42% reduction in services that the Department has historically\nresponded to and identified to shift to other departments;\" the interpretation is to\ncontemplate a 42% reduction or cut in the Police force; Council has previously\ndiscussed scenarios of significant cuts to the Police Department; there has been a\nmantra of 42% which has increased; he has not supported a 50% cut to the Police\nDepartment; expressed concern about an up to 42% cut, the expectations of the order\nof magnitude of cuts and the change in the Police Department budget; stated APD is\nalready under-staffed; there are issues the Police force has to look after; there are\nsafety considerations and crimes which need a Police force; should Council adopt the\nmatter as a resolution, the text would be walking orders for how the City Manager\nshould be thinking about staff and program-making; new directions are needed as a\nCity; this is a historic time; expressed support for work being done with CAHOOTS;\nstated there is a model within grasp of how to change the Police force; Police should\nfocus on crime enforcement and crime reduction issues; alternative models should be\nimplemented where possible when dealing with persons or individuals who are not a\ncrime but should be addressed; expressed support for the subcommittee to better flesh\nout the CAHOOTS model; CAHOOTS works in Eugene, Oregon but may not work in\nAlameda and may require modifications; his goal is to implement a program similar to\nCAHOOTS, which would represent a system change; the matter before Council is\nbroad; many organizations are effected; outlined organizations' literature on social\nequity, public health, racism and the disparate impacts which result; expressed support\nfor tapping into the bodies such as the County Public Health Department, which\nprovides the work and literature to help formulate and refine the public health equals\nracism question; stated that he cannot support the resolution due to Item 6; the input\ncan help focus the dialogue in a way which is specific to the City of Alameda.\nMayor Ezzy Ashcraft noted that she is not pushing for the CAHOOTS program, but is\nintrigued by it; stated San Francisco and Oakland are working with CAHOOTS;\nAlameda is more ethnically diverse than Eugene, Oregon.\nCouncilmember Oddie stated that he would like to see Council pass something; Council\ncannot unanimously agree that there is an emergency and crisis, yet not adopt a\nresolution; expressed support for added reference to the original occupants of Alameda\nland and for declaring a public health emergency; stated Item 1 does not restrict the\nsubcommittee; Item 2 is important due to stories heard at a Town Hall and should not\nbe delayed; Council does not need a subcommittee to state that staff being subjected to\nracism in the building or while on the job needs to stop; Item 3 can be modified to\ninclude only the header; however, it is still important to include and keep; Item 4 should\nalso remain; the remaining parts begin to get specific about work to be done by the\nsubcommittee; expressed support for passing Items 1 through 4; stated the remaining\nsections can be coordinated with the subcommittee.\nThe City Manager stated sustainable change will take time; outlined the process\ntimeline for Minneapolis versus Alameda; expressed concern about intermediate\nSpecial Meeting\nAlameda City Council\n16\nJuly 14, 2020", "path": "CityCouncil/2020-07-14.pdf"}
{"body": "CityCouncil", "date": "2020-07-14", "page": 17, "text": "improvements, such as CAHOOTS, related to resources which will influence the public\nprocess; stated Council must be upfront about the public process; the processes can be\ncompleted simultaneously; Council may direct the subcommittee to look at CAHOOTS\nearly on and provide recommendations; expressed concern about beginning before\npubic engagement; stated decisions could impact long-term decisions without the public\ninvolvement process; staff is looking into a variety of programs and public engagement;\nthere are not many examples of programs happening quickly; expressed support for the\npublic input process.\nMayor Ezzy Ashcraft inquired whether the programs being looked into reference a\nprevious Alameda County Mayor's Conference discussion.\nThe City Manager responded in the affirmative; stated there is also a program similar to\nCAHOOTS being reviewed.\nMayor Ezzy Ashcraft outlined Darlene Flynn's work in setting up Oakland's Department\nof Race and Equity; discussed Oakland's work to end systemic racism and a book\nevent.\nCouncilmember Vella expressed support for discussion of the report; stated that she\nunderstands the Peace Officers Bill of Rights and that personnel items might not be\nable to be made public; expressed support for a publically accessible document to be\nbrought forth from the report; stated a review of processes and protocols would be a\nhelpful document for the community subcommittee; personnel items do not have to be\nincluded.\nThe City Manager stated the report might be parallel with the audit in Item 6; noted the\nprocess can examine things not related to personnel; the audit includes an approach\nsimilar to Councilmember Vella's suggestions; noted that he is comfortable with the\napproach.\nMayor Ezzy Ashcraft inquired whether the City Manager is comfortable with direction\nfrom Council without needing approval.\nThe City Manager responded that he could initiate the report on his own; should\ndirection need to be provided, it can be from Council; stated that he is comfortable with\nconducting a non-personnel audit process.\nMayor Ezzy Ashcraft inquired whether Council may discuss items not included on the\nagenda.\nVice Mayor Knox White responded the matter is under Item 6 before bullet point A.\nThe City Attorney stated the City Manager is referring to Item 6 of the proposed\nresolution.\nSpecial Meeting\nAlameda City Council\n17\nJuly 14, 2020", "path": "CityCouncil/2020-07-14.pdf"}
{"body": "CityCouncil", "date": "2020-07-14", "page": 18, "text": "Councilmember Oddie stated the audit would identify policies that may need to be\nchanged in order to meet the goals and objectives outlined by the community-led\nsteering committee.\nCouncilmember Vella stated a report is being completed; expressed concern about the\nneed to take action; stated a lot has been done by Council; the resolution attempts to\ncapture what has been done and should be acknowledged; what has been done is not\nenough, it is a start, and the process is being laid out; noted that she has experience\nbeing a Woman of Color in Alameda; the subcommittee is comprised of two Women of\nColor; outlined experiences as a Councilmember of Alameda and a Woman of Color;\nstated that she is sensitive to racism being declared a public health emergency; the\nresolution should address some of the issues raised; Council should not be\nwordsmithing at 11:56 p.m.; delaying the item by one week is not a miscarriage of\njustice; noted many cities' resolutions preceded Council action; stated directives can be\nclarified; suggested language be added to the resolution; stated missing language\nneeds to be added; expressed support for a week's time to add the missing information\nin addition to the subcommittee report returning to Council; the reference is to the\ncommunity led subcommittee; expressed support for allowing the subcommittee to look\nthrough the lens of racism and impacts from systemic racism.\n***\n(20-489) Mayor Ezzy Ashcraft stated the current time is 11:56 p.m.; noted the City\nManager evaluation [paragraph no. 20-484 will need to be continued to July 21 at a\ntime-specific; inquired the possible start-times.\nThe City Clerk responded either 5:00 p.m. or 7:02 p.m.\nMayor Ezzy Ashcraft expressed support for a 5:00 p.m. start-time.\nCouncilmember Vella moved approval of continuing the City Manager evaluation to July\n21 at 5:00 p.m.\nCouncilmember Daysog seconded the motion, which carried by the following roll call\nvote: Councilmembers Daysog: Aye; Knox White: Aye; Oddie: Aye; Vella: Aye; and\nMayor Ezzy Ashcraft: Aye. Ayes: 5.\nCouncilmember Vella stated that she is happy to move approval of directing the City\nManager to work on the report and discuss with Council whether the report will be an\naudit; an investigation should yield a public document as a result; should the direction\nbe an audit, direction will be provided to include feedback from the community task-\nforce about additional items to be included in said audit; that she will also make a\nmotion to work toward declaring racism as a public health crisis and a document where\nall Councilmembers may provide feedback to staff about specific language to be\nincluded in the resolution with options put forward to a vote at the next Council meeting.\nSpecial Meeting\nAlameda City Council\n18\nJuly 14, 2020", "path": "CityCouncil/2020-07-14.pdf"}
{"body": "CityCouncil", "date": "2020-07-14", "page": 19, "text": "(20-490) Vice Mayor Knox White noted the meeting has gone past 12:00 a.m. and is\nover.\nMayor Ezzy Ashcraft stated the meeting may continue with a Council vote.\nCouncilmember Oddie moved approval of continuing the meeting for an additional 15\nminutes.\nCouncilmember Vella seconded the motion, which carried by the following roll call vote:\nCouncilmembers Daysog: Aye; Knox White: No; Oddie: Aye; Vella: Aye; and Mayor\nEzzy Ashcraft: Aye. Ayes: 4. Noes. 1.\nThe City Attorney stated should Council desire to bring the resolution back; staff\nrecommends continuing the matter to a date and time certain.\nVice Mayor Knox White inquired whether the item would be able to be worked on\nwithout proper notice.\nThe City Attorney responded there would be no new documents submitted; however, at\na 7:02 p.m. meeting, Council may work collectively with staff to wordsmith a new\nresolution.\nCouncilmember Oddie stated that he would be willing to second a motion which\ndeclares racism as a public health emergency and a crisis affecting the City; expressed\nsupport for not waiting on Item 2 of the resolution being part of a motion.\nMayor Ezzy Ashcraft inquired whether the portion of the resolution needs to be passed\nfor the City Manager.\nCouncilmember Oddie stated it is critical to get the emergency declaration on record.\nCouncilmember Vella expressed support for Councilmember Oddie's suggestion.\nMayor Ezzy Ashcraft requested the motion be re-stated.\nCouncilmember Vella moved approval of directing the City Manager to produce a public\nreport as a result of the investigation ordered by Council and any other recommended\naudit from the community-led process of the policing practices and to work with\nsubcommittees on what the audit will include, taking into account the contents of the\nresolution; declaring racism a public health crisis; directing the City Manager to identify\nlong-term and ongoing training; stated that she does not want to limit the training to anti-\nracism training; there are a number of additional, helpful trainings; anti-discrimination\ntrainings are needed; expressed support for broadening training.\nSpecial Meeting\nAlameda City Council\n19\nJuly 14, 2020", "path": "CityCouncil/2020-07-14.pdf"}
{"body": "CityCouncil", "date": "2020-07-14", "page": 20, "text": "Mayor Ezzy Ashcraft inquired whether Council is returning for further refinements on\nJuly 21st; stated the refinements can be brought back at the date and time specific\nrather than adopting parts which may be changed as part of the whole; inquired whether\ndirection can be provided to the City Manager to begin addressing concerns raised.\nCouncilmember Oddie expressed support for providing direction.\nCouncilmember Vella stated that her motion includes the City Manager looking into\ntraining suggested in Item 2; noted her motion also includes continuing the specific\nlanguage discussion to 7:02 p.m. on July 21st\nCouncilmember Oddie seconded the motion.\nUnder discussion, Vice Mayor Knox White stated that he is not in support of the motion.\nCouncilmember Oddie inquired the process for adding language to the resolution.\nThe City Attorney responded Council may bring changes to the meeting and the\ndiscussion will resume.\nCouncilmember Oddie inquired whether there are any restrictions on discussions with\ncolleagues.\nThe City Attorney responded Brown Act restrictions apply outside of the meeting.\nIn response to Councilmember Oddie's further inquiry, the City Attorney stated the\ndiscussion depends on content; stated there is concern about discussions with a third\nmember related to items not discussed at the public meeting; should a topic arise which\nhas already been discussed, the clock is reset and a discussion with any member may\noccur.\nCouncilmember Oddie expressed support for a breakdown being sent to\nCouncilmembers.\nVice Mayor Knox White stated that he supports the goal; expressed concern for the\nmotion stating racism is bad and Council clarifying the meaning at a later time and for\ncontinuing the meeting without public input and comment; noted that he does not\nsupport further investigation due to delay in action; stated an audit limits the ability of\nthe subcommittee; stated that he is not confident Council is taking action; an\ninvestigation report is new and meaningful; the rest of the items seem to be delayed; he\nwill not be supporting the motion.\nMayor Ezzy Ashcraft inquired whether the item may be placed at the top of the agenda.\nThe City Clerk responded the item may be placed prior to the regular meeting; noted the\nagenda is large and contains time-sensitive matters.\nSpecial Meeting\nAlameda City Council\n20\nJuly 14, 2020", "path": "CityCouncil/2020-07-14.pdf"}
{"body": "CityCouncil", "date": "2020-07-14", "page": 21, "text": "Councilmember Oddie inquired whether there are portions of the motion which Vice\nMayor Knox White supports, to which Vice Mayor Knox White responded in the\nnegative.\nCouncilmember Daysog stated that he is troubled by the use of the terms \"audit\" and\n\"investigation.\"\nOn the call for the question, the motion carried by the following roll call vote:\nCouncilmembers Daysog: No; Knox White: No; Oddie: Aye; Vella: Aye; and Mayor Ezzy\nAshcraft: Aye. Ayes: 3. Noes. 2.\nADJOURNMENT\nThere being no further business, Mayor Ezzy Ashcraft adjourned the meeting at 12:15\na.m.\nRespectfully submitted,\nLara Weisiger\nCity Clerk\nThe agenda for this meeting was posted in accordance with the Sunshine Ordinance.\nSpecial Meeting\nAlameda City Council\n21\nJuly 14, 2020", "path": "CityCouncil/2020-07-14.pdf"}
{"body": "CityCouncil", "date": "2020-07-14", "page": 22, "text": "MINUTES OF THE CONTINUED JULY 7, 2020 SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING\nTUESDAY- -JULY 14, 2020- 5:59 P.M.\nMayor Ezzy Ashcraft convened the meeting at 6:06 p.m.\nRoll Call - Present:\nCouncilmembers Daysog, Knox White, Oddie, Vella and\nMayor Ezzy Ashcraft - 5. [Note: The meeting was held via\nWebEx.]\nAbsent:\nNone.\nThe meeting was adjourned to Closed Session to consider:\n(20-483) Public Employee Performance Evaluation (Pursuant to Government Code\nSection 54957); Position Evaluated: City Attorney - Yibin Shen\nFollowing the Closed Session, the meeting was reconvened and Mayor Ezzy Ashcraft\nannounced that the evaluation was conducted and no vote was taken.\nAdjournment\nThere being no further business, Mayor Ezzy Ashcraft adjourned the meeting at 6:47\np.m.\nRespectfully submitted,\nLara Weisiger\nCity Clerk\nThe agenda for this meeting was posted in accordance with the Sunshine Ordinance.\nContinued July 7, 2020 Special Meeting\nAlameda City Council\nJuly 14, 2020", "path": "CityCouncil/2020-07-14.pdf"}
{"body": "CityCouncil", "date": "2020-07-14", "page": 23, "text": "MINUTES OF THE CONTINUED JULY 7, 2020 REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING\nTUESDAY- - -JULY 14, 2020--7:01 P.M.\n(20-491) This meeting was not held.\nLara Weisiger\nCity Clerk\nThe agenda for this meeting was posted in accordance with the Sunshine Ordinance.\nContinued July 7, 2020 Regular Meeting\nAlameda City Council\nJuly 14, 2020", "path": "CityCouncil/2020-07-14.pdf"}
{"body": "GolfCommission", "date": "2020-07-14", "page": 1, "text": "ALAMEDA GOLF COMMISSION\nMINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING\nTuesday, July 14, 2020\n1\nCALL TO ORDER\nChair Ed Downing the called the regular meeting to order at approximately 6:32 p.m.\nvia teleconference\nROLL CALL\nPresent:\n(Via teleconference) Chair Ed Downing, Vice-Chair Cheryl\nSaxton, Commissioner Claire Loud, Commissioner Ron\nCarlson and Commissioner Pete Pizzino\nAbsent:\nNone\nStaff:\n(Via teleconference) Greenway Golf Umesh Patel, Recreation\nand Parks Director Amy Wooldridge\nAlso Present:\nNone\n2\nAPPROVAL OF MINUTES\nMinutes of May 12, 2020 were approved unanimously\n3\nORAL COMMUNICATIONS\nNone\n4\nCOMMISSION COMMUNICATIONS\nNone\n5\nWRITTEN/ORAL REPORTS\n4-A\nBeautification Program and Junior Golf Club\nConnie Wendling communicated through Chair Downing that Junior Golf has started\nand will be playing every Wednesday. Elizabeth Scholtes is the liaison between junior\ngolf and Greenway Golf. She also expressed her gratitude to Greenway Golf for the\nsupport.\nChair Downing also communicated that Nancy Wehr has passed away. She and her\nhusband, Bill had long been supporters of Junior Golf.\n6\nAGENDA ITEMS\n1\nGolf Commission Minutes - -Tuesday, July 14, 2020", "path": "GolfCommission/2020-07-14.pdf"}
{"body": "GolfCommission", "date": "2020-07-14", "page": 2, "text": "7\nOLD BUSINESS\n7-A\nFacility and Renovation Report by Greenway Golf\nUmesh Patel of Greenway Golf stated that the junior tournament last Wednesday had\nbeen named in Nancy's honor.\nMr. Patel stated that there is a lot of progress on the first seven holes of the north\ncourse which includes sodding. Water has been used at a minimum. In late July, they\nwill begin shaping eight and nine and that will hopefully be sodded before the end of\nSeptember. Time was lost between March 17 and May 7 due to the pandemic.\nSupply chains have been disrupted also, so the hope to have 9 holes open by the end\nof the year is not realistic anymore. Drainage and piping is continuing to be replaced.\nAt this time, Mr. Patel stated that tentatively at the end of 2021, the first nine holes will\nbe ready, with the hope that all 18 holes would be open by the end of 2022. He stated\nthat messaging to the golf commission and the public will be done conservatively.\nCommissioner Loud expressed her concern over the fact that hot water is not working\nin the bathrooms. Mr. Patel will look into it and respond back. Chair Downing asked\nabout renovation of the clubhouse, and Mr. Patel stated that it's on the back burner\nthis year, but not next year. The bathrooms will be renovated prior to the clubhouse,\nwere hoping to have them done sooner, but shutdown during the pandemic set that\nback.\nMr. Patel addressed the safety issue, and have gone back to alternate stalls on the\nrange, based on Alameda County numbers, and also gone back to 10 minute tee\ntimes on the Mif, as well as closing the back practice green to the general public. Tee\ntimes on the south will stay at 11-minute intervals as well as single rider carts. The pro\nshop is still not accessible inside. Staff at the driving range has increased to pick up\nand sanitize the baskets and the machine. Signage on the new ball machine will be\nplaced explaining that at this time, it is to be used only the teaching pros.\nMr. Patel explained that we are trying to stay ahead of any new mandates by either the\nCity or the County regarding Covid-19, and we're grateful for one of the businesses\nthat is allowed to be open.\nMr. Patel stated that Joe VanWinkle has returned to retired life, and resigned last\nweek. Vinny has become the senior superintendent, Jason Cook is the facilities\nmanager, Pedro Oviedo has been assigned the range and the Par-3, Brett Morrison\nwill be responsible for the pro shop and the tee sheet, Cheri Corfey the HR Manager\nand Todd Lee, our finance director.\nMr. Patel stated that there have been movies shown on Friday nights in the parking lot,\nthrough the assistance of Alameda Theater.\nChair Downing asked about the future of teaching and growing golf, and Mr. Patel\nstated there have been discussions with current instructors regarding how to bring\n2\nGolf Commission Minutes -Tuesday, - July 14, 2020", "path": "GolfCommission/2020-07-14.pdf"}
{"body": "GolfCommission", "date": "2020-07-14", "page": 3, "text": "young golfers in, as well as discussions with the junior golf board. The goal is to use\nthe later part of the afternoon to allow juniors and other golfers of any age to allow\nthem to play only three holes with an instructor.\n7-B\nJim's on the Course Restaurant Report\nAmy Wooldridge stated that Jim's on the Course had reopened the outdoor patio, but\nthen had to close last Saturday due to Alameda County being added to the State's\nwatchlist. The restaurant is still open for takeout at this time.\n7-C\nRecreation and Parks Director Report\nAmy Wooldridge stated that they are moving forward with an agreement amendment\nwith Jim's on the Course which will go to City Council on September 15. Once it's\npublished to the public, it will be discussed at the September 8 Golf Commission for\ntheir feedback to be brought to the Council.\nLast Tuesday, City Council awarded the parking lot repair project to Redgwick\nConstruction, and are now coordinating with Greenway and the City Manager, working\non the required utilities to get the best possible product. The funds were set aside in\n2018-2019 from citywide projects in the Capital Improvement budget, not the golf\nfund.. Amy was asked when the project would start, and she stated that she would let\nthem know when she finds out.\n8.\nORAL COMMUNICATIONS\nA moment of silence was held in honor of Nancy Wehr prior to adjournment\n9.\nITEMS FOR NEXT MEETING'S AGENDA - September 8, 2020\nGreenway Report\nJim's on the Course Report\nRecreation and Parks Director Report\n10.\nANNOUNCEMENTSIADJOURNMENT\nThe meeting was adjourned at approximately 7:10 p.m.\nThe agenda for the meeting was posted seven days in advance in compliance with the\nAlameda Sunshine Ordinance, which also complies with the 72-hour requirement of the\nBrown Act.\n3\nGolf Commission Minutes-Tuesday, - July 14, 2020", "path": "GolfCommission/2020-07-14.pdf"}