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CityCouncil | 2009-09-01 | 11 | Mr. Phillips responded the Boys and Girls Club has a Joint Use Agreement with the School District; the Alameda Unified School District uses the facility during the day; the City, Boys and Girls Club, and School District would jointly govern and operate the facility; a general contractor has been selected with compliance of prevailing wage laws; a new approval process would be necessary if construction does not start by January 1; $3 million in grant funding will expire in January. Vice Mayor deHaan stated Alameda Point is the key area earmarked to receive $6.5 million; parks and recreation has $3.5 in discretionary funds; knowing what can and cannot be done is necessary; the question is whether to go forward and have staff work on the matter. Councilmember Tam stated the Council Referral would be to direct staff to apply for the $2 million grant and enter into a Joint Use Agreement that she would be happy to ensure that language includes the appropriate amount of staff work. Mayor Johnson inquired whether Councilmember Tam's direction can be done under the referral process. The Senior Assistant Attorney II stated the agenda description is fine from the Brown Act standpoint action has been taken in the past under Council Referral. Councilmember Matarrese stated the intent [of Council Referrals) is to prevent Councilmembers, as individuals, from loading the City Manager and staff with tasks that are not the will of the Council; that he does not feel comfortable allocating $2 million tonight without having questions answered; Council needs to know whether the $2 million would finish the project and whether the City would get public equity to meet the public investment; that he wants to know whether there is anything in the national Boys and Girls Club organization that would result in the City getting less than $2 million worth of equity; the City would put up cash, not the School District ; that he wants to know more about whether the project would meet the requirement of investing public money in a public use facility. Councilmember Gilmore inquired how quickly staff could get back with answers; stated time is of the essence. The Interim City Manager responded numbers could be provided; stated a determination cannot be made on behalf of the Park District; executing final documents would take quite a while. Regular Meeting Alameda City Council September 1, 2009 | CityCouncil/2009-09-01.pdf |