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CityCouncil | 2009-10-06 | 12 | Mr. Harrison stated the Subcommittee did not receive responses on immediate issues, such as advertising or City help to attract new businesses; responses dealt with long-term issues; a separate Subcommittee reviewed at business attraction; the process will be refined in the future. Councilmember Matarrese thanked the EDC for the hard work; stated having permit information available on the website is necessary people expect to do business through mobile locations; that he wholeheartedly supports the website recommendation which could reap benefits with a relatively small output. Mayor Johnson stated improving facilities has always been an issue for new businesses consolidating the Economic Development and Community Development Departments will help; time is money for businesses; that she hopes to see big improvements in the next several months. Mr. Harrison thanked Economic Development staff for working so hard on the report. Mayor Johnson stated Economic Development seems to have a good line of communication with businesses; the street scaping project has done great things for individual business as well as the entire business district. Mr. Harrison stated the Subcommittee heard good things about what Economic Development does for businesses. Vice Mayor deHaan moved approval of the staff recommendation. Councilmember Matarrese seconded the motion, which carried by unanimous voice vote - 5. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS, NON-AGENDA (09-393) Jean Sweeney, Alameda, submitted a handout discussed the Alameda Point Development Initiative; encourage the Initiative be thrown out. Councilmember Tam stated the submitted Election Code page is in very small print; inquired whether said page is from the City's website, to which the City Clerk responded the page is from the State's website. Vice Mayor deHaan stated concerns have been raised; inquired who would be the staff point person to address the concerns. Regular Meeting Alameda City Council October 6, 2009 | CityCouncil/2009-10-06.pdf |