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CityCouncil | 2010-04-20 | 3 | Vice Mayor deHaan inquired whether staff has reviewed the list. The Deputy City Manager - Administrative Services responded staff just received the list; stated a number of items were on the original staff report; the list was reviewed exhaustively at the first meeting. Vice Mayor deHaan inquired what is staff's view of the other ordinances. The Deputy City Manager - Administrative Services responded that she has not reviewed the other ordinances; stated San Jose's ordinance has a lot of meat in it; Berkeley's ordinance has been a work in progress and will be going on the ballot in November. Vice Mayor deHaan stated larger cities have put networks together; the ordinance has to be tailored to Alameda as noted by Councilmember Gilmore. The City Attorney stated the City Attorney's office is responsible for drafting and approving as to form legislation; a number of model ordinances have been compiled; that she understands the Sunshine Task Force was tasked to come up with additional comments that the public might want to see folded into an ordinance; that she would be happy to review the list to see which of the model ordinances could be tailored; Council's five priorities could be broken out and ordinances could be tasked on a quick time basis; a lobbying ordinance is generally separate. Mayor Johnson stated the Sunshine Task Force can work on the Sunshine Ordinance. The City Attorney stated legislation is drafted through the City Attorney's office; the City Attorney's office needs to have input even if the ordinance is drafted elsewhere; the Sunshine Task Force can continue to identify issues that are of key importance to the public; the issues could be brought to Council and Council could direct the City Attorney's office to draft the ordinance as a policy decision. Councilmember Tam stated that she concurs with the City Attorney; the list is not just about subject matter but includes procedures, records not being available, and what constitutes a Closed Session meeting; items discussed by the Sunshine Task Force might not be captured in an ordinance; potentially, there would be six meetings between now and September; prioritizing the Council's five items, including some of the Sunshine Task Force issues, having the items go through a public vetting process, providing a draft that can be vetted with the City Attorney for form, and coming back for Council approval would help facilitate what the Mayor is talking about in picking up certain priority issues such as the lobbyist registry; the Council Referral [paragraph no. 10-175 is patterned after Los Angeles; that she is trying to wrestle with the urgency and relevance to Alameda; Los Angeles has former Senators and Assembly Members acting as lobbyists; people tend to lobby for themselves in Alameda. Regular Meeting Alameda City Council 3 April 20, 2010 | CityCouncil/2010-04-20.pdf |