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CityCouncil | 2012-02-21 | 10 | Addressed the potential land swap: David Macy, Alameda; Valerie Newman, Alameda; Ashley Jones, Alameda; James Leach, Alameda; Dana Sack; and Red Wetherill, Alameda. Urged having the Council place a measure on the ballot: Sandy Sullivan, Alameda; Cecilia Herrera, Alameda; former Councilmember Bill Withrow, Alameda; Marie Kane, Alameda; Cathy Leong, Alameda; Reyla Graber, Alameda; Patricia Gannon, Alameda; Gretchen Lipow, Alameda; former Councilmember Lil Arnerich, Alameda; Joe Van Winkle, Alameda; and Jane Sullwold, Alameda. Urged the Council not to place the measure on the ballot because it is not necessary to prevent the land swap: Jon Spangler, Alameda. *** Acting Mayor Bonta left the dais at 9:58 p.m. and returned at 10:00 p.m. * * The City Attorney read the following from the Municipal Law Handbook: "The submittal of proposals to a vote of the people of the State or particular community is not considered a project under the California Environmental Quality Act; thus environmental review of initiatives is not required under CEQA before putting a voter initiated measure on a ballot; however, an initiative generated and placed on a ballot by a City Council is considered a discretionary project under CEQA and thus an environmental review under CEQA is required"; stated that she strongly feels that a CEQA analysis needs to be done; if Council decides to approve the Memorandum of Agreement on March 6th, the project would not necessarily impact a vote in November. The City Manager inquired whether the CEQA analysis would not be a full blown environmental review, to which the City Attorney responded in the affirmative. The City Manager inquired whether the City Attorney has not issued an opinion or determined what level of review would be required, to which the City Attorney responded in the affirmative. In response to the City Manager's inquiry, the City Clerk responded the second Council meeting in July would be the last date to place a measure on the November ballot; in order to meet the Sunshine Ordinance requirement, initiative signature gathers would need to have their item on the agenda twelve days before the meeting date; the Registrar's office would have thirty working days to check signatures using the random sample counting method; the Council could place the matter on the ballot up until the first week in August. The City Manager inquired whether the March 6th matter could be addressed and after that decision there would be enough time for Council to place a measure on the November ballot, to which the City Clerk responded in the affirmative. Regular Meeting Alameda City Council 10 February 21, 2012 | CityCouncil/2012-02-21.pdf |