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CityCouncil | 2013-04-16 | 15 | (13-180) The City Manager announced dates for an upcoming brokerage event, the budget sessions, a meeting addressing backyard farm animals and the website conversion. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS, NON-AGENDA None. COUNCIL REFERRALS None. COUNCIL COMMUNICATIONS (13-181) Mayor Gilmore announced that she, the Vice Mayor and a Planning Board member attended a hearing regarding changing the composition of the Water Emergency Task Force Board. Councilmember Chen inquired whether the seat is for Alameda County or the City of Alameda, to which Mayor Gilmore responded the City. Councilmember Tam stated one seat is represented by a person from Alameda, but the seat is not specifically assigned to Alameda. Vice Mayor Ezzy Ashcraft stated the proposal is to allocate three seats to three counties, and does not include Alameda County; some proposed counties do not even have ferry service yet. The City Manager stated Alameda contributes more than half of the fare box revenues; Alameda is the only city of its size in the County that does not have an interstate highway; WETA was formed primarily out of City of Alameda assets; WETA has always had a City of Alameda member on the board; more ferries would be good, but eliminating Alameda's representation is bad public policy. (13-182) Councilmember Tam announced that she attended the League of California Cities meeting and was appointed to the task force reviewing California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) reform; Statewide efforts to ban plastic bags were reviewed to ensure the law does not preempt local county ordinances like the stopwaste.org just adopted. (13-183) Vice Mayor Ezzy Ashcraft announced the upcoming League of Women Voters "Meet Your Public Officials" event. Regular Meeting Alameda City Council 15 April 16, 2013 | CityCouncil/2013-04-16.pdf |