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CityCouncil | 2014-09-16 | 13 | *** (14-396) Councilmember Daysog moved approval of continuing past 11:00 p.m. Councilmember Chen seconded the motion, which carried by the following voice vote: Ayes: Councilmembers Chen, Daysog, Ezzy Ashcraft and Mayor Gilmore - 4. Noes: Councilmember Tam - 1. *** Mayor Gilmore stated that she is not a proponent of the community process, which would not give her the data needed to make a decision; a community process would be a slower process as there may have to be another process to get data; no process that the City sets up will work unless people believe the group represents their issues; if Renewed Hope is having difficulty finding tenant representatives, it would be hard for the City to find staff to find tenant representatives; that she has doubts the community process will play out, but thinks Council should give the community group a shot; she will vote in favor of the community process. Councilmember Chen stated both groups want the same result; the community could provide the fastest and most accurate data. Councilmember Tam moved approval of having a community group facilitated by Mr. Cambra to scope out the process and provide the framework or hard core data that needs to be gathered through some effort with the City; at that point, if a task force is necessary, a city-formed appointed task force could be revisited. Councilmember Tam stated there needs to be clear data to get policy changes; that she is not confident the community discussion would produce the data which may need to be handled by staff; the community discussion is needed to help the data-gathering effort; a lot of the data would be anecdotal; the community group may not have access to needed resources. Mayor Gilmore inquired whether the matter would come back to Council, to which Councilmember Tam responded in the affirmative. Vice Mayor Ezzy Ashcraft inquired whether Council would task the community group with obtaining statistical data, to which Councilmember Tam responded in the negative; stated Council would be tasking the group to scope out data. Vice Mayor Ezzy Ashcraft inquired whether the motion does away with a proposed task force, even if it is augmented by EBHO. Councilmember Tam responded the need for a task force would be revisited following the community discussion; if people are not in agreement about the composition of their group, it is harder for them to come to agreement over tougher issues; it may come Regular Meeting Alameda City Council September 16, 2014 | CityCouncil/2014-09-16.pdf |