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CityCouncil | 2014-09-16 | 8 | Vice Mayor Ezzy Ashcraft inquired what staff means by stating there would not be a recommendation unless consensus is reached on preferred outcome. The Community Development Director responded the language was proposed by the Planning Board with the intent that the task force would work to achieve consensus for any recommendations; staff tried to adhere to the Planning Board proposal. Vice Mayor Ezzy Aschraft stated the Council has a lot of communication from Alameda citizens; the proposed seven task force members are from different bodies or groups; inquired whether the groups were also recommended by the Planning Board. The Community Development Director responded the Planning Board wanted stakeholders included, staff created the best stakeholder list; the groups agreed to participate on task force. Councilmember Daysog stated the issues of considering the state of the residential market in Alameda should include the risk of closure and mass evictions. In response to Councilmember Chen's inquiry regarding staff adhering to Planning Board recommendation, the Community Development Director stated the Planning Board made a recommendation to the Council; when Council charged staff with creating a task force, staff looked to the language that the Planning Board recommended to the City Council. Mayor Gilmore stated Council received a lot of comments which centered around the composition and necessity of a task force; people assumed defacto there would be rent control; the scope of the issues are not known; rising rents is a big issue; creating a task force is a way to start the discussion that the community wants; there is no predetermined outcome. Councilmember Tam stated the task force is one alternative; letters received from property management and tenant groups indicate they have been meeting externally to discuss the same issues; that she would like to understand the efforts going on outside of Council discussion; inquired what the discussions have been like, who is involved, the scope, and the expected outcome, and whether the meetings are more inclusive and allow free flowing discussion, rather than a structured and constrained task force. Jeff Cambra responded that he provided a report to Councilmember Chen regarding the outside efforts; stated that he suggests having a community discussion model; the discussion would not be a mediation, although mediation techniques can be used at an impasse; parties are already in agreement on concepts; the issue is complex and there is not one solution. Mayor Gilmore inquired how long the process would take before being brought back to Council. Regular Meeting Alameda City Council September 16, 2014 | CityCouncil/2014-09-16.pdf |