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CityCouncil | 2016-01-19 | 8 | Councilmember Oddie agreed with Acting Mayor Matarrese; stated there are certain questions; he hopes to have an ordinance on February 16th that Council can vote on and have as clean and clear as possible; he feels there are some principles of agreement that the community would be interested in seeing because there is some confusion in the community as to what the Council agreed on. The Interim City Manager stated the agenda goes out on January 21st and the report will not be elaborate; only very high level principals of agreement will be included. Councilmember Daysog inquired whether decisions made by Council on January 5th it will not be coming back to Council; the clarification will be firming up questions. The Interim City Manager stated after reviewing the minutes and notes from January 5th , staff felt there were items which did not have a strong consensus; said items will return to Council. Councilmember Daysog stated if staff is recommending that the approach will better serve the outcome to deal with excessive rent increases, then he will support it. Councilmember Ezzy Ashcraft stated she watched the video from January 5th; some principals of agreement were missed; she sent a memo to staff. Councilmember Daysog inquired what Councilmember Ezzy Ashcraft meant by stating "some points needed to be added in." Councilmember Ezzy Ashcraft responded that she did not mean added in, she meant silence on an issue does not mean consensus. Acting Mayor Matarrese stated that he wants to focus on a fairly defined set of discussion points and does not want to reopen the hearing; he would like to give input to staff to craft something to bring back for its first reading on February 16th and allow the public a chance to comment. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS, NON-AGENDA None. COUNCIL REFERRALS None. COUNCIL COMMUNICATIONS (16-035) Councilmember Daysog announced that he attended the AC Transit/City of Alameda Liaison Meeting; the staff and board members are encouraging the City to Regular Meeting Alameda City Council January 19, 2016 | CityCouncil/2016-01-19.pdf |