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CityCouncil | 2016-07-05 | 7 | Vice Mayor Matarrese stated the separation of operations from policy is maintained in the ordinance and does not usurp the ability of the Council to provide authority to the Mayor, or the Council's role in defining an emergency. Vice Mayor Matarrese moved final passage of the ordinance. Councilmember Ezzy Ashcraft seconded the motion. Under discussion, Councilmember Ezzy Ashcraft stated, disaster planning and preparedness is now differently; the kinds of disasters communities have seen would not have been contemplated; responses to emergencies more sophisticated; the Disaster Council brings together staff and a variety of backgrounds in the community; the Disaster Council does the planning; encouraged residents to take Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) training. Mayor Spencer stated Alameda is not following the State's model ordinance; the State- proposed ordinance has the Mayor as the Chair of the Disaster Council. Councilmember Oddie stated he concurs with Councilmember Daysog's statements. On the call for the question, the motion carried by the following voice vote: Ayes: Councilmembers Daysog, Ezzy Ashcraft, Matarrese and Oddie - 4. Noes: Mayor Spencer - 1. REGULAR AGENDA ITEMS (16-337) Resolution No. 15183, "Calling an Election to be Consolidated with the City's Next General Municipal Election on November 8, 2016, and Submitting to the Voters at That Election a Measure, the Utility Modernization Act, That Proposes to Amend the City Charter by Amending Section 12-6 to Reaffirm Alameda Municipal Power's (AMP) Annual General Fund Transfer and Amending the Alameda Municipal Code by Repealing Chapter 3-59 and Replacing It with a Modernized Utility Users Tax Ordinance; Consider Authoring a Direct and Possible Rebuttal Argument; and Direct the City Attorney to Prepare the Impartial Analysis.' Adopted. The Assistant City Manager, Don Maynor, MuniServices, and the Finance Director gave a Power Point presentation. The Assistant City Manager stated the 2015 Ginsburg VS. City of Alameda lawsuit claims the AMP transfer is a violation of Proposition 26 which was passed in 2010 and requires a vote of the people; almost all municipal utilities do some sort of transfer to their General Fund; staff believes Alameda is grandfathered and has included the transfer in the ballot measure as an abundance of caution. Mayor Spencer inquired whether the municipal utilities have voter approval before doing Regular Meeting Alameda City Council July 5, 2016 | CityCouncil/2016-07-05.pdf |