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CityCouncil | 2016-07-19 | 8 | the two measures. The Assistant City Attorney responded in the affirmative; stated most of the renter's initiative is substantively different than the City ordinance. Mayor Spencer inquired what would happen if Council does not include the new language. The Assistant City Attorney responded items that could be reconciled would be; with items that cannot be reconciled, the measure that receives the higher number of votes would prevail. Mayor Spencer inquired whether whichever one has the higher number of votes would prevail. The Assistant City Attorney responded that if the City sponsored measure does not have the provision and it receives more votes than the renter's initiative, there would be the conflict described earlier. Mayor Spencer inquired whether the language added to the City ordinance would state the City Council has discretion to amend or repeal what the people vote for at any time; inquired if the City ordinance passes, could the Council repeal the ordinance entirely at the next Council Meeting. The Assistant City Attorney responded in the affirmative; stated the distinction is the measure that the City Manager is referring to is an ordinance, not a Charter amendment; an ordinance can be amended. Mayor Spencer inquired whether the City is asking voters to approve the ordinance and also asking to give Council the power to repeal the ordinance entirely, to which the Assistant City Attorney responded in the affirmative. The City Attorney stated the Council currently has the ability to repeal or amend the ordinance; the process takes two readings of the ordinance and has to be noticed; the advantage is an ordinance allows flexibility to make modifications. Mayor Spencer stated her objection is that if the ordinance passes with the highest votes, the Council could change the outcome the following week; she feels there is a significant difference. Vice Mayor Matarrese inquired whether the signatures submitted by the landlords failing the random sample check would require a higher threshold of examination. The City Clerk responded in the affirmative; stated if the check of signatures falls into the 95 to 110% range, the signatures go to a complete check and every signature will be checked. Regular Meeting Alameda City Council 7 July 19, 2016 | CityCouncil/2016-07-19.pdf |