pages: CityCouncil/2016-10-18.pdf, 18
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CityCouncil | 2016-10-18 | 18 | Councilmember Daysog stated the staff report states: if the local resident is also a High School graduate of Alameda Unified School District those hours count as double towards meeting the goal"; requested adding " if the local resident is also a high school graduate of a private high school in Alameda those hours will count as double towards meeting the goal". The City Attorney inquired if Council is saying the person has to be a local resident, to which Mayor Spencer responded in the affirmative. The City Attorney inquired whether Council's request is the extra benefit is for a student graduating high school or obtaining a GED in Alameda, or being an Alameda resident at the time they graduated high school. Mayor Spencer responded in the affirmative. Councilmember Ezzy Ashcraft inquired whether Council is reducing the number of required local hours worked; stated the hours for a graduate of AUSD will count as double, therefore, one person would have twice as much impact on the 25%; questioned if that is what Council wants to do. Mayor Spencer stated maybe Council does not want the language to read double. Councilmember Daysog stated the double phrase is needed because there needs to be an incentive to pull people from Alameda into the positions. The City Manager inquired if the interest is to keep within the 25% and allow some double for all high school students or equivalent high school students of schools in Alameda, including private, charter and other schools. Mayor Spencer inquired if that would exclude O'Dowd High School. The City Manager responded in the affirmative. Councilmember Daysog stated his concern is if you are a parent in Alameda and pay property taxes, your child should have as much right as any other child. The City Manager responded said individual would qualify as a local resident. Mayor Spencer stated there are special needs students that are not graduates of Alameda Unified going to school outside of the City. The City Manager stated they would still be a resident. Councilmember Daysog inquired whether the student would still receive the benefit for the future employer or trainer by being a local resident, to which the City Manager Regular Meeting Alameda City Council October 18, 2016 | CityCouncil/2016-10-18.pdf |