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CityCouncil | 2017-09-05 | 12 | Councilmember Ezzy Ashcraft requested the City Manager to respond to Vice Mayor Vella's question. The City Manager responded there are a number of matters that staff, legal and the City Manager's Office are involved in, such as rent stabilization, inclusionary housing and development projects. Councilmember Matarrese stated the Council has already prioritized the cannabis issue and the matter is lower than inclusionary housing and homelessness. Mayor Spencer stated the priority was determined prior to her bringing another referral. Councilmember Matarrese moved approval of directing staff to synthesize the list of commonalities with the majority votes and notes from the community and return with the next step, in a time that meets the Council priorities. Vice Mayor Vella seconded the motion. Under discussion, Mayor Spencer requested clarification on the timeframe. The Community Development Director responded the matter will return at the first Council meeting in November, but will not be the final product; stated since many meetings will need to be held, an ordinance will cannot be adopted prior to January 2nd: Council might want to give direction to have a ban with a sunset. Councilmember Ezzy Ashcraft inquired whether there can be a stand-alone meeting to be able to knock out the first draft of the ordinance. The City Manager suggested coming back with an ordinance that addresses manufacturing and testing and prohibits everything else until Council reviews the issues. The Community Development Director stated said approach allows for a first and second reading and the ordinance would be effective in 30 days prior to January 2nd. Councilmember Oddie stated it seems to him staff is trying to find a way to say no, instead of trying to find a way to say yes. The City Manager stated staff is saying yes. Councilmember Oddie stated staff is only saying yes to a piece of the matter, which was already rejected earlier; he is open to the hard ban but does not want to go much past the end of the first quarter of next year. Councilmember Ezzy Ashcraft stated the City Managers proposal is reasonable; there could be a roadmap outlining the next items to add to the ordinance. Special Meeting Alameda City Council June 6, 2017 | CityCouncil/2017-09-05.pdf |