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CityCouncil | 2017-10-03 | 12 | Mayor Spencer inquired what are the next steps and if staff is requesting direction from Council on the additional financing sources. The City Manager inquired whether Mayor Spencer is referring to the long term or intermediate steps in the staff report. Mayor Spencer responded the next long term steps. The City Manager responded staff is asking Council for direction on whether the infrastructure at Alameda Point should be expedited by reviewing alternative funding options. Mayor Spencer inquired whether staff would return to Council for a decision at a later date, to which the City Manager responded in the affirmative; stated staff is looking for policy level direction. Mayor Spencer inquired if the long term steps can be bifurcated from the other direction. Vice Mayor Vella inquired when the matter will return to Council, what will specifically be looked into and what information will be provided. The City Manager responded staff can provide a report on the history of living and working at Alameda Point as it relates to infrastructure; stated she would like Council to assume the infrastructure is 70 years old and needs to be replaced; inquired if Council would like to review ways to rectify the infrastructure. Councilmember Matarrese stated there is enough evidence that the infrastructure needs to be replaced; he would like to see a report that has an exact description of the failure, which calls first came in, what is the trend and root cause and why, what preventative action is being taken immediately and the corrective action which needs to be monitored to ensure its effectiveness; he concurs with Councilmember Oddie that the City should not be spending money now that a developer is slated to spend; residents at Alameda Point are using the water and the infrastructure needs to be fixed now. Councilmember Ezzy Ashcraft concurred with Councilmember Matarrese; stated the work needs to be done now. Councilmember Oddie also concurred with Councilmember Matarrese; stated that he would like a report from the Disaster Council on the plan; the outages should be tracked; he would like to see pictures and maps and evaluate the cost. Vice Mayor Vella stated there needs to be a record of the instances that have happened; there have been a number of different utility failures; Council needs to understand why utilities are failing; she would like to understand the design flaws to be able to address the needs and have a long term solution; questioned how will the phases would be funded and what is the impact if one of the phases does not go Regular Meeting Alameda City Council 10 October 3, 2017 | CityCouncil/2017-10-03.pdf |