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CityCouncil | 2018-04-17 | 25 | sources; the Chamber of Commerce may be more likely to have sources for outreach; she would leave it for staff to do the most effective outreach; potential fiscal impacts to the City's budget need to be reviewed; she does not like seeing Alameda lag so far behind in the region; she would like to proceed as quickly as possible; inquired when an ordinance could come back for a first reading. The Economic Development Manager responded the earliest an ordinance can come back for a first reading is September 4th, but staff recommends late November or early December. Vice Mayor Vella stated that she feels Alameda is incredibly behind on the minimum wage issue; businesses are having a difficult time competing; neighboring cities already increased minimum wage; Alameda needs to plan a faster track and she would like an ordinance to come back in September; she would like an estimate relative to the budget; she does not disagree with the outreach strategy, but would like to be able to provide decent jobs within Alameda; the sooner fiscal impacts to the City are known, the better; both scenarios presented assume that Alameda moves to a certain year without bifurcating tiers; inquired whether or not Council recommended bifurcating the scenarios. The Economic Development Manager responded the scenarios were presented as two tiers for the Council, but could be done in another way, per Council direction. In response to Vice Mayor Vella's inquiry, the Economic Development Manager stated staff does not have a recommendation to do the scenarios one way or another. Mayor Spencer stated the scenarios were not part of the original Council referral. Vice Mayor Vella stated that she recommends proposing specific scenarios when conducting public outreach, rather than leaving it open. The Economic Development Manager stated there were more scenarios, but staff removed some from the staff report because it became convoluted. Vice Mayor Vella stated what she wants to know is if there is a strong feeling to bifurcate the small businesses rather than fishtailing it. The Economic Development Manager responded if Alameda has one minimum wage level, it would be easier for staff to monitor; it will be harder for smaller employers to ramp up an spend more money to get to the increased minimum wage level; staff would come back with an option for the Council. Vice Mayor Vella stated her concern with Scenario 1 is that larger employers are on the same schedule as the State to reach $15.00/hour which ramps up quicker but drops off; she would like to hear from the Council whether the goal is to get to $15.00 per hour earlier; she would choose Scenario 2 over Scenario 1; she would like to get a fixed Regular Meeting Alameda City Council 21 April 17, 2018 | CityCouncil/2018-04-17.pdf |