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CityCouncil | 2019-01-15 | 15 | The City Clerk responded in the affirmative; stated a decision must be made now because there is not another meeting prior to submitting the rebuttal arguments on January 24th In response to Councilmember Oddie's inquiry regarding options, the City Clerk stated the same subcommittees can be maintained, or they can be swapped. Vice Mayor Knox White inquired if there is a way to indent bullet points. The City Clerk responded in the affirmative; stated the formatting must be submitted by 5:00pm January 16th. Mayor Ezzy Ashcraft requested input from the City Attorney's office on formatting. Vice Mayor Knox White recommended the authors of each argument sign and leave space for interested community members to sign; stated rebuttals should be written by the campaigns rather than Council. The City Clerk stated if different people write the rebuttal there is an additional requirement, the authors of the first one have to sign a release to allow other authors. Councilmember Vella stated the indentions went away due to formatting; she is happy to re-format and add the link; proposed a vote be taken in terms of giving the Mayor authority to sign on behalf of the Council and leave four spaces open for community signatures; inquired if that is possible. The City Clerk stated the Mayor's title may be used. Mayor Ezzy Ashcraft expressed concern over not having unanimous vote of the Council; stated the Mayor and Vice Mayor can sign with respective titles. Councilmember Oddie stated that he agrees with indenting the bullets; inquired about multiple arguments being submitted. The City Clerk responded there is an order in the Elections Code; stated Council is highest in the order. Councilmember Oddie inquired if Council loses priority if the rebuttal is delegate to the campaign. The City Clerk responded in the negative; stated once there are two sides that have completed two direct arguments, then, rebuttals are done by the same groups. Councilmember Vella moved approval of the language [in the argument against the initiative] with the link and the indent, and authorizing the same subcommittee to work Special Meeting Alameda City Council January 15, 2019 2 | CityCouncil/2019-01-15.pdf |