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CityCouncil | 2020-05-19 | 3 | (20-314) Conference with Legal Counsel - Anticipated Litigation (Significant Exposure to Litigation Pursuant to Paragraph (2) of Subdivision (d) of Section 54956.9); Number of Cases: One (As Defendant - City Exposure to Legal Action; Potential Plaintiffs: Renewed Hope Housing Advocates and Arc Ecology. (20-315) Conference with Real Property Negotiators (Pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.8); Property: Alameda Theatre, Located at 2317 Central Avenue, Alameda, CA; City Negotiators: Eric J. Levitt, City Manager; Lisa Maxwell, Assistant City Attorney; Debbie Potter, Community Development Director; and Nanette Mocanu, Assistant Community Development Director; Negotiating Parties: City of Alameda and Alameda Entertainment L.P.: Under Negotiation: Price and Terms. Not heard. Following the Closed Session, the meeting was reconvened and the City Clerk announced that regarding Existing Litigation, staff provided information and provided direction by the following roll call vote: Councilmembers Daysog: No; Knox White: Aye; Oddie: Aye; Vella: Aye; and Mayor Ezzy Ashcraft: Aye; Ayes: 4, Noes: 1, as follows: the City has been asked to join numerous other local jurisdictions by signing on to an amicus brief filed in the above case where the Court of Appeal for the 4th Circuit will consider a challenge to a Trump Administration Executive Order that would give States and localities the power to prevent refugees from being resettled in their jurisdiction; a US District Court in Maryland granted a preliminary injunction against the Executive Order; the amicus brief seeks to support the plaintiffs and oppose the Executive Order because: 1) the importance and contributions of refugee community members, 2) refugees often provide large returns on the nation's investment in them by improving local economies, and 3) the Executive Order's deep incompatibility with the Refugee Act by diminishing cities' input into the process and undermining Congressional intent by making it much more likely that refugees will be resettled in inappropriate locations, if at all, e.g. not with their families or others from their regions or in cities that are overburdened due to opt-outs; the Council has voted to authorize the City Attorney to sign the amicus brief as requested; regarding Site A, and Anticipated Litigation staff provided information, Council provided direction and no vote was taken. Adjournment There being no further business, Mayor Ezzy Ashcraft adjourned the meeting at 6:51 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Lara Weisiger City Clerk The agenda for this meeting was posted in accordance with the Sunshine Ordinance. 2 | CityCouncil/2020-05-19.pdf |