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CityCouncil | 2020-06-29 | 1 | MINUTES OF THE SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING TUESDAY- - JUNE 29, 2020- 5:30 P.M. Mayor Ezzy Ashcraft convened the meeting at 5:30 p.m. and led the Pledge of Allegiance. ROLL CALL - Present: Councilmembers Daysog, Knox White, Oddie, Vella, and Mayor Ezzy Ashcraft - 5. [Note: The meeting was conducted via Zoom.] Absent: None. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS, NON-AGENDA (20-439) Paul Foreman, Alameda, stated the routine invoking of reducing public speaking time gives the public the impression that their thoughts are not valued; urged that the Mayor first ask if there is a motion to waive the time limits prior to just invoking the limit. REGULAR AGENDA ITEMS (20-440) Recommendation to Develop a Work Plan, including Community Dialogue, to Address the Following: 1. Unbundling Services Currently Delivered by the Police Department; 2. Systemic Racism; 3. a Review of Police Department Policies and Practices; 4. Police Department Accountability and Oversight; 5. a Review of Laws that Criminalize Survival; and 6. Other Matters which may be Pertinent, including Vacancies. The Assistant City Manager made a brief presentation. Councilmember Oddie inquired whether Council is looking at systemic racism as a broader societal, Citywide issue, and not focusing specifically on accusing the Police Department or Officers in the Department, of racism; stated that he just wants to be clear what Council is looking at. The Assistant City Manager responded that he has heard it to be a conversation about either organizationally or with the community; the particular component of the work program has not been directed towards the Police Department; it has been organizationally as the City of Alameda and as the broader community, which is why it is not embedded in the work plan tonight. Councilmember Oddie stated in the future, it would be helpful to bifurcate the topic on the agenda that addresses Police reform so there is not confusion that the focus is on one particular department. The Assistant City Manager stated the work plan could do that going forward. Special Meeting Alameda City Council 1 June 29, 2020 | CityCouncil/2020-06-29.pdf |