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CityCouncil | 2020-06-29 | 19 | Vice Mayor Knox White stated he is not ready to move forward with any specifics tonight; he is not going to be able to support having a subcommittee come up with a process tonight that does not have dates or cannot come back with finalized amended goals and objectives by the end of the month; he cannot support the direction if there are no milestones; Mayor Ezzy Ashcraft's proposed subcommittee working with staff will slow things down; the community expects and deserves some action so they are not waiting another month; if Council is going to move forward with some model, he would like to know when it will be brought back, who will be on the steering committee and the process, so that there are goals and objectives by the end of the month; he does not want to wait another month. Mayor Ezzy Ashcraft stated what she intends to work with Councilmember Vella very quickly come up with proposals that can be brought back to Council for finalization, but she would like to see specified plans, a timeline, measurables and how to decide outcomes; she would like to get a better idea of what body will help shape the process; July is very busy; Council may need to carve out time in August. Councilmember Oddie stated with COVID, he is not going anywhere; he agrees with Vice Mayor Knox White that there has to be a definitive date; one of the beauties of the proposal is that it has a fixed, rapid schedule; there is unanimity regarding the unbundling; he wants to know how Council should proceed. Mayor Ezzy Ashcraft stated there is agreement across the board that Council does need to unbundle Police services; she has a general sense and aspirational goal of what the resources would look like, but there is the need to analyze data; the question is what is the right model and how to get there in terms of funding. Councilmember Oddie stated Council direction qualifies under Vice Mayor Knox White's definition of a pre-determined outcome. Vice Mayor Knox White stated his proposal is that Council give staff, and the experts on the staff, the Police Chief's list of five different policies to come up with a model and return to Council with a recommendation; unbundling can be an ongoing conversation. Councilmember Oddie inquired what the deliverable on unbundling would be from the steering committee. Vice Mayor Knox White responded the steering committee would come back with community-derived goals and objective definitions, and also a process for having a conversation with the community to identify what unbundling looks like and what are the important things to unbundle; then it comes to Council for a decision. Councilmember Vella stated she thinks everyone is in agreement that Council would come back by the end of July; a special meeting can be scheduled to actually get concurrence with the proposals; there will also be a number of town hall opportunities, recognizing that there are other committees and groups that are meeting; there also Special Meeting Alameda City Council 19 June 29, 2020 | CityCouncil/2020-06-29.pdf |