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CityCouncil | 2020-06-29 | 20 | needs to be discussion whether there should be consistent membership within the subcommittee; it is important to know whether members will be asked to be on the steering committee for a month or if they need to carve out time for a longer duration. Mayor Ezzy Ashcraft concurred with Councilmember Vella regarding the amount of time envisioned for the community engagement; stated that she hopes the economy would open back up soon and people can get back to their livelihoods; inquired what the timeframe would look like. Vice Mayor Knox White stated that he has heard comments from community members that Council will disperse too much; there is a lot of validity to that; anti-racism and unbundling are long term projects; he has a personal interest in engaging in the anti- racism work and how that looks at a City and City government level; he thinks the two issues should be reviewed by the end of the month; the other policy issues can be looked at on separate tracks, but have two or three tracks going on at the same time; he trusts the steering committee for the timeframe. Councilmember Oddie stated he trusts that the steering committee would communicate to the members the expectations on the timeframe. Councilmember Daysog stated he would be looking at the end of July or early August; the City of San Leandro has made major decisions regarding de-funding Police rapidly; he believes Alameda can make similar decision on the same timeframe; he would like to look at the CAHOOTS program as a model and Council can begin to make good decisions; staff can look into an additional range of other issues which he thinks can be done by the end of month. In response to Mayor Ezzy Ashcraft's inquiry, the City Manager stated staff has some good direction and he will work with staff to set up the steering committee format and hopefully come back with staff report to Council by July 21st Mayor Ezzy Ashcraft stated she was looking for more than just status report. The City Manager clarified that, at the minimum, staff would come back with status and a recommendation. Councilmember Oddie moved approval of authorizing the creation of a steering committee comprised of Mayor Ezzy Ashcraft and Councilmember Vella to develop the scope and goal, with the membership based on the policy documents by Vice Mayor Knox White and Councilmember Vella, with a deadline to report back by July 31st Mayor Ezzy Ashcraft stated she would like the motion to base the work on both the policy document and the entire Council discussion. Councilmember Oddie concurred with Mayor Ezzy Ashcraft and accepted the amendment to the motion. Special Meeting Alameda City Council 20 June 29, 2020 | CityCouncil/2020-06-29.pdf |