City Council
Regular MeetingAlameda, CA · May 21, 2024
Agenda
City of Alameda
Meeting Agenda
City Council
Tuesday, May 21, 2024 7:00 PM City Hall, 2263 Santa Clara Avenue, Council
Chambers, 3rd Floor, Alameda CA 94501
The agenda was revised on May 21, 2024 at 12:00 p.m. to add a teleconference location
MEETING TIMES: Closed Session - 5:30 p.m.
Joint Meeting - 6:59 p.m.
Regular Meeting - 7:00 p.m.
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Public Speaking Times:
Up to 4 speakers: 3 minutes
5 or more speakers: 2 minutes
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SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING - CLOSED SESSION - 5:30 P.M.
1 Roll Call - City Council
Note: Councilmember Vella will be present via teleconference from 191
Dorrance St, Providence, RI 02903
2 Public Comment on Closed Session Items Only
3 Adjournment to Closed Session to consider:
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3-A 2024-4038 CONFERENCE WITH LABOR NEGOTIATORS (Government Code
Section 54957.6)
CITY NEGOTIATORS: Jennifer Ott, City Manager, Jessica Romeo,
Human Resources Director, and Doug McManaway, Deputy City
Attorney
EMPLOYEE ORGANIZATIONS: International Brotherhood of
Electrical Workers (IBEW)
UNDER NEGOTIATION: Salaries, Employee Benefits and Terms of
Employment
3-B 2024-4045 CONFERENCE WITH REAL PROPERTY NEGOTIATORS (Pursuant
to Government Code Section 54956.8)
PROPERTY: Tract 8570 (Lots 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7), known as
Submerged Properties Adjacent to the Fernside Boulevard Public
Access Pathways CITY NEGOTIATORS: Assistant City Manager
Amy Wooldridge and Special Counsel Michael Roush
NEGOTIATING PARTIES: City of Alameda and Musso Trust (Lot 2);
Zimmermann and Tse (Lot 3); Barics and Polentz (Lot 4); Walker
Trust Lot 5); McDonald et. al (Lot 6); and Fisher Trust (Lot 7)
UNDER NEGOTIATION: Price and Terms of Sale
4 Announcement of Action Taken in Closed Session, if any
2024-4103 May 21, 2024 Closed Session Announcement
Attachments: Announcement
5 Adjournment - City Council
SPECIAL JOINT MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND SUCCESSOR AGENCY
TO THE COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT COMMISSION (SACIC) MEETING - 6:59
P.M.
Pledge of Allegiance
1 Roll Call - City Council and SACIC
Note: Councilmember/Commissioner Vella will be present via
teleconference from 191 Dorrance St, Providence, RI 02903
2 Consent Calendar - Routine items are approved by one motion unless
Council/SACIC remove items for discussion; removed items are called
after Agenda Items; Councilmembers/Commissioners may speak for up to
3 minutes
2-A 2024-4060 Minutes of the Special Joint City Council and Successor Agency to
the Community Improvement Commission Meeting Held on April 16,
2024. [City Council/SACIC] (City Clerk)
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2-B 2024-4011 Recommendation to Accept the Investment Transactions Report for
the Quarter Ending March 31, 2024. [City Council and SACIC]
(Finance 10024051)
Attachments: Exhibit 1: Quarterly Investment Transactions Report
3 Agenda Items
3-A 2024-4053 Adoption of Resolution Appointing Jason Kim as a Member of the
Transportation Commission. [City Council]
3-B 2024-3933 Recommendation to Accept the Fiscal Year 2022-23 Audited
Financial Statements and Compliance Reports. [City Council/SACIC]
(Finance 10024051) [Not heard on April 16, 2024]
Attachments: Exhibit 1: Audited Annual Comprehensive Financial
Report
Exhibit 2: Gann Limit Agreed Upon Procedures Report
Exhibit 3: Measure B Report
Exhibit 4: Measure BB Report
Exhibit 5: Vehicle Registration Fee Report
Exhibit 6: Memorandum on Internal Control
Exhibit 7: Base Reuse Agreed Upon Procedures
Exhibit 8: Investments Agreed Upon Procedures
Exhibit 9: Required Communications
Exhibit 10: Single Audit
Presentation
3-C 2024-4044 Budget Workshop for Fiscal Year 2024-25 Proposed Mid-Cycle
Budget Update to Provide Direction on Funding Changes that Will Be
Incorporated into Midcycle Budget Adoption Materials for City Council
Consideration on June 18, 2024. [City Council/SACIC] (Finance
10024054)
Attachments: Exhibit 1: Budget Requests and Recommendations
Exhibit 2: Workforce Change Requests and
Recommendations
Exhibit 2: REVISED Workforce Change Requests and
Recommendations
Exhibit 3: Strategic Plan Status Report
Presentation
Correspondence - Updated 5-21
3-D 2024-4013 Public Hearing to Consider Adoption of Resolution to Amend Master
Fee Resolution No. 12191 to Revise the Fee Schedules for the
Alameda Recreation and Parks Department, Planning, Building and
Transportation Department, Public Works Department, Finance
Department, and the Fire Department. [City Council] (Finance
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10024051)
Attachments: Exhibit 1: User Fees and Charges Study
Exhibit 2: Proposed 2024-2025 Master Fee Schedule
Exhibit 3: Current 2022-2023 Master Fee Schedule
Exhibit 4: Alameda County Updated User Fees
Exhibit 5: Financial Hardship Policy for Fees
Resolution
Presentation
4 Adjournment - City Council and SACIC
REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING - 7:00 P.M.
1 Roll Call - City Council
Note: Councilmember Vella will be present via teleconference from 191
Dorrance St, Providence, RI 02903
2 Agenda Changes
3 Proclamations, Special Orders of the Day and Announcements - Limited
to 15 minutes
4 Oral Communications, Non-Agenda (Public Comment) - Speakers may
address the Council in regard to any matter not on the agenda over which
the Council has jurisdiction; limited to 15 minutes and in-person
comments only; remaining speakers may comment under Section 9
5 Consent Calendar - Routine items are approved by one motion unless
Councilmembers remove items for discussion; removed items are called
after Regular Agenda Items; Councilmembers may speak for up to 3
minutes
5-A 2024-4061 Minutes of the Special and Regular City Council Meetings Held on
April 16, 2024. (City Clerk)
5-B 2024-4062 Bills for Ratification. (Finance)
Attachments: Bills for Ratification
5-C 2024-3995 Recommendation to Authorize Updates to the Existing Alameda
Police Department Policy Manual to Conform to Best Practices and to
Ratify Policies that Have Been Updated Pursuant to Legal Updates,
Significant Liability Issues, and Imminent Safety. (Police 10031100)
Attachments: Exhibit 1: Policy Updates
5-D 2024-4034 Recommendation to Authorize the City Manager to Execute a
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Twenty-Five Month Agreement with Rise Housing Solutions to
Provide Inclusionary Housing Homeownership Buyer Selection
Services, Based on the Updated Annual Below Market Rate
Homeownership Lottery Procedures, with a Total Compensation
Amount Not-to-Exceed $180,000. (City Manager 20621840)
Attachments: Exhibit 1: Agreement
Exhibit 2: Updated Homeownership Lottery Procedures
5-E 2024-4014 Public Hearing to Consider Adoption of the Community Development
Block Grant/HOME Investment Partnerships Program Fiscal Year
2024-25 Action Plan; Authorize the City Manager to Use Permanent
Local Housing Allocation Funds; and Authorize the City Manager to
Negotiate and Execute Related Documents, Agreements, and
Modifications at Funding Levels Approved by Congress. (City
Manager 20321841, 20121847 & 22221840)
Attachments: Exhibit 1: Draft Action Plan
Exhibit 2: Draft Summary of Activities
5-F 2024-4016 Recommendation to Authorize the Purchase of One Truck Mounted
Leaf Vacuum for an Amount Not-to-Exceed $241,435.76 from
Municipal Maintenance Equipment, Consistent with the Vehicle
Replacement Policy; and
Adoption of Resolution Amending the Fiscal Year 2023-24 Operating
and Capital Budgets by Reducing Revenue and Expenditures
Appropriations in Capital Improvement Project C31000 (301) by
$205,436 and Increasing Revenue and Expenditures in the Vehicle
Replacement Fund (601) by $205,436 to Fund the Purchase of One
Truck Mounted Leaf Vacuum. (Public Works 60141581)
Attachments: Exhibit 1: Quote
Resolution
5-G 2024-4012 Adoption of Resolution Reauthorizing Resolution No. 16104, which
Amended the Rules of Order Governing City Council Meetings
Concerning the Consent Calendar, Speaking Times for the Public
and Reviewing, Changing or Rescinding Prior Council Actions. (City
Clerk 10012010)
Attachments: Exhibit 1: Rules of Order
Resolution
5-H 2024-4015 Adoption of Resolution Approving a Tentative Map (Tract 8674) to
Subdivide a 0.47-Acre Parcel (PN 072-0383-007-05) to Create Ten
Townhome Lots and Two Common Area Parcels within a Remainder
Portion of the Del Monte Warehouse Master Plan Area.
This Project Is Categorically Exempt from the California
Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Pursuant to CEQA Guidelines
Sections 15332, In-Fill Development and 15183, Projects Consistent
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with a General Plan. (Planning Building and Transportation
20962710)
Attachments: Exhibit 1: Tract 8674 Tentative Map
Resolution
5-I 2024-4037 Adoption of Resolution Amending the Salary Schedule for Part-Time
Classifications Effective June 2, 2024 to Reflect Changes to the City
of Alameda Minimum Wage and to Maintain Adequate Differentials
Between Part-Time Job Categories. (Human Resources 10025060)
Attachments: Exhibit 1: Minimum Wage Ordinance
Exhibit 2: Revised Part-Time Classifications Salary
Schedule
Exhibit 2: REVISED Revised Part-Time Classifications
Salary Schedule
Resolution
Resolution - REVISED
Supplemental Memo
5-J 2024-4052 Final Passage of Ordinance Amending the Alameda Municipal Code
by Repealing Current Chapter XX (Floodplain Management) in Its
Entirety and Adopting a New Chapter XX (Floodplain Management) to
Implement the City of Alameda General Plan and the Climate
Adaptation and Resiliency Plan and Make Other Technical
Amendments.
No further environmental review is required under the California
Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to CEQA Guidelines
sections 15162 and 15163. (Public Works 31041520)
6 Continued Agenda Items
6-A 2024-3989 Final Passage of Ordinance Amending the Alameda Municipal Code
by Adding Section 7-9.9 (Animal Testing Ban) to Article 7-9 (General
Provisions) of Chapter VII (Animal Control) to Prohibit Animal Testing
and Experimentation on Property Owned or Controlled by the City of
Alameda in its Proprietary Capacity. (City Attorney’s Office 10023040)
[Continued from May, 7, 2024]
Attachments: Correspondence
7 Regular Agenda Items
7-A 2024-4039 Recommendation to Provide Direction on Naming the Park at
Alameda Marina as Svendsen Maritime Park Based on the
Background Investigation Report. (Recreation 10051400)
Attachments: Exhibit 1: Background Investigation Report
Correspondence - Updated 5/22
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7-B 2024-4040 Recommendation to Accept the Annual Military Equipment Report for
the Alameda Police Department and Continue to Allow the
Department to Use and Maintain the Equipment Previously Adopted;
and
Introduction of Ordinance Adopting a Military Equipment Use Policy
for Uncrewed Aerial Systems (UAS) (Drones) for the Alameda Police
Department; and
Recommendation to Authorize the City Manager to Purchase Two
Drones from Axon Enterprise, Inc. in an Amount Not-to-Exceed
$143,804.02 over a Term of Five Years, once the Ordinance
Authorizing a Policy Governing the Use of Drones Becomes Effective.
In accordance with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA),
this action is categorically exempt from further environmental review
pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Sections 15321 (law enforcement
activities by peace officers) and Section 15061(b)(3) (common sense
exemption), since it can be seen with certainty that the proposed
action has no potential to have a significant adverse effect on the
environment. (Police 10031100)
Attachments: Exhibit 1: Policy and Policy Equipment List
Exhibit 2: Deployment List
Exhibit 3: Feedback Submissions
Exhibit 4: Weapon Inventory
Exhibit 5: Uncrewed Aerial System Policy
Exhibit 6: Draft Inventory Updated Policy 709
Exhibit 7: Uncrewed Aerial System Cost Estimate
Ordinance
Presentation
Correspondence from Councilmember Herrera Spencer -
Updated 5/21
Correspondence - Updated 5/22
8 City Manager Communications - Communications from City Manager
9 Oral Communications, Non-Agenda (Public Comment) - Speakers may
address the Council in regard to any matter not on the agenda over which
the Council has jurisdiction; comments are limited to In-person only
10 Council Referrals - Matters placed on the agenda by Councilmembers may
be scheduled as future agenda items or dispositive action may be taken
on sufficiently noticed time sensitive legislative matters; presentations
are limited to 5 minutes; Councilmembers may speak for up to 3 minutes
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11 Council Communications - Councilmembers may speak for up to 9
minutes to address any matter not on the agenda, including reporting on
conferences or meetings
12 Adjournment - City Council
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