2004-12-14 Special CC MinutesMINUTES OF THE SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING
TUESDAY- - DECEMBER 14, 2004- -7:00 P.M.
Mayor Johnson convened the Special Meeting at 7:30 p.m.
Roll Call - Present: Councilmembers Daysog, Kerr, Matarrese and
Mayor Johnson - 4.
Absent: Councilmember Gilmore - 1.
Agenda
(04 -672) A Special Meeting was called to allow the Council to attend
a Town Hall Meeting with the City of San Leandro to allow public
comment on the Koi Nation Casino being proposed near the Oakland
Airport.
Opponents: Alice Lai - Bitker, Alameda County Board of Supervisors;
Doug Siden, East Bay Regional Park District; Rachel Richman,
Assemblywoman Wilma Chan; Emilia Martins, San Leandro; Gail Wetzork,
Alameda; Alaina Stewart, Alameda; Susan Buresh, San Leandro; Ursula
Jensen, Alameda; Dave Needle, CLASS; Robert Pardee, Alameda; Joan
Adcock, Coral Reef Inns and Suites; Sam Caponio, San Leandro; Reyla
Graber, Alameda; Betty Crowhurst, Alameda; Richard Hofmann, Alameda;
Michael Scholtes, Alameda; Rob Wonder, Alameda; Cathy Leong, Alameda
Chamber of Commerce; Lee Harris, Alameda; Tracy Myers, San Leandro;
Janet Waring, San Leandro; Barry Finkelstein; Mike Katz, San Leandro;
Laura Hutton, Alameda; Nancy Issel- Mayes; Ann Channin, Alameda;
Barbara Tulesa, Alameda; Neil Garcia - Sinclair, Alameda; Michael John
Torrey, Alameda; Robert Schwartz, San Leandro; Red Wetherill, San
Leandro; Charles Hodgkins, Alameda; Eric Helmgren, Alameda; Tom
Jordan, Community of Harbor Bay Isle; Richard Jepson, Alameda; Joel
Achramovicz; Ann Mitchum, Oakland; Jen Jackson, Save the Bay; Jean
Sweeney, Alameda; Melody Marr, Alameda Chamber of Commerce; Marilyn
Oliver, Alameda; Rosemary McNally, Alameda; Liz Rogers, Alameda;
Janet Mefh, San Leandro; Donald Mattersdorff; Conna Lopez; Carole
Parnes; Melissa Plaisance, Alameda; and Carol Brown, San Leandro.
Neutral: Wafaa Aborashed, San Leandro; Bill Smith, Alameda; and Jeff
Houston, San Leandro.
Proponents: David Carvalho, Oakland.
Adjournment
Mayor Johnson adjourned the Special Meeting at 9:50 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Lara Weisiger, City Clerk
Agenda for meeting was posted in accordance with the Brown Act.
Special Meeting
Alameda City Council
December 14, 2004