Resolution 13972CITY OF ALAMEDA RESOLUTION NO. 3972
ACKNOWLEDGING CITY ATTORNEY
CAROL KORADE
FOR HER CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE CITY OF ALAMEDA
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ALAMEDA records its
appreciation for the extraordinary service faithfully rendered by CAROL
KORADE to the City of Alameda; and
WHEREAS, CAROL KORADE served as City Attorney from July
1989 until June 2006, a period of some 17 years; and
WHEREAS, CAROL KORADE made significant contributions to
the City of Alameda during these years, among those being:
• Prior to Ms. Korade's service, Alameda experienced
significant litigation management problems, including the
threat of being expelled from its risk pool, the California
Joint Powers Risk Management Association. Within a year
of Ms. Korade's assumption of office as City Attorney, the
California Joint Powers Risk Management Association
audit found a "dramatic reversal ... in the area of litigation
management" attributed to Ms. Korade.
• Under Ms. Korade's firm litigation management, Alameda
closed 96 cases between 1989 and 1992 without any
payment by the City. The City's active litigation cases have
averaged only 16 a year since 1991, the City's litigation
budget has remained consistently at least 40% below its
1989 level, and claims and settlements have also averaged
30% of the 1989 level, saving the City of Alameda millions
of dollars.
• As City Attorney, Ms. Korade had overall responsibility to
serve the complex legal needs of the entire City, including
the Mayor and City Council; the Alameda Reuse and
Redevelopment Authority, the Community Improvement
Commission, the Housing Authority, and some 26 other
Boards, Committees, and Commissions, as well as the City
Manager's Office and the City's 13 operational
departments.
• During her tenure, Ms. Korade served during a time of
tremendous expansion in Alameda interests and complex
projects, with the closure of the former Naval Air Station
Alameda in 1997 and resulting City efforts to acquire and
redevelop this property, Alameda ` Power & Telecom's
expansion from an electrical supplier to a
telecommunications provider, and increased
redevelopment in the City.
Ms. Korade also oversaw the legal services related to the
construction of various new housing developments in the
City, including the Bayport project at Alameda Point.
Ms. Korade oversaw the legal services underlying many
redevelopment projects in the City, including the Bridgeside
Shopping Center, Park Street Marketplace, and
revitalization of Park and Webster Streets.
• Ms. Korade assisted the City with the development and
construction of the new Main Library building, Alameda
Power & Telecom telecommunications infrastructure
projects, City ferry operation contracts, and many other
public works initiatives.
WHEREAS, the City Council deeply appreciates the past valuable
services provided by City Attorney Carol Korade and her staff and wish her
much success in her future endeavors.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Council of the
City of Alameda does hereby congratulate CAROL KORADE for her service to
the residents of Alameda and extends its deepest gratitude to her for her many
labors on behalf of the City.
I, the undersigned, hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution was duly and regularly
adopted and passed by the Council of the City of Alameda in the Regular Meeting of the City
Council on the 20th day of June 2006, by the following vote to w
AYES: Councilmembers Daysog, deHaan, Gilmore, Matarrese and Mayor
Johnson - 5.
NOES: None.
ABSENT: None.
ABSTENTIONS: None.
IN WITNESS, WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and a
this 21st day of June, 2006.
fixed the o
icial seal of said City
Lara Weisiger, City C
City of Alameda