2019-06-18 CC CS MinutesSpecial Meeting
Alameda City Council
June 18, 2019
MINUTES OF THE SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING
TUESDAY- -JUNE 18, 2019- -5:30 P.M.
Mayor Ezzy Ashcraft convened the meeting at 5:31 p.m.
Roll Call – Present: Councilmembers Daysog, Knox White, Oddie, Vella and
Mayor Ezzy Ashcraft – 5.
[Note: Councilmember Vella was present via teleconference from 1364
Burbank Street, Alameda, CA 94501]
Absent: None.
The meeting was adjourned to Closed Session to consider:
(19-361) Conference with Real Property Negotiators (Pursuant to Government Code
Section 54956.8); Property: Emma Hood Swim Center, 2256 Alameda Avenue,
Alameda, CA 94501; City Negotiator: Amy Wooldridge, Interim Assistant City Manager,
City of Alameda; Negotiating Parties: City of Alameda and the Alameda Unified School
District; Under Negotiation: Price and terms of payment for the lease of the property
(19-362) Conference with Legal Counsel - Existing Litigation (Pursuant to Government
Code § 54956.9); Case Name: Boatworks v City of Alameda, et al.; Court: Superior
Court of the State of California, County of Alameda; Case Number: RG14746654;
Court: First District Court of Appeal; Case Numbers: A151063, A151919
(19-363) Conference with Legal Counsel - Existing Litigation; Requests for the City to
participate as amicus in pending litigations: (Pursuant to Government Code § 54956.9);
Case Name: R.G. & G.R. Harris Funeral Homes Inc. v. EEOC and Aimee Stephens,
Court: United State Supreme Court, Case No.: 18-107; Case Name: Altitude Express
Inc. v. Zarda, Court: United States Supreme Court, Case No.: 17-1623; Case Name:
Bostock v. Clayton County, Court: United State Supreme Court, Case No.: 17 -1618
(19-364) Conference with Legal Counsel - Existing Litigation (Pursuant to Government
Code § 54956.9); Case Name: Guzman v City of Alameda; Court: Superior Court of the
State of California, County of Alameda; Case Number: RG17885538
(19-365) Conference with Legal Counsel – Liability Claim (Pursuant to Government
Code § 54956.95); Claimaint: James Howley; Agency Claimed Against: City of Alameda
Following the Closed Session, the meeting was reconvened and the City Clerk
announced that:
Regarding Real Property, the Council received information from staff and gave direction
with no vote taken.
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Regarding Boatworks, the Council received information and gave direction with no vote
taken.
Regarding the amicus, the City has been asked to sign on to an amicus brief to be filed
in three cases, as previously mentioned, in which the US Supreme Court will consider
how Title VII’s ban on workplace sex discrimination protects Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and
Queer (LGBTQ) people from discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender
identity; the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and many federal
courts have recognized that anti-LGBTQ discrimination is a form of sex discrimination;
the Supreme Court will now decide whether to revoke these non-discrimination
protections; the Council has voted unanimously to authorize the City Attorney to sign in
favor of recognizing that anti-LGBTQ discrimination is a form of sex discrimination.
Regarding Guzman and the Liability Claim, the Council received information and gave
direction with no votes taken.
Adjournment
There being no further business, Mayor Ezzy Ashcraft adjourned the meeting at 6:57
p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Lara Weisiger
City Clerk
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