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2020-01-21 CC CS MinutesSpecial Meeting Alameda City Council January 21, 2020 1 MINUTES OF THE SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING TUESDAY- -JANUARY 21, 2020- -5:15 P.M. Acting Mayor Knox White convened the meeting at 5:15 p.m. Roll Call – Present: Councilmembers Daysog, Knox White, Oddie, Vella and Mayor Ezzy Ashcraft – 5. [Note: Mayor Ezzy Ashcraft was present via teleconference from The Capital Hilton, 16th Street NW, Washington, DC 20036.] Absent: None. Consent Calendar Councilmember Oddie moved approval of the Consent Calendar. Councilmember Vella seconded the motion, which carried by the following roll call vote: Councilmembers Daysog: Aye; Oddie: Aye; Vella: Aye; Knox White: Aye and Chair Ezzy Ashcraft: Aye. Ayes – 5. [Items so enacted or adopted are indicated by an asterisk preceding the paragraph number.] (*20-029) Recommendation to Approve Eric Levitt, City Manager, Lisa Maxwell, Assistant City Attorney, Debbie Potter, Community Development Director, and Nanette Mocanu, Assistant Community Development Director, as Real Property Negotiators for the Potential Lease of Building 169 at 1680 Viking. Accepted. Closed Session The meeting was adjourned to Closed Session to consider: (20-030) Conference with Real Property Negotiators (Pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.8); Property: Building 169, approximately 43,355 rent able square feet, located at 1680 Viking Street on Alameda Point; City Negotiators: Eric Levitt, City Manager, Lisa Maxwell, Assistant City Attorney, Debbie Potter, Community Development Director, and Nanette Mocanu, Assistant Community Development Director; Negotiating Parties: City of Alameda and Pacific Pinball Museum; Under Negotiations: Price and terms (20-031) Conference with Legal Counsel – Workers’ Compensation Claim (Pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.95); Claimant: Brian Clark; Agency Claimed Against: City of Alameda (20-032) Conference with Legal Counsel – Workers’ Compensation Claim (Pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.95); Claimant: Joseph Couch; Agency Claimed Against: City of Alameda Special Meeting Alameda City Council January 21, 2020 2 (20-033) Conference with Legal Counsel – Workers’ Compensation Claim (Pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.95); Claimant: Robin Haines; Agency Claimed Against: City of Alameda (20-034) Conference with Legal Counsel – Workers’ Compensation Claim (Pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.95); Claimant: Jill Ottaviano; Agency Claimed Against: City of Alameda (20-035) Conference with Legal Counsel – Existing Litigation (Pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.9); Case Name: Boatworks v City of Alameda, et al.; Court: Superior Court of the State of California, County of Alameda; Case Numbers: RG16823346, RG16841240 RG19041531. Not heard. Following the Closed Session, the meeting was reconvened and the City Clerk announced that regarding Real Property, staff provided information and Council provided direction with no vote taken; regarding Clark, the case involves a workers’ compensation claim by Applicant Brian Clark, a former Police Officer who joined the City on August 14, 2012; the Applicant sustained injuries during a Police response on September 25, 2017; the Applicant had total temporary psychiatric disability from the date of the incident, September 25, 2017, and retired via industrial disability retirement on July 20, 2019; the Council voted unanimously, via roll call vote, to authorize the Cit y Attorney to settle the pending workers’ compensation claim in an amount not to exceed $73,344.17; regarding Couch, he case involves a workers’ compensation claim by Applicant Joseph Couch, a former Police Officer who joined the City on September 23, 2014; the Applicant’s injury occurred on April 18, 2015 at the UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital, where the Officer was involved with a combative subject; the Applicant was unable to ever return to full duty and retired via industrial disability retirement on September 17, 2017; the Council voted unanimously, via roll call vote, to authorize the City Attorney to settle the pending workers’ compensation claim in an amount not to exceed $32,249.50; regarding Haines, the case involves a workers’ compensation claim by Applicant Robin Haines, a former Firefighter who joined the City on August 3, 1998; the Applicant’s injury occurred on May 24, 2016 while responding to a significant house fire and was in full personal protective equipment while coming down from the fir st story roof; the Applicant was unable to return to full duty and retired on December 16, 2016 via industrial disability retirement; the Council voted unanimously, via roll call vote, to authorize the City Attorney to settle the pending workers’ compensat ion claim in an amount not to exceed $62,770.78 ; and regarding Ottaviano, the case involves a workers’ compensation claim by Applicant Jill Ottaviano, a former Police Officer who joined the City on May 23, 1997; the Applicant’s injury occurred on October 8, 2014 when she sustained a cumulative injury after 17 years of service performing customary Police duties and wearing a duty belt/vest; the Applicant was unable to return to full duty and retired via industrial disability retirement on March 31, 2019; the Council voted unanimously, via roll call vote, to authorize the City Attorney to settle the pending workers’ compensation claim in an amount not to exceed $63,177.75. Special Meeting Alameda City Council January 21, 2020 3 Adjournment There being no further business, Mayor Ezzy Ashcraft adjourned the meeting at 5:57 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Lara Weisiger City Clerk The agenda for this meeting was posted in accordance with the Sunshine Ordinance.