2022-07-05 CC CS Minutes
Special Meeting
Alameda City Council
July 5, 2022
MINUTES OF THE SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING
TUESDAY- -JULY 5, 2022- -5:15 P.M.
Mayor Ezzy Ashcraft convened the meeting at 5:04 p.m.
Roll Call – Present: Councilmembers Daysog, Herrera Spencer, Knox White,
Vella and Mayor Ezzy Ashcraft – 5. [Note: The meeting was
held via Zoom.]
Absent: Vice Mayor Vella.
Public Comment Read into the Record
Dani Gomes, Astra, provided information on the Astra lease, Project Stabilization
Agreement (PSA) and the business; requested Council provide direction regarding the
PSA.
Consent Calendar
Councilmember Knox White moved approval of the Consent Calendar.
Councilmember Daysog seconded the motion, which carried by the following roll call
vote: Councilmembers Daysog: Aye; Herrera Spencer: Aye; Knox White: Aye; Vella:
Aye; and Mayor Ezzy Ashcraft: Aye; Ayes: 4. [Absent: Vice Mayor Vella – 1.] [Items so
enacted or adopted are indicated by an asterisk preceding the paragraph number.]
(*22-426) Recommendation to Approve Dirk Brazil, Interim City Manager, Lisa Maxwell,
Community Development Director, Len Aslanian, Assistant City Attorney, and Nanette
Mocanu, Assistant Community Development Director, as Real Property Negotiators for
Building 12, Located at 1050 West Tower Avenue, Alameda, CA. Accepted.
The meeting was adjourned to Closed Session to consider:
(22-427) Conference with Real Property Negotiators (Pursuant to Government Code
Section 54956.8) Property: 1900 Skyhawk Street (Building 360), Alameda Point,
Alameda, CA; City Negotiators: Interim City Manager Dirk Brazil, Community
Development Director Lisa Maxwell, Assistant Community Development Director
Nanette Mocanu, and Assistant City Attorney Len Aslanian ; Negotiating Parties: City of
Alameda and Astra Space, Inc.; Under Negotiation: Price and Terms of Lease .
(22-428) Conference with Legal Counsel – Existing Litigation (Pursuant to Government
Code Section 54956.9); Case Name: Mario Gonzalez et. al. v. City of Alameda et. al.;
Court: United States District Court, Northern District of California; Case Number: 4:21-
cv-09733-DMR; Case Name: Edith Arenales v. City of Alameda, et al.; Court: United
States District Court, Northern District of California; Case Number: e 4:22-cv-00718.
Special Meeting
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July 5, 2022
(22-429) Conference with Labor Negotiators (Government Code Section: 54957.6); City
Negotiators: Nancy Bronstein, Human Resources Director; Nico Procos, General
Manager, Alameda Municipal Power; Jessica Romeo, Human Resources Manager; and
Steve Woo, Senior Human Resources Analyst; Employee Organizations: Alameda City
Employees Association (ACEA); Management and Confidential Employees Association
(MCEA); Electric Utility Professionals Association (EUPA); International Brotherhood of
Electrical Workers (IBEW); Alameda Police Officers Non -Sworn (PANS); Alameda
Municipal Power Unrepresented Employees (AMPU); Alameda Police Management
Association (APMA); Under Negotiation: Salaries, Employee Benefits and Terms of
Employment. Not heard.
Following the Closed Session, the meeting was reconvened and the City Clerk
announced that regarding the Real Property, staff provided information and Council
provided direction by the following roll call vote: Councilmembers Daysog: Aye; Herrera
Spencer: No; Knox White: Aye; and Mayor Ezzy Ashcraft: Aye; Ayes: 3, Noes: 1,
[Absent: Vice Mayor Vella – 1]; and regarding Existing Litigation, staff provided
information and Council provided direction by the following roll call vote :
Councilmembers Daysog: Aye; Herrera Spencer: Aye; Knox White: Aye; and Mayor
Ezzy Ashcraft: Aye; Ayes: 4. [Absent: Vice Mayor Vella – 1.]
Adjournment
There being no further business, Mayor Ezzy Ashcraft adjourned the meeting at 5:56
p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Lara Weisiger
City Clerk
The agenda for this meeting was posted in accordance with the Sunshine Ordinance.