2025-09-02 CC CS Minutes MINUTES OF THE SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING
TUESDAY- -SEPTEMBER 2, 2025- -5:00 P.M.
Mayor Ezzy Ashcraft convened the meeting at 5:00 p.m.
Roll Call — Present: Councilmembers Daysog, Boller, Jensen, Pryor and Mayor Ezzy
Ashcraft — 5. [Note: Councilmember Jensen arrived at 5:03 p.m.
Councilmember Daysog arrived at 5:37 p.m.]
Absent: None.
Consent Calendar
Vice Mayor Pryor moved approval of the Consent Calendar.
Councilmember Boller seconded the motion, which carried by unanimous voice vote—3. [Absent:
Councilmembers Daysog and Jensen — 2.] [Items so enacted or adopted are indicated by an
asterisk preceding the paragraph number.]
(*25-460) Recommendation to Approve Jennifer Ott, City Manager, Noelle White, Human
Resources Director, Jack Hughes, Liebert Cassidy Whitmore, and Doug McManaway, Assistant
City Attorney, as Labor Negotiators with the International Association of Firefighters, Local 689,
and Alameda Fire Chiefs Association for the City of Alameda. Accepted.
(*25-461) Recommendation to Approve Jennifer Ott, City Manager; Abby Thorne-Lyman, Base
Reuse and Economic Development Director; Nicole Franklin, Base Reuse Manager; Len
Aslanian, Assistant City Attorney; and Walker Toma, Community Development Manager, as Real
Property Negotiators for the Leases of the Premises Located at Fortman Marina, 1535 Clement
Avenue, Alameda CA 94501 and Ballena Isle Marina, 1150 Ballena Boulevard, Alameda CA
94501. Accepted.
The meeting was adjourned to Closed Session to consider:
(25-462) Conference with Labor Negotiators (Government Code Section 54957.6) City
Negotiators: Jennifer Ott, City Manager, Noelle White, Human Resources Director, Tim Haines,
General Manager Alameda Municipal Power, Jack Hughes, Liebert Cassidy Whitmore, and Doug
McManaway, Deputy City Attorney; Employee Organizations: Electric Utility Professionals
Association (EUPA), International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW), and International
Association of Firefighters, Local 689 (IAFF) and Alameda Fire Chiefs Association (AFCA); Under
Negotiation: Salaries, Employee Benefits and Terms of Employment
(25-463) Conference with Legal Counsel — Potential Litigation; Potential Initiation of Litigation
Pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.9, Subsection (d)(4); Number of cases: Three (As
Plaintiff- City Initiating Legal Action)
(25-464) Conference with Real Property Negotiators (Pursuant to Government Code Section
54956.8); Property: 1535 Clement Avenue, Alameda, CA 94501 and 1150 Ballena Boulevard,
Alameda CA 9450; City Negotiators: City Manager Jennifer Ott, Base Reuse and Economic
Development Director Abigail Thorne-Lyman, Base Reuse Manager Nicole Franklin, Community
Development Manager Walker Toma, Assistant City Attorney Len Aslanian; Negotiating Parties:
City of Alameda, Fortman Marina, Ballena Isle Marina; Under Negotiation: Price and terms
Special Meeting
Alameda City Council
September 2,2025
Following the Closed Session, the meeting was reconvened and the City Clerk announced that
the City Council unanimously approved the terms of a Settlement Agreement at the July 15, 2025
closed session; the Settlement Agreement was executed on July 21, 2025 and includes the
following terms: the City will pay Harbor Bay Business Park Association (HBBPA) the $3 million
in available fund reserves within 30 days of executing the Settlement Agreement and $400,000
annually for eight years for a total of$6.2 million (compared to the projected $14.2 million that has
been or would be otherwise been deposited into the fund); funds are to be used by HBBPA to
convert landscape medians and setbacks to drought tolerant plantings starting with the Harbor
Bay Parkway entry into the Business Park; HBBPA agrees to terminate and release any claims
against the City relating to the existing agreements; and after eight years, the City will receive the
full property tax amount annually (currently estimated to be $1.4 million); regarding Labor, staff
provided information, and the City Council provided direction to staff by the following voice votes:
Ayes: Councilmembers Boller, Jensen, Pryor and Mayor Ezzy Ashcraft—4; Noes: Councilmember
Daysog — 1; regarding Potential Litigation, staff provided information, and the City Council
provided direction, which carried by unanimous voice vote—5; and regarding Real Property, staff
provided information and Council provided direction by the following voice vote: Ayes:
Councilmembers Boller, Jensen, Pryor and Mayor Ezzy Ashcraft—4; Abstention: Councilmember
Daysog — 1.
Adjournment
There being no further business, Mayor Ezzy Ashcraft adjourned the meeting at 7:06 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Lara Weisiger
City Clerk
The agenda for this meeting was posted in accordance with the Sunshine Ordinance.
Special Meeting
Alameda City Council
September 2,2025