2025-09-16 CC CS Minutes MINUTES OF THE SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING
TUESDAY- -SEPTEMBER 16, 2025- -5:15 P.M.
Mayor Ezzy Ashcraft convened the meeting at 5:15 p.m.
Roll Call — Present: Councilmembers Daysog, Boller, Jensen, Pryor and Mayor
Ezzy Ashcraft — 5. [Note: Councilmember Jensen arrived at
5:24 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 — 4.
[Absent: Councilmember Jensen — 1.] [Items so enacted or adopted are indicated by an
asterisk preceding the paragraph number.]
(*25-502) Recommendation to Approve Jennifer Ott, City Manager; Abby Thorne-Lyman,
Director of Base Reuse and Economic Development; Nicole Franklin, Base Reuse
Manager; Len Aslanian, Assistant City Attorney; and Ted Anderson, Managing Director,
Cushman & Wakefield, as Real Property Negotiators for 650 West Ranger Avenue,
Alameda, CA 94501 (Building 92). Accepted.
The meeting was adjourned to Closed Session to consider:
(25-503) Conference with Real Property Negotiators (Pursuant to Government Code
Section 54956.8) Property: 650 West Ranger Avenue, Alameda, CA 94501 (Building 92);
City Negotiators: City Manager Jennifer Ott, Base Reuse and Economic Development
Director Abigail Thorne-Lyman, Base Reuse Manager Nicole Franklin, Assistant City
Attorney Len Aslanian, Cushman & Wakefield Managing Director Ted Anderson;
Negotiating Parties: City of Alameda and (a) Alameda Point Redevelopers (b) Best Bay
Apartments Inc., dba Riaz Capital, and (c) srmErnst Development Partners; Under
Negotiation: Price and terms of sale
(25-504) Conference with Legal Counsel — Existing Litigation Pursuant to Government
Code § 54956.9; Case Names: In Re: Pursue/Sackler and Alvogen Nationwide Opiate
Litigation; Courts: United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York
and United States District Court Northern District of Ohio; Case Numbers: 19-bk23649
and 1 :17-md-2804
(25-505) Conference with Legal Counsel — Potential Litigation; Potential Initiation of
Litigation Pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.9, Subsection (d)(4); Number of
Cases: One (As Plaintiff - City Initiating Legal Action); Potential Defendant: Astra Space,
Inc.
Special Meeting
Alameda City Council
September 16,2025
Following the Closed Session, the meeting was reconvened and the City Clerk
announced that regarding Real Property, staff provided information, and the City Council
provided direction , which carried by unanimous voice vote — 5; regarding Potential
Existing Litigation, staff provided information, and the City Council provided direction,
which carried by unanimous voice vote — 5; and regarding Potential Litigation, staff
provided information and Council provided direction by unanimous voice vote — 5.
Adjournment
There being no further business, Mayor Ezzy Ashcraft adjourned the meeting at 6:33 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 16,2025