2025-11-18 CC CS Minutes MINUTES OF THE SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING
TUESDAY- -NOVEMBER 18, 2025- -5:00 P.M.
Mayor Ezzy Ashcraft convened the meeting at 5:01 p.m.
Roll Call — Present: Councilmembers Daysog, Boller, Jensen, Pryor and Mayor
Ezzy Ashcraft— 5.
Absent: None.
Consent Calendar
(25-648) Recommendation to Approve Jennifer Ott, City Manager; Abigail Thorne Lyman,
Director of Base Reuse and Economic Development; Dwayne Dalman, Economic
Development Division Manager; Annie Cox, Administrative Management Analyst; and
Len Aslanian, Assistant City Attorney, as Real Property Negotiators for a Portion of
Building 22, Located at 2501 Monarch Street at Alameda Point (Faction Brewing
Company, LLC). Not heard.
The meeting was adjourned to Closed Session to consider:
(25-649) Public Employee Appointment/Hiring Pursuant to Government Code § 54957;
Title/Description of Positions to be Filled: City Manager/Interim City Manager
(25-650) Conference with Labor Negotiators (Pursuant to (Government Code Section
54957.6); City Negotiators: Jennifer Ott, City Manager, Noelle White, Human Resources
Director, Jack Hughes, Liebert Cassidy Whitmore, and Doug McManaway, Assistant City
Attorney; Employee Organizations: International Association of Firefighters, Local 689
(IAFF) and Alameda Fire Chiefs Association (AFCA); Under Negotiation: Salaries,
Employee Benefits and Terms of Employment
(25-651) Conference with Real Property Negotiators (Pursuant to Government Code
Section 54956.8); Property: Bay 200, a portion of Building 22, located at 2501 Monarch
Street at Alameda Point, Alameda CA 94501; City Negotiators: City Manager Jennifer
Ott, Base Reuse and Economic Development Director Abigail Thorne-Lyman, Economic
Development Division Manager Dwayne Dalman, Administrative Management Analyst
Annie Cox, Assistant City Attorney Len Aslanian; Negotiating Parties: City of Alameda
and Faction Brewing Company, LLC; Under Negotiation: Price and terms of lease. Not
heard.
(25-652) 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)
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Mayor Ezzy Ashcraft called a recess at 7:16 p.m. and reconvened the meeting at 11:03
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Following the Closed Session, the meeting was reconvened and the City Clerk
announced that regarding Public Employee Appointment/Hiring, the City Council
conducted interviews for the Interim City Manager position and provided direction to the
City Attorney, which carried by unanimous voice vote — 5; regarding Labor, staff provided
information and Council provided information, which carried by two separate votes; Vote
1 carried by the following voice vote: Ayes: Councilmembers Boller, Jensen, Pryor, and
Mayor Ezzy Ashcraft — 4, Noes: Councilmember Daysog — 1 and Vote 2 carried by
unanimous voice vote — 5; regarding Potential Litigation, staff provided information and
Council provided direction, which carried by unanimous voice vote — 5.
Adjournment
There being no further business, Mayor Ezzy Ashcraft adjourned the meeting at 12:00
a.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Lara Weisiger
City Clerk
The agenda for this meeting was posted in accordance with the Sunshine Ordinance.
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