2020-12-01 CC CS MinutesSpecial Meeting
Alameda City Council
December 01, 2020
MINUTES OF THE SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING
TUESDAY- -DECEMBER 1, 2020- -5:00 P.M.
Mayor Ezzy Ashcraft convened the meeting at 5:02 p.m.
Roll Call – Present: Councilmembers Daysog, Knox White, Oddie, Vella and
Mayor Ezzy Ashcraft – 5. [Note: The meeting was held via
WebEx.]
Absent: None.
Consent Calendar:
Councilmember Oddie moved approval of the Consent Calendar.
Vice Mayor Knox White seconded, which carried by the following roll call vote:
Councilmembers Daysog: Aye; Knox White: Aye; Oddie: Aye; Vella: Aye; and Mayor
Ezzy Ashcraft: Aye. Ayes: 5. [Items so enacted or adopted are indicated by an asterisk
preceding the paragraph number.]
(*20-728) Recommendation to Approve Eric J. Levitt, City Manager, Lisa N. Maxwell,
Assistant City Attorney, and Debbie Potter, Special Projects Analyst, as Real Property
Negotiators for Site A at Alameda Point. Accepted.
The meeting was adjourned to Closed Session to consider:
(20-729) Conference with Real Property Negotiators (Pursuant to Government Code
Section 54956.8); Property: Site A at Alameda Point; Persons Negotiating: Eric J. Levitt,
City Manager; Debbie Potter, Special Projects Analyst, Michelle Giles, Redevelopment
Project Manager, and Lisa Nelson Maxwell, Assistant City Attorney; Negotiating Parties:
City of Alameda and Alameda Point Partners; Under Negotiation: Price and Terms
(20-730) Conference with Legal Counsel Existing Litigation (Government Code Section
54956.9); Case Name: DeFigueroa, Ileana v City of Alameda, et al.; Court: Superior
Court of California, County of Alameda; Case Number: RG1890266
(20-731) Conference with Legal Counsel Workers’ Compensation Claim (Pursuant to
Government Code § 54956.95); Claimant: Employee - Fire Department Claim Nos.:
ALAX-005105; ALAX-005551; and ALBA-005460; Agency Claimed Against: City of
Alameda
(20-732) Conference with Legal Counsel Existing Litigation (Government Code Section
54956.9); Case Name: City of Alameda v. Union Pacific (Sweeney); Court: Superior
Court of California, County of Alameda; Case Number: RG18921261
Special Meeting
Alameda City Council
December 01, 2020
(20-733) Public Employee Performance Evaluation (Pursuant to Government Code §
54957); Positions Evaluated: City Clerk – Lara Weisiger
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 with no vote taken; regarding DeFigueroa, staff provided information
with no vote taken; regarding Workers’ Compensation, staff provided information by the
following roll call vote: Councilmembers Daysog: Aye; Knox White: Aye; Oddie: Aye;
Vella: Aye; and Mayor Ezzy Ashcraft: Aye; Ayes: 5: these three workers’ compensation
claims were filed by a Firefighter who first joined the City on February 26, 2001;
applicant filed a claim for a knee injury suffered on February 22, 2017 after stepping
down from a fire engine; applicant also filed a claim for a cumulative injury to the knee
as of January 1, 2017; in addition, applicant suffered cumulative trauma to the heart as
of February 18, 2020; applicant is already retired from service with the City; the Council
authorized the City Attorney to settle the pending workers’ compensation claims in an
amount not to exceed $125,000; regarding Union Pacific, staff provided information and
Council provided direction by the following roll call vote: Councilmembers Daysog: No;
Knox White: Aye; Oddie: Aye; Vella: Aye; and Mayor Ezzy Ashcraft: Aye; Ayes: 4. Noes:
1; regarding Performance Evaluation, the City Council conducted the performance
evaluation for the City Clerk.
Adjournment
There being no further business, Mayor Ezzy Ashcraft adjourned the meeting at 7:02
p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Lara Weisiger
City Clerk
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