2022-06-21 CC CS Minutes
Special Meeting
Alameda City Council
June 21, 2022
MINUTES OF THE SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING
TUESDAY- -JUNE 21, 2022- -5:15 P.M.
Mayor Ezzy Ashcraft convened the meeting at 5:16 p.m.
Roll Call – Present: Councilmembers Daysog, Herrera Spencer, Knox White,
Vella and Mayor Ezzy Ashcraft – 5. [Note: Vice Mayor Vella
arrived at 5:21 p.m. The meeting was held via Zoom.]
Absent: None.
Consent Calendar
(22-390) 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. Not heard.
The meeting was adjourned to Closed Session to consider:
(22-391) Conference with Legal Counsel – Existing Litigation Requests for the City to
Participate in as Amicus in Pending Litigations: (Pursuant to Government Code Section
54956.9); Case Name: 303 Creative LLC, et al. v Aubrey Elenis et al.; Court: United
States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit; United States Supreme Court; Case
Number: 19-1413, 21-476.
(22-392) Conference with Real Property Negotiators (Pursuant to Government Code
Section 54956.8) Property: 1050 West Tower Avenue, Alameda, CA. Not heard.
(22-393) 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.
(22-394) Public Employee Appointment/Hiring (Pursuant to Government Code Section
54957); Title/Description of Positions to be Filled: City Manager.
Following the Closed Session, the meeting was reconvened and the City Clerk
announced that regarding the Existing Litigation, the City was asked to join numerous
other local jurisdictions sign on to an amicus brief to be filed in the case where the
Special Meeting
Alameda City Council
June 21, 2022
United States Supreme Court will consider whether applying a public accommodations
law to compel an artist to speak or stay silent violates the Free Speech clause; the 11th
Circuit concluded that Colorado’s Anti-Discrimination Act (“CADA”) is narrowly tailored
to Colorado’s interest in ensuring equal access to publicly available goods and services ;
excepting Plaintiffs from CADA would “necessarily relegate Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and
Transgender (LGBT) consumers to an inferior market because Plaintiffs’ unique
services are, by definition, unavailable elsewhere;” the amicus brief seeks to support the
State of Colorado; the Council voted to authorize the City Attorney to sign the amicus
brief by the following roll call vote: Councilmembers Daysog: Aye; Herrera Spencer:
Aye; Knox White: Aye; Vella: Aye ; and Mayor Ezzy Ashcraft: Aye; Ayes: 5; regarding
Labor, staff provided information and Council provided direction by the following roll call
vote: Councilmembers Daysog: Aye; Herrera Spencer: Aye; Knox White: Aye; Vella:
Aye; and Mayor Ezzy Ashcraft: Aye; Ayes: 5, and regarding Employee
Appointment/Hiring, staff provided information and Council provided direction with no
vote taken.
Adjournment
There being no further business, Mayor Ezzy Ashcraft adjourned the meeting at 6:32
p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Lara Weisiger
City Clerk
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