2023-02-21 CC CS Minutes
Special Meeting
Alameda City Council
February 21, 2023
MINUTES OF THE SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING
TUESDAY- -FEBRUARY 21, 2023- -5:00 P.M.
Mayor Ezzy Ashcraft convened the meeting at 5:03 p.m.
Roll Call – Present: Councilmembers Daysog, Herrera Spencer, Jensen, Vella and
Mayor Ezzy Ashcraft – 5. [Note: Councilmember Vella arrived at
5:47 p.m. The meeting was held via Zoom.]
Absent: None.
Consent Calendar
Councilmember Herrera Spencer requested that both Consent items be withdrawn for
discussion.
(23-069) Recommendation to Approve Jennifer Ott, City Manager, Lisa Maxwell, Community
Development Director, Len Aslanian, Assistant City Attorney, and Nanette Mocanu, Assistant
Community Development Director as Real Property Negotiators for 650 West Ranger Avenue
(Building 92) Alameda Point, Alameda, CA, Parcel # 74 1375 2.
In response to Councilmember Herrera Spencer’s inquiry about the Assistant City Attorney, the
City Attorney stated the Assistant City Attorney should be designated as a negotiator.
In response to Councilmember Herrera Spencer’s inquiry regarding the Assistant Community
Development Director, the City Manager stated that the Assistant Community Development
would not be designated as a negotiator.
Councilmember Herrera Spencer moved approval of both Consent Calendar items [without
designating the Assistant Community Development Director as a negotiator].
Councilmember Jensen seconded the motion, which carried by the following roll call vote:
Councilmembers Daysog: Aye; Herrera Spencer: Aye; Jensen: Aye; and Mayor Ezzy Ashcraft:
Aye. Ayes: 4. [Absent: Councilmember Vella – 1.]
(23-070) Recommendation to Approve Jennifer Ott, City Manager, Lisa Maxwell, Community
Development Director, Len Aslanian, Assistant City Attorney, and Nanette Mocanu, Assistant
Community Development Director, as Real Property Negotiators for 2450 Saratoga Street, 801
West Ranger Avenue (Building 114), Alameda, CA, Parcel #74-1368-9-2.
[The matter was addressed as part of the previous Consent Calendar item.]
The meeting was adjourned to Closed Session to consider:
(23-071) Conference with Real Property Negotiators (Pursuant to Government Code Section
54956.8); Property: 650 West Ranger Avenue (Building 92), Alameda Point, Alameda, CA
Parcel #74-1375-2; City Negotiators: Jennifer Ott, Community Development Director Lisa
Maxwell, and Assistant City Attorney Len Aslanian; Negotiating Parties: Alameda Food Bank
and the City of Alameda; Under Negotiation: Price and Terms of Potential Lease/Sale from the
City of Alameda
Special Meeting
Alameda City Council
February 21, 2023
(23-072) Conference with Real Property Negotiators (Pursuant to Government Code Section
54956.8); Property: 2450 Saratoga Street, 801 West Ranger Avenue (Building 114) Alameda
Point, Alameda, CA Parcel # 74-1368-9-2; City Negotiators: City Manager Jennifer Ott,
Community Development Director Lisa Maxwell, and Assistant City Attorney Len Aslanian;
Negotiating Parties: Alameda Food Bank and the City of Alameda; Under Negotiation: Price and
Terms of Potential Lease/Sale from the City of Alameda
(23-073) Conference with Real Property Negotiators (Pursuant to Government Code Section
54956.8)
PROPERTY: 2450 Saratoga Street, 801 West Ranger Avenue (Building 114) Alameda Point,
Alameda, CA Parcel # 74-1368-9-2
CITY NEGOTIATORS: City Manager Jennifer Ott, Community Development Director Lisa
Maxwell, and Assistant City Attorney Len Aslanian
NEGOTIATING PARTIES: Alameda Food Bank and the City of Alameda
UNDER NEGOTIATION: Price and Terms of Potential Lease/Sale from the City of Alameda
(23-074) Conference with Legal Counsel – Existing Litigation Pursuant to Government Code
Section 54956.9(a); Case Name: City of Alameda v. Greenway Golf Associates, Inc.; Court:
Alameda County Superior Court; Case No.: 22CV011964.
Following the Closed Session, the meeting was reconvened and the City Clerk announced that
regarding Case No.: 22CV011964, staff provided information and Council provided direction
with no vote taken; and regarding Building 92, staff provided information and Council provided
direction by the following roll call vote: Councilmembers Daysog: Aye; Herrera Spencer: No;
Jensen: Aye; Vella: Aye; and Mayor Ezzy Ashcraft: Aye; Ayes: 4. Noes: 1.
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Mayor Ezzy Ashcraft called a recess at 6:51 p.m. and reconvened the meeting at 11:44 p.m.
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Following the closed session, the meeting was reconvened and the City Clerk announced that
regarding Building 114, staff provided information and Council gave direction by the following
roll call vote: Councilmembers Daysog: Aye; Herrera Spencer: Aye; Jensen: Aye; Vella: Aye;
and Mayor Ezzy Ashcraft: Aye; Ayes: 5.
Adjournment
There being no further business, Mayor Ezzy Ashcraft adjourned the meeting at 12:12 a.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Lara Weisiger
City Clerk
The agenda for this meeting was posted in accordance with the Sunshine Ordinance.