2023-11-07 CC CS Minutes MINUTES OF THE SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING
TUESDAY- -NOVEMBER 7, 2023- -5:00 P.M.
Mayor Ezzy Ashcraft convened the meeting at 5:02 p.m.
Roll Call — Present: Councilmembers Daysog, Herrera Spencer, Jensen, Vella
and Mayor Ezzy Ashcraft — 5. [Note: Councilmember Herrera
Spencer arrived at 5:04 p.m. and Councilmember Vella
arrived at 5:12 p.m.]
Absent: None.
Consent Calendar
Councilmember Jensen moved approval of the Consent Calendar.
Vice Mayor Daysog seconded the motion, which carried by the following voice vote:
Ayes: Councilmembers Daysog, Jensen, and Mayor Ezzy Ashcraft — 3. [Absent:
Councilmembers Herrera Spencer and Vella — 2.]
(23-612) Recommendation to Approve Jennifer Ott, City Manager, Abigail Thorne-
Lyman, Base Reuse and Economic Development Director, Andrew Thomas, Strategic
Advisor, Ted Anderson, Managing Director, Cushman & Wakefield, and Len Aslanian,
Assistant City Attorney, as Real Property Negotiators for Roughly 32,500 Square Feet
of Space within 2505 Monarch Street, Building 22 at Alameda Point (Gold Bar Spirits
Company, Inc.). Accepted.
(23-613) Recommendation to Approve Jennifer Ott, City Manager, Abigail Thorne-
Lyman, Base Reuse and Economic Development Director, Andrew Thomas, Strategic
Advisor, Ted Anderson, Managing Director, Cushman & Wakefield, and Len Aslanian,
Assistant City Attorney, as Real Property Negotiators for 1605 Ferry Point, Alameda,
CA (US Ecology, formerly known as NRC Environmental Services). Accepted.
The meeting was adjourned to Closed Session to consider:
(23-614) Conference with Real Property Negotiators Pursuant to Government Code
Section 54956.8; Property: Approximately 32,500 square feet of space within 2505
Monarch Street (Building 22) Alameda Point, Alameda, CA; City Negotiators: City
Manager Jennifer Ott, Base Reuse and Economic Development Director Abigail
Thorne-Lyman, Strategic Advisor Andrew Thomas, Ted Anderson, Managing Director,
Cushman & Wakefield, and Assistant City Attorney Len Aslanian; Negotiating Parties:
City of Alameda and Gold Bar Spirits Company, Inc.; Under Negotiation: Price and
Terms of Lease
(23-615) Conference with Real Property Negotiators Pursuant to Government Code
Section 54956.8; Property: 1605 Ferry Point (Building 15) Alameda Point, Alameda, CA;
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City Negotiators: City Manager Jennifer Ott, Base Reuse and Economic Development
Director Abigail Thorne-Lyman, Strategic Advisor Andrew Thomas, Ted Anderson,
Managing Director, Cushman & Wakefield, and Assistant City Attorney Len Aslanian;
Negotiating Parties: City of Alameda and US Ecology, formerly known as NRC
Environmental Services; Under Negotiation: Price and Terms of Lease
(23-616) Conference with Labor Negotiators (Government Code Section 54957.6) City
Negotiators: Jennifer Ott, City Manager, Jessica Romeo, Human Resources Director,
Edward Kreisberg, Outside Counsel, and Doug McManaway, Deputy City Attorney;
Employee Organizations: International Association of Firefighters Local 689 (IAFF)
Under Negotiation: Salaries, Employee Benefits and Terms of Employment
(23-617) Conference with Legal Counsel — Existing Litigation Pursuant to Government
Code Section 54956.9(a); Case Name: City of Alameda v. Sheehan; Court: Superior
Court of the County of Alameda; Case Numbers: 22CV009959, 23CV037442,
23CV038384; Court: In the Court of Appeal of the State of California, First Appellate
District, Division Two; Case Number: A168300
Following the Closed Session, the meeting was reconvened and the City Clerk
announced that regarding Building 22, staff provided information and Council provided
direction with no vote taken; regarding Building 15, staff provided information and
Council provided direction with no vote taken; regarding Labor, staff provided an update
and no vote was taken; and regarding Existing Litigation, staff provided information and
Council provided direction by the following vote: Ayes: Councilmembers Daysog,
Jensen, Vella and Mayor Ezzy Ashcraft —4; Noes: Councilmember Herrera Spencer - 1.
Adjournment
There being no further business, Mayor Ezzy Ashcraft adjourned the meeting at 7:18
p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Lara Weisiger
City Clerk
The agenda for this meeting was posted in accordance with the Sunshine Ordinance.
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