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Recommendation to Provide Direction on Potential Measures Amending the City Charter. (City Council Charter Subcommittee) [Not heard on March 17, 2020 or April 21, 2020]
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To: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
EXCUTIVE SUMMARY
The Charter Review Subcommittee is presenting its initial findings on potential measures amending the City Charter and requesting consideration from the City Council for potential measures to be placed on the November ballot.
BACKGROUND
Summary of the timeline and key events in the Charter Review Subcommittee activities
* December 2018, after the election, Mayor Marilyn Ezzy Ashcraft appointed a subcommittee to look at the City Charter and recommend potential items for the City Council to consider putting on the Ballot.
* In April 2019, the subcommittee returned to the City Council with a list of proposed issues to return in time for consideration to place items on the November 2020 ballot. At this meeting, additional items were added.
* In late June 2019, the City Council subcommittee, in collaboration with the League of Women Voters, held two public workshops on the charter issues (not including Measure A and Charter Interference). Input from participants was collected via worksheets after hearing presentations from League members on each of the issues.
* In September 2019, an on-line version of the worksheet was made available as well as videos of the presentations.
* The subcommittee is bringing issues related to governance, elections, etc. forward now. Recommendations related to Measure A and Charter Interference will be brought forward later.
DISCUSSION
Councilmembers Daysog and Knox White have attended multiple workshops, community meetings and one-on-one meetings in collecting input on proposed items for Council consideration on the ballot. Ultimately, the subcommittee is recommending the Council move forward with direction to City of Alameda (City) staff to draft two separate ballot initiatives a...
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