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Recommendation to Review and Adopt Proposed Revisions to the Rules and Procedures for the City of Alameda Mayor's Economic Development Advisory Panel. (Base Reuse and Economic Development 10061810)
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To: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
From: Jennifer Ott, City Manager
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
City of Alameda (City) staff are presenting revisions to the Rules and Procedures for the City's Mayor's Economic Development Advisory Panel (EDAP) (see the original and redlined as Exhibits 1 and 2, respectively). In particular, the revisions:
* Clarify that changes to EDAP's "Purpose" and "Membership" must be approved by the Alameda City Council;
* Add an "at large business representative or community/resident business liaison" to represent local concerns;
* Change the set terms of members to an open-ended appointment, subject to the Mayor and City Council's reassessment, to maintain EDAP's coherence and consistency;
* Change the election of officers from two (2) to four (4) year terms;
* Specify "Maintenance of Membership" to reflect that the appointed members are currently employed in Alameda, representing their designated sectors; and
* Miscellaneous minor changes related to a change in a department name, readability, and adjournment of the meeting.
BACKGROUND
At its June 7, 2016 meeting, City Council adopted the Rules and Procedures for the newly created EDAP (File No. 2016-2921), whose purpose is to enhance the business climate of Alameda's business parks and commercial districts and support the growth of Alameda's major commercial and industrial business clusters, by providing both strategic policy and tactical business attraction and retention advice.
DISCUSSION
EDAP is composed of leading executives from major businesses and community organizations, representing important sectors of the local economy. EDAP meets sparingly, at least one-time per year, in order to strategically use the members' time to discuss high-level concerns ad...
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