City of Alameda

Meeting Agenda

City Council

Tuesday, April 7, 2026

7:00 PM

City Hall, 2263 Santa Clara Avenue, Council

Chambers, 3rd Floor, Alameda CA 94501

The agenda was revised on March 31, 2026 at 10:00 a.m. to indicate Item 5-D has been

withdrawn and will not be heard

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SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING - CLOSED SESSION - 4:30 P.M.

Roll Call - City Council

Consent Calendar - Items are routine and will be approved by one motion

unless removed by Councilmembers

2026-5812

Recommendation to Approve Adam Politzer, Interim City Manager,

Abigail Thorne-Lyman, Base Reuse and Economic Development

2-A

Director, Alesia Strauch, Base Reuse Manager, and Len Aslanian,

Assistant City Attorney, as Real Property Negotiators for Piers 2 and 3

and Adjacent Property at Alameda Point. (Base Reuse and Economic

Development 29061822)

Attachments: Exhibit 1: Premises

Public Comment on Closed Session Items Only

Adjournment to Closed Session to consider:

2026-5870

PUBLIC EMPLOYEE APPOINTMENT/HIRING

4-A

Pursuant to Government Code § 54957

Title/Description of Positions to be Filled: City Manager

2026-5878

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

4-B

4-C

Case No: 22CV011964

2026-5813

CONFERENCE WITH REAL PROPERTY NEGOTIATORS (Pursuant to

Government Code Section 54956.8)

PROPERTY: Piers 2 and 3 and Adjacent Property at Alameda Point,

Alameda, California, 94501

CITY NEGOTIATORS: Interim City Manager Adam W. Politzer, Base

Reuse and Economic Development Director Abigail Thorne-Lyman,

Base Reuse Manager Alesia Strauch, Assistant City Attorney Len

Aslanian

NEGOTIATING PARTIES: City of Alameda, United States Coast

Guard, or Water Emergency Transportation Authority

UNDER NEGOTIATION: Price and terms

2026-5871

CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL - POTENTIAL LITIGATION

Potential Initiation of Litigation Pursuant to Government Code Section

54956.9, Subsection (d)(4)

4-D

Number of Cases: One (As Plaintiff - City Initiating Legal Action)

Potential Defendant: Astra Space, Inc.

Announcement of Action Taken in Closed Session, if any

2026-5931

April 7, 2026 Closed Session Announcement

Attachments: Announcement

Adjournment - City Council

REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING - 7:00 P.M.

Pledge of Allegiance

Roll Call - City Council

Agenda Changes

Proclamations, Special Orders of the Day and Announcements - Limited to 15

minutes

2026-5659

Proclamation Declaring April 2026 as Arab American Heritage Month.

3-A

Oral Communications, Non-Agenda (Public Comment) - Speakers may

address the Council in regard to any matter not on the agenda over which

the Council has jurisdiction; limited to 15 minutes; remaining speakers may

comment under Section 9

2026-5934

April 7, 2026 Oral Communications Submittal

Attachments: Oral Communications Submittal

Consent Calendar - Routine items are approved by one motion unless

Councilmembers remove items for discussion; removed items are called after

Agenda Items; Councilmembers may speak for up to 3 minutes

2026-5856

Minutes of the Special and Regular City Council Meetings and the

Special Joint City Council and Successor Agency to the Community

Improvement Commission Meeting Held on March 3, 2026. (City

Clerk)

5-A

2026-5880

2026-5806

Bills for Ratification. (Finance)

5-B

5-C

Attachments: Bills for Ratification

Recommendation to Accept the Strategic Plan 2026-2027 Progress

Report (City Manager)

Attachments: Exhibit 1: Progress Report

Correspondence

2026-5869

WITHDRAWN - Recommendation to Approve a Memorandum of

Understanding Between the City and Alameda Little League Baseball

for Exclusive Use Permit of Littlejohn Baseball Field from March to

June 2026 and August to November 2026. (Recreation and Parks)

[Will not be heard on April 7, 2026]

5-D

Attachments: Exhibit 1: Littlejohn Park Baseball Field

Exhibit 2: Parking Plan

Exhibit 3: Little League MOU

Correspondence

2026-5829

Recommendation to Authorize the Interim City Manager to Execute an

Agreement with Building Futures for Women and Children (BFWC) in

the Amount of $172,568 for a Non-Housing Public Improvement

5-E

Projects and Funded by the Community Development Block Grant

(CDBG).

This project is statutorily exempt from further environmental review

pursuant to Public Resources Code section 21080.10 (services for

people experiencing homelessness), and categorically exempt from

further environmental review pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section

15301 (Existing Facilities) and 15061(b)(3) (Common Sense).

(Housing and Human Services, 20321843)

Attachments: Exhibit 1: Agreement

Exhibit 2: Approved Summary of Activities

2026-5875

Recommendation to Authorize the Interim City Manager to Execute an

Agreement with Alameda Food Bank (AFB) in the Amount of $98,610

for a Non-Housing Public Improvement Projects and Funded by the

Community Development Block Grant (CDBG).

5-F

This project is statutorily exempt from further environmental review

pursuant to Public Resources Code section 21080.10 (services for

people experiencing homelessness), and categorically exempt from

further environmental review pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section

15301 (Existing Facilities) and 15061(b)(3) (Common Sense).

(Housing and Human Services, 20321843)

Attachments: Exhibit 1: Agreement

Exhibit 2: Approved Summary of Activities

2026-5879

Adoption of Resolution Amending the Fiscal Year 2025-26 Revenue

Budget of the Capital Improvement Project Fund (C75500) and the

Expenditure Budget of the Community Development Block Grant

(20321843), Each by $550,000 for the Day Center Relocation Project.

In accordance with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA),

this action is categorically exempt from further environmental review

pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Sections 15301 (Existing Facilities) and

15302 (Replacement or Reconstruction). (Housing and Human

Services 10021833) (City Manager 10021030)

5-G

Attachments: Resolution

2026-5617

Adoption of Resolution Approving a Memorandum of Understanding

(MOU) Between the Alameda Fire Chiefs Association (AFCA) and the

City of Alameda for a Twenty-Four Month Term Commencing January

1, 2026, and Ending December 31, 2027. (Human Resources

10025060)

5-H

Attachments: Exhibit 1: Memorandum of Understanding - Redline

Exhibit 2: Memorandum of Understanding - Clean

Exhibit 3: AFCA Salary Schedule

Resolution

2026-5780

Adoption of Resolution Adopting an Agreement for Participation in the

Alameda County Operational Area Emergency Management

5-I

Organization. (Fire)

Attachments: Exhibit 1: Agreement

Resolution

2026-5830

Adoption of Resolution Acknowledging Acceptance of the Alameda

Fire Department’s Annual Report on Compliance with State-Mandated

Inspections Pursuant to Sections 13146.2 Through 13146.4 of the

California Health and Safety Code. (Fire)

5-J

Attachments: Exhibit 1: 2025 State-Mandated Inspections Compliance

Report

Resolution

2026-5836

Adoption of Resolution Determining That the Public Interest and

Necessity Demand the Adoption and Implementation of the 2026

Emergency Operations Plan (EOP) to Enhance the City of Alameda’s

Emergency and Disaster Preparedness, Response, and Recovery

Capabilities. (Fire)

5-K

Attachments: Exhibit 1: EOP Basic Plan 2026

Exhibit 2: Annexes and Attachments

Resolution

Continued Agenda Items

Regular Agenda Items

2026-5811

Summary Title: Accept a Grant and Allocate Funds for the Bay Farm

7-A

Island Adaptation Project to Address Sea Level Rise

Adoption of Resolution Authorizing the Interim City Manager, or

Designee, to Execute All Necessary Documents with the State Coastal

Conservancy to Accept $2,640,000 in Grant Funding for the Bay Farm

Island Near-Term Adaptation Project Planning (C71100); and

Adoption of Resolution Amending the Fiscal Year 2025-26 Revenue

and Expenditure Budgets of Grants Fund (222) and the Capital

Improvement Project Fund (C71100) by $2,640,000 and to Increase

Authorized Expenditures in the General Fund By $50,000 and

Increase Authorized Transfer Revenue and Expenditure Budget in the

Bay Farm Island Adaptation Project (C71100) by $50,000.

Five items to be considered concurrently: Bay Farm Island adaptation

project grants and funding and four agreements: Conger Moss Guillard

Landscape Architecture, Greenbelt Alliance, Community Action for a

Sustainable Alameda, and San Francisco Estuary Institute.

This phase of the project only involves planning studies to inform

further future actions, which are yet to be approved, and is thus

exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) review

under CEQA Guidelines section 15262 - Feasibility and Planning

Studies. Further environmental review will be conducted for the

individual resilience projects upon development of infrastructure design

work. (Planning Building and Transportation C71100)

Attachments: Resolution: Grant Acceptance

Recommendation to Authorize the Interim City Manager to Execute a

Third Amendment with Conger Moss Guillard Landscape Architecture

for up to $3,414,275, Including Contingencies, for a Total Agreement

Amount Not-To-Exceed $6,801,275 to Provide Additional Technical

Services Related to Sea Level Rise Adaptation Projects.

Five items to be considered concurrently: Bay Farm Island adaptation

project grants and funding and four agreements: Conger Moss Guillard

Landscape Architecture, Greenbelt Alliance, Community Action for a

Sustainable Alameda, and San Francisco Estuary Institute

This phase of the project involves planning studies for further actions,

which are yet to be approved, and is thus exempt from the California

Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) review under CEQA Guidelines

section 15262 - Feasibility and Planning Studies. Further

environmental review will be conducted for the individual resilience

projects upon development of infrastructure design work. (Planning

Building and Transportation C71100)

7-B

7-C

7-D

Attachments: Exhibit 1: Third Amendment

Exhibit 2: Agreement and Amendments 1 and 2

Presentation

Recommendation to Authorize the Interim City Manager to Execute a

First Amendment with Greenbelt Alliance for up to $151,382 for a Total

Agreement Amount Not-To-Exceed $405,382 to Provide Additional

Community Engagement Services Related to Sea Level Rise

Adaptation Projects.

Five items to be considered concurrently: Bay Farm Island adaptation

project grants and funding and four agreements: Conger Moss Guillard

Landscape Architecture, Greenbelt Alliance, Community Action for a

Sustainable Alameda, and San Francisco Estuary Institute

This phase of the project involves planning studies for further actions,

which are yet to be approved, and is thus exempt from the California

Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) review under CEQA Guidelines

section 15262 - Feasibility and Planning Studies. Further

environmental review will be conducted for the individual resilience

projects upon development of infrastructure design work. (Planning

Building and Transportation C71100)

Attachments: Exhibit 1: First Amendment

Exhibit 2: Agreement

Presentation

Recommendation to Authorize the Interim City Manager to Execute a

First Amendment with Community Action for a Sustainable Alameda

(CASA) for up to $66,560 for a Total Agreement Amount

Not-To-Exceed $135,970 to Provide Additional Community

Engagement Services Related to Sea Level Rise Adaptation Projects.

Five items to be considered concurrently: Bay Farm Island adaptation

project grants and funding and four agreements: Conger Moss Guillard

Landscape Architecture, Greenbelt Alliance, Community Action for a

Sustainable Alameda, and San Francisco Estuary Institute

This phase of the project involves planning studies for further actions,

which are yet to be approved, and is thus exempt from the California

Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) review under CEQA Guidelines

section 15262 - Feasibility and Planning Studies. Further

environmental review will be conducted for the individual resilience

projects upon development of infrastructure design work. (Planning

Building and Transportation C71100)

Attachments: Exhibit 1: First Amendment

Exhibit 2: Agreement

Presentation

2026-5850

Recommendation to Authorize the Interim City Manager to Execute a

First Amendment with San Francisco Estuary Institute (SFEI) for up to

$44,200 for a Total Agreement Amount Not-To-Exceed $79,140 to

Provide Additional Scientific Peer Review Services Related to Sea

Level Rise Adaptation Projects.

7-E

Five items to be considered concurrently: Bay Farm Island adaptation

project grants and funding and four agreements: Conger Moss Guillard

Landscape Architecture, Greenbelt Alliance, Community Action for a

Sustainable Alameda, and San Francisco Estuary Institute

This phase of the project involves planning studies for further actions,

which are yet to be approved, and is thus exempt from the California

Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) review under CEQA Guidelines

section 15262 - Feasibility and Planning Studies. Further

environmental review will be conducted for the individual resilience

projects upon development of infrastructure design work. (Planning

Building and Transportation C71100)

Attachments: Exhibit 1: Agreement

Exhibit 2: First Amendment

Presentation

2026-5858

Introduction of Ordinance Amending Alameda Municipal Code Article

XV (Rent Control, Limitations on Evictions and Relocation Payments to

Certain Displaced Tenants) to Incorporate Policy Changes and

Clarifying Updates;

7-F

Adoption of Resolution Concerning the Program Fees Applicable to

Projects with Below Market Rate Rental Units; and

Adoption of Resolution Rescinding Resolution No. 15517 (Ellis Act

Policy). (City Attorney 20723849)

Attachments: Ordinance

Resolution: Amending Rent Program Fee

Resolution: Rescinding Ellis Act Policy

Presentation

City Manager Communications - Communications from City Manager

Oral Communications, Non-Agenda (Public Comment) - Speakers may

address the Council in regard to any matter not on the agenda over which

the Council has jurisdiction

Council Referrals - Matters placed on the agenda by Councilmembers may be

scheduled as future agenda items or dispositive action may be taken on

sufficiently noticed time sensitive legislative matters; presentations are limited

to 5 minutes; Councilmembers may speak for up to 3 minutes

2026-5822

Consider Directing Staff to Review Precluding Usage of City-Owned

Properties as Staging Grounds and/or Bases of Operations for

Purposes of Conducting Super-Charged Rounding Up of Legal and

Undocumented Immigrants and Return to Council with Analysis and

Recommendations. (Councilmember Daysog) [Not heard on March

17, 2026]

10-A

Attachments: Correspondence - Updated 4/7

Additional Correspondence

Council Communications - Councilmembers may speak for up to 9 minutes to

address any matter not on the agenda, including reporting on conferences or

meetings

Adjournment - City Council

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