City of Alameda
Staff Report
File Number:2024-4099
City Council
Agenda Date: 6/4/2024
File Type: Council Referral
Agenda Number: 10-A
Consider Directing Staff to Prepare a Charter Amendment Measure for the November 5, 2024 Ballot to Amend Section 3-10 Pertaining to Sale of Property and Leases. (Councilmember Jensen)
COUNCIL REFERRAL FORM
The Council can take any of the following actions:
1) Take no action.
2) Refer the matter to staff to schedule as a future City Council agenda item. Concurrence that staff time will be devoted to the item does not signify approval. 3) Take dispositive action only on time sensitive legislative matters if sufficiently noticed such that the public and Council have been provided sufficient information by the published agenda, and no formal published notice of a public hearing is required.
Name of Councilmember(s) requesting referral: Tracy Jensen Date of submission to City Clerk (must be submitted before 5:00 p.m. on the Monday two weeks before the Council meeting requested):
Council Meeting date: June 4, 2024
Brief description of the subject to be printed on the agenda, sufficient to inform the City Council and public of the nature of the referral:
Alternative 1: Direct staff to return to Council with a recommendation to place a charter amendment measure on the ballot, in time for the November 2024 election, to establish that sales of city owned property will be approved by a simple council majority by amending section 3-10 of the Alameda City Charter.
Alternative 2: Direct staff to return to Council with a recommendation to place a charter amendment measure on the ballot, in time for the November 2024 election, to amend section 3-10 of the Alameda City Charter to delete the supermajority requirement for approval of leases and sales of city owned property.
The City Council approved a Strategic Plan on November 21, 2023, which established the following 5 City of Alameda Printed on 5/23/2024Page 1 of 2
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City Council
Agenda Date: 6/4/2024
File Type: Council Referral
Agenda Number: 10-A
priorities:
A. Enhance Community Safety & Services
B. Build Resilience to Climate Change & Water Level Rise C. Invest in Transportation, Infrastructure, Economic Opportunities & Historic Resources D. House All Alamedans & End Homelessness
E. Practice Fiscal Responsible, Equitable & Inclusive Governance If applicable, briefly describe which Council priority the subject falls under and how it relates:
Priority Area: Invest in Transportation, Infrastructure, Economic Opportunities & Historic Resources TIE25 Implement the City’s Alameda Point Disposition Strategy - renting and leasing City properties TIE35: Protect Historic Resources
TIE35a: Reuse and renovate buildings in NAS Alameda Historic District Consistent with the Secretary of Interior Standards, with consultation and approval by the Historic Advisory Board, as feasible City of Alameda Printed on 5/23/2024Page 2 of 2
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