Special Meeting
Alameda City Council
February 8, 2025
MINUTES OF THE SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING
SATURDAY- -FEBRUARY 8, 2025- -9:00 A.M.
Mayor Ezzy Ashcraft convened the meeting at 9:04 a.m.
ROLL CALL - Present: Councilmembers Boller, Daysog, Jensen, Pryor, and Mayor Ezzy Ashcraft – 5.
Absent: None.
PUBLC COMMENT
Anna Crane, League of Women Voters, urged Council to implement campaign fundraising regulations.
Allan Mann, League of Women Voters, provided background on campaign fundraising in Alameda and urged Council to consider adopting regulations.
WORKSHOP
(25-079) City Council Norms and Strategic Plan Workshop.
Consultant Shawn Spano facilitated a discussion about what inspired each Councilmember to join the City Council.
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A recess was called at 10:12 a.m. and the meeting was reconvened at 10:29 a.m. ***
Mr. Spano facilitated a discussion and did an exercise addressing Council norms; suggested updating the norms in the Council Code of Conduct and Member Statement.
Mayor Ezzy Ashcraft stated that she would create a Council subcommittee to update the Council Handbook and Code of Conduct.
The City Manager stated Mr. Spano would summarize the norms and provide them to Council so that they could be used until the Handbook and Code of Conduct is revised.
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A recess was called at 11:36 a.m. and the meeting was reconvened at 12:17 p.m. ***
The City Manager, Cristelle Blackford and Brittany Henry from Civic Makers, and the Communications and Legislative Affairs Officer gave a Power Point presentation on the Strategic Plan.
Special Meeting
Alameda City Council
February 8, 2025
Ms. Blackford and Ms. Henry facilitated discussions of the projects under each priority:
House All Alamedans ; Enhance Community Safety and Services ; Invest in Transportation and Infrastructure ; Build Resilience to Climate Change and Water Level Rise; and Practice Fiscally Responsible, Equitable and Inclusive Governance , which was followed by Council completing a dot voting exercise.
ADJOURNMENT
There being no further business, Mayor Ezzy Ashcraft adjourned the meeting at 3:04 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Lara Weisiger
City Clerk
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