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ALBANY CITY COUNCIL – MINUTES

Virtual Meeting

Albany, CA 94706

Monday, August 24, 2020

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6:00 p.m.

SPECIAL MEETING – CLOSED SESSION

1\. CALL TO ORDER

2\. ROLL CALL

Present: Council Members Barnes, Maass, and Nason, Vice Mayor McQuaid, Mayor Pilch

Absent: None

3\. OPPORTUNITY FOR THE PUBLIC TO SPEAK ON CLOSED SESSION ITEMS

City Council convenes in the virtual public meeting and then adjourns to Closed Session to

discuss the following:

3-1. Conference with Legal Counsel – Anticipated Litigation

Government Code section 54956.9(d)(2) (1 case)

3-2. Real Property Sale to Satellite Affordable Housing Associates (SAHA)

Conference with Real Property Negotiators

Property: Northeast corner of Washington Avenue and Cleveland Avenue

City Negotiators: City Manager, Community Development Director, and Planning Manager

Negotiating Parties: Satellite Affordable Housing Associates – Eve Stewart, Vice President

of Real Estate Development; Leslie Parlaroan, Senior Project

Manager; and James Conlon, Project Manager

Under Negotiation: Price and terms of payment for disposition and development

agreement and ground lease of City property

A summary of public comment is as follows: request the Council to report out if Measure BB is to

be discussed during Closed Session, the Albany Ballot Measure web page has been posted in

Albany Facebook page including comments for Measure BB and other items; the letter that the

City received alleging City’s violation of California Voting Rights Act is trying to mislead the City

Council to make a snap decision by giving a deadline of September 1, Albany voters has the right

to decide Albany’s election method on the ballot at the upcoming election.

City Council returned to the meeting to report that the City Council met in Closed Session on the

two items on the agenda and gave direction to staff.

CITY OF ALBANY

CITY COUNCIL

Virtual Meeting

by Zoom Webinar

Albany, CA 94706

MONDAY, AUGUST 24, 2020

6:00 PM

VIRTUAL SPECIAL MEETING

We, the members of the Albany City Council would like to reaffirm that we welcome and value all of our diverse community members regardless of where they are from, who they love, how they worship, how they look, their gender identity, their abilities, their economic status, or how they vote. We honor the Native people who were the original stewards of this land.

We invite the entire Albany community to join with us in creating a safe and welcoming city; one in which we celebrate our differences and learn from each other; one in which we are proud to raise our children.

"Diversity is not about how we differ. Diversity is about embracing one another's uniqueness". ~Ola Joseph

COVID-19 NOTICE - PUBLIC MEETING GUIDELINES

Consistent with Executive Orders No. N-29-20 from the Executive Department of the State of California and the Alameda County Health Officer's Shelter in Place Order effective March 17, 2020, the City Hall will not be open to the public and the City Council will be participating in City Council meetings via phone/video conferencing. The public is invited to watch and submit comments via the methods below:

COVID-19 Instructions - (Same As Below With Active Links Included)

How to watch the meeting from home:

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To listen to the meeting by phone, please call at the noticed meeting time 1 (669) 900-9128, then enter Webinar ID 979 7011 4482, follow by “#”. When asked for a participant id or code, press “#”. Instructions on how to join a meeting by phone are available at https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/201362663

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To observe the meeting by video conference, please go to https://zoom.us/s/97970114482 at the noticed meeting time. Instructions on how to join a meeting by video conference is available at https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/201362193%20

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Recorded meetings will be available for viewing on YouTube or City Website within 48 hours after the meeting. https://www.youtube.com/albanykalb or https://www.albanyca.org/recreation/kalb-community-media/city-video-public-meetings

PLEASE NOTE: This meeting will not be streamed live. If any public comment on an agendized item, please participate by one the methods listed below.

How to submit Public Comment:

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Members of the public may submit comments in writing by emailing the City Council citycouncil@albanyca.org with the Agenda item number clearly identified in the subject line of the email or by mail to City of Albany – Meeting Comments, 1000 San Pablo Avenue, Albany, CA 94706. All written comments received by 4 PM on the day of the meeting will be provided to the City Council and posted on the website. Other written comments received after 4 PM that address an item on the agenda will still be provided to the City Council and be included as part of the meeting record.

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To comment by video conference, click the “Raise Your Hand” button to request to speak when Public Comment is being taken on the Agenda item. You will then be unmuted when it is your turn to make your comment for up to 3 minutes. After the allotted time, you will then be re-muted. Instructions of how to “Raise Your Hand” is available at https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/205566129%0D-Raise-Hand-In-Webinar

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To comment by phone, you will be prompted to “Raise Your Hand” by pressing “*9” to request to speak when public comment is being taken on the Agenda item. You will then be unmuted when it is your turn to make your comment for up to 3 minutes. You will be re-muted after the allotted time.

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CALL TO ORDER

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ROLL CALL

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OPPORTUNITY FOR THE PUBLIC TO SPEAK ON CLOSED SESSION ITEMS City Council convenes in the virtual public meeting and then adjourns to Closed Session to discuss the following:

3-1.

Conference with Legal Counsel – Anticipated Litigation

Government Code section 54956.9(d)(2) (1 case)

3-1 Anticipated Litigation Documents

Public Comments Prior to Closed Session