Adoption of a Resolution Amending the Management and Confidential Employees Association (MCEA) Salary Schedule Establishing the Classification of Senior Transportation Coordinator, Allocating Two Senior Transportation Coordinator Positions, and Eliminating One Transportation Coordinator Position Effective October 3, 2017 and One Part-time Staff for a Total Increase in Staffing of 0.5 Positions. (Human Resources 2510)
Adoption of resolution amending the Alameda Management and Confidential Employees Association salary schedule, establishing the classification of Senior Transportation Coordinator, allocating to Senior Transportation Coordinator positions and eliminating one Transportation Coordinator position effective October 3rd, 2017, and also one part time staff for a total increase of point five OC. And the Vice Mayor had requested this before. Did you want to? We could get some clarification for staff. I know that we've looked at a number of the different positions and we were approving our budget and this is an amendment to what we're doing. Or what we had planned to do. Good evening, Mayor. Councilmembers Nancy Brownstein, H.R. director. We actually were still in the process of reviewing this. And so we thought we were going to be making a recommendation, but we just hadn't finalized it. So the reason we're not asking for any funding here is we actually budgeted money knowing we were going to be doing something different with these positions. We just hadn't finalized what that was going to be. So that's why we're bringing the amendment today. Okay. Thank you. And we do have a public speaker on the side and worth adding. I f this item, right? Yes. Good evening. I'm Ruth Abby with Community Action for Sustainable alameda and we wrote to express our support for this agenda item. We think it's very important to have the fully funded positions because transportation is our number one greenhouse gas emission source. And we think that you have a large number of transportation projects that are in the docket and will be coming before you. And we would really think we need that extra staffing to make sure that we can fulfill our commitment to climate sustainability. Thank you. We have a motion. So move. Second. All those in favor. My motion carries unanimously. Five k. I had asked that this be pulled. This is actually in regards to the straws trying to eliminate plastic straws, single use plastic items such as straws and compostable food service requirements. And this I had brought the referral that was heard after I left the last council meeting early to support our sister cities. And I know it was passed, but I want to put actually to thank council in my absence moving forward on this. I appreciate you joining me in this important effort. You don't really have to add anything unless you want to know you have a speaker. Oh, okay. And we do have a speaker with Abby. But but Mayor Spencer, you did miss that. I believe Mr. Garland at the meeting brought a big glass canister full of straws that were collected on the beach. Clean up day as an exhibit, as a show until. So that's what's missing. And I had received a piece of art from Pat Lamborn, also from her husband, picking up straws. And, you know, there's someone that makes art from what they pick up. Ruth Good evening, Ruth. Abby from Community Action for Sustainable Alameda. We really support the passage of this agenda item. We wrote to you about the importance of Alameda leadership on this issue. Because we are an island and we are very impacted by litter in the marine environment and we can do something very concrete, you know, working with our very supportive business community to make Alameda a real sustainable place. We kicked off this week the reuse of, we think, disposable campaign. The mayor and I have both been trained to be rethink disposable ambassadors. And we will be volunteering our time to work with our restaurant community to help them transition from disposable packaging to reusable. And then if they are using take out packaging, that should be also compostable or reusable. And so we really think this is a part of that. We very much appreciate the council's support of this issue, and we really think that Alameda will be a leader in sustainability. And this is a good step on the road. Thank you. Thank you. And I also want to thank Ruth, Abby as well as CASA for their efforts on this, as well as, you know, every green effort in this community for years. And then we had received letters of support, I believe, from Edison School students. So we also appreciate students voices weighing in on these important issues. And. Brody Thank you, Madam Mayor. And I'm glad you called. You pulled this because I was going to pull it anyway so I could give you thanks for bringing the referral forward and making sure that we we got this done and we expanded it to our campus tables. In just a quick note, I think it's Thursday at 630 that there will be a CASA workshop regarding the next steps for updating the city's local action plan for climate protection. And I think that was a referral by Councilmember Matariki that pushed that and make sure that we prioritized that. So I'm glad that that process is moving forward and just thank you for doing that. I'm glad you have an opportunity to speak on the item. And then I also want to thank staff because I know it's a heavy lift and it was, you know, us kind of pushing and pushing it faster and making it bigger. So thank you also for stepping up and joining us. But this is really, really important. So it's one of those good things that we're doing as a community. That being said, do you like the motion? Do you want to move? Chair I move. Final passage of the ordinance amending the Alameda Municipal Code Section four dash for disposable food service where to prohibit certain single use plastics such as straws and clarifying compostable for foodservice wear requirements. And I'll second that all those in favor. Right? My motion carries unanimously. Thank you. Six Regular Agenda Item six A. Presentation of certificates of appreciation to the Mayor's 4th of July Parade Committee, followed by presentation of a check to the USS Hornet. Do we have Barbara Price here to help us out on the side of. The Tell US Year. So Miss Price is the chair of this committee. He's been doing it forever. So actually, before you speak, I want to give a round of applause to her. Thank you. I was going to tell you that tonight is my last night on the program. Okay. Well, let's take that now because. You know, one of the problems is. What you're saying. That was a joke, right? Yeah. It's kind of one of those things that it gets into your blood. I think you end up staying forever. But we do have some of our committee members here and our executive board. We are a501c3 foundation now. And we're very proud that we've added the Coast Guard festival this year to the 4th of July festivities. We had over 4000 in attendance this year, which was amazing for a. First year event. And thank you so much to the city and the staff and you guys for supporting that because we couldn't have done it without you. And it was a major push. So we're looking forward to next year. The Coast Guard is already committed to this being a multi-year event, and we're looking forward to being. Bigger and better next year, kind of being. Our own little Fleet Week. So let me call up. Our group that is here. I thought I saw there is. Okay. So we have I am actually a chair of the foundation. Our vice chair is Jim Franz, and I think you might know him. He's been seen around here on occasion. Oh, thank you. That's nice. Great. Thank you. And we also have Mark Sorenson, who is our treasurer in charge of all things, money. Blake Brighton. We referred to him as Judge Blake because he is the guy you can bribe if you would like to get a trophy. And Betty Dittmar, we could not do this parade without. She is in charge, of all things, horse cleanup oriented. And managing the ending of the parade. We have Troy Hosmer, who you. Almost think because he's the one that got you your vehicles to write in. And made sure that the VIP area actually worked. And got you on your cars on time. That was great. And then we have Carrie Thompson, who is our bridge between us and the race. And she does all things. That regard to that and keep. That going. Mm. The rest of our group. We have several other people that weren't able to be here tonight. But our committee all together is about. 20 people who put in their time starting in January. Our first meeting. Will be in January this year. So thank you. Again for. Recognizing us. Yes. Okay. So there we go. Unfortunately, our representative from the Hornet was not able to be here. They got waylaid. They have power, but they just couldn't get here. And in recognition of them being our partner this year, this is the first year we actually partnered with the Hornet and specifically not only with the parade, but with the. Event at the. Base for our Coast Guard festival. And the run. And the run. Yes. And the run. The Hornet was fantastic. So we now have a partner with them. So in order to kind of help them through and appreciate from what they went through the day of when there was a little mishap, we actually are donating $1,000 from our fundraising to them to help cover some of the expenses. So thank you for that. Support you. That was. We? If you're. Net 60 a proclamation declaring October 1st through seventh as public we.