Adoption of Resolution Commending Alexander Nguyen for His Service to the City of Alameda as Assistant City Manager. (City Manager)
Adoption resolution, commending Alexander Nguyen for his service, the city of Alameda as assistant city manager. RS Alexander Nguyen began his service to the city of Alameda on July six, 2011 as deputy city manager and was promoted to Assistant City Manager on February 10th, 2013. And. Whereas, with his keen understanding of the public's concerns, Alexander and Nguyen increased community engagement by placing Alameda at the center of the city's work, improving upon the city's outreach to residents, ensuring community input on projects and using technology to assist residents in communicating with their government. And. Whereas, Alexander and Nguyen fulfilled the role of the public information officer increase in City Hall's formal communication with residents and the media, as well as providing all better access to information. And. WHEREAS, during his tenure with the city, Alexander Nguyen revamped the city's website to streamline content and make it more accessible to the public. And. Whereas, in an effort to increase government transparency and efficiency, Alexander Nguyen led the efforts in initiating a city wide records retention policy and records management program. And. WHEREAS, through his insightful directives and innovative recommendations, Alexander and Nguyen led the efforts in taking the first steps toward modernizing the city's information technology infrastructure. And. WHEREAS, Alexander and Nguyen provided a thorough analysis of the city's lobbying efforts and streamlined contracts to better suit the city's long term needs. And first, through his collaborative approach and calm demeanor, Alexander Nguyen was committed to improving employee engagement and morale, smoothing the transitions caused by the restructuring of the Public Works Department. And. Whereas, Alexander Nguyen has been a strong advocate for the city's disaster preparedness program and coordinated efforts to transform the city's approach to resiliency and improve upon the city's emergency operations. And. Whereas, Alexander Nguyen brought a large dose of humor and humility to his work, maintained an open door policy with his colleagues, anxiously awaited the enactment of the Backyard Farm Animal Ordinance and will be greatly missed. Now, therefore, be it resolved that the City Council of the City of Alameda does hereby express its sincere appreciation for Alexander Nguyen's years of service to the Alameda community before the resolve of the City Council of the City of Alameda does hereby congratulate Alexander Nguyen on his many accomplishments as assistant city manager and wishes him well in his future endeavors. And we have a motion. I move adoption of item. 6/62 and. We have one speaker pro rata. Thank you. Don't start. Rob Reiner. I'm still the executive director of the Park Street Business Association, and you'll notice that I wanted to speak on Mr. Nguyen's agenda item, not yours. Thank you. I guess I'll get to you in a minute, but I just wanted to get up and say that Alex had the unenviable job of usually dealing with me, because sometimes I have a chance to make requests on behalf of my organization that sometimes are in the best interests of my organization, but may not fit within the procedures of the city of Alameda. And he was the one that inevitably had to yak with me and say, Nice try, Renato. But no, but I will tell you that when he said no, he always did it with a smile on his face. And he was always he would always listen to my argument. Sometimes I could convince him that maybe I was right after all, and sometimes not so much. But I always respected him and I appreciated his good work on behalf of the city of Alameda. And if you're Scottie Pippen, I still thought you were a lot taller. I'm sorry. Pertaining to Mr. Russo. And I'm going to address Mr. Russo. Now, I'm very proud to say that I was part of the citizens panel that interviewed city managers candidates four years ago. And as soon as I met him, I went, Oh, this guy might make a pretty good city manager. And I'm sure that my recommendation had at least 1/100 of a percent of you getting the job. Thanks. So I'm very proud of that. We are certainly going to miss you. But I will just give you both this one warning. As you know, I go to Southern California many, many times, and I'm sure I could sneak in a trip to Riverside to speak about nine agenda items. So just just keep thinking about that one, okay? We're going to miss you both. We're going to have a lot of fun at your party tomorrow night. Thank you very much. Thank you. Thank you. Council comments. Member Ody. I thank you, Madam Mayor. So. You're the right hand man. Right, Alex. And has someone who does that in his day job. I have a special appreciation for that. You know, you're. You're the one I've been able to go to because, you know, we had that camaraderie and that connection as the right hand guy. And no one, that's who you go to when you want something to get done. You know, but you're also, you know, the one who helps smooth out the rough edges. And, you know, who makes the phone call after the the bad meeting and who tells the constituent bad news. And, you know, as the general flak catcher so know I get how that works and I really appreciate, you know, everything that you've done and and supporting John and helping move our city forward. And. And thank you for everything you did. Because I came to you probably more than anyone else given, you know, we kind of served similar positions. And I really appreciate everything you've done and helped help me get up to speed and becoming a new council member. And I'll miss you, too. And good luck. And best of luck in Riverside. Amber Ashcroft. I just I echo my colleagues. Thank you, Alex. We'll miss working with you. Best of luck. Happy trails. Member De Saag. Thank you very much, Mr. Nguyen, for your service to Alameda. When I started back on council, you helped me out tremendously. When there was a traffic matter on the Oakland side of High Street and the connections that you had have with people in Oakland and I helped smoothen that fix. There was near the warehouse, that many warehouse, there was some kind of thing on the road that was causing a hazard for Alameda. And I've always appreciated that. And among all the many other things that you had helped, not just City Manager Russo, but all of us on council. Thank you. Vice mayor and not to repeat, but I do want to thank you for continuing to give me access to the city manager's office, regardless of what's happening. You do your job well, and I wish you much success in Riverside. Hope you enjoy it as well. All right. So I also want to thank you. And what I want to say really is people may not realize what a team the two of you are. You may see Mr. Russo more at events or whatnot. Alex is always right there. If you look if you're in the office, he's there toiling away long hours. He is a go to person for staff and community members. And again, I thank you for your service. And I really wish you wish the two of you the best when you're down in Riverside. So although those favor I. Motion carries. Thank you. I would like to say thank you and I'll seed all my time to. Low earners because we. Ready to tell them thank you. All right. Six C Introduction of Ordinance Amending the Alameda Municipal Code by adding Chapters six, Article 13, Section six, Dash 56 to impose requirements relating to the retention of grocery workers in certain circumstances involving the transfer of ownership of large grocery establishment.