Speaker 2: Effort. So if there's nothing further from the Council and councilmember member, you address the general landscape. So thank you for that. So let's move on to item and ten B because it's always exciting to introduce some more nominations to you. I have been busy with staff doing lots of interviews, like I told you earlier, many excellent candidates for these boards and commissions. And what I always try to do is strive for diversity across a lot of different metrics and geographic age variance, racial, gender, ethnicity, ethnicity, just and wow, what great choices we have to make. And so it's a combination of reappointing incumbents or sometimes not, or maybe an incumbent and a newbie if there's more than one opportunity. So starting with the golf commission, there was one opening and I'm appointing nominating a gentleman named Ben Think and Binder who comes to us from well, gosh, he worked on the Obama campaign back in 2008, then went to work in the Obama White House for the next eight years. And now he's working in the private sector and out in the Bay Area. But what's exciting about him, besides that, he played golf in college and was a caddy in the LPGA, which I thought was important. It was impressive. But he also has been involved in a program called First Tee that's cheap and it's a way to bring affordable junior golf programs to communities that don't have them, especially in economically disadvantaged areas. And he mentioned that, you know, he'd really like to help start up a program like that. Here we have this beautiful course, and he just loved to bring more kids, especially those who might not otherwise have the opportunity. And he could wax poetic about all those skills and leadership and and other attributes that we need to play golf has for you. And so that's the golf commission. And then on the Housing Authority Board of Commissioners, there were five openings that first, you know, incumbents would serve another term and also some openings. So I have appointed these five and Bashir headed is the incumbent and he's also a tenant, which is one of the there's certain slots on this board . He's originally from Algeria. He's then he is was a professor in neurobiology and teaches now. And Elizabeth Cowart is she's she's a newbie but wow, very impressive background. She works for an affordable housing developer. She has her undergraduate degree in architecture from Yale and she has her master's degree in planning from M.I.T.. And one of my favorite planning commissioners, different board planning commissioners is and Cook, who I served with years ago. And she also had her degree from M.I.T. But I was excited to meet and interview Miss Carter. Sandra Kay is an incumbent. She's also a resident, a senior. She has work before she retired in affordable housing. She also lived in both Hong Kong and Australia. Her husband was a professor teaching those places, but she's very energetic and just loving what she's doing and wants to continue. Kenji Tamaki is another incumbent and he is just he's also involved in housing, affordable housing development. I'm going to go blank on specifically what he's he's been involved in the community with scouts and just very invested in housing and the inclusivity of it. He is a Canadian. Originally, his parents were Japanese immigrants to Canada and he is now a US resident and just enjoying giving back to his community. And the last of the five is per diem. Sit down, the cop and that name will sound familiar to some of you because when we still had the RAC, the the rent advisory board, he was one of our last appointments before the RAC was discontinued. And he is a native of Ukraine. He's an attorney. He's worked in a number of communities, including East Palo Alto City Attorney's Office and Oakland City Attorney's Office. But he recently moved to the city of Hayward, the city attorney's office, where he's working on housing. Programs that he's working with, among others. Jennifer, I knew some of you will remember from when she worked here, he didn't realize she'd worked here. So those are those are my five. And then finally, for the planning board, two openings. And I am reappointing the incumbent, Ron Curtis, who has has the development background from years ago. He's retired for a number of years and then a newbie. Her name is Damaris Cisneros, and she also has a very extensive background. She's worked in affordable housing development. She's worked in market rate development. She's worked for the Bay Area Council and councilmember. I believe she has her master's degree from Mills College, which would interest you. And I think she's an undergrad from UCLA, by the way. Mr. Desai But anyway, those are my two. Planning Board nominees, and I've got three more commissions to do. We will have wrap it up next week. Next, when we meet in October, I'll have a Civil Service Commission Commission on Persons with Disabilities and Schwab Social Service Human Relations Boards. I am going to interview till the cows come home. Okay. With that, we have to keep moving along. Oh, so. Okay, help me out. Madam Quirk, we're going to adjourn this meeting. Yes. Okay. So with that, we are adjourning the city council meeting that started at 7:00 and we are convening a special city council meeting at 701. May we have the roll call, please?
Speaker 1: Roll call has been noted. Five present.
Speaker 2: Thank you. And we have a single agenda item, which is to say, Madam Clerk.
Speaker 1: Recommendation to authorize the city manager to negotiate and execute a $1,000 contract with block by block to help in the economic recovery efforts for COVID from COVID 19 in Alameda Business Improvement Areas and negotiate and execute an amendment to the agreement with Creative Build INC to add $103,978 to provide extended hours of operation for the day center
Consideration of Mayor’s Nominations for Appointments to the Civil Service Board, Commission on Persons with Disabilities, Golf Commission, Housing Authority Board of Commissioners, Planning Board, and Social Service Human Relations Board.