Alameda property owners have a chance to protest the proposed annexation of of the City of Alameda into the Alameda County Emergency Medical Services (EMS) District. If the annexation goes through, residential property owners will see a new fee of $26.42 per unit per year levied on their property to cover a roughly $850,000 per year expense that is currently paid for out of the City’s General Fund.
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Alameda Point infrastructure upgrades are estimated to cost $650 million, excluding public benefits such as a sports complex and public library, according to a City of Alameda presentation delivered to the public via webinar on May 18th. The presentation is included in the meeting packet for next Wednesday’s Alameda Reuse and Redevelopment Authority, which oversees conversion of the former naval base to civilian use. The City of Alameda, through the Alameda Reuse and Redevelopment Authority, has moved to evict Nelson’s Marine from Alameda Point for failure to pay rent. Last night, at the Alameda Main Library, the community group “Alameda Citizens Task Force” (ACT) held its second workshop on the Alameda city budget. Alameda City Treasurer, Kevin Kennedy and Alameda City Auditor, Kevin Kearney were on hand to address the audience and speak to six focus sub-groups that brainstormed on local public service pensions, contracts, salaries, overtime, medical insurance and other issues. The Bank of Alameda has closed its branch at Harbor Bay Shopping Plaza on Bay Farm Island. A recent visit revealed that the former branch had been mostly cleaned out, and signs posted on the doors. A new report from The Education Trust—West called “A Report Card on District Achievement: How Low-income, African-American and Latino Students Far in California School Districts” gives the Alameda Unified School District (AUSD) a poor overall grade on the performance of minority and low-income students in the District. Tomorrow night in closed-session, Alameda City Council will conference with legal counsel, and real property negotiators, regarding the lawsuit against the City filed by former Alameda Fire Chief David Kapler, and the City’s proposal to host Lawrence Berkeley Labs’ second campus at Alameda Point. Alameda Municipal Power and the City of Alameda announced yesterday that the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California has dismissed a more than $15 million lawsuit against the City for losses that investors incurred with the demise of the electric utility’s cable TV and Internet access division. At Tuesday’s Alameda City Council meeting, Mayor Marie Gilmore nominated Mike Henneberry and David Burton to the two vacant positions on the Planning Board. Alameda City Council will meet in closed session tonight to discuss an item that suggests that Alameda City Councilmember Lena Tam may sue the City of Alameda to recover legal expenses she incurred defending herself last year against allegations of official misconduct. |
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