SPECIAL BERKELEY CITY COUNCIL MEETING

TUESDAY, JULY 25, 2000, 5:30 P.M.

1900 ADDISON STREET, THIRD FLOOR CONFERENCE ROOM  

AGENDA

ROLL CALL:   5:30 P.M.

PUBLIC COMMENT:  (Ten minute maximum)

CLOSED SESSION: (The Council will recess into Closed Session immediately after Public Comment or immediately after Roll Call if there are no public speakers)

1.  CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL – ANTICIPATED LITIGATION – Significant exposure to litigation pursuant to subdivision (b) of Government Code section 54956.9 

The City has received a letter dated July 14, 2000 from Patrick Kennedy (copy on file in the City Clerk’s office) which suggests that the City’s inclusionary housing ordinance may violate state law.  In the City Attorney’s opinion there is thus a substantial exposure of the City to litigation filed to challenge such inclusionary housing requirements.  The City Council will be meeting with the City Attorney to discuss this potential litigation.

2.  CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL – ANTICIPATED LITIGATION PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 54956.9 (c)  

Initiation of litigation  
The City Council will confer with the City Attorney in order to determine whether the City should file suit against Grace Chizar to enforce the provisions of a loan agreement and related deed of trust concerning property located at 1504-14 10^th Street, where such agreement requires that the units be rented at specified rates to low income tenants.

3.   CONFERENCE WITH LABOR NEGOTIATOR PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 54957.6:  

Union: 
 Berkeley Police Association    

Union: 
Berkeley Fire Fighters Association/I.A.F.F. Local 1227

City Negotiators:  
James R. Keene, Jr., City Manager
Phillip Kamlarz, Deputy City Manager
David Hodgkins, Employee Relations Officer
Margarita Zamora, Senior Personnel Analyst  
Allan Levinson, Senior Personnel Analyst

 ADJOURNMENT:  (The Council may adjourn this meeting to the City Council Chambers, 2134 Martin Luther King Jr. Way, and reconvene into Open Session at 7:00 p.m. to make a report, if any such report is required by law.)

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