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City Council Minutes March 19,2012 following vote. Aye: 5- Gregory, Prola, Reed, Souza, Starosciak Nay: 2- Cassidy, Cutter Enactment No: Min Order 2012-014 10.B. 12-133 MOTION: Motion Combining the Airport Committee with the Business and Housing Development Committee and Renaming the Combined Committee as Community Development Committee; Eliminating the Civic and Cultural Committee and the Joint Oakland/San Leandro City Council Committee; and Appointing City Councilmembers to City Council Internal Committees as Outlined in File 12-133 A motion was made by Councilmember Prola,seconded by Councilmember Reed,that this Minute Order be Adopted.The motion carried by the following vote. Aye: 6- Cassidy, Cutter, Gregory, Prola, Reed, Starosciak Nay: 1 - Souza Enactment No: Min Order 2012-015 10.C. Report on Closed Session Actions Taken City Attorney Jayne Williams reported that tonight, the Council met in closed session to consider joining as an amicus in the pending United States Supreme Court Writ of Certiorari in the case of State of Arizona v. United States of America. This is a case that has been accepted by the United States Supreme Court. The amicus brief is being prepared by the Santa Clara County Counsel's Office. Many cities and counties throughout the country, in addition to the U.S. Conference of Mayors,have thus far agreed to participate. This evening, the Council, by a vote of 5-0-2 (Councilmembers Souza and Starosciak abstaining), directed the City Attorney to inform the Santa Clara County Counsel's Office that the City of San Leandro would join on as an amicus. The action that is being brought before the court in the amicus brief is to affirm the decision of the district court and the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals to enjoin Arizona's state statute, SB 1070, which has a very broad immigration enforcement scheme. The three issues that are being brought before the court are that. 1)the enjoined provisions of the legislation impermissibly usurps scarce local resources that should be devoted to public safety;2)imposes vague and unworkable requirements that effectively compel local officials to violate the Constitution, and thereby creates potential liability for localities;and 3)the implementation of the enjoined provisions will irreparably damage trust between immigrant communities and local law enforcement agencies nationwide. Pursuant to the Council's direction, City Attorney Williams will inform the Santa Clara County Counsel's Office of San Leandro's participation. 11. CITY COUNCIL CALENDAR City Councilmembers announced upcoming events and coordinated attendance. City of San Leandro Page 5