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MINUTES OF THE
TRANSPORTATION AND ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE
SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA MONDAY, MAY 2, 2022
COVID-19 NOTICE
Consistent with AB 361 and City of San Jose Resolution Nos. 79485, 80237, 80266, 80290, 80323, 80343, 80363, 80400, and 80445, this meeting was not physically open to the public, and the Committee Members were teleconferencing from remote locations.
The Council meeting was teleconferenced from remote locations and convened at 1:30 p.m.
Present: Councilmembers - Davis, Cohen, Esparza, Peralez, Foley.
Absent: Councilmembers -
Staff: Office of the City Manager, Kip Harkness Colleen Winchester; Grace Turner.
B. Review of Work Plan
1. Residential Garbage and Recycling Rates Report. (Environmental Services)
2. City- Generated Tow Services Delivery Model Status Report. (Planning, Building and Code Enforcement/ Police)
Public Comment: Blair Beekman provided public comment.
Action: Upon motion by Councilmember Maya Esparza, seconded by Councilmember Raul Peralez and carried unanimously, the Committee dropped the Residential Garbage and Recycling Rates Report per the April 12, 2022 Joint Meeting for the Rules and Open Government Committee and deferred a status report of the City-Generated Tow Services Delivery Model to the June 6, 2022 Transportation and Environment meeting. (5-0). - 2 - May 2, 2022
C. Consent Calendar
1. California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program Semi-Annual Status Report. (Planning, Building and Code Enforcement) Public Comments: Blair Beekman provided public comment.
Action: Upon motion by Councilmember Pam Foley, seconded by Councilmember Raul Peralez and carried unanimously, the Committee accepted a semi-annual status report on EQA) Mitigation
Monitoring and Reporting Program for the period of October 2021 to March 2022. (5-0) D. Reports to Committee
1. Discharge Regulations and Future Impacts on San José-Santa Clara Regional Wastewater Facility Capital Projects. (Environmental Services) Deputy Director, Waste Water Management Regional Wastewater Facility, Amit Mutsuddy; Division Manager, Compliance, Jennifer Voccola Brown; Principle Engineer, Air Compliance, Jason Nettleton and; Program Manager, Water Compliance, Eric Dunlavely, offered the presentation and responded to questions.
Public Comments: Blair Beekman provided public comment.
Action: Upon motion by Councilmember David Cohen, seconded by Councilmember Pam Foley and carried unanimously, the Committee accepted a report on future wastewater discharge regulations and their potential impacts on San José-Santa Clara Regional Wastewater Facility Capital Projects. (5-0.)
2. Coyote Valley Status Report. (Planning, Building and Code Enforcement) Deputy Director, Citywide Planning, Michael Brilliot and Deputy City Manager, Kip Harkness offered the presentation. Consultant Terrell Watt and Director of Environmental Services, Kerrie Romanow assisted in answering questions.
Public Comment: Green Foothills, Brian Schmidt; Blair Beekman and; Jill Borders provided public comment.
Action: Upon motion by Councilmember Raul Peralez, seconded by Councilmember Pam Foley and carried unanimously, the Committee accepted a status report on Coyote Valley (Item continued on next page)
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Program, relevant conservation/acquisition strategies, and any other interrelated policies stemming from the General Plan 4 Year-Review actions to preserve agricultural and conservation uses in Coyote Valley. The acceptance included direction to the City Manager to explore conversations with OSA and lobbyists in Sacramento on talking to delegation about the potential for allowing cap and trade funds to be used by the Habitat Conservation Agency or the Open Space to acquire land and development rights, and direction
to conserve land including additional true stakeholder engagement with Coyote Valley property owners and their representatives in conversations throughout the process on all items. [Deferred from March] (4-0-1 Absent: Esparza.)
3. Update to City Council Policy 5-1. (Transportation)
Director, Department of Transportation, John Ristow; Division Manger, Planning, Policy, and Sustainability, Ramses Madou and; Transportation Specialist, Department of Transportation, Nick Frey offered the presentation and responded to questions.
Public Comment: Jill Borders and Blair Beekman offered public comment.
Action: Upon motion by Councilmember Raul Peralez seconded by Councilmember Pam Foley and carried unanimously, the Committee moved
May 2, 2022 memorandum in accepted with the proposed amendments to City Council Policy 5-1: Transportation Analysis Policy to further promote housing development in San José with direction to bring the conversation back to the Transportation and Environment Committee. [ADD PER APRIL 20, 2022 JOINT MEETING FOR THE RULES AND OPEN GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE] (4-0-1 Absent: Esparza.)
1. Blair Beekman spoke on ideas of war and peace in Ukraine and expressed interest in the future of housing for drug treatment programs.
Councilmember Dev Davis adjourned the Transportation and Environment Committee Meeting at 3:03 p.m.
Dev Davis, Chair
Transportation and Environment Committee