Joint Meeting for the Rules and Open Government Committee and Committee of the Whole
City of San José
Agenda
City of San José
200 East Santa Clara Street
San Jose, CA 95113
Committee Members
Chappie Jones, Chair
Raul Peralez, Vice Chair
Sylvia Arenas, Member
David Cohen, Member
Dev Davis, Member
Committee Staff
Lee Wilcox, Assistant City Manager
Toni Taber, City Clerk
Nora Frimann, City Attorney
Gloria Schmanek, City Manager's Office
Hybrid Meeting - Council Chambers and Virtually -
https://sanjoseca.zoom.us/j/83768347029
Wednesday, September 14, 2022 2:00 PM
* COVID-19 NOTICE *
Consistent with AB 361 and City of San Jose Resolution Nos. 80628 and 80659, Committee Members may be teleconferencing from remote locations.
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1) Cable Channel 26,
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How to provide spoken Public Comment during the Committee Meeting:
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A. City Council (City Clerk)
1. Review Final Agenda
Review September 20, 2022 Final Agenda
a. Add New Items to Final Agenda
b. Assign "Time Certain" to Agenda Items (if needed)
c. Review of Notice of Waiver Requirements for Agenda Items or Documents (if needed)
ROGC
22-383
Attachments Agenda
2. Review Draft Agenda
Review September 27, 2022 Draft Agenda
a. Add New Items to Draft Agenda
b. Assign "Time Certain" to Agenda Items (if needed)
c. Review of Notice of Waiver Requirements for Agenda Items or Documents (if needed)
ROGC
22-384
Attachments Agenda
Notice to the public: There will be no separate discussion of individual Consent Calendar items as they are considered to be routine and will be adopted by one motion. If a member of the Committee requests debate, separate vote or recusal on a particular item, that item may be removed from the Consent Calendar by the Chair and considered separately. The public may comment on the entire Consent Calendar and any items removed from the Consent Calendar by the Chair.
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B. Consent Calendar
ROGC The Public Record for September 1 - September 8, 2022. (City Clerk) 22-385
1. Recommendation: Receive and file the Public Record for September 1 - September 8, 2022.
Attachments The Public Record
Update to the August - December 2022 Community and Economic Development Committee Work Plan. (City Manager)
ROGC
22-386
2. Recommendation: (a) Approve an amendment to the August – December 2022 Community and Economic Development Committee Work Plan to add the following item to the September 26, 2022, meeting:
2022 California Building Standards Code Adoption Status Report.
Purpose: Provide a status report on the proposed ordinance changes related to the adoption of the 2022 California Building Standards Code and amendment to Title 24 of the San José Municipal Code. (Planning, Building, and Code Enforcement/Fire)
(b) Approve an amendment to the August – December 2022
Community and Economic Development Committee Work Plan to add the following item to the October 24, 2022 meeting:
Team San José Semi-Annual Activities and Performance Measures Report.
Purpose: Provide a report on Team San José’s a) Performance Measures for Fiscal Year 2021-2022, b) Performance Measures for Fiscal Year 2023-2024, and c) Annual Sales and Marketing Plan for Fiscal Year 2022-2023. (Economic Development and Cultural Affairs) (a) Memorandum
(b) Memorandum
Attachments
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ROGC Request to Travel. (Jimenez)
22-387
3. Recommendation: 1. Approve travel and related travel expenses and request excused absences due to Authorized City Business for Councilmember Sergio Jimenez to attend the Sister Cities International U.S.-Mexico Mayors’ Community Summit in San Diego, CA and Tijuana B.C. on October 11-13, 2022.
a. Request an excused absence due to Authorized City Business for the October 13, 2022 regular meeting of the Neighborhood Services and Education Committee.
2. Approve travel and related travel expenses, request excused absences due to Authorized City Business and accept travel payments to the City of San Jose, for Councilmember Sergio Jimenez to attend the California Association of Local Agency Formation Commission’s (CALAFCO) annual conference in Newport Beach, CA on October 19-21, 2022.
a. Request an excused absence due to Authorized City Business for the October 20, 2022 regular meeting of the Public Safety, Finance, and Strategic Support Committee.
Attachments Memorandum from Jimenez
END OF CONSENT
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ROGC PG&E Power Outages and Infrastructure Repair & Resilience. (Mayor) 22-381
1. Recommendation: 1. Direct the City Manager to identify a senior team to meet with technical staff of Pacific Gas & Electric in the weeks ahead, to identify and discuss critical local power distribution infrastructure needs in San Jose. Ensure that PG&E prioritizes those needs in its pending capital replacement and repair plan for the coming year, by no later than October 31st.
2. If, by October 31st, staff determines that PG&E’s capital repair plan does not adequately protect the health and safety of the San Jose community, direct the City Attorney and City Manager to inform the Council about options that include:
a. Whether and how the City might seek a court injunction or PUC order to mandate that PG&E replace or upgrade any transformers or other elements of PG&E’s distribution infrastructure at substantial risk of heat-related failure by summer of 2023. Such a mandate might focus on devices or other elements of the infrastructure deemed vulnerable based upon their age, signs of wear, or type of manufacture. b. Whether and how the City might-individually, or in combination with other residents and businesses as plaintiffs --seek damages for harms related to infrastructure-related power outages, including but not limited to costs of business interruption, emergency response, personal injury, and death.
3. Direct the City Manager to report to the Council (as part of its infrastructure resilience workplan, or through other means) the sufficiency of backup or redundant power for telecommunications service providers to keep cell towers operational during extended blackouts. The report should include information regarding what, if anything, the City can do to require telecom providers to bolster their resilience to outages, particularly in light of possible federal or state regulatory preemption in this area.
Memorandum from Mayor
Early Consideration Response Form, 9/12/2022
Attachments
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ROGC Accelerating SJPD Staffing Levels. (Davis, Jimenez, and Cohen) 22-382
2. Recommendation: 1. Direct the City Manager’s Office to conduct an analysis of police overtime spending that includes existing authorized sworn staffing levels, vacancies, recruit academies, and performance targets to determine a goal for the appropriate level of officer staffing and overtime expenditures that will guide future budget development. The analysis should include review of current and the past three years spending to provide a comprehensive picture and provide recommendations for staffing additions that can be made starting in FY 22-23. Our goal should be to reduce mandatory overtime so that officer stress and fatigue is reduced and to provide enough officers for our city’s public safety needs.
2. Direct the City Manager’s Office to develop a workplan with goals and timeline to drive the acceleration of police staffing levels while reducing mandatory overtime.
a. Bring to Council no later than the end of November 2022 a status report of the City Manager’s Office efforts on this initiative. b. Bring regular reports to the Public Safety, Finance and Strategic Support Committee, the timing and content of which should be determined by committee members, on progress towards goals. [Deferred from 9/7/2022 - Item C.1 (ROGC 22-374)]
Memorandum from Davis, Jimenez, and Cohen
Early Consideration Response Form, 9/7/2022
Attachments
D. Open Forum
Members of the Public are invited to speak on any item that does not appear on today’s Agenda and that is within the subject matter jurisdiction of the City Council.
E. Adjournment
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The City of San José is committed to open and honest government and strives to consistently meet the community's expectations by providing excellent services, in a positive and timely manner, and in the full view of the public. The City Code of Ethics may be viewed online.
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