TO: HONORABLE MAYOR AND FROM: Toni J. Taber, CMC
CITY COUNCIL City Clerk
SUBJECT: SEE BELOW DATE: October 4, 2022
SUBJECT: Request for Travel Authorization for Mayor’s Staff
Recommendation
As recommended by the Rules and Open Government Committee on September 28, 2022, authorize travel and accept travel payments to the City of San José and designate Mayor’s staff, Sheyla Tupua, as the City representative to attend the Mayor’s Education Policy Advisors (EPAN) Annual Meeting and Postsecondary Success Summit in Washington, D.C. from October 10, 2022 to October 14, 2022. (Source of Fund: National League of Cities [NLC]).
CEQA: Not a Project, File No. PP17-010, City Organizational and Administrative Activities resulting in no changes to the physical environment. (Liccardo) [Rules Committee referral 9/28/2022 - Item B.3]
COUNCIL AGENDA: 10/4/2022
ITEM: 2.11
FILE NO: 22-1491
RULES AGENDA:
ITEM:
9/28/2022
B.3
TO: RULES AND OPEN
GOVERNMENT
COMMITTEE
FROM: Mayor Sam Liccardo
SUBJECT: Request for Travel for
Mayor’s Office Staff
DATE: September 19, 2022
Approved: Date: 09/19/22
Re
commendation: Authorize travel, accept travel payments to the City of San Jose, and designate Mayor’s Office staff, Sheyla Tupua, as the City representative to attend the Mayor’s Education Policy Advisors (EPAN) Annual Meeting and Postsecondary Success Summit in Washington, DC from October 10-14, 2022.
Loc
ation: Washington, DC
Meet
ing Date: October 10 - 14, 2022
Sour
ce of Funds: National League of Cities (NLC)
Pur
pose: Sheyla Tupua to be designated the City of San Jose’s representative on the visit to Washington, DC for the Mayor’s Education Policy Advisors (EPAN) Annual Meeting and Postsecondary Success Summit.
The
National League of Cities (NLC), through its Institute for Youth, Education, and Families (IYEF), has established the Mayors’ Education Policy Advisors Network (EPAN). This nationa l network facilitates communication among senior officials who are working with mayors on key issues related to improving educational outcomes. EPAN enables municipal staff from large cities to share information, insights, and lessons learned regarding the strategies that cities have employed to address educational outcomes across the cradle to career continuum.
HONORABLE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL
September 19, 2022
Subject: Request for Travel for Mayor’s Office Staff
This opportunity will be of great benefit to network with peers across the country to learn about education-related projects they are working on in their cities. To establish relationships with leaders across educational sectors to help advance the City’s education and equity initiatives, interface and establish relationships with executives from leading organizations, and to ensure continued engagement for the next mayoral administration.
Sheyla is the Strategic Initiatives Advisor for Education & Equity, on the Mayor’s team and has been working closely with key staff in the City Manager’s Office to further the City’s education initiatives.