RULES COMMITTEE: 10/19/2022
Item: B.1
File ID: ROGC 22-444
TO: Honorable Mayor & FROM: Toni J. Taber, CMC
City Council City Clerk
SUBJECT: The Public Record DATE: October 19, 2022
October 6 – October 13, 2022
ITEMS FILED FOR THE PUBLIC RECORD
Letters from Boards, Commissions, and Committees
Letters from the Public
1. Letter from Salvatore Caruso, dated October 11, 2022, regarding: REQUEST.
2. Letter from Douglas Rice, dated October 12, 2022, regarding: Rules Committee Testimony 10/12/22.
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Toni J. Taber, CMC
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Subject: REQUEST
Dear Mayor Liccardo and Council members,
Attached is the request for an Italian-American Heritage Month. I request this for those who have given their time ,talent, treasure and lives for our Community.
Respectfully,
Salvatore Caruso
Honorary Consul of Italy
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SALVATORE CARUSO
HONORARY CONSUL OF ITALY
Dear Mayor Liccardo and Council members,
With gratitude for the contributions of Italian–Americans to San Jose and Santa Clara Valley, the Valley of Heart’s Delight, I respectfully request that October be declared as Italian–American Heritage Month.
Many like my parents came here only with a dream of endless opportunities. Many challenges were faced and overcome. The late great Norm Minetta told me some 35 years ago about his internment in the Japanese camp in WWII and told me of the Italian–Americans that were rounded up and placed in Italian camps during the war.
Many Italian–Americans who were not put in camps were forced to work in the camps because they could not find other work at the time.
Many Sicilians came to San Jose to escape the greater challenges they faced in the late 1800’s in other parts of the United States, events such as the March 14th, 1891, New Orleans Lynchings – The largest lynching in American History and which consisted entirely of Sicilian-Americans.
Imagine how alien it must have felt in the 1800’s and early 1900’s to face such challenges just after the Italian Renaissance which produced such innovation in art, architecture, literature, and various aspects of culture.
The spirit of resilience of Italian–Americans endured challenges and settled here in Santa Clara Valley with deep roots like the Rubino, Sunseri, Marchesi, Di Napoli, Cortese, and La Barbera families, and many others.
Many followed with a strong spirit to succeed and give back generously to our community, like the Sobrato Foundation and countless others.
The glue that held our Italian–American community together was and is love of family and a sincere desire to love all people around us.
I humbly request that October be dedicated as Italian–American Heritage month not for a single person or historical figurehead but for everyone from the Italian-American community who have given their best for our country, families, and community.
Grazie,
Salvatore Caruso
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City of San Jose Rules Committee Testimony
October 12, 2022
Members of the City of San Jose Rules Committee:
Thank you for the opportunity to comment on the Consent Calendar Item B(1) - Public Record.
My name is Douglas Rice. I am a Vice President for the California Pilots Association, a former Santa Clara County Airports Commissioner, and have been a pilot at Mineta San Jose International Airport for 51 years.
I have brought this item forward due to concerns over safety and environmental issues at the airport. Many of these items have been brought up to both staff and the Airport Commission without any follow-up action. Some may have FAA Grant Assurance implications as well.
More recently, the obstacle of a required amendment to the commission workplan in order to address these issues was presented as an excuse for the lack of action. This is in spite of the fact that SJMC 2.08.420(b) allows the public to request the commission to “investigate, study, or review any matter pertaining to the airport or aviation”.
The Airport Rules and Regulations Sections 25.12 and 25.14 are the primary focus of my request for action, having remained unchanged since Ord. 25529 was passed in 1998. Current operational procedures contradict many of the rules stated in 25.12. For example, the Air Traffic Control tower no longer operates 24 hours a day rendering numerous portions of the SJMC, at least in part, moot. Changes in runway capacity and the makeup of the based general aviation fleet and fixed-based operator service facilities suggest a review of the airport rules and regulations to promote safe and efficient operations is long overdue.
Our airport also lacks facilities for small and mid-sized aircraft that cannot safely operate at other area airports. Our county lists over 1400 aircraft registered yet only about 750 on the tax rolls as high airport costs among other factors discourage locating them at SJC. The current facilities at the airport are at capacity, which limits revenue to the airport through rents and fees and inhibits inflows to the general fund and schools from personal personal property and possessory interest taxes. These “off budget” monies also need to be accounted for as an economic impact and credited to the aviation community in the future.
Other issues listed on the submission also deserve attention. Has the airport quantified the revenue loss associated with the opening of Moffett Field to corporate aviation? How can the city affect the high costs that discourage purchases and doing business at the airport? I ask that the committee consider the issues presented and provide direction to the Airport Commission and staff to provide recommendations and resolutions to address these long standing aviation community and public concerns.
Thank you for your time.
Douglas Rice