TO: HONORABLE MAYOR FROM: Councilmember David Cohen
AND CITY COUNCIL
SUBJECT: SEE BELOW DATE: November 8, 2022
Approved Date: 11/7/2022
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SUBJECT: APPROVE THE SANTA CLARA VALLEY TRANSPORTATION
AUTHORITY LICENSE AGREEMENT FOR THE SAFE PARKING PROGRAM
RECOMMENDATION
1. Approve the recommendations from the staff memorandum dated October 17, 2022.
2. Defer deliberation of the recommendations in the November 4, 2022 Memorandum from Mayor Liccardo and Councilmember Mahan until November 29, 2022 when the direction from the September 28, 2022 Rules Committee memos from Vice Mayor Jones, Councilmembers Foley, Jimenez and Mahan and the separate memo from Councilmember Cohen will be heard by the council.
BACKGROUND
City Council’s approval to execute a four-year term license agreement with VTA to implement the Safe Parking Program for RVs at the Santa Teresa Light Rail Station is the key direction that staff needs to progress the development of this program. A lot of work has gone into getting to this point in the process so it’s imperative that we keep this outcome at the forefront of our deliberations of this item.
The recommendations from Mayor Liccardo and Councilmember Mahan’s memo should be deferred until November 29th when a council item on Actions related to RVs in the City of San José from the September 28th rules committee will be heard. The reasons for deferring are that City staff has prepared analysis and recommendations for the November 29th item that should be heard before any additional direction is considered. Policymaking is best done with a systemic process that considers the impacts on a citywide basis rather than as one-offs for a particular site.
Additionally, these staff recommendations are in the final stages of scoring ahead of their release for the November 29th meeting and adding additional direction at this point to bring back to council is not practical.
COUNCIL AGENDA: 11/08/22
FILE#:
ITEM:
22-1625
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