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MINUTES OF THE
JOINT MEETING OF THE RULES AND OPEN GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE AND
COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE
SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA WEDNESDAY, April26, 2023
The Committee meeting was held in a hybrid format, both in person in the Council Chambers and teleconferenced from remote locations. The meeting convened at 2:02 p.m.
Present: Councilmembers- Davis, Jimenez, Kamei, Foley, Cohen
Absent: Councilmembers- None
Staff: Assistant City Manager, Lee Wilcox; City Attorney, Nora Frimann; City Clerk, Toni Taber; City Manager’s Office, Rachelle Blattman; and Deputy City Clerk, Megan Roche.
A. City Council (City Clerk)
1. Review May 2, 2023 Final Agenda
a) Add new items to Final Agenda
b) Assign “Time Certain” to Agenda Items (if needed)
c) Review of Notice of Waiver Requests for Agenda Items or Documents (if needed) Public Comments: None provided.
Action: Upon motion by Councilmember Pam Foley, seconded by Councilmember Dev Davis, and carried unanimously, the Committee approved the final agenda for the City Council meeting on May 2, 2023, with the Add Sheet. (5-0-0.)
2. Review May 9, 2023 Draft Agenda
a) Add new items to Draft Agenda
b) Assign “Time Certain” to Agenda Items (if needed)
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Action: Upon motion by Councilmember Pam Foley, seconded by Councilmember Dev Davis, and carried unanimously, the Committee approved the draft agenda for the City Council meeting on May 9, 2023, with the evening session cancelled and asked staff to investigate moving Ceremonial Item
1.4 to be time certain at 5:00 p.m. (5-0-0.)
B. Consent Calendar
Public Comments: Blair Beekman and Paul Soto offered public comments.
Action: Upon motion by Councilmember Dev Davis, seconded by Councilmember Pam Foley, and carried unanimously, the Consent Calendar was approved as a whole. (5-0-0.)
1. The Public Record for April 13 – April 20, 2023. (City Clerk) The Public Record for April 13 – April 20, 2023, was noted and filed.
2. Update to the January - June 2023 Community and Economic Development Committee Work Plan. (City Manager)
An amendment to the January - June 2023 Community and Economic Development (CED) Committee Work Plan was approved to drop the following item from the June 26, 2023 CED Committee meeting: Moderate-Income Housing Strategy Status Report.
3. Retroactive Approval of Various Events Sponsored by Council District 5 as City Council Sponsored Special Events to Expend City Funds and Accept Donations of Materials and Services for the Events. (Ortiz)
The following events, sponsored by Council District 5, were retroactively approved for placement on the May 2, 2023 City Council Agenda: Fuerza y Unión Grammercy Egg Hunt event scheduled on April 8, 2023; Clean California Community Day Highway Cleanup event scheduled on April 15, 2023; Poco Way Día del Niño event scheduled on April 20, 2023; and Great American Litter Pickup events scheduled on April 22, 2023. The following events, sponsored by Council District 5, were approved for placement on the May 2, 2023 City Council Agenda: Fuerza y Unión Grammercy Día del Niño Celebration event scheduled on April 29, 2023; Mount Pleasant Neighborhood Association One ComUNITY event scheduled on April 29, 2023; Mexican Heritage Plaza Poetry event scheduled on May 6, 2023; and Indian Health Center of Santa Clara Valley American Indian Graduation event scheduled on May 10, 2023.
C. Rules Committee Reviews, Recommendations and Approvals None provided.
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D. Open Forum
1. Blair Beekman spoke on moderate income housing and news regarding the San Jose Police Officers’ Association.
2. Paul Soto spoke on the generational impacts of redlining.
3. Martha O’Connell spoke on the Community Opportunity to Purchase Act (COPA) and absence of discussion on mobile-home park redesignation.
E. Adjournment
Chair David Cohen adjourned the Committee meeting at 2:24 p.m.
Minutes Recorded, Prepared, and Respectfully Submitted by,
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Grace Turner
Deputy City Clerk, City of San José
Approved at Council on: 8/27/24
Number of actions: 3
Attest By:
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Toni J. Taber, CMC
City Clerk, City of San José