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
David Cohen, Chair
Pam Foley, Vice Chair
Sergio Jimenez, Member
Dev Davis, Member
Rosemary Kamei, Member
Committee Staff
Lee Wilcox, Assistant City Manager
Toni Taber, City Clerk
Nora Frimann, City Attorney
Rachelle Blattman, City Manager's Office
Wednesday, February 21, 2024 2:00 PM Council Chambers
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A. City Council (City Clerk)
1. Review Final Agenda
Review February 27, 2024 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
24-504
Attachments Agenda
2. Review Draft Agenda
Review March 5, 2024 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
24-505
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.
B. Consent Calendar
ROGC The Public Record for February 7- February 15, 2024. (City Clerk) 24-510
1. Recommendation: Receive and file the Public Record for February 7- February 15, 2024.
Attachments The Public Record
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ROGC Release Date for Study Session. (City Manager)
24-511
2. Recommendation: Recommend release of date held for Study Session on Friday, March 1, 2024.
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Retroactive Approval and Approval of Multiple Special Events Sponsored by Council District 10 as City Council Sponsored Special Events to Expend City Funds and Accept Donations of Materials and Services for the Events. (Batra)
ROGC
24-512
3. Recommendation: 1. Retroactively approve the eWaste event scheduled on December 2, 2023 as a City Council sponsored Special Event and retroactively approve the expenditure of funds.
2. Retroactively approve the Senior Fraud Prevention Workshop event scheduled on December 7, 2023 as a City Council sponsored Special Event and retroactively approve the expenditure of funds.
3. Retroactively approve the LifeSTEPS Holiday Gala event scheduled on December 17, 2023 as a City Council sponsored Special Event and retroactively approve the expenditure of funds.
4. Retroactively approve the CERT Leadership Success Training event scheduled on January 20, 2024 as a City Council sponsored Special Event and retroactively approve the expenditure of funds.
5. Retroactively approve the Budget Town Hall event scheduled on January 29, 2024 as a City Council sponsored Special Event and retroactively approve the expenditure of funds.
6. Retroactively approve the Talk with Batra Pancake Breakfast scheduled on February 17, 2024 as a City Council sponsored Special Event and retroactively approve the expenditure of funds.
7. Approve the Senior Winter Walk event scheduled on February 23, 2024 as a City Council sponsored Special Event and approve the expenditure of funds.
8. Approve the Shredding and E-Waste Day event scheduled on February 24, 2024 as a City Council sponsored Special Event and approve the expenditure of funds.
9. Approve the Comanche Blossom Valley Dumpster Day scheduled on March 16, 2024 as a City Council sponsored Special Event and approve the expenditure of funds.
10. Place the item on the February 27, 2024 Council Agenda for action.
Attachments Memorandum from Batra
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Approval of the Greek Flag Raising and Greek Independence Day Lighting Sponsored by Council District 9 as City Council Sponsored Special Events to Expend City Funds, Light City Hall, and Accept Donations of Materials and Services for the Events. (Foley) ROGC
24-513
4. Recommendation: 1. Approve the Greek Flag Raising scheduled on March 25, 2024 as a City Council sponsored Special Event and approve the expenditure of funds.
2. Approve the Greek Independence Day Tower and Rotunda Lighting scheduled on March 25, 2024 to March 31, 2024 as a City Council sponsored Special Event and approve the expenditure of funds.
3. Approve and accept donations from various individuals, businesses or community groups to support the events.
4. Place the item on the March 5, 2024 Council Agenda for action.
Attachments Memorandum from Foley
END OF CONSENT
C. Rules Committee Reviews, Recommendations and Approvals ROGC Request for Revolving Door Waiver. (City Clerk)
24-514
1. Recommendation: 1. Consider the request by Magdalena Carrasco, former Council Chief of Staff for District 3 Councilmember Omar Torres, for a Waiver of the Revolving Door Restrictions based on Ms. Carrasco’s February 8, 2024 Waiver Request Letter; and
a. Grant the request for a waiver upon making findings that such waiver is in the best interest of the City and consistent with the purpose of San José Municipal Code Chapter 12.10; or
b. Deny the request for a waiver if unable to make findings that such waiver is in the best interest of the City and consistent with the purpose of San José Municipal Code Chapter 12.10; and
2. Forward the request and recommendation to the City Council for their consideration on the February 27, 2024 City Council agenda.
CEQA: Not a Project, File No. PP17-008, General Procedure and Policy Making resulting in no changes to the physical environment, Title 12 (Ethics Provisions).
Memorandum
Carrasco Request for Waiver of San Jose Revolving Door Ordinance Attachments
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ROGC Shenzhen Sister City Affiliation. (Mayor, Kamei, and Foley) 24-515
2. Recommendation: Direct the City Manager’s Office to:
1. Return to Council on March 5, 2024 with a recommendation to approve a Sister City affiliation with Shenzhen, China and,
2. Work with the Mayor’s Office to identify non-profit community partners that can help provide fundraising and community building capacity for the Sister City relationship.
Memorandum from Mayor, Kamei, and Foley
Letters from the Public
Attachments
ROGC Actions Related to Cardroom Status Report. (Torres and Doan) 24-516
3. Recommendation: 1. Direct Staff to align the City’s regulations with the State which already has a robust regulatory program by removing duplicative regulations and functions performed by the San José Division of Gaming Control and eliminate the Cardroom Regulatory Fee in its entirety.
2. Implement a new fee, in coordination with the Cardrooms, to create a fund that will do the following:
a. Enforce against illegal gaming operations in San José; b. Promote awareness and prevention of gambling disorders and making treatment available to those negatively impacted by the problem of gambling amongst minority communities, especially the Asian Community that are disproportionately negatively affected by gaming; c. Evaluate the effectiveness of the funds currently allocated to non-profit organizations to deal with problem gaming and see if those funds can have greater impact or better allocated.
3. Direct Staff to engage with the City’s two cardrooms to implement recommendation #2.
4. Return to the City Council with the above changes by June 2024. [Referred from 2/15/2024 PSFSS Meeting - Item (d)1 (CC 24-293)] Attachments Replacement Memorandum
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 Committee.
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E. Adjournment
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