CITY COUNCIL MEETING
MINUTES
Monday, June 10, 2024
6:00 PM
LOCATION:
Council Chambers - 200 E. Santa Clara Street
MATT MAHAN, MAYOR
ROSEMARY KAMEI, VICE MAYOR, DISTRICT 1
SERGIO JIMENEZ, DISTRICT 2
OMAR TORRES, DISTRICT 3
DAVID COHEN, DISTRICT 4
PETER ORTIZ, DISTRICT 5
DEV DAVIS, DISTRICT 6
BIEN DOAN, DISTRICT 7
DOMINGO CANDELAS, DISTRICT 8
PAM FOLEY, DISTRICT 9
ARJUN BATRA, DISTRICT 10
City Council June 10, 2024
• Call to Order and Roll Call
6:09 p.m. – Final Public Hearing: 2024-2025 Proposed Capital/Operating Budgets and 2024-2025 Proposed Fees and Charges Report, Council Chambers, City Hall.
Present Councilmembers: Mahan, Kamei, Davis, Cohen, Foley, Jimenez, Torres, Ortiz, Candelas, Doan, Batra.
Absent Councilmembers: All present.
Mayor Matt Mahan announced that due to the high volume of public speaker cards submitted, public comment was limited one-minute for the remainder of the Council Meeting. Speakers that requested interpretation services were allotted two-minutes to allow time for translation.
Mayor Matt Mahan stated that Item 6.1 would be heard first on the Agenda.
3. STRATEGIC SUPPORT
3.1 Public Hearing on the 2024-2025 Proposed Operating and Capital Budgets and the 2024-2025 Proposed Fees and Charges for the City of San José, including a Revision of Percentage Allocations of Measure E Real Property Transfer Tax Revenues.
Final Public Hearing on the Proposed Operating and Capital Budgets for the Fiscal Year July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2025, the Proposed Five-Year Capital Improvement Program for 2025-2029, the Proposed Fees and Charges Report for the Fiscal Year 2024-2025, and a Revision of Percentage Allocations of Measure E Real Property Transfer Tax Revenues for the Fiscal Year 2024-2025.
CEQA: Not a Project, File No. PP17-010, City Organizational and Administrative Activities resulting in no changes to the physical environment. (City Manager) Mayor Matt Mahan opened the public hearing.
Public Comment: The
following speakers provided public testimony regarding the item:
Larry Whitaker (SJVRC), Danny Garza, Mika, Leann C. Makhni (College Adaptive Arts), Curtis Kitaji (College Adaptive Arts), Nora Larson, Maria Bornski, Luis Munoz (Alum Rock Santa Clara Business Association), Helen Masamori (SCABA), Erin Stanton (Sacred Heart), Andrew Siegler, Sandra Asher (REAL Coalition/ SURJ), Aman Diwakar, Elisa Koff-Ginsborg, Lori Chavez (Conxion), Rose Amador (Conxion), Mike Kraus, Jeremy Barousse, Esmeralda Virelas (Destination:
Home), Rosa Rojas, Kathryn Hedges (RECS & SURJ), Heidi (SURJ), Sandy Perry (South Bay CLT), Mary E., Lani Ballard, Stephanie Preston, Beth Seibert, Ron Bennett, Debbie Ow (SURJ), Tony Romero (Latino United for a New America), Beth Silver, James Reber (SJ Parks Foundation), Tom Wolf, Travis Ricardo, Diane Dao (An Ton Meditation Center), Alex Stettinski, Connie Alvarez (Santa Clara Alum Rock Business Association), Ross Bayer, Jill Toller, Niki Holman, Kim Buckley (Waterford Park), Vlad Nalimov (Waterford Park), Truc Nguyen, Sal Caruso, Josephine Caruso, Ilene M. (Waterford Park), Ajay Bharani, Cinthia Gordica (Waterford Park), Shanna Hebit (Waterford Park), Terry Gordica (Waterford Park), Ronald K. Eldon Nichols (Comanche NA), Greg Koopman (Comanche NA), Roxane Koopman, Kalyan Kattamuri, Vijaya Aasuri, David Noel (Erikson NA), Veera Vuppala, Ray Sennewald, David Heindel, James Eggers, Jeff Levine, Chuck Cantrell (Garden Community), Carmen Torres (Siren), Yolanda Chavez (LUNA) (Assisted by Spanish translator),
Janeth Martinez (LUNA) (Assisted by Spanish translator), Cecilio Villafana (LUNA) (Assisted by Spanish translator), Karla Coyoc (LUNA), Maria Beltran (LUNA) (Assisted by Spanish translator), Margonta G. (Siren) (Assisted by Spanish translator), Esmeralda (Siren) (Assisted by Spanish translator), Prasad Mangina (Association of Indian Americans), Ramesh Konda (Association of Indian Americans), Varun Mukka (Association of Indian Americans), Patricia Palomares-Mason, Joan, Ann Watts (Starting Arts), Elisio (Siren), Daniel, Anil Babar, Nicole Buccalo (SURJ), Bao Trieu (VACC/ VIVO), Maggie Wong (Stonegate West), Chelsie Nguyen, Steve Navarro (Tropicana Lanai Neighborhood Association), Quyen Vuong (VACC/ ICAN), Hong Cao (Viet Museum), Vinh Anh (Vi Dan Media) (Assisted by Vietnamese Translator), Yogendra Sahu, Kelsey Colson, George Casey, Tuan Van, Deb Kramer (KCCB), Mary Nguyen (Anton Meditation Center), Jaslene, Jeraldine, Dmitriy Kruglyak, Dennis Wan, Stephanie Lindsey Gene Hunt, Gina Zari, Carl San Miguel, Michelle Perry, Greg Peralta, Jenny Zhao, Joe Brown, Karl Lee, Vasundhara Tadimeti, Cheryl Lubow, Ishaan Mandala, Doris Livezey, Anthony Damian (Winchester-Cadillac NA), Uyenthy Nguyen, Mike Blanchard (Waterford Park), Josh Lopez, Pat Teitgens, Mary Helen Doherty (SHHAC), Bob Brownstein, Kim Guptill (SURJ), Citlalli Martinez, Gabriel Manrique (LUNA), Reva Konduru (SV@ Home), Socorro Montano (Latinos United for a New America), Poncho Guevara (Sacred Heart/ REAL), Emily Ann Ramos (SV @Home), Delma Hernandez, Manuel Salazar (SV@ Home), Alison Cingolani (SV @ Home), William Jimenez, Mathew Reed (SV@Home), Sam Ho, Neil Collins, Elva Wilson, Tom Wilson, Jaime Alvarado, Reva Konduru, Maria Gallardo, Ken Henry, Lori Katcher (SURJ/ Neighborhood Hands), Laurie Stewart (Neighborhood Hands), Maria Luna Lozada, Samuel L. (Hamilton Place Neighborhood Assoc.) Maria Ortega, Tinh Cao, Alyssa Serrano (MidPen/ SBCLT), Elizabeth Madrigal (MidPen Housing), Elizabeth Kamya, Elizabeth, Gerardo Gallardo (Sacred Heart), Vicenta Mayoral, Olivia Ortiz, Jaqueline Mora, Alice Mora, Elizabeth M., Miguel Hipolito, Daphne Zhu (Silicon Valley Youth Climate Action), Aurora Solis, Eugene Torres, Celine Dinh Janelle (SURJ), Kim Turner (BAWSI), Oscar Q. M., Joe Lopez, Greg Miller, Tamra Chavez (PATH), Blair Beekman, Michele Coleman, Dilza Gonzalez, Anthony Tordillos, Jacquie Martin, Francesco Yepez (SURJ), Kayla Cuvelier (SURJ), Sharon Miller (Catholic Charities), Huascar Castro, Robert Aguirre, Victor Vasquez (SOMOS Mayfair), Jason Su (Guadalupe River Park), Roma Dawson, Carlos Amaya, Marie EcheVarria- Reina, Linda Hutchins-Knowles (Mothers Out Font SV), and 22 speakers (names not provided at the podium) offered public testimony regarding the item.
Mayor Matt Mahan closed the public hearing.
6. ENVIRONMENTAL & UTILITY SERVICES
6.1 Clarity on Issues Related to the Stormwater Permit.
As recommended by the Rules and Open Government Committee on May 22, 2024, discuss stormwater permit review and approval process, including budget impacts with San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board.
CEQA: Not a Project, File No. PP17-010, City Organizational and Administrative activities resulting in no changes to the physical environment. (Kamei, Jimenez, Ortiz, and Candelas) [Rules Committee referral 5/22/2024 - Item C.2 and 5/29/2024 – Item A.2]
Kerrie Romanow, Director, Environmental Services Department; Jon Cicirelli, Director, Parks, Recreation, & Neighborhood Services; Erik Solivan, Director, Housing Department; Kip Harkness, Deputy City Manager, City Manager's Office; and Jim Shannon, Budget Director, City Manager's Budget Office offered the presentation and responded to questions.
Public Comment: Roma Dawson provided public testimony regarding Item 6.1.
• Adjournment
The Council of the City of San José adjourned at 10:23 p.m.
Minutes Recorded, Prepared, and Respectfully Submitted by,
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Yasmin Jo hnson,
Deputy City Clerk, City of San José
Approved at Council on: 3/18/2025
# of Actions: 0
Attest By:
Toni Taber, MMC,
City Clerk, City of San José