RULES COMMITTEE: 10/30/2024
Item: B.1
File ID: ROGC 24-731
TO: Honorable Mayor & FROM: Toni J. Taber, MMC
City Council City Clerk
SUBJECT: The Public Record DATE: October 30, 2024
October 17 – October 24, 2024
ITEMS FILED FOR THE PUBLIC RECORD
Letters from Boards, Commissions, and Committees
Letters from the Public Comment:
1. Letter from Quyen Mai, dated October 17, 2024, regarding: Urgent Call to Suspend Councilmember Omar Torres from Official.
2. Letter from Aurelia Sanchez, dated October 20, 2024, regarding: San Jose City Council Meeting – Regarding CM Torres Absence.
3. Letter from Pacific Gas and Electric Company, dated October 17, 2024, regarding:
NOTICE OF PACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY'S REQUEST TO CHANGE RA TES FOR ITS 2023 GENERAL RATE CASE PHASE II
APPLICATION (A.24-09-014).
4. Letter from Pacific Gas and Electric Company, dated October 17, 2024, regarding:
NOTICE OF PACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY'S REQUEST TO
INCREASE RATES FOR ITS TRANSMISSION REVENUE REQUIREMENT
RECLASSIFICATION MEMORANDUM ACCOUNT APPLICATION
(A.24-09-015).
5. Letter from Faye Wilson, dated October 23, 2024, regarding: Illegally parked Trailers.
6. Letter from Joanie Murphy, dated October 23, 2024, regarding: Scoping concerns FOR GLIDER RESIDENTIAL PROJECT FILE No: PROJECT APPLICANT:
APNs: H23-028 and ER23-230 The True Life Companies, LLC.
Rules and Open Government Committee
October 30, 2024
Subject: Public Record
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Toni J. Taber, MMC
City Clerk
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Subject: Urgent Call to Suspend Councilmember Omar Torres from Official Duties
Dear Members of the San Jose City Council,
We are writing to express our grave concern regarding the recent allegations against Councilmember Omar Torres, who is currently under investigation for potential child sexual misconduct. The allegations involve severe accusations, including disturbing findings detailed in a sworn affidavit by detectives. According to the affidavit, the investigation has revealed explicit communications about minors, with specific references to the anatomy of an 11-year-old autistic child.
While the investigation is ongoing, the seriousness of these accusations has raised significant concerns within our community about public safety and the integrity of city leadership. Allowing Councilmember Torres to continue engaging in official city business during this investigation poses a potential risk and may send the wrong message to the community about how San Jose prioritizes safety and ethical standards. As an organization committed to fostering active community engagement and empowering individuals to take part in civic life, we urge the City Council to take immediate and decisive action to suspend Councilmember Torres from all official duties until the investigation
This precautionary step is essential to protect the safety, maintain the credibility, and uphold the reputation of San Jose, as well as to reinforce the values of transparency and accountability that the city represents.
While all individuals are entitled to due process, the severity of these allegations warrants decisive action to protect public trust.
We respectfully request that the City Council consider the following measures:
Docusign Envelope ID: A983BBCE-02F4-4BDA-8DA3-571D24658619 Date: 10/16/2024
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[External Email. Do not open links or attachments from untrusted sources.] One trailer gone today. But now we have two trailers who have been here before.
One has a vicious dog. Customers cant get by it or people walking on the sidewalk. This dog is usually hanging ½ way out one of the windows. Or tied up to the door.
The other trailer, Faye is correct below.
(They lady who is parking across the street from my office is extremely violent. We have all seen it and so have our customers. Your officers and other city employees including a city inspector has even seen her urinating outside of her RV before and nothing was done. She’s the one that busted out windows of one of the businesses.) She is the drug addict who broke out windows in 3 businesses one night.
She is back again across from the bldg. who had to put up a very expensive fence at their cost, because the police wouldn’t do anything.
She should of gone to jail, but they left her here.
She has to go. She can’t stay here. She is dangerous.
Barbara Gallaty
Ace Seal
From: Faye Wilson
Sent: Monday, October 21, 2024 3:47 PM
To: Barbara Gallaty ; Stephen Donohue <[email protected]> Cc: Matt Mahan <[email protected]>; Rosemary Kamei <[email protected]>; Sergio Jimenez <[email protected]>; Domingo Candelas <[email protected]>; David Cohen <[email protected]>; Dev Davis <[email protected]>; Peter Ortiz <[email protected]>; Doan Bien <[email protected]>; Pam Foley <[email protected]>; Arjun Batra <[email protected]>; Sandra Cranford <[email protected]>; Leland Wilcox <[email protected]>; Erik Solivan <[email protected]>; City Clerk <[email protected]>; District <[email protected]>; District2 <[email protected]>; HomelessConcerns <[email protected]>; beautifysj <[email protected]>; [email protected]; Jennifer Maguire <[email protected]>; Keith Hertzberg <[email protected]>; parking.compliance <[email protected]>; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; Garrett Stanton <[email protected]>; Sudha Kamath <[email protected]>; Tara Dang <[email protected]>;
Gina Gallaty Doan Bien <[email protected]>
Subject: RE: Illegally parked Trailers
Hello Captain Donohue,
We complain about the RV’s semi trucks and Penske trucks all of the time and nothing is being done about them.
I came to work this morning and turning from San Ignacio on to Las Colinas it looked like a parking lot. There were so many of them on this end, I couldn’t see cars around the Penske trucks when I turned the corner. This is a huge safety concern.
They are taking away parking from our business’s customers during the day as they park in front of our business and violate the two hour parking rule. As Barbara stated and we all know, they continue to do what they want 10/24/24, 8:46 AM Mail - Rules and Open Government Committee Agendas - Outlook https://outlook.office365.com/mail/[email protected]/inbox/id/AAQkADhhYzk3NTk1LTBmZDAtNDc4Yi1hN2Q0LTZjNmZjNTk5MT… 2/6 because there is no follow through. They get spoken to and then it is dropped.
They lady who is parking across the street from my office is extremely violent. We have all seen it and so have our customers. Your officers and other city employees including a city inspector has even seen her urinating outside of her RV before and nothing was done. She’s the one that busted out windows of one of the businesses.
What is it seriously going to take to get help down here? Thank you and Warm Regards,
Faye Wilson
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From: Barbara Gallaty
Sent: Monday, October 21, 2024 3:27 PM
To: Stephen Donohue <[email protected]>
Cc: Matt Mahan <[email protected]>; Rosemary Kamei <[email protected]>; Sergio Jimenez <[email protected]>; Domingo Candelas <[email protected]>; David Cohen <[email protected]>; Dev Davis <[email protected]>; Peter Ortiz <[email protected]>; Doan Bien <[email protected]>; Pam Foley <[email protected]>; Arjun Batra <[email protected]>; Sandra Cranford <[email protected]>; Leland Wilcox <[email protected]>; Erik Solivan <[email protected]>; City Clerk <[email protected]>; District <[email protected]>; District2 <[email protected]>; HomelessConcerns <[email protected]>; beautifysj <[email protected]>; [email protected]; Jennifer Maguire <[email protected]>; Keith Hertzberg <[email protected]>; parking.compliance <[email protected]>; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; Garrett Stanton <[email protected]>; Sudha Kamath <[email protected]>; Tara Dang <[email protected]>; m;
Faye Wilson
Gina Gallaty Doan Bien
<[email protected]>
Subject: Re: Illegally parked Trailers
The additional cars were part of the trailers you had moved. That’s a problem to.
The trailer that didn’t move now parks her car in the Great oaks water parking lot.
And now we have more trailers.
It’s like wack a mole.
We need to see progress.
These people in these trailers know you won’t do anything.
The lady in the trailer has lived in that spot for more than 3 years. 10/24/24, 8:46 AM Mail - Rules and Open Government Committee Agendas - Outlook https://outlook.office365.com/mail/[email protected]/inbox/id/AAQkADhhYzk3NTk1LTBmZDAtNDc4Yi1hN2Q0LTZjNmZjNTk5MT… 3/6 That’s just ridiculous.
Fugure it out. Tell them laws are going to be enforced. Because they know you won’t do anything.
Just like the guy who parks his big rig on our street and puts cones out to save his space. He lives in Morgan Hill.
For years he’s using the system.
Nothing is being done.
Barbara
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On Oct 21, 2024, at 3:11 PM, Donohue, Stephen <[email protected]> wrote:
Good afternoon, Barbara,
Thank you for your email and for continuing to bring these concerns to our attention. Last Thursday, we had two officers in the area, and they were able to convince two of the RVs to leave, along with three additional vehicles. Unfortunately, for the remaining RVs, our officers attempted to have them towed, but the tow companies refused to take them. We are currently working on a solution with the tow companies, which we expect to have in place soon. Once that happens, we will have more options available to address these vehicles.
One of the challenges we’re facing with the Safe Parking program is that there are currently only 42 available spaces citywide. To put that in perspective, our most recent inventory counted over 1,800 oversized vehicles, including RVs, throughout the City. This imbalance between available spaces and the number of vehicles presents a significant obstacle in addressing the situation more quickly.
However, we are working to expand services, and there will be additional spaces when the new Berryessa Safe Parking site opens, which we are hoping will happen in 2025.
Regarding your concerns about Bernal, the individuals from that area have been offered services, but as you noted, the challenge persists. We will continue to engage with them and direct them toward resources.
We kindly ask for your patience as we work through these issues and seek lasting solutions.
Thank you,
-Steve
Captain Steve Donohue | Southern Division
Bureau of Field Operations | San José Police Department From: Barbara Gallaty
Sent: Monday, October 21, 2024 1:55 PM
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Cut the density of housing by half and maybe you might justify a better ratio of population to public park.
2. There is no timely emergency mode of evacuation with such high density. Need to lower the density of housing.
3. The setbacks are inadequate- too close to existing residential structures. Need to work on improving setback distance to at least 20 feet.
4. Traffic is already heavy as Santa Teresa HS begins and ends. Lots of people use back roads to escape the traffic (like using Suisse Dr).
I do not see a way out of this heavy congestion and residents have been dealing with taking back roads for years who live there.
Now you will multiply the traffic with more cars, more emissions.
You have put this proposed high density housing right smack in an established older neighborhood where the extra water, extra traffic, extra emissions from all the cars will cause bedlam.
5. Emergency vehicles cannot get a patient out of the traffic gridlock in either morning or afternoons due to STHS. Should a patient have his/her heart attack during this gridlocked time, it could be fatal for the patient(s).
6. Have you considered using the high density housing downtown San Jose. I have heard very sound proposals from some council folks to bring more business downtown. So why not have the residential housing close to the business model that is being proposed instead of disturbing an older established neighborhood already struggling with high traffic from the high school? Downtown also has established forms of public transit so that would be a plus for less congestion and less emissions.
7. Consider turning the property into a park or community center.
Thank you,
Joanie Murphy
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