COUNCIL AGENDA: 11/05/2024
FILE: 24-2191
ITEM: 8.4
TO: RULES AND OPEN
GOVERNMENT
COMMITTEE
FROM: Mayor Matt Mahan
Councilmember Dev Davis
Councilmember Pam Foley
Councilmember David Cohen
Councilmember Domingo Candelas
SUBJECT: San José Innovative Project
Pathway Program
DATE: 11/01/2024
APPROVED: Date:
RECOMMENDATION
Approve the October 30, 2024, Rules Committee Memorandum regarding the San José Innovative Project Pathway Program, co-authored by the Mayor, Davis, and Foley.
BACKGROUND
San José’s goals for sustainability, fiscal health, job creation, and housing demand innovation within the governance of its own land use. Creating a dedicated policy lane for unique projects allows the city to assess high-impact initiatives based on their alignment with these goals rather than strict code compliance. The Pathway Program should allow for the approval of projects advancing San José’s most pressing goals: Climate and economic resilience, attracting businesses, and producing more homes. In today’s competitive economic climate, this approach helps San José position itself as a leader in urban innovation and fiscal health.
11/01/2024
HONORABLE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL
11/5/2024
Subject: San José Innovative Project Pathway Program
The signers of this memorandum have not had, and will not have, any private conversation with any other member of the City Council, or that member’s staff, concerning any action discussed in the memorandum, and that each signer’s staff members have not had, and have been instructed not to have, any such conversation with any other member of the City Council or that member's staff.