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CITY COUNCIL MEETING
Study Session Minutes
San Jose - Santa Clara Regional Wastewater Facility
Friday, January 31, 2025
9:00 AM – 12:00 PM
LOCATION:
Council Chambers- 200 E. Santa Clara Street
MATT MAHAN, MAYOR
ROSEMARY KAMEI, DISTRICT 1
PAMELA CAMPOS, DISTRICT 2
VACANT, DISTRICT 3
DAVID COHEN, DISTRICT 4
PETER ORTIZ, DISTRICT 5
MICHAEL MULCAHY, DISTRICT 6
BIEN DOAN, DISTRICT 7
DOMINGO CANDELAS, DISTRICT 8
PAM FOLEY, DISTRICT 9
GEORGE CASEY, DISTRICT 10
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• Call to Order and Roll Call
9:05 a.m. – Study Session.
Present:
Casey, Candelas, Doan, Mulcahy, Ortiz, Cohen,
Campos, Kamei, Foley, Mahan.
Absent:
None.
City Council Study Session
Purpose: To provide the City Council with an overview of the San José-Santa Clara Regional Wastewater Facility (RWF) Plant Master Plan, discuss the issues affecting the RWF since the adoption of the Plant Master Plan; provide details on the Capital Improvement Program’s effort to update the Plant Master Plan’s Technical Component, which will be brought to the City Council in mid-2025; and provide an update on various projects on or around the RWF land.
Outcome: The City Council will have a comprehensive understanding of the Plant Master Plan, issues currently affecting the RWF, the update to the Plant Master Plan’s Technical Component, and projects being constructed on RWF land.
Mariana Chavez-Vazquez, Regional Wastewater Facility General Manager, Environmental Services Department; Kapil Verma, Deputy Director, Environmental Services Department; Kevin Ice, Assistant to the City Manager, Office of the City Manager; Lori Mitchell, Acting Director, Environmental Services Department; and Jeff Provenzano, Assistant Director, Environmental Services Department offered the presentation and responded to questions. Presentation topics included: an overview of the Regional Wastewater Facility, background on the Plant Master Plan, Capital Improvement Program accomplishments, new nutrient limit regulations, a Plant Master Plan technical update, an update on the Shoreline Levee Project, an update on RWF land use, and a flow study.
Public Comment
Patrick Kwak offered public testimony regarding the item.
Adjournment
The Council of the City of San Jose adjourned by Mayor Matt Mahan at 11:19 a.m.
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Minutes Recorded, Prepared, and Respectfully Submitted by, Vanessa Velez, Deputy City Clerk,
City of San José
Approved at Council on:
# of Actions: 0
Attest By:
Toni Taber, MMC, City Clerk,
City of San José
8/19/2025