RULES COMMITTEE
June 11, 2025
Agenda Item: A.1
JUNE 17, 2025 – AMENDED AGENDA
PROPOSED ADDITIONS – PRINTED AGENDA
APPROVAL OF THE REQUESTS BELOW INCLUDES A SUNSHINE WAIVER
MAYOR AND COUNCIL REQUESTS
A.1.a Add New Items to Final Agenda
2.x Request for Travel Authorization for Mayor's Staff.
Recommendation:
Authorize travel, accept travel payments to the City of San José, and designate Mayor's Staff, Mackenzie Mossing, as the City representative to participate in the Bloomberg Harvard City Leadership Initiative organized and funded by Bloomberg Philanthropies from August 10-14, 2025 in New York City, New York. Source of Funds: Bloomberg Philanthropies.
CEQA: Not a Project, File No. PP17-010, City Organizational and Administrative Activities resulting in no changes to the physical environment. (Mayor)
CITY MANAGER’S REQUESTS
A.1.a Add New Items to Final Agenda
2.x Grant Agreement with the San José Public Library Foundation.
Recommendation:
Adopt a resolution authorizing the City Manager or her designee to negotiate and execute an agreement between the City of San José and the San José Public Library Foundation in the amount not to exceed $1,095,000 for the fiscal administration of the San José Learns funds ($1,000,000), administration of the San José Learns Tutoring Expansion, fiscal administration of the Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion programs and workshops in the amount not to exceed $55,000, and fiscal administration of the SJ Access Grant Program ($40,000), in Fiscal Year 2025-2026.
CEQA: Not a Project, File No. PP17-003, Agreements/Contracts (New or Amended) resulting in no physical changes to the environment. (Library)
RULES COMMITTEE
June 11, 2025
Agenda Item: A.1
2.x Approval of “Free Use” of the Janet Gray Hayes Rotunda for the 2025 Career Online High School Graduation Ceremony.
Recommendation:
Adopt a resolution authorizing “Free Use” for the private 2025 Career Online High School Graduation Ceremony Event held at City Hall Rotunda on Saturday, August 9, 2025, co-hosted by the Library Department and the San José Public Library Foundation.
CEQA: Not a Project, File No. PP17-011, Temporary Special Events resulting in no changes to physical environment. (Library)
8.5 Actions by the City Council and by the Board of Successor Agency to the Redevelopment Agency of the City of San José Related to The Alameda Community Benefit Improvement District.
Recommendation:
(a) That the City Council:
(1) Conduct a public hearing for proposed formation of The Alameda Community Benefit Improvement District and authorize the City Clerk
to tabulate ballots;
(2) Adopt a resolution by the City Council, as the property owner of parcels within the proposed district, authorizing the execution of a ballot in favor of the formation of The Alameda Community Benefit Improvement District and the imposition of an assessment in the amount of $8,450 with annual increases of up to seven percent (7%) over the next 15 years;
(3) Direct the City Clerk to report the results of the tabulation of ballots; and
(4) In the event that The Alameda Community Benefit Improvement District is approved, by a majority of weighted assessments of property
owners, adopt a resolution by the City Council:
(i) Approving The Alameda Community Benefit Improvement District Management Plan and Engineer’s Report;
(ii) Approving and imposing the respective assessments; and (iii) Directing the Director of Public Works to deliver the assessment role to the County for collection with the property taxes.
(b) That the Board of the Successor Agency to the Redevelopment Agency of the City of San José abstains from casting its ballot regarding the formation of The Alameda Community Benefit Improvement District and the proposed assessment in the amount of $3,453 with annual increases of up to seven percent (7%) over the next 15 years.
RULES COMMITTEE
June 11, 2025
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(c) Approve an ordinance amending Chapter 4.80 of Title 4 of the San José Municipal Code to add a new Part 91 to establish the Alameda Community Benefit Improvement District Fund. (d) Adopt the following 2025-2026 Appropriation Ordinance and Funding Sources Resolution amendments in the Alameda Community Benefit Improvement District Fund:
(1) Establish the Alameda Community Benefit Improvement District appropriation to the Public Works Department in the amount of $312,977;
(2) Establish the Administration Services appropriation to the Public Works Department in the amount of $6,550; and
(3) Establish a revenue estimate for Special Assessments for the Alameda Community Benefit Improvement District in the amount of $319,527.
CEQA: Not a Project, File No. PP17-004, Government Funding Mechanism or Fiscal Activity with no commitment to a specific project which may result in a potentially significant physical impact on the environment. (Economic Development and Cultural Affairs/Public Works/City Manager) A.1.c Review of Notice of Waiver Requirements for Agenda Item Documents
3.4 Adoption of the Annual Appropriation Ordinance and Annual Funding Sources Resolution for the Fiscal Year 2025 2026 Budget, and Resolution Establishing the Fiscal Year 2025 2026 Appropriation Limit.
Recommendation:
(a) Adopt the Annual Appropriation Ordinance, including transfers and loans for Fiscal Year 2025 2026 and the Manager’s Final Budget Addendum.
(b) Adopt the Annual Funding Sources Resolution for Fiscal Year 2025 2026 and the Manager’s Final Budget Addendum.
(c) Adopt a resolution taking the following actions with respect to the City’s 2025 2026 “Gann Limit”:
(1) Elect the per capita income index as the inflation factor for 2025 2026 on a provisional basis, with the option to adjust the Limit, if necessary, once the non residential assessment data is available from the County Assessor;
(2) Elect the County of Santa Clara population growth index as the population factor for 2025 2026; and
(3) Establish the Fiscal Year 2025 2026 Appropriation Limit at $1,614,156,578 in compliance with Article XIIIB of the State of California Constitution.
CEQA: Not a Project, File No. PP17 004, Government Funding Mechanism or Fiscal Activity with no commitment to a specific project which may result in a potentially significant physical impact on the environment. (City Manager)
RULES COMMITTEE
June 11, 2025
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8.8 Resolution Authorizing Emergency Procurement for Service Providers for the Safe Sleeping Navigation Hub and the Motel Program.
Recommendation:
Adopt a resolution authorizing the Housing Director, or his designee, to negotiate and execute grant agreements with operators for the following programs serving unsheltered homelessness within the City of San José:
(a) Safe Sleeping Navigation Hub Program, in an amount not to exceed $2,400,000 retroactive from July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2026; and
(b) Motel Program, in an amount not to exceed $6,860,045 retroactive from July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2026.
CEQA: Mitigated Negative Declaration for the EIH Programs Project (Resolution No. RES2023-380), File No. ER22-198. (Housing)
CITY ATTORNEY’S REQUESTS
A.1.a Add New Items to Final Agenda
3.x Tovar V. City of San José, Et. Al. – Settlement.
Recommendation:
Approve a settlement in the case of Tovar v. City of San José, et. al., U.S. Dist. Ct., N.D. Cal., case no 5:21-cv-02497, in the amount of $1,000,000.00 and authorize the City Attorney to execute a Settlement Agreement.
CEQA: Not a Project; File No. PP17-003, Agreements/Contracts (New or Amended) resulting in no physical changes to the environment. (City Attorney)
CITY CLERK’S REQUESTS
A.1.a Add New Items to Final Agenda
2.x Retirement Board Stipend
Recommendation:
Adopt a resolution of the Council of the City of San José increasing the monthly stipend for non-City employee members of the Boards of Administration for the Federated City Employees’ Retirement System and the Police and Fire Retirement Plan from $280 to $305, as recommended by the Salary Setting Commission.
CEQA: Not a Project, File No. PP17-008, General Procedure and Policy Making resulting in no changes to the physical environment. (City Clerk)