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MINUTES OF THE
JOINT MEETING OF THE RULES AND OPEN GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE AND
COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE
SAN JOSÉ, CALIFORNIA WEDNESDAY, APRIL 2, 2025
The Committee meeting was held in the Council Chambers, and convened at 2:00 p.m.
Present: Councilmembers - Cohen, Foley, Doan, Candelas.
Absent: Councilmembers - Kamei.
Staff: Deputy City Manager, Angel Rios, Jr.; Assistant City Clerk, Joy Rodriguez; Assistant City Attorney, Kevin Fisher; City Manager’s Office, Rachelle Blattman; and Deputy City Clerk, Daniel Aguilar.
A. City Council (City Clerk)
1. Review April 8, 2025 Final Agenda
a) Add new items to Final Agenda
b) Assign “Time Certain” to Agenda Items (if needed)
c) Review of Notice of Waiver Requests for Agenda Items or Documents (if needed) Public Comment: None provided.
Action: Upon motion by Vice Mayor Pam Foley, seconded by Councilmember Bien Doan, and carried unanimously, the Committee approved the final agenda for the City Council meeting on April 8, 2025, including the Add Sheet . (4-0-1; Absent: Kamei)
2. Review April 15, 2025 Draft Agenda
a. Add New Items to Draft Agenda
b. Assign "Time Certain" to Agenda Items (if needed)
c. Review of Notice of Waiver Requirements for Agenda Items or Documents (if needed) Public Comment: None provided.
Action: Upon motion by Councilmember Bien Doan, seconded by Councilmember Domingo Candelas, and carried unanimously, the Committee approved the draft agenda for the City Council meeting on April 15, 2025. (4-0-1; Absent: Kamei)
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B. Consent Calendar
Public Comment: None provided.
Action: Upon motion by Councilmember Domingo Candelas, seconded by Vice Mayor Pam Foley, and carried unanimously, the Consent Calendar was approved as a whole. The below actions were taken as indicated. (4-0-1; Absent: Kamei)
1. The Public Record for March 20, 2025 - March 27, 2025. (City Clerk) The Public Record for March 20, 2025 - March 27, 2025, was received and filed.
2. 2025 San José Wildfire Planning and Preparedness Study Session. (Fire)
A City Council Study Session entitled 2025 San José Wildfire Planning and Preparedness, including the Study Session agenda , were approved for Tuesday, May 20, 2025, immediately following the regularly scheduled City Council meeting.
3. Update to the January - June 2025 Transportation and Environment Committee Work Plan. (Transportation)
The amendment to the January - June 2025 Transportation and Environment Committee Work Plan was approved, to drop the following item: Regulation of Oversized Vehicle Parking Status Report, from the May 19, 2025, T&E Committee meeting agenda.
4. Monthly Report of Activities for March 2025. (City Auditor)
The Auditor’s Office Monthly Report of Activities for the month of March 2025 were approved.
5. Retroactive Approval and Approval of Various Events Sponsored by Council District 7 as City Council Sponsored Special Events to Expend City Funds and Accept Donations of Materials and Services for the Events. (Doan)
The Various Events Sponsored by Council District 7 were approved for placement on the April 8, 2025 City Council Agenda for action.
C. Rules Committee Reviews, Recommendations and Approvals
1. Addressing Vanlording and Ensuring Safe, Regulated Housing in Public Right-Of-Way: A Proposal for Increased Enforcement in San José. (Mayor, Doan, Mulcahy, and Cohen)
Omar Passons, Deputy City Manager, City Manager’s Office, responded to questions from the Committee.
Public Comment: None provided.
Motion: Councilmember Bien Doan moved acceptance of the yellow light recommendation in the City Manager Office’s Early Consideration Response Form, dated April 2, 2025. The motion failed -3
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for lack of a seconder.
Action: Upon motion by Councilmember Domingo Candelas, seconded by Councilmember Bien Doan, and carried unanimously, the Committee approved the City Managers Office’s Early Consideration Response Form, dated April 1, 2025, directing for a “hybrid” action between the green and the yellow options, for the Vandlording item to be incorporated into the budget process, with the Administration’s analysis to be presented to the City Council in May, to be incorporated into the Mayor’s budget message in June if it is directed by the City Council .
Including acceptance of the memorandum authored by Mayor Mahan and Councilmembers Doan, Mulcahy, and Cohen, dated March 6, 2025, recommending the following:
1) Direct the City Manager, in collaboration with the City Attorney and other relevant departments, to report back to the City Council within 90 days with an analysis and recommendations for a proposed City ordinance to curtail the leasing, renting, let out, or otherwise loan of recreational vehicles in the public right of way in exchange for money, goods, or services. Include the following items within the scope of work:
a) Any relevant existing ordinances or codes that may be enforced. b) The feasibility of adopting new ordinances that place restrictions on the sale, trade, and/or auctioning of recreational vehicles in the public right of way.
c) Explore the prevention of the trade or sale of recreational vehicles between tow yards, salvage yards and vanlords.
d) Research similar ordinances in other municipalities and gather relevant data on effectiveness in order to produce a staff recommendation.
e) Explore enforcement mechanisms that can be potentially executed by Planning, Building and Code Enforcement, Parking Control Officers, or any other relevant departments. (4-0-1; Absent: Kamei )
D. Open Forum
No Public Comment provided.
E. Adjournment
Councilmember Cohen adjourned the Committee meeting at 2:34 p.m. -4
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Minutes Recorded, Prepared, and Respectfully Submitted by,
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Daniel Aguilar
Deputy City Clerk, City of San José
Approved at Council on:
Number of actions: 4
Attest by:
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Toni J. Taber, MMC
City Clerk, City of San José