SAN JOSÉ CITY COUNCIL CLOSED SESSION AGENDA
August 26, 2025
Place: City Hall Conference Room W-133
Time: 9:30 a.m.
Item(s) to be discussed:
A.
CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL - EXISTING LITIGATION PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 54956.9(d)(1):
1. Case Name: Guan, Nanzhu v. City of San Jose, Minh
Trenh, Jason, Trenh, Tran Hieu, et al.
Name(s) of Party(ies): CITY OF SAN JOSE, JASON MINH TRENH,
AND HIEU TRAN TRENH, NANZHU GUAN
Court: Santa Clara County Superior Court
Case No: 24cv444340
Amount of Money or Other
Relief Sought:
Damages according to proof
2. Case Name: Chavez, Amanda Gloria v. City of San Jose, et al.
Name(s) of Party(ies): AMANDA GLORIA CHAVEZ, CITY OF SAN JOSE, ET AL.
Court: United States District Court, Northern District
of California
Case No: 5:24-cv-06378-NC
Amount of Money or Other
Relief Sought:
Damages according to proof
3. Case Name: City and County of San Francisco, et al. v.
Donald J. Trump, et al.
Name(s) of Party(ies): CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO,
COUNTY OF SANTA CLARA, CITY OF
PORTLAND, MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.
COUNTY, CITY OF NEW HAVEN, CITY OF
OAKLAND, CITY OF EMERYVILLE, CITY OF
SAN JOSÉ, CITY OF SAN DIEGO, CITY OF
SACRAMENTO, CITY OF SANTA CRUZ,
COUNTY OF MONTEREY, CITY OF
SEATTLE, CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS, CITY OF
NORA FRIMANN, CITY ATTORNEY
SAINT PAUL, CITY OF SANTA FE, COUNTY
OF ALAMEDA, CITY OF ALBANY, CITY OF
ALBUQUERQUE, COUNTY OF ALLEGHENY,
CITY OF BALTIMORE, CITY OF BEND, CITY
OF BENICIA, CITY OF BERKELEY, CITY OF
BOSTON, CITY OF CAMBRIDGE, CITY OF
CATHEDRAL CITY, CITY OF CHICAGO,
CITY OF COLUMBUS, CITY OF CULVER
CITY, COUNTY OF DANE, CITY AND
COUNTY OF DENVER, CITY OF
HEALDSBURG, COUNTY OF HENNEPIN,
CITY OF LOS ANGELES, COUNTY OF
MARIN, CITY OF MENLO PARK,
MULTNOMAH COUNTY, CITY OF PACIFICA,
CITY OF PALO ALTO, CITY OF PETALUMA,
PIERCE COUNTY, CITY OF RICHMOND,
CITY OF ROCHESTER, CITY OF ROHNERT
PARK, COUNTY OF SAN MATEO, CITY OF
SANTA ROSA, COUNTY OF SONOMA, CITY
OF WATSONVILLE, CITY OF WILSONVILLE;
DONALD J. TRUMP, UNITED STATES
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, PAMELA
BONDI, EMIL BOVE, KRISTI NOEM, UNITED
STATES OF AMERICA, UNITED STATES
OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET,
RUSSELL VOUGHT.
Court: U.S. District Court, Northern District of
California
Case No: 3:25cv01350-WHO
Amount of Money or Other
Relief Sought:
Declaratory Relief and Injunctive Relief
B. CONFERENCE WITH REAL PROPERTY DESIGNATED REPRESENTATIVES PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 54956.8:
1. Property Street Address,
Parcel Number, or Other
Unique Reference of
Property:
SAP Center, 525 W. Santa Clara St., San
José, California.
Negotiating Parties: Leland Wilcox and Kevin Ice for the City of San José; Jonathan Becher for Sharks Sports
and Entertainment.
Under Negotiation: The direction will concern price and terms of payment.
Likely Range of Value of
Property:
Negotiated price based use of the property,
expected improvements to the facility, and
comparable rental values
C. CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL – ANTICIPATED LITIGATION:
Significant exposure to litigation pursuant to Sections 54956.9(d)(2) and (e)(1) of the Government code:
Number of matter(s) to be discussed: 1
D. PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT/PUBLIC EMPLOYEE APPOINTMENT PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 54957:
Department or Agency: City Attorney
Title: City Attorney
E.
CONFERENCE WITH LABOR NEGOTIATOR PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 54957.6:
City Negotiator: Aram Kouyoumdjian, Director of Employee Relations Employee Organizations:
1. Organization or Name and
Title of Unrepresented
Employees:
San José Police Officers’ Association
(SJPOA)
Nature of negotiations: wages/salaries, hours, working conditions, etc.
Name of Existing Contract
or MOA:
Memorandum of Agreement — City of San
José and San José Polices’ Association
How to Obtain a copy of
Existing Contract or MOA:
Web: https://www.sanjoseca.gov/your-
government/departments-offices/office-of-the-
city-manager/employee-relations/labor-
relations-information/bargaining-units-labor-
contract-info/poa
Telephone – Employee Relations: (408) 535-
8150