Joint Meeting for the Rules and Open Government Committee and Committee of the Whole
City of San José
Agenda
City of San José
200 East Santa Clara Street
San Jose, CA 95113
Committee Members
David Cohen, Chair
Rosemary Kamei, Vice Chair
Pam Foley, Member
Bien Doan, Member
Domingo Candelas, Member
Committee Staff
Lee Wilcox, Assistant City Manager
Joy Rodriguez, Assistant City Clerk
Kevin Fisher, Assistant City Attorney
Rachelle Blattman, City Manager's Office
Wednesday, May 13, 2026 2:00 PM Council Chambers
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Joint Meeting for the Rules and May 13, 2026
Open Government Committee and
Committee of the Whole
Agenda
A. City Council (City Clerk)
1. Review Final Agenda
Review May 19, 2026 Final Agenda.
a. Add New Items to Final Agenda
b. Assign "Time Certain" to Agenda Items (if needed)
c. Review of Notice of Waiver Requirements for Agenda Items or Documents (if needed)
ROGC
26-203
Attachments Agenda
2. Review Draft Agenda
ROGC Review May 26, 2026 Draft Agenda. - Cancelled.
26-204
Notice to the public: There will be no separate discussion of individual Consent Calendar items as they are considered to be routine and will be adopted by one motion. If a member of the Committee requests debate, separate vote or recusal on a particular item, that item may be removed from the Consent Calendar by the Chair and considered separately. The public may comment on the entire Consent Calendar and any items removed from the Consent Calendar by the Chair.
B. Consent Calendar
Fiscal Year 2026 - 2027 City Council Meeting Schedule. (City Manager)
ROGC
26-210
1. Recommendation: Approve the City Council Meeting Schedule for the period August 2026 – June 2027.
Attachments Memorandum
City Council Appointments to Committees, Boards, and Commissions. (Mayor)
ROGC
26-205
2. Recommendation: 1. Appoint Councilmember Anthony Tordillos to the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority Policy Advisory Committee as an alternate.
2. Place the item on the May 19, 2026 City Council Agenda for action.
Attachments Memorandum
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ROGC Request to Travel. (Foley)
26-209
3. Recommendation: 1. Authorize travel for Vice Mayor Pam Foley to Washington, D.C. from July 21-26, 2026, for the Sister Cities International 70th Anniversary Homecoming event and Annual Business Meeting.
2. Place the item on the May 19, 2026 City Council Agenda for action.
Attachments Memorandum from Foley
ROGC Request to Travel. (Campos)
26-213
4. Recommendation: 1. Authorize travel for Councilmember Campos to Baltimore, Maryland, on July 8-12, 2026, for the Local Progress Policy Institute, Impact Lab event.
2. Place the item on the May 19, 2026 City Council Agenda for action.
Attachments Memorandum from Campos
Approval of Philippine Independence Day Flag Raising Sponsored by Council District 3 as a City Council Sponsored Special Event to Expend City Funds and Accept Donations of Materials and Services for the Event. (Tordillos)
ROGC
26-207
5. Recommendation: 1. Approve the Philippine Independence Day Flag Raising scheduled on June 12, 2026 as a City Council sponsored Special Event and approve the expenditure of funds.
2. Approve and accept donations from various individuals, businesses or community groups to support the event.
3. Place the item on the May 19, 2026 City Council Agenda for action.
Attachments Memorandum from Tordillos
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Approval of Pride and Transgender Flag Raisings and Lighting for Pride Month and Silicon Valley Pride Week Sponsored by Council District 9, 3, and 4 as City Council Sponsored Special Events to Expend City Funds and Accept Donations of Materials and Services for the Events. (Foley, Tordillos, and Cohen)
ROGC
26-212
6. Recommendation: 1. Approve the Progress Pride and Transgender Flag Raisings scheduled on June 3, 2026 for Pride Month and on August 24, 2026 for Silicon Valley Pride Week as City Council sponsored Special Events and approve the expenditure of funds;
2. Approve the 2026 Pride Month Lighting Programming on June 1-7, 2026 and the Silicon Valley Pride Week Lighting Programming on August 24-30, 2026 in the Tower and Rotunda as City Council sponsored Special Events and approve the expenditure of funds;
3. Approve and accept donations from various individuals, businesses or community groups to support the events; and
4. Place the item on the May 19, 2026 City Council Agenda for action.
Attachments Memorandum from Foley, Tordillos, and Cohen C. Rules Committee Reviews, Recommendations and Approvals Ministerial Approval for Assembly Bill 130 Qualifying Projects. (Tordillos, Campos, Cohen, and Kamei)
ROGC
26-208
1. Recommendation: Direct the City Manager to return to City Council by September 2026 with an ordinance to expand ministerial approval processes citywide to housing development project applications that meet the eligibility criteria for a statutory exemption to the California Environmental Quality Act pursuant to Assembly Bill 130 (2025).
[Deferred from 4/22/26 - Item C.3 (ROGC 26-179)]
[Referred from 4/29/26 - Item C.2 (ROGC 26-190)]
Memorandum from Tordillos, Campos, Cohen and Kamei
Workload Analysis
Letters from the Public
Attachments
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ROGC Reinstate Remote Participation. (Candelas, Ortiz, Cohen, and Casey) 26-211
2. Recommendation: Direct the City Clerk to reinstate remote public participation to Council in time for the FY 2026-2027 June Budget deliberations.
Memorandum from Candelas, Ortiz, Cohen, and Casey
Letters from the Public
Attachments
D. Open Forum
Members of the Public are invited to speak on any item that does not appear on today’s Agenda and that is within the subject matter jurisdiction of the Committee.
E. Adjournment
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