City of Santa Clara
Meeting Minutes
Call and Notice of Special Meeting
City Council Priority Setting
9:00 AM Hybrid Meeting
Central Park Library/Virtual
2635 Homestead Road
Redwood Room
Santa Clara, CA 95051
04/03/2025
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Councilmember Chahal participated remotely from the following location:
627 Sector 11, Panchkula (HR) 134109, India
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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that, pursuant to the provisions of California Government Code §54956 (“The Brown Act”) and Section 708 of the Santa Clara City Charter, the Mayor calls for a Special Meeting of the City Council of the City of Santa Clara to commence and convene on April 3, 2025, at 9:00 AM in the Redwood Room located in the Central Park Library at 2635 Homestead Road, Santa Clara, California.
2025 CITY COUNCIL PRIORITY SESSION
Call to Order
Mayor Gillmor called the special meeting to order at 9:05 AM.
Pledge of Allegiance and Statement of Values
Council recited the Pledge of Allegiance.
Councilmember Hardy recited the Statement of Values.
Roll Call
Assistant City Clerk Pimentel noted that Councilmember Chahal would be participating remotely under the Brown Act.
Assistant City Clerk Pimentel recited the AB23 announcement and Statement of Behavioral Standards.
Assistant City Clerk Pimentel also noted that any registered Lobbyist speaking during the Public Meeting will need to identify themselves and whom they represent.
Councilmember Albert Gonzalez, Councilmember Raj Chahal, Councilmember Karen Hardy, Councilmember Kevin Park,
Councilmember Suds Jain, Vice Mayor Kelly Cox, and Mayor Lisa M.
Gillmor
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1. 25-380 City Council Priority Setting Session 2025
Recommendation: 1.
Note and File the City Council Priorities Summary Report
2. Note and File the Budget Update and Ten-Year General Fund Forecast City Manager Grogan made some opening remarks and introduced Nancy Hetrick (Vice President, Raftelis) who provided a Powerpoint presentation and led the discussion on the 2025 City Council Priority Setting Session.
Council discussion ensued.
Public Comment: Jim McNamee
Mary Grizzle
Linda Knepper
Ray Games
Rod Dunham
Dan Ondrasek (time donated from Linda Johnson and Lou Mariani) Edward Strine
Ikbal Erdogan
Donna West
Wanda Buck
Mayor Gillmor called for a recess at 10:18 AM and reconvened the meeting at 10:31 AM.
Nancy Hetrick (Vice President, Raftelis) continued the discussion on the 2025 City Council Priority Setting Session.
Council discussion ensued.
City Manager Grogan provided a Powerpoint presentation on citywide organization update.
Councilmember Chahal left the meeting at 12:30 PM.
Mayor Gillmor called for a recess at 12:30 PM and reconvened the meeting at 1:00 PM.
Public Comment: Elaine Lee
Vikas Gupta
Edward Strine
Linda Knepper
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Assistant City Manager Klotz provided a Powerpoint presentation on the Infrastructure Bond Project Planning.
Director of Public Works Mobeck provided a Powerpoint presentation on the Rainbow Crosswalk Project Update and Bikeway Study Policy Update.
City Manager Grogan provided a Powerpoint presentation on the Proposed Budget.
Nancy Hetrick (Vice President, Raftelis) provided a Powerpoint presentation on Council priorities.
Council discussion ensued.
Mayor Gillmor called for a recess at 2:15 PM and reconvened the meeting at 2:27 PM.
Nancy Hetrick (Vice President, Raftelis) continued the discussion on the 2025 City Council Priority Setting Session.
Council discussion ensued.
Public Comment: Elaine Lee
Linda Knepper
Edward Strine
Dan Ondrasek
Donna West
Wanda Buck
Steve Kelly
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Public Comment Ecomments
ADJOURNMENT
The meeting was adjourned at 2:57 PM.
The next regular scheduled meeting is on Tuesday, April 8, 2025 in the City Hall Council Chambers.
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MEETING DISCLOSURES
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