City of Santa Clara
Meeting Minutes
Call and Notice of Joint Special Meeting of the
City Council & Planning Commission
5:30 PM Hybrid Meeting
City Hall Council Chambers/Virtual
1500 Warburton Avenue
Santa Clara, CA 95050
05/20/2025
The City of Santa Clara is conducting City Council meetings in a hybrid manner (in-person and continues to have methods for the public to participate remotely).
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to an open session item on this
agenda, which are not exempt from disclosure
pursuant to the California Public Records Act, that are distributed to a majority of the legislative body will
be available for public inspection at the Office of the City Clerk at Santa Clara City Hall, 1500 Warburton Avenue, Santa Clara, CA 95050 at the same time that the public records are distributed or made available to the legislative body. Any draft contracts, ordinances and resolutions posted on the Internet site or distributed in advance of the Council meeting may not be the final documents approved by the City Council. For the final document, you may contact the Office of the City Clerk at (408) 615-2220 or [email protected].
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2. By email to [email protected] by 12 p.m. the day of the meeting. Those emails will be forwarded to the Council and will be uploaded to the City Council Agenda as supplemental meeting material. Emails received after the 12 p.m. cutoff time up through the end of the meeting will form part of the meeting record. Please identify the Agenda Item Number in the subject line of your email.
NOTE: Please note eComments and Emails received as public comment will not be read aloud during the meeting.
05/20/2025Meeting Minutes
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 May 20, 2025, at 5:30 pm to be held virtually and in the City Hall Council Chambers located in the East Wing of City Hall at 1500 Warburton Avenue, Santa Clara, California, to consider the following matter(s) and to potentially take action with respect to them.
Closed Session - 5:30 PM | Study Session - 7:00 PM
5:30 PM CLOSED SESSION (CITY COUNCIL)
Call to Order in the Council Chambers
Mayor Gillmor called the Closed Session to order at 5:31 PM.
Confirmation of Quorum
Assistant City Clerk Pimentel confirmed a quorum.
1. 25-603 Conference with Labor Negotiators (CC)
Pursuant to Gov. Code § 54957.6
City representatives: Jovan D. Grogan, Nadine Nader, Aracely Azevedo, Marco Mercado, Charles Sakai, Glen R. Googins
Employee Organization(s):
Unit # 2 Police Officers' Association
Unit # 4 Engineers of the City of Santa Clara
Unit # 5, 7, & 8 City of Santa Clara Employees Association Unit # 10 Public Safety Non-Sworn Employees Association Public Comment
None.
Convene to Closed Session (Council Conference Room)
Mayor Gillmor adjourned into Closed Session at 5:32 PM.
Councilmember Park joined the Closed Session at 5:40 PM. 7:00 PM SPECIAL STUDY SESSION (CITY COUNCIL AND PLANNING COMMISSION IN JOINT SESSION) Call to Order in the Council Chambers
Mayor Gillmor called the Joint Study Session to order at 7:05 PM.
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Pledge of Allegiance and Statement of Values
Council and Planning Commission recited the Pledge of Allegiance.
Councilmember Hardy recited the Statement of Values.
Roll Call
Assistant City Clerk/Secretary Pimentel recited the AB23 announcement and Statement of Behavioral Standards.
Assistant City Clerk/Secretary 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, Mayor Lisa M.
Gillmor, Commissioner Yashraj Bhatnagar, Commissioner Nancy A.
Biagini, Commissioner Priya Cherukuru, Commissioner Qian Huang, Vice Chair Mario Bouza, and Chair Lance Saleme
Present: 13 -
Absent: 1 - Commissioner Eric Crutchlow
REPORTS OF ACTION TAKEN IN CLOSED SESSION MATTERS
City Attorney Googins reported that there was no reportable action from Closed Session.
STUDY SESSION
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2. 25-448 Joint Study Session with Planning Commission and City Council on Data Centers and related Development Regulations within the City of Santa Clara
City Manager Grogan made some opening remarks and introduced Dan Diorio (Senior Director, Data Center Coalition), Director of Community Development Hamid, Acting Chief Electric Utility Officer Procos, Senior Electric Division Manager Hughes, Director of Economic Development and Sustainability Brilliot, and Principal Engineer Aly who provided a Powerpoint presentation on Data Centers.
Planning Commissioner Crutchlow joined the meeting at 7:12 PM.
Council and Planning Commission questions and comments followed.
Public Comment: Mary Grizzle
Public Speaker 1
Public Speaker 2
Masheika Allgood
Linda
ADJOURNMENT
Mayor Gillmor called for a recess at 9:49 PM and reconvened the meeting at 10:12 PM.
City Manager Grogan, Director of Community Development Afshan, Director of Economic Development and Sustainability Brilliot, and Principal Engineer Aly, Acting Chief Electric Utility Officer Procos, City Attorney Googins, Dan Diorio (Senior Director, Data Center Coalition), and Senior Electric Division Manager Hughes addressed Council and Planning Commission questions.
Council and Planning Commission questions and comments followed.
City Manager Grogan addressed Council and Planning Commission questions.
The meeting was adjourned at 11:11 PM.
The next regular scheduled meeting is on Tuesday, May 27, 2025 in the City Hall Council Chambers.
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MEETING DISCLOSURES
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The time limit within which to commence any lawsuit or legal challenge to any quasi-adjudicative decision made by the City is governed by Section 1094.6 of the Code of Civil Procedure, unless a shorter limitation period is specified by any other provision. Under Section 1094.6, any lawsuit or legal challenge to any quasi-adjudicative decision made by the City must be filed no later than the 90th day following the date on which such decision becomes final. Any lawsuit or legal challenge, which is not filed within that 90-day period, will be barred. If a person wishes to challenge the nature of the above section in court, they may be limited to raising only those issues they or someone else raised at the meeting described in this notice, or in written correspondence delivered to the City of Santa Clara, at or prior to the meeting.
In addition, judicial challenge may be limited or barred where the interested party has not sought and exhausted all available administrative remedies.
STREAMING SERVICES: As always, the public may view the meetings on SantaClaraCA.gov, Santa Clara City Television (Comcast cable channel 15 or AT&T U-verse channel 99), or the livestream on the City's YouTube channel or Facebook page.
Note: The public cannot participate in the meeting through these livestreaming methods; livestreaming capabilities may be disrupted at times, viewers may always view and participate in meetings in-person and via Zoom as noted on the agenda.
AB23 ANNOUNCEMENT: Members of the Santa Clara Stadium Authority, Sports and Open Space Authority and Housing Authority are entitled to receive $30 for each attended meeting.
Note: The City Council and its associated Authorities meet as separate agencies but in a concurrent manner. Actions taken should be considered actions of only the identified policy body.
LEGEND: City Council (CC); Stadium Authority (SA); Sports and Open Space Authority (SOSA); Housing Authority (HA); Successor Agency to the City of Santa Clara Redevelopment Agency (SARDA); Bayshore North Project Enhancement Authority (BNPEA); Public Facilities Financing Corporation (PFFC)
Public contact was made by posting the Council agenda on the City's official-notice bulletin board outside City Hall Council Chambers. A complete agenda packet is available on the City's website and in the City Clerk's Office at least 72 hours prior to a Regular Meeting and 24 hours prior to a Special Meeting. A hard copy of any agenda report may be requested by contacting the City Clerk's Office at (408) 615-2220, email [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> or at the public information desk at any City of Santa Clara public library.
If a member of the public submits a speaker card for any agenda items, their name will appear in the Minutes. If no speaker card is submitted, the Minutes will reflect "Public Speaker."
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