05-21-2026 Governance and Ethics Committee Meeting - May 21, 2026
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Santa Clara Boards and Commissions
2h 16m
5 speakers
8 agenda items
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What are the opening formalities and roll‑call for the Governance and Ethics Committee meeting?
Okay, very good. Uh Welcome everybody. Um This is the meeting of the governance and ethics committee for Thursday, March twenty-first, twenty twenty six. It's now uh ten oh four. Um I want before I'd like to call this meeting to order and I have something to announce to the public. This meeting will be recorded. The Zoom meeting, the Zoom application will notify you that this meeting is being recorded. Please press continue on the Zoom application to stay in the meeting. Use the raise your hand feature in Zoom when you would like to speak on an item. Please unmute when called to speak and mute yourself when you are done speaking. Please lower your hand when you are finished speaking. If you're calling in by phone.
Identify yourself by name before speaking on an item. Press star nine on your phone to raise and lower your hand. Press star six by phone to unmute. All right. Um I would like to uh have a roll call. Maria, are you
Chair Jane.
I hear it.
Committee member Shahal.
Present.
And committee member Park.
Here.
Thank you.
Okay, very good. Um
How is the consent calendar addressed and what changes are proposed to the April minutes?
We have uh next we have our consent calendar. Uh, there's one item on the consent calendar and that's the Meeting minutes of April 13th. And I think Maria um had uh wanted to pull that.
Yes, Chair James. So I'd like to pull the minutes from the April special meeting. I was informed by staff the minutes should note in action during the work plan item discussion. The committee's approval of bringing an internet disruption policy for SB707 requirement. The committee voted to directly bring that to council, and the item will not go to the governance and ethics committee first. So I wanted to note that. So what I'll do is revise the minutes. reflecting that uh note and bring it back to you at the next committee meeting for approval.
Okay, very good. Thank you. All right, next we move on to public presentations. This item is reserved for persons to address the body on any matter not on the agenda that is within the subject match matter jurisdiction of the body. The law does not permit action on or extended discussion of any item not on the agenda. Okay, uh are there any I don't see oh I see a member of the public here. Um Um if you would like, we're at public presentation. If you would like to speak on an item not on the agenda. Uh please come forward.
Right. Sorry about that. Oh, talking about perfect timing. Okay. Um Sorry, I'll be really fast. Well, running out of breath too. Um, so last time I was here I talked about uh one of the things which is uh on the n at the governance and ethics meeting. Which is um adding a um ticker or a thing to follow council meetings. Um So you know what item you're on, what item's on the agenda. Easy to watch from YouTube uh channels as well as I think maybe organizing our YouTube channel. Um really hard to find certain things when you're looking for it. Um, so I think that would be a good thing moving forward. Um Special orders of business. Um, I saw, you know, I was at the council meeting the other night. Lot of special orders of business.
When I was on the city council, I felt that special orders of business. really kinda stalled and kind of took away from I'm not saying that we should have shouldn't have 'em, but they took away from a lot of the meeting and we didn't get to the meeting until eight. So maybe if we can Yeah. Consolidate.
What topics are covered in the public presentations and the policy review on reconsideration?
Right, I'm still running out of breath running up here. Um So if we consolidate that, that'd be really good. Um, because I think that just I think somebody mentioned it the other night that it does. weigh on the council a little bit. Um, I know that we maybe could flex that, but that's up to you guys. Um And uh meetings going till twelve AM, uh past twelve AM. I've noticed that uh it consistently becomes an issue. I know that council has gone till two AM in the past. And then it becomes a situation where council members are being rushed. And I know one person is consistently doing that, saying that they have a job to go to in the morning. Well, some people that have a job to go to in the morning, they own their business.
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Agenda
8 items
1
What are the opening formalities and roll‑call for the Governance and Ethics Committee meeting?
0:03–1:23
2
How is the consent calendar addressed and what changes are proposed to the April minutes?
1:23–4:02
3
What topics are covered in the public presentations and the policy review on reconsideration?
4:02–8:14
4
What questions arise about the prevailing‑party definition and resident‑initiated reconsiderations during the Q&A?
8:14–1:08:13
5
Why is a two‑step agenda process being proposed for reconsiderations?
1:08:13–1:22:17
6
How should the “prevailing party” be defined under the council’s voting rules?
1:22:17–1:46:30
7
What clarification is needed for motions that combine multiple staff recommendations?
1:46:30–2:05:15
8
How can the committee improve scheduling of special meetings and agenda management?
2:05:15–2:16:33
Speakers
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