City Council and Authorities Concurrent on 2025-12-09 5:30 PM - Dec 09, 2025

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Santa Clara City Council 5h 20m 2 speakers 8 agenda items transcribed 3 days ago official recording ↗

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What topics are covered in the opening agenda and closed‑session items?

Unknown 7:35

Yeah.

Unknown 7:43

Good evening, everyone. I'd like to call the meeting to order. Confirmation of a quorum, Assistant City Clerk.

Unknown 7:58

Thank you, Madam Mayor. Yes, you have a confirmation of a quorum. All right, we have two items for closed session. Uh are you Deputy City Attorney, Assistant City Attorney? Assistant City Attorney. City Assistant City Attorney? Thank you, Mayor. Uh the council has two items on closed session this evening. Item 1A, Granit Case uh file ID twenty-five-sixteen eighty-eight is public employee performance evaluation pursuant to two government code sections, five four nine five seven B1 and five four nine five seven point six A. Uh the designated representatives on behalf of the city are Mayor and Council and City Staff Members Marco Macado and myself, Sue Reuter. Uh the the employee at the subject uh of this item is an unrepresented employee city manager.

Unknown 8:45

The second item, item one B, is Granica's file ID twenty five-sixteen sixty-four, its conference with Labour negotiators, city representatives, city manager, uh Jovan Grogan, um our Sally Acevedo, Margo Mercado, Ashley Lancaster, Alison Hawk, uh Vidas Leong, Charles Sakai, and myself Sue Ruder. Employee organizations listed Unit One, Unit Three, Unit Four, Unit Nine A, and Unit Nine B. Thank you. Uh do we have any public comment on our closed session items? Do you have a public comment, sir? On closed session item. Oh no, that's our regular meeting, so we we go at seven o'clock. Okay, you're l just a little early. All right. Do we have anybody online for closed session? We have no one online, Madam Mayor, and just wanted to note for the record, closed session will convene in the spare CNO room.

Unknown 9:43

All right, very good. Thank you. So we are now going to adjourn to closed session and we'll be back here at seven PM for the regular meeting. Thank you.

Unknown 11:28

Finn, we're ready? We're okay? All right. Good evening everyone and welcome to the Santa Clara City Council Stadium Authority concurrent meeting. Could you please stand for the Pledge of Allegiance and remain standing for our statement of values? I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic which it stands one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. As we gather, we humbly seek blessings upon this meeting. May we act with strength, courage, and will to perform our obligations and duties to our people with justice to all. Let us seek wisdom so we may act in the best interest of our people, our neighbors, and our country. All this we ask so we may serve our community with fairness and respect, putting their needs before all.

Unknown 12:29

Thank you. Please be seated. Assistant City Clerk. Roll call. Thank you, Madam Mayor. Councilmember, Board Member Gonzales. Here. Councilmember, Board Member Shahal.

Raj Chahal 12:41

Present.

Unknown 12:41

Councilmember, Board Member Hardy. Present. Councilmember, Board Member Park?

Raj Chahal 12:45

Here.

Unknown 12:46

Council Member Board Member Jane? Here. Vice Mayor, Vice Chair Cox. Here. Mayor and Chair Gilmore. Thank you. The A B twenty three announcement. Members of the Santa Clara Stadium Authority, Sports and Open Space Authority, and Housing Authority are entitled to receive thirty dollars for each attended meeting. Statement of behavioral standards. The city of Santa Clara has adopted a code of ethics and values and behavioral standards for public meetings to promote and maintain the highest levels of conduct. This includes mutual respect, robust discussion, and allowing city business to be done in an efficient and consistent manner. Please note that as the presiding officer, the mayor and chair's direction in matters of process and decorum should be followed and that use of the gavel indicates all conversations must conclude and everyone in attendance should come to order and attention.

Unknown 13:34

Welcome and thank you for your participation. For those of you joining us this evening in the capacity of a registered lobbyist, we ask you to please identify yourself as such and identify clients and or organizations that you represent. This is pursuant to City Code section section two point one five five point one one zero.