Council and Authorities Concurrent Meeting on 2024-01-09 7:00 PM
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Santa Clara City Council
3h 36m
7 speakers
8 agenda items
transcribed 3 days ago
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What opening remarks and the Pledge of Allegiance are presented at the start of the meeting?
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welcome to the city of santa clara joint meeting agenda of the council and authorities concurrent and santa clara stadium authority board the city of santa clara is conducting city council meetings in a hybrid manner in person and continues to have
methods for public to participate remotely
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Welcome, everyone. I'd like to call this meeting to order. 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 for 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 that we may act in the best interest of our people, our neighbors and our country. All this we ask so that we may serve our community with fairness and respect, putting their needs before all.
Thank you, please be seated. And Happy New Year, everyone. This is our first meeting of 2024, so let's make it a good one. Roll call, City Clerk.
Council Member, Board Member Watanabe. Here. Council Member, Board Member Shahal.
Present.
Council Member, Board Member Hardy. Present. Vice Mayor, Vice Chair Park. Here. Council Member, Board Member Jane.
Here.
Council Member, Board Member Becker.
Here.
Mayor and Chair Gilmour. Here. Thank you. AB 23 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. 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 a presiding officer, the mayor's 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.
Welcome and thank you for your participation. For those joining us this evening in the capacity of a registered lobbyist, we ask you to please identify yourself as such and disclose the clients and or organizations that you represent. This is pursuant to city code section 2.155.110. Thank you.
So good afternoon everyone and good evening and welcome. For today's meeting, the council's back in person and is conducting its meeting in a hybrid manner. The public is welcome to attend in person as the city continues to use a Zoom feature to allow participation from the safety of your home or office. Members of the public can still join via the link and or call into the Zoom meeting phone number shown on the screen now. If you'd like to speak on an agenda item or during public presentations, please raise your hand on the Zoom application or press star nine on your phone. Please only raise your hand while the item you're seeking to speak on is presented. Staff will enter your name or the last four digits of your phone number and I will call on you to speak.
As a friendly reminder, members of the public have two minutes to speak on an agenda item and three minutes on public presentations. And those are reserved for topics that are not on the agenda. Prior to each agenda item, staff will lower your hand to ensure members of the public are seeking to speak on the appropriate agenda items. So let's move on to the council agenda now. Continuances, exceptions, reconsiderations. Do we have any from the council? from the staff or the public. Seeing none, we're going to move on to the consent calendar and all items are approved with one motion.
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Agenda
8 items
1
What opening remarks and the Pledge of Allegiance are presented at the start of the meeting?
15:53–1:04:12
2
How does the council conduct the roll‑call, consent calendar and motion procedures?
1:04:12–1:29:25
3
What public presentation is given about early‑morning leaf‑blower noise and proposed mitigation?
1:29:25–1:47:29
4
How is the architectural review of 1485 Bellamy Street discussed, including code clarifications and public comments?
1:47:29–2:10:29
5
Why did the council move to close the public hearing and what was the vote?
2:10:29–2:29:51
6
How did council members decide to refer the housing project back to the architectural review process?
2:29:51–2:52:35
7
What are the key cost and rate impacts of the proposed amendment to the Renewable Energy Purchase Agreement?
2:52:35–3:24:50
8
Why was a merit‑based salary increase for the city manager approved and how did the meeting conclude?
3:24:50–3:35:50
Speakers
7 identified
Lisa Gillmor 24 min
Nora Pimentel 9 min
Kevin Park 8 min
Raj Chahal 8 min
Jovan Grogan 7 min
Suds Jain 6 min
Rafael Mandelman
Officials recognised by voice; public commenters shown as “Speaker N” unless they state their name.
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