Council and Authorities Concurrent Meeting on 2024-03-05 6:00 PM
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Santa Clara City Council
4h 47m
7 speakers
8 agenda items
transcribed 1 day ago
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What agenda items are addressed at the start of the council meeting?
Good evening, everyone, and welcome to the joint Santa Clara City Council Stadium Authority meeting. I'd like to call the meeting to order. Uh confirmation of a quorum, City Clerk.
Thank you, Madam Mayor. Yes, con um confirming a quorum.
Thank you. We have one item in closed session this evening, City Attorney. Thank you, Madam Mayor. Yes, one item, conference with labor negotiators, uh pursuant to government code section five four nine five seven point six, the city representatives that it as identified on the agenda. The employee organizations under discussion include units five, seven, and eight, City of Santa Clara Employees Association, and Unit Nine, Miscellaneous Unclassified Management Employees. Thanks, Madam Mayor. Uh thank you very much. So now before we go into closed session, is there any public comment on this closed session item? If so, please come forward.
Madam Mayor, you have cards already in the queue.
I do. Okay. Very good. Annette, please come forward, followed by Gary.
Annette will have ten minutes. She has had time given to her.
Right. Thank you. Um, good evening, honorable mayor and council members. I'm Annette Dirksen, the Santa Clara Employees Association Unit Five Seven and Eight President, and I am before you and our members, both here and online. I hope you can see them. To share an update with you on our contract negotiations. As I'm sure you are aware, the SEA has been without a contract since our ex ours expired at the end of twenty twenty three, more than two months ago now. You may recall from a previous email I sent to each of you that shared feedback from our members and their concerns regarding the city's last best and final offer received in December. I would like to remind you that our vote on this offer was absolutely historic in every way.
How do council members discuss the Santa Clara Employees Association contract negotiations?
A historic turnout and a historic no-vote. The SCEA has never voted down a last best and final vote. Final offer from the city. This outcome illustrates how the SCEA has begun to shift into a different organization in recent years and how conditions in the city have changed as well. Our members are willing to stand strong for a contract that is not only economically fair, but one that addresses significant language issues for our members, mainly dealing with critical safety issues. Issues for employees. Historically, the SCEA and City have always found a way to work together and come to a successor MOU agreement. But for unknown reasons, negotiations have become increasingly challenging. It is concerning that we need to address safety concerns as part of our negotiations on a successor MOU.
Instead of city leadership effectively working through our concerns, we strongly encourage the city to draft language that addresses not only the safety concerns that we are currently facing, but also reasonable language to ensure that all members, when eligible, are able to receive benefits of citywide policies such as alternative.
Work schedules or flexible workplaces. Choosing to ignore our concerns with no response or rejection of language cleanups is simply not acceptable to our members, especially when it comes after years of trying to work with the
city to address these concerns. As you know, our unit has already given many concessions to the city to help the city in through trying times. And that is partially why now the city can afford to move 20 million into a CIP budget. As previously mentioned, 49% of our classifications would qualify for the Financial Rate Assistance Program, FRAP, from our utilities at step one.
With the current city's proposed wage increase, that number doesn't does decrease to forty two.
This number is still too high. Additionally, all but seven of more than 130 classifications in units 578 at step one would qualify for an affordable housing rental according to the current Santa Clara County rent and income limits. We would also like to share a concern that the SCEA has regarding the city's handling of contract negotiations. There seems to be a trend that contract negotiations are winding up in mediation, fact-finding, strike votes, something that has not been common practice prior to the last couple of years.
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Agenda
8 items
1
What agenda items are addressed at the start of the council meeting?
25:06–27:02
2
How do council members discuss the Santa Clara Employees Association contract negotiations?
27:02–1:17:02
3
What is being proposed in the rezoning public hearing for Mission College Boulevard?
1:17:02–1:35:14
4
How does the Bay Area Host Committee outline preparations for Super Bowl 60 and the 2026 FIFA World Cup?
1:35:14–2:54:33
5
What are the key capital projects and oversight plans the Stadium Authority will implement for the 2026 events?
2:54:33–3:21:29
6
How will the Super Bowl 60 and FIFA World Cup agreements be structured and who will fund the required stadium modifications?
3:21:29–3:58:18
7
What public‑safety costs, reimbursements, and staffing resources are being planned for the upcoming mega‑events?
3:58:18–4:36:59
8
What questions did council members raise about funding, representation, and accountability, and how were motions resolved?
4:36:59–4:46:31
Speakers
7 identified
Lisa Gillmor 96 min
Jovan Grogan 29 min
Kevin Park 8 min
Nora Pimentel 7 min
Raj Chahal 4 min
Ellen Kamei 1 min
Rafael Mandelman
Officials recognised by voice; public commenters shown as “Speaker N” unless they state their name.
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