Council and Authorities Concurrent Meeting on 2024-07-16 7:00 PM
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Santa Clara City Council
5h 38m
6 speakers
8 agenda items
transcribed 3 days ago
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What procedural steps open the meeting (call to order, pledge, and statements of values)?
All right, thank you. Good evening, everyone, and welcome to the Santa Clara City Council Stadium Authority Board Meeting. I'm zooming in for the East Coast, so I'll be with you just for a few, an hour or so this evening. 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 we may serve our community with fairness and respect, putting their needs before all.
Thank you. Please be seated.
Roll call,
city clerk.
Before I call roll, I will read a statement. In accordance with the Brown Act, Government Code Section 54953B, Mayor Gilmour is attending tonight's meeting via audio teleconference. The location from where Mayor Gilmour is attending was included on the agenda for this meeting, which is Lowe's Regency, 540 Park Avenue, Room 703, New York, New York, 10065. At this time, Mayor Gilmour, I ask you to please confirm that the agenda for this meeting is posted at your teleconference location.
Yes, it is.
And that this location is accessible to the public?
Yes, it is.
Please also state whether any members of the public are in attendance at your teleconference location. Not at this time, no. Thank you. All votes taken during this teleconference meeting shall be by roll call vote. Now, roll call. Council Member, Board Member Watanabe. Here. Council Member, Board Member Shahal.
Present.
Council Member, Board Member Hardy. Present. Council Member, Board Member Park.
Here.
Council Member, Board Member Jane. Here. Vice Mayor, Vice Chair Becker.
Here.
Mayor and Chair Gilmour. Here. Thank you. I will read the 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. 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 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 participants joining us this evening in the capacity as 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, Mayor.
Thank you. So good evening, everyone, and welcome. For today's meeting, the City Council is back in person and is also conducting its meeting in a hybrid manner. The public is welcome to attend in person, and 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 would 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 under public presentations.
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Agenda
8 items
1
What procedural steps open the meeting (call to order, pledge, and statements of values)?
9:48–15:00
2
How does the council conduct roll call and move through the consent calendar?
15:00–24:05
3
What are the key points of the $400 million bond presentation and the public’s questions about contingency and the Triton Museum?
24:05–57:03
4
How does the council address the Civil Grand Jury report and related recommendations?
57:03–2:57:04
5
What are the key financial and contractual issues discussed about the stadium and its management?
2:57:04–3:40:02
6
How does the council address the weed‑abatement program and public hearing?
3:40:02–4:22:33
7
What updates and questions are raised about the zoning code, general‑plan alignment, and corner‑lot setbacks?
4:22:33–5:01:36
8
How is the naming‑rights and sponsorship proposal for the Santa Clara Convention Center presented and debated?
5:01:36–5:38:28
Speakers
6 identified
Jovan Grogan 53 min
Kevin Park 47 min
Raj Chahal 20 min
Nora Pimentel 18 min
Ellen Kamei 5 min
Rafael Mandelman
Officials recognised by voice; public commenters shown as “Speaker N” unless they state their name.
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