Council and Authorities Concurrent Meeting on 2024-09-04 5:00 PM
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Santa Clara City Council
5h 54m
7 speakers
8 agenda items
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What opening formalities and roll‑call are performed at the start of the meeting?
Good evening everyone and welcome to the special meeting of the Santa Clara City Council and Stadium Authority Board. 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 the 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. City Clerk.
Councilmember Board Member Watanabe. Councilmember Board Member Shahal is absent. Council Member Board Member Hardy. Present. Councilmember, board member Park.
Here.
Kevin. Council Member, Board Member Jane. Here. Vice Mayor, Vice Chair Becker?
Yeah.
Mayor Chair Gilmore.
Is there a motion to excuse Councilmember Chahol?
Motion to excuse Councilmember Chall.
I'll second that.
I vote yes, my computer's over there right now.
Uh it didn't show up on mine again.
So we'll just
Okay, we'll we'll do real quick.
How does the council move from procedural motions (excusing a member, AB‑23 announcement, and behavioral standards) to the public agenda?
Councilmember Board Member Watanabi.
Yes.
Councilman Board Member Hardy. Yes. Councilmember Board Member Park.
Yes.
Councilmember board member Jane.
Yes.
Vice Mayor, Vice Chair Becker. Yes. Mayor Chair Gilmore.
Yes. And that passes with those six to nothing with those present. Okay.
Also have a
AB 23 announcement. Members of the Santa Clara Stadium 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 the
Welcome and thank you for your participation. Registered lobbyists. Lobbyists speaking in a lobbying capacity are required to identify themselves as such and disclose the clients and or organizations that he or she represents at any meeting held with city officials or at public meetings pursuant to City Code Section 2.155.110. Mayor.
I can't raise my hand yet, so They have a
You have what?
I have a I have a I have an announcement. So uh just to let the public know and let the council know that I will be leaving around um seven o'clock. I have a a family meeting that I must go to, so I will be Out at south.
Thank you. Um okay, are you is it my turn? Okay. Thanks. All right, good evening everyone 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, 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 andor call into the Zoom meeting phone number shown on the screen now. If you would like to speak on an agenda item, please raise your hand on the Zoom application and press star nine on your phone. Please raise your hand only uh while the item you're seeking to see 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. Prior to each agenda item, staff will lower your hand to make sure that members of the public are seeking to speak on the appropriate agenda item. So we'll move on to the council agenda now. So we have one item on our agenda this evening and it's um item number one, general business action on the city's response to the Santa Clara County Civil Grand Jury report entitled Irreconcilable Differences Santa Cl nope, wrong one. Did that yesterday.
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Agenda
8 items
1
What opening formalities and roll‑call are performed at the start of the meeting?
19:16–21:28
2
How does the council move from procedural motions (excusing a member, AB‑23 announcement, and behavioral standards) to the public agenda?
21:28–29:40
3
What is the first major agenda item discussed – the response to the civil grand jury report?
29:40–2:19:24
4
Why are council members questioning the public’s knowledge of settlement agreements?
2:19:24–2:27:12
5
What is the grand‑jury’s finding 7B about the stadium’s marketing correction plan and how do council members react?
2:27:12–2:54:29
6
How do council members evaluate the findings on non‑NFL event revenue (findings 9A‑9C) and the related staff responses?
2:54:29–4:05:59
7
How did council members resolve the vote on option three and what were the results?
4:05:59–4:22:07
8
Why did council members debate the wording of the marketing‑plan audit and what compromises were proposed?
4:22:07–5:54:12
Speakers
7 identified
Jovan Grogan 64 min
Lisa Gillmor 46 min
Suds Jain 34 min
Nora Pimentel 22 min
Karen Hardy 14 min
Kevin Park 13 min
Rafael Mandelman
Officials recognised by voice; public commenters shown as “Speaker N” unless they state their name.
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