Council and Authorities Concurrent Meeting on 2025-02-25 5:30 PM - Feb 25, 2025
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Santa Clara City Council
6h 8m
9 speakers
8 agenda items
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What is the opening order and quorum confirmation for the meeting?
to order. Confirmation of a quorum, City Clerk? And I think you have some statement to make.
Yes, thank you, Madam Mayor. Good evening, Mayor and Council. Before going to confirmation of quorum, I'd like to note for the record that this evening, for those that are joining via Zoom, due to technical difficulties, you will not have an image. It's only audio. However, you may watch it through Facebook, YouTube, or Channel 15. Thank you. And yes, Mayor, confirming quorum.
Can I ask, Nora, how will people call in or how will they, if they have a question or a comment to make, how will they engage with us?
So there's the audio still available, so they can still call in. Call in. Yes, they will just not be able to see the presentations or the folks in the chambers.
Okay, thank you very much. We will now move, this is a study session, so we are going to move on to our study session, which is item number one, discussion of the proposed Santa Clara Stadium Authority fiscal year 2025-2026 operating debt service and capital budget and stadium authority budget compliance and management policies and marketing plan. City Manager, Executive Director?
Yes, thank you and good evening Board Chair and Board members. As a reminder for this item, you're sitting as the Stadium Authority Board of Directors. Staff is happy to present the proposed Stadium Authority budget to you tonight. Important to note that this is one of two planned study sessions and so we have a hold on Next Tuesday March 4th in case we need additional time for a study session. We can Continue these discussions on that date And you are scheduled to act on the budget at the very next meeting after that on March 11th And as you know, there are tight time frames within the stadium agreement for review and adoption of the budget also important.
Can I interrupt for one second City Manager? So this evening we're going to conclude this study session around 6 45 so we have a little bit of time between that and 7 p.m. to start the regular meeting so just so everyone knows.
Yes and so anything we don't get to we can
get to next Tuesday.
Absolutely. Also, important context setting for the proposed budget that is before you. The budget is certainly developed in light of the events that are occurring in Santa Clara in 2026. However, the costs for those events are not included within the budget outside of our normal budgeted costs. And as you know, those costs per year Action at the last meeting for the FIFA World Cup are covered by an assignment and assumption agreement and then we are actively working with the 49ers as well as the Bay Area host committee for for coverage of the Super Bowl 60 costs The budget that is before you also fully includes the cost related to the 2014 settlement agreement with MANCO and STATCO. That includes the pay down of the public safety cost balance as of 2024, as well as performance rent flowing to the general fund and additional non-NFL ticket surcharge revenue
For future public safety costs over the threshold and we'll talk about that in detail through the presentation today It also includes significant Non NFL event revenue and as you saw from our quarterly reports really non NFL event revenue is really at an all-time high projected to be at 9.3 million in the current year 2425 and ended at 8.3 million the prior year and so we'll talk about the projections of those currently projected to be less than that, but we wanna show you the trends where Manco, as you know, typically projects a lower amount and then exceeds that budget. We are continuing to work with them on how the budget is done, but certainly the actual revenue performance is there, and we'll talk through that.
The budget also describes capital improvement funds. Important to note that the capital improvement reserve includes an allocation of 18.6 million for next year. That will drop the balance to 2.6 million. And so what you'll see in the staff recommendation is an additional million dollars allocated to stadium capital projects, right? Over a billion dollars worth of infrastructure, and we have a very low capital reserve there, and so the need to build that up over time, and there's currently a facility condition assessment going on, and we'll talk a little bit about that.
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Agenda
8 items
1
What is the opening order and quorum confirmation for the meeting?
10:54–1:29:22
2
What are the main items presented in the Stadium Authority study session and budget proposal?
1:29:22–2:28:54
3
What are the council members asking about Measure R, zoning setbacks, and the proposed tower locations?
2:28:54–3:24:23
4
How do residents and community groups present their testimony and concerns about health, aesthetics, and property values?
3:24:23–4:01:18
5
What safety and fire‑risk questions are raised about the battery backup systems and overall site design?
4:01:18–4:25:31
6
What are the council’s options for the cell‑tower proposal and the shot‑clock deadline?
4:25:31–5:05:03
7
How does the council consider reopening the public hearing to extend the shot‑clock and explore alternative sites?
5:05:03–5:49:17
8
What updates are presented on the county weed‑abatement program and its impact on residents?
5:49:17–6:08:31
Speakers
9 identified
Lisa Gillmor 45 min
Kevin Park 21 min
Jovan Grogan 16 min
Raj Chahal 15 min
Karen Hardy 7 min
Nora Pimentel 6 min
Kelly Cox 5 min
Albert Gonzalez 2 min
Rafael Mandelman
Officials recognised by voice; public commenters shown as “Speaker N” unless they state their name.
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