Council and Authorities Concurrent Meeting on 2025-03-25 5:30 PM - Mar 25, 2025

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What formalities open the council meeting and why is a closed‑session item noted?

Unknown 7:00

Good afternoon, everyone. I'd like to call this meeting of the City Council and Stadium Authority Board to order. Confirmation of a quorum, City Clerk?

Nora Pimentel 7:11

Thank you, Madam Mayor. Yes, confirming a quorum. And I also note for the record that Council Member Shahal

Raj (Unknown) 7:17

will be attending remotely.

Unknown 7:19

All right. Thank you very much. We have one item for closed session. Should I be reading this or should you? I can read it in, Madam Mayor. Yeah, the one item, a public employee performance evaluation titled city attorney. Given the nature of this item, I will not be attending the closed session. However, that meeting will be staffed by your contract facilitator, Mr. Daniel Keene, with assistance from HR Director Acevedo and with Chief Assistant City Attorney Sue Reuter from my office standing by to provide legal support if necessary. Thank you, Madam Mayor. Thank you, thank you for that. Do we have any members of the public? I don't see any in the chambers. I don't see anyone online either. Okay, noting that, we will be back at 7 p.m.

Unknown 8:07

for the regular council meeting. Come back then, thank you.

Unknown 16:55

Good evening, everyone. I'd like to call this meeting of the Santa Clara Stadium Authority and Santa Clara City Council to order. Could you please rise 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

Brian (Unknown) 17:16

the Republic

Unknown 17:16

for which it stands,

Brian (Unknown) 17:18

one

Unknown 17:18

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 we may act with 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.

Unknown 17:58

Thank you, Madam

Raj (Unknown) 17:58

Mayor. Before I do roll call, note for the record that Council Member Shahal will be participating remotely this evening under AB 2449, provision just cause. He's providing care to a family member, which prevents him from attending in person this evening. Council Member Shahal, please remember to participate through both audio and visual technology.

Howard Gibbons 18:20

And before any action is taken, you must disclose whether any other individuals 18 years of age

Nora Pimentel 18:25

or older are present in the room at your remote location and the nature of the relationship to you. For this evening, we will be doing roll call votes. Roll call. Council Member, Board Member Gonzales.

Unknown 18:38

Present. Council Member, Board Member Chahal.

Raj Chahal 18:43

I think he's

Unknown 18:44

frozen. Council Member Chahal. That looks

Brian (Unknown) 18:47

frozen.

Unknown 18:48

He's

Brian (Unknown) 18:48

frozen.

Unknown 18:48

You appear to be frozen. In time. Okay. I'll come back to him. Council Member, Board Member Hardy. Present.

Nora Pimentel 18:56

Council Member, Board Member Park. Here. Council Member, Board Member Jane. Here. Vice Mayor, Vice Chair Cox. Here. Mayor, Chair Gilmore.

Unknown 19:04

Here. And once again, Council Member, Board Member Shahal. You can see him. Yeah. Okay. Enough? Oh, there we go. There he is.

Raj (Unknown) 19:16

Raj, can you hear us?

19:18

Yes.

Raj (Unknown) 19:18

Yes, I can hear, but the audio is very bad, so I couldn't hear all of it. In case audio doesn't work well. Okay. It's to audio only mode instead of the video.

Kevin Park 19:32

Does it need video? Okay. Does

Raj (Unknown) 19:35

it need video? It has to be both,

Unknown 19:38

audio and visual. Oh, it has to be both. Apparently, it has to be both. So we can watch, look at you frozen, but we have to have you there. Raj? Okay.

Raj Chahal 19:49

Okay. I'll be there.

Unknown 19:51

Okay.

Nora Pimentel 19:51

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. The Statement of Behavioral Standards.

Howard Gibbons 20:06

The City of Santa Clara has adopted a code

Nora Pimentel 20:08

of ethics and values

Howard Gibbons 20:09

and behavioral standards for public meetings to promote and maintain the highest levels of conduct. This includes mutual respect,

Chandra Henry 20:15

robust discussion, and allowing city business to be done in an efficient and consistent manner. Please note that as a presiding

Nora Pimentel 20:22

officer, the mayor's and chair direction in the 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.