Council and Authorities Concurrent Meeting on 2025-05-06 6:00 PM - May 06, 2025
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Santa Clara City Council
4h 8m
6 speakers
8 agenda items
transcribed 3 days ago
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What formal opening and pledge are performed at the beginning of the council meeting?
Good evening, everyone. I'd like to call this special meeting of the Santa Clara City Council 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, 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 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, assistant city clerk.
Council Member Gonzalez. Some R Shahawk. Isn't Council Mr Hardy?
Present.
Councilmember Park? Here. Councilmember Jane? Here. Vice Mayor Cox? Here. Mayor Gilmore. 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 the presiding officer, the mayor'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. Registered lobbyists speaking in a lobbying capacity are required to identify themselves as such and disclose the clients and or organizations that he or she represent at any meeting held with city officials or at public meetings.
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How are the city’s behavioral standards and meeting procedures introduced?
Um so good evening everyone for today's meeting. The council is 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 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, um 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. Uh prior to each agenda item staff will lower your hand to ensure that members of the public are seeking to speak on the appropriate agenda item, which we only have one on the agenda tonight, study session.
So we'll move on to the council agenda. So for tonight's meeting, uh, this is a Long-awaited study session on the related Santa Clara Development Project located at 5155 Stars and Stripes Drive and the proposed amendment to the master community plan to introduce an additional scheme C land use option by the developer related Santa Clara LLC, City Manager.
Sure. Thank you, Mayor. Thank you, Council. Uh thank you to the members of the public uh that are both hearing wat watching uh from home. And Javon Grogan City Manager. Uh Tonight's special study session is focused on the related Santa Clara project. As one of the most significant mixed use developments in the Bay Area, the project represents a long-term partnership between the city and related to transform a former landfill and golf course into a vibrant new district within Santa Clara. Tonight's session is intended to provide a comprehensive review of the project's history. its entitlements, development agreements, as well as all of the progress that has been made to date. We will discuss key challenges for the development's future.
We will also present an overview of an amendment to the master plan community under which we're we currently call scheme C. This includes changes to land use, density, and project phasing.
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Agenda
8 items
1
What formal opening and pledge are performed at the beginning of the council meeting?
17:09–19:16
2
How are the city’s behavioral standards and meeting procedures introduced?
19:16–28:42
3
What is the agenda and purpose of the long‑awaited study session on the Santa Clara Development Project?
28:42–42:44
4
How are the ground‑rent calculations and land‑value comparisons explained to the council?
42:44–2:28:11
5
What are the vacancy‑rate thresholds for the retail sites and how do they impact the project?
2:28:11–2:48:56
6
Why has Phase One been delayed and what financing and market conditions are causing the hold‑up?
2:48:56–3:22:27
7
What are the key changes introduced by Scheme C – new land‑use designations, density adjustments, and schedule revisions?
3:22:27–3:49:20
8
Which council questions remain unanswered and what are the next steps for the city’s review and approval process?
3:49:20–4:08:42
Speakers
6 identified
Jovan Grogan 26 min
Kevin Park 11 min
Raj Chahal 10 min
Karen Hardy 4 min
Albert Gonzalez 3 min
Kelly Cox 3 min
Officials recognised by voice; public commenters shown as “Speaker N” unless they state their name.
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