Council and Authorities Concurrent Meeting on 2025-06-24 6:00 PM - Jun 24, 2025

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What is discussed at the start of the meeting (call to order, quorum, and agenda items)?

Lisa Gilmore 0:11

Good evening, everyone, and welcome to the joint meeting of the Santa Clara City Council and Stadium Authority Board. I'd like to call the meeting to order. Confirmation of a quorum, City Clerk.

Assistant City Clerk 0:23

Thank you, Madam Mayor. Yes, confirming your quorum.

Lisa Gilmore 0:27

No, we have two items in closed session, city attorney. Yes, thank you, Madam Mayor. Items 1A and white 1B for tonight. Item 1A is conference with real property negotiators, easements for the 115 KV project. Five parcels and one property owner are involved in this as listed on the agenda. Your city negotiators are also listed and under negotiations purchase of real property. Interest, both provisions, price, and terms of payment. Item 1B is also conference with real property negotiators, an easement for the receiving station rebuild and replacement project, the property as listed on the agenda, City Authority Negotiators as listed, and the negotiating party City and Williams Communications Inc. For both items, we're going to be joined by

Lisa Gilmore 1:20

number of additional folks not listed, um Nico Prokos, um Chris uh Carwick, Dan Ballin, um from uh SVP and outside council Gail Connor. As a result of all those folks, we're not gonna be in the council conference room, Madam Mayor, we're gonna move to Sparosino. Do we have any public comment on the closed session? Online? Is there anyone online? All right. We're going to adjourn the closed session. We'll be back here at seven PM. Thank you.

Lisa Gilmore 10:38

Good evening everyone and welcome to the Santa Clara City Council and Stadium Authority joint meeting. So welcome. I'd like you uh to call this meeting to order. So if 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 we may act in the best interest of our people, our neighbors, and our country.

Lisa Gilmore 11:27

All this we ask so we may serve our community with fairness and respect. Путін'с Бьо а Thank you. Please be seated. Assistant City Clerk. Roll call.

Assistant City Clerk 11:43

Thank you, Madam Mayor. Councilmember, Board Member Gonzalez.

Raj Chahal 11:46

President.

Assistant City Clerk 11:47

Councilmember, Board Member Shahal. Present. Councilmember Board Member Hardy. Present. Councilmember Board Member Park.

Lisa Gilmore 11:53

Here.

Assistant City Clerk 11:54

Councilmember, Board Member Jane?

Lisa Gilmore 11:56

Here.

Assistant City Clerk 11:56

Vice Mayor, Vice Chair Cox. Here. Mayor and Chair Gilmore.

Elizabeth Gaspar 12:00

Thank you. The A B twenty three announcement, members of the Santa Clara Stadium Authority, Sports and Open Space Authority

Assistant City Clerk 12:09

and Housing Authority

Maria Ricard 12:10

are

Assistant City Clerk 12:10

entitled to receive thirty dollars for each attended meeting. Statement of Behavioral Standards.

Maria Ricard 12:15

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

Assistant City Clerk 12:27

an efficient and consistent manner. Please note that as presiding officer, the mayor's and chair's direction in matters of process and decorum should be followed, and that use of the gavel

Maria Ricard 12:37

indicates all conversations must conclude and everyone in attendance should come to order and attention. Welcome and thank

Nico Prokos 12:42

you

Assistant City Clerk 12:43

for your participation. If you're joining us this evening in the capacity as a registered lobbyist, we ask you to please identify yourself and Those that you um disclose those that are your clients.

Elizabeth Gaspar 12:56

And this is pursuant to

Maria Ricard 12:56

city code section two

Elizabeth Gaspar 12:58

point one five five point one one zero. Thank you.

Lisa Gilmore 13:01

So thank you, Assistant City Clerk. Good evening, everyone, and welcome. 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.