City of San José  
200 East Santa Clara Street  
San Jose, CA 95113  
City of San José  
Agenda  
Joint Meeting for the Rules and Open Government Committee and  
Committee of the Whole  
Committee Members  
David Cohen, Chair  
Rosemary Kamei, Vice Chair  
Pam Foley, Member  
Bien Doan, Member  
Domingo Candelas, Member  
Committee Staff  
Lee Wilcox, Assistant City Manager  
Joy Rodriguez, Assistant City Clerk  
Kevin Fisher, Assistant City Attorney  
Rachelle Blattman, City Manager's Office  
Wednesday, February 4, 2026  
2:00 PM  
Council Chambers  
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A. City Council (City Clerk)  
1. Review Final Agenda  
Review February 10, 2026 Final Agenda.  
a. Add New Items to Final Agenda  
b. Assign "Time Certain" to Agenda Items (if needed)  
c. Review of Notice of Waiver Requirements for Agenda Items or  
Documents (if needed)  
Attachments  
2. Review Draft Agenda  
Review February 17, 2026 Draft Agenda. - Cancelled  
Notice to the public: There will be no separate discussion of individual Consent Calendar items as they  
are considered to be routine and will be adopted by one motion. If a member of the Committee requests  
debate, separate vote or recusal on a particular item, that item may be removed from the Consent  
Calendar by the Chair and considered separately. The public may comment on the entire Consent  
Calendar and any items removed from the Consent Calendar by the Chair.  
B. Consent Calendar  
1.  
The Public Record for January 22, 2026 - January 29, 2026. (City  
Clerk)  
Recommendation:  
Receive and file the Public Record for January 22, 2026 - January 29,  
2026.  
Attachments  
2.  
Retroactive Approval of the SJ26 and Bay Area Host Committee Flag  
Raising Sponsored by the Office Of Mayor Matt Mahan as a City  
Council Sponsored Special Event to Expend City Funds and Accept  
Donations of Materials and Services for the Event. (Mayor)  
Recommendation:  
1. Retroactively approve the SJ26 and Bay Area Host Committee Flag  
Raising scheduled on February 3, 2026 as a City Council sponsored  
Special Event and approve the expenditure of funds.  
2. Approve and accept donations from various individuals, businesses  
or community groups to support the event.  
3. Place the item on the February 10, 2026 City Council Agenda for  
action.  
Attachments  
END OF CONSENT  
C. Rules Committee Reviews, Recommendations and Approvals  
1.  
Exploration of a Scaled Development Fee Framework and Deferred  
Development Impact Fees. (Ortiz, Cohen, Mulcahy, and Casey)  
Recommendation:  
Direct the City Manager to:  
1. Evaluate and return to Council with options for a scaled  
development fee framework that aligns development fees with project  
characteristics such as size, affordability, public benefit, and location;  
2. Develop a deferred Development Impact Fee (DIF), Public Works  
Offsite Fee, and other eligible project-related fee payment programs  
that allow projects to remit these fees at Certificate of Occupancy  
instead of at earlier entitlement or permitting stages; and  
3. Explore aligning the City's Notice of Funding Availability cycle  
with the State's Business Cycle including but not limited to providing  
preliminary letters of commitment at time of application for funding  
that are subject to final Council approval.  
[Referred from 1/21/26 - Item C.1 (ROGC 26-028)]  
Attachments  
2.  
Support and Collaboration on AB 1633 (Private Detention Facility Tax  
Law). (Ortiz, Campos, Candelas, Cohen)  
Recommendation:  
Request the City Council adopt a position of support for the intent and  
policy direction of Assembly Bill 1633 (Haney), as introduced on  
January 26, 2026, as well as similar legislation that advances the same  
goals, and authorize City staff to take advocacy actions consistent with  
that intent, including drafting and submitting letters of support and  
coordinating with the author’s office regarding a potential City  
sponsorship role.  
Attachments  
D. Open Forum  
Members of the Public are invited to speak on any item that does not appear on today’s Agenda and that  
is within the subject matter jurisdiction of the Committee.  
E. Adjournment  
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