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, November 12, 2025  
2:00 PM  
Council Chambers  
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A. City Council (City Clerk)  
1. Review Final Agenda  
ROGC  
25-356  
Review November 18, 2025 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
Agenda for November 18, 2025 (to be updated 11/12/25)  
2. Review Draft Agenda  
ROGC  
25-357  
Review November 25, 2025 Draft Agenda - Canceled.  
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.  
ROGC  
25-358  
Request to Travel for Mayor's Staff. (Mayor)  
Recommendation:  
Authorize travel, accept travel payments to the City of San José, and  
designate Mayor’s Staff, Stephen Caines, as the City representative to  
attend the Project on Municipal Innovation Fall Convening in  
Cambridge, MA from November 20-21, 2025.  
Attachments
Memorandum from Mayor  
2.  
ROGC  
25-359  
Approval of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL)  
Championship Flag Raising and Rotunda Lighting 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. Approve the National Women’s Soccer League Flag Raising and  
Rotunda Lighting to be held on November 20, 2025, as a City Council  
sponsored Special Event and approve the expenditure of funds.  
2. Accept donations from various individuals, businesses, or  
community groups to support the event.  
3. Place the item on the November 18, 2025 City Council Agenda for  
action.  
Attachments
Memorandum from Mayor  
3.  
ROGC  
25-360  
Retroactive Approval of the San José State University Homecoming  
Tower Lighting Sponsored by the Office of Mayor Matt Mahan as a  
City Council Sponsored Special Event to Expend City Funds, Light City  
Hall, and Accept Donations of Materials and Services for the Event.  
(Mayor)  
Recommendation:  
1. Retroactively Approve the San José State University Homecoming  
Tower Lighting in San José on November 8, 2025, as a City Council  
sponsored Special Event and approve the expenditure of funds.  
2. Retroactively Approve the San José State University Tower Lighting  
on November 8-11, 2025, as a City Council sponsored Special Event  
and approve the expenditure of funds.  
3. Retroactively Approve and accept donations from various  
individuals, businesses, or community groups to support the event.  
4. Place the item on the November 18, 2025 City Council Agenda for  
action.  
Attachments Memorandum from Mayor  
4.  
ROGC  
25-355  
Retroactive Approval and Approval of Various Events Sponsored by  
Council District 8 as City Council Sponsored Special Events to Expend  
City Funds and Accept Donations of Materials and Services for the  
Events. (Candelas)  
Recommendation:  
1. Retroactively approve the Mt. Pleasant Neighborhood Association  
Emergency Resource Fair scheduled on April 5, 2025 as a City Council  
sponsored Special Event and approve the expenditure of funds.  
2. Retroactively approve the Great American Litter Pickup scheduled  
on April 19, 2025 as a City Council sponsored Special Event and  
approve the expenditure of funds.  
3. Retroactively approve the Evergreen Estates Dumpster Day  
scheduled on May 31, 2025 as a City Council sponsored Special Event  
and approve the expenditure of funds.  
4. Retroactively approve the Senior Scam Stopper scheduled on June  
13, 2025 as a City Council sponsored Special Event and approve the  
expenditure of funds.  
5. Retroactively approve the Philippine Independence Flag Raising  
scheduled on June 13, 2025 as a City Council sponsored Special Event  
and approve the expenditure of funds.  
6. Retroactively approve the Evergreen Leadership Neighborhood  
Association Dumpster Day scheduled on June 14, 2025 as a City  
Council sponsored Special Event and approve the expenditure of funds.  
7. Retroactively approve the 4th of July Celebration scheduled on July  
4, 2025 as a City Council sponsored Special Event and approve the  
expenditure of funds.  
8. Retroactively approve the Community Soccer Clinic scheduled on  
July 10, 2025 as a City Council sponsored Special Event and approve  
the expenditure of funds.  
9. Retroactively approve ELNA Social scheduled on July 19, 2025 as a  
City Council sponsored Special Event and approve the expenditure of  
funds.  
10. Retroactively approve the Interfaith Lunch scheduled on July 30,  
2025 as a City Council sponsored Special Event and approve the  
expenditure of funds.  
11. Retroactively approve the Tom Matsumoto Back to School Meet  
and Greet scheduled on April 5, 2025 as a City Council sponsored  
Special Event and approve the expenditure of funds.  
12. Retroactively approve the Music in the Square scheduled on  
August 15, 2025 as a City Council sponsored Special Event and  
approve the expenditure of funds.  
13. Retroactively approve the Coffee at the Crosswalk scheduled on  
August 20, 2025 as a City Council sponsored Special Event and  
approve the expenditure of funds.  
14. Retroactively approve the Movie in the Square scheduled on  
August 29, 2025 as a City Council sponsored Special Event and  
approve the expenditure of funds.  
15. Retroactively approve the Community Coffee scheduled on  
September 12, 2025 as a City Council sponsored Special Event and  
approve the expenditure of funds.  
16. Retroactively approve the Music in the Villages scheduled on  
September 26, 2025 as a City Council sponsored Special Event and  
approve the expenditure of funds.  
17. Retroactively approve the Diwali Celebration scheduled on October  
17, 2025 as a City Council sponsored Special Event and approve the  
expenditure of funds.  
18. Retroactively approve the Fall Family Festival scheduled on  
October 25, 2025 as a City Council sponsored Special Event and  
approve the expenditure of funds.  
19. Retroactively approve the Pleasant Hills Community Meeting  
scheduled on October 29, 2025 as a City Council sponsored Special  
Event and approve the expenditure of funds.  
20. Retroactively approve the Fire Station 31 Treat or Treating  
scheduled on October 31, 2025 as a City Council sponsored Special  
Event and approve the expenditure of funds.  
21. Retroactively approve the Welch Tree Planting scheduled on  
November 8, 2025 as a City Council sponsored Special Event and  
approve the expenditure of funds.  
22. Retroactively approve the Falls Creek Dumpster Day scheduled on  
November 8, 2025 as a City Council sponsored Special Event and  
approve the expenditure of funds.  
23. Approve the Coat Drive Kickoff scheduled on November 17, 2025  
as a City Council sponsored Special Event and approve the expenditure  
of funds.  
24. Approve the Gun Buyback scheduled on December 5, 2025 as a  
City Council sponsored Special Event and approve the expenditure of  
funds.  
25. Approve the Santa in the Square scheduled on December 12, 2025  
as a City Council sponsored Special Event and approve the expenditure  
of funds.  
26. Approve and accept donations from various individuals, businesses  
or community groups to support the events.  
27. Place the item on the November 18, 2025 City Council Agenda for  
action.  
Attachments Memorandum from Candelas  
C. Rules Committee Reviews, Recommendations and Approvals  
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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