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, April 8, 2026

2:00 PM

Council Chambers

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A. City Council (City Clerk)

1. Review Final Agenda

ROGC

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Review April 14, 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

Agenda for April 14, 2026 (to be updated on 4/8/26)

2. Review Draft Agenda

ROGC

26-145

Review April 21, 2026 Draft Agenda.

a. Add New Items to Draft Agenda

b. Assign "Time Certain" to Agenda Items (if needed)

c. Review of Notice of Waiver Requirements for Agenda Items or

Documents (if needed)

Agenda to be posted on the day of the meeting.

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

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The Public Record for March 26, 2026 - April 2, 2026. (City Clerk)

Receive and file the Public Record for March 26, 2026 - April 2, 2026.

Recommendation:

Attachments The Public Record

ROGC

26-148

Approval of Flag Raising Ceremony and Lighting Recognizing Ethiopian

New Year Sponsored by the Office of Mayor Matt Mahan as City

Council Sponsored Special Events to Expend City Funds and Accept

Donations of Materials and Services for the Events. (Mayor)

Recommendation:

1. Approve the Ethiopian Flag Raising Event scheduled on September

4, 2026 as a City Council sponsored Special Event and approve the

expenditure of funds.

2. Approve the Tower Lighting scheduled on September 3, 2026 as a

City Council sponsored Special Event and approve the expenditure of

funds.

3. Approve raising the Ethiopian Flag without the emblem on the fourth

flagpole.

4. Approve and accept donations from various individuals, businesses

or community groups to support the events.

5. Place the item on the April 14, 2026 City Council Agenda for action.

Attachments Memorandum from Mayor

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Request to Travel and Excused Absence. (Campos)

Recommendation:

1. Authorize travel, accept travel payments to the City of San José, and

designate Councilmember Campos as the City representative to

participate in the Working Families Champions’ first-ever gathering

organized and funded in part by Working Families Power from April

17-18, 2026 in Washington, D.C.

2. Excuse Councilmember Campos’ absence from the Joint Recycled

Water Policy Advisory Committee on April 16, 2026.

3. Place the item on the April 14, 2026 City Council Agenda for action.

Attachments

Memorandum from Campos

ROGC

26-147

Retroactive Approval of the CERT 5K Family Fun Run Sponsored by

Council District 10 as a City Council Sponsored Special Event to

Expend City Funds and Accept Donations of Materials and Services for

the Event. (Casey)

Recommendation:

1. Retroactively approve the CERT 5K Family Fun Run scheduled on

March 28, 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 April 14, 2026 City Council Agenda for action.

Attachments

Memorandum from Casey

END OF CONSENT

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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providing excellent services, in a positive and timely manner, and in the full view of the public. The City Code of Ethics may be viewed

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