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 15, 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 21, 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

2. Review Draft Agenda

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Review April 28, 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)

Attachments

Agenda

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 April 2, 2026 - April 9, 2026. (City Clerk)

Receive and file the Public Record for April 2, 2026 - April 9, 2026.

Recommendation:

Attachments The Public Record

ROGC

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VEBA Advisory Committee Appointments. (Human Resources)

Recommendation:

(a) Approve the appointment of Edgar “David” Parker, nominated by

the Federated unions, to the Voluntary Employees Beneficiary

Association (VEBA) Advisory Committee for a four-year term,

beginning June 1, 2026 and ending on May 31, 2030.

(b) Approve the appointment of Nicholas Rovetto, nominated by the

Federated unions, to the VEBA Advisory Committee for a four-year

term, beginning June 1, 2026 and ending on May 31, 2030.

action.

Attachments Memorandum

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Approval of the Eritrean Flag Raising Sponsored by Council District 6

as a City Council Sponsored Special Event to Expend City Funds and

Accept Donations of Materials and Services for the Event. (Mulcahy)

Recommendation:

1. Approve the Eritrean Flag Raising Event scheduled on May 20, 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 21, 2026 City Council Agenda for action.

Attachments

Memorandum from Mulcahy

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Request to Travel. (Candelas)

Recommendation:

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

designate Councilmember Domingo Candelas as the City representative

to attend the Cal Cities City Leaders Summit and Board Meeting in

Sacramento, CA from April 22-25, 2026.

2. Place the item on the April 21, 2026 City Council Agenda for action.

Attachments

Memorandum from Candelas

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Retroactive 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 Overfelt High School Making Seasons

Bright event scheduled on December 13, 2025 as a City Council

sponsored Special Event and approve the expenditure of funds.

2. Retroactively approve the Vovinam Toy Drive scheduled on

December 20, 2025 as a City Council sponsored Special Event and

approve the expenditure of funds.

3. Retroactively approve the Brigadoon Neighborhood Association

Meeting scheduled on January 29, 2026 and March 5, 2026 as City

Council sponsored Special Events and approve the expenditure of

funds.

4. Retroactively approve the TREBA Tet Festival scheduled on

February 14, 2026 as a City Council sponsored Special Event and

approve the expenditure of funds.

5. Retroactively approve the Budget Breakfast event scheduled on

February 21, 2026 as a City Council sponsored Special Event and

approve the expenditure of funds.

6. Retroactively approve the Welch Park Spring Egg Hunt scheduled

on March 28, 2026 as a City Council sponsored Special Event and

approve the expenditure of funds.

7. Approve and accept donations from various individuals, businesses

or community groups to support the events.

8. Place the item on the April 21, 2026 City Council Agenda for action.

Attachments

Memorandum from Candelas

END OF CONSENT

C. Rules Committee Reviews, Recommendations and Approvals

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Alternative Financing for Affordable Housing. (Mahan, Campos,

Tordillos, Cohen, and Ortiz)

Recommendation:

Direct the City Manager to:

1. Return to City Council by August 2026 with policy

recommendations for Alternative Financing for Affordable Housing

Production based on the March 11, 2026, Information Memorandum

from the Housing Department, including additional analysis of:

a. The range and mix of affordability levels that the public-private

partnerships contemplated in the memo may support, including the

feasibility of reaching Very Low-Income affordability levels (30% -

50% AMI), as referenced in the memorandum from Councilmember

Ortiz dated January 27, 2026;

b. The “trade-offs” between total number of units and depth of

affordability for the existing City approach to affordable housing

production with each of the policy options in the information memo;

and

c. How these policies may benefit or impact the existing pipeline of

affordable and market rate housing projects in San José.

2. Include as part of the report an analysis of lease-revenue financing,

including but not limited to issuance of certificates of participation, for

funding affordable housing.

Attachments

Memorandum from Mahan, Campos, Tordillos, Cohen, and Ortiz

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Request to Add a Resolution Honoring the Women and Families of the

Farmworker Movement and proclaiming March 31 as Farmworkers’

Day to the City Council Meeting Agenda of April 21, 2026. (Foley,

Kamei, and Campos)

Recommendation:

1. Consider a draft resolution of the City Council of the City of San

José Honoring the Women and Families of the Farmworker Movement

and proclaiming March 31 as Farmworkers’ Day in the City of San

José;

2. Add the draft resolution to the City Council Agenda for its regular

meeting of April 21, 2026;

3. Authorize the City Attorney’s Office to make such formatting and

non-substantive changes and additions to the said draft resolution as it

deems appropriate or necessary.

Attachments Memorandum from Foley, Kamei, and Campos

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Direction to Address Property Damage Impacts from Rancho del

Pueblo Golf Course. (Ortiz)

Recommendation:

Direct the City Manager’s Office to work in partnership with CourseCo,

the operator of the City-owned Rancho del Pueblo Golf Course, to

develop and implement solutions that mitigate ongoing property damage

and quality-of-life impacts experienced by residents in the California

Fairways Homeowners Association (HOA) and the Mayfair

Neighborhood, resulting from errant golf balls.

Attachments

Memorandum from Ortiz

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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