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, May 13, 2026  
2:00 PM  
Council Chambers  
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A. City Council (City Clerk)  
1. Review Final Agenda  
ROGC  
26-203  
Review May 19, 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)  
Agenda  
Attachments  
2. Review Draft Agenda  
ROGC  
26-204  
Review May 26, 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.  
ROGC  
26-210  
Fiscal Year 2026 - 2027 City Council Meeting Schedule. (City  
Manager)  
Recommendation:  
Approve the City Council Meeting Schedule for the period August  
2026 – June 2027.  
Memorandum  
Attachments  
2.  
ROGC  
26-205  
City Council Appointments to Committees, Boards, and Commissions.  
(Mayor)  
Recommendation:  
1. Appoint Councilmember Anthony Tordillos to the Santa Clara  
Valley Transportation Authority Policy Advisory Committee as an  
alternate.  
2. Place the item on the May 19, 2026 City Council Agenda for action.  
Memorandum  
Attachments  
3.  
ROGC  
26-209  
Request to Travel. (Foley)  
Recommendation:  
1. Authorize travel for Vice Mayor Pam Foley to Washington, D.C.  
from July 21-26, 2026, for the Sister Cities International 70th  
Anniversary Homecoming event and Annual Business Meeting.  
2. Place the item on the May 19, 2026 City Council Agenda for action.  
Memorandum from Foley  
Attachments  
4.  
ROGC  
26-213  
Request to Travel. (Campos)  
Recommendation:  
1. Authorize travel for Councilmember Campos to Baltimore,  
Maryland, on July 8-12, 2026, for the Local Progress Policy Institute,  
Impact Lab event.  
2. Place the item on the May 19, 2026 City Council Agenda for action.  
Memorandum from Campos  
Attachments  
5.  
ROGC  
26-207  
Approval of Philippine Independence Day Flag Raising Sponsored by  
Council District 3 as a City Council Sponsored Special Event to  
Expend City Funds and Accept Donations of Materials and Services for  
the Event. (Tordillos)  
Recommendation:  
1. Approve the Philippine Independence Day Flag Raising scheduled  
on June 12, 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 May 19, 2026 City Council Agenda for action.  
Memorandum from Tordillos  
Attachments  
6.  
ROGC  
26-212  
Approval of Pride and Transgender Flag Raisings and Lighting for  
Pride Month and Silicon Valley Pride Week Sponsored by Council  
District 9, 3, and 4 as City Council Sponsored Special Events to  
Expend City Funds and Accept Donations of Materials and Services for  
the Events. (Foley, Tordillos, and Cohen)  
Recommendation:  
1. Approve the Progress Pride and Transgender Flag Raisings  
scheduled on June 3, 2026 for Pride Month and on August 24, 2026 for  
Silicon Valley Pride Week as City Council sponsored Special Events  
and approve the expenditure of funds;  
2. Approve the 2026 Pride Month Lighting Programming on June 1-7,  
2026 and the Silicon Valley Pride Week Lighting Programming on  
August 24-30, 2026 in the Tower and Rotunda as City Council  
sponsored Special Events and approve the expenditure of funds;  
3. Approve and accept donations from various individuals, businesses  
or community groups to support the events; and  
4. Place the item on the May 19, 2026 City Council Agenda for action.  
Memorandum from Foley, Tordillos, and Cohen  
Attachments  
C. Rules Committee Reviews, Recommendations and Approvals  
1.  
ROGC  
26-208  
Ministerial Approval for Assembly Bill 130 Qualifying Projects.  
(Tordillos, Campos, Cohen, and Kamei)  
Recommendation:  
Direct the City Manager to return to City Council by September 2026  
with an ordinance to expand ministerial approval processes citywide to  
housing development project applications that meet the eligibility  
criteria for a statutory exemption to the California Environmental  
Quality Act pursuant to Assembly Bill 130 (2025).  
[Deferred from 4/22/26 - Item C.3 (ROGC 26-179)]  
[Referred from 4/29/26 - Item C.2 (ROGC 26-190)]  
Memorandum from Tordillos, Campos, Cohen and Kamei  
Workload Analysis  
Attachments  
Letters from the Public  
2.  
ROGC  
26-211  
Reinstate Remote Participation. (Candelas, Ortiz, Cohen, and Casey)  
Recommendation:  
Attachments  
Direct the City Clerk to reinstate remote public participation to Council  
in time for the FY 2026-2027 June Budget deliberations.  
Memorandum from Candelas, Ortiz, Cohen, and Casey  
Letters from the Public  
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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