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 19, 2025

2:00 PM

Council Chambers

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A. City Council (City Clerk)

1. Review Final Agenda

ROGC

25-361

Review November 25, 2025 Final Agenda - Cancelled.

2. Review Draft Agenda

ROGC

25-362

Review December 2, 2025 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

ROGC

25-363

The Public Record for November 6, 2025 - November 13, 2025. (City

Clerk)

Recommendation:

Receive and file the Public Record for November 6, 2025 - November

13, 2025.

Attachments

The Public Record

ROGC

25-368

Approval of Proclamation for the Holiday Children Book Drive and the

Holiday Children Book Drive Sponsored by Council District 1 as a City

Council Sponsored Special Event to Expend City Funds and Accept

Donations of Materials and Services for the Event. (Kamei)

Recommendation:

1. Approve the Proclamation for the Holiday Children Book Drive

scheduled on December 4, 2025 and the Holiday Children Book Drive

scheduled on December 4-18, 2025 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 in collaboration with the Fire

Department.

3. Place the item on the December 2, 2025 City Council Agenda for

action.

Attachments Memorandum from Kamei

ROGC

25-369

Approval of Various Events Sponsored by Council District 9 as City

Council Sponsored Special Events to Expend City Funds and Accept

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

Recommendation:

1. Approve the Tower Lighting for the National Women’s Soccer

League Championship Welcome scheduled on November 20-22, 2025

as a City Council sponsored Special Event and approve the expenditure

of funds.

2. Approve the World AIDS Day Flag Raising scheduled on December

2, 2025, World AIDS Day Tower and Rotunda Lighting scheduled for

December 1-4, 2025, and World AIDS Day Quilt Display in the

Rotunda on December 1-2, 2025, as City Council sponsored Special

Events and approve the expenditure of funds.

3. Approve the Music in the Valley Festival scheduled on May 2, 2026

as a City Council sponsored Special Event and approve the expenditure

of funds.

4. Approve and accept donations from various individuals, businesses

or community groups to support the events.

5. Place the item on the December 2, 2025 City Council Agenda for

action.

Attachments Memorandum from Foley

C. Rules Committee Reviews, Recommendations and Approvals

ROGC

25-370

Historic Preservation Ordinance Reform. (Mahan, Foley, Tordillos,

Mulcahy, and Cohen)

Recommendation:

1. Direct the City Manager to return to City Council by March 2026

with options and analysis for the following:

a) Establish an enhanced outreach program for property owners of

properties on the Historic Resources Inventory to inform them of

relevant historic preservation regulations, including the San José Historic

Preservation Ordinance.

b) Establish an amnesty program for unpermitted construction on

structures in the historic resources inventory that do not create health

and safety hazards.

c) Provide a legal framework for certain structures on the historic

inventory to be demolished or removed from the inventory where

substandard structures exist and/or where the historic features of the

structure are no longer evident.

d) Modernize historic preservation regulations to allow for

installation of windows and other building elements that support the

City’s climate, wildfire, safety, and energy efficiency goals.

2. Conduct analysis on the above in consultation with stakeholders

including the Developers Roundtable, the Japantown Community

Congress, and the Preservation Action Council of San Jose (PacSJ).

Attachments

Memorandum from Mayor, Foley, Tordillos, Mulcahy, Cohen

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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