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, January 28, 2026

2:00 PM

Council Chambers

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A. City Council (City Clerk)

1. Review Final Agenda

ROGC

26-030

Review February 3, 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

Add Sheet

2. Review Draft Agenda

ROGC

26-031

Review February 10, 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

ROGC

26-032

The Public Record for January 15, 2026 - January 22, 2026. (City

Clerk)

Recommendation:

Receive and file the Public Record for January 15, 2026 - January 22,

2026.

Attachments

The Public Record

ROGC

26-037

Review February 5, 2026 City Council Study Session Agenda. (City

Manager)

Recommendation:

Review February 5, 2026 City Council Study Session Agenda:

2026-2027 Preliminary General Fund Forecast and Budget Priorities

Study Session.

Attachments

Study Session Agenda

ROGC

26-038

Release Date for Study Session. (City Manager)

Recommendation:

Recommend the release of the date held for a Study Session on Friday,

February 20, 2026.

ROGC

26-039

Update to the January - June 2026 Transportation and Environment

Committee Work Plan. (Energy)

Recommendation:

Approve an amendment to the January - June 2026 Transportation and

Environment Committee Work Plan to add the following item to the

February 9, 2026, Transportation and Environment Committee meeting

agenda.

Climate Advisory Commission Work Plan Update.

Purpose: Provide a report on the Climate Advisory Commission

Work Plan for Fiscal Year 2025-2026. (Energy)

Attachments Memorandum

ROGC

26-036

Approval of the Community Leaders Networking Breakfast Event

Sponsored by Council District 9 as a City Council Sponsored Special

Event to Expend City Funds and Accept Donations of Materials and

Services for the Event. (Foley)

Recommendation:

1. Approve the Community Leaders Networking Breakfast Event

scheduled on February 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 February 10, 2026 City Council Agenda for

action.

Attachments

Memorandum from Foley

ROGC

26-033

Request to Travel and Excused Absence. (Mulcahy)

Recommendation:

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

designate Councilmember Mulcahy as the City representative to attend

the Reimagining the City Commons event in Paris, France from April

14-17, 2026.

2. Excuse the absence from the April 14, 2026, City Council meeting

and the April 16, 2026, Public Safety, Finance, and Strategic Support

Committee meeting.

3. Place the item on the February 3, 2026 City Council Agenda for

action.

Attachments

Memorandum from Mulcahy

Recommendation:

As recommended by the Neighborhood Services and Education

Committee on December 10, 2025:

1. Refer the following budget-related requests to the Rules and Open

Government Committee for consideration:

a. Request that the City Manager include in the Mid-Year Budget a

report on the funding status (City, County, and other funding partners)

of the Children and Youth Services Master Plan and initial

recommendations on the funding needed to sustain and expand the pilot

locations and policy work. The City Manager should determine if any

programs or services are eligible for Medi-Cal reimbursement.

b. Request that the City Manager prepare a Manager’s Budget

Addendum (MBA) that identifies the specific service gaps in priority

underserved neighborhoods, including Hoffman-Via Monte,

Edenvale/Roundtable, Cadillac/Winchester, Mt. Pleasant,

Welch/Overfelt Area/Valley Palms, and Meadowfair/Silver

Creek/Brigadoon, and outlines what resources would be needed for

these areas to receive services equivalent to those offered at the two

existing demonstration sites.

c. Request that the City Manager prepare an MBA that provides

multiple options to establish and structure work to sustain the Children

and Youth Services Master Plan as a priority of the City Manager.

2. Request that the City Manager return to the Neighborhood Services

and Education Committee (or City Council, at the discretion of the City

Manager) with options to ensure widespread access to referral software

licenses in alignment with the No Wrong Door approach and improve

referral data systems and data sharing. Identify workplan steps toward

standardized financial aid and registration applications for City of San

José programs across departments.

3. Request an interim report to the Neighborhood Services and

Education Committee in Fall 2026 with initial “lessons learned” in the

pilot locations and any steps necessary to create third and fourth pilot

locations in impacted areas of South San José near Monterey Road and

in Cadillac/Winchester.

4. Request that the City Manager report to the Neighborhood Services

and Education Committee in February 2026 with updates regarding the

Family, Friends, and Neighbors (FFN) program and its role in the

Children and Youth Services Master Plan. The report should include

evaluation of the sustainability for the program.

5. Request that the City Manager provide bi-monthly verbal reports to

the Neighborhood Services and Education Committee on Children and

Youth Services Master Plan implementation.

6. Request a report to the Neighborhood Services and Education

Committee regarding Recreation Preschool, including information about

the viability of “upgrading” a Recreation Preschool location to be

licensed and eligible for state funding. If possible, the report should

include previous efforts to achieve this.

7. Direct the City Manager to work with philanthropic partners to

complete implementation of the Pilot Demonstration sites and report

evaluation results in FY 2026/2027.

8. Direct the City Manager to include in the next legislative update

opportunities for partnership with the County of Santa Clara, in

alignment with the Children and Youth Services Master Plan and the

Latino Health Assessment, including advocacy related to support

childcare. The report should include the Childcare and CalWorks

sections of the County Legislative Policies Document.

9. Direct the City Manager to cross-reference the County’s

presentation on the Latino Health Assessment to the full City Council,

with a staff report that documents alignment with Council direction,

including the Children and Youth Services Master Plan. In response to

recent public violence involving youth that require intervention services

and opportunities to support a different track to success, focus on

Latino Health Assessment Action Plan goals: “Develop strategies to

reduce juvenile justice involvement for vulnerable youth,” “Improve

educational opportunities and skills training for youth,” and “Evaluate

and improve early childhood education.”

10. Direct the City Manager to hold an annual joint meeting between

the City’s Neighborhood Services and Education Committee and the

County’s Children, Seniors, and Family Committee.

11. Direct the City Manager to provide a report on the alignment of

City and County outcomes for the demonstration sites.

12. Place the item on the February 3, 2026 City Council Agenda for

action.

[Neighborhood Services and Education Committee referral 12/10/2025 -

Item 2]

Attachments

Update to the January - June 2026 Neighborhood Services and

Education Committee Work Plan. (City Manager)

Recommendation:

1. Approve an amendment to the January - June 2026 Neighborhood

Services and Education Committee Work Plan to add the following item

to the February 12, 2026 Committee meeting.

Family, Friends, and Neighbors Caregiver Support Network Status

Report.

Purpose: Provide a status report on the Family, Friends, and

Neighbors Caregiver Support Network Program. (Library)

2. Approve an amendment to the January - June 2026 Neighborhood

Services and Education Committee Work Plan to add the following item

to the February 12, April 9, and June 11, 2026 Committee meetings.

Children and Youth Services Master Plan Status Report.

Purpose: Provide a verbal status report on implementation of the

Children and Youth Services Master Plan. (Parks, Recreation and

Neighborhood Services)

Attachments

Memorandum

D. Open Forum

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that is within the subject matter jurisdiction of the Committee.

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