San Jose Rules Committee Agenda Review - August 6, 2025
Discussion Breakdown
Summary
San Jose Rules Committee Agenda Review Meeting - August 6, 2025
The Rules and Open Government Committee convened to review and approve agendas for upcoming city council meetings and address consent calendar items.
Consent Calendar
- Approved the consent agenda consisting of 10 items.
Public Comments & Testimony
- No public comments were offered.
Discussion Items
- Reviewed the agenda for Tuesday, August 12th, covering election certification, closed session, consent items, public hearings for sanitary sewer and solid waste collection property tax, approval of revenue bonds for a multifamily housing project, and deferral of item 6.1 to September 9th.
- Discussed item 3.3 regarding council members' travel; a committee member clarified that colleagues are traveling after meetings and will not miss council sessions.
- Reviewed the agenda for Tuesday, August 19th, noting deferred audit reports, card room regulatory fees, reinstatement of the police horse-mounted unit, and a special joint meeting with Valley Water scheduled after the council meeting.
- Inquired about the format and duration of the joint meeting with Valley Water; a staff member indicated it is primarily for informational updates and dialogue, expected to last 1.5 to 2 hours, with no formal votes anticipated.
Key Outcomes
- Voted 4-0 (one absent) to approve the August 12th agenda with an ad sheet and postponement of item 6.1.
- Voted 4-0 (one absent) to approve the August 19th agenda, including cancellation of the 6 p.m. session.
- Voted 4-0 to approve the consent calendar.
Meeting Transcript
Okay. You call our um first rules and open government committee meeting of the new fiscal year, the new uh fiscal year to order at two o'clock. Uh let's start with roll call. Candelas. Here. Duane. Here. Foley. Kamei absent. Cohen. Here. We have a court. Great. We have two agendas to review. We will start with a review of next week's agenda, Tuesday, August 12th. Let's start on page. Well, we have we start with a 9 30 election certification. And then we adjourn to closed session at 9 30 with open session at 1 30. Consent starts on page 5. Continues on pages 6. 7 8. And ends on page, well, 9 and ends on page 10. Section 3. We have actions related to the chamber study mission. Actions related to assembly bill 339. Public hearing, we have public hearings for both the sanitary sewer and solid waste collection property tax role. Our fiscal year property tax levy for general obligation bonds, approval of revenue bonds for a multifamily housing project. Staff is apparently asking for deferral of item 6.1 to September 9th. We have consent for we have one item remaining on land use consent, which will be heard immediately after regular consent. Do we have any public comment? No public comment, but we also have an ad sheet. Oh yes, we have an ad sheet, so we'll come back to the committee. I guess I'll formal it. Um I'll move approval of the agenda with the ad sheet. And that includes the postponement of 6.1 to 7 to the 9th. Let's just make sure from the member is that correct? Okay. Um but I have a question about item 3.3. That's the one where uh council members are going to um the trip. You're not going. But there's more. How do we I forget how we handled that last time? I guess we don't handle it in rules. We handle it at the council meeting as it comes up. Okay. All right. Well, with that, then I will stop comment. All right, we have a motion. And defer to second from joint. I didn't know how to finish what I was gonna say.