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Record of Proceedings

Community and Economic Development Committee Meeting - October 27, 2025

City Council — Monday, October 27, 2025
BodySan Jose, California
SessionCity Council
DateMonday, October 27, 2025
StatusFILED
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0:10

Welcome to community and economic development committee.

0:13

I like to start on time and it's one thirty and it looks like everybody's here.

0:18

Can we uh take the roll, please?

0:21

Casey?

0:21

Here.

0:22

Mulcay.

0:23

Here.

0:23

Ortiz.

0:24

Present.

0:25

Vice Chair Kamin?

0:26

Here.

0:27

And Chair Foley.

0:28

Here.

0:29

You have a quorum.

0:30

Thank you.

0:31

We have nothing on the work plan.

0:34

We do have a consent calendar, a couple of items that are in the consent.

0:39

Do we have any members of the public who wish to comment on the consent?

0:44

No public comment.

0:45

Any of my colleagues wish to comment or is there a motion?

0:49

Move consent calendar.

0:51

Okay.

0:52

Let's vote.

0:53

Thank you.

1:00

Just waiting on one third of us.

1:04

That motion passes unanimously.

1:06

Thank you.

1:07

We haven't had a CED meeting since June.

1:12

In June, we went to uh change the calendar so we would be meeting every other month.

1:18

But when we were to meet, we didn't have much to discuss.

1:22

So we canceled that meeting.

1:25

Yay, don't you love a canceled meeting when it when you can do that?

1:28

But what that means now is that this meeting is a bigger meeting and has the items that we delayed from two months ago.

1:36

So this meeting may last a little bit longer, but there's a lot of good information, and why don't we just jump right into it?

1:44

The first report is Team San Jose semi annual status report.

2:20

Great.

2:21

Hi John, are you kicking this off?

2:23

Good afternoon.

2:25

Good afternoon, and and thank you, Vice Mayor and Committee, for your time today.

2:34

And we're here today to present our fiscal year 24-25 performance measurements.

2:42

And once again, we had a very good year.

2:45

And I think best yet, um we helped out our small businesses and our community as a whole, more so this year than we have ever in the past.

2:56

So that's very positive.

2:59

Um, and so we will get to it.

3:00

I know we have a 10-minute time limit, and there is a larger report that we submitted earlier.

3:08

So if there's details that you need, that's they're in there, it's available.

3:11

But we will get it started right away.

3:14

Thanks, John.

3:18

Uh thank you, John.

3:20

Um good afternoon.

3:21

My name is Ehab Sabri, I'm the UCFO of Team San Jose.

3:24

Um, gonna present the uh fiscal year 24-25 um performance measures.

3:32

And as you see on the screen, we have achieved all the goals for the fiscal year.

3:36

I just want to highlight a couple of items here.

3:38

Uh they have significant venues, the gross operating results.

3:42

Uh, we exceeded the goals by three point uh three point five million dollars.

3:47

And uh that was uh um overage in Nvidia GTC, and uh we had significant success financially and operationally for Nvidia GTC in March 2025.

4:01

The good news is uh Nvidia's coming back in March 2026, and we're super excited about that.

4:07

We also had some cancel um corporate events also contributed to the significant uh overage and uh gross operating results.

4:16

The second item I want to highlight is uh economic impact.

Discussion Breakdown — Share of Meeting
Economic Development█████████████████████████████████████████████64%
Affordable Housing████████12%
Community Engagement█████7%
Public Safety████6%
Technology and Innovation████6%
Procedural█2%
Municipal Finance█2%
Engineering And Infrastructure█1%
Summary of Proceedings

Community and Economic Development Committee Meeting - October 27, 2025

The Community and Economic Development Committee convened on October 27, 2025, to review semi-annual status reports from Team San Jose, the 2026 major events team, citywide planning activities, and economic development initiatives. Discussions focused on performance metrics, challenges in hotel accommodations for conventions, preparations for major 2026 sporting events, planning workload impacted by state mandates, and support for local businesses.

Consent Calendar

  • The consent calendar was moved and passed unanimously with no public comment.

Discussion Items

Team San Jose Semi-Annual Status Report

  • Team San Jose presented fiscal year 2024-25 performance, achieving all goals with gross operating results exceeding by $3.5 million, largely due to NVIDIA GTC and corporate events. Economic impact increased by $17.2 million.
  • Key challenge: Loss of 170,000 room nights in 2025 due to insufficient hotel packages proximate to the convention center. Councilmembers expressed concern and offered support to improve hotel cooperation.
  • Councilmember Mulcahy suggested deeper dives into data and emphasized the need for live support for small businesses. Councilmember Kamei affirmed support for encouraging greater cooperation among hotels.

2026 Major Event Status Report (SJ26)

  • The team provided updates on branding, marketing, and preparations for Super Bowl, March Madness, and World Cup events in 2026. Plans include a visitor center, fan fests, concerts, and community activations.
  • Public safety preparations were outlined by the Office of Emergency Management, including coordination with federal and state agencies and human trafficking task forces.
  • Councilmember Ortiz raised equity concerns, asking for transparency in contracting local event producers and ensuring access for women and people of color. Deputy City Manager Rosalind Huey committed to meeting with council members to discuss district strategies.
  • Councilmember Kamei emphasized the importance of public safety messaging to ensure community comfort in attending events.

Citywide Planning Activities Semi-Annual Status Report

  • Planning staff reported on workload capacity, with 80% of work driven by state mandates, impacting city priorities. Projects include the general plan four-year review, transit-oriented communities compliance, and urban village plans.
  • Councilmember Casey questioned optimization efforts and benchmarks for efficiency, urging the use of technology like AI. Director Chris Burton explained efforts to scope projects accurately and track hours.
  • Councilmember Mulcahy noted the quantifiable cost of state mandates on local capacity and requested follow-up data.

Economic Development Activities Semi-Annual Status Report

  • The Office of Economic Development highlighted accomplishments: corporate outreach, AI startup grants, record new food businesses, small business support programs, and summer events.
  • Councilmember Ortiz inquired about support for small businesses affected by immigration enforcement activities, noting anecdotal reports of sales decreases. Director Jen Baker mentioned tools being developed for business data and coordination with county resources.
  • Councilmembers discussed improving data sharing to better identify and support new and existing businesses in districts.

Key Outcomes

  • All reports were accepted with unanimous votes:
    • Team San Jose report: Motion passed unanimously.
    • 2026 major event status report: Motion to accept and cross-reference to city council passed unanimously.
    • Citywide planning activities report: Motion passed unanimously.
    • Economic development activities report: Motion passed unanimously.
  • Next steps include continued collaboration on hotel cooperation, finalizing contracts for local event producers, and developing tools for business data analysis.

Meeting Transcript

Welcome to community and economic development committee. I like to start on time and it's one thirty and it looks like everybody's here. Can we uh take the roll, please? Casey? Here. Mulcay. Here. Ortiz. Present. Vice Chair Kamin? Here. And Chair Foley. Here. You have a quorum. Thank you. We have nothing on the work plan. We do have a consent calendar, a couple of items that are in the consent. Do we have any members of the public who wish to comment on the consent? No public comment. Any of my colleagues wish to comment or is there a motion? Move consent calendar. Okay. Let's vote. Thank you. Just waiting on one third of us. That motion passes unanimously. Thank you. We haven't had a CED meeting since June. In June, we went to uh change the calendar so we would be meeting every other month. But when we were to meet, we didn't have much to discuss. So we canceled that meeting. Yay, don't you love a canceled meeting when it when you can do that? But what that means now is that this meeting is a bigger meeting and has the items that we delayed from two months ago. So this meeting may last a little bit longer, but there's a lot of good information, and why don't we just jump right into it? The first report is Team San Jose semi annual status report. Great. Hi John, are you kicking this off? Good afternoon. Good afternoon, and and thank you, Vice Mayor and Committee, for your time today. And we're here today to present our fiscal year 24-25 performance measurements. And once again, we had a very good year. And I think best yet, um we helped out our small businesses and our community as a whole, more so this year than we have ever in the past. So that's very positive. Um, and so we will get to it. I know we have a 10-minute time limit, and there is a larger report that we submitted earlier. So if there's details that you need, that's they're in there, it's available. But we will get it started right away. Thanks, John. Uh thank you, John. Um good afternoon.

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