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San Jose City Council Meeting - March 4, 2026: Agenda Review and Development Cost Memo

City CouncilWednesday, March 4, 2026
BodySan Jose, California
SessionCity Council
DateWednesday, March 4, 2026
StatusFILED
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18:49

Two o'clock.

18:50

So two oh one.

18:51

I'm sorry.

18:52

We're going to start this today's meeting a minute late.

18:54

Let's start with roll call, please.

18:55

Kendallas.

18:56

Here.

18:57

Duan.

18:57

Here.

18:58

Foley.

18:59

Come.

19:00

Here.

19:00

Cohen.

19:01

Here.

19:01

Thank you, Ovo Quorum.

19:03

Okay.

19:04

We're going to start by reviewing the agenda for the March ten City Council meeting, which has a nine thirty closed session, a one thirty regular session, and a canceled evening session.

19:26

Item three point three recommended deferral.

19:29

Item three point four focus areas status report.

19:44

We did not.

20:03

Shoot, hold this down and okay.

20:05

So we're now motion carries 5-0, and we're on to our review of the agenda for the March 17th council meeting.

20:12

9 30 closed session, 1 30 regular session consent starting on page five and ending on page five.

20:21

All right, section three.

20:22

We have the approval of the March budget message and uh section 3.4 child care policy opportunity status report, and we have two items on land use, item 10.2 and 10 point three.

20:40

Do we have any public comment?

20:48

Okay.

20:49

Yeah, the mic.

20:51

All right, I know there was a request by the mayor to have the March budget message be at five o'clock, but then there won't be anything happening during the day.

20:57

So I guess we'll talk about that next week about what we want to schedule for that meeting to be on the 17th.

21:04

We could just we yeah, we could do it now or talk about it in the next slide.

21:09

Okay, we'll figure it out next week.

21:11

Um all right, uh, we'll vote then on this agenda.

21:23

All right.

21:24

Okay, we're on to consent.

21:26

We have only one item on consent today.

21:28

Any public comment on consent?

21:30

Yes, Brian Darby, please come down.

21:42

Good afternoon.

21:43

I hope you're all doing okay.

21:45

Um thank you.

21:49

Um, I wanted to bring up there was a letter sent, and it was uh there's um it's an official petition, and I would ask you to read it and have it.

22:00

Um a lot of people are very concerned about what they see, may not be uh true, but what they see as um a national movement away from quality of life policing.

22:12

And I know that if you stop that, you get more you get more um serious crimes.

22:21

So I'd ask you to please take note of that.

22:24

Thank you.

22:24

Sorry to interrupt.

22:28

Okay, back to the committee for a motion on consent.

22:31

I'll move the consent count.

22:33

All right, we have a motion and a second on consent.

22:35

Let's vote.

22:40

Okay, thank you.

22:41

And now we're on to our final item, which is our um memo on cost of residential development in San Jose.

22:47

I think now that I oh, okay, there's only there's two of us on the memo, so that's um we start with public comment on this item.

22:58

All right.

22:59

Um memo's been posted.

23:01

Any questions, comments?

23:05

Go ahead, uh, council council Recommend.

23:11

We should switch.

23:13

Um, yes, thank you so much.

23:15

And you know, uh we recognize that uh uh there's a lot of uh workload already um uh going on and and uh and that uh uh it's sort of a balance between the work that exists and the work that we want uh to be done.

23:32

So um I would uh like to recommend that we have the work note workload analysis done, and I don't know if some of these can be done now and later.

23:42

Uh it was just the feeling of my uh brown act that we uh think that it's good to have the data, the information to make good decisions.

23:51

Uh but I do recognize that it is going to take some time administration.

23:57

Uh would be happy to come back next week with a workload analysis.

24:01

Thank you.

24:02

Okay.

24:03

Uh oh, Councilmember Condelis, did you want to put your hand still up?

24:12

All right, how about now?

24:13

Yeah, okay.

24:14

Um, no, no, thank you.

24:16

Um Councilmember uh Kamei.

24:18

I that was my question for the administration's uh the analysis.

24:25

I know the you guys are joking with me, right?

24:30

No, okay, all right.

24:31

No, uh so uh the can the the thing I wanted to flag was the state fire marshal's report uh specific to um the issue of single stairwells.

24:41

Um and and hope.

24:46

I didn't realize I was affected.

24:48

Okay, David, you you uh uh you press the button, it mutes me.

25:00

Um uh but uh I I just wanted to flag that for the administration that uh um as we think about the analysis or the integration of this report for our cost of uh residential development study that the impact and the report information as provided by the state fire marshals integrated in whatever analysis that we do produce uh to give the council um uh a complete look at uh this policy idea from from the the people who are experts themselves in in the state uh with regards to uh some concerns and just have a holistic conversation about this.

25:28

That's that's what I would provide to the administration.

25:31

All right, back to Council Mark May.

25:33

Yes, hi.

25:35

I just wanted to add that I am aware that there's some talk about legislation on the single stairwell.

25:43

So I think that uh, you know, um uh sort of having a comprehensive information would be helpful because I do know that there's talk about uh legislation coming down to change that anyway.

25:57

So yeah.

25:58

Thank you.

25:58

And with that, uh I'd like to move this item.

26:02

All right, there's a motion to refer this for a um workload analysis.

26:07

Is there a second?

26:08

Correct.

26:08

Second.

26:09

All right, and this the cost of residential development study, the next one would be like late in the year, like that towards the end of 2026.

26:16

So we have time.

26:18

All right, we have a motion and a second on this item, so let's vote.

26:24

Motion carries five zero, and that brings us to open forum.

26:29

Please you have one speaker card, Brian.

26:31

Please make your way down to the um hello.

26:50

Thank you.

26:51

Um I did a um analysis of about 30 different cities that provide services to people who are homeless, and how they uh do it.

27:02

This is about 45 pages.

27:04

Uh it's cut down from about 300.

27:07

Um, because uh a lot of us in San Jose, uh, as you ladies and gentlemen, too, care about this situation.

27:14

I may I'm sure a lot of the city's uh staff who is quite competent in all this got a lot, but if there's one thing in here that helps one person, it's worth it.

27:23

So that's why I bring this stuff forward.

27:25

I hope it's not a bother to do that.

27:28

Thank you.

27:31

Okay, thank you.

27:32

We are adjourned at 2.09 PM.

Discussion Breakdown — Share of Meeting
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Housing██████████████████████████████████34%
Homelessness██████████████14%
Public Comment███████████11%
Summary of Proceedings

San Jose City Council Meeting - March 4, 2026

The City Council met on March 4, 2026, at 2:01 PM to review the agendas for the March 10 and March 17 meetings, approve a consent item, and discuss a memo on the cost of residential development. The meeting adjourned at 2:09 PM.

Consent Calendar

  • The council approved a single consent item with a 5-0 vote. No details on the item were provided in the transcript.

Public Comments & Testimony

  • Brian Darby submitted a petition expressing concerns about a perceived national movement away from quality of life policing and asked the council to read the petition.
  • During open forum, Brian Darby presented a 45-page analysis of homeless services across 30 cities, hoping it would assist San Jose staff.

Discussion Items

  • Memo on Cost of Residential Development in San Jose: Councilmember recommended a workload analysis to gather data for informed decision-making. Councilmember Kamei flagged the state fire marshal’s report on single stairwells and requested that it be integrated into the analysis. Councilmember Mark May noted pending legislation on single stairwells and supported a comprehensive approach. The item was moved for referral to administration for a workload analysis.

Key Outcomes

  • The council voted 5-0 to refer the cost of residential development study for a workload analysis, with a target completion toward the end of 2026.
  • The council approved the agenda for the March 10 and March 17 meetings, with the timing of the March budget message to be decided later.

Meeting Transcript

Two o'clock. So two oh one. I'm sorry. We're going to start this today's meeting a minute late. Let's start with roll call, please. Kendallas. Here. Duan. Here. Foley. Come. Here. Cohen. Here. Thank you, Ovo Quorum. Okay. We're going to start by reviewing the agenda for the March ten City Council meeting, which has a nine thirty closed session, a one thirty regular session, and a canceled evening session. Item three point three recommended deferral. Item three point four focus areas status report. We did not. Shoot, hold this down and okay. So we're now motion carries 5-0, and we're on to our review of the agenda for the March 17th council meeting. 9 30 closed session, 1 30 regular session consent starting on page five and ending on page five. All right, section three. We have the approval of the March budget message and uh section 3.4 child care policy opportunity status report, and we have two items on land use, item 10.2 and 10 point three. Do we have any public comment? Okay. Yeah, the mic. All right, I know there was a request by the mayor to have the March budget message be at five o'clock, but then there won't be anything happening during the day. So I guess we'll talk about that next week about what we want to schedule for that meeting to be on the 17th. We could just we yeah, we could do it now or talk about it in the next slide. Okay, we'll figure it out next week. Um all right, uh, we'll vote then on this agenda. All right. Okay, we're on to consent. We have only one item on consent today. Any public comment on consent? Yes, Brian Darby, please come down. Good afternoon. I hope you're all doing okay. Um thank you. Um, I wanted to bring up there was a letter sent, and it was uh there's um it's an official petition, and I would ask you to read it and have it. Um a lot of people are very concerned about what they see, may not be uh true, but what they see as um a national movement away from quality of life policing. And I know that if you stop that, you get more you get more um serious crimes. So I'd ask you to please take note of that. Thank you. Sorry to interrupt. Okay, back to the committee for a motion on consent. I'll move the consent count. All right, we have a motion and a second on consent.

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