The City of San José held a joint hybrid meeting of the Rules and Open Government Committee and the Committee of the Whole on September 23, 2026, in Council Chambers and virtually. The committee reviewed upcoming City Council agendas, approved routine consent items, and heard public testimony. Roll call showed Vice Mayor Pam Foley and Councilmember Rosemary Kamei present; Chair David Cohen was absent. A quorum was present.
Note: The agenda lists the meeting as Wednesday, September 23, 2026, at 2:00 p.m.; the raw transcript's opening announcement says Tuesday, September 29th. This summary uses the supplied meeting date of September 23, 2026.
It is two o'clock uh this afternoon, Tuesday, September 29th, and this is the uh um joint meeting of the rules and open government committee uh and committee as a whole. Can you please call the roll? Foley here, commit here, cohen absent. We have a quorum. Thank you very much. Uh moving on to our first uh uh review of the agenda of September 29th. Uh we have uh 9 30 closed session, 1 30 regular session, no evening meeting. Moving on to uh consent item starting on page five, six points to seven eight, and ending in eight, uh strategic support, um the city manager's office of economic development and cultural affairs audit report. Um moving on, going on to item on page nine, uh temporary moratorium and status report of uh ballot measure T. Um, also we have uh 5.1 actions related to San Jose um uh airport terminal elevator replacement. Uh page 10 is uh parking meter, garage rates and hours. Page 11. We have um item 6.1 to the agreement of County Santa Clara for participation in household hazardous waste collection, nothing under 789, and item number 10 is to be heard immediately after consent, and there's no other land use. There is a joint uh city of San Jose financing authority agenda, and that's it. Is there a public comment? Yes, as a reminder, speakers must comply with the city's code of conduct for public meetings. Please direct comments with the body, limit your marks of the agenda item and observe the time limit. Conduct that materially disrupts a meeting or interferes with others' ability to participate, may result in muting or removal as authorized by law. Brian good afternoon. Um the meeting yesterday I walked online was really well done, so thank you for all your hard work on the agenda item. Uh obviously uh looking to raise the um fees for um the parking in downtown is gonna create some interest. I understand why you're due, and it is cheaper down there, and even if you raise it, it's cheaper than it is in some other places. So I think that's a good reason to do it, but then I would think you should listen to what the people say that work down there because that might affect them. Uh, there's also a major policy. Anyways, I'm gonna give this, I'll email it too, but I didn't have time to do it this morning. And that's it, thank you. Moving on to virtual speakers, Ruthie, followed by call in user one. Yes, good afternoon. This is a question I have about the 10 6 agenda, so I don't know if it's I should speak later or now. But the my question is sorry, Ruthie, we will be taking that agenda item next, so you can call back again. Thank you. Call in user one. First of all, your parking meters, half of them don't work. Okay, steals your money. So screens on them don't work, they're faded, or you can't see with the sunlight. I mean, I know they're solar panel powered. Isn't that wonderful? But you guys keep messing with the parking down there and take a look at the ghost town that you have with zombies walking around. Disgusting. You want to have sales tax revenue? Well, how are you gonna have sales tax revenue with empty storefront? They're gonna be even emptier with with these parking uh restrictions and the parking tickets. I mean, people don't even want to go down there already, and you're gonna make it work. You're gonna make it higher, you're gonna make it more complicated, you're gonna extend the hours. Don't you want people to go down there at all? The I'll tell you what, the parking should be free. All right, and downtown San Jose is so bad, it should be free. Back to the committee. Thank you so much. And is there a motion?