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City of San José, California
Joint meeting of Rules and Open Government / Committee of the Whole, August 16, 2023
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B
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B
And
nine
consent
in
section
three,
we
have
shuttle
bus
contract
tree
pruning
contract
and
the
Fourth
Street
Garage
upgrade
project
that
is
exciting.
If
we
stick,
those
elevators
need
some
work
all
right.
Anyway.
Sorry,
no
commentary
page
four
page
11,
section:
four
Police
Department
reform,
Improvement
recommendations,
housing
Catalyst
in
Section
8,
and
we
have
one
item
on
land
use,
consent
on
page
12.,
public
comment.
D
Here
our
connection
may
not
be
so
great,
but
hopefully
you
can
hear
me
I
wanted
to
bring
out
the
you,
have
a
few
items
about
on
consent,
calendar
and
a
main
issue
about
police
reform
and
police
psychological
Services
work.
Thank
you
very
much
for
that.
At
the
time
of
the
George
Floyd
riots,
there
was
a
lot
of
talk
about
I
think
it
was
actually
called
Mutual.
D
Aid
I
can't
remember
its
term,
but
to
offer
basically
new
forms
of
counseling
services
for
police
officers,
ways
a
peer-to-peer
service
program
to
really
help
with
openness,
issues
and
and
to
help
with
you
know
not
whistleblowers
so
much,
but
just
ways
that
people
can
feel
they
can
talk
more
freely
than
they
could
in
the
past,
and
it
was
an
important
concept.
D
It
kind
of
got
sublimated
and
taken
out
and
put
into
use
with
the
domestic
violence
issue
program
issues
Good
Luck
how
to
really
develop
social
skills
and
counseling
services
for
the
future
of
police,
for
them
to
be
talking
more
to
each
other.
Obviously,
would
just
be
a
really
important
step.
D
How
much
time
do
I
have
left?
I
have
40
40
seconds
or
so
there's
a
few
other
items
that
were
of
interest
to
myself.
If
I
can,
if
I
can
find
them.
Oh,
you
have
an
art
and
Technology
opening
night
regalia
good
luck
on
how
the
those
that
sort
of
party
atmosphere
can
talk
about
accountable
practices
and
Community
participation
as
concepts
of
Art
and
and
our
good
ideals.
I,
don't
know,
I'm
not
saying
that
very
well,
but
good
luck
in
those
efforts.
Thanks.
B
C
D
Hi
Floyd
Beekman
again
you
have
a
really
interesting
item
on
this
on
that
agenda.
For
that
week,
on
issues
of
you're,
getting
a
new
federal
funding
dollars,
I
think
it's
Federal
funding
dollars
for
something
called
curb:
curb
technology,
curb
digital
digitization,
which
I
that's
an
interesting
subject:
I
mean
it
may
help
with
the
mobility
issues.
For
you
know,
you
know
for
wheelchair
concerns
and
things
like
that,
but
I
think
it's
also.
D
It
implies
that
it's
going
to
have
a
lot
of
data
collection
involved
to
it
kind
of
like
how
we
have
new
sensor
programs
in
downtown
for
all
the
scooter
issues.
It's
gonna
be
sounds
like
something
of
the
same
thing,
and
you
know
that
stuff.
That
is,
the
nitty-gritty
of
really
really
getting
down
to
how
to
practice
good
accountability
for
our
future,
because
that's
that's
going
to
be
collecting
a
lot
of
data
and
it's
really
small
and
it's
very
hard
to
see.
D
Basically,
so
you
know
you
guys
have
to
be
really
aware
of
it
and
how
can
that
process
be
accountable
with
the
public,
so
we
are
being
treated
fairly.
It's
going
to
be
doing
some
good
work
and
good
practices,
so
why
not
treat
the
accountability
side
of
it
just
as
equally
as
as
important
good
luck
in
those
efforts,
it's
really
important
stuff
geofencing
is
an
incredibly
important
issue
that
we
have
to
be
really
cognizant
of
and
aware
of
how
we're
going
to
address
our
future
of
good
practices
boy.
D
What
else
there's
a
couple
other
items,
I
think
I'll
just
wait,
and-
and
let
my
words
sit
on
that
item-
how
important
it
is
to
be
thinking
of
you
know,
fencing
accountability.
Thank
you.
B
All
right,
thank
you.
Councilmember
Foley,.
B
F
Yeah
I.
Actually,
so
we
have
a
few
consent
items,
but
then
we
have
one
item
3.3,
which
is
the
proposed
revisions
to
the
revolving
door
policy,
I'm
wondering
if
this
is
a
time
sensitive
issue.
Or
could
we
put
it
off
to
our
next
council
meeting,
which
I
realize
isn't
the
following
week,
because
we
don't
have
because
it's
Labor
Day,
so
that
would
be
the
following
in
two
weeks
but
I
I'm.
Looking
at
this
agenda
thinking
it's
very
light
and
wondering
if
we
can
put
everything
over
to
the
next
council
meeting
unless
they're.
G
I
will
defer
to
the
City
attorney
on
item
3.3
on
the
consent
side
of
the
equation,
which,
for
the
administration
there's
a
few
things
that
could
probably
wait
a
week
if
the
committee
so
desired,
and
then
I
would
ask
Chris
Burton
if
10.2
is
notified
for
the
afternoon.
So
there's
not
a
you
guys,
didn't
need
to
vote
and
then
come
back
way
later.
Is
that
time
sensitive
and
need
to
be
heard
on
the
29th.
H
It's
not
time
sensitive.
Obviously,
we've
notified
the
applicant
and
the
community
that
it's
moving
forward,
but
we
can
readjust
if,
if
it's
going
to
move
off
that
date,.
G
Yeah
we
don't.
Our
next
scheduled
meeting
will
be
September
12th,
which
is
which
is
fairly
heavy,
but
it's
not
it's
not
June
or
December
heavy
okay.
F
B
Yeah
I
did
have
to
look
at
the
the
The
Horizon
report
this
morning
into
12th
does
is
our
first
kind
of
heavier
meeting
of
the
Fall,
it's
probably
too
late
to
move
anything
to
next
week,
like
I'm
wondering
if
any
of
the
consent
items
can
somehow,
but
it's
probably
had
to
be
done
today.
If
it
was
going
to
happen
right.
G
B
Okay,
well,
I
mean
you
know,
I,
guess
it's
not.
We
also
have
some
some
people
who
are
coming
for
some
recognitions,
probably
and
other
things
we've
been
changing.
If
we
didn't
do
it,
so
we
have
two
ceremonial
items
scheduled.
G
F
F
B
Has
to
say
all
right
vice
mayor
kame.
E
I
think
that
shorter
meeting
but
I
do
think
that
there's
a
lot
of
interest
in
item
3.3.
So
that
may
be
longer
probably
the
longest
item
on
the
agenda.
So
we
can
reconsider
next
week,
but
I
really
think
that
3.3
is
gonna.
Have
a
lot
of
interest.
So
I've
got
to
think
about
that
and
maybe
just
a
short
meeting
yeah
yeah.
I
I
I
just
got
a
text
from
my
staff
saying
that
we
rescheduled
the
the
hit
squad
who's
going
to
be
receiving
an
accommodation
a
few
times
once
I
think
and
that
we've
already
tried
to
get
the
whole
team
here
is
challenging,
but
they've
all
agreed
to
be
on
this
date.
B
F
B
B
K
K
Yes,
thank
you,
chairman,
Cohen
and
I
want
to
thank
all
my
colleagues
who
serve
on
the
rules
committee
for
the
opportunity
to
advocate
for
my
memo
at
275
Alum
Rock
Avenue,
a
former
fuel
storage
facility.
There
has
become
a
site
of
Major
contamination
into
the
soil
and
groundwater,
causing
a
significant
health
risk
to
the
surrounding
communities
with
a
senior
facility
just
across
the
street
in
several
apartments
in
the
close
vicinity.
K
City
staff
and
government
agencies
such
as
the
Bay
Area
Air
Quality,
Management
District
in
the
regional
water
quality
control
board,
have
had
intimate
knowledge
since
2006
and
my
office
has
been
aware
of
this
issue
since
we
first
took
office
and
have
been
working
with
staff
to
address
it,
but
we're
still
waiting
on
a
timeline
for
any
sense
of
when
the
cleanup
will
be
completed
and
mind
you.
This
is
just
a
single
site
within
a
larger
network
of
contaminated
sites
within
the
Alum
Rock
corridor.
K
Alum
Rock
Avenue
is
home
to
at
least
five
contaminated
sites
that
we
have
concrete
knowledge
about
and
potentially
more
which
we
have
no
record
for,
but
we'll
be
sure
to
become
addressed.
Once
we
begin
to
develop
on
some
of
those
spaces,
that's
why
I'm
here
today
requesting
the
establishment
of
an
ad
hoc
committee,
co-chaired
by
The
District,
Five,
council
member
and
the
County
supervisor
for
District
Two
that
will
convene
our
jurisdictions
to
give
residents
the
most
up-to-date
information
about
the
response
to
this
and
other
sites
on
the
corridor.
K
This
initiative
has
already
been
communicated
with
the
supervisor
and
carries
her
commitment,
and
likewise,
we've
developed
the
memo
in
partnership
with
City
staff
and
Dave
greenlit.
The
memo
recognizing
the
intense
challenges
in
the
community.
Together,
we
will
Advocate
at
higher
levels
of
government
and
call
for
a
robust
community
outreach
strategy
to
the
relevant
neighbors
nearby
surrounding
businesses
and
key
still
stakeholders
to
produce
an
actionable
timeline
for
when
this
site
will
be
properly
decontaminated.
K
I
mean
it's
my
hope
that
this
committee
will
serve
as
a
blueprint
for
community
and
government
strength
when
addressing
in
contamination
in
our
city
and
in
the
county.
I
mean.
Lastly,
it's
critical
to
note
that
the
quality
of
life
for
East
San
Jose
residents
have
been
detrimentally
affected
by
Airborne
contaminants
produced
by
the
Reed
Hillview
airport.
A
severe
lack
of
Urban,
Tree,
canopy
detrimental
impacts
of
high-speed
corridors,
bisecting
communities
and
the
presence
of
contaminated
sites.
K
G
L
Thank
you.
Everyone
Danny
Garza
Peter,
stole
my
thunder.
L
Peter
Peter
gave
you
a
snapshot
of
what's
really
happening.
I
sent
you
just
now
an
issue
of
the
2075
Alum
Rock
Avenue.
There's
two
holes,
40
foot
wide
Square
10
feet
deep,
that's
venting
a
2015,
if
not
sooner
diesel
fuel
spill
into
our
community.
That
would
not
happen
anywhere
else.
Sunset
Avenue,
nothing,
but
from
Alum
Rock
to
the
end
of
sunset,
there's
nothing
but
pollution.
L
Coming
from
these
small
businesses-
and
it's
been
for
years,
some
of
you
have
already
seen
the
the
photos
I
had
of
1936
and
1948
Alum
Rock
Avenue
with
the
water
so
polluted,
Brown
that
oil
is
black.
On
top
of
it
like
a
zebra.
That's
how
bad
Alum,
Rock
Avenue
is,
and
that's
not
the
end
of
it.
So
I
I
appreciate
what
what
what
Mr
Wilcox
said
about
a
green
green
light
and
I
won't
I,
won't
Badger
the
the
point
anymore,
but
what's
happening
is
lower.
Silver
Creek
is
getting
polluted.
L
From
from
these,
there
is
across
the
street,
like
Peter,
said:
Catholic
Charities
senior
housing
across
the
street
minority,
low-income
housing
to
the
north
senior
housing
to
the
north,
Regional
Medical,
and
the
doctor
offices
that
are
being
polluted
by
the
wind
gusts
that
pickup
dust
that
will
fly
500
feet
without
wind.
That's
those
dust
particles
are
saturated.
D
Hi
Blair
Beekman
really
sorry
to
hear
about
this
good
luck
in
working
on
it.
Thank
you
for
your
explanations
of
the
situation
to
describe
how
much
diesel
fuel
was
actually
spilled
in
the
future.
That
could
be
helpful
just
to
understand
the
process,
good
luck
and
how
to
make
those
number
of
gallons
clear.
Thank
you
for
the
explanation.
Small
businesses
were
a
part
of
this
accident
process,
so
yeah
I
mean
it's
an
important
area,
and
so
good
luck
how
you
can
work
on
it.
D
I
guess
you
know.
In
previous
years
with,
when
a
service
a
gas
service
gas
station
ends,
you
know
they
have
to
do
kind
of
the
same
thing,
often
and
just
kind
of
let
the
land
sit
for
a
certain
amount
of
years
and
good
luck
in
how
those
practices
can
be
of
help
with
this
item
and
and
that
people
will
be
safe
and
good
luck
in
the
ways
to
do
that.
Thank
you.
I
All
right,
okay,
all
right!
Thank
you.
I
appreciate
that
one
just
wanted
to
say
thank
you,
councilmember
Ortiz,
for
bringing
this
issue
forward.
I,
remember
walking
to
school
and
riding
the
bus
at
times
to
school.
In
this
very
area
and
I
always
remember
seeing
this
site
I
never
really
gave
it
much
thought,
but
I
knew
it
was
like
some
gas
station
or
some
sort
of
fuel
location.
I
The
one
question
I
had
was:
is
this
site
sort
of
prime
I
mean
obviously
there's
issues
with
it?
It's
going
to
need
remediation,
but
is
there
a
developer
interested
in
redeveloping
this
site?
Is
this
how
all
this
sort
of
came
up
Chris
or
what.
H
Thanks
council
member
Chris
Burton
director
of
planning
building
code
enforcement,
so
so
a
lot
of
this
came
up.
We
did
do
a
special
use,
permit
that
was
issued
back
in
December,
but
it
was
really
about
how
do
we
facilitate
the
work
of
removing
the
tanks
that
were
on
site?
So
it
was
understood
to
be
a
situation
and
they
needed
to
come
through
us
for
that
process
and
there's
been
a
considerable
amount
of
Interest
over
the
past
few
years
on
sites
around
this
one.
H
So
it's
not
to
say
that
there
couldn't
be
future
development
interest,
I.
Think
just
given
the
current
situation
on
the
site,
it
will
take
some
time
to
work
through
this
process
and
understand
what
those
uses
can
be
and
how
it
will
impact
future
development.
Okay,.
C
H
I
Which
is,
and
so
was
that
permit
approved,
is.
I
H
So
the
initial
tanks
were
removed
from
the
site
just
in
June
of
this
year
and
obviously
there's
a
whole
process
that
goes
around,
that
on
soil,
sampling
and
Remediation
that
we're
now
into,
and
that
will
involve
a
number
of
different
age
agencies,
including
Regional
water
quality
control
board,
including
the
Bay
Area,
Air,
Quality,
Management,
District
and
others,
and
so
so
that's
where
we
are
now.
Obviously
these
things
do
take
time.
H
There's
a
lot
of
government
agencies
involved
in
a
lot
of
process
involved
and
so
I
think
the
intent
is
to
have
this
added
coordination
and
information.
I'll
also
say:
we've
been
working
closely
with
the
Council
Office
understanding
the
bigger
picture
on
Alum
Rock
right
now.
So,
as
Mr
Garza
mentioned,
there
are
a
number
of
sites
that
have
had
code
complaints.
H
Obviously,
there's
been
a
whole
series
of
development
interests,
there's
some
questions
and
concerns
around
larger
policy
issues,
so
we're
actually
taking
on
a
bigger
project
to
be
better
coordinated
and
connected
with
the
community
out
there,
and
then
this
will
sort
of
fall
within
that
context.
Okay,.
I
And
then
councilmember
Ortiz.
Are
you
your
submission
of
all
this,
which
I'm
going
to
be
supportive
I'll
make
a
motion
to
accept
it
is?
Is
it
my
sense?
Is
the
spirit
of
it?
Is
let's
bring
in
the
community,
let's
bring
in
the
stakeholders,
so
that
way,
you
all
are
part
of
the
process
and
really
informing
sort
of.
What's
going
on.
K
Exactly
when
it
comes
to
multiple
government
agencies
working
together,
I
think
it's
important
to
break
down
the
silos,
get
everybody
in
the
same
room.
Look!
What
are
your
blockers?
What's
stopping
you
from
getting
this
done
and
and
having
to
open
it?
On
this
conversation,
that's
public
right
because,
like
I
appreciate
Danny
for
being
here,
he
he
took
me
a
tour
of
the
site
months
before
I
got
elected,
and
now
you
know
I'm,
eight
months
in
and
Danny's
like
come
on.
K
Let's
do
it
I'm,
like
you,
know,
you're
right,
we
gotta
make
sure
we're
advocating
for
the
community,
and
you
know
there's
only
so
much
the
city
can
do
on
its
own
as
well.
You
know
like
there's
only
so
many
emails
I
could
send
over
to
Chris
when
we're
waiting
for
something
from
the
Bay
Area
air
quality
or
the
regional
water.
So
I
just
want
to
get
everybody
convened
so
that
we
could
have
these
conversations.
Okay,.
E
Thank
you,
Chris
I
want
to
ask,
because
there
are
so
many
entities
available,
which
is
the
lead
agency.
H
Yeah,
that's
a
good
question,
so
obviously
different
parts
of
the
process
around,
but
primarily
at
this
point
it's
it's
really
County
Environmental
Health,
in
coordination
with
our
fire
department
on
the
tank
removal
that
that's
what
triggered
the
additional
testing
on
the
soils
now
as
they
go
down
and
remove
the
tanks,
there's
obviously,
considerations
around
water
quality
and
groundwater
quality
and
that's
where
the
regional
water
quality
control
board
gets
involved
and
how
so
how
PBC
got
involved.
So
we
issued
the
original
special
use
permit
as
work
began
on
the
site.
H
There
were
concerns
around
dust
mitigation
and
how
the
work
was
being
was
progressing
and
how
the
contractor
was
working
on
site,
and
so
that
became
a
code
complaint.
So
we
launched
a
code
case
back
in
June
and
have
been
monitoring
on
a
two
weekly
basis
since
then,
and,
like
I,
said
we're
sort
of
in
the
middle
of
the
coordination
more
broadly
with
the
community.
So
that's
why
we're
kind
of
sitting
in
the
middle
on
on
sort
of
how
we
communicate
and
what
we
talk
about
and
how
we
sort
of
better
coordinate
with
other
agencies.
E
The
reason
why
I
asked
who's
the
lead
agency
is
because
they
take
the
responsibility
to
make
sure
that
it
happens,
but
the
ones
who
have
the
hammer
are
really
the
regional
water
quality
control
board,
as
well
as
the
Bay
Area
Management
District.
So
you
know
I
think
that
having
dealt
with
a
lot
of
underground
storage
tanks,
a
lot
of
you
know
water
quality.
Contaminations
I
think
that
we
really
need
to
be
closer
in
partnership
with
the
ones
who
can
actually
make
them.
E
Do
it
and-
and
you
know,
I
mean
I-
think
that
County
Environmental
Health
has
a
lot
of
things
going
on,
and
so
my
suggestion
and
you
know
as
you
move
forward,
we
do
have
a
local
board
member
I,
don't
know
if
you
know
Donald
Young,
but
he's
local.
E
He
he
is
part
of
our
area
on
the
regional
water,
quality
control
board
and
I
will
give
you
his
information
and
I
think
that
we
need
to
also
make
it
known
to
those
who
can
ask
about
it
at
their
board
level,
because
if
not,
there
are
many.
Many
cases
and
I
tell
you.
The
water
district
had
an
underground
storage
tank
program
to
monitor
all
of
this
and
to
make
sure
that
it
happens
so
I
would
you
know
rope
them
in
and
I
know.
E
Danny
has
great
relationships
with
the
board
members
there
and
you
know,
I
mean
because
it's
going
to
take
a
concerted
effort.
Think
these
types
of
things
not
only
are
they
costly,
but
they're,
very
slippery.
So
that
would
be
my
suggestion
and
and
thank
you
councilmember
Ortiz,
for
bringing
this
to
light
because,
as
you
can
see,
this
has
been
since
1992.
B
D
Hi
Blair
Beekman,
thanks
for
the
explanation
by
Council
persons
to
I,
know
I'll,
better
understand
this
item.
Thank
you
or
the
previous
item
for
open
Forum
I
wanted
to
kind
of
add
on
to
my
my
opening
Forum
from
city
council
yesterday
and
that
I
thank
you
that
you
are
thinking
more
about
equity
and
just
what,
in
terms
of
you
know,
low-income
people
from
all
people
from
the
East
side.
D
Is
you
know
with
the
future
of
technology
issues
you
guys
have
done
a
ton
of
new,
say:
whistleblower
shot,
spotter
eavesdropper
technology
on
every
street
corner
along
King
and
South
King
I
mean
you
could
do
a
quarter
of
that,
a
third
of
that
a
half
of
that
along
King
Avenue,
and
it
will
accomplish
basically
the
same
thing
and
I.
D
Think
that's
what
you're
starting
to
learn
and
that's
what
I
was
offering
ideas
of
maturity,
that's
maturity
and
how
to
talk
about
the
future
of
Public,
Safety
and
law
enforcement
needs
with
tech.
We
can
do
the
same
things
with
a
lot
less
Tech
than
you
guys
are
currently
using,
and
once
you
guys
it
gets
that
through
your
head,
that
you
start
figuring
that
out,
you
will
be
progressing
we'll
be
moving
forward
into
the
new
future,
where
we'll
be
considering
Equity,
better
and
just
better
practices.
D
Overall,
with
my
remaining
time,
I
wanted
to
comment
on
the
fire
in
Lahaina
and
Maui.
You
know
the
past
few
years
since
I
moved
away
from
San
Jose
I've
actually
been
visiting
that
area
a
lot
I've
been
doing
a
lot
of
whale
watching
and
swimming
with
the
whales
you
go
in
the
water
and
you
can
hear
them
singing
all
day
long
in
the
in
the
winter
time,
when
they're
breeding.
That
area
is
a
real
cradle
between
Maui
and
the
big
island
of
whale
breeding.
D
You
know
in
the
winter
time
so
I
wonder
how
we're
going
to
connect
with
whales
out
of
the
future
of
this
process
and
in
the
future
of
you
know,
are
we
going
to
be
able
to
respect
the
indigenous
needs
of
the
area
and
build
in
those
terms,
I
hope
you
can
really
think
of
those
things.
J
Yes,
good
afternoon,
Martha
O'connell
gsmol
representing
mobile
home
park
residents,
I
wasn't
going
to
speak
today,
but
I
got
another
email
from
D2
I
requested
the
help
of
D2
on
June
7th
of
this
year,
we're
now
in
August,
because
there
was
a
fire
in
a
mobile
home
park
and
the
residents
are
concerned
that
the
fire
department
did
not
do
an
adequate
investigation.
They're
saying
they
have
no
idea
how
the
fire
started
and
mobile
home
residents
are
concerned.
They
have
requested
that
they
come
back
and
reevaluate.
J
We
know
that
mobile
homes
can
burn
in
five
minutes
and
I
have
gotten
nothing
but
delays,
silence
and
non-responses
from
D2
and
from
the
fire
department
since
June
7th.
The
latest
email
I
received
today
addressed
issues
that
are
off
point
we're
concerned
concerned
about
the
fire
department
not
doing
adequate
investigations
and
therefore
putting
mobile
home
residents
at
risk.
We
do
not
need
a
repeat
of
the
of
the
fire
at
Golden
Wheel
that
killed
two
little
girls
and
a
senior
so
D2.
Please
get
your
act
together.
I
respectfully
request
and
get
the
fire
department
to
respond.