Santa Clara city clerk conducts random draw to pick provisional Measure I bond oversight panel

Bob O'Keefe, the city clerk for the City of Santa Clara, conducted a public random‑lottery drawing on the city council chamber floor to select provisional members for the Bond Compliance Oversight Committee established by Measure I, the public facilities and infrastructure bond measure approved by voters on Nov. 5, 2024.

The committee is to include nine members chosen by random draw, with the clerk's office administering the lottery and the City Council scheduled to confirm the selected members and alternates at its May 27, 2025, regular meeting. "As a background, on 11/05/2024, the voters in the city Of Santa Clara approved ballot measure I, the public facilities and infrastructure bond measure," O'Keefe said while explaining the committee's purpose.

O'Keefe described the application window and eligibility screening: the application period opened March 18, 2025, and closed April 29, 2025; the clerk's office reviewed applications for eligibility. He said the clerk's office determined two applicants for the small‑business representative were ineligible because their businesses were not headquartered in Santa Clara. "A few things to note. We had some changes from the published agenda report. We will no longer be drawing for the large business representative as the sole applicant withdrew on 05/06/2025," O'Keefe said, and the office plans a separate recruitment for that seat.

The clerk ran the draws publicly, assigning numbered balls to applicants in each category, rotating the hopper, and pulling winners. Because of an apparent counting error during the first District 3 draw, the clerk replayed the District 3 selection under observation from Audit Manager David Noss; O'Keefe said a ball had been left in the basket and the District 3 primary and alternate were redrawn on the record.

Selections announced during the session (primary, then alternate) were: - District 1: Gaurav Duta; alternate Hee Sung Kang. - District 2: Brian Tickler; alternate Jayakumar Natarajan. - District 3 (redrawn): Sandy Rodriguez; alternate Murali Krishna Devrakonda. - District 4: Ruby Palmerlau; alternate Frank Mangini. - District 5: Edmund Ibragimov; alternate Kevin Michael Walke. - District 6: Anurag Dixit; alternate Alok Arghawal. - At‑large: Matthew Klopp; alternate Niraj Tandon. - Small business representative: Nader Haddad (Modern Technologies and Resources); alternate Fin Zhang (Coltech North America).

O'Keefe thanked applicants and staff at the end of the session, and noted the clerk's office will begin a new recruitment process for the large‑business representative seat after the sole applicant withdrew on May 6. Audit Manager David Noss served as an independent observer during the draws and confirmed the need to redo the District 3 draw when a ball remained in the basket.

Next steps: the City Council will consider confirmation of the selected members and alternates at its May 27, 2025 meeting; the clerk's office will reopen recruitment specifically for the large‑business representative seat. No final council confirmations or votes occurred during the draw event itself, and the committee members remain provisional until the council takes action.