Rules and Open Government Committee approves Jan. 13 City Council agenda and consent items; sends settlements, contracts and BIDs to council
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Summary
The committee voted 4-0 to approve the Jan. 13 San Jose City Council agenda and consent calendar, including a liability settlement (Green v. San Jose), the Team San Jose annual audit, wastewater contracts, emergency repairs to Pond A18, and proposals to establish two business improvement districts. No public comment was offered.
Unidentified Speaker, Unspecified committee member, presided over the Rules and Open Government Committee and announced the body voted unanimously to approve the Jan. 13 San Jose City Council agenda and the consent calendar.
The committee recorded two formal motions that passed 4-0. The first motion approved the Jan. 13 agenda as amended to include an ad sheet for agenda item 3.3 (a part b was added). The second motion approved four consent items that appear on pages 5–7 of the packet. The meeting record notes there will be no committee meeting on Jan. 20. The committee adjourned at 2:02 p.m.
Items cleared for City Council consideration on Jan. 13 include: a settlement listed as Green v. San Jose (Section 3); agenda item 3.3 (ad sheet / added part b); item 3.4, the annual audit report for Team San Jose; the fall intergovernmental relations report and the 2026 legislative program and priorities; adoption of Council Policy 7-15, Section 6; a legal services contract related to the regional wastewater facility; a design-build contract for a digester upgrade at the wastewater facility; emergency repairs to Pond A18's southern gate structure; establishment of the Alameda Business Improvement District and the Alum Rock Santa Clara Street Business Improvement District; and the first substantial amendment to the annual action plan. The committee also noted two land-use items on the consent calendar.
There was no public comment during the meeting and no substantive debate recorded on the individual items. Committee members identified themselves during roll call (Candelas, Duane, Foley and Cohen present; Kamay absent). The Jan. 13 City Council meeting was described as noticed for a 9:30 a.m. closed session followed by a 1:30 p.m. regular session.
The committee did not take final council-level action on any of the listed items; it simply approved sending the agenda and consent items to the full City Council for consideration.