Neighborhood Services and Education Committee (NSE)
Regular MeetingSan Jose, CA · April 8, 2021
Agenda
City of San José City of San José
200 East Santa Clara Street
San Jose, CA 95113
Agenda
Neighborhood Services and Education Committee (NSE)
Committee Members
Sylvia Arenas, Chair
Magdalena Carrasco, Vice Chair
Maya Esparza, Member
David Cohen, Member
Sergio Jimenez, Member
Committee Staff
Angel Rios, Jr., City Manager's Office
Karin Murabito, City Attorney's Office
Paul Pereira, Mayor's Office
Toni Taber, City Clerk's Office
Thursday, April 8, 2021 1:30 PM Virtual Meeting -
https://sanjoseca.zoom.us/j/93524415809
Consistent with the California Governor’s Executive Order No. N-29-20, Resolution No. 79485 from
the City of San José and the Santa Clara County Health Officer’s March 16, 2020 Shelter in Place
Order, the City Council Committee meeting will not be physically open to the public and the
Committee Members will be teleconferencing from remote locations.
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(a) Call to Order and Roll Call
(b) Review of Work Plan
Items recommended to be added, dropped, or deferred are usually
approved under review of the workplan unless the Committee directs
otherwise.
1. CC 21-074 Public Life Annual Report. (City Manager's Office/Office of Cultural
Affairs/Parks, Recreation and Neighborhood Services)
Recommendation: Defer the Public Life Annual Report to the May 20, 2021
Neighborhood Services and Education Committee meeting.
2. CC 21-076 Education & Digital Literacy Strategy Annual Report. (Library)
Recommendation: [DROP - Pending Rules Committee Approval]
(c) Consent Calendar
(d) Reports to Committee
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1. CC 21-085 Office of Immigrant Affairs Activities and Welcoming San Jose Plan
2021-2024 Report. (City Manager’s Office - Office of Racial Equity)
Recommendation: Accept the report of the Office of Immigrant Affairs and Welcoming
San José Plan 2.0, 2021-2024 and cross-reference to the April 20, 2021
City Council Meeting for approval.
[Deferred from March 11, 2021]
Attachments Memorandum
Attachment
Presentation
2. CC 21-075 Food Insecurity Among Youth, Families, and Seniors Report. (EOC
Food Branch)
Recommendation: Accept a verbal report regarding hunger in San José and an overview of
City programs and partnerships addressing food insecurity among
youth, families, and seniors.
3. CC 21-077 Youth Programming, Scholarships and Fee Activity Funding Report.
(Parks, Recreation and Neighborhood Services)
Recommendation: Accept the report on Youth Programming, Scholarships and Fee
Activity Funding.
Attachments Memorandum
4. CC 21-094 City Council Policy Priority #18: Smoke Free Housing Status Report.
(Planning, Building and Code Enforcement)
Recommendation: Accept the status report on City Council Policy Priority #18:
Smoke-free Housing.
[Added per 3/17/21 Rules Committee]
Attachments Memorandum
Attachment
Presentation
Letters from the Public
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5. CC 21-097 Timelines for Identifying Improvements to Bringing Everyone's
Strengths Together Grant Program Oversight and Accountability, and
the Community Crisis Response Protocol. (Parks, Recreation and
Neighborhood Services)
Recommendation: Accept staff's report regarding the timelines for identifying
improvements to Bringing Everyone’s Strengths Together Grant
Program oversight and accountability and the Community Crisis
Response Protocol, as directed by the Neighborhood Services and
Education committee on March 11, 2021.
Attachments Memorandum
• Open Forum
Members of the Public are invited to speak on any item that does not appear on today’s Agenda and that is
within the subject matter jurisdiction of the City Council.
• Adjournment
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