City Council and Authorities Concurrent
Regular MeetingSanta Clara, CA · November 16, 2022
Agenda
City of Santa Clara
Meeting Agenda
Council and Authorities Concurrent Meeting
Wednesday, November 16, 2022 5:00 PM Hybrid Meeting
City Hall Council
Chambers/Virtual
1500 Warburton Avenue
Santa Clara, CA 95050
The City of Santa Clara will be conducting City Council meetings in a hybrid manner (in-person
and continues to have methods for the public to participate remotely). Pursuant to Government
Code Section 54953(e) and City of Santa Clara Resolution No. 22-9150 Councilmembers may
teleconference from remote locations and the City continues to provide methods for the public to
participate remotely
• Via Zoom:
o https://santaclaraca.zoom.us/j/99706759306
Meeting ID: 997-0675-9306 or
o Phone: 1(669) 900-6833
• Via the City’s eComment
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(Comcast cable channel 15 or AT&T U-verse channel 99), or the livestream on the City’s YouTube
channel or Facebook page.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that, pursuant to the provisions of California Government Code
§54956 (“The Brown Act”) and Section 708 of the Santa Clara City Charter, the Mayor calls for a
Special Meeting of the City Council of the City of Santa Clara, to commence and convene on
November 16, 2022, at 5:00 pm for a Special Meeting in the City Hall Council Chambers located
in the East Wing of City Hall at 1500 Warburton Avenue, Santa Clara, California, to consider the
following matter(s) and to potentially take action with respect to them.
5:00 PM COUNCIL SPECIAL MEETING
Call to Order
Call to Order in the Council Chambers (Open to the Public)
Pledge of Allegiance and Statement of Values
Roll Call
GENERAL BUSINESS
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1. 22-1407 Consideration of October 10, 2022, Santa Clara County Civil
Grand Jury Report, “Unsportsmanlike Conduct: Santa Clara City
Council,” and Direction to Staff for Timely Preparation and
Council Approval of Formal Comment to Report.
Recommendation: 1. Council to comment on Council-related findings
and recommendations as follows: Findings 1a,
1b, 1c, 2, 3d (in part), 4, 5 (in part), 6, and 7
and Recommendations 1a, 1b, 1c, 1d, 2, 3a (in
part), 3b (in part), 3c (in part), 4a, 4b, 4c, 5a,
5b, 5c, 6a, 6b, 7a, 7b, and 7c.
2. Direct staff to prepare draft comment on
operation-related findings as follows: Findings
3a, 3b, 3c, 3d (in part), and 5 (in part) and
Recommendations 3a (in part), 3b (in part),
and 3c (in part).
3. Direct City Attorney’s Office to prepare draft
comment for timely Council approval consistent
with 1 and 2 above.
ADJOURNMENT
The next regular scheduled meeting is on Tuesday, December 6, 2022 in the City Hall Council
Chambers.
MEETING DISCLOSURES
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The time limit within which to commence any lawsuit or legal challenge to any quasi-adjudicative decision made by the City
is governed by Section 1094.6 of the Code of Civil Procedure, unless a shorter limitation period is specified by any other
provision. Under Section 1094.6, any lawsuit or legal challenge to any quasi-adjudicative decision made by the City must
be filed no later than the 90th day following the date on which such decision becomes final. Any lawsuit or legal challenge,
which is not filed within that 90-day period, will be barred. If a person wishes to challenge the nature of the above section in
court, they may be limited to raising only those issues they or someone else raised at the meeting described in this notice,
or in written correspondence delivered to the City of Santa Clara, at or prior to the meeting. In addition, judicial challenge
may be limited or barred where the interested party has not sought and exhausted all available administrative remedies.
AB23 ANNOUNCEMENT: Members of the Santa Clara Stadium Authority, Sports and Open Space Authority and Housing
Authority are entitled to receive $30 for each attended meeting.
Note: The City Council and its associated Authorities meet as separate agencies but in a concurrent manner. Actions taken
should be considered actions of only the identified policy body.
LEGEND: City Council (CC); Stadium Authority (SA); Sports and Open Space Authority (SOSA); Housing Authority (HA);
Successor Agency to the City of Santa Clara Redevelopment Agency (SARDA); Bayshore North Project Enhancement
Authority (BNPEA); Public Facilities Financing Corporation (PFFC)
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