RULES/AGENCY RULES COMMITTEE
Meeting Report
May 7, 2003
PRESENT: Chair
Pro Tempore Cortese; Members Chavez, Williams and Yeager
ABSENT: Chair
Dando (excused)
STAFF: City
Attorney Rick Doyle, Assistant City Manager Mark Linder, City Clerk Patricia
O’Hearn, Council Agenda Manager for the Mayor’s Office Jennifer Carlino,
Assistant to the City Manager Deanna Santana, and Redevelopment Agency Liaison
Gary Miskimon
Chair
Cortese called the meeting to order at 2:00 p.m.
A. Redevelopment Agency
1. Review May 20, 2003 Draft Agenda
There is no Redevelopment Agency meeting scheduled
for May 20, 2003.
2. Add New Items to May 13, 2003 Agenda
There were no changes to the May 13, 2003
Redevelopment Agency agenda.
3. Staff Reports Outstanding
Documents
Filed: Report from Redevelopment
Agency Liaison Gary Miskimon, dated May 6, 2003, stating there are no staff
reports outstanding for the May 13, 2003 Redevelopment Agency meeting.
Discussion/Action: The Committee noted and filed the
Redevelopment Agency Liaison’s report.
B. City
Council
1. Review May 20, 2003 Draft Agenda
The Committee recommended approval of the May 20,
2003 City Council agenda.
a. Additions/Changes
(1) During the evening session, present a
commendation to Junior Girl Scout Troop 314
(Campos)
(2) Present a plaque to John Walter for 4
years and 6 months service on the Senior Citizens Commission (Mayor)
(3) Present commendations to Amanda Hseuh and
Mary Milazzo, students from the Santa Teresa High School S.T.Y.L.E. Publishing
Technologies Program, for their contributions to “Bridging the Digital Divide”
in San Jose thought their development of the updated logo and poster to promote
the City’s Homework Centers Program
(Williams)
2. Add New Items to May 13, 2003 Agenda
The Committee recommended the following
additions/changes to the May 13, 2003 City Council agenda:
a. Present
commendations to Mexican Heritage Plaza, the English Department of Santa Clara
University, and Heyday Books (Campos)
b. Adopt
a resolution in support of Justice for Janitors (Campos)
c. Approval
to award a contract for the Le Fevre Residence and Barn Rehabilitation
Project (City Manager)
d. Defer
Item 4.4, Approval of an ordinance related to the Sign Code, to the May
20, 2003 Council meeting
3. Staff Reports Outstanding
Documents
Filed: Report from City Manager
dated May 6, 2003 listing two staff reports outstanding for the May 13, 2003
Council agenda.
Discussion/Action: The Committee noted and filed the City
Manager’s report.
C. Legislative
Update
1. State
AB 910 (Diaz) Relating to Hospital Community
Responsibility
This item was reported at the May 13, 2003 Council
meeting.
a. Accept
May 2 State Legislative Bill Matrix
Documents
Filed: Memorandum from Director of
Intergovernmental Relations Betsy Shotwell dated May 2, 2003 recommending
acceptance of the May 2nd State Legislative Bill Matrix.
Discussion/Action: The Committee accepted the May
2nd State Legislative Bill Matrix.
b. Voting
Delegate for a Special Meeting of the League of California Cities General
Assembly on May 15th
This
item was reported at the May 13, 2003 Council meeting.
2. Federal
a. Federal
Lobbyist monthly report
Documents
Filed: Memorandum from Betsy
Shotwell, Director of Intergovernmental Services, dated May 2, 2003
recommending acceptance of the March 2003 report from the City’s Federal
lobbyist firm of Patton Boggs, LLP.
Discussion/Action: The Committee accepted the March 2003 report
from the City’s Federal lobbyist firm of Patton Boggs, LLP.
D. Meeting
Schedules
There were none.
E. The
Public Record
Documents Filed: Memorandum from City Clerk
Patricia O’Hearn dated May 1 2003 transmitting items received for the Public
Record for the period April 23-29, 2003.
Discussion/Action: The Committee noted and filed
the Public Record.
F. Boards,
Commissions and Committees
1. Police
and Fire Retirement Board
Request from Police and Fire Retirement Board to
consider revising the definition of “surviving child” to include children born
to retirees, or who were adopted after the person retired
Documents Filed: None.
Discussion/Action: The Committee deferred this
item to next week’s meeting.
G. Council
Referrals for Assignment to Administration or Council Appointee
There were none.
H. Administrative
Reviews and Approval
1. Accept report on workload assessment to
implement a Street Tree Mapping System and establish an advisory City Tree
Commission and refer item to 2003-04 budget process as a Manager’s Budget
Addendum
Documents Filed: Memorandum from James R.
Helmer, Director of Transportation, dated April 30, 2003 recommending Rules
Committee acceptance of a workload assessment to implement a Street Tree
Mapping System and establish an advisory City Tree Commission and referral of
the item to the 2003-04 budget process as a Manager’s Budget Addendum.
Discussion/Action: Jim Ortbal, Assistant Director of the
Transportation Department, and City Arborist Ralph Mize were present to answer
Committee questions. In response to Chair
Pro Tempore Cortese’s question, Mr. Ortbal replied this item could be referred
to either the City Manager’s budget addendum session or the Department of
Transportation CSA (City Service Area) budget session. The Committee referred this item to the Department
of Transportation CSA Budget Study Session.
I. Oral
Communications
None were presented.
J. Adjournment
The meeting adjourned at 2:20 P.M.
Dave
Cortese, Chair Pro Tempore
Rules/Agency
Rules Committee