On the agenda: San Jose Joint Meeting for the Rules and Open Government Committee and Committee of the Whole — Data Center (Aug 12)

City of San José

City of San José
200 East Santa Clara Street
San Jose, CA 95113

Agenda
Joint Meeting for the Rules and Open Government Committee and
Committee of the Whole
Committee Members
David Cohen, Chair
Rosemary Kamei, Vice Chair
Pam Foley, Member
Bien Doan, Member
Domingo Candelas, Member
Committee Staff
Lee Wilcox, Assistant City Manager
Joy Rodriguez, Assistant City Clerk
Kevin Fisher, Assistant City Attorney
Rachelle Blattman, City Manager's Office
Wednesday, August 12, 2026

2:00 PM

Council Chambers

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Joint Meeting for the Rules and
Open Government Committee and
Committee of the Whole

Agenda

August 12, 2026

A. City Council (City Clerk)
1. Review Final Agenda

ROGC
26-276

Review August 18, 2026 Final Agenda.
a. Add New Items to Final Agenda
b. Assign "Time Certain" to Agenda Items (if needed)
c. Review of Notice of Waiver Requirements for Agenda Items or
Documents (if needed)

Attachments

Agenda for August 18, 2026 (to be updated on 8/12/26)

2. Review Draft Agenda

ROGC
26-277

Review August 25, 2026 Draft Agenda.
a. Add New Items to Draft Agenda
b. Assign "Time Certain" to Agenda Items (if needed)
c. Review of Notice of Waiver Requirements for Agenda Items or
Documents (if needed)
Agenda to be posted on the day of the meeting.

Notice to the public: There will be no separate discussion of individual Consent Calendar items as they
are considered to be routine and will be adopted by one motion. If a member of the Committee requests
debate, separate vote or recusal on a particular item, that item may be removed from the Consent
Calendar by the Chair and considered separately. The public may comment on the entire Consent
Calendar and any items removed from the Consent Calendar by the Chair.

B. Consent Calendar

1.

ROGC
26-282

Release Date for Study Session. (City Manager)

Recommendation:

Recommend the release of date held for a Study Session on Friday,
August 28, 2026.

2.

ROGC
26-279

Monthly Report of Activities for June and July 2026. (City Auditor)

Recommendation:

Approve the Auditor’s Office Monthly Report of Activities for the
months of June and July 2026.

Attachments

City of San José

Memorandum

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Agenda

August 12, 2026

ROGC
26-285

Infrastructure Financing Tools for Economic Development Study
Session. (Economic Development and Cultural Affairs/Finance)

Recommendation:

Set a City Council Study Session entitled Infrastructure Financing
Tools for Economic Development for Monday, September 14, 2026
from 1:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. in the Council Chambers and approve the
Study Session agenda.

Attachments

Memorandum

C. Rules Committee Reviews, Recommendations and Approvals

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Open Government Committee and
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Agenda

August 12, 2026

ROGC
26-283

Temporary Moratorium Related to Detention and Custodial Facility on
Private Property. (Mayor, Campos, Ortiz, Doan, and Candelas)

Recommendation:

Add to the City Council September 15, 2026 agenda consideration of
the following:
1. Adoption of an interim ordinance to implement a 45-day temporary
moratorium on the filing, acceptance, processing, or approvals of
applications for the establishment, expansion, or change of use for
detention and custodial facility on private property.
a. A “detention and custodial facility” means a temporary or
permanent building, structure, set of buildings, or portion thereof
operated by a private or nongovernmental person or entity that would
detain, confine, process, or house persons in custody.
b. Excluded from the moratorium are:
i. Any facility providing rehabilitative, counseling, treatment, mental
health, educational, or medical services to a juvenile that is under the
jurisdiction of the juvenile court.
ii. Any facility providing evaluation or treatment services to a person
who has been detained, or is subject to an order of commitment by a
court.
iii. Any facility providing educational, vocational, medical, or other
ancillary services to an inmate in custody of, and under the direct
supervision of, the State Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation
or a county sheriff or other law enforcement agency.
iv. A residential care facility licensed under state law.
v. Any school facility used for the disciplinary detention of a pupil.
vi. Any facility used for the quarantine or isolation of persons for
public health reasons under state law.
vii. Any facility for the purposes of execution of a punitive sentence
imposed by a court.

Attachments

City of San José

Memorandum from Mayor, Campos, Ortiz, Doan, and Candelas

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Agenda

August 12, 2026

ROGC
26-284

Data Center Community Benefits. (Mayor, Candelas, Cohen, Ortiz, and
Campos)

Recommendation:

As part of the development of uniform standards and best practices for
Data Centers and Large Load Projects, the City Manager is directed to:
1. Include options for requiring community benefits associated with
these projects. These may include, but are not limited to, public space
improvements, clean energy programs, labor standards, local hiring and
work-force development opportunities, affordable housing, and
opportunities to generate additional use tax revenue.
2. Evaluate a possible mechanism for investment of a portion of tax
revenue generated by data centers within a nexus area around data
center sites.
3. Evaluate architectural and site design standards for data centers and
other large-load projects, including, but not limited to, building design,
visual impacts, green roofing, solar panels, and integration with
surrounding uses.
4. Upon adoption of San Jose's standards, evaluate and return to the
Council with an assessment of whether any projects in the pipeline
would not be considered compliant under the new standards and
negotiate with them over possible changes that would improve their
implementation.

Attachments

Memorandum from Mayor, Candelas, Cohen, Ortiz, and Campos
Letters from the Public

D. 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 Committee.

E. Adjournment

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