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San Jose

  Police Department Operations and Performance

On September 17, 2014, in response to Councilmember Rocha’s memo, the Rules Committee directed staff to prepare a written report on Police Department operations and performance.  Tuesday, the council will discuss: current staffing levels, as well as historical staffing levels, in the past five years, any projections as to future staffing the department may have developed, an update on recent academy class size and a discussion as to what the PD targets are for class size, an analysis based on vacancies as to how much finding is available to contract out for services with other agencies and the crime trends and deployment strategies.

Link to item: http://sanjoseca.gov/DocumentCenter/View/37155
Link to agenda: http://sanjoseca.gov/DocumentCenter/View/37110

 Tier Two retirement plan for police and fire departments

Approval of an ordinance to implement retirement benefits for new fire employees in police and fire department retirement plan. . If the Council approves the proposed ordinance, the ordinance will be placed on the Council agenda for final approval on December 2, 2014 and the ordinance will become effective 30 days thereafter.

Link to item: http://sanjoseca.gov/DocumentCenter/View/37173
Link to agenda: http://sanjoseca.gov/DocumentCenter/View/37110

 Short Term rental zoning ordinance proposal (AirBnB)

Sal Alvarez, Executive Analyst, Office of Economic Development will present proposed changes to the Zoning Code that would allow and regulate transient occupancy as an incidental residential use and modify permitting requirements and occupancy limitations for Bed and Breakfast Inns.

Link to agenda: http://sanjoseca.gov/DocumentCenter/View/37060

 

Sunnyvale

 Examining ways to increase local hiring in major private developments

Link to item: https://sunnyvaleca.legistar.com/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=1992446&GUID=87A8C117-3C83-4E19-87D3-69FFD4B01840
Link to agenda:  https://sunnyvaleca.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=A&ID=294972&GUID=5B26A8B2-D645-44BE-84E8-DC4A82A8AF2E

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