Yeager referral to develop County program for access to child care, education, health care for kids age 0-8
A referral from Sup. Yeager directs administration to report on the possibilities of creating a program with a goal of providing comprehensive health care, quality early learning, and quality child care from birth to age 8. The report should consider a pilot program involving a school site or school district and other institutions; and an evaluation of the feasibility, costs, and actions needed to provide all County residents with universal access to comprehensive health care, quality early learning, and child care from birth to age 8.
BACKGROUND
During President Cortese’s 2017 State of the County address, he asked Supervisor Yeager, Chair of the First 5 Commission, to “strengthen, scale, and develop new investment strategies in early learning and development.” Prioritizing access to early learning and health systems through a Whole Child Approach will eliminate barriers and support the healthy development of children within the county. Although the County has been a leader in providing health insurance for all children, certain services, such as oral health, vision, hearing, and developmental screenings, are inaccessible.
Where: Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors
When: Tues. Mar. 28, 2017, 9:30AM, Board of Supervisors’ Chambers
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Approving an additional $1.2 million for outreach, education, and legal representation to the immigrant community
The Board will vote to allocate an additional $1.2 million towards outreach, education, and legal representation for the immigrant community:
- $1,000,000 for direct legal representation (including $500,000 for legal services to DACA applicants/recipients);
- $100,000 for pro bono coordination;
- $100,000 for Know Your Rights.
This brings the County’s total investment to $3.5 million.
Where: Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors
When: March 28, 2017, 9:30am, Board of Supervisors’ Chambers
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City of San Jose
Mayor’s March Budget Message
Conduct a Public Hearing and approve the FY 2017-2018 Mayor’s March Budget Message with budgetary recommendations in the following categories:
- Public Safety & Disaster Preparedness
- Flood Recovery
- Investments that Produce Long-Term Savings, Revenues, and Efficiencies
- Investments that Leverage External Sources of Funding
- Investments Leveraging Community Energy and Volunteerism: #BeautifySJ
- Saving & Improving Fiscal Resiliency
Where: San Jose City Council
When: Tues. Mar. 28, 2017, 1:30pm, Chambers
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Approving parking agreement w Asha; CMs Peralez and Jimenez highlight fair treatment of Hayes Mansion employees through sale and transition process
Approve resolution allowing Asha Companies to operate and maintain the City-owned Edenvale Garden Park Parking Facility, at no cost to the City, and allow guests and employees of the Hayes Mansion Facility to use the Parking Facility. Asha Companies has indicated that the Parking Operations and Maintenance Agreement is a condition to close the sale of the Hayes Mansion, so adoption of the resolution will allow staff and Asha Companies to move forward with the sale at a purchase price of $47 million. This action will allow staff to bring forward appropriation actions to fund the repairs to the Parking Facility.
Memo from CMs Jimenez and Peralez calls for attention to the importance of retention and fair treatment of Hayes Mansion current employees during this transition.
Where: San Jose City Council
When: Tues. Mar. 28, 2017, 1:30pm, Chambers
Link to staff memo: http://sanjose.granicus.com/MetaViewer.php?view_id=&event_id=2677&meta_id=624559
Link to CM memo: http://sanjose.granicus.com/MetaViewer.php?view_id=&event_id=2677&meta_id=625593
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Diridon Station and Regional Rail Project study session
Council will discuss major project elements of the “Diridon Station/Regional Rail Project” and next steps to be undertaken by the City in partnership with VTA, High Speed Rail, and Caltrain Joint Powers Board, and facilitate Council discussion and feedback.
- Bart Extension to Silicon Valley (phase I and II)
- CA High Speed Rail
- Caltrain Modernization
- Diridon Station and the Plan Area
- Destination Diridon – The Vision of the Good Neighbor Committee
Where: San Jose City Council – Study Session
When: Mon. March 30, 2017, 1:30-4:30pm, Chambers
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Creating new “office/R&D/data center” development categories to reduce construction tax for applicants
As recommended by the Community and Economic Development Committee on January 23, 2017, accept the report and approve an ordinance to:
Create a temporary partial suspension from the Commercial-Residential-Mobilehome Park Building Tax to achieve a rate of 1% for the following uses:
(1) Office, General Business (SJMC 20.200.813)
(2) Office, Research and Development (SJMC 20.200.818)
(3) Data Center (SJMC 20.200.265) to allow the City Council the flexibility to review the uses included and verify that these sectors are being accurately represented this provision shall sunset March 31, 2022.
Providing further refinement of the Title 4 definitions of Industrial and Commercial development by adding an Office category and appropriate tax rate will ensure that San Jose remains a competitive market in the region for the development and leasing of commercial real estate by driving industry companies. The new Office category included in Title 4 will include the Title 20 definitions of “Office, General Business”, “Office/ Research and Development” and “Data Centers”, and provide clarity and consistency to the development and business community regarding the applicability of the City’s construction taxes. The result is that projects designated as these uses will be taxed at a rate of 2.5% rather than the 4.5% rate for commercially designated projects.
To address these competing priorities staff is recommending that in future, uses that are performed in an “office-like” environment be considered commercial, consistent to existing provisions of Title 4, but that Council approve a partial suspension to reduce the Commercial- Residential-Mobilehome Park Building Tax (SJMC 4.47) to 1% from 3% for office uses, thereby creating a combined effective tax rate of 2.5%, instead of the commercial rate of 4.5% or the industrial rate of 1%.
Where: San Jose City Council
When: Tues. April 4, 2017, 1:30pm, Chambers
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Consolidating Airport Retail Concession agreements into one; extending agreement through 2024; delegating authority related to future RFP
These actions will consolidate all the retail concessions at the Airport under the AMS Agreement, as both companies (WDFG and Hudson) are now owned by Dufry AG. Under the terms of the existing AMS amendment, AMS will continue to maintain the $2.0 million Minimum Annual Guarantee (MAG) for all of its concession areas through June 30, 2024, at which time AMS will surrender the concession areas to the Airport. AMS proposes to extend the term of the WDFG concession areas through June 30, 2026 and commits to maintaining the current $1,328,182 MAG for those concession-areas during-the extended term. This will guarantee the same revenue stream to the—
Airport for the former WDFG concession areas for an additional six years. AMS further commits to converting the lowest performing concession locations at the Airport to new, fresher, more appealing specialty retail concepts.
In addition, the Delegation of Authority will provide authority for the Director of Aviation to amend the Agreement to rebalance the two retail concession packages to provide for an equitable bidding opportunity for future request for proposal (“RFP”) retail solicitations.
Council will consider recommended amendments to the Airport Retail Concession Agreement;
- Approve the Sixth Amendment to the AMS-SJC-JV (“AMS”) Airport Retail Concession Agreement (the “AMS Agreement”) to:
- Incorporate the retail concession areas (stores) currently operated by WDFG North America LLC (“WDFG)” under the same terms and conditions as the current Airport Retail Concession Agreement (the “WDFG Agreement”);
- Provide AMS with storage space to support its concession operations; and
- Extend the term of the AMS Agreement from June 30, 2024 to June 30, 2026, to allow those concessions that currently are under the WDFG Agreement to remain in place until June 30, 2026, while retaining the AMS concession areas termination date of June 30, 2024.
- Approve the Fifth Amendment to the WDFG Agreement to terminate the Agreement upon incorporation of the Airport retail concession areas currently operated by WDFG into the AMS Agreement under the same terms and conditions as the current WDFG Agreement.
- Adopt a resolution authorizing the Director of Aviation to amend the AMS Agreement at any time prior to its expiration to:
- Rebalance the retail concessions area allowing for the maximization of retail revenue, improving customer service, and providing for an equitable bidding opportunity for future retail solicitations by revising the expiration date of the individual locations to either June 30, 2024 or June 30, 2026;
- Revise the Minimum Annual Guarantee Concession Fee to reflect any such revisions to ensure continued revenues for the City; and
- Revise the Capital Investment and/or the Minimum Mid-Term Concession Refurbishment Expenditure consistent with any such changes to the concession areas.
Where: San Jose City Council
When: Tues. April 4, 2017, 1:30pm, Chambers
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City of Sunnyvale
Choosing Study Issue priorities for 2017; possible priorities incl. wage theft ordinance, housing strategy, & revenue strategies
Staff are recommending that Council approve the proposed presentation dates for the 2017 Council-ranked Study Issues in priority areas A and B – including Governance and Fiscal Sustainability and Strategic and Long-Term Service Impact, and authorize the City Manager to initiate work on the studies in priority area C – New Service or New Service Practice within existing capacity, and based on timing and availability of staff capacity; otherwise, carry these issues forward for City Council consideration in the next Study Issue cycle. In addition, staff are recommending that Council approve the cost to study and refer the following priority projects from areas A and B to the 2017/2018 recommended budget:
- Consider Adoption of a Wage Theft Ordinance
- Evaluation of New Revenue Strategies to Fund New and Increasing Service Demands and/or Unfunded Capital Investments
- 2017 Housing Strategy
- Downtown Development Policies for Parking
Additional study issues identified as high priority (areas A and B) for Council study during 2017 include:
- Evaluate Proposing a Charter Amendment to Revise Section 604 regarding Filling Vacant Council Seats by Special Election
- Eco-district Feasibility and Incentives
- Potential Membership in the Global Network of Age-Friendly Cities and Communities (GNAFCC)
Where: Sunnyvale City Council
When: March 28, 2017, 7:00pm
Link to item: http://sunnyvaleca.legistar.com/gateway.aspx?m=l&id=/matter.aspx?key=5601
Link to agenda: https://sunnyvaleca.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=A&ID=527727&GUID=B43D7C3D-BCE5-4554-B368-F9B7FDB570BF
City of Santa Clara
Study session on General Plan status & potential modifications; KT Urban asking to move its projects forward
The City Council will conduct a study session on March 28, 2017 on the status of the Santa Clara 2010-2035 General Plan. Key issues for the Council to consider at the study session include:
- The degree to which the City has modified or diverged from the General Plan;
- The City’s production of jobs and housing in relationship to the General Plan goals and objectives, as well as the regional context;
- The intent of the General Plan phases and the need for prerequisite studies to measure the City’s progress toward overall General Plan goals;
- The suitability of the General Plan vision for El Camino Real; and
- Potential conversions of industrial/commercial land to residential use beyond what had been envisioned within the General Plan.
There is also a letter from Mark Tersini of KT Urban requesting that Council move forward with a developer-sponsored Specific Plan for the Great America Parkway Future Focus Area, which would allow entitlements to move forward at its projects at 3055 and 3105 Patrick Henry Drive.
Where: Santa Clara City Council
When: March 28, 2017, 7pm
Link to item: http://sireweb.santaclaraca.gov/sirepub/agdocs.aspx?doctype=agenda&itemid=58770
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Santa Clara Valley Water District
Work study session on expedited purified water program; direction on choosing either Design-Build or P3
Receive information from other public agencies on their experiences with various project delivery methods; consider staff analysis regarding choice of either Progressive Design-Build or a Public Private Partnership delivery method; and provide staff direction on next steps for the procurement process.
A Board Work Study Session was held on September 20, 2016 on the Purified Water Program (Program) Dual Track Procurement. Staff presented both qualitative and quantitative analysis of the Progressive Design-Build (PDB) and Public-Private Partnership (P3) delivery methods and recommended the District’s Program use the Progressive Design-Build delivery method. The Board made no decision at this meeting, but requested that another Work Study Session be scheduled in which representatives from other water agencies who have used or considered alternative delivery methods would share their agency’s experience with such methods for their capital projects.
At this Work Study Session, representatives from the Orange County Water District and the cities of Rialto, San Jose, and Stockton will present their project or program experience with their chosen delivery methods.
Where: Santa Clara Valley Water District – Special Meeting
When: Mon. March 27, 11:30AM, 5700 Almaden Expwy
Link to item: https://scvwd.legistar.com/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=2991442&GUID=6A723085-FA4D-48C8-8299-8487E1B80B63
Link to agenda: https://scvwd.legistar.com/Calendar.aspx
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