Apr 20, 2020
| City of Gilroy | Extending the Exclusivity Agreement with Sharks Sports & Entertainment, LLC to end of January 2021 for the indoor entertainment and sports complex at Gilroy Sports Park Issue summary: In May of 2019, the City of Gilroy entered into an exclusivity agreement for the possibility of a future partnership with a private firm, Sharks Sports &…
|| Santa Clara County || VTA: Approve Exclusive Negotiation Agreement with Lincoln Property Group for redevelopment of Cerone site, incl. hotel, office & adv. manufacturing Issue summary: The committee will consider approving a staff recommendation allowing the General Manager to enter into exclusive negotiations with LPC West to redevelop a VTA-owned site at VTA Cerone Maintenance Yard. VTA received proposals…
|| Santa Clara County || Cortese referral to adopt “support with amendments” position on SB50 “Equitable communities incentives” (ECI) are the bonuses that takes the form of relief from certain local develop controls for qualifying projects. Under SB 50, residential developments must meet a variety of conditions in order to receive ECI benefits. Developments must be proposed on a site zoned…
Jun 5, 2017
Santa Clara County Update on nonprofit Living Wage Policy & Ariba project The County has held two public forums on developing a Living Wage Policy for Community-Based Nonprofit Contractors. At the second forum, Supervisor Chavez presented the Administration’s draft policy provisions, including: $1/hr wage credits each for nonprofits that provide substantial tuition reimbursement/professional development benefits and/or vision & dental insurance;…
Feb 13, 2017
Santa Clara County Report on ordinance to prevent discrimination against renters with Section 8 vouchers At the February 7, 2017 Board of Supervisors meeting, the County Counsel presented a recommended ordinance to ensure that all persons with the ability to pay for housing, whether through their own funds or using a subsidy such as Section 8, are considered for housing.…
Feb 2, 2016
County of Santa Clara Reinstating Turner to complete Valley Medical Center retrofit; subsequent cost increase means add’l funding needed for other Measure A projects Measure A authorized the County to borrow $840 million to fund the earthquake retrofitting of Santa Clara Valley Medical Center and other hospital maintenance and refurbishing projects knows as the Seismic Safety Program. The pinnacle project…
Jan 4, 2016
City of San Jose Agreement with San José Sports Authority The San Jose Sports Authority (SJSA) is a nonprofit corporation formed in 1991 to promote San Jose as a location for high profile, marquee state, national and international sporting events and to develop and support existing sporting events and organizations in San Jose and the Bay Area. The proposed agreement…
Dec 14, 2015
Santa Clara County: Consider policy revisions to Equal Opportunity/Nondiscrimination provision in County contracts; County to pursue more robust pay equity assessment After a preliminary review on the County’s demographic data examining classified and certain unclassified County positions under the County pay ordinance and the Executive Management Pay Ordinance, the data showed the following: Female employees comprise 70% or more of…
Dec 7, 2015
Santa Clara County Initial data on gender/race pay equity & direction on pay equity in County contracting policies Commission on the Status of Women’s (CSW) Pay Equity Study: In advance of the forthcoming pay equity study that will be undertaken by the Office of Women’s Policy and the Commission on the Status of Women, County Counsel and Administration have conducted…
Nov 30, 2015
City of San Jose Priority Setting Session Dec. 8; potential priorities include gender pay equity, downtown storefront activation, 1% development fee for art, more Council to approve new items for the Council Priority List to create an updated, rank-ordered list. The process for establishing Council Priorities at the Dec. 8th meeting are as follows: Nominated Ideas Voting – Council will…