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What passed: The council approved a 4% cost‑of‑living salary adjustment for the city attorney retroactive to March 1, 2025, bringing the new annual salary reported in staff materials to $370,461.12; approved an employer contribution of $300 per month toward the employee’s deferred-compensation plan retroactive to Jan. 1, 2025; and directed a health‑benefit contribution alignment with Unit 9 benefits. Council also authorized the mayor to sign Amendment No. 2 to the city‑attorney employment agreement and adopted updates to the unclassified salary plan. The motion passed 5–1.

Fiscal note: Assistant City Manager Araceli Azevedo told the council the memorandum’s fiscal-impact paragraph lists an approximate total‑compensation estimate (staff cited an approximate total compensation of $564,000, which combines base salary, employer benefit contributions and other components). The council did not expand the salary-change debate; the item was approved on a motion by Council Member Albert Gonzales, seconded by Council Member Maitri Jain; the clerk recorded the vote as 5–1.

Recusal: The city manager announced he would recuse himself from advising on the subsequent item that related to his employment.

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The draft agreement, negotiated with the Bay Area Host Committee and 49ers-related entities, would require the host committee to reimburse the city for ‘‘qualified event expenses,’’ provide a 50% advance payment of then-estimated event costs (currently projected at about $6.3 million) by Dec. 25, 2025, and make STADCO (the stadium tenant) contractually responsible to cover any reimbursement shortfall if the host committee fails to pay.

Why it matters: City managers said the agreement updates the city’s approach from the Super Bowl 50 experience by building a structured invoicing and dispute-resolution process and by requiring advance funds and a private backstop. Council members repeatedly pressed staff for clearer guarantees that city general-fund expenditures for planning, training and deployment will be fully reimbursed and for details on how convention-center rent credits work.

Key terms and city safeguards
- Lead public-safety role: The draft explicitly names the city as the lead law-enforcement agency for stadium security during Super Bowl activities and related events inside the stadium security perimeter. City Manager Jovan Grogan told the council the arrangement “ensures reimbursement of the city's event cost” and is consistent with the city's negotiating principles and Measure J, which limits general-fund exposure.

- Reimbursement, advance payment, backstop: The host committee would pay an advance on ‘‘actual event expenses’’ equal to 50% of the most recently updated estimate (the staff estimate presented was $6,302,912, which implies an advance roughly in the $2.5 million range). If the host committee fails to pay its obligations, the draft makes STADCO contractually responsible for any shortfall. City Attorney Glenn Guggins described the provision as a ‘‘direct obligation’’ from STADCO rather than a separate guarantee.

- Billing and disputes: Staff said invoices for planning, training and event charges will be submitted monthly. The draft contains a multistep dispute-resolution path: undisputed amounts are payable promptly; disputed amounts may be escrowed; very large disputes would trigger expedited resolution and, ultimately, binding arbitration.

- Convention center: The draft sets a facility-rent charge of $650,000 for use of the convention center, but allows a set of credits tied to on-site spending (food/beverage, audio-visual, IT). A security deposit of $320,000 would reduce the city's risk if the convention center is canceled; the host committee may recover the deposit only if negotiated spending thresholds are met (staff described a $900,000 threshold for combined food/bev/AV/IT to achieve full rent-crediting). City staff said this structure is a market approach in the convention industry where ‘‘rent is the loss leader’’ and food-and-beverage revenue drives net revenue.

Council concerns and staff responses
Several council members pressed staff on the size and timing of city cash outlays, insurance, whether a letter of credit or escrow should be required, and how quickly the city could recover funds if the host committee stalled payments. Vice Mayor Kelly Cox asked for more information about the host committee’s fundraising position and about the mechanics under which advance payments would be held and accessed. City Manager Grogan and City Attorney Guggins said the advance payment is a cash transfer to the city that would be held for event expenses rather than an off‑balance credit.

Other items discussed included a special-event-zone ordinance (staff will return with a proposed draft for council consideration), equipment acquisition rules (preference for leasing and borrowing; purchases only after approval and with cost allocation rules), and provisions for youth-park use and restoration if city fields are used as part of event activities. Jihad Beechman, representing the stadium tenant side during Q&A, described STADCO’s pledged stadium revenues as the basis for its ability to backstop payments.

What’s next
No action was taken Tuesday. Staff told council the draft will be brought back for potential adoption at a future meeting (staff indicated the first possible meeting for action would be Sept. 16). City staff also said they will continue negotiating insurance and specialty coverage requirements and will assemble more detail on timing and cash‑management processes for the advance payments.

Context
Levi’s Stadium hosted Super Bowl 50 in 2016. City officials said lessons from that event and the more recent FIFA World Cup negotiations shaped this draft, including a stronger invoicing process, an upfront advance, and a contractual STADCO backstop.

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Vartan said the current proposals slash the project’s housing from earlier counts by roughly 75 percent in certain components, remove ground-floor affordable housing and a public community kitchen, and fence formerly public open space. He urged the council to hold the developer accountable to the conditions in the planned development permit and restore ground-floor, public-facing uses and open access to the farm and ‘‘placemaking’’ amenities.

City Manager Jovan Grogan told the council he would schedule a verbal update on the Aggregate site for a future meeting so the council could review what was approved and what CORE has built to date.

Why it matters: Members of the public and the council consider adherence to approved planned-development permits, affordable housing promises and public-access commitments important to neighborhood livability. The city manager’s commitment to bring a formal update will give council an opportunity to determine whether enforcement or permit compliance actions are needed.

","A longtime community proponent of the so-called Aggregate/Agrohood development told council the project has scaled back promised affordable and publicly accessible ground-floor uses, reduced unit counts and fenced off open space. City staff agreed to schedule a verbal update for council review.",{"_33":100,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":101,"_41":102,"_43":103,"_45":104,"_47":105,"_49":106,"_51":107,"_53":108,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":109,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":110,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6501909,"Council notes Silicon Valley Power 10-year energy-efficiency goals; questions on data centers and payback",899,5396000,6295000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5693225-bb79f71596c7fc0f87d5e5eaa3202b26&start=5396&end=6295","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/5693225-bb79f71596c7fc0f87d5e5eaa3202b26/thumbnail_5396000.jpg","/articles/6501909/Santa-Clara/Santa-Clara-County/California/Council-notes-Silicon-Valley-Power-10-year-energy-efficiency-goals-questions-on-data-centers-and-payback","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6501909-6f00073743dadcf7e0d8afa2228ca64d/orig.mp4?Expires=1770400966&Signature=B0fsOkMrnwiBE-3Syx60m3dBVqopgjveQYWOlVH4ZH9sPGtPMmLp4SiOg-U14Hv7cd6VWy3K~cy8I6NaZu2xFnsw7oxznhAk70FKyAjMp8uLBc7YBGcxidZaDZPR2GZLmHXaifU6qAqsyG2IplkpyZNUbZ1uqUaZPKfS54~xWa666J7pDpPs6vxk83cdDcoVTH9gOsKkZodmJDzhZ8KALrafXloiWz-yziuB0o1Az-uh2WEb-SRwhVCcjQSWiKIoeA6ihaQwK6PHselk49or16LQuLKsamyB94m~sFzD~33a00EfMzOW1nqgx~906OOJ5XMkJm2FZgOm80eX55g0hg__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The City Council voted unanimously on Tuesday to ‘‘note and file’’ a presentation by Silicon Valley Power (SVP) on its proposed 10-year energy-efficiency goals and market potential, while several council members pressed staff for more detail on how the utility will engage large commercial users — particularly data centers — and how program costs and savings were calculated.

The motion to note and file was moved by Council Member Maitri Jain and seconded by Council Member Albert Gonzales; it passed unanimously of those present.

What was presented
SVP staff described a planning document that projects cumulative gross technical potential for energy efficiency over the next decade and proposed program targets. SVP staff and the city manager told council that much of the additional energy-efficiency potential on the utility’s system will come from large commercial and industrial customers — especially data centers — because residential and some commercial measures have reached market saturation.

Numbers raised during the discussion
Council Member Jain cited a chart presented in the staff materials that the staff described as a best estimate of cumulative gross market potential (staff phrased a figure aloud that sounded like \"about 3,250,000 megawatt‑hours\" over the next 10 years). Council members also referenced load growth at SVP — an increase the staff described from about 750 MW to roughly 1,300 MW of load — and noted the utility’s projected annual energy savings from the efficiency program (staff-presented savings in the materials were about 15,945 MWh per year from the targeted programs). SVP staff said program costs were evaluated for cost-effectiveness and that the utility already runs rebates and pay-for-performance on large projects.

Council questions and staff responses
Council members asked for more concrete examples of measures targeted at data centers (variable-speed drives, efficient cooling systems, water‑cooling/AI-driven technologies, and building automation were discussed). SVP Director Nico Prokos and program manager Rachel said the utility is pursuing large-project pay-for-performance contracts with major account customers, continuing direct outreach to key accounts, and evaluating new technologies as they emerge. Staff noted that as the easier, ‘‘low‑hanging fruit’’ measures are exhausted, remaining potential is costlier but still pursued.

Public comment and ancillary concerns
Members of the public raised questions about backup generators and local emissions associated with monthly generator tests; SVP staff said that while backup generation and emissions concerns are important, those items were not part of the efficiency plan before the council and would need separate regulatory and technical evaluation.

Next steps
Council directed staff to note and file the materials and to return with more detailed, customer‑specific information for council review, including concrete examples of recent large-customer projects, program cost breakdowns and further discussion of potential co‑generation or heat‑recovery strategies for data centers.

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The action: Council member Albert Gonzales moved approval of the limited amendment; Vice Mayor Kelly Cox seconded. The motion passed 5–1 of those present. The amendment authorizes a scope of work limited to a three-part transportation study: adding on-street parking on Cayo De Mundo, analyzing a potential Lick Mill extension that would tie Tasman East to the north, and modeling the impact of additional housing units in the plan. Staff said the transportation study will be followed by an environmental analysis and a later policy decision on whether to add units.

Why it matters: Council members said changes since the original 2018 specific plan — including project delays for the Related Santa Clara site and a recent foreclosure affecting roughly 9 acres — create urgency to review how parkland, open space and immediate amenities will serve thousands of new residents in the district.

Council debate and staff response
Council Member Maitri Jain (who pulled the item) said Tasman East’s planning assumptions have shifted: the original specific plan was approved in 2018 and amended in 2019; the council later included additional units as part of the city’s housing element and RHNA strategy. Jain described an earlier concept of ‘‘100 units per acre’’ on about 45 acres and pressed staff to study whether some of the area — especially the recently foreclosed 9 acres — could realistically be used as parkland rather than high‑density housing.

City staff told the council the amendment currently before them is ‘‘very limited’’ by design and focused on transportation; it does not preclude later consideration of parks. The planning director told council the specific plan and its environmental impact report previously quantified park obligations and that the amendment may add roughly 1 acre of new parkland and explore creative solutions such as rooftop parks or other design approaches.

Public comments and next steps
Members of the public and multiple council members urged staff to prioritize near‑term, usable open space rather than only circulation changes. The city manager told the council the work on the Tasman East amendment will continue, and the full policy decision — including whether to move the 1,500 units identified in the housing element to another site — will return to council after the transportation and environmental analysis is complete (staff estimated that work would arrive for council consideration in 2026).

","The City Council approved an amendment to the Tasman East specific plan to fund a targeted transportation analysis including on-street parking, a Lick Mill extension review and consideration of additional units; council members and public pressed staff to pursue more parkland after delays to Related’s project and a 9-acre foreclosure.","actionData","errors"]

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