Santa Clara City Council Special Meeting

Santa Clara’s City Council is scheduled to meet in a special joint session with the Santa Clara Stadium Authority Board on Tuesday, May 26, 2026, according to the city’s posted agenda notice. The meeting is set as a hybrid session in the City Hall Council Chambers at 1500 Warburton Avenue and online through the city’s standing Zoom link for council meetings. The notice lists a closed session beginning at 5:30 p.m. and a special meeting beginning at 7:00 p.m. The agenda was printed on May 22 and posted through the city’s public meeting system. ### Why is this a joint meeting instead of a standard council meeting? The May 26 notice names two governing bodies: the Santa Clara City Council and the Santa Clara Stadium Authority Board. The city’s agenda calls it a “Joint Meeting Agenda Call and Notice of Special Meeting,” and says the Mayor and Chair called the session under California Government Code Section 54956, known as the Brown Act, and Section 708 of the Santa Clara City Charter. (santaclaraca.gov) Santa Clara’s government page says the City Council is the city’s legislative body and is empowered by the charter to formulate citywide policy. The same page identifies Mayor Lisa Gillmor and six councilmembers — Albert Gonzalez, Raj Chahal, Karen Hardy, Kevin Park, Suds Jain and Kelly G. Cox — as the current elected members. ### When and where does the meeting happen? (santaclaraca.gov) Tuesday, May 26, is the meeting date listed on the city’s agenda and public calendar. The location is the City Hall Council Chambers, in the East Wing of City Hall, at 1500 Warburton Avenue, Santa Clara, California 95050. The city’s calendar also lists the event as a 5:30 p.m. hybrid meeting. The city’s public meetings page says council meetings can be attended in person, watched on the city’s Facebook page and YouTube channel, or viewed on Comcast channel 15 and AT&T U-verse channel 99 for Santa Clara subscribers. (santaclaraca.gov) The same page says council meetings use Zoom meeting ID 997-0675-9306, matching the number listed on the May 26 agenda. (santaclaraca.gov) ### How can residents send comments before the meeting starts? The agenda says written public comment can be submitted through the eComment tab on the City Council agenda page on Legistar. According to the notice, eComment closes 15 minutes before the start of the meeting. The same notice says residents can also email comments to the City Clerk by 12 p.m. on the day of the meeting. (santaclaraca.gov) Emails received by that cutoff will be forwarded to the council and uploaded as supplemental meeting material, while emails received after noon and before the end of the meeting will still become part of the meeting record, the agenda says. (santaclaraca.gov) ### What records are available to the public before the meeting? The posted agenda says agendas, staff reports and some associated documents can be viewed on the city’s Legistar calendar. It also says public records related to an open-session item that are distributed to a majority of the legislative body will be available for inspection at the Office of the City Clerk at City Hall when those records are distributed or made available. (santaclaraca.gov) The city’s public meetings page directs residents to the same Legistar system for upcoming agendas and to the Tentative Meeting Agenda Calendar for items in planning. That page also says archived livestreams and past meetings are available through the city’s Facebook and YouTube accounts and on Legistar. (santaclaraca.gov) ### What should residents watch for next? May 26 is the next key date in the process. The city’s notice says the joint body will convene at 5:30 p.m., with the special meeting beginning at 7:00 p.m., and any final documents approved may differ from draft contracts, ordinances or resolutions posted in advance. Residents can track the agenda packet, supplemental materials and participation instructions through Santa Clara’s meeting pages and Legistar listings before the session opens Tuesday evening. (santaclaraca.gov) (santaclaraca.gov)