REPORT TO COUNCIL
SUBJECT
Title
Interviews and Appointments of Representatives to the Neighborhood University Relations Committee.
Report
BACKGROUND
On April 8, 2025 the City Council took action to restructure the Neighborhood University Relations Committee. The Committee is now comprised of seven members: two City Councilmembers; two members of Santa Clara University staff; one Santa Clara University student; one Old Quad resident; and one property owner/landlord representative. This restructuring was done with the goal of achieving a more inclusive Committee reflecting the diverse interests and promoting collaboration within the various interest groups and stakeholders in the community.
The Committee Member positions of Old Quad resident and property owner/landlord representative are subject to a recruitment process. The City Clerk's Office ("CCO") facilitated the recruitment for these two Committee representative and accepted applications for both positions. Advertising of the Committee Member roles was done via the City's website and social media outlets. The CCO also emailed vacancy notification to all parties listed on the email vacancy interest list.
The CCO accepted applications for four weeks. All applications were due by July 25, 2025 at 5:00pm. The application due date was extended for several additional weeks because no applications for the Owner/Landlord role were received by the July 25th due date. Ultimately five applications were submitted for Owner/Landlord Committee representative, and eleven applications were submitted for the Old Quad resident Committee representative by the extended August 25, 2025 due date.
DISCUSSION
At the October 7, 2025 City Council meeting, the Council will interview and appoint the Old Quad resident and the Owner/Landlord Committee representative positions, as well as appoint the designated representatives from Santa Clara University.
The Old Quad resident committee member position is to represent the pers...
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