City Council and Authorities Concurrent, August 18, 2026
Approves 030 request to agendize data center water use policy, unanimous
What happened
The Santa Clara City Council introduced and approved (6-1, Councilmember Park dissenting) the third zoning code cleanup ordinance, which includes rezoning Tasman East District properties from TN (Transit Neighborhood) to R6 (Transit Neighborhood Residential), raising building hei…
- Jurisdiction
- Santa Clara, CA
- Governing body
- Final authority
- Date
- August 18, 2026
- Decisions
- 7 zoning decisions
- Outcome
- Approved, unanimous
Free sample: decision 1 of 7
Acceptance of 49ers $15,000 youth sports grant
City accepted a one-time $15,000 grant from the 49ers Football Company LLC (matched by NFL for $30,000 total) to support youth sports groups impacted by Super Bowl 60 and youth soccer park field improvements. Approved unanimously.
The other decisions are listed below by title. The full write-up, verbatim conditions, and the audio at each vote are in Pro.
Meeting Summary
The Santa Clara City Council introduced and approved (6-1, Councilmember Park dissenting) the third zoning code cleanup ordinance, which includes rezoning Tasman East District properties from TN (Transit Neighborhood) to R6 (Transit Neighborhood Residential), raising building hei…
Key Decisions (7)
Acceptance of 49ers $15,000 youth sports grant
Consent calendar including SVP engineering master services agreements
Approval of May meeting minutes (pulled consent item)
Third zoning code cleanup ordinance and Tasman East rezoning TN to R6
030 request to revise Chapter 17.15 street improvement requirements
030 request on off-site City Council meetings and AV requirements
030 request to agendize data center water use policy
Zoning Changes (1)
Development Activity (2)
Sutter Health Hospital
Infrastructure
2805 Bowers Data Center
Infrastructure
Market Signals (5)
Commercial Demand
Santa Clara hosts 58 data centers contributing ~$41 million (13%)…
Infrastructure
Data center growth is gated by power transmission capacity, with…
Commercial Demand
The city is proposing to allow institutional uses on 10+…
Who Spoke (19)
On the record: the mayor, 5 councilmembers, 2 staff members, and 6 members of the public.
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