City Council Meeting
Agenda

Wednesday, December 28, 2016

SPECIAL MEETING
COUNCIL CHAMBER
SANTA ANA, CA
12:00 PM


Council Chamber
22 Civic Center Plaza
SA 92701

Miguel A. Pulido
Mayor
MPulido@santa-ana.org
Vicente Sarmiento
Councilmember - Ward 1
VSarmiento@santa-ana.org

Jose Solorio
Councilmember - Ward 3
JSolorio@santa-ana.org

Juan Villegas
Councilmember - Ward 5
JVillegas@santa-ana.org
Michele Martinez
Mayor Pro Tem - Ward 2
MiMartinez@santa-ana.org

P. David Benavides
Councilmember - Ward 4
DBenavides@santa-ana.org

Sal Tinajero
Councilmember - Ward 6
STinajero@santa-ana.org
Mayor and Council telephone: 714-647-6900
Agenda item inquiries: 714-647-6520
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Sonia R. Carvalho
City Attorney
Cynthia Kurtz
Interim City Manager
Daisy Gomez
Clerk of the Council


NOTE: If you need special assistance to participate in this Council meeting, please contact Michael Ortiz, City ADA Program Coordinator, at (714) 647-5340. Please call prior to the meeting date, to allow the City enough time to make reasonable arrangements for accessibility to this meeting. [Americans with Disabilities Act, Title II, 28 CFR 35.102]


Basic City Council Meeting
Information


Code of Ethics and Conduct - The people of the City of Santa Ana, at an election held on February 5, 2008, approved an amendment to the City Charter which established the Code of Ethics and Conduct for elected officials and members of appointed boards, commissions, and committees to assure public confidence. A copy of the City's Code can be found on the Clerk of the Council's webpage. The following are the core values expressed: Integrity - Honesty - Responsibility - Fairness - Accountability - Respect - Efficiency

Agenda Information - The agenda descriptions provide the public with a general summary of the items of business to be considered by the Council. The Council is not limited in any way by the "Recommended Action" and may take any action which the council deems to be appropriate on an agenda item. Except as otherwise provided by law, no action shall be taken on any item not listed on the agenda.

Public Comments/Public Input - Pursuant to Government Code Sec. 54954.3, members of the public may address either the City Council or any of the City's other related entities, such as the Housing Authority, Successor Agency or other legislative bodies, meeting in conjunction with this scheduled meeting. Public comments may be made on any and all matters within the City of Santa Ana's jurisdiction or the jurisdiction of the other related entities.

At the discretion of the Chair, at the first Public Comment portion of the meeting, all comments may be considered jointly. The public will be given the opportunity to speak three (3) minutes on any and all matters contained on any of the Consent Calendar and Business Calendar items and/or on issues of public interest within the jurisdiction of the City. For public hearings, members of the public shall be given three (3) minutes for each duly noticed hearing (unless the matter is continued prior to taking public testimony). All requests to speak shall be submitted in writing to the Clerk of the Council at the beginning of the meeting and before Public Comments begin. Speaker forms will be available at the meeting.

REQUESTS TO SPEAK SHALL NOT BE ACCEPTED AFTER THE PUBLIC COMMENT SESSION BEGINS WITHOUT PERMISSION OF THE CHAIR. When speaking, all persons addressing the City Council shall follow the rules of decorum as detailed on the back of the speaker form. The presiding officer shall have the power and responsibility to enforce decorum and order of the meeting as set forth in Section 2-104(c) of the Santa Ana Municipal Code.

Consent Calendar - All matters listed under the Consent Calendar are considered to be routine by the City Council and will be enacted by one motion without discussion unless a member of the Council "pulls" an item(s) from the consent calendar for a separate vote.

Senate Bill 343 - As required by Senate Bill 343, any non-confidential writings or documents provided to a majority of the City Council members regarding any item on this agenda will be made available for public inspection in the Clerk of the Council Office during normal business hours.

Agenda & Minutes - Staff reports and documents relating to each agenda item are on file in the Office of the Clerk of the Council and are available for public inspection during regular business hours, 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m., Monday through Thursday. The Clerk's office is located in City Hall, 20 Civic Center Plaza, Room 809, Santa Ana, California, (714)647-6520. Council meeting agendas, staff reports, and Minutes are available the Friday before a Council meeting at the following website address: www.santa-ana.org

Televised Meeting Schedule - All regular meetings will be televised and available for viewing on the City's cable channel. Meetings held in the Council Chamber or other designated locations which are televised live on CTV3 Time Warner Cable will be cablecast Mondays at 6:00 p.m., Tuesdays immediately following the meeting at 9:00 a.m., Wednesdays at 6:00 p.m., and Sundays at 1:00 p.m. Meetings held in locations that do not have a live cable feed will be videotaped and shown on CTV3 the day after the meeting.

DVD copies of the meetings for loan will be available for public circulation at the Santa Ana Main Library the day after a meeting.


CITY OF SANTA ANA
SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 28, 2016

SPECIAL CLOSED SESSION MEETING - 12 NOON

CALL TO ORDER Mayor PULIDO

PUBLIC COMMENTS - Members of the public may address the City Council on items listed on the Closed Session Agenda.

CLOSED SESSION ITEM - The Brown Act permits legislative bodies to discuss certain matters without members of the public present. The City Council finds, based on advice from the City Attorney, that discussion in open session of the following matters will prejudice the position of the City in existing and anticipated litigation:

1. PUBLIC EMPLOYEE EVALUATION OF PERFORMANCE AND/OR DISCIPLINARY ACTION pursuant to Section 54957(b)(1) of the Government Code:  City Manager

CORRESPONDENCE - ITEM 1

CLOSED SESSION REPORT  -  The City Attorney may report out on any action(s) taken in Closed Session.

ADJOURNMENT