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Public Works Agency www.santa-ana.org/pw Item # 19 City of Santa Ana 20 Civic Center Plaza, Santa Ana, CA 92701 Staff Report November 2, 2021 TOPIC: Revision of the Environmental and Transportation Advisory Commission Bylaws AGENDA TITLE Adopt Resolution Approving Revised Environmental and Transportation Advisory Commission Bylaws RECOMMENDED ACTION Adopt a resolution whereby the City Council declares newly revised bylaws for governance over the business matters of the Environmental and Transportation Advisory Commission. DISCUSSION In 1991, the City Council established the Environmental and Transportation Advisory Committee (ETAC) by adopting Resolution 91-112. After adoption of various administrative amendments in 1999, an ordinance codified the Committee’s duties in Chapter 33 of the Municipal Code. In 2014, the City Attorney’s Office determined that the ETAC may only advise the City Council on matters related to trees and the urban forest. Thereafter, in 2016, the City Council adopted modernized roles and responsibilities that included the study, review, and recommendation of transportation issues, streetscape issues, and general water and wastewater policies. In 2017, the City Council approved a companion set of revised bylaws. On September 1, 2020, the City Council enacted Ordinance NS-2992, making several charter amendments to the City Code for administrative and modernization purposes, including the renaming of ETAC from Committee to Commission. At the request of several ETAC members, the proposed resolution (Exhibit 1) also updates the bylaws (Exhibit 2) by changing the time of regularly scheduled meetings. It is anticipated that the time change of regular meetings from 7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on the second Tuesday of each month should facilitate public participation. ETAC approved the changes to the ETAC bylaws on October 12, 2021 by a vote of four in favor of the changes to the bylaws, with two absences and one abstention.