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Parks, Recreation, and Community Services <br />www.santa-ana.org/parks <br />Item # 33 <br />City of Santa Ana <br />20 Civic Center Plaza, Santa Ana, CA 92701 <br /> Staff Report <br />June 20, 2023 <br />TOPIC: Addition of two Positions for Residents Aged 55 Years and Older on the Parks, <br />Recreation, and Community Services Commission <br />AGENDA TITLE <br />Adoption of Ordinance for the Addition of two Positions for Residents Aged 55 Years <br />and Older on the Parks, Recreation, and Community Services Commission <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />Conduct first reading of an ordinance to amend the Santa Ana Municipal Code Chapter <br />2, Article IV, Division 4, Section 2-333 to add two positions for residents aged 55 years <br />and older on the Parks, Recreation, and Community Services Commission. <br />DISCUSSION <br />On January 17, 2023, the City Council agendized a discussion to establish a Senior <br />Citizen Commission. There was consensus among the City Council to direct staff to <br />return to the City Council with an analysis on the matter and to provide options for City <br />Council consideration. Accordingly, on March 7, 2023, staff presented a staff report <br />outlining preliminary research of different commission structures, alternatives to a <br />commission, and a draft ordinance establishing a Senior Citizen Commission. Staff’s <br />recommendation was to add two additional seats to the existing Parks, Recreation, and <br />Community Services Commission, thereby increasing the total number of members <br />from seven to nine. <br />There was consensus among the City Council to direct staff to finalize an ordinance to <br />add two seats to the Parks, Recreation and Community Services Commission. The <br />additional members will serve as advisors on matters concerning the Parks, Recreation, <br />and Community Services Agency’s service delivery to residents 55 years and older. The <br />new ordinance (Exhibit 1) outlines that members of the Parks, Recreation, and <br />Community Services Commission will be appointed by residents as follows: <br />•Two additional members representing to be nominated by one of the City’s two <br />Senior Centers, respectively, in accordance with a policy established by the <br />PRCSA Executive Director or their appointee, and appointed by a majority vote <br />of the City Council.