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City Clerk’s Office <br />www.santa-ana.org/city-clerks-office <br />Item # 21 <br />City of Santa Ana <br />20 Civic Center Plaza, Santa Ana, CA 92701 <br /> Staff Report <br />August 19, 2025 <br />TOPIC: Regional Board Appointments <br />AGENDA TITLE <br />Nominate and Appoint a Representative to the Upper Newport Bay Watershed <br />Executive Committee and an Alternate to the Santa Ana River Flood Protection Agency <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />1. Nominate and appoint a representative to the Upper Newport Bay Watershed <br />Executive Committee. <br />2. Nominate and appoint an alternate to the Santa Ana River Flood Protection <br />Agency. <br />GOVERNMENT CODE §84308 APPLIES: No <br />DISCUSSION <br />The City has representation on various regional boards/agencies which make public <br />policy decisions on regional issues such as transportation, water resources, fire <br />services, and government facilities. <br />The City Council typically reviews and makes appointments to such regional boards <br />following each General Municipal Election and last made appointments on December <br />17, 2024. With the recent retirement of former Public Works Executive Director Nabil <br />Saba, there are two regional board vacancies: Upper Newport Bay Watershed <br />Executive Committee (representative) and Santa Ana River Flood Protection Agency <br />(alternate). Each of these boards is scheduled to have a regular meeting in September <br />2025. <br />New appointments are now required to ensure continued representation of the City’s <br />interests on these regional boards. Descriptions of these regional boards are included in <br />Exhibit 1 and a list of current representatives for all regional boards is attached as <br />Exhibit 2.