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Home My WebLink About2019-07-29 LEGISLATIVECITY OF SANTA ANA SPECIAL MEETING OF THE LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS, ETHICS, TRANSPARENCY AND COMMUNICATIONS COUNCIL COMMITTEE MINUTES July 29, 2019 CALLED TO ORDER 5:04 pm by City Manager Kristine Ridge at the City Hall, Ross Annex, Room 1600. ATTENDANCE Members Present: Councilmember Jose Solorio Councilmember Cecilia Iglesias Councilmember David Penaloza Staff Present: Kristine Ridge; Sonia Carvalho; Daisy Gomez; Norma Mitre; Nicole Houston; Daisy Perez; Also present were Cori Williams from Townsend Public Affairs, Dan Maldonado from Holland & Knight and Tony Cardenas from League of California Cities. Public Comments • No Comments from the Public AGENDA ITEMS 1. Elect Chair and Vice Chair of the Committee: MOTION: Nomination of Councilmember Solorio as Committee Chair and Councilmember Iglesias as Vice -Chair. MOTION: Solorio SECOND: Iglesias VOTE: AYES: Penaloza, David NOES: None (0) 2. Receive and File Minutes from the Legislative Affairs, Ethics, Transparency and Communications Council Committee Meetings held: A. October 17. 2018 MOTION: Approve minutes. MOTION: Solorio SECOND: Penaloza VOTE: AYES: Iglesias, Cecilia NOES: None (0) Legislative Affairs, Ethics, Transparency and Communications Council Committee Special Meeting Minutes July 29, 2019 Page 1 3. Review and Discussion of Legislative Affairs, Ethics, Transparency and Communications Council Committee By -Laws — Kristine Ridge, City Manager The City Manager provided some background history of the committee, including first being formed by resolution in 2013 with the by-laws being created shortly thereafter. Additionally, it was noted that the committee's name was changed in January 2019. However, there was some discussion of the accuracy of that date. Staff was directed to confirm the date that the committee name was changed and when the by-laws were updated. City Attorney Sonia Carvalho to bring this information back to the next Legislative Affairs, Ethics, Transparency and Communications meeting. 4. Review and Discussion of Legislative Scorecard 2018 — (Strategic Plan No. 1 through 7) — Nicole Houston, City Manager's Office Nicole Houston from the City Manager's Office reviewed the approved 2018 Legislative Scorecard providing an update on legislative accomplishments for the 2018 calendar year. 5. Receive and Discussion of Legislative Platform 2019 — {Strategic Plan No. 1 through 71 — Nicole Houston, City Manager's Office Nicole Houston from the City Manager's Office presented the approved 2019 Legislative Platform. The Platform serves as the guiding document for legislative efforts for calendar year 2019 and is aligned with Federal and State priorities. 6. Receive and File Federal Legislative Updates — (Strategic Plan No. 1 through 7) — Dan Maldonado A. Holland & Knight (H&K) Memo and Matrix — Material provides an overview of federal developments that occurred in July 2019 that could impact the City, including housing and homelessness. In addition, H&K provided information regarding the possibility for the City to showcase some of its initiatives for more direct funding opportunities. B. Federal Legislative Bills Outcomes and Updates (verbal) — Dan Maldonado reported on the overall budget, sharing that the two-year agreement the Senate is expected to endorse will provide funding for domestic discretionary programs like the Capital Improvement grant programs, public safety programs, rail improvement programs, and related domestic spending. Receive and File State Legislative Updates — {Strategic Plan No. 1 through 7) — Cori Williams A. Williams, Townsend Public Affairs (TPA) Memo and Matrix — Material provides an overview of the new Governor and new Legislature's priorities including those that impact local governments. A major focus this session has been on affordable housing and items related to affordable housing like rent control and what steps can be taken to increase the level of housing production in the state. B. Federal Legislative Bills Outcomes and Updates (verbal) — Details of the final budget including a record $214.8 billion dollars in state general fund and Legislative Affairs, Ethics, Transparency and Communications Council Committee Special Meeting Minutes July 29, 20I9 Page 2 special fund expenditures. Including many of the governor's priorities such as healthcare for undocumented immigrants, homeless funding and some of the highest education levels in California's history. Specific to Santa Ana one of the main pieces in the budget that has been worked on over the last several months was funding for homeless and housing. TPA worked very closely with your big 13 City colleagues to secure $650 million dollars in one-time funds to help local agencies address the homeless crisis. The $650 million dollars is broken out into four categories; $190 million for counties, $175 million for local continuums of care, $10 million to be allocated on a later dates and most importantly $275 million for the big 13 cities. 8. League of California Cities Updates (verbal) — {Strategic Plan No. 1 through 7) — Tony Cardenas A. League of California Cities Memo — Material provides an analysis regarding legislation AB101 and SB102. The bills include $2.5 Billion brand-new dollars going directly towards housing infrastructure and homelessness. 9. Review and Take a Position on Legislative Bills — (Strategic Plan No. 1 through 7) — Nicole Houston, City Manager's Office Nicole Houston from the City Manager's Office shared the Legislative bill review process. Currently the City Manager's Office and the Mayor and City Council receive a monthly report from H&K and TPA. This report includes a matrix that outlines all of the bills that are currently being tracked, along with the description and the current status of each bill. From this report the Mayor and Council have an opportunity to identify bills to take action on. Additionally, the City receives notifications from both our Federal and State advocates as each bill becomes available for action. If the bills are in line with our legislative platform, a letter of support or opposition is requested from the Mayor. If it is not, it is to be taken to this committee. Lastly, Councilmember Penaloza discussed a bill related to the needle exchange program. Staff was directed to bring a resolution or ordinance to a future City Council meeting opposing needle exchange programs within the City. MOTION; Staff to research and provide recommendations to City Council in the next two to three months, regarding options for opposing a needle exchange program. MOTION: Penaloza SECOND: Iglesias VOTE: AYES: Solorio, Jose NOES: None (0) 10. Review and Discussion of Code of Conduct and Ethics Policy and Review status of Policy Regarding Ethics Complaints — {Strategic Plan No. 1 through 7) — Kristine Ridge, City Manager City Manager, Kristine Ridge stated that there was an Ad Hoc committee created by Council to write this values based policy, which was approved in June 2008. She also Legislative Affairs, Ethics, Transparency and Communications Council Committee special Meeting Minutes July 29, 2019 Page 3 shared the initial interest in putting together a process to deal with any potential violations of the code of ethics and conduct. The committee declined to make any recommendations to City Council to implement a formal process for addressing complaints. The decision was made to retain a status quo policy of the code of ethics and conduct, as a value based policy that applies to all elected officials, all appointed Board Members, and all Commissioners. Staff was directed to look into the uniform complaint procedure used by the Board of the Santa Ana Unified School District. Discussion to agendize the broader topic at some point in the future and use this research as a starter topic. 11. Communications Update (verbal) — (Strategic Plan No. 1 through 7) — Daisy Perez, City Manager's Office Daisy Perez from the City Manager's Office provided a brief update on communications for the City. The City Manager's Office is responsible for issuing press releases and responding to media requests. Additionally, the City Manager's Office has been working very closely with recruitment to open up a public affairs and information officer position. The recruitment is currently active and will close August 16, 2019. Lastly, Daisy provided a brief update on Census 2020 communication. The committee with Councilmember Penaloza as Chair, is made up of representatives from Santa Ana College, Santa Ana Unified School District, various government agencies, and nonprofit organizations. COMMITTEE MEMBER COMMENTS Chair Solorio recognized the improvements in our social media over the past couple years and thanked Daisy Perez for her efforts in this regard. Vice -Chair Iglesias thanked the committee for the bringing everyone up to speed and is looking forward to the updates on the information requested during this meeting. Councilmember Penaloza, thanked the staff for the hard work on these reports and the updates from Townsend Public Affairs, Holland & Knight and the League of California Cities. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS • Review and Discussion of a Code of Conduct and Ethics formalized complaint process. ADJOURNMENT: The meeting adjourned at 2:08 pm. The next Legislative Affairs, Ethics, Trans aren Communications Council Committee meeting will be at noon on October 7, 2019. Nicole Houston Recording Secretary City Manager's Office Legislative Affairs, Ethics, Transparency and Communications Council Committee Special Meeting Minutes July 29, 2019 Page 4