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Item # 26
City of Santa Ana
20 Civic Center Plaza, Santa Ana, CA 92701
Staff Report
September 20, 2022
TOPIC: Community Meetings for Certain Development Projects as Required by the
Sunshine Ordinance
TITLE
Discuss and Consider Directing the City Manager to Direct Staff to Draft a Revision of
SAMC Section 2-153 to Clarify the Format of Community Meetings for Development
Projects Required by the Sunshine Ordinance, Items to Provide to the City After a
Community Meeting, and Timing of Providing Items to the City After a Community Meeting
DISCUSSION
Mayor Pro Tem Bacerra added the following councilmember requested item:
In order to ensure that consistent information about a development project is provided to
all participants of a community meeting, SAMC Section 2-153(g) should be revised to
further clarify the components of a presentation and the manner in which they are
presented, such as a single presentation during the community meeting.
To provide further access to information to residents and stakeholders about a
development project, the recording of the presentation provided during a community
meeting should be added as an item that an applicant would be required to provide to the
City after a community meeting in SAMC Section 2-153(h). The City would then post that
video on the City’s website along with relevant information about the proposed
development project. Minimum audio and video quality standards should also be included
in the revision to SAMC Section 2-153(h), including closed captioning.
SAMC Section 2-153(b) indicates the penalty for the applicant failing to hold community
meetings within the time stated in subsection (b). However, SAMC Section 2-153(h) does
not state the penalty for an applicant who fails to provide the listed information within four
days of the community meeting. Language should be added to SAMC Section 2-153 to
clarify that not fulfilling the requirements in subsections (b) and (h) for the first community
meeting after initial submittal of an application for administrative development project
review would result in the City issuing a letter proclaiming the development application as
incomplete and would delay the processing of an application for not fulfilling the
requirements in subsections (b) and (h) for the second community meeting required by
subsection (b).
Community Meetings for Certain Development Projects as Required by the Sunshine
Ordinance
September 20, 2022
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This item was discussed with Steven Mendoza, Assistant City Manager; Minh Thai,
Executive Director of the Planning and Building Agency; and Sonia Carvalho, City
Attorney.
Submitted By: Mayor Pro Tem Phil Bacerra