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ORDINANCE NO. NS- 1773
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA
AMENDING SECTION 2-107 OF THE SANTA ANA
MUNICIPAL CODE, PERTAINING TO THE DOWNTOWN
DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION, TO EXTEND THE
EXPIRATION DATE THEREOF TO JUNE 1, 1987.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
SANTA ANA AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1: That Section 2-107 of the Santa Ana Municipal
Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
Sec. 2-107. Downtown development commission
(a) The city council may, from time to time, convene
as the downtown development commission to do any of the
following:
(1) Prepare an analysis of economic changes
taking place in the downtown/civic center area.
(2) Study and analyze the impact
growth upon the downtown area. ·
of metropolitan
(3) Plan and propose the construction, the
renovation, repair, remodeling, rehabilitation,
restoration, preservation or reconstruction of
public facilities, existing buildings, or resi-
dential dwelling units which may be necessary or
appropriate for the execution of plans which, in
the opinion of the commission, aid in the economic
growth of the downtown district.
(4) Develop long-range plans, in cooperation
with the affected governmental corporations and
agencies which are chiefly responsible for planning
in the downtown, designed to halt the deterioration
of property values and to promote the economic growth
and take such steps as may be necessary to persuade
property owners to implement the plans to the fullest
extent possible.
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(5) Implement development plans in the down-
town district necessary to achieve the purposes of
the city.
(6) Make and enter into contracts necessary
or incidental to the matters described herein.
(7) Recommend and/or direct the acquisition,
lease or conveyance of land and other property which
is reasonably necessary to achieve quality growth
and development in the downtown area.
(8) Recommend and/or direct the improvement
of land and the construction, reconstruction, re-
habilitation, restoration or preservation of com-
mercial buildings, including multiple-family
dwellings, and any necessary or desirable appur-
tenances thereto, within the downtown area for
the use, in whole or in part, of any public or
private person or corporation for public purposes.
(9) Recommend and/or direct the lease of
buildings and property in the downtown area.
(10) Accept grants and donations of property,
labor, or other items of value from public and
private sources.
(11) Recommend and/or direct the acquisition
or construction of public facilities in the downtown
area.
Nothing herein shall preclude the city council from
considering or taking action on any of the aforesaid
matters without convening as the downtown development
commission.
(b) In addition to the members of the city council,
the member of the Orange County Board of Supervisors
representing the first supervi$orial district shall be an
ex officio member of the downtown development commission.
At all times when the city council is convened as the
downtown development commission, the said supervisor shall
be entitled to a place with the members of the city council
and to participate in all discussion and debate as fully
as any member of the city council, provided, however, the
said supervisor shall not be entitled to make, second, or
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vote on any motion. Except as otherwise provided herein,
all provisions of the Charter and this Code governing the
meetings of the city council shall apply with full force
and effect whenever the city council is convened as the
downtown development commission.
(c) This section shall cease to be effective on
June 1, 1987.
SECTION 2: If any section, subsection, sentence, clause,
phrase or portion of this Ordinance is for any reason held to
be invalid or unconstitutional by the decision of any court
or competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the
validity of the remaining portions of this Ordinance. The City
Council of the City of Santa Ana hereby declares that it would
have adopted this ordinance and each section, subsection,
sentence, clause, phrase or portion thereof irrespective of the
fact that any one or more sections, subsections, sentences,
clauses, phrases, or portions be declared invalid or uncon-
stitutional.
ADOPTED this 6%h day of May , 1985.
ATTEST:
C. /
rk of the Counci±-~,
Daniel E. Griset
Mayor
COUNCILMEMBERS:
Griset A~e
Acosta A~e
Hart Aye
Johnson Aye
Luxembourge r
McGuigan
Young A.¥e
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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