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MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING
OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA
SANTA ANA, CALIFORNIA
FEBRUARY 19, 2008
CALLED TO ORDER
POLICE COMMUNITY ROOM
60 CIVIC CENTER PLAZA
SANTA ANA, CALIFORNIA
6:35 P.M.
ATTENDANCE
COUNCILMEMBERS Present:
MIGUEL PULIDO, Mayor
CLAUDIA ALVAREZ, Mayor Pro Tern
P. DAVID BENAVIDES
CARLOS BUSTAMANTE
MICHELE MARTINEZ
VINCENT F. SARMIENTO
SAL TINAJERO
STAFF Present:
DAVID N. REAM, City Manager
JOSEPH W. FLETCHER, City Attorney
PATRICIA E. HEALY, Clerk of the Council
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
Mayor Pulido
PUBLIC COMMENT ON AGENDA ITEMS - None
Mayor Pulido announced the following modifications to the Consent Calendar:
. Addition of Closed Session Report -Item 19.A.
CONSENT CALENDAR
Motion:
Approve staff recommendations on the following Consent Calendar
items.
MOTION: Alvarez
SECOND: Tinajero
VOTE:
AYES:
Alvarez,
Martinez,
(7)
Benavides, Bustamante,
Pulido, Sarmiento, Tinajero,
NOES:
ABSTAIN:
ABSENT:
None (0)
None (0)
None (0)
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CONSENT CALENDAR
Items removed for separate action or modified are highlighted. Separate actions show
the actual vote. Items without votes are adopted as part of the consent motion.
ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS
MINUTES
Motion:
Approve minutes. (Item 10.A. -10.E.)
10A Regular Meeting of January 7, 2008
10.B. Regular Adjourned Meeting of January 7,2008
10.C. Special Meeting (Closed Session) of January 22,2008
10.0. Regular Meeting of February 4,2008
10.E. Regular Adjourned Meeting of February 4,2008
MISCELLANEOUS ADMINISTRATION
19A CLOSED SESSION REPORT
CONFERENCE WITH LABOR NEGOTIATOR pursuant to Government
Code Section 54957.6(a)
Motion:
Amend the City Manager's employment agreement to increase the
base salary by 15% together with an increase in the deferred
compensation contribution up the maximum regular annual amount
permitted under the IRS Code.
19.B. EXCUSED ABSENCES - None
**END OF CONSENT CALENDAR**
WORK STUDY SESSION
W.SA
GENERAL PLAN HOUSING ELEMENT UPDATE - POLICY VISIONING
SESSION - Planning and Building Agency
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Highlights of this work study session are as follows:
. Jay Trevino, Executive Director of Planning and Building Agency made
a presentation of various elements of the City's Housing Plan
. Housing element is a required chapter of Santa Ana's comprehensive
General Plan
. General Plan guides future development in Santa Ana
. Legal requirements of the element include the following:
o Analysis of existing community characteristics
o Inventory of suitable sites for housing development
o Analysis of potential barriers and constraints to housing
development
o City's housing goals, quantified policies and implementing
programs
. Santa Ana is required to plan for 3,393 new units between 2006 and
2014 including apartments, condominiums, and single-family homes
. Housing prices must be affordable to all income levels in Santa Ana
(Median income in Santa Ana is $54,000)
. Santa Ana offers about 75,000 housing units; predominantly single-
family housing types
. Homeownership-renter ratio is 50:50 percent
. Vacancy rate is low - approximately 2 percent
. Deadline for completion of the housing element is June 30, 2008
. Steve PonTell, President of the New West Ventures, presented various
facts, maps, and data related to options for the City's future housing
plan
Councilmember Carlos Bustamante left the meeting at 8:20 p.m.; Mayor
Pulido left the meeting at 8:22 p.m. and Mayor Pro Tem Alvarez assumed
the chair.
Council discussion ensued and members provided several suggestions for
inclusion in the plan. Mayor Pro Tem Alvarez asked staff to prepare a
working draft document for further Council review.
PUBLIC COMMENTS
Steve McGuigan noted that the Work Study session could have been
conducted in the Council Chambers; also noted that the City needed to
review the general plan and the transportation plan in conjunction with the
housing element
George Collins noted that the Council took action on an item tonight that
was not part of the work study session
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PUBLIC COMMENTS
CITY MANAGER AND COUNCIL COMMENTS
90.A. CITY MANAGER'S COMMENTS - None
90.B. CITY COUNCIL COMMENTS
Councilmember Martinez announced that March is fitness month
ADJOURNMENT - 8:40 P.M.
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Patricia E. Healy
Clerk of the Council
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