HomeMy WebLinkAboutAGENDA 10-06-2008City of Santa Ana
Housing Authority Agenda
OCTOBER 6, 2008
6:00 p.m.
CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS
22 Civic Center Plaza
Miguel A. Pulido
Chairperson
Claudia C. Alvarez
Vice Chairperson
P. David Benavides
Authority Member
Vincent F. Sarmiento
Authority Member
Joseph W. Fletcher
General Counsel
Cynthia J. Nelson
Executive Director
Carlos Bustamante
Authority Member
Michele Martinez
Authority Member
Sal Tinajero
Authority Member
Patricia E. Healy
Recording Secretary
If you need special assisfance to participate in this Housing Authority meeting, please contact the City ADA
Program Coordinator, at (714) 647-5340. Please call prior to the meeting date to allow the City enough time to
make reasonable arrangements for accessibility to this meeting. (Americans with Disabilities Act Title ll, 28 CFR
35.102)
BASIC HOUSING AUTHORITY MEETING INFORMATION
C~DE OF ETHICS AND CONDUCT
The people of the City of Santa Ana, at an election held on February 5, 2008, approved an amendment to
the City Charter of the City of Santa Ana which established the Code of Ethics and Conduct for elected
o~cials and members of appointed boards, commissions, and committees to assure public confidence. A
copy of the City's Code can be found on the Clerk of the Council's webpage. The following are the core
values expressed:
lntegrity • Honesty ~ Responsibility • Fairness • Accountabilify • Respect • Efficiency
AGENDA DESCRIPTIONS
The agenda descriptions provide the public with a general summary of the items of business to be
considered by the Housing Authority. The Housing Authority is not limited in any way by the
Recommended Action and may take any action which the Authority deems to be appropriate on an
agenda item. Except as otherwise provided bv law, no action shall be taken on anv item not listed on the
aqenda•
All suppo~ting documentation for this agenda is available for public review in the Clerk of the Council O~ce
during regular business hours, 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday. The Clerk's office is located
in City Hall, 20 Civic Center Plaza, Room 809, Santa Ana, California, (714) 647-6520. Late materials
received following the posting of the agenda will be available for viewing in the Housing Authority meeting
location during the session.
PUBLIC INPUT
AGENDA ITEMS AND ITEMS OF PUBLIC INTEREST - The City Council will convene a joint session with
the Housing Authority (HA) to receive public comments regarding any agenda items or items of public
interest within the jurisdiction of the HA. All requests to speak shall be submitted in writing by submitting a
speaker card to the Clerk of the Council. Requests to speak shall not be accepted after the public
During this public comment period, members of the pubic shall be given a total of three (3) minutes to
speak on any and all matters contained on the City Council agenda and any and all matters including items
of public interest within the subject matter jurisdiction of all related Agencies meeting on the same date.
PUBLIC HEARINGS - Members of tfie public shall be given three (3) minutes to address the Housing
Authority for each duly noticed hearing, unless the matter is continued prior to taking public testimony.
CONSENT CALENDAR
All matters listed under the consent calendar are considered to be routine by the Nousing Authority and will
be enacted by one motion without discussion unless a member of the Housing Authority "pulls" an item(s)
from the consent calendar for a separate vote.
TELEVISED MEETING SCHEDULE
All regular Housing Authoriry meetings will be televised and available for viewing on the City's web page
live or taped delayed. Meetings held in the Council Chamber or other designated locations which are
televised live on CN3 Time Warner Cable will be cablecast Mondays at 6:00 p.m., Tuesdays immediately
following the Housing Authority meeting at 9:00 a.m., Wednesdays at 6:00 p.m., and Sundays at 1:00 p.m.
Meetings held in locations that do not have a live cable feed will be video taped and shown on CN3 and
the City's website one day following the Housing Authority meeting.
DVD copies of the Nousing Authority meetings for loan will be available for public circulation at the Santa
Ana Main Library the day after the Housing Authority meeting.
HOUSING AUTHORITY AGENDA 2 OCTOBER 6, 2008
CITY OF SANTA ANA
HOUSING AUTHORITY MEETING
OCTOBER fi, 2008
6:00 P.M.
CALL TO ORDER Chairperson PULIDO
Housing Authority Members ALVAREZ,
BENAVIDES, BUSTAMANTE, MARTINEZ,
SARMIENTO, TINAJERO
City Manager, City Attorney, Executive Director,
Clerk of the Council
PUBLIC COMMENT ON AGENDA ITEMS AND ITEMS OF PUBLIC INTEREST
The City Council will convene a joint session with the Housing Authority (HA) to receive
public comments regarding any agenda items or items of public interest within the
jurisdiction of the HA. All requests to speak shall be submitted in writing by submitting a
speaker card to the Clerk of the Council. Requests to speak shall not be accepted after
the public comment session beqins without permission of the presidinq officer.
CONSENT CALENDAR
Recommended Action:
Approve staff recommendations on the following Consent Calendar items:
ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS
MINUTES
Recommended Action:
Approve Minutes. (Item 1)
REGULAR MEETING OF SEPTEMBER 2, 2008.
HOUSING AUTHORITY AGENDA 3 OCTOBER 6, 2008
MISCELLANEOUS ADMINISTRATION
2. EXCUSED ABSENCES
**"' END OF CONSENT CALENDAR''**
BUSINESS CALENDAR
3. RESOLUTION TO ESTABLISH AUTHORTY OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
TO EXECUTE CONTRACTS
Recommended Action:
Adopt a resolution of the Housing Authority of the City of Santa Ana to
establish authority of the Executive Di~ector to execute contracts in an
amount not to exceed $25,000.
*** END ~F BUSINESS CALENDAR ***
COMMENTS
4. HOUSING AUTHORITY MEMBER COMMENTS
AT THIS TIME Housing Authority members may comment on non-agenda
matters and ask questions of or give directions to staff. NO action may be
taken on non-agenda items unless authorized by law.
ADJOURNMENT-
HOUSING AUTHORITY AGENDA 4 OCTOBER 6, 2008