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CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE:
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1. Direct staff to prepare a revised ordinance and schedule for a future City Council meeting.
2. Introduce and hold first reading of ordinance, as prepared by staff.
3. Provide additional direction.
BACKGROUND
On June 14, 2012, the Ethics Committee considered a draft Sunshine Ordinance submitted by
Santa Ana Collaborative for Responsible Development (SACReD). Sunshine Ordinances
typically encompass expansion of the Brown Act and Public Record Act concepts. SACReD's
proposal would go beyond the typical Sunshine regulations to include a broader focus on open
government as it applies to development projects. Although staff believes that the City has
transparent processes and conducts business in an open manner, at the July 2, 2012 City
Council meeting the City Council directed staff to meet with representatives from SACReD to
listen to and solicit their issues and concerns and to subsequently develop a set of proposals
for the Council to consider.
The City Council held a Work Study Session on September 17, 2012 to consider
recommendations on each of the six initiatives proposed by SACReD.
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The six initiatives covered by the proposed Sunshine Ordinance are:
1. Site Plan Review Pre-Application Meetings
2. Increased Notification of City Legislative Meetings
3. RFP Evaluation Panels
4. Budget Outreach and Strategic Plan
5. Open Calendars
6. Lobbyist Registrations
DISCUSSION
Staff has incorporated the suggestions made at the Work Study Session and have reflected
them in the attached ordinance marked in red.
FISCAL IMPACT
There are fiscal impacts associated with implementation of any or all of these items.
Additional staff resources are needed to implement a variety of these proposals. Further,
there are specific impacts to the business community for requirements associated with the
additional notification requirement during the Site Plan Review process.. A more detailed
analysis would need to be done to obtain a more thorough fiscal impact.
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ORDINANCE NO. NS-XXX
Oxs 09/27/12)
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA ADDING
ARTICLE 11.1 through ARTICLE 11.111 to CHAPTER 2 OF THE
SANTA ANA MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO THE CITY
OF SANTA ANA SUNSHINE ORDINANCE
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA DOES ORDAIN AS
FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. The City Council of the City of Santa Ana hereby finds, determines,
and declares as follows:
A. That all public agencies' actions, to the greatest extent possible, should be
taken openly and that their deliberations should be conducted openly.
B. An informed public is essential to democracy. It is the goal and intent of
the City of Santa Ana Sunshine Ordinance that citizens of Santa Ana have
timely access to information, opportunities to address the various
legislative bodies prior to decisions being made, and easy and timely
access to public records.
C. The City Council's duty is to serve the public, reaching its decisions in full
view of the public.
D. The City Council, appointed legislative bodies, and other city officials exist
to conduct the People's business.
E. The City Council reaffirms its commitment to the purpose of the Brown Act
that "all meetings of the legislative body of a local agency shall be open
and public, and all persons shall be permitted to attend any meeting of the
legislative body of a local agency."
F. That while the Brown Act and Public Records Act exist to facilitate public
participation in local government decisions and to curb misuse of the
democratic process by secret legislation by public bodies, the Santa Ana
Sunshine Laws are designed to reaffirm and strengthen the need for
transparency as represented by these laws.
G. The City Council enacts this Sunshine Ordinance to ensure that the
people of Santa Ana remain in control of the government that they have
created.
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SECTION 2. The adoption of this ordinance is exempt from CEQA and a Notice of
Exemption will be filed if this ordinance is adopted.
SECTION 3. Chapter 2, ARTICLE 11.1, Section 2-150 of the Santa Ana Municipal
Code is hereby added such that it reads as follows:
ARTICLE 11.1
PUBLIC ACCESS TO MEETINGS
Sec. 2-150. - Meetings and Agenda Postings for City Council
Pursuant to Government Code Section 54953.7 of the Brown Act the City
of Santa Ana is imposing the following additional requirements on itself to allow
greater community access to its meetings:
(1) City Council meeting agendas must be posted at least 96 hours before
any meeting of the City Council.
(2) The City will make notices of the City Council meetings accessible on the
City's web site in various languages including Spanish through use of
Google Translation.
(3) Agendas will list future items on major projects. The list of "major projects"
identified for the City Council agenda will be compiled at the discretion of
the City Manager.
SECTION 4. Chapter 2, ARTICLE 11.11, Section 2-151 of the Santa Ana Municipal
Code is hereby added such that it reads as follows:
ARTICLE 11.11.
PUBLIC MEETINGS FOR CERTAIN DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS
Sec. 2-151. - Definitions
For purposes of this article, the following terms have the following respective
meanings:
a) Public subsidy: As used in this division, the term "public subsidy" means
financial assistance provided by the City, including, but not limited to:
grants; rent subsidies or reductions; loans; loan forgiveness; City-issued
bond financing; a sale or lease of City-assembled land for less than its fair
market value (i.e., a "land write-down"); a Development Agreement or
Disposition and Development Agreement; contingent obligations taken on
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by the City such as any guarantee or pledge of City funds; and any City
fee or tax reduction or waiver.
b) City-sponsored development project: any development project that has
received or will receive public subsidy from the City of Santa Ana.
C) Community meeting: any meeting required pursuant to Section Sec. 2-
153(a) whose purpose is to provide input into the review of development
projects.
SECTION 5. Chapter 2, ARTICLE 11.11, Section 2-152 of the Santa Ana Municipal
Code is hereby added such that it reads as follows:
Sec. 2-152. - Plan Approval
Prior to the submittal of the application for discretionary approval which
meets the criteria of Section 2-153(a), the applicant shall meet all community
meeting requirements as set forth in Section 2-153(a).
SECTION 6. Chapter 2, ARTICLE 11.11, Section 2-153 of the Santa Ana Municipal
Code is hereby added such that it reads as follows:
Sec. 2-153 - Public input through community meetings prior to discretionary
approval
(a) Applicability: The requirements of ARTICLE 11.11 apply to
development projects requiring discretionary approval and that meet one or more
of the following criteria:
1. City-sponsored development projects;
2. New residential projects containing 25 or more units, except that
the Director of Planning and Building may exempt a developer from
the requirements of ARTICLE 11.11 if, in the case of affordable
housing, the developer can show that it will be in jeopardy of losing
Tax Credits, or in the case of market housing, the developer can
show that it may be at risk of losing financing.
3. New non-residential projects (including additions to existing
buildings) of 10,000 square feet or more and which are, in the
determination of the City, subject to a Negative Declaration,
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Mitigated Negative Declaration or Environmental Impact Report as
defined under the California Environmental Quality Act;
4. Development projects requiring a zone change, Specific Plan
amendment, or General Plan amendment.
(b) Number and timing of community meeting: For those development
projects that meet the criteria listed in Sec. 2-153(a), the applicant shall hold one
community meeting no later than 20 days after submittal of an application for
administrative site plan review. Should the applicant fail to hold the community
meeting within this time, the completion of administrative site plan review shall be
delayed until such time as the community meeting is held.
(c) Noticing: Notice of any community meeting held under this section
shall be provided to all property owners, and occupants having a valid United
States Postal Service address within a 500 foot radius of the subject property.
Said notice shall be mailed no less than 10 days prior to the community meeting.
The notice shall also be posted on the development project site and published in
a newspaper of general circulation no less than 10 days prior to the community
meeting. The City shall then post the notice on the City's website. It shall be the
sole responsibility of the applicant to prepare and distribute this notice.
(d) Notice content: The notice shall include the time, place and date of
the community meeting; a map depicting the location of the subject property,
including the properties contained within the notification boundary; a brief
description of the project; and the applicant's contact information. The notice
shall be written in English and Spanish and include instructions as to how to
request language interpretation services for those wishing to have interpretation
during the community meeting in languages other than English.
(e) Community meeting time and place: The community meeting shall
be held either on a weeknight during the early evening hours or on a Saturday,
subject to the discretion of the Director of Planning and Building where he or she
finds that scheduling at a different time would increase public participation. The
meeting shall be held in any facility that is accessible to the public and that is no
more than 1 mile from the project site. Should there not be any such facilities
available in the required area, the applicant may arrange, at their own expense
and subject to availability, to use the next closest City facility.
(f) Community meeting language interpretation: Should the applicant
receive a request for language interpretation services prior to the meeting, the
applicant shall arrange for such services to be available at the community
meeting.
(g) Community meeting format and content: During the community
meeting the applicant shall give a presentation detailing the components of the
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proposed development project and a description of any impacts or benefits to the
community, and provide contact information so that members of the public can
contact them for further information. The applicant shall allow enough time for the
attendees to ask questions and provide input. The applicant shall prepare
detailed minutes of the meeting including a written record of the comments
provided by the community members.
(h) Providing information to City after community meeting: Not less
than four days following the community meeting the developer shall submit to the
City an affidavit under penalty of perjury that the required community meeting
was held in compliance with this section and will submit copies of all notices,
notification lists, site postings, advertisements, or other communications used to
publicize the meeting. The applicant shall also provide to the City a copy of the
minutes and the written record of the public comments made at the community
meeting. The public input will be made part of the public record and included as
attachments to Planning Commission staff reports.
(i) Notice of planning commission public hearings shall be in
conformance with the requirements provided in section 2-153(c), except that it
shall be the responsibility of the applicant to provide the director of planning and
development services the mailing lists of the names and addresses of those
entitled to receive notice under subsection 2-153(c). The noticing provisions
contained 2-153(c) shall supersede those contained in section 41-672.
SECTION 7. Chapter 2, ARTICLE 11.111, Section 2-154 of the Santa Ana Municipal
Code is hereby added such that it reads as follows:
ARTICLE 11.111.
PUBLIC INFORMATION AND PUBLIC RECORDS
Sec. 2-154 - Access to Contracts, Bids and Proposals
(a) All initial City Requests for Proposals ("RFP's") shall be kept in a
central repository and shall be made available for public inspection upon request.
In addition, RFP's shall be placed in one location on the City's website for a
period from the date the RFP was issued to the date that the RFP is due and for
a period of 30 days after the RFP is awarded the City shall notice on the City
website the name of the person or company awarded the contract.
(b) Contracts, contractors' bids, responses to requests for proposals
and all other records of communications between the department and persons or
firms seeking contracts shall be open to inspection immediately after a contract
has been awarded. Nothing in this provision requires the disclosure of a private
person's or organization's net worth or other proprietary financial data submitted
for qualification for a contract or other benefit. All bidders and contractors shall
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(b) Contracts, contractors' bids, responses to requests for proposals
and all other records of communications between the department and persons or
firms seeking contracts shall be open to inspection immediately after a contract
has been awarded. Nothing in this provision requires the disclosure of a private
person's or organization's net worth or other proprietary financial data submitted
for qualification for a contract or other benefit. All bidders and contractors shall
be advised that information provided which is covered by this subdivision will be
made availablf% to the public upon request. Immediately after any review or
evaluation or rating of responses to a RFP has been completed, a ranking of the
firms can be made available. Evaluation forms and score sheets used by
persons in the RFP evaluation or contractor selection process shall be made
available for public inspection after contract negotiations have been concluded.
SECTION 8. Chapter 2, ARTICLE 11.111, Section 2-155 of the Santa Ana Municipal
Code is hereby added such that it reads as follows:
Sec. 2-155 - Calendars of Certain City Officials
(a) Members of the City Council (including the Mayor), the City
Manager, Clerk of the Council, City Attorney, Community Development Agency
Director, Finance and Management Services Director, Parks, Recreation and
Community Services Director, Planning and Building Director, Planning and
Building Director Police Chief, Director of External Affairs, and Public Works
Director shall maintain a monthly City Calendar.
(b) The Calendar shall include all scheduled City-related appointments,
meetings, including regular and special City Council meetings, meetings with
developers, meetings with union representatives, meetings with consultants,
meetings with lobbyists, regional meetings, and meetings of subcommittees or
task forces.
(c) The Calendars of the Mayor, City Council, and City Manager, and
other department heads listed in subsection (a) shall be a public record subject to
inspection during normal business hours at the office of the Clerk of the Council
and additionally available in electronic format on the City's official website.
(d) Each City-related appointment must include the following
information: name(s), title(s), affiliated organization(s) and a general statement of
the issues discussed. The following information shall be exempted:
(1) Personal appointments, including personal business
appointments;
(2) Information protected by the attorney-client privilege;
(3) Information about attorney work product;
(4) Information about City staff recruitment;
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(5) Information about a personnel issue;
(6) Information about corporate recruiting and retention;
(7) Information about criminal investigations and security;
(8) Information about whistle blowers;
(9) Information about those who reasonably fear that public
disclosure of the fact of their appointment will result in
retaliation that will result in significant economic, physical or
other tangible harm; and
(10) Information that is otherwise prohibited from disclosure.
(e) Any violation of this section relating to calendars shall not be a
basis for any criminal prosecution.
SECTION 9. Chapter 2, ARTICLE 11.111, Section 2-156 of the Santa Ana
Municipal Code is hereby added such that it reads as follows:
156 - Access to Lobbvist Informatic
the City shall provide access, and a link on the City's Website, to t
following Forms: Recipient Committee Campaign Statement (Form 460), Behested
Payment Report (Form 803), and Statement of Economic Interests (Form 700). These
Forms will be found on the City's website under the title of "Access to Lobbyist
Information
SECTION 10. Chapter 2, ARTICLE 11.111, Section 2-157 of the Santa Ana
Municipal Code is hereby added such that it reads as follows:
Sec. 2-157 -- Public Meetings related to City three-year Strategic Plan and Annual
Budget
(a) City Strategic Plan-Creation and Public Hearings
(1) Not later than February 28, 2013, and every five years thereafter, the City
Manager shall prepare and submit to the City Council a strategic plan
setting forth the City's mission, core values, five year goals, detailed
measurable objectives and key performance measures. Prior to
submitting the strategic plan to the City Council, the City Manager will
conduct a public meeting to review a draft of the plan with the public and
receive input from the public regarding the plan.
(2) Each September, the City Manager will conduct a public meeting to
present the City's five (5) year Strategic Plan to the community. The
purpose of the meeting will be to review the City's progress in achieving its
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plan and goals with the community and to gain public input on any issues
related to the City's five (5) year Strategic Plan.
(b) In connection with the preparation of the annual budget, each January and
August, or upon the written request of at least 30 city residents, City staff will
conduct a community meeting with neighborhood associations, community
groups, and other members of the public to present the budget and discuss the
budget process and any other issues related to the budget.
SECTION 11. 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 of 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
unconstitutional.
ADOPTED this day of
By:
AYES:
NOES:
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Councilmembers
Councilmembers
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2012.
Miguel A. Pulido
Mayor
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Sonia R. Carvalho, City Attorney
(name)
City Attorney
ABSTAIN: Councilmembers
NOT PRESENT: Councilmembers
CERTIFICATE OF ATTESTATION AND ORIGINALITY
I, Maria D. Huizar, Clerk of the Council, do hereby attest to and certify that the attached
Ordinance No. NS-XXX to be the original ordinance adopted by the City Council of the
City of Santa Ana on , and that said ordinance was published in
accordance with the Charter of the City of Santa Ana.
Date:
Clerk of the Council
City of Santa Ana
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CORRESPONDENCE
RECEIVED
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September 27, 2012
Dear Mayor and Councilmembers,
Greg M. Conger
President
Andrea Zinder
Secretary - Treasurer
On behalf of UFCW and our 2,5 00 members who live in Santa Ana, we write to express our support for the Sunshine
Ordinance. We encourage the Council, as representatives of our community, to stand up for government transparency,
integrity, and accessibility by designing and implementing a strong Sunshine Ordinance for Santa Ana.
For the last eight months, UFCW has been a coalition member of SACReD. We developed the policy proposals in
partnership with neighborhood residents, community organizations, neighborhood associations, local business
members and with you. We firmly stand by every policy of the Sunshine Ordinance and the deliberate, transparent,
inclusive process through which it was created.
We believe that the Sunshine Ordinance will strengthen our communities, our city, and our economy. Government
transparency promoted through the Sunshine Ordinance will bolster public confidence in the integrity of our
government. The Sunshine Ordinance will increase opportunities for residents and stakeholders to participate in their
local government, improving community engagement. An informed and engaged public will smooth the development
process in the city and remove barriers to economic development by promoting dialogue and collaboration between
community interests, business, developers and city officials. The practices of the past have resulted in hundreds of lost
jobs and hours for our members in the city. Our members want to be able to participate in growing and strengthening
our community with quality jobs for the future.
Although we are heartened by the Mayor and Council's leadership and commitment to developing a Sunshine
Ordinance, we insist that the resulting ordinance be a strong one. One way to ensure this is by revisiting and adopting
lobbyist registration. The Sunshine Ordinance requests that lobbyists register when doing business in the City of Santa
Ana. Currently, the draft ordinance provides registering as an option for lobbyists. Registration of lobbyists provides
the public with information vital to ensuring confidence in the integrity of local government, particularly regarding
individuals and entities that are involved with both candidate campaigns or private industry activity and legislative
activity. We urge you to make lobbyist registration mandatory, not optional. This type of transparence will give the
UFCW and our members the confidence that the Council and Staff have everyone's best interest in mind.
We urge you to stay strong and not back down on these issues. Lobbyist registration is crucial to the success of the
Sunshine Ordinance, and the Sunshine Ordinance is crucial to the success of Santa Ana as a city. We're eager and
ready to work with businesses, developers, and government to improve our city, but we must be included in the
process in order to do so. A strong Sunshine Ordinance is the tool we need.
We appreciate your consideration of our request, and we look forward to continuing the work to bring Sunshine to
Santa Ana.
mce ly
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xecutive Vice President
UFCW Local 324
8530 STANTON AVENUE, P.O. BOX 5004, BUENA PARK, CALIFORNIA 90622-5004
714-995-4601 800-244-UFCW .: FAX 714-995-8214, BRANCH OFFICE 949-587-9881 WWW.UFCW324.ORG
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COMMUNITIES'"
CAPITAL VENTURES • COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT • PROPERTY MANAGEMENT
September 17, 2012
Mayor Miguel Pulido and Members of the City Council
City of Santa Ana
20 Civic Center Plaza
Santa Ana, CA 92702
To The Santa Ana City Council:
As you're aware, Lyon Communities has been an active participant in the City of Santa Ana -
specifically, as a developer of first class multifamily residential communities. We recently broke
ground on a 300 unit community named "The Marke," located at the corner of Main and
MacArthur Blvd. (a total investment of over $100,000,000).
It has been brought to our attention that a group of community activists "SACRED" has brought
forth the "Sunshine Ordinance" to be considered by the City Council on Monday September 17,
2012. One of the purposes of this ordinance is to provide more transparency and community
involvement throughout the development process. However, it's troubling and borderline
hypocritical that SACRED has failed to reach out to the development community to discuss and
obtain input on this new policy prior to requesting the City Council for approval. SACRED is
hardly providing a good example of transparency by taking this approach,
The City of Santa Ana already has a good reputation of community involvement throughout the
development process. For example, for the re-entitlement effort of the "The Marke" (our newest
project referenced above), we attended (3) Study Sessions with the Planning Commission, (1)
Planning Commission Hearing, and (1) City Council Meeting in order to receive approval for the
project. This was a total of (5) public hearings with notifications properly provided in
accordance with California State law and the City's municipal code. In addition, staff
encouraged us to meet with the Sandpointe Neighborhood Association (whom we met with
twice) and the Hutton Centre Master Association (whom we also met with twice) to obtain input
and concurrence for the project. The fact that the project received unanimous approval from
both the Planning Commission and the City Council, is a direct result from the many hours spent
obtaining this community input.
Lyon Communities is fully supportive of community involvement throughout the course of the
entitlement process. It is our opinion that the City of Santa Ana already encourages this with its
existing policy. As evidenced above, the City Council and City Staff already require developers
to seek substantial community input. It appears that this proposed ordinance will be a burden on
developers by increasing costs and timeframes, while at the same time decreasing the City's own
efforts to encourage quality development.
4901 Birch Street • Newport Beach, CA 92660 • 949-252-9101 phone - 949-252-9202 rox • LyonCommunities.com
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We urge the Council to not approve the Sunshine Ordinance. At a minimum, please postpone
any approval and require SACRED to exhibit the same transparency that they are requesting of
the development community. SACRED should be encouraged to obtain input and involvement
from the development community prior to the City Council taking action on a new ordinance.
Thank you for your consideration of this request.
Sinc ely,
f
Peter D. Zak
Vice President, Lyon Communites
cc: Paul Walters, City Manager
Maria D. Huizar, Clerk of the Council
Frank Suryan, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Lyon Communities
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BUSINESS COUNCIL 2 Park Plaza, Suite 100 1 Irvine, CA 92614-5904 1 P 949.476.2242 1 F 949.476.0443 1 www.ocbc.org
September 17, 2012
Mayor Miguel Pulido
City of Santa Ana
20 Civic Center Plaza
P.O. Box 1988, M31
Santa Ana, CA 92701
Subject: OPPOSE "Sunshine Ordinance" UNLESS AMENDED
Dear Mayor Pulido:
On behalf of the Orange County Business Council (OCBC), I am writing to you
regarding the proposed Sunshine Ordinance scheduled to be heard for consideration at
this evening's City Council meeting.
OCBC learned just this afternoon that the proposed so-called "Sunshine Ordinance"
was re-drafted over the weekend, was not subject to public review or "sunshine," and
contains significant changes from the Ordinance posted on the City's website. Despite
the extremely limited amount of time provided to OCBC, it is clear that the ordinance
contains new requirements that will have a substantive impact on the business
community for which an economic analysis has not been done.
Considering these last minute changes, we would reiterate our previous request that the
Council delay the hearing to allow for appropriate review and stakeholder input. Without
being provided with the opportunity to provide a thorough analysis of the proposed
ordinance, OCBC strongly opposes the ordinance.
Sincerely,
*&tA4,
Lucy Dunn
President and CEO
Orange County Business Council
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September 17, 2012
The Honorable Miguel Pulido
Mayor
City of Santa Ana
20 Civic Center Plaza
Santa Ana, CA 92701
Re: Request for Continuance of Item WSA Sunshine Ordinance
Dear Mayor Pulido:
On behalf of the membership of the Building Industry Association Southern
California, Orange County Chapter (BIA/OC), we respectfully request a 30-day
continuance on any council action regarding the Sunshine Ordinance. The
proposed ordinance has been unilaterally developed without the invitation and
input of the business community. As a major stakeholder, we have not had the
opportunity to review specific provisions until earlier this week, As a matter of
principle, we will not support any new regulations or laws that would unduly
burden our members with additional costs and lengthening project timelines.
For these reasons, we request at least 30 days to further evaluate the proposed
Sunshine Ordinance's impact on development and to participate in all
preliminary discussions before further work study sessions or public hearings are
conducted. BIA/OC firmly believes that a fully vetted proposal from the entire
community will honor the accountability and transparency goals set forth in the
Sunshine Ordinance.
Our membership is committed to working collectively with you, city staff, and other
stakeholders. We remain a resource to the City on important issues that are related
to the prosperity of our local communities.
Thank you for your time and thoughtful consideration.
Respectfully,
Bryan M. Starr
Chief Executive Officer
Cc. City Council
Paul M. Walters, City Manager
Jay Trevino, Executive Director, Planning & Building Agency
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