City Council Meeting Agenda

Tuesday, February 19, 2013

CLOSED SESSION MEETING
City Council Chamber
22 Civic Center Plaza
Santa Ana, California
5:00 PM

REGULAR OPEN MEETING
CITY COUNCIL CHAMBER
22 Civic Center Plaza
5:45 PM
(Immediately following the Closed Session Meeting)

Miguel A. Pulido
Mayor

Sal Tinajero
Mayor Pro Tem - Ward 6

Michele Martinez
Councilmember - Ward 2

P. David Benavides
Councilmember - Ward 4

 

Vincent F. Sarmiento
Councilmember - Ward 1

Angelica Amezcua
Councilmember Elect – Ward 3

Roman A. Reyna
Councilmember Elect – Ward 5
Sonia R. Carvalho
City Attorney		 Kevin O’Rourke
Interim City Manager		 Maria D. Huizar
Clerk of the Council

NOTE: If you need special assistance to participate in this Council meeting, please contact Ellen Smiley, 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 II, 28 CFR 35.102]

 

Basic City Council Meeting
Information

Code 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 which established the Code of Ethics and Conduct for elected officials 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: Integrity • Honesty • Responsibility • Fairness • Accountability • Respect • Efficiency

Agenda Information - The agenda descriptions provide the public with a general summary of the items of business to be considered by the Council. The Council is not limited in any way by the “Recommended Action” and may take any action which the council deems to be appropriate on an agenda item. Except as otherwise provided by law, no action shall be taken on any item not listed on the agenda.

Public Comments/Public Input - Pursuant to Government Code Sec. 54954.3, the public may address the City Council and any item listed on the Special Agenda.

At the discretion of the Chair, at the first Public Comment portion of the meeting, all comments may be considered jointly. The public will be given the opportunity to speak three (3) minutes on any and all matters contained on any of the Consent Calendar and Business Calendar items and/or on issues of public interest within the jurisdiction of the City. For public hearings, members of the public shall be given three (3) minutes for each duly noticed hearing (unless the matter is continued prior to taking public testimony). All requests to speak shall be submitted in writing to the Clerk of the Council at the beginning of the meeting and before Public Comments begin. Speaker forms will be available at the meeting.

REQUESTS TO SPEAK SHALL NOT BE ACCEPTED AFTER THE PUBLIC COMMENT SESSION BEGINS WITHOUT PERMISSION OF THE CHAIR. When speaking, all persons addressing the City Council shall follow the rules of decorum as detailed on the back of the speaker form. The presiding officer shall have the power and responsibility to enforce decorum and order of the meeting as set forth in Section 2-104(c) of the Santa Ana Municipal Code.

Consent Calendar - All matters listed under the Consent Calendar are considered to be routine by the City Council and will be enacted by one motion without discussion unless a member of the Council “pulls” an item(s) from the consent calendar for a separate vote.

Senate Bill 343 - As required by Senate Bill 343, any non-confidential writings or documents provided to a majority of the City Council members regarding any item on this agenda will be made available for public inspection in the Clerk of the Council Office during normal business hours.

Agenda & Minutes - Staff reports and documents relating to each agenda item are on file in the Office of the Clerk of the Council and are available for public inspection during regular business hours, 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m., Monday through Thursday. The Clerk’s office is located in City Hall, 20 Civic Center Plaza, Room 809, Santa Ana, California, (714)647-6520. Council meeting agendas, staff reports, and Minutes are available the Friday before a Council meeting at the following website address: www.santa-ana.org

Televised Meeting Schedule - All City Council meetings will be televised and available for viewing on the City’s cable channel. Meetings held in the Council Chamber or other designated locations which are televised live on CTV3 Time Warner Cable will be cablecast Mondays at 6:00 p.m., Tuesdays immediately following the 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 videotaped and shown on CTV3 the day after the meeting.

DVD copies of the meetings for loan will be available for public circulation at the Santa Ana Main Library the day after a meeting.

 

CITY OF SANTA ANA
CITY COUNCIL REGULAR OPEN MEETING

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 2013

 

REGULAR OPEN MEETING                    5:45 p.m. (Immediately following the Closed Session Meeting)

 

CALL TO ORDER                                       MAYOR PULIDO

COUNCILMEMBERS AMEZCUA, BENAVIDES, MARTINEZ, REYNA, TINAJERO, SARMIENTO

 

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE                      MAYOR PULIDO

 

INVOCATIONJane Hetherington Raush, Police Chaplain

 

 

CLOSED SESSION REPORT
The City Attorney will report items to be added to Consent Calendar Item 19A from the Closed Session meeting.

 

PUBLIC COMMENT 
Pursuant to Government Code Sec. 54954.3, the public may address the City Council and any other legislative body scheduled to meet on same day and time on any and all matters within the City of Santa Ana's jurisdiction. 

At the discretion of the Chair, at the first Public Comment portion of the meeting, all comments may be considered jointly.  The public will be given the opportunity to speak three (3) minutes on any and all matters contained on any of the Consent Calendar and Business Calendar items and/or on issues of public interest within the jurisdiction of the City.  For public hearings, members of the public shall be given three (3) minutes for each duly noticed hearing (unless the matter is continued prior to taking public testimony). All requests to speak shall be submitted in writing to the Clerk of the Council at the beginning of the meeting and before Public Comments begin. Speaker forms will be available at the meeting.

REQUESTS TO SPEAK SHALL NOT BE ACCEPTED AFTER THE PUBLIC COMMENT SESSION BEGINS WITHOUT PERMISSION OF THE CHAIR.  When speaking, all persons addressing the City Council shall follow the rules of decorum as detailed on the back of the speaker form.  The presiding officer shall have the power and responsibility to enforce decorum and order of the meeting as set forth in Section 2-104(c) of the Santa Ana Municipal Code.

CITY OF SANTA ANA

CITY COUNCIL
CLOSED SESSION MEETING

AGENDA

 

5:00 P.M.
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 2013

City Council Chamber
22 Civic Center Plaza
Santa Ana, California  92702

 

CALL TO ORDER                                             Mayor PULIDO

Councilmembers AMEZCUA, BENAVIDES, MARTINEZ, REYNA, SARMIENTO, TINAJERO

City Manager, City Attorney, Clerk of the Council

 

PUBLIC COMMENTS - Members of the public may address the City Council on items on the Closed Session Agenda.

 

CLOSED SESSION ITEMS - The Brown Act permits legislative bodies to discuss certain matters without members of the public present. The City Council finds, based on advice from the City Attorney, that discussion in open session of the following matters will prejudice the position of the City in existing and anticipated litigation:

1A                   CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL--EXISTING LITIGATION pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.9(a)

                        Daniel Perales v. City of Santa Ana; Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board case #ADJ039389

 

1B                   CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL—THREAT OF LITIGATION pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.9(b)

                        One case. 

 

1C                   CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL—INITIATION OF LITIGATION pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.9(c)

                        One case.

1D                   CONFERENCE WITH LABOR NEGOTIATOR pursuant to Government Code Section 54957.6 

                        Agency Negotiators:                     Personnel Services Executive Director, Ed Raya

                        Employee Organizations:             Service Employees’          International Union      (SEIU) Full-Time       Employees

 

closed session report - The City Attorney will report on any action(s) to be taken at the Regular Meeting which will begin immediately following the Closed Session Meeting.    

Adjourn Closed Session and convene to the Regular Open Session.

 

 

Text Box: CONSENT CALENDAR 

 

 


Recommended Action:  Approve staff recommendations on the following Consent Calendar items: Items 10A through 39A.

 

ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS

MINUTES

10A                 MINUTES FROM THE REGULAR MEETING OF FEBRUARY 4, 2013 - Clerk of the Council Office

                        Recommended Action:    Approve Minutes.

 

10B                 MINUTES FROM THE SPECIAL CLOSED MEETING OF FEBRUARY 11, 2013 - Clerk of the Council Office

                        Recommended Action:    Approve Minutes.

 

BOARDS / COMMISSIONS / COMMITTEES

13A                 NOMINATED BY COUNCILMEMBER AMEZCUA AS THE WARD 3 REPRESENTATIVES FOR A FULL TERM EXPIRING DECEMBER 13, 2016 – City Clerk of the Council Office

                        RECOMMENDED ACTION:  Appoint.

                                                                                                                                    Residing
Name                                  Board/Commission                          Ward

                                 (Replaces J. Gartner)

                                                                                   

                                 (Replaces C. Korthuis)

 

13B                 COUNCIL COMMITTEE REPORTS - Police Department

                        RECOMMENDED ACTION: Receive and file the Public Safety Committee Minutes of July 24, 2012.

 

MISCELLANEOUS ADMINISTRATION

19A                 CLOSED SESSION REPORT – City Attorney’s Office

 

19B                 EXCUSED ABSENCES – Clerk of the Council Office

 

19C                 QUARTERLY REPORT OF CONTRACTS ENTERED INTO BY THE CITY MANAGER - Finance & Management Services

RECOMMENDED ACTION:  Receive and file the Quarterly Report of Contracts entered into between October 1, 2012 to December 31, 2012 valued at $25,000 and less.   

 

19D                 REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS FOR PLANNING AND ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES FOR THE SOUTH COAST SPEEDWASH DEVELOPMENT PROJECT LOCATED AT 2402 SOUTH BRISTOL STREET - Planning and Building Agency

                        RECOMMENDED ACTION: Authorize the Planning and Building Agency to send a Request for Proposals to qualified consulting firms to provide planning and environmental services for a development project located at 2402 South Bristol Street.

 

19E                 REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS FOR FEDERAL HOME AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT (CDBG) FUNDED AFFORDABLE RENTAL HOUSING PROJECTS - Community Development Agency

RECOMMENDED ACTION:  Authorize the Community Development Agency to release a Request for Proposals to qualified affordable housing developers seeking proposals for federal HOME and CDBG funded affordable rental project(s).

 

 

 

BUDGETARY MATTERS

APPROPRIATION ADJUSTMENTS

20A                 APPROPRIATION ADJUSTMENT TO RECEIVE ENVIRONMENTAL CLEANUP PROGRAM FUNDING FOR THE MAPLE STREET STORM DRAIN CONTINUOUS DEFLECTIVE SEPARATION (CDS) PROJECT (PROJECT 136793) – Public Works Agency

                        Recommended Action:    Approve an appropriation adjustment. (Requires five affirmative votes) 

                        APPROPRIATION ADJUSTMENT NO. 2013-100 Receive $100,000 in Measure M2 funding into the Measure M - Street Construction revenue account and appropriating the same amount to the Measure M2 – Street Construction expenditure account (Project No. 136793) for construction of the Maple Street Storm Drain Continuous Deflective Separation (CDS) Project.

 

SPECIFICATIONS – PURCHASE OF EQUIPMENT AND SERVICES

22A                 SPEC. NO. 09-030 - CHAIN LINK FENCE RENTALS - (Public Works Agency and Community Development Agency) - Finance & Management Services

                        Recommended Action:   Contract with S & S Portable Services for a one-year period in an amount not to exceed $50,000.

 

PROJECTS/CHANGE ORDERS

23A                 CONTRACT AWARD TO PACIFIC CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, INC., FOR EL SALVADOR AND WINDSOR PARKS WALKWAY RECONSTRUCTION (PROJECT NOS. 137513 & 137514) - Public Works Agency; Parks Recreation, and Community Services Agency; Community Development Agency

RECOMMENDED ACTIONS:  

 

23B                 CONTRACT AWARD TO HARDY AND HARPER, INC., FOR MACARTHUR BOULEVARD REHABILITATION – BRISTOL STREET TO FLOWER STREET (PROJECT NO. 136786) - Public Works Agency

RECOMMENDED ACTION: 

 

 

AGREEMENTS

Recommended Action:  Authorize the City Manager and Clerk of the Council to execute the following agreements, subject to non-substantive changes approved by the City Manager and City Attorney and/or actions as noted on the Request for Council Action report.  (Item 25A through 25E)

25A                 AGMT - READY OC EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS CAMPAIGN AND LAUNCH OF THE “IF YOU SEE SOMETHING, SAY SOMETHING®” CAMPAIGN SERVING THE ANAHEIM/SANTA ANA URBAN AREA - With Westbound Communications, Inc. for an amount not to exceed $770,000, budget includes a ten percent contingency - Police Department

 

25B                 AGMT – AMENDMENT - INMATE FOOD SERVICES AND CATERING SERVICE FOR VARIOUS CITY EVENTS - With Aramark Correctional Services, Inc. in an amount not to exceed $1,304,150 for a one-year term - Police Department

 

25C                 AGMT - AMENDMENT - ENGINEERING DESIGN SERVICES AGREEMENT FOR DOWNTOWN PARKING STRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS - With AECOM in an amount of $60,000 for a total amount not to exceed $535,000 - Public Works Agency and Community Development Agency

 

25D                 AGMTS - AMEND AND RENEW - PAYROLL / HUMAN RESOURCES SYSTEM MAINTENANCE, SERVICE, AND SOFTWARE - With High Line Corporation in a total estimated annual amount of $80,000 not to exceed $240,000 over a three-year period (for all contracts) - Finance & Management Services

25E                 AGMT - INTERIM CITY MANAGER – With Kevin O’Rourke for a monthly salary of $22,083 and reimbursement for travel expenses for the first 60 days not to exceed $4,000 a month, and $2,700 a month for the balance of the agreement - Personnel Services Agency

 

LAND USE MATTERS

 

MISCELLANEOUS – LAND USE

39A                 STREET NAMING NO. 2012-01 TO NAME THE STREET SEGMENT WEST OF THE SANTA ANA STADIUM  AS COACH DICK HILL WAY - Planning and Building Agency

Recommended Action approved by the Planning Commission on January 28, 2013 by a 6-0 vote. 

                        RECOMMENDED ACTION: Receive and file the staff report and affirm the naming of the street segment west of the Santa Ana Stadium as Coach Dick Hill Way (Street Naming No. 2012-01).

 

**END OF CONSENT CALENDAR**

 

Text Box: BUSINESS CALENDAR 

 


 

RESOLUTIONS

55A                 FY 2012 EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERFORMANCE GRANT TO COVER SALARY FOR PERSONNEL INVOLVED IN EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES AND MISCELLANEOUS EQUIPMENT - Police Department

RECOMMENDED ACTIONS: 

 

A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER, AND THE CHIEF OF POLICE OR HIS DESIGNEE(S) TO OBTAIN 2012 EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERFORMANCE GRANT FUNDS THROUGH THE COUNTY OF ORANGE

 

      AGMT - With the County of Orange and/or Orange County Sheriff’s Department in an amount not to exceed $63,494.

 

      AGMT - With the County of Orange pursuant to the guidelines set for in the EMPG program and EMPG Articles, Assurances, Certifications, Terms and Conditions.

APPROPRIATION ADJUSTMENT NO. 2013-102 -  Recognizing the FY 2012 Emergency Management Performance Grant funds in the amount of $63,494 in revenue account and appropriate same into FY 2012 Emergency Management Performance Grant expenditure accounts. 

 

55B                 RESOLUTION – REGARDING OFFICIAL VISITS FROM THE SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM - City Manager's Office

RECOMMENDED ACTION:  Adopt a resolution.   

A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA REGARDING OFFICIAL VISITS FROM THE SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM

 

REPORTS

65A                 ACCEPT CERTIFICATE OF SUFFICIENCY OF PETITION REGARDING THE MEDICAL CANNABIS RESTRICTION AND LIMITATION INITIATIVE PETITION AND OTHER RELATED ACTIONS - Clerk of the Council Office

RECOMMENDED ACTIONS:

 

 

c)   Direct staff to prepare a report as allowed by Election Code § 9212, and present such report at the March 18, 2013 City Council meeting.

 

SUCCESSOR AGENCY MEETING (Salmon Agenda)

 

COMMENTS

 

PUBLIC COMMENTS (If not considered by the Chair at an earlier time.  Please refer to Basic City Council Meeting Information page for details).

 

90A                 CITY MANAGER’S COMMENTS

 

90B                 CITY COUNCILMEMBER COMMENTS - AB1234 Disclosure:  This is also the time for members of the Council to provide a brief oral report on any conference, meeting or travel paid for by the City.  If more than one Councilmember attended the same event, the Mayor may designate one attendee to give the report.

 

ADJOURNMENT  -             The next meeting of the City Council is scheduled for Monday, March 4, 2013 at 5:00 p.m. for the Closed Session Meeting immediately followed by the Regular Open Business Meeting at 5:45 p.m. in the Council Chamber, 22 Civic Center Plaza, Santa Ana, California.

 

Future Agenda Items