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Council Committee Member Sarmiento announced Council Committee Member Benavides will serve as Chair in the absence of Chair Martinez. Council Committee Member Benavides announced that Mayor Pro Tem Martinez sent a letter to both Council Members Benavides and Sarmiento providing information, perspective, opinion and consideration for the MEMU Project. 2. Presentation on Metro East Mixed Use Overlay Zone (MEMU) Proposed Zoning Updates and Expansion (Strategic Plan No. 3, 2; 5, 3; 5, 4) (Minh Thai, PBA) Minh Thai, Executive Director of Planning and Building presented an overview of the status, proposed policies and map changes. The Committee discussed proposed amendments and concerns on the current MEMU. Council Committee Members concerns are that the MEMU has not attracted projects with a balanced ratio of housing units to commercial square footage. The policies and implementation of the MEMU have not facilitated the creation of commercial centers for the community. Past projects have fell short of the desired intent and vision of the MEMU. Council Committee Members asked staff to bring back recommendations for consid eration-by-the-full-Gity-Co u nci l -i n -October -to -i ncorpo rate-strategic-modifications-to— the policies and objectives of the MEMU. Staff will continue working to complete in- depth technical analysis pertaining to economic and fiscal impacts, land use policies, design guidance and bring back recommendations from the Committee to the City Council for consideration at a future meeting date. Council Committee Member Sarmiento clarified that Mayor Pulido attended the meeting as a member of the Public and Santa Ana resident. 3. YMCA RFP Discussion on Next Steps (Strategic Plan No. 3, 5a) (Council Committee Member Benavides) Council Committee Members provided a recommendation to staff to approach two of the proposers with the potential to collaborate and send to future council meeting with a recommendation. 4. Item pulled by City Manager prior to meeting. S. OC Streetcar Branding Concepts – OCTA Andrea West (Strategic Plan No. 3, 2C, 413; 6, IG) City Manager Raul Godinez introduced OCTA representative Tresa Oliveri to provide an overview of the OC Streetcar Branding Project. Tresa Oliveri presented milestones reached and introduced the next steps they are approaching. In the Summer they opened bids for the construction contract, budget September 10, 2018 [Economic Development, Infrastructure, Budget & Technology Minutes 13A-4