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CITY OF SANTA ANA SPECIAL MEETING OF THE LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS, ETHICS, TRANSPARENCY AND COMMUNICATIONS COUNCIL COMMITTEE MINUTES August 15, 2018 An audio recording of this meeting is available on the City of Santa Ana website, SantaAna.Granicus.com. CALLED TO ORDER The meeting was called to order at 12:06 pm by Chair Vicente Sarmiento at the City Hall, Ross Annex, Room 1600. ATTENDANCE Members Present: Chair Vicente F. Sarmiento Vice Chair Michele Martinez Staff Present: Julie Castro -Cardenas; Sonia Carvalho, John Funk, Jorge Garcia; Raul Godinez; Maria Huizar; Christy Kindig; Daisy Perez; Fuad Sweiss; Yasmin Vazquez, Casey Elliott, and Corrie Williams from Townsend Public Affairs (TPA); Tony Cardenas from the League of California Cites (LOCC); Dan Maldonado and Leslie Pollner from Holland & Knight (H&K) participated via telephone. Public Comments: Heather Stratman, CEO, Association of California Cities — Orange County (ACC -OC) Ms. Stratman advocated in support of AB 448, Orange County Housing Finance Trust, a joint powers authority that will bring the cities of Orange County and the County of Orange together under a regional collaborative model to finance 2,700 units of Permanent Supportive Housing. ACC -OC believes this is a regional approach to build 2,700 units with the collaboration of the City and the County of Orange; she asked the committee to consider taking this item to the next City Council meeting for support. Kelsey Brewer, ACC -OC Legislative Affairs Manager, joined Ms. Stratman and advocated in support of AB 448; she conveyed that AB 448 is not an owner or operator of these housing units. The Orange County Housing Finance Trust wants to ensure this is truly a public/private partnership where funds help build the capacities without taking over ownership and liability. AB 448 does not grant Legislative Affairs, Ethics, Transparency and Communications Council Committee Meeting Minutes August 15, 2018 Page 1