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CITY OF SANTA ANA <br />SPECIAL MEETING OF THE <br />LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS, ETHICS, TRANSPARENCY AND COMMUNICATIONS <br />COUNCIL COMMITTEE <br />MINUTES <br />August 15, 2018 <br />An audio recording of this meeting is available on the City of Santa Ana website, <br />SantaAna.Granicus.com. <br />CALLED TO ORDER <br />The meeting was called to order at 12:06 pm by Chair Vicente Sarmiento at the City <br />Hall, Ross Annex, Room 1600. <br />ATTENDANCE <br />Members Present: Chair Vicente F. Sarmiento <br />Vice Chair Michele Martinez <br />Staff Present: Julie Castro -Cardenas; Sonia Carvalho, John Funk, Jorge Garcia; <br />Raul Godinez; Maria Huizar; Christy Kindig; Daisy Perez; Fuad <br />Sweiss; Yasmin Vazquez, Casey Elliott, and Corrie Williams from <br />Townsend Public Affairs (TPA); Tony Cardenas from the League <br />of California Cites (LOCC); Dan Maldonado and Leslie Pollner <br />from Holland & Knight (H&K) participated via telephone. <br />Public Comments: <br />Heather Stratman, CEO, Association of California Cities — Orange County <br />(ACC -OC) <br />Ms. Stratman advocated in support of AB 448, Orange County Housing Finance <br />Trust, a joint powers authority that will bring the cities of Orange County and the <br />County of Orange together under a regional collaborative model to finance <br />2,700 units of Permanent Supportive Housing. ACC -OC believes this is a <br />regional approach to build 2,700 units with the collaboration of the City and the <br />County of Orange; she asked the committee to consider taking this item to the <br />next City Council meeting for support. <br />Kelsey Brewer, ACC -OC Legislative Affairs Manager, joined Ms. Stratman and <br />advocated in support of AB 448; she conveyed that AB 448 is not an owner or <br />operator of these housing units. The Orange County Housing Finance Trust <br />wants to ensure this is truly a public/private partnership where funds help build <br />the capacities without taking over ownership and liability. AB 448 does not grant <br />Legislative Affairs, Ethics, Transparency VA cions Council Committee Meeting Minutes <br />ugust 5, 01 <br />Page 1 <br />