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Councilmember Benavides, requested Community Development Executive <br />Director Steven Mendoza to provide possible options on how to proceed in <br />the near future. <br />Director Mendoza, noted goal to ensure staff and legal department has <br />opportunity to review and follow established process and to provide City <br />Council with financial impact analysis and recommendations. <br />Councilmember Benavides, opined future City Council will need to <br />determine whether or not to take action and noted opportunity for <br />discussion. <br />Mayor Pro Tem Martinez, opined homeless crises has affected all, need to <br />build the right type of housing in our community, and need to think like a <br />global city. <br />Councilmember Tinajero, noted more than 50% of Santa Ana residents are <br />renters, lack of adequate housing affects economy, and the only way to fight <br />special interest groups is to transition towards ward -based elections. <br />Supportive of item. Motioned to prepare ordinance for first reading and <br />adoption at next meeting. Seconded by Mayor Pro Tem Martinez. <br />Councilmember Villegas, in support of holding questionable landlords <br />accountable, protecting affected renters, and for Council to represent all <br />communities. Noted past efforts to meet with all groups to open a dialogue <br />have been unanswered. Directed staff to provide statistics of renters being <br />evicted. Unsupportive of creating an ordinance that will affect the entire city <br />without first meeting with all groups. <br />Councilmember Solorio, noted past success in passing innovative <br />affordable housing projects and noted over 1,500 units are pending. <br />Supportive of expanding rental assistance program, tenant first right of <br />refusal option, and continued expansion of affordable housing programs. <br />Directed staff to work with Mercy House in developing flyer to highlight <br />services, to improve inbound communication lines addressing the issue of <br />homelessness and encampments, and to commence tracking metrics and <br />data. <br />Mayor Pulido unsupportive of item. <br />MOTION: Tinajero <br />VOTE: AYES: <br />NOES: <br />ABSTAIN: <br />SECOND: Martiez <br />Benavides, Martinez, Tinajero (3) <br />Pulido, Villegas, Solorio (3) <br />None (0) <br />CITY COUNCIL MINUTES 29 DECEMBER 4, 2018 <br />1 OA -29 <br />