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Exhibit 1 TB 5.7.2019 ORDINANCE NO. NS -XXX AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA AMENDING SECTIONS 10-196 TO 10-199 TO CHAPTER 10, ARTICLE III OF THE SANTA ANA MUNICIPAL CODE AND RE-CLASSIFYING ARTICLE III TO INCLUDE A SECTION FOR THE RECOVERY OF EMERGENCY RESPONSE COSTS FOR DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE INCIDENTS THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOW: Section 1. The City Council of the City of Santa Ana hereby finds, determines and declares as follows: A. It is the policy of the City to encourage careful and responsible conduct by persons operating motor vehicles within our city limits. B. It is also the policy of the City to discourage the operation of motor vehicles while under the influence of alcohol and/or drugs. C. The City has further determined that people who negligently operate motor vehicles while under the influence of alcohol and/or drugs impose a burden upon City services above and beyond the regular services normally required for traffic law enforcement. D. The City has further determined that persons who negligently operate motor vehicles while under the influence of alcohol and/or drugs should bear a share of the extraordinary burden on the public risk they create. E. In furtherance of these policies and in light of these findings, the City has implemented a program for the recovery of emergency response costs for driving under the influence incidents. The program is expressly authorized by California Government Code Sections 53150 through 53158. Those statutory sections set forth some of the procedures for the recovery of emergency response costs. The sections, however, leave open for interpretation certain procedures and definitions. It is the intent of the City in adopting this ordinance to supplement the statutory provisions found in the Government Code and to specify precise definitions and procedures for the implementation of the City's emergency response cost recovery program as it applies to driving under the influence incidents.