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ORDINANCE NO. NS-XXX AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING ARTICLES II.I AND 11.11 OF CHAPTER 2 OF THE SANTA ANA MUNICIPAL CODE THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 2-150 of Article 11.1 entitled "Public Access to Meetings" of Chapter 2 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code is hereby amended to read in its entirety as follows (new language is underlined and deleted language is stricken): Sec. 2-150. — Meetings and agenda postings for city council. Pursuant to Government Code Section 54953.7 of the Brown Act, the city is imposing the following additional requirements on itself to allow greater community access to its meetings: (1) City council meeting agendas for regular meetings must be posted at least before commencing any regular meeting of the city council.__A_suplemental agenda for regular meetings o the city council may e posted at least seventy®two 72) hours in advance of the .regular council meeting provided that the city manager explains in the staff repori for each supplemental item (a) that the need for council action came to the attention o the city manager subsequent to the regular agenda being posted, and fib) that there is a need to take immediate action° The city mane er may also request that the mayor or a majority o the members of the city council call a special meeting consistent with the rec{uirements o the Brown Act (Government Code Section 5950 eta sage) to e held concurrently with a regularly scheduled city council meeting° oting in this section shall restrict the mayor or a ma ority o the members o the city council from calling a special meeting for any purpose or at any time as allowed pursuant to the laws (2) The city will make notices of the city council meetings accessible on the city's website in various languages including Spanish through the use of fee web -based translation application. (3) Agenda's will list future items on major projects. The list of "major projects" identified for the city council agenda will be compiled at the discretion of the city manager. Section 2. Section 2-153 of Article 11.11 entitled "Public Meetings for Certain Development Projects" of Chapter 2 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code is hereby amended to read in its entirety as follows (new language is underlined and deleted language is stricken): Ordinance No. NS-XXX City Council 8-3 12/79202i of 5