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ORDINANCE NO. NS-XXX <br />AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF <br />SANTA ANA, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING ARTICLES 11.1 AND <br />11.11 OF CHAPTER 2 OF THE SANTA ANA MUNICIPAL <br />CODE <br />THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA DOES HEREBY ORDAIN <br />AS FOLLOWS: <br />Section 1. Section 2-150 of Article 11.1 entitled "Public Access to Meetings" of <br />Chapter 2 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code is hereby amended to read in its entirety as <br />follows - <br />Sec. 2-150. — Meetings and agenda postings for city council. <br />Pursuant to Government Code Section 54953.7 of the Brown Act, the <br />city is imposing the following additional requirements on itself to allow greater <br />community access to its meetings- <br />(1) City council meeting agendas for regular meetings must be posted <br />at least seven (7) calendar days before commencing any regular meeting of the <br />city council. A supplemental agenda for regular meetings of the city council may <br />be posted at least seventy-two (72) hours in advance of the regular council meeting <br />provided that the city manager explains in the staff report for each supplemental <br />item (a) that the need for council action came to the attention of the city manager <br />subsequent to the regular agenda being posted, and (b) that there is a need to <br />take immediate action. The city manager may also request that the mayor or a <br />majority of the members of the city council call a special meeting consistent with <br />the requirements of the Brown Act (Government Code Section 54950 et. seq.) to <br />be held concurrently with a regularly scheduled city council meeting. Nothing in <br />this section shall restrict the mayor or a majority of the members of the city council <br />from calling a special meeting for any purpose or at any time as allowed pursuant <br />to the law. <br />(2) The city will make notices of the city council meetings accessible on <br />the city's website in various languages including Spanish through the use of fee <br />web -based translation application. <br />(3) Agenda's will list future items on major projects. The list of "major <br />projects" identified for the city council agenda will be compiled at the discretion of <br />the city manager. <br />Section 2. Section 2-153 of Article 11.11 entitled "Public Meetings for <br />Certain Development Projects" of Chapter 2 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code is <br />hereby amended to read in its entirety as follows: <br />Ordinance No. NS-XXX <br />City Council 8-8 12/tNTi of 5 <br />