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ORDINANCE NO. NS-3012 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING ARTICLES 11.1 AND I1.11 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: 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 seven (7) calendar days before commencing any regular meeting of the city council. A supplemental agenda for regular meetings of the city council may be posted at least seventy-two (72) hours in advance of the regular council meeting provided that the city manager explains in the staff report for each supplemental item (a) that the need for council action came to the attention of the city manager subsequent to the regular agenda being posted, and (b) that there is a need to take immediate action. The city manager may also request that the mayor or a majority of the members of the city council call a special meeting consistent with the requirements of the Brown Act (Government Code Section 54950 et. seq.) to be held concurrently with a regularly scheduled city council meeting. Nothing in this section shall restrict the mayor or a majority of the members of the city council from calling a special meeting for any purpose or at any time as allowed pursuant to the law. (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 free 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. Ordinance No. NS-3012 Page 1 of 5