2023-047 - Amending Council Rules and Procedures to Change the Time of Regular Meetings, Update Rules of Procedure, Clarify Decorum Regulations, and Address Teleconferencing

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RESOLUTION NO. 2023-047 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA AMENDING THE COUNCIL RULES AND PROCEDURES TO CHANGE THE TIME OF REGULAR MEETINGS, UPDATE THE RULES OF PROCEDURE, CLARIFY DECORUM REGULATIONS, AND ADDRESS TELECONFERENCING, AND REPEALING RESOLUTION NO. 2013- 019. BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The City Council of the City of Santa Ana hereby finds, determines and declares as follows: A. Section 409 of the City Charter and Sections 2-100 et seq. of Santa Ana Municipal Code call for the City Council to adopt rules and procedures for the scheduling and conducting of meetings of the City Council. B. The Ralph M. Brown Act found at Chapter 9, Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5 of the California Government Code beginning with Section 54950 (the 'Brown Act") sets forth statewide standards for meetings of local agencies including the Santa Ana City Council. C. The City Council desires to amend the City Council Rules and Procedures to change the time of regular meetings, updates the rules of procedure, clarify decorum regulations, and address teleconferencing. Section 2. City Council meetings, time and place. (a) Regular meetings of the City Council shall be on the first and third Tuesdays of each month beginning on January 1, 2014. The meeting shall begin between the hours of 3:00 P.M. and 5:00 P.M. for Closed Session followed by the Regular Open Meeting at 5:30 P.M., with the specific time legally noticed and posted on the agenda. The City Council shall publicly convene the meeting and then recess to conduct closed or executive sessions. Regular meetings of the City Council shall be convened in the Council Chamber or as noted on the agenda and at the time specified on the agenda. After being convened, all meetings may be adjourned to such other place or places as the City Council may order. (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this resolution, any regular meeting of the Council may be set, canceled, or rescheduled to a different date, time, or location by resolution duly adopted by the affirmative votes of a majority of the City Council or by any other manner as provided by law. The date, time, and location of any meeting set or rescheduled to a