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Ordinance No. NS-XXX <br />Page 1 of 7 <br />ORDINANCE NO. NS-XXX <br />AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF <br />SANTA ANA, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING ARTICLE II.I AND <br />II.II OF CHAPTER 2 AND ADDING ARTICLE XI ENTITLED <br />“LOBBYSIST REGISTRATION” TO CHAPTER 2 OF THE <br />SANTA ANA MUNICIPAL 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 II.I 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 (new language is underlined and deleted language is stricken): <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 must be posted at least ninety-six (96) <br />hours seven (7) calendar days before any regular meeting of the city council. <br />(2)The city will makes notices of the city council meetings accessible <br />on 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 II.II 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 (new language is underlined and <br />deleted language is stricken): <br />Sec. 2-153. - Public input through community meetings prior to <br />discretionary approval. <br />(a)Applicability. The requirements of this article apply to development <br />projects requiring discretionary approval and that meet one or more of the following <br />criteria: <br />(1)City-sponsored development projects; <br />(2)New residential projects containing twenty-five (25) or more <br />units, except that the director of the Pplanning and building