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City Manager Office www.santa-ana.org/cm Item # 31 City of Santa Ana 20 Civic Center Plaza, Santa Ana, CA 92701 Staff Report March 2, 2021 TOPIC: Ad Hoc Commmittees AGENDA TITLE: Establish City Council Ad Hoc Committees: Solid Waste, Housing, School Collaboration, and Homeless Ad Hoc Committees RECOMMENDED ACTION It is recommended that the Mayor establish the following City Council ad hoc committees: 1. Solid Waste Ad Hoc Committee 2. Housing Ad Hoc Committee 3. School Collaboration Ad Hoc Committee 4. Homeless Ad Hoc Committee DISCUSSION As local elected officials, members of the City Council engage in policymaking relating to matters of importance for City of Santa Ana. While some policy issues may be routine in nature, from time to time the City Council is presented with specific issues, which require the establishment of an ad hoc committee to meet for a limited time duration to address such issues. Ad hoc committees are established by the Mayor and at his discretion. The City Council has been presented with the following pressing issues, which are highly complex and require a short-term, specific discussion through an ad hoc committee: solid waste, housing, school collaboration, and homeless. Mayor Sarmiento has requested the establishment of the aforementioned ad hoc committees to address the limited scope of each topic. To move forward in the most efficient manner, staff is requesting that the City Council establish the aforementioned ad hoc committees in compliance with the Ralph M. Brown Act. In establishing ad hoc committees, the City Council must articulate the specific task or objective that the ad hoc committee is expected to complete or perform and further requires the City Council to establish a time frame for the completion of that task or objective. If established as requested, the proposed ad hoc committees will each meet to carry out a specific purpose and for a limited duration of time as further discussed below.