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ORDINANCE NO. NS-1358 PAGE TWO Section 6-627: Council designated Housing Authority; rights, powers, duties, etc. of the Housing Advisory Commission. The Council of the City of Santa Ana hereby declares itself to be the Housing Authority pursuant to Section 34290 of the California Health and Safety Code, and all rights, powers, duties privileges and immunities vested by the Housing Authori- ties Law in such authority shall be and are vested in said body. The purpose of the Housing Commission is to advise the Housing Authority on all public housing programs in Santa Ana and on &l matters assigned from time to time by the Housing Authority ("Authority"). Section 3: That the Santa Ana Municipal Code is hereby amended by adding a section, to be numbered 6-628, which said section reads as follows: Section 6-628: Establishment The Housing Commission is hereby created consisting of seven (7) members, and the City Council shall also appoint two (2) tenants of the Authority as commissioners if the Authority has tenants. Seven (7) of said members, as deter- mined by the City Council, shall be appointed from among the members of the Human Relations Commission. Section 4: That the Santa Aha Municipal Code is hereby amended by adding a section, to be numbered 6-629, which said section reads as follows: Section 6-629: Appointment, Removal of Members; Filli~{g of Vacancies. The members of the Housing Commission shall be appointed, and may be removed, by the City Council, subject to both appoint- ment and removal by the affirmative votes of the majority of the members of the City Council. Vacancies from whatever cause aris- ing shall be filled in the same manner. Upon a vacancy occurring, leaving an unexpired portion of a term, any appointment to fill such a vacancy shall be for the unexpired portion of such term. If a member of the Housing Commission absents himself from three (3) consecutive meetings of such commission, unless by permission of the commission expressed in its official minutes, or is convict- ed of a crime involving moral turpitude, his office shall become vacant and shall be so declared by the Santa Ana City Council. Section 5: That the Santa Ana Municipal Code is hereby amended by adding a section, to be numbered 6-630, which said section reads as follows: Section 6-630: Term of Members. The members of the Housing Co~ission, except for the tenant commissioners, shall serve for a term of four (4) years, and until their respective successors are appointed and qualified, but in no event shall any person be eligible for reappointment who has served two (2) consecutive terms of four (4) years each. The members first appointed to said Housing Commission shall so classify themselves by lot that the term of one of their number shall expire each succeeding July 1. Where the total number of the members of the Housing Commission to be appointed exceeds four (4), the classification by lot shall provide for the pairing of terms to such an extent as is necessary in order that the terms of at least one and not more than two (2) shall expire in each succeeding year. Thereafter, any appointment to fill an unexpired term shall be for such an unexpired period.