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<br />Resolution No. 2025-XXXX <br />Page 1 of 6 <br /> <br />RESOLUTION NO. 2025-XXX <br />A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF <br />SANTA ANA AMENDING THE COUNCIL RULES AND <br />PROCEDURES TO ADD PROVISIONS REGARDING AUDIO, <br />VIDEO AND PHOTOGRAPHIC RECORDING DURING CITY <br />COUNCIL MEETINGS AND REPEALING RESOLUTION NO. <br />2023-047 . <br /> <br />BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA AS <br />FOLLOWS: <br />Section 1. The City Council of the City of Santa Ana hereby finds, determines and <br />declares as follows: <br />A. Section 409 of the City Charter and Sections 2 -100 et seq. of Santa Ana <br />Municipal Code call for the City Council to adopt rules and procedures for <br />the scheduling and conducting of meetings of the City Council. <br />B. The Ralph M. Brown Act found at Chapter 9, Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5 <br />of the California Government Code beginning with Section 54950 (the <br />"Brown Act") sets forth statewide standards for meetings of local agencies <br />including the Santa Ana City Council. <br />C. Resolution No. 2023-047 addresses City Council meetings time and place, <br />Agendas, Rules of Procedures, Decorum, Time limits and other regulations <br />for speaking, and Teleconferencing. <br />D. The City Council desires to amend the City Council Rules and Procedures <br />to address audio, video and photographic recording during City Council <br />meetings and public speaker presentations. <br />Section 2. City Council meetings, time and place. <br />(a) Regular meetings of the City Council shall be on the first and third <br />Tuesdays of each month beginning on January 1, 2014. The meeting shall <br />begin between the hours of 3:00 P.M. and 5:00 P.M. for Closed Session <br />followed by the Regular Open Meeting at 5:30 P.M., with the specific time <br />legally noticed and posted on the agenda. The City Council shall publicly <br />convene the meeting and then recess to conduct closed or executive <br />sessions. Regular meetings of the City Council shall be convened in the <br />Council Chamber or as noted on the agenda and at the time specified on <br />the agenda. After being convened, all meetings may be adjourned to such <br />other place or places as the City Council may order.