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City Council Meeting Agenda
<br />February 18, 2025
<br />REGULAR OPEN MEETING – 5:30 PM
<br />CITY COUNCIL CHAMBER
<br />22 Civic Center Plaza Santa Ana, CA 92701
<br />Valerie Amezcua
<br />Mayor
<br />Thai Viet Phan
<br />Councilmember – Ward 1
<br />Benjamin Vazquez
<br />Mayor Pro Tem Ward 2
<br />Jessie Lopez
<br />Councilmember Ward 3
<br />Phil Bacerra
<br />Councilmember Ward 4
<br />Johnathan Ryan Hernandez
<br />Councilmember Ward 5
<br />David Penaloza
<br />Councilmember Ward 6
<br />Mayor and Council telephone: 7146476900
<br />Agenda item inquiries: 7146476520
<br />Sonia R. Carvalho
<br />City Attorney
<br />Alvaro Nuñez
<br />City Manager
<br />Jennifer L. Hall
<br />City Clerk
<br />In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), if you need special assistance to participate in this Meeting,
<br />contact Michael Ortiz, City ADA Program Coordinator, at (714) 6475624. Notification 48 hours prior to the Meeting will enable
<br />the City to make reasonable arrangements to assure accessibility to this meeting. The City Council agenda and supporting
<br />documentation can be found on the City’s website – www.santaana.org/agendasandminutes
<br />CITY VISION AND CODE OF ETHICS
<br />The City of Santa Ana is committed to achieving a shared vision for the organization and its
<br />community. The Vision, Mission and Guiding Principles (Values) are the result of a thoughtful
<br />and inclusive process designed to set the City and organization on a course that meets the
<br />challenges of today and tomorrow, as follows:
<br />Vision The dynamic center of Orange County which is acclaimed for our: Investment in
<br />youth • Safe and healthy community • Neighborhood pride • Thriving economic climate •
<br />Enriched and diverse culture • Quality government services
<br />Mission To deliver efficient public services in partnership with our community which ensures
<br />public safety, a prosperous economic environment, opportunities for our youth, and a high
<br />quality of life for residents.
<br />Guiding Principles Collaboration • Efficiency • Equity • Excellence • Fiscal Responsibility •
<br />Innovation • Transparency
<br />Code of Ethics and Conduct At the Special Municipal Election held on February 5, 2008,
<br />voters approved an amendment to the City Charter which established the Code of Ethics and
<br />Conduct for elected officials and members of appointed boards, commissions, and
<br />committees to assure public confidence. The following are the core values expressed: •
<br />Integrity • Honesty • Responsibility • Fairness • Accountability • Respect • Efficiency
<br />Members of the public may attend the City Council meeting inperson or join via Zoom. As a
<br />courtesy to the public, the City Council meeting will occur live via teleconference Zoom
<br />webinar. You may view the meeting from your computer, tablet, or smart phone via YouTube
<br />LiveStream at www.youtube.com/user/SantaAnaLibrary or on CTV3, available on Spectrum
<br />channel 3.
<br />PUBLIC COMMENTS – Members of the public who wish to address the City Council on
<br />closed session items, items on the regular agenda, or on matters which are not on the
<br />agenda but are within the subject matter jurisdiction of the City Council, may do so by one of
<br />the following ways:
<br />MAILING OPTION written communications – Public comments may be mailed to:
<br />Office of the City Clerk, 20 Civic Center Plaza M30, Santa Ana, CA 92701. All written
<br />communications received via mail two (2) hours before the scheduled start of the
<br />meeting will be distributed to the City Council and imaged into the City’s document
<br />archive system which is available for public review.
<br />SENDING EMAIL OPTION – Public comments may be sent via email to the City
<br />Clerk’s office at eComment@santaana.org. Please note the agenda item you are
<br />commenting on in the subject line of the email. All emails received two (2) hours before
<br />the scheduled start of the meeting will be distributed to the City Council and imaged
<br />into the City’s document archive system which is available for public review.
<br />LIVE VIRTUAL OPTION – As a courtesy, members of the public may provide live
<br />comments during the meeting by Zoom or Conference Call. To join by Zoom click on or
<br />type the following address into your web browser
<br />https://us02web.zoom.us/j/315965149. To join the Conference Call: Dial (669) 900
<br />9128 and enter MEETING ID: 315 965 149#. You will be prompted by the City Clerk
<br />when it is time for a: i) closed session item, ii) agenda/general comments, iii) public
<br />hearing item, iv) special agenda item, or v) for Housing Authority item. You may request
<br />to speak by dialing *9 from your phone or you may virtually raise your hand from Zoom.
<br />After the Clerk confirms the last three digits of the caller’s phone number or Zoom ID
<br />and unmutes them, the caller must press *6 or microphone icon to speak. Callers are
<br />encouraged, but not required, to identify themselves by name. Each caller will be
<br />provided three (3) minutes to speak, unless due to the number of speakers wanting to
<br />speak a decision is made to provide a different amount of time to speak.
<br />INPERSON OPTION Members of the public can provide inperson comments at the
<br />podium in the Council Chamber. The Council Chamber will have seating available for
<br />members of the public to attend the meeting inperson. Public comments are limited to
<br />three (3) minutes per speaker, unless a different time is announced by the presiding
<br />chair. Speakers who wish to address the Council must do so by submitting a
<br />“Request to Speak” card by 5:45 p.m. for all designated public comment periods
<br />as listed below. Cards will not be accepted after the Public Comment Session begins
<br />without the permission of the presiding chair.
<br />The following designated public comment periods are:
<br />1. LIVE PUBLIC COMMENTS ON REGULAR AGENDA ITEMS AND NONAGENDA
<br />ITEMS (GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT) – You can provide comments by joining Zoom or
<br />the Conference Call as described in the LIVE or INPERSON PUBLIC COMMENTS
<br />OPTION above. Speaker queue will open at 5:00 p.m. YOU MUST JOIN ZOOM OR THE
<br />CONFERENCE CALL and raise your hand PRIOR TO 5:45 p.m. Speakers who are not in
<br />the speaker queue with their hand raised by 5:45 p.m. will not be permitted to speak.
<br />2. LIVE PUBLIC COMMENTS ON PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS – You can provide
<br />comments by joining Zoom or the Conference Call as described in the LIVE or INPERSON
<br />PUBLIC COMMENTS OPTION above. Speakers not in the queue by 5:45 p.m. will not be
<br />permitted to speak.
<br />TRANSLATION SERVICES Spanish interpreting services are provided at City
<br />Council meetings. Simultaneous Spanish interpretation is provided through the use
<br />of headsets and consecutive interpretation (SpanishtoEnglish) in addition to those
<br />wishing to address the City Council at the podium.
<br />La ciudad provee servicios de interpretación al español en las juntas del Consejo.
<br />La interpretación simultánea al español se ofrece por medio del uso de audífonos y
<br />la interpretación consecutiva (español a inglés) también está disponible para
<br />cualquiera que desee dirigirse al consejo municipal en el podio.
<br />About the Agenda
<br />To download or view the attachments (staff report and other supporting documentation) for
<br />each agenda item, you must select the agenda item to see the attachments to either open in
<br />a new link (the eyeball ) or download a pdf (the cloud symbol with the down arrow ).
<br />CITY COUNCIL REGULAR OPEN SESSION
<br />CALL TO ORDER
<br />ATTENDANCE Council Members Phil Bacerra
<br />Johnathan Ryan Hernandez
<br />Jessie Lopez
<br />David Penaloza
<br />Thai Viet Phan
<br />Mayor Pro Tem Benjamin Vazquez
<br />Mayor Valerie Amezcua
<br />City Manager Alvaro Nuñez
<br />City Attorney Sonia R. Carvalho
<br />City Clerk Jennifer L. Hall
<br />ROLL CALL
<br />PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE Mayor Amezcua
<br />WORDS OF INSPIRATION Police Chaplain Bob Barnett
<br />ADDITIONS\DELETIONS TO THE AGENDA
<br />CEREMONIAL PRESENTATIONS
<br />1.Certificates of Recognition presented by Mayor Amezcua to Santa Ana High School
<br />Boys and Girls Wrestling Teams for their Exceptional Athletic Accomplishments
<br />2.Certificate of Recognition presented by Councilmember Hernandez to Tyrone Tripp and
<br />the Tripp Family in honor of Black History Month and for their Outstanding Contributions
<br />to the Community
<br />3.Proclamation presented by Councilmember Lopez to Santa Ana Unified School District
<br />declaring February 19, 2025, as “We Care Day”
<br />PUBLIC COMMENTS – Public comments will be held during the beginning of the meeting
<br />for ALL comments on agenda and nonagenda items, with the exception of public hearings.
<br />Comments for public hearings will take place after the hearing is opened.
<br />CONSENT CALENDAR
<br />RECOMMENDED ACTION: Approve staff recommendations on the following
<br />Consent Calendar Items: 4 through 16 and waive reading of all resolutions
<br />and ordinances.
<br />4.Excused Absences
<br />Department(s): City Clerk’s Office
<br />Recommended Action: Excuse the absent members.
<br />5.Minutes from the Regular Meeting of February 4, 2025
<br />Department(s): City Clerk’s Office
<br />Recommended Action: Approve minutes.
<br />6.Minutes of the Regular Meetings of Arts and Culture Commission on November 21,
<br />2024, Workforce Development Board on July 18, 2024, and Youth Commission on
<br />November 18, 2024
<br />Department(s): City Clerk’s Office
<br />Recommended Action: Receive and file.
<br />7.Appoint and ReAppoint Various Boards and Commissions Members Nominated by
<br />Councilmember Hernandez as the Ward 5 Representative for a FullTerm Expiring
<br />December 12, 2028
<br />Department(s): City Clerk’s Office
<br />Recommended Action: Appoint the following members and administer the Oaths of
<br />Office.
<br />1. Miguel Ochoa – Arts and Culture Commission (Pursuant to SAMC Sec. 2326(a),
<br />requires five affirmative votes.)
<br />2. Dwayne Shipp – Community Development Commission (Pursuant to SAMC Sec. 2
<br />326(a), requires five affirmative votes.)
<br />3. Ruby Woo – Parks, Recreation, and Community Services Commission (Pursuant
<br />to SAMC Sec. 2326(a), requires five affirmative votes.)
<br />4. Nathaniel Greensides – Personnel Board
<br />5. Amalia Mejia – Police Oversight Commission (Pursuant to SAMC Sec. 2326(a),
<br />requires five affirmative votes.)
<br />6. Adrian Ramirez – Youth Commission
<br />7. Michael Chu – Santa Ana 2018 Measure X Citizens’ Oversight Committee
<br />8.Workforce Development Board Bylaws
<br />Department(s): Community Development Agency
<br />Recommended Action: Receive and file.
<br />9.Application to the California Workforce Development Board to Request Governor
<br />Approval to Continue as a Career Services Provider for the Workforce Innovation and
<br />Opportunity Act Title I Grant
<br />Department(s): Community Development Agency
<br />Recommended Action: Authorize application submission requesting Governor
<br />approval to continue as a Career Services Provider and an Adult Dislocated Worker
<br />service provider within a Local Workforce Development Area under the Workforce
<br />Innovation and Opportunity Act.
<br />10.Purchase Order Contract to Magnet Forensics, LLC for Digital Forensic Annual
<br />License Subscription (Specification No. 25018) (NonGeneral Fund)
<br />Department(s): Police Department
<br />Recommended Action: Authorize a purchase order to Magnet Forensics, LLC for
<br />digital forensic annual license subscription for a oneyear term beginning February 18,
<br />2025 and expiring February 17, 2026, in an amount not to exceed $57,110.
<br />11.Purchase Order Contracts with Action Plumbing Supply, LLC, Famcon Pipe & Supply,
<br />Inc., and Ferguson Enterprises, LLC for Copper Tubing (Specification No. 24095)
<br />(NonGeneral Fund)
<br />Department(s): Public Works Agency
<br />Recommended Action: Award aggregate Purchase Order Contracts to vendors
<br />listed below for copper tubing on an asneeded basis, in an annual aggregate amount
<br />not to exceed $100,000, for a term beginning February 18, 2025 and expiring
<br />February 17, 2026, with provisions for four, oneyear renewal options for a not to
<br />exceed total of $500,000.
<br />Vendor Location
<br />Action Plumbing Supply, LLC Mira Loma, CA
<br />Famcon Pipe & Supply, Inc.Oxnard, CA
<br />Ferguson Enterprises, LLC Santa Ana, CA
<br />12.Purchase Order Contracts with FilTrek Corporation, Pure Process Filtration Inc., and
<br />Vytal Filtration TechnologiesWest for Cartridge Filters and Chlorine Filters
<br />(Specification No. 24128) (NonGeneral Fund)
<br />Department(s): Public Works Agency
<br />Recommended Action: Award aggregate purchase order contracts to the vendors
<br />listed below for cartridge filters and chlorine filters on asneeded basis, for an
<br />aggregate amount not to exceed $3,000,000, for a term beginning February 18, 2025
<br />and expiring February 17, 2026, with provisions for four, oneyear renewal options.
<br />Vendor Location
<br />FilTrek Corporation Cambridge, Ontario (Canada)
<br />Pure Process Filtration Inc. Garden Grove, CA
<br />Vytal Filtration TechnologiesWest Visalia, CA
<br />13.Agreement with IDS Group for Architectural Design Services for Santa Ana
<br />Downtown Parking Structures Improvements (Project No. 259004) (NonGeneral
<br />Fund)
<br />Department(s): Public Works Agency
<br />Recommended Action: Approve an agreement with IDS Group for architectural
<br />design services for Santa Ana Downtown Parking Structures Improvements for an
<br />amount of $157,587 plus a 10% contingency of $15,759, for a total amount not to
<br />exceed $173,346, for a term beginning February 18, 2025 and expiring February 17,
<br />2027, with a provision for a twoyear extension without additional funds (Agreement
<br />No. A2025XXX).
<br />14.Agreements with Akel Engineering Group, Inc., Cannon Corporation, EEC
<br />Environmental, HuittZollars, Inc., JIG Consultants, Kleinfelder, Inc., Psomas, Tetra
<br />Tech EC, Inc., and Water Works Engineers, LLC for OnCall Engineering Services
<br />(No. 24083) (NonGeneral Fund)
<br />Department(s): Public Works Agency
<br />Recommended Action: Approve agreements with Akel Engineering Group, Inc.,
<br />Cannon Corporation, EEC Environmental, HuittZollars, Inc., JIG Consultants,
<br />Kleinfelder, Inc., Psomas, Tetra Tech EC, Inc., and Water Works Engineers, LLC to
<br />provide oncall engineering services, for a shared aggregate amount not to exceed
<br />$2,000,000, for a threeyear term beginning February 18, 2025 and expiring February
<br />17, 2028, with provisions for two oneyear extensions (Core Agreement No. A2025
<br />XXX).
<br />15.Cooperative Agreement with Orange County Transportation Authority for the First
<br />Street Multimodal Boulevard Study (Project No. 256042) (NonGeneral Fund)
<br />Department(s): Public Works Agency
<br />Recommended Action: 1. Approve an appropriation adjustment recognizing
<br />Regional Early Action Planning 2.0 funding in the amount of $4,300,000 into the
<br />Public ServicesStreet Safety Projects, State GrantIndirect revenue account and
<br />appropriate the same amount into the State Safety Projects, Improvements Other
<br />Than Building expenditure account (Requires five affirmative votes).
<br />2. Approve a Cooperative Agreement with Orange County Transportation Authority in
<br />an amount not to exceed $4,300,000, for the evaluation and preliminary design of the
<br />First Street Boulevard Study, effective upon full approval of the agreement through
<br />December 31, 2027 (Agreement No. A2025XXX).
<br />3. Approve an amendment to the Fiscal Year 202425 Capital Improvement Program
<br />to include $4,300,000 in study and design funds for the First Street Boulevard
<br />Multimodal Study (Project No. 256042).
<br />16.Second Reading of Ordinance of the City Council of the City of Santa Ana Amending
<br />Chapter 2 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code by Adding Section 2112 Prohibiting the
<br />Award of Agreements, Contracts, or Grants to Immediate Family Members of the
<br />Mayor, City Council Members, or City Officials (Second Reading)
<br />First Reading at the February 4, 2025 City Council meeting and approved by an
<br />unanimous vote of 70. Legal notice was published in the OC Reporter on February
<br />10, 2025.
<br />Department(s): City Manager’s Office
<br />Recommended Action: Conduct a second reading and adopt an ordinance
<br />amending Chapter 2 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code by adding Section 2112,
<br />which prohibits awarding agreements, contracts, or grants to immediate family
<br />members of the Mayor, City Council Members, or City Officials.
<br />ORDINANCE NO. NS3077 entitled AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF
<br />THE CITY OF SANTA ANA AMENDING CHAPTER 2 OF THE SANTA ANA
<br />MUNICIPAL CODE BY ADDING A NEW SECTION 2112 CONCERNING THE
<br />PROHIBITION AGAINST AWARDING OF AGREEMENTS, CONTRACTS OR
<br />GRANTS TO ANY IMMEDIATE FAMILY MEMBER OF THE MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL
<br />MEMBERS, OR CITY OFFICIALS
<br />**END OF CONSENT CALENDAR**
<br />PUBLIC HEARING
<br />PUBLIC COMMENTS – Members of the public may address the City Council on each of the
<br />Public Hearing items.
<br />17.Public Hearing for FiveYear Economic Development Subsidy Reports for TACenergy
<br />and THRIVE Santa Ana, LLC
<br />Legal notice published in the OC Reporter on February 5, 2025.
<br />Department(s): Community Development Agency
<br />Recommended Action: 1. Conduct Public Hearing to consider any written or oral
<br />comments on the information contained in the FiveYear Economic Development
<br />Subsidy reports for TACenergy and THRIVE Santa Ana, LLC.
<br />2. Receive and File Reports.
<br />COUNCILMEMBER REQUESTED ITEMS
<br />18.Discuss and consider directing the City Manager to direct city staff to bring back the
<br />attached Resolution for Council consideration that would OPPOSE South Coast Air
<br />Quality Management District’s (SCAQMD) proposed Amended Rules 1111 and 1121;
<br />Which will have a profound impact and impose significant costs on millions of
<br />Southern California homeowners, renters and businesses who are already struggling
<br />to make ends meet while providing minimal air quality benefit. – Councilmember
<br />David Penaloza
<br />WORK STUDY SESSION
<br />19.Work Study Session for Parking Enterprise Fund 27
<br />Department(s): Community Development Agency
<br />Recommended Action: Discuss and provide direction to staff for budget, rates, and
<br />hours of operation that relate to the Parking Enterprise Fund 27.
<br />CITY MANAGER COMMENTS
<br />COUNCIL COMMENTS
<br />AB1234 DISCLOSURE – If the City paid for travel or other expenses this is the time for
<br />members of the Council to provide a brief oral report on attendance of any regional board or
<br />commission meeting or any conference, meeting or event attended.
<br />ADJOURNMENT – Adjourn the City Council meeting.
<br />Future Items
<br />1. Fiscal Year 2024/25 MidYear Budget Update
<br />2. Transit Zoning Code Updates
<br />POSTING STATEMENT: On February 11, 2025, a true and correct copy of this agenda was
<br />posted at the entrance to City Hall, 20 Civic Center Plaza, Santa Ana, CA 92701. Internet
<br />Access to City Council, Agency, and Authority agendas and related material is available prior
<br />to meetings at santaana.org/agendasandminutes.
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