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City Attorney's and City Clerk's Offices <br />www.santa-ana.org/city-clerks-office <br />Item # 17 <br />City of Santa Ana <br />20 Civic Center Plaza, Santa Ana, CA 92701 <br />Staff Report <br />March 18, 2025 <br />TOPIC: Boards and Commissions Appointments, Reappointments, Removals <br />AGENDA TITLE <br />Boards and Commissions Members Appointments, Reappointments, Holdovers, and <br />Removals <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />1. Review Santa Ana Municipal Code Section 2-236 pertaining to Appointive Boards <br />and Commissions, Appointments, Removals, Vacancies, and Term. <br />2. Provide direction to staff. <br />GOVERNMENT CODE §84308 APPLIES: No <br />DISCUSSION <br />The City of Santa Ana has various appointive boards and commissions to serve as <br />advisory groups to the City Council on specific policy areas. Santa Ana Municipal Code <br />Sec. 2-326 provides for the appointments, removals, vacancies, and term for the <br />members of appointive boards and commissions. <br />Specifically, Section 2-326(a) of the Santa Ana Municipal Code (SAMC) states in part <br />that: "For boards and commissions having at least seven (7) members, the city council <br />shall select seven (7) members from nominations made by the council member (or <br />mayor in the case of the city-wide seat) whose term coincides with that board or <br />commission seat." (italics added) <br />SAMC Section 2-326(d) also states in part that: "It is the intent of this section that the <br />term of office on boards and commissions shall be concurrent with the term of office of <br />council members." (italics added) <br />Additionally, SAMC Section 2-326(d) states in part "the members of such boards and <br />commissions shall serve for a term of four (4) years and until their respective <br />successors are appointed or qualified." (italics, bold, underline added) This is <br />