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<br />PUBLIC HEARINGS <br /> <br />Motion: Adopt an emergency ordinance. (Requires five affirmative votes.) <br /> <br />ORDINANCE NS-2694 - An emergency ordinance of the City of Santa Ana <br />extending the temporary moratorium on the construction or establishment of <br />medical marijuana dispensaries <br /> <br />MOTION: Alvarez <br /> <br />SECOND: Garcia <br /> <br />VOTE: <br /> <br />AYES: <br /> <br />Alvarez, Bist, Bustamante, Garcia, Solorio (5) <br /> <br />NOES: None (0) <br />ABSTAIN: None (0) <br />ABSENT: Christy, Pulido (2) <br /> <br />COUNCIL RECESSED TO THE COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY <br />MEETING AT 6:40 P.M. <br /> <br />COUNCIL RECONVENED AT 6:41 P.M. WITH SAME MEMBERS PRESENT <br /> <br />W.SA <br /> <br />WORK STUDY SESSION <br /> <br />Trends and Developments in Open Government Laws presented by Joe <br />Fletcher, City Attorney - Highlights of this presentation are as follows: <br />. The Ralph M. Brown Act was enacted in 1953 in response to <br />newspaper articles uncovering secret local agency meetings <br />. The law states that all meetings of the legislative body of a local <br />agency shall be open and public, and all persons shall be permitted to <br />attend any meeting of the legislative body, except as otherwise <br />provided in the Brown Act <br />. Proposition 59, adopted in November, 2004, constitutionalized the <br />Brown Act and the Public Records Act <br />. The definition of legislative bodies includes the City Council, Council <br />standing committees, and any bodies created by or at the behest of the <br />Council such as Boards and Commissions <br />. An action is a decision made by a majority of the members or a <br />promise by a majority of the members to make a decision <br />. A meeting is any congregation of a quorum to hear or receive <br />information or discuss or deliberate regarding an item within the <br />jurisdiction of the body <br />. Meetings must be held within the City's boundaries except to inspect <br />property that cannot be brought to the jurisdiction, to meet with Agency <br />legislators or outside attorneys, or to meet with other outside agencies <br /> <br />CITY COUNCIL MINUTES <br /> <br />296 <br /> <br />AUGUST 15, 2005 <br />