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CITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE ON NEIGHBORHOOD IMPROVEMENT/CODE ENFORCEMENT Meeting Minutes May 23, 2006 CALL TO ORDER ,,, The meeting was called to order at 5:45 p.m. in the Council Chambers, 22 Civic Center Plaza, Santa Ana. ATTENDANCE The following Committee members were present: Lisa Bist and Alberta Christy Absent: Carlos Bustamante Staff present were: Jay Trevino, Executive Director Planning and Building Agency; Kenneth Adams, Assistant Director Planning and Building Agency; Ben Kaufman, Chief Assistant City Attorney; Bruce Dunams, Community Preservation Manager; and Steve Gutmann, Supervisor of Inspections. AGENDA ITEMS APPROVAL OF MINUTES -APRIL 25, 2006 MEETING Approved by a vote of 2:0 (Bustamante absent) 2. PRE-SALE INSPECTION PROGRAM Bruce Dunams provided an overview of the history of the pre-sale inspection program effort by the council committee. As part of the staff presentation he highlighted the meeting between staff, local real estate professionals and members of the neighborhood communication linkage organization. His discussion covered the list of issues brought to the table by both groups. The real estate industry preferred an amended local disclosure program to the institution of a pre-sale inspection program. Whereas the community linkage representatives were strong advocates of the program because they felt it would get at a variety of significant issues facing Santa Ana. Mr. Dunams stated that the meeting allowed the two groups to have a positive discussion about local real estate issues facing Santa Ana without any rancor since both sides had significantly differing opinions. The Committee members engaged in considerable discussion about the "local option" real estate transfer disclosure statement. Staff provided a detailed analysis of the statement and highlighted the strengths and weakness of the "local disclosure" proposal. The Committee members felt the "local disclosure" 13B-1