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Section 2. Sections 2-551 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code is amended to read in full as follows: Sec. 2-551. Members (a) The Commission shall consist of seventeen (17) members. Seven (7) members shall be subject to appointment and removal and shall serve terms in accordance with section 901 of the Charter of the City of Santa Ana. (b) Two (2) additional at-large members shall be appointed by the City Council. These members shall serve a maximum of two terms of four years each, and shall be subject to the same qualifications, term limits and removal as set forth in Section 901 of the Charter of the City of Santa Ana; except that the City Council may choose to appoint persons who are not qualified electors, in which case such members shall be non-voting members in the same fashion as those appointed pursuant to (c), below. (c) There shall be eight (8) additional non-voting members appointed as follows: one appointed by the governing board of the Santa Ana Unified School District; one appointed by the governing board of the Garden Grove Unified School District; one appointed by the governing board of the Rancho Santiago Community College District; one appointed by the Santa Ana Chamber of Commerce; one appointed by another chamber of commerce in Orange County selected by the City Council; one appointed by the director of Orange County Probation Department; one appointed by the director of the Orange County Social Services Department; and one appointed by a faith-based organization in the community selected by the City Council. These members shall serve four-year terms, and a maximum of two terms of four years each. Said members shall be entitled to attend all meetings of the Commission and to participate in the discussions to the same extent as the Council-appointed members, but they shall not make, second, or vote on motions, or be counted for purposes of determining whether a quorum exists for voting purposes. (d) Persons appointed pursuant to subsection (c) by the Santa Ana Unified School District, the Garden Grove Unified School District, the Rancho Santiago Community College District, the Orange County Probation Department, and the Orange County Social Services Department may be an officer of their respective agency and/or a member of the governing board of the agency, whether elected or appointed. Section 3. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or portion of this ordinance is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional by the decision of any court of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this ordinance. The City Council of the City of Santa Ana hereby declares that it would have adopted this ordinance and each section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or portion thereof irrespective of the fact that anyone or more sections, subsections, sentences, clauses, phrases, or portions be declared invalid or unconstitutional. Ordinance No. NS-2738 Page 2 of 3