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Qxs 08/10/09) <br />ORDINANCE NO. NS-2794 <br />AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY <br />OF SANTA ANA REPEALING SECTION 2-550 THROUGH <br />SECTION 2-554 TO THE SANTA ANA MUNICPAL CODE <br />RELATED TO EARLY PREVENTION AND INTERVENTION <br />COMMISSION <br />THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA DOES ORDAIN AS <br />FOLLOWS: <br />Section 1. The City Council of the City of Santa Ana hereby finds, determines <br />and declares as follows: <br />A. The City's budget challenges and the potential impacts on the City's ability to <br />preserve high quality core services to the public has- lead the City Council to <br />evaluate the current structure of the City's appointive boards and their cost. <br />B. The City agencies which staff the various boards and commissions have <br />reviewed all costs associated with providing support to the appointive boards <br />including materials and supplies, training and travel, staff time, and member <br />compensation. <br />C. The City's commitment to EPIC's core mission of prevention, that is, <br />equipping at-risk youth to lead productive lives and to provide alternatives to <br />gang affiliation, violence and drugs shall continue. The Ad Hoc Committee on <br />Board and Commission Review is recommending the creation of a new <br />smaller Board combining the efforts of the current Human Relations <br />Commission and EPIC which shall be equipped to provide leadership in the <br />area of prevention. <br />D. The following action will preserve valuable community input and participation <br />in city government while contributing to necessary reductions in city <br />expenditures. <br />E. All provisions of the Santa Ana Municipal Code which are repeated herein are <br />repeated solely in order to comply with the provisions of section 418 of the <br />Charter of the City of Santa Ana. Any such restatement of existing provisions <br />of the Code is not intended, nor shall it be interpreted, as constituting a new <br />action or decision of the City Council, but rather such provisions are repeated <br />for tracking purposes only in conformance with the Charter <br />Section 2. Sections 2-550 through 2-554 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code are <br />hereby deleted in their entirety. <br />Ordinance No. NS-2794 <br />Page 1 of 2 <br />