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Jwf 2-4-10 <br /> RESOLUTION NO. 2010-XXX <br /> A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF <br /> SANTA ANA APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING <br /> EXECUTING AN AMENDED AND RESTATED ORANGE <br /> COUNTY COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS (OCCOG) JOINT <br /> POWERS AGREEMENT. <br /> BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA 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 Orange County Council of Governments (OCCOG) serves as a <br /> Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG) subregional organization that <br /> represents the interests of Orange County in the consideration of SCAG plans, <br /> programs, policies and legislative platforms; and, <br /> B. The OCCOG was duly established by a joint powers agreement as a <br /> separate legal entity by and between thirty (30) founding member agencies between <br /> April 1996 and January 1998, with said member agency representation currently <br /> comprised of forty (40) public agencies; and with each member, by and through its <br /> legislative body, independently determining that the public interest, convenience and <br /> necessity required creation of a joint powers authority known as the OCCOG; and, <br /> C. The OCCOG Board of Directors recognized the need to amend and <br /> restate the original OCCOG joint powers agreement to: streamline and make consistent <br /> certain provisions relating to OCCOG between the provisions in the joint powers <br /> agreement and the provisions of the OCCOG bylaws; address updated references to <br /> member agencies and their voting on the OCCOG Board of Directors; add a provision to <br /> establish membership dues for member agencies; clarify the powers and limitations of <br /> OCCOG; and broaden the ability of OCCOG to retain staff and consultants; and, <br /> D. The OCCOG Board of Directors duly conducted a public meeting on the <br /> amended and restated OCCOG joint powers agreement on June 25, 2009 and <br /> unanimously adopted the amended and restated OCCOG joint powers agreement and <br /> authorized the transmittal of said amended and restated joint powers agreement to the <br /> OCCOG Member Agencies for execution by the legislative body of each Member <br /> <br /> Agency; and, <br /> Resolution No. 2010-XXX <br /> 55D-3 Page 1 of 3 <br /> <br />