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<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> REGULAR OPEN SESSION <br /> <br /> <br /> CALLED TO ORDER COUNCIL CHAMBER <br /> 22 CIVIC CENTER PLAZA <br /> SANTA ANA, CA <br /> 6:04 P.M. <br /> <br /> ATTENDANCE COUNCILMEMBERS Present: <br /> MIGUEL A. PULIDO, Mayor <br /> ANGELICA AMEZCUA <br /> P. DAVID BENAVIDES <br /> MICHELE MARTINEZ <br /> ROMAN A. REYNA <br /> <br /> COUNCILMEMBERS Absent: <br /> VINCENT F. SARMIENTO <br /> SAL TINAJERO, Mayor Pro Tern <br /> <br /> STAFF Present: <br /> KEVIN O'ROURKE, Interim City Manager <br /> SONIA R. CARVALHO, City Attorney <br /> MARIA D. HUIZAR, Clerk of the Council <br /> <br /> <br /> PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE MAYOR PULIDO <br /> <br /> <br /> INVOCATION ROGER ARAGON, Police Chaplain <br /> <br /> <br /> CLOSED SESSION REPORT <br /> City Attorney Carvalho announced the following: The City Council is very supportive of <br /> the Habitat for Humanity "Habitat" and its accomplishments in the City of Santa Ana. <br /> The City Council voted to provide financial support, documented in a letter <br /> agreement, in the amount of $150,000 and in the form of proceeds from the sale of two <br /> homes currently in escrow. <br /> The Successor Agency and its Special Legal Counsel will continue to <br /> aggressively pursue the Department of Finance's "DoF's" approval to pay Habitat under <br /> the terms of the Disposition and Development Agreement "DDA". <br /> In the City's experience, the DoF's and the Attorney General will not act to release <br /> funds unless legal action in the form of a Temporary Restraining Order is sought by the <br /> developer. <br /> We encourage Habitat to join us in protecting their rights. <br /> Based on the DoF's directive that the developers of the Station District are quote <br /> "entitled to receive and draw down immediately from two escrow accounts $4,762,000" <br /> for a total of $15,570,000, the City Council directs staff to release such funds provided <br /> the release does not violate the existing court order. <br /> <br /> CITY COUNCIL MINUTES 3 MARCH 18, 2013 <br /> 1 0A-3 <br />