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REGULAR OPEN SESSION <br />CALLED TO ORDER COUNCIL CHAMBER <br />22 CIVIC CENTER PLAZA <br />SANTA ANA, CA <br />6:04 P.M. <br />ATTENDANCE COUNCILMEMBERS Present: <br />MIGUEL A. PULIDO, Mayor <br />ANGELICA AMEZCUA <br />P. DAVID BENAVIDES <br />MICHELE MARTINEZ <br />ROMAN A. REYNA <br />COUNCILMEMBERS Absent: <br />VINCENT F. SARMIENTO <br />SAL TINAJERO, Mayor Pro Tern <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 />PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE MAYOR PULIDO <br />INVOCATION ROGER ARAGON, Police Chaplain <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 />CITY COUNCIL MINUTES 3 MARCH 18, 2013