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REGULAR OPEN SESSION <br />CALLED TO ORDER <br />ATTENDANCE <br />INVOCATION <br />PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE <br />COUNCIL CHAMBER <br />22 CIVIC CENTER PLAZA <br />SANTA ANA, CA <br />6:20 P.M. <br />COUNCILMEMBERS Present: <br />MIGUEL A. PULIDO, Mayor (6:37 p.m.) <br />ANGELICA AMEZCUA <br />P. DAVID BENAVIDES <br />MICHELE MARTINEZ <br />ROMAN A. REYNA (6:17 p.m.) <br />VINCENT F. SARMIENTO <br />COUNCILMEMBERS Absent: <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 />DOUG HARDIN, POLICE CHAPLAIN <br />COUNCILMEMBER SARMIENTO <br />CLOSED SESSION REPORT - See report under Agenda Item 19A. <br />PUBLIC COMMENT <br />• Manuel Pena, commented on need for a Hispanic Affairs Office to enhance <br />relationship between community and Police Department. <br />• Gwenn Norton-Perry, Executive Director of Orange County Council of Governments <br />(OCCOG), introduced self and thanked the City Council for past support; noted that <br />OCCOG now self-standing organization that will focus of sustainable community <br />strategies. <br />• Mathew Southgate, eager to participate in strategic plan; commented on budget, <br />opined that disproportionate amount of funding spent on public safety, City to focus <br />more resources on community services. <br />• Peter Katz, commented on recent event hosted by Metrolink from Santa Ana to San <br />Juan Capistrano; opined that Go-Local Program could be huge success and bring <br />outsiders into community; thanked Councilmember Martinez for promoting public <br />transportation. <br />CITY COUNCIL MINUTES 4 <br />1 0A-4 <br />JUNE 17, 2013