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<br /> <br /> <br /> REGULAR OPEN SESSION <br /> <br /> <br /> CALLED TO ORDER COUNCIL CHAMBER <br /> 22 CIVIC CENTER PLAZA <br /> SANTA ANA, CA <br /> 6:20 P.M. <br /> <br /> ATTENDANCE 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 /> <br /> COUNCILMEMBERS Absent: <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 /> INVOCATION DOUG HARDIN, POLICE CHAPLAIN <br /> <br /> <br /> PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE COUNCILMEMBER SARMIENTO <br /> <br /> <br /> CLOSED SESSION REPORT - See report under Agenda Item 19A. <br /> <br /> <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 /> <br /> CITY COUNCIL MINUTES 4 JUNE 17, 2013 <br />