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Sincerely, XXXX g. Consistent with paragraph 7 hereof and, as the invitation letter indicates, the respondents to the invitation shall be scheduled on a first-come, first- served, or other random basis to deliver the prayers. h. If the selected invocational speaker does not appear at the scheduled meeting, the Mayor may ask for a volunteer from among the Council or the audience to deliver the invocation. 5. No invocational speaker shall receive compensation for his or her service. 6. The Police Department shall make every reasonable effort to ensure that a variety of eligible invocational speakers are scheduled for the City Council meetings. In any event, no invocational speaker shall be scheduled to offer a prayer at consecutive meetings of the City Council or at more than three (3) City Council meetings in any calendar year. 7. Neither the City Council nor the Police Department shall engage in any prior inquiry, review of, or involvement in, the content of any prayer to be offered by an invocational speaker. & This policy shall apply to all Commissions of the City of Santa Ana. 9. Shortly before the opening gavel that officially begins the meeting, the Mayor or presiding officer of a commission shall introduce the invocational speaker and the person selected to recite the Pledge of Allegiance following the invocation and invite only those persons who wish to do so to stand for those observances with the City Council. 10. This policy is not intended, and shall not be implemented or construed in any way, to affiliate the City Council with, nor express the City Council's preference for, any faith or religious denomination. Rather, this policy is intended to acknowledge and express the City Council's respect for the diversity of religious denominations and faiths represented and practiced among the citizens of Santa Ana. APPROVED AS TO FORM: -40A_1� A an?� Sonia R. Carvalho, City Attorney -5-