POLICE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION (POA) - 2013

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A- 2013.161 SIDE LETTER TO THE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE CITY OF SANTA ANA AND THE SANTA ANA POLICE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION The City of Santa Ana (City) and the Santa Ana Police Officers Association (SAPOA) have met and conferred over the terms of a successor Memorandum of Understanding (MOU). This document represents the agreement of the parties reflecting all of those changes to the parties' current MOU. These changes once ratified by the SAPOA and then approved by the City Council of the City will go into effect as set forth herein. It is then the intent of the parties to incorporate these changes into their MOU (which will be a comprehensive MOU incorporating all the parties agreements) which will include any and all side letters of agreement entered into between the parties which are not currently contained in the MOU. This will include updating language currently in the existing MOU which has been subsequently modified by side letters entered into between the parties prior to the negotiations for the successor MOU but after the last MOU was signed off by the parties. The parties anticipate there will also be updates to the MOU language to sections other than those set forth below which are necessitated by the parties' agreements below. 1. Term 26.1 The term of this Agreement shall be from July 1, 2013 through June 30, 2015 2. Retirement: 13.5 3% at 50 Service Retirement Benefit for Classic Safety Members. The City contracts with CaIPERS to provide Classic Safety employees (classic members as that term is defined by the Public Employees' Pension Reform Act of 2013) represented by this bargaining unit with the 3% at 50 Service Retirement benefit. Commencing July 1, 2013, all classic member safety employees covered by this Agreement shall pay nine percent (9 %) of their salary to pay for the employer portion of the City's CaIPERS contribution. This payment shall be paid in accordance with Government Code Section 20516(f). For "New Members" within the meaning of the California Public Employees' Pension Reform Act ( PEPRA) of 2013. The PEPRA went into effect on January 1, 2013. The parties agree that if there is any other clean up or other retirement legislation which goes into effect during this MOU and if there are provisions of that legislation which, by law, automatically goes into effect, either party may request to negotiate over the legislation, including over the impact. Retirement Formula: Per Government Code Section 7522.25(d), also known as 2.7% at 57 retirement formula for sworn.