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SECTION 2. Section 33 -206 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code is hereby added such that it reads as follows: Sec. 33.206. - Prevailing wages required. Except on locally funded public works projects of twenty -five thousand dollars ($25,000) or less when the project is for construction work, or fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000) or less when the project is for alteration, demolition, repair or maintenance work, all contractors performing work on a City public works project shall be subject to California prevailing wage law, codified at California Labor Code Section 1782, at sec, as it may be amended from time to time. The only limitation on this requirement shall be in the event federal funding requirements supersede state prevailing wage laws. SECTION 3. The adoption of this ordinance is exempt from CEQA and a Notice of Exemption will be filed if this ordinance is adopted. SECTION 4. California Government Code Section 36937 authorizes the City Council to adopt an urgency ordinance, by a four -fifths vote, without following the procedures otherwise required for the adoption of an ordinance, in order to protect the public peace, health or safety. This ordinance shall be immediately effective pursuant to Section 415 of the City Charter. SECTION 5. The City Council finds, determines and declares that the current and immediate threat to the public health, safety and welfare of the city and its citizens necessitates the immediate enactment of the ordinance. The facts constituting such urgency are set forth as follows: 1) The California State Legislature enacted SB7 which mandates that Charter Cities that do not have prevailing wage ordinances in place by that January 1, 2015 will not be able to receive State funding or other financial assistance. 2) SB7, codified in California Labor Code Section 1782, effective January 1, 2015, requires that Charter Cities must have a local prevailing wage ordinance in order to be eligible to receive to State funding or other financial assistance for construction projects. 3) Santa Ana is a Charter City which currently does not a have a prevailing wage ordinance. 4) This ordinance will immediately provide for payment of prevailing wages as required by State Law. 5) Failure to adopt an urgency ordinance will result in the City being unable to obtain State Funding for future construction projects which likely will exceed millions of dollars. 6) Such loss of funding will require diversion of other funds away from other critical programs, included but not limited to, police, fire and parks. Ordinance No. NS -XXX Page 3 of 5 y ll