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committee (ETAC) for the City of Santa Ana. The Environmental and Transportation Advisory Committee shall be comprised of nine (9) members who shall be qualified electors of the city. The provisions of sections 900 and 900.1 of the Charter of the City of Santa Ana shall govern the appointment, removal, and terms of members of ETAC and the existence of vacancies on ETAC. Membership in ETAC may include one (1) member who shall be nominated by the Santa Ana Chamber of Commerce and one (1) member nominated by the Santa Ana Hispanic Chamber of Commerce within the nine (9) member limit. The members nominated by the Chambers need not be qualified electors of the city. (b) ETAC meetings and procedures shall be resolved and detailed in separately adopted by -laws. Section 3. Section 33 -184 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code is hereby amended such that it reads as follows: Sec. 33.184. Duties and responsibilities of the Environmental and Transportation Advisory Committee. (a) The duties of ETAC shall consist of acting in an advisory capacity to the city council in the study, review, and recommendations with regard to the removal, planting, replanting or disposition of public trees in the public right of way. ETAC shall review and make recommendations regarding requests for public tree removal by individual property owners, neighborhood associations, or developers. ETAC shall make recommendations on designated species for specific streets and neighborhoods. (b) ETAC will assist in the dissemination of news and information regarding the protection, maintenance, removal and planting of public trees on public property to the city council and citizens of the City of Santa Ana. (c) ETAC, when requested by the city council, shall consider, investigate, make finding, report and recommend upon any special matter of question coming within the scope of the urban forest. (d) The duties of ETAC shall also consist of acting in an advisory capacity to the city council, in the study, review, and recommendation related to master planning of transportation and streetscape matters, and guiding principles on Water and Wastewater matters. (e) ETAC shall provide general input regarding the City's Circulation Element, the Bicycle and Pedestrian Master Plans, and Citywide Complete Streets, and advice on major surface transportation programs. ETAC may also provide input on street environment, streetscape, and right of way aesthetics. Section 4. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or portion of this ordinance is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional by the decision of any Ordinance No. NS -2909 Page 2 of 4 5501-4