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ABSENT: None (0) 3. Approval of Minutes of the October 4, 2017, Legislative Affairs, Ethics and Transparency Committee Meeting MOTION: Approve minutes. MOTION: Martinez SECOND: Sarmiento VOTE: AYES: Sarmiento, Martinez NOES: None (0) ABSTAIN: None (0) ABSENT: None (0) AGENDA ITEMS 4. Federal Legislative Update from Holland & Knight Leslie Pollner started the updated by talking about the President's State of the union speech and items that impact the Federal level: immigration, DACA and homelessness. Funding Package will be debated and will have significant impacts to Santa Ana. A lot of uncertainty at this point. Chair Sarmiento stated he would like all the updates that are provided by Lobbyists to be connected to issues with Santa Ana so that the information is relevant. Verbal report okay but as they go through the updates, see how updates relate to Santa Ana, such as streetcar, immigration, sanctuary city, and exposure on grants. Like to see a connection to what Santa Ana will experience as a benefit or detriment to what is being done in Washington, tie to what we have pending. Dan mentioned the funding package that is being discussed at the Federal level has an impact to the OC Streetcar, Home funds, CDBG, 2020 Census. DACA discussion at the federal level affects people that live in Santa Ana that are DACA recipients. Vice -Chair Martinez, mentioned Census 2020 is critical this year and it's vital that the City collaborate with local, regional, and state organizations to establish an effective strategy to obtain an accurate count. Not about dollars but about redistricting. Dan Maldonado mentioned constitutionally, apportionment of seats is critical. If depress count, money that should come to California and cities is much lower; even without a change in budget numbers. Dan suggested partnerships with groups such as NALEO and SCAG, as mentioned by Vice -Chair Martinez. MPT Martinez asked how can Holland and Knight track and monitor the Legislative Platform and monitor high priority items, track those priorities so we can report back to City Council so they understand the direction the committee is going. She mentioned the meeting minutes of this committee are not very detailed. We should ensure that we have some wins for those items on the Legislative Platform at the end of the year rather than just monitor issues. Dan Maldonado said that they would come back with some action items for specific items on the census. He and Leslie are having meetings and discuss on policy and agency side. Special Meeting -Legislative Affairs, Ethics and Transparency Council Committee Minutes January 31,1018 Page 2