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CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE:
JANUARY 21, 2020
TITLE
RECEIVE AND FILE — FISCAL YEAR
2018-19 COMPREHENSIVE ANNUAL
FINANCIAL REPORT, RELATED AUDIT
REPORTS, AND MEASURE X AGREED -
UPON -PROCEDURES REPORT
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RECOMMENDED ACTION
Receive and file the following audited and separately issued reports for the Fiscal Year ended June
30, 2019:
1. The Auditor's unmodified "clean" opinion letter for the Fiscal Year 2018-19 Audited Financial
Statements included in the Comprehensive Annual Financial Report (CAFR)
2. Government Auditing Standards (GAS) Letter
3. Audit Committee Letter
4. Air Quality Management District (AQMD) Audited Financial Statements
5. The Auditor's report on the Appropriations Limit (GANN Limit)
6. The Auditor's report on compliance with the Statement of Investment Policy
7. Measure X Agreed -Upon -Procedures Report
DISCUSSION
The Finance and Management Services Agency — Accounting Division (Accounting Division) is the
lead on various audit and separately issued reports compiled and prepared by the City's
Independent Auditor, White Nelson Diehl Evans LLP (WNDE). Outlined below is a list of the reports
and related status.
AUDIT REPORTS:
Audited Financial Statements - Comprehensive Annual Financial Report for the Fiscal Year
Ended June 30, 2019
Annually, the Accounting Division prepares a CAFR which includes the City's audited financial
statements and statistical information for each fiscal year. The CAFR is prepared in accordance
with the Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) along with the reporting requirements
of the Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB). The City's independent public
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Comprehensive Annual Financial Report for the Fiscal Year -Ended June 30, 2019
January 21, 2020
Page 2
accounting firm, WNDE, audits the financial statements, reviews other financial items at the City's
request, and issues reports.
The Accounting Division is pleased to report that the City received an unmodified opinion commonly
known as a clean opinion; which is considered the most favorable conclusion for the audit. The
unmodified opinion indicates that the City's financial statements present fairly, in all material
respects, the financial position of the City, changes in financial position, and cash flows for the fiscal
year ended June 30, 2019 (Exhibit 1).
The CAFR for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2019 is posted and available on the City's website
(https://www.santa-ana.org/sites/default/files/finance/Accounting/2019_cafr.pdf) along with prior
fiscal years. The report was submitted to the Government Finance Officer Association's
Certificates of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting Program. The award is the
highest form of recognition in governmental accounting and financial reporting. The City has
received this prestigious award for forty-one consecutive years.
In addition to the audit opinion, WNDE issued the following communication letters:
Government Auditing Standards (GAS) Letter (Exhibit 2)
Auditor's communication of reportable conditions based on their review of the City's internal
controls over financial reporting and on compliance. The results of their review disclosed no
instances of noncompliance for the fiscal year 2018-19.
Audit Committee Letter (Exhibit 3)
Formal communication from the auditor to the City Council; acting as the City's Audit
Committee, which discloses information related to the audit, including but not limited to the
City's accounting practices and implementation of new accounting rules and estimates.
Audit of the City's Air Quality Management District (AQMD) Financial Statements (Exhibit 4)
Under Assembly Bill 2766 Chapter 1705 [California Health and Safety Code (CHSC) Sections
44220 through 44247] cities and counties receiving the AB 2766 funds are required to separately
account for the revenue and to expend the revenue for air pollution reduction measures. The AQMD
audit report reflects the City's compliance to such measures.
The Accounting Division is pleased to report that the City received an unmodified opinion (clean)
on the AQMD audit report and no compliance findings were noted.
Single Audit Report — Not Included Herein
The City is also required to have a Single Audit of federal financial assistance by March 315t
following each fiscal year. Staff expects the Single Audit will be issued during February 2020 and
will be presented to the City Council on a public on an agenda shortly thereafter.
SEPARATELY ISSUED REPORTS:
In addition to the CAFR and the AQMD reports, WNDE performed the following Agreed Upon
Procedures (AUP) examinations.
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Comprehensive Annual Financial Report for the Fiscal Year -Ended June 30, 2019
January 21, 2020
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Appropriation Limit Calculations, also known as GANN Limit (Exhibit 5)
The GANN limit established the appropriations limit on expenditures for publicly funded programs
in accordance with Section 1 of Article XIII of the California Constitution.
The accounting Division is pleased to report that no findings were noted as a result of this AUP
Review.
City's Compliance with the Statement of Investment Policy (Exhibit 6)
The City elected to have the auditor check for City's compliance with its Investment Policy.
The accounting Division is pleased to report that no findings were noted as a result of this review.
Measure X Agreed -Upon -Procedures Report (Exhibit 7)
In accordance with SAMC 35-216, staff has prepared an annual report that includes the list of
expenditures made with Measure X money for FY18-19. In accordance with SAMC 35-215, the
City's independent auditor has reviewed the annual report prepared by staff, verified the numbers
presented, and opined the numbers are fairly stated. On December 11, 2019, the audit
engagement partners presented their report to the Measure X Citizens Oversight Committee, in
accordance with Section 6 of Resolution No. 2019-008 (the Committee's establishing
resolution). We expect the Committee will prepare its annual report and make recommendations
to the City Council in time for the budget process, in accordance with the same establishing
resolution.
STRATEGIC PLAN ALIGNMENT
Approval of this item allows the City to meet Goal #4 - City Financial Stability, Objective #1 (maintain
a stable, efficient, and transparent financial environment).
FISCAL IMPACT
There is no fiscal impact associated with this action.
Kathryn Downs, CPA
Executive Director
Finance and Management Services Agency
Exhibits: 1.
Audit Opinion Letter
2.
Government Auditing Standards (GAS) Letter
3.
Audit Committee Letter
4.
Air Quality Management District (AQMD) Report
5.
GANN Limit Agreed -Upon Procedures Report
6.
Investment Policy Agreed -Upon Procedures Report
7.
Measure X Agreed -Upon Procedures Report
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INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT
To the Honorable City Council
of the City of Santa Ana
Santa Ana, California
Report on the Financial Statements
We have audited the accompanying financial statements of the governmental activities, the
business -type activities, each major fund, and the aggregate remaining fund information of the City of
Santa Ana, California (the City), as of and for the year ended June 30, 2019, and the related notes to
the basic financial statements, which collectively comprise the City's basic financial statements as
listed in the table of contents.
Management's Responsibility for the Financial Statements
Management is responsible for the preparation and fair presentation of these financial statements in
accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America; this
includes the design, implementation, and maintenance of internal control relevant to the preparation
and fair presentation of financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to
fraud or error.
Auditors' Responsibility
Our responsibility is to express opinions on these financial statements based on our audit. We
conducted our audit in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States of
America and the standards applicable to financial audits contained in Government Auditing Standards,
issued by the Comptroller General of the United States. Those standards require that we plan and
perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free from
material misstatement.
An audit involves performing procedures to obtain audit evidence about the amounts and disclosures in
the financial statements. The procedures selected depend on the auditors' judgment, including the
assessment of the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to fraud or
error. In making those risk assessments, the auditors consider internal control relevant to the City's
preparation and fair presentation of the financial statements in order to design audit procedures that are
appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness
of the City's internal control. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit also includes
evaluating the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of significant
accounting estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the
financial statements.
We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for
our audit opinions.
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Opinions
In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the
respective financial position of the governmental activities, the business -type activities, each major
fund, and the aggregate remaining fund information of the City, as of June 30, 2019 and the respective
changes in financial position and, where applicable, cash flows thereof for the year then ended in
accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
Other Matters
Report on Required Supplementary Information
Accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America require that the
Management's Discussion and Analysis, Budgetary Comparison Schedules - General and Major
Special Revenue Funds, Notes to the Required Supplementary Information, Schedule of Changes in
Net Pension Liability and Related Ratios and Schedule of Plan Contributions for the Miscellaneous,
Safety, and Supplementary Retirement Plans, and Schedule of Changes in the Total OPEB Liability
and Related Ratios, identified as Required Supplementary Information (RSI) in the accompanying
table of contents, be presented to supplement the basic financial statements. Such information,
although not a part of the basic financial statements, is required by the Governmental Accounting
Standards Board, who considers it to be an essential part of financial reporting for placing the basic
financial statements in an appropriate operational, economic or historical context. We have applied
certain limited procedures to the RSI in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the
United States of America, which consisted of inquiries of management about the methods of preparing
the information and comparing the information for consistency with management's responses to our
inquiries, the basic financial statements, and other knowledge we obtained during the audit of the basic
financial statements. We do not express an opinion or provide any assurance on the RSI because the
limited procedures do not provide us with sufficient evidence to express an opinion or provide any
assurance.
Other Information
Our audit was conducted for the purpose of forming opinions on the financial statements that
collectively comprise the City's basic financial statements. The introductory section, combining and
individual non -major fund financial statements and schedules (supplementary information), and
statistical section, as listed in the table of contents, are presented for purposes of additional analysis
and are not a required part of the basic financial statements.
The supplementary information, as listed in the table of contents, is the responsibility of management
and was derived from and relates directly to the underlying accounting and other records used to
prepare the basic financial statements. Such information has been subjected to the auditing procedures
applied in the audit of the basic financial statements and certain additional procedures, including
comparing and reconciling such information directly to the underlying accounting and other records
used to prepare the basic financial statements or to the basic financial statements themselves, and other
additional procedures in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States of
America. In our opinion, the supplementary information is fairly stated in all material respects in
relation to the basic financial statements taken as a whole.
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Other Matters (Continued)
Other Information (Continued)
The introductory and statistical sections have not been subjected to the auditing procedures applied in
the audit of the basic financial statements and, accordingly, we express no opinion or provide any
assurance on them.
Other Reporting Required by Government Auditing Standards
In accordance with Government Auditing Standards, we have also issued our report dated December 3,
2019, on our consideration of the City's internal control over financial reporting and on our tests of its
compliance with certain provisions of laws, regulations, contracts and grant agreements and other
matters. The purpose of that report is to describe the scope of our testing of internal control over
financial reporting and compliance and the results of that testing, and not to provide an opinion on the
internal control over financial reporting or on compliance. That report is an integral part of an audit
performed in accordance with Government Auditing Standards in considering the City's internal
control over financial reporting and compliance.
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Irvine, California
December 3, 2019
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EXHIBIT 2
INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT ON INTERNAL CONTROL OVER
FINANCIAL REPORTING AND ON COMPLIANCE AND OTHER MATTERS
BASED ON AN AUDIT OF FINANCIAL STATEMENTS PERFORMED
IN ACCORDANCE WITH GOVERNMENTAUDITING STANDARDS
To the Honorable City Council
of the City of Santa Ana
Santa Ana, California
We have audited, in accordance with the auditing standards generally accepted in the United States of
America and the standards applicable to financial audits contained in Government Auditing Standards
issued by the Comptroller General of the United States, the financial statements of the governmental
activities, the business -type activities, each major fund, and the aggregate remaining fund information
of the City of Santa Ana, California (the City), as of and for the year ended June 30, 2019, and the
related notes to the basic financial statements, which collectively comprise the City's basic financial
statements and have issued our report thereon dated December 3, 2019.
Internal Control over Financial Reporting
In planning and performing our audit of the financial statements, we considered the City's internal
control over financial reporting (internal control) to determine the audit procedures that are appropriate
in the circumstances for the purpose of expressing our opinions on the financial statements, but not for
the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the City's internal control. Accordingly,
we do not express an opinion on the effectiveness of the City's internal control.
A deficiency in internal control exists when the design or operation of a control does not allow
management or employees, in the normal course of performing their assigned functions, to prevent, or
detect and correct misstatements on a timely basis. A material weakness is a deficiency, or a
combination of deficiencies, in internal control such that there is a reasonable possibility that a material
misstatement of the City's financial statements will not be prevented, or detected and corrected on a
timely basis. A significant deficiency is a deficiency, or a combination of deficiencies, in internal
control that is less severe than a material weakness, yet important enough to merit attention by those
charged with governance.
Our consideration of internal control was for the limited purpose described in the first paragraph of this
section and was not designed to identify all deficiencies in internal control that might be material
weaknesses or significant deficiencies. Given these limitations, during our audit we did not identify
any deficiencies in internal control that we consider to be material weaknesses. However, material
weaknesses may exist that have not been identified.
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Compliance and Other Matters
As part of obtaining reasonable assurance about whether the City's financial statements are free from
material misstatement, we performed tests of its compliance with certain provisions of laws,
regulations, contracts, and grant agreements, noncompliance with which could have a direct and
material effect on the determination of financial statement amounts. However, providing an opinion on
compliance with those provisions was not an objective of our audit, and accordingly, we do not express
such an opinion. The results of our tests disclosed no instances of noncompliance or other matters that
are required to be reported under Government Auditing Standards.
Purpose of this Report
The purpose of this report is solely to describe the scope of our testing of internal control and
compliance and the results of that testing, and not to provide an opinion on the effectiveness of the
City's internal control or on compliance. This report is an integral part of an audit performed in
accordance with Government Auditing Standards in considering the City's internal control and
compliance. Accordingly, this communication is not suitable for any other purpose.
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Irvine, California
December 3, 2019
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EXHIBIT 3
To the Honorable City Council
of the City of Santa Ana
Santa Ana, California
We have audited the financial statements of the governmental activities, business -type activities, each
major fund, and aggregate remaining fund information of the City of Santa Ana, California (the City)
for the year ended June 30, 2019. Professional standards require that we provide you with information
about our responsibilities under generally accepted auditing standards and Government Auditing
Standards as well as certain information related to the planned scope and timing of our audit. We have
communicated such information in our planning letter to you dated June 13, 2019. Professional
standards also require that we communicate to you the following information related to our audit.
Significant Audit Matters
Qualitative Aspects of Accounting Practices
Management is responsible for the selection and use of appropriate accounting policies. The significant
accounting policies used by the City are described in Note 1 to the financial statements. No new
accounting policies were adopted and the application of existing policies was not changed during the
year ended June 30, 2019. We noted no transactions entered into by the City during the year for which
there is a lack of authoritative guidance or consensus. All significant transactions have been recognized
in the financial statements in the proper period.
Accounting estimates are an integral part of the financial statements prepared by management and are
based on management's knowledge and experience about past and current events and assumptions
about future events. Certain accounting estimates are particularly sensitive because of their
significance to the financial statements and because of the possibility that future events affecting them
may differ significantly from those expected.
The most sensitive estimates affecting the City's financial statements were as follows:
a. Management's estimate of the fair market value of investments is based on
quoted prices in an active market. When quoted prices in active markets are not
available, fair values are based on evaluated prices received by the City's broker
or custodian.
b. Management's estimate of the value of capital assets (infrastructure assets) is
based on industry standards.
c. The estimated useful lives of capital assets for depreciation purposes are based
on industry standards.
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Significant Audit Findings (Continued)
Qualitative Aspects of Accounting Practices (Continued)
d. The annual required contributions, pension expense, net pension liability and
corresponding deferred outflows of resources and deferred inflows of resources
for the City's public defined benefit plans with CalPERS and PARS are based on
actuarial valuations provided by CalPERS and an outside consultant,
respectively.
e. The Other Post -Employment Benefit Plan (OPEB) expense, total OPEB liability,
and corresponding deferred outflows of resources and deferred inflows of
resources for the City's OPEB plan are based several key assumptions that are
set by management with the assistance of an independent third party actuary.
These key assumptions include anticipated investment rate of return, health care
cost trends, mortality and certain amortization periods.
f. Management's estimate of the claims payable liabilities related to general
liability and worker's compensation claims are based on actuarial valuations.
We evaluated the key factors and assumptions used to develop these estimates in determining that they
were reasonable in relation to the financial statements taken as a whole.
Certain financial statement disclosures are particularly sensitive because of their significance to
financial statement users. The most sensitive disclosures affecting the financial statements were
reported in Note 4E regarding the CalPERS defined benefit plans, Note 4F regarding the PARS
supplementary retirement plan, and Note 4G regarding the City's OPEB plan.
The financial statement disclosures are neutral, consistent, and clear.
Difficulties Encountered in Performing the Audit
We encountered no significant difficulties in dealing with management in performing and completing
our audit.
Corrected and Uncorrected Misstatements
Professional standards require us to accumulate all known and likely misstatements identified during
the audit, other than those that are clearly trivial, and communicate them to the appropriate level of
management. As a result of our audit related testwork, we proposed no significant corrections to the
financial statements.
Disagreements with Management
For purposes of this letter, a disagreement with management is a financial accounting, reporting, or
auditing matter, whether or not resolved to our satisfaction, that could be significant to the financial
statements or the auditors' report. We are pleased to report that no such disagreements arose during the
course of our audit.
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Significant Audit Findings (Continued)
Management Representations
We have requested certain representations from management that are included in the management
representation letter dated December 3, 2019.
Management Consultations with Other Independent Accountants
In some cases, management may decide to consult with other accountants about auditing and
accounting matters, similar to obtaining a "second opinion" on certain situations. If a consultation
involves application of an accounting principle to the City's financial statements or a determination of
the type of auditor's opinion that may be expressed on those statements, our professional standards
require the consulting accountant to check with us to determine that the consultant has all the relevant
facts. To our knowledge, there were no such consultations with other accountants.
Other Audit Findings or Issues
We generally discuss a variety of matters, including the application of accounting principles and
auditing standards, with management each year prior to retention as the City's auditors. However,
these discussions occurred in the normal course of our professional relationship and our responses
were not a condition to our retention.
nrhrr Mattrrc
We applied certain limited procedures to the Management's Discussion and Analysis, Budgetary
Comparison Schedules - General and Major Special Revenue Funds, Notes to the Required
Supplementary Information, Schedule of Changes in Net Pension Liability and Related Ratios and
Schedule of Plan Contributions for the Miscellaneous, Safety, and Supplementary Retirement Plans,
and Schedule of Changes in the Total OPEB Liability and Related Ratios, which are required
supplementary information (RSI) that supplements the basic financial statements. Our procedures
consisted of inquiries of management regarding the methods of preparing the information and
comparing the information for consistency with management's responses to our inquiries, the basic
financial statements, and other knowledge we obtained during our audit of the basic financial
statements. We did not audit the RSI and do not express an opinion or provide any assurance on the
RSI.
We were engaged to report on the combining and individual non -major fund financial statements and
schedules (supplementary information), which accompany the financial statements but are not RSI.
With respect to this supplementary information, we made certain inquiries of management and
evaluated the form, content, and methods of preparing the information to determine that the
information complies with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America,
the method of preparing it has not changed from the prior period, and the information is appropriate
and complete in relation to our audit of the financial statements. We compared and reconciled the
supplementary information to the underlying accounting records used to prepare the financial
statements or to the financial statements themselves.
Other Matters (Continued)
We were not engaged to report on the introductory and statistical sections, which accompany the
financial statements but are not RSL Such information has not been subjected to the auditing
procedures applied in the audit of the basic financial statements, and accordingly, we do not express an
opinion or provide any assurance on it.
Restriction on Use
This information is intended solely for the information and use of City Council and management of the
City, and is not intended to be, and should not be, used by anyone other than these specified parties.
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Irvine, California
December 3, 2019
EXHIBIT 4
CITY OF SANTA ANA, CALIFORNIA
AIR QUALITY IMPROVEMENT SPECIAL REVENUE FUND
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
WITH REPORT ON AUDIT
BY INDEPENDENT
CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2019
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CITY OF SANTA ANA, CALIFORNIA
AIR QUALITY IMPROVEMENT SPECIAL REVENUE FUND
TABLE OF CONTENTS
For the year ended June 30, 2019
Page
Number
Independent Auditors' Report 1
Financial Statements:
Balance Sheet 4
Statement of Revenues, Expenditures and Changes in Fund Balance 5
Notes to Financial Statements
Required Supplementary Information:
6
10
Statement of Revenues, Expenditures and Changes in Fund Balance -
Budget and Actual 11
Independent Auditors' Report on Internal Control over Financial
Reporting and on Compliance and Other Matters Based on an
Audit of Financial Statements Performed in Accordance with
Government Auditing Standards
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INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT
The Honorable Mayor and
Members of the City Council
of the City of Santa Ana
Santa Ana, California
Report on the Financial Statements
We have audited the accompanying financial statements of the Air Quality Improvement Special
Revenue Fund (AQMD) of the City of Santa Ana, California (the City), as of and for the year ended
June 30, 2019, and the related notes to the financial statements, as listed in the table of contents.
Management's Responsibility for the Financial Statements
Management is responsible for the preparation and fair presentation of these financial statements in
accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America; this
includes the design, implementation, and maintenance of internal control relevant to the preparation
and fair presentation of financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to
fraud or error.
Auditors' Responsibility
Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audit. We
conducted our audit in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States of
America and the standards applicable to financial audits contained in Government Auditing Standards,
issued by the Comptroller General of the United States. Those standards require that we plan and
perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free from
material misstatement.
An audit involves performing procedures to obtain audit evidence about the amounts and disclosures in
the financial statements. The procedures selected depend on the auditors' judgment, including the
assessment of the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to fraud or
error. In making those risk assessments, the auditors consider internal control relevant to the City's
preparation and fair presentation of the AQMD's financial statements in order to design audit
procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion
on the effectiveness of the City's internal control. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit
also includes evaluating the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of
significant accounting estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of
the financial statements.
We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for
our audit opinion.
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Opinion
In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the
financial position of the Air Quality Improvement Special Revenue Fund of the City of Santa Ana,
California as of June 30, 2019, and the changes in financial position thereof for the year then ended in
accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
Emphasis of Matter
As discussed in Note 1, the financial statements present only the Air Quality Improvement Special
Revenue Fund and do not purport to, and do not present fairly the financial position of the City of
Santa Ana, California, as of June 30, 2019, and the changes in its financial position for the year then
ended in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
Our opinion is not modified with respect to this matter.
Other Matters
Required Supplementary Information
Accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America require that the Statement of
Revenues, Expenditures and Changes in Fund Balance - Budget and Actual, identified as Required
Supplementary Information (RSI) in the accompanying table of contents, be presented to supplement
the basic financial statements. Such information, although not a part of the basic financial statements,
is required by the Governmental Accounting Standards Board, who considers it to be an essential part
of financial reporting for placing the basic financial statements in an appropriate operational, economic
or historical context. We have applied certain limited procedures to the RSI in accordance with
auditing standards generally accepted in the United States of America, which consisted of inquiries of
management about the methods of preparing the information and comparing the information for
consistency with management's responses to our inquiries, the basic financial statements, and other
knowledge we obtained during the audit of the basic financial statements. We do not express an
opinion or provide any assurance on the RSI because the limited procedures do not provide us with
sufficient evidence to express an opinion or provide any assurance.
Management has not presented the management's discussion and analysis that accounting principles
generally accepted in the United States of America require to be presented to supplement the basic
financial statements. Such missing information, although not a part of the basic financial statements, is
required by the Governmental Accounting Standards Board, who considers it to be an essential part of
financial reporting for placing the basic financial statements in an appropriate operational, economic,
or historical context. Our opinion on the AQMD's basic financial statements is not affected by this
missing information.
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Other Reporting Required by Government Auditing Standards
In accordance with Government Auditing Standards, we have also issued our report December 3, 2019,
on our consideration of the internal control over the financial reporting of the AQMD and on our tests
of its compliance with certain provisions of laws, regulations, contracts, and grant agreements and
other matters. The purpose of that report is to describe the scope of our testing of internal control over
financial reporting and compliance and the results of that testing, and not to provide an opinion on
internal control over financial reporting or on compliance. That report is an integral part of an audit
performed in accordance with Government Auditing Standards in considering the internal control over
the financial reporting and compliance of the AQMD.
Irvine, California
December 3, 2019
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CITY OF SANTA ANA, CALIFORNIA
AIR QUALITY IMPROVEMENT FUND
BALANCESBEET
June 30, 2019
ASSETS:
Cash and investments
Intergovernmental receivable
Interest receivable
TOTAL ASSETS
LIABILITIES, DEFERRED INFLOWS OF RESOURCES.
AND FUND BALANCE:
LIABILITIES:
Accounts payable
DEFERRED INFLOWS OF RESOURCES:
Unavailable revenues
FUND BALANCE:
Restricted for air quality improvement
TOTAL LIABILITIES, DEFERRED INFLOWS OF RESOURCES,
AND FUND BALANCE
See accompanying notes to financial statements.
$ 1,089,127
113,740
5,693
$ 1,208,560
$ 6,326
1,086,119
$ 1,208,560
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CITY OF SANTA ANA, CALIFORNIA
AIR QUALITY IMPROVEMENT FUND
STATEMENT OF REVENUES, EXPENDITURES
AND CHANGES IN FUND BALANCE
For the year ended June 30, 2019
REVENUES:
Motor vehicle fees
Investment income
Miscellaneous
TOTAL REVENUES
EXPENDITURES:
Direct program
Administrative
TOTAL EXPENDITURES
EXCESS OF REVENUES
UNDER EXPENDITURES
FUND BALANCE, BEGINNING OF YEAR
FUND BALANCE, END OF YEAR
See accompanying notes to financial statements.
$ 324,985
20,573
2,595
348,153
470,733
3,500
474,233
(126,080)
1,212,199
$ 1,086,119
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CITY OF SANTA ANA, CALIFORNIA
AIR QUALITY IMPROVEMENT SPECIAL REVENUE FUND
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
June 30, 2019
1. GENERAL:
The financial statements are intended to reflect the financial position and changes in the financial
position attributable to the Air Quality Improvement Special Revenue Fund (AQMD) of the City of
Santa Ana, California (the City). These financial statements are exclusively for AQMD and do not
purport to, and do not present fairly the financial position and changes in the financial position for
the City.
The South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD) is authorized under Assembly
Bill 2766 (AB 2766) Chapter 1705 [California Health and Safety Code (CHSC) Sections 44220
through 44247] to impose a motor vehicle registration fee to be used by the SCAQMD and local
governments specifically for programs to reduce air pollution from mobile sources and related
planning, monitoring, enforcement, and technical studies necessary for the implementation of the
California Clean Air Act of 1988.
The California Department of Motor Vehicles collects the vehicle registration fee and subvenes it
to SCAQMD. Upon receipt, the vehicle registration fee is split into segments with 40% of the
revenue place in a special revenue fund designated as the Air Quality hnprovement Trust Fund for
quarterly distribution to local governments.
CHSC Section 44243 requires cities and counties receiving the AB 2766 funds to separately
account for the revenues and to expend the revenues for air pollution reduction measures pursuant
to the California Clean Air Act of 1988 or the SCAQMD's Air Quality Management Plan pursuant
to Article 5 of Chapter 5.5 of Part 3 of the CHSC.
2. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES:
A. Fund Accounting:
The financial activity of the City is accounted for on the basis of funds, each of which is
considered a separate accounting entity with a self -balancing set of accounts. Monies under
AB 2766 are accounted for in the Air Quality hnprovement Special Revenue Fund, which is a
special revenue fund.
B. Measurement Focus and Basis of Accounting:
The accounting and financial reporting treatment is determined by the applicable measurement
focus and basis of accounting. Measurement focus indicates the type of resources being
measured such as current financial resources or economic resources. The basis of accounting
indicates the timing of transactions or events for recognition in the financial statements.
CITY OF SANTA ANA, CALIFORNIA
AIR QUALITY IMPROVEMENT SPECIAL REVENUE FUND
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
June 30, 2019
2. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (CONTINUED):
B. Measurement Focus and Basis of Accounting (Continued):
AQMD's financial statements are reported using the current financial resources measurement
focus and the modified accrual basis of accounting. Revenues are recognized as soon as they
are both measurable and available. Revenues are considered to be available when they are
collectible within the current period or soon enough thereafter to pay liabilities of the current
period. For this purpose, the government considers revenues to be available if they are collected
within 60 days of the end of the current fiscal period. Expenditures generally are recorded when
a liability is incurred, as under accrual accounting.
C. Budgetary Accounting:
The City's fiscal year begins on July 1 of each year and ends June 30 the following year. On or
before the fifteenth of June of each year, the City Manager recommends and submits to the City
Council a proposed budget for the next ensuing fiscal year based on a detailed financial plan
prepared by the heads of the various offices, agencies and departments of the City and its
component units. Upon receipt of the proposed budget, the Council holds a public hearing
wherein the public is given an opportunity to be heard, after which the Council may make any
revisions deemed advisable. After the conclusion of the public hearing, the Council may make
modifications with the affirmative vote of at least a majority of its members. On or before the
thirty-first day of July, the City Council adopts the budget as amended by the affirmative vote
of at least a majority of its members. Upon final adoption, the budget is in effect for the ensuing
fiscal year and becomes the authority for the various offices, agencies, and departments to
expend subject to controls established by the City Charter. At any meeting after the adoption of
the budget, the City Council may amend or supplement the budget by affirmative vote of at
least two-thirds of the members so as to authorize the transfer of unused balances appropriated
for one purpose to another purpose, or to appropriate available revenue not included in the
budget. Where appropriations are made to offices, departments, or agencies for more than one
activity or program, "appropriations" are considered in the aggregate with respect to total
expenditures authorized for that office, department or agency within each fund, limited to
purposes for which the revenues of such funds are to be spent. The City Manager is authorized
to make revisions among the items included in such appropriations if, in his opinion, such
revisions are necessary and proper. Budgetary control exists at the department level. Council
action is necessary for transfers between departments/agencies or transfers between funds.
During the fiscal year, all budget and supplemental amendments were necessary and made in a
legally permissible manner.
CITY OF SANTA ANA, CALIFORNIA
AIR QUALITY IMPROVEMENT SPECIAL REVENUE FUND
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
June 30, 2019
2. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (CONTINUED):
C. Budgetary Accounting (Continued):
The City legally adopts annual budgets for the Special Revenue Funds including the Air
Quality Improvement Special Revenue Fund. The budgetary control for the Special Revenue
Funds is under the department in charge. The Air Quality Improvement Special Revenue Fund
is managed by the Finance and Management Services Agency. Monthly budgetary reports are
prepared to effect control through fiscal management. The City Council approved supplemental
appropriations during the year, but they were not considered material.
Budgets are prepared on a modified accrual basis. Encumbrances (e.g., purchase orders,
contracts) outstanding at year-end are reported as restrictions of fund balances since they do not
constitute expenditures or liabilities. All other annual appropriations lapse at fiscal year-end to
the extent that they have not been expended or lawfully encumbered. During the fiscal year, the
total Fund's expenditures were within the legal prescribed limits as approved by the City
Council.
D. Deferred inflows of resources:
In addition to liabilities, the balance sheet will sometimes report a separate section for deferred
inflows of resources. This separate financial statement element, deferred inflows of resources,
represents an acquisition of fund balance that applies to a future period and will not be
recognized as an inflow of resources (revenue) until that time. The AQMD fund has one item
that qualifies for reporting in this category, which is unavailable revenues from
intergovernmental revenues and interest receivable. These amounts are deferred and
recognized as an inflow of resources in the period that the amounts become available.
E. Fund Balance:
AQMD's fund balance is reported based on the extent to which the City is bound to observe
constraints on the use of the AQMD's resources. AQMD's fund balance is classified under
restricted, which include amounts which are constrained for specific purposes that are
1) externally imposed by creditors, grantors, contributors, or laws or regulations of other
governments or 2) imposed by law through enabling legislation. AQMD's fund balance is
restricted for programs initiated for the purpose of implementing the California Clean Air Act.
Information regarding the fund balance reporting policy adopted by the City is described in
Note 1 to the City of Santa Ana's Comprehensive Annual Financial Report.
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CITY OF SANTA ANA, CALIFORNIA
AIR QUALITY IMPROVEMENT SPECIAL REVENUE FUND
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
June 30, 2019
2. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (CONTINUED):
F. Estimates:
The preparation of financial statements in accordance with accounting principles generally
accepted in the United States of America requires management to make estimates and
assumptions that effect certain reported amounts and disclosures. Accordingly, actual results
could differ from those estimates.
3. CASH AND INVESTMENTS:
AQMD's cash and investments balances are pooled with various other City funds for deposit and
investment purposes. Each fund's share of the pooled cash account is separately accounted for, and
investment income is apportioned to the participating funds based on the relationship of their
average daily balances to the total of the pooled cash and investments. Information regarding the
credit risk and authorized types of deposits and investments in the City's pooled cash and
investments is included in the City's Comprehensive Annual Financial Report. This report can be
obtained from the City of Santa Ana.
4. AB 2766 BIENNIAL AUDIT AND QUESTIONED COSTS:
Health and Safety Code Section 44244.1 stipulate that each recipient of AB 2766 funds be subject
to an audit at least once every two years by an independent auditor selected by the SCAQMD. The
most recent AB 2766 audit resulted in no questioned costs.
5. SUBSEQUENT EVENTS:
The City has evaluated events subsequent to June 30, 2019 to assess the need for potential
recognition or disclosure in the financial statements. Such events were evaluated through
December 3, 2019, the date the financial statements were available to be issued. Based upon this
evaluation, it was determined that no subsequent events occurred that require recognition or
additional disclosure in the notes to financial statements.
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CITY OF SANTA ANA, CALIFORNIA
AIR QUALITY IMPROVEMENT FUND
STATEMENT OF REVENUES, EXPENDITURES AND
CHANGES IN FUND BALANCE - BUDGET AND ACTUAL
For the year ended June 30, 2019
Variance with
Final Budget
Budgeted
Amounts
Positive
Original
Final
Actual
(Negative)
REVENUES:
Motor vehicle fees
$ 414,000
$ 414,000
$ 324,985
$ (89,015)
Grant reimbursement
725,500
1,110,500
-
(1,110,500)
Investment income
12,000
12,000
20,573
8,573
Miscellaneous
2,350
2,350
2,595
245
TOTAL REVENUES
1,153,850
1,538,850
348,153
(1,190,697)
EXPENDITURES:
Direct program
2,407,900
2,881,624
470,733
2,410,891
Administrative
8,700
15,700
3,500
12,200
TOTAL EXPENDITURES
2,416,600
2,897,324
474,233
2,423,091
EXCESS OF REVENUES
UNDEREXPENDITURES
(1,262,750)
(1,358,474)
(126,080)
1232,394
FUND BALANCE, BEGINNING OF YEAR
1,212,199
1212,199
1,212,199
-
FUND BALANCE, END OF YEAR
$ (50.551)
$ (146,275)
$ 1,086,119
$ 1232.394
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INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT ON INTERNAL CONTROL
OVER FINANCIAL REPORTING AND ON COMPLIANCE AND
OTHER MATTERS BASED ON AN AUDIT OF FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
PERFORMED IN ACCORDANCE WITH GOVERNMENT AUDITING STANDARDS
The Honorable Mayor and
Members of the City Council
of the City of Santa Ana
Santa Ana, California
We have audited, in accordance with the auditing standards generally accepted in the United States of
America and the standards applicable to financial audits contained in Government Auditing Standards
issued by the Comptroller General of the United States, the financial statements of the Air Quality
Improvement Fund (AQMD) of the City of Santa Ana, California (the City), as of and for the year
ended June 30, 2019, and the related notes to financial statements, which collectively comprise the
AQMD's basic financial statements, and have issued our report thereon dated December 3, 2019. Our
report includes an emphasis of matter indicating that the financial statements present only the AQMD,
and do not purport to, and do not, present fairly the financial position of the City as of June 30, 2019
and the changes in its financial position for the year then ended, in accordance with accounting
principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
Internal Control over Financial Reporting
In planning and performing our audit, we considered the City's internal control over financial reporting
of the AQMD (internal control) to determine the audit procedures that are appropriate in the
circumstances for the purpose of expressing our opinion on the financial statements, but not for the
purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the City's internal control. Accordingly, we
do not express an opinion on the effectiveness of the City's internal control.
A deficiency in internal control exists when the design or operation of a control does not allow
management or employees, in the normal course of performing their assigned functions, to prevent, or
detect and correct, misstatements on a timely basis. A material weakness is a deficiency, or a
combination of deficiencies, in internal control, such that there is a reasonable possibility that a
material misstatement of the AQMD's financial statements will not be prevented, or detected and
corrected on a timely basis. A significant deficiency is a deficiency, or a combination of deficiencies,
in internal control that is less severe than a material weakness, yet important enough to merit attention
by those charged with governance.
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Internal Control over Financial Reporting (Continued)
Our consideration of internal control was for the limited purpose described in the first paragraph of this
section and was not designed to identify all deficiencies in internal control that might be material
weaknesses or, significant deficiencies. Given these limitations, during our audit we did not identify
any deficiencies in internal control that we consider to be material weaknesses. However, material
weaknesses may exist that have not been identified.
Compliance and Other Matters
As part of obtaining reasonable assurance about whether the Air Quality Improvement Special
Revenue Fund of the City of Santa Ana, California's financial statements are free from material
misstatement, we performed tests of its compliance with applicable provisions of Assembly Bill 2766
(AB2766), Chapter 1705 (Health and Safety Code Sections 44220 through 44247), and certain
provisions of laws, regulations, contracts, and grant agreements, noncompliance with which could have
a direct and material effect on the determination of the AQMD's financial statement amounts.
However, providing an opinion on compliance with those provisions was not an objective of our audit
and, accordingly, we do not express such an opinion. The results of our tests disclosed no instances of
noncompliance or other matters that are required to be reported under Government Auditing Standards.
Purpose of this Report
The purpose of this report is solely to describe the scope of our testing of internal control and
compliance and the results of that testing, and not to provide an opinion on the effectiveness of the
City's internal control or on compliance. This report is an integral part of an audit performed in
accordance with Government Auditing Standards in considering the City's internal control and
compliance. Accordingly, this communication is not suitable for any other purpose.
Irvine, California
December 3, 2019
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CITY OF SANTA ANA, CALIFORNIA
APPROPRIATIONS LIMIT WORKSHEET NO. 6
WITH INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS'REPORT
ON AGREED -UPON PROCEDURES
APPLIED TO APPROPRIATIONS LIMIT WORKSHEET NO. 6
FOR THE YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2019
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INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS' REPORT
ON AGREED -UPON PROCEDURES APPLIED
TO APPROPRIATIONS LIMIT WORKSHEET NO. 6
To the Honorable Mayor and
Members of the City Council
of the City of Santa Ana
Santa Ana, California
We have performed the procedures enumerated below to the accompanying Appropriations Limit
Worksheet No. 6 of the City of Santa Ana, California for the year ended June 30, 2019. These
procedures, which were agreed to by the City of Santa Ana, California and the League of California
Cities (as presented in the League publication entitled "Article XIII-B Appropriations Limit Uniform
Guidelines") were performed solely to assist the City of Santa Ana, California in meeting the
requirements of Section 1.5 of Article XIIIB of the California Constitution. The City of Santa Ana's
management is responsible for the Appropriations Limit Worksheet No. 6.
This agreed -upon procedures engagement was conducted in accordance with attestation standards
established by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. The sufficiency of the
procedures is solely the responsibility of those parties specified in this report. Consequently, we make
no representation regarding the sufficiency of the procedures described below either for the purpose for
which this report has been requested or for any other purpose.
The procedures performed and our findings were as follows:
1. We obtained the completed Worksheet No. 6 for the year ended June 30, 2019, and compared the
limit and annual adjustment factors included in that worksheet to the limit and annual adjustment
factors that were adopted by resolution of the City Council. We also compared the population and
inflation options included in the aforementioned worksheet to those that were selected by a
recorded vote of the City Council.
No exceptions were noted as a result of our performing this procedure.
2. For the accompanying Appropriations Limit Worksheet No. 6, we added last year's limit to the
total adjustments, and compared the resulting amount to this year's limit. We also recalculated the
adjustment factor and the adjustment for inflation and population, and compared the results to the
amounts on Worksheet No. 6.
No exceptions were noted as a result of our performing this procedure.
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3. We compared the prior year appropriations limit presented in the accompanying Appropriations
Limit Worksheet No. 6 to the prior year appropriations limit adopted by the City Council for the
prior year.
No exceptions were noted as a result of our performing this procedure.
We were not engaged to, and did not, perform an audit, the objective of which would be the expression
of an opinion on the accompanying Appropriations Limit Worksheet No. 6. Accordingly, we do not
express such an opinion. Had we performed additional procedures, other matters might have come to
our attention that would have been reported to you. No procedures have been performed with respect
to the determination of the appropriation limit for the base year, as defined by the League publication
entitled "Article XIII-B Appropriations Limit Uniform Guidelines."
This report is intended solely for the information and use of the City Council and management of the
City of Santa Ana, California and is not intended to be, and should not be, used by anyone other than
these specified parties.
Irvine, California
December 3, 2019
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CITY OF SANTA ANA
APPROPRIATIONS LIMIT WORKSI EETNO. 6
For the year ended June 30, 2019
Appropriations limit for fiscal year ended June 30, 2018 (see Note 2)
Adjustment factors for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2019 (see Note 2):
Inflation
Population
Factor
Factor
(Note 3)
(Note 4)
1.0367 1.0069
Adjustment for inflation and population
Other adjustments (Note 5)
Total adjustments
Appropriations limit for fiscal year ended June 30, 2019
Combined
Factor
1.0439
See accompanying notes to Appropriations Limit Worksheet No. 6.
$ 1,041,257,416
x 0.0439
45,711,201
45,711,201
L086.968.617
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CITY OF SANTA ANA
NOTES TO APPROPRIATIONS LIMIT WORKSHEET NO. 6
For the year ended June 30, 2019
1. PURPOSE OF LIMITED PROCEDURES REVIEW:
Under Article XIIIB of the California Constitution (the Gann Spending Limitation Initiative),
California governmental agencies are restricted as to the amount of annual appropriations from
proceeds of taxes. Effective for years beginning on or after July 1,1990, under Section 1.5 of
Article XIIIB, the annual calculation of the appropriations limit is subject to a limited procedures
review in connection with the annual audit.
2. METHOD OF CALCULATION:
Under Section 10.5 of Article XIIIB, for fiscal years beginning on or after July 1, 1990, the
appropriations limit is required to be calculated based on the limit for the fiscal year 1986-87,
adjusted for the inflation and population factors discussed at Notes 3 and 4 below.
3. INFLATION FACTORS:
A California governmental agency may adjust its appropriations limit by either the annual
percentage change in the 4s' quarter per capita personal income (which percentages are supplied by
the State Department of Finance), or the percentage change in the local assessment roll from the
preceding year due to the change of local nonresidential construction. The factor adopted by the
City of Santa Ana, California (the City) for fiscal year 2018-2019 represents the annual percentage
change in the 4`h quarter for per capita personal income.
4. POPULATION FACTORS:
A California governmental agency may adjust its appropriations limit by either the annual
percentage change of the jurisdiction's own population, or the annual percentage change in
population in the County where the jurisdiction is located. The factor adopted by the City for fiscal
year 2018-2019 represents the annual percentage change in population in the County in which the
City is located.
5. OTHER ADJUSTMENTS:
A California government agency may be required to adjust its appropriations limit when certain
events occur, such as the transfer of responsibility for municipal services to, or from, another
government agency or private entity. The City had no such adjustments for the year ended
June 30, 2019.
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EXHIBIT 6
INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS' REPORT
ON APPLYING AGREED -UPON PROCEDURES
To the Honorable City Council
of the City of Santa Ana
Santa Ana, California
We have performed the procedures enumerated below, which were agreed to by the City of Santa Ana,
California (the City), solely to assist the City in determining whether the City's investment activities
are in compliance with the City's Statement of Investment Policy (the Policy) and the California
Government Code, §53600, et al. (the Code) for the quarter ended June 30, 2019. The City's
management is responsible for the compliance with the Policy and the Code and for selecting the
criteria and determining that such criteria are appropriate for your purposes.
This agreed -upon procedures engagement was conducted in accordance with attestation standards
established by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. The sufficiency of these
procedures is solely the responsibility of the City's management. Consequently, we make no
representation regarding the sufficiency of the procedures described below either for the purpose for
which this report has been requested or for any other purpose.
Our procedures and findings were as follows:
1. We obtained a copy of the City's Quarterly Investment Report for the quarter ended June 2019
and compared the investments listed in the report to the types of investments authorized by the
Policy for fiscal year 2018/2019.
Finding: No exceptions were noted as a result of our performing this procedure.
2. We compared the investments listed on the City's Quarterly Investment Report for the quarter
ended June 2019 to the type of investments authorized by the Code.
Finding: No exceptions were noted as a result of our performing this procedure.
3. We ensured that the maturities of investments listed in the City's Quarterly Investment Report
for the quarter ended June 2019 were in compliance with the Policy.
Finding: No exceptions were noted as a result of our performing this procedure.
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4. We reviewed the City's Quarterly Investment Report for the quarter ended June 2019 to
ascertain it contained the information/data required by Government Code Section 53646 and
met the timing requirements of Government Code Section 53646, as follows:
a. Included the type of investment, issuer, date of maturity, par and dollar amount invested on
all securities, investments and monies held by the City.
b. Included those funds under management of contracted parties (fiscal agents, trustees, etc.).
c. Included market value (and source) as of the date of the report for all securities held by the
City or under management of any outside party that was not also a local agency or the State
of California Local Agency Investment Fund.
d. Stated compliance of the portfolio to the Policy of the City.
e. Included a statement addressing the ability of the City to meet the pool's expenditure
requirements for the next six months.
Finding: No exceptions were noted as a result of our performing this procedure.
5. We compared the investments listed in the City's Quarterly Investment Report for the quarter
ended June 2019 to the prohibited investments listed in the Code.
Finding: No exceptions were noted as a result of our performing this procedure.
6. We reviewed the City's Quarterly Investment Report submission evidence documentation for
the quarter ended June 2019 and ascertained whether a quarterly basis report was submitted
within 30 days following the end of the quarter.
Finding: No exceptions were noted as a result of our performing this procedure.
We were not engaged to, and did not, conduct an audit, the objective of which would be the expression
of an opinion on the compliance with the Policy. Accordingly, we do not express such an opinion. Had
we performed additional procedures, other matters might have come to our attention that would have
been reported to you.
This report is intended solely for the information and use of the City Council and management of the
City, and is not intended to be, and should not be, used by anyone other than those specified parties.
Irvine, California
December 3, 2019
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EXHIBIT 7
CITY OF SANTA ANA, CALIFORNIA
SCHEDULE OF MEASURE X
REVENUES AND USES/EXPENDITURES
WITH INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS' REPORT ON
EXAMINATION REPORT ON MANAGEMENT'S ASSERTIONS
ABOUT THE CITY'S COMPLIANCE WITH MEASURE X
FOR THE YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2019
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INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS'REPORT
ON EXAMINATION REPORT ON MANAGEMENT'S ASSERTIONS
ABOUT THE CITY'S COMPLIANCE WITH MEASURE X
To the Measure X Citizen Oversight Committee
and Members of City Council
of the City of Santa Ana
Santa Ana, California
We have examined management of the City of Santa Ana, California's, (City) assertion that the accompanying
Schedule of Measure X Revenues and Uses/Expenditures (Schedule) for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2019 is
accurate and that the City's uses/expenditures of Measure X funds complied with the requirements of Measure
X. The City's management is responsible for its assertion. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on
management's assertion about the City's compliance with the specified requirements based on our examination.
Our examination was conducted in accordance with attestation standards established by the American Institute
of Certified Public Accountants. Those standards require that we plan and perform the examination to obtain
reasonable assurance about whether management's assertion about compliance with the specified requirements
is fairly stated, in all material respects. An examination involves performing procedures to obtain evidence about
whether management's assertion is fairly stated, in all material respects. The nature, timing, and extent of the
procedures selected depend on our judgment, including an assessment of the risks of material misstatement of
management's assertion, whether due to fraud or error. We believe that the evidence we obtained is sufficient
and appropriate to provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
We have been informed that, under the City's interpretation of Measure X requirements, the funds collected
during the fiscal year ended June 30, 2019 were utilized to address various budget shortfalls in the General Fund
and to retain police officers and that these usages are in compliance with Measure X. We agreed the Measure X
revenues and uses/expenditures identified by the City to supporting documentation.
Our examination does not provide a legal determination on the City's compliance with the specified
requirements.
In our opinion, management's assertion that the accompanying Schedule for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2019
is accurate and that the City's uses/expenditures of Measure X funds complied with the requirements of Measure
X, is fairly stated, in all material respects.
This report is intended solely for the information and use of the Measure X Citizen Oversight Committee, City
Council, and management of the City of Santa Ana, California and is not suitable for any other purpose.
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CITY OF SANTAANA
SCHEDULE OF MEASURE X REVENUES AND USES/EXPENDITURES
For the year ended June 30, 2019
Measure XRevenue:
April 2019
May 2019
June 2019
Corrections for April 2019 - June 2019, received late and
posted to Fiscal Year 2019-2020
Total Measure X Revenue
Measure XUses/Expenditures:
Planned use of General Fund balance
Planned labor savings not implemented
Retaining police officers
Total Measure X Uses/Expenditures
$ 4,174,794
5,213,622
4,206,233
1,585,176
$ 15,179,825
$ 10200,000
1,500,000
4,154,530
$ 15,854,530
See accompanying notes to the Schedule of Measure X Revenues and Uses/Expenditures.
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NOTES TO SCHEDULE OF MEASURE X REVENUES AND USES/EXPENDITURES
For the year ended June 30, 2019
1. REVENUES AND USES/EXPENDITURES:
Measure X revenues consist of the 1.5 cent transactions and use (i.e. "sales") tax approved by the voters of
Santa Ana on November 6, 2018. Measure X became effective April 1, 2019, which provided three months
of revenue in Fiscal Year 2018/19 in the amount of approximately $15.2 million.
Measure X is a general-purpose tax, which means the revenues received from the tax go into the City's
General Fund to maintain or enhance any lawful City program, improvement or service such as 9-1-1
response; retaining firefighters and police officers; addressing homelessness; fixing streets; maintaining
parks; youth and senior services; and unrestricted general revenue purposes. Without Measure X, the
General Fund's budgeted operating deficit for Fiscal Year 2018/19 would have been $10.2 million as
identified in the City's original budget for Fiscal Year 2018/19. In addition, due to Measure X, the General
Fund did not implement planned labor savings of $1.5 million as identified in the City's original budget for
Fiscal Year 2018/19 resulting in total uses of $11.7 million for unrestricted revenue purposes. Also, Measure
X was utilized to retain police officers by increasing their compensation.
The uses/expenditures are higher than revenue reported for the period, which is supplemented by other
sources of General Fund revenue.
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