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Item # 33
City of Santa Ana
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Staff Report
May 3, 2022
TOPIC: Joint School Collaboration Standing Subcommittee with the Santa Ana Unified
School District
AGENDA TITLE:
Appoint Two to Three Members of the City Council to the Joint School Collaboration City
Council Standing Subcommittee with the Santa Ana Unified School District
RECOMMENDED ACTION
Appoint two to three members of the City Council to the Joint School Collaboration City
Council Standing Subcommittee with the Santa Ana Unified School District for terms
expiring on December 15, 2022.
DISCUSSION
At the April 19, 2022 meeting, the City Council adopted a resolution to establish a standing
subcommittee, the Joint School Collaboration City Council Subcommittee with the Santa
Ana Unified School District (“SAUSD”). The purpose of the Joint School Collaboration
City Council Standing Subcommittee is to discuss issues of mutual interest between the
City and SAUSD, focusing on youth services. Topics include joint use of SAUSD and City
facilities, library facilities, and educational programs, among others.
The Subcommittee will create and approve its own by-laws that will provide further detail
relating to its scope of work of advising the City Council. Provisions of these by-laws will
include, among other parameters, a recurring meeting schedule.
Make-Up of the Subcommittee
The Joint School Collaboration City Council Standing Subcommittee will consist of
representatives from the City Council and the SAUSD Governing Board as follows:
Two or three members of the City Council will be appointed by a majority of the
entire City Council at a public meeting.
Up to two members of the SAUSD Governing Board will be appointed by a majority
of the entire SAUSD Governing Board at a public meeting.
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Additionally, each member of the subcommittee will serve for a two-year term
commencing with the first meeting of the newly installed City Council following a general
election. Since this subcommittee was established on April 19, 2022, the terms of each
selected subcommittee member will expire on December 15, 2022 to coincide with the
upcoming election.
Standing committees are subject to the various meeting requirements of the Brown Act.
Agendas for standing committees must be posted, minutes must be taken, and the
meetings must be open and accessible to the public, among other requirements.
Action Required
At this time, staff is requesting that the City Council, by a majority vote, appoint two to
three councilmembers to serve on the Joint School Collaboration City Council Standing
Subcommittee. Once members are appointed to the subcommittee, staff will schedule the
first subcommittee meeting.
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
There is no environmental impact associated with this action.
FISCAL IMPACT
There is no fiscal impact associated with this action.
Submitted By: Lisa Rudloff, Executive Dir. of Parks, Recreation and Community
Services
Approved By: Kristine Ridge, City Manager