Item 07 - Update on Joint School Collaboration City Council Subcommittee

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Parks, Recreation, and Community Services www.santa-ana.org/parks Item # 7 City of Santa Ana 20 Civic Center Plaza, Santa Ana, CA 92701 Staff Report December 19, 2023 TOPIC: Joint School Collaboration City Council Subcommittee Update AGENDA TITLE Provide City Council Update on Joint School Collaboration City Council Subcommittee RECOMMENDED ACTION Receive and file. GOVERNMENT CODE §84308 APPLIES: No DISCUSSION At the March 1, 2022 City Council meeting, the Parks, Recreation and Community Services Agency (PRCSA) was provided direction to reformat the Regular School Collaboration City Council Subcommittee, which was composed of three councilmembers, to the Joint School Collaboration City Council Subcommittee that would now include two representatives from the Santa Ana Unified School District (SAUSD) so that matters concerning both governing bodies could be discussed in a joint public meeting format. On Monday, July 11, 2022 the reformatted subcommittee met for the first time with then- Councilmembers Hernandez, Lopez, and Mendoza representing the City, and then- Board Trustees Alfonso Alvarez and Carolyn Torres representing SAUSD. The subcommittee identified the first Monday of each month at 6:00 p.m. as their standing meeting time. Trustee Torres and Councilmember Lopez were selected as Chair and Vice-Chair, respectively, during the August 1, 2022 meeting. As a result of local elections taking place in November 2022, Councilmember Vazquez and Trustee Bustos were identified as new members and joined the subcommittee in April 2023. Subcommittee topics of discussion have ranged from access/use of school facilities by neighborhood associations, the reinstitution of the Camp Catalina program operated by PRCSA, the City and SAUSD’s approach to crossing guard cost-sharing, SAUSD students experiencing homelessness, and cultural events.