The Santa Ana City Council will vote on the development of the former First American Title Co. headquarters tonight

The regular meeting of the Santa Ana City Council is scheduled to begin at 5 p.m. tonight, Dec. 3, 2019.

The agenda includes the following matters that are not on the consent calendar (consent items are routine items considered for approval in a single motion):

• Resolution to create a master pay schedule, which will list all public city employee pay rates on a single publicly available document.
• Resolution to approve the Measure M2 annual expenditure report, which shows the city’s use of voter-approved transportation funds. This will allow Santa Ana to continue receiving about $4 million in annual funding and maintain eligibility for grants provided by the measure.
• Resolution adopting a water supply assessment for the MainPlace Mall mixed-use project at 2800 N. Main St. The assessment determined the city has sufficient water to service the project upon its completion.
• Adopt a resolution moving forward a mixed-use residential and commercial project at the former First American Title Co. headquarters building at 114 E. Fifth St. and a parking lot at 117 E. Fifth St. The resolution would allow greater density in the project in exchange for 11 affordable housing units among the 220 residential units.
• Appointment of a representative from Santa Ana to the Orange County Mosquito and Vector Control District Board of Trustees.
• Election of the Mayor Pro Tem from among members of the City Council.
• Approval of the annual calendar of regular City Council meetings for 2020.
• Approve display of the city motto “E Pluribus Unum” in the City Council Chambers and the manner in which it will be displayed with the city seal.
• Public hearing and vote on resolution and ordinance updating building fire and safety codes.
• Public hearing and vote to levy assessments on businesses in the Downtown Santa Ana Business Improvement District in 2020.
• Discussion on the possibility of having city staff study the feasibility of a dog park.
• Discussion on the possibility of having city staff reach out to neighborhoods on maintenance and amenity needs.

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Our Editor, Art Pedroza, worked at the O.C. Register and the OC Weekly and studied journalism at CSUF and UCI. He has lived in Santa Ana for over 30 years and has served on several city and county commissions. When he is not writing or editing Pedroza specializes in risk control and occupational safety. He also teaches part time at Cerritos College and CSUF. Pedroza has an MBA from Keller University.

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