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PROPOSED BUS PROJECT The Mayor opened the public hearing on the proposed final application for a Mass Transportation Capital Improvement Grant under the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964. On motion of Councilman Yamamoto, seconded by Councilman Patterson, and carried on a 5 - 2 vote, Councilmen Evans and Markel dissenting, the following documents were received and ordered filed: (a) Affidavits of publications of the proposed Application for a Mass Transportation Capital Improvement Grant under the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964, published three separate times in The Register and The Los Angeles Times, and once in The Voice of Orange County. (b) Affidavit of notices mailed to governmental agencies, civic organizations and clubs, homeowners' groups, and the public. Councilman Herrin was excused from the meeting because of illness. The Mayor asked the staff to describe the proposed project briefly and announced that written descriptions of the entire project, including cost estimates, were available at the rear of the room. The Assistant City Manager stated that this public hearing is a requirement of the Federal government prior to submission of the final application; that a preliminary application was previously filed and approved; with clearances from regional planning agencies, including the Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG) and the Governor's office; that there is nothing substantially different in the final application than in the preliminary application, including the purchase of nine new buses at a total estimated cost of $367, 605, and that a public hearing was required before filing the final application in order to give everyone another opportunity for com~aent on the project. The Rev. Galal Gough, 2112 N. Baker, stated that quite a number of Senior Citizens were present earlier in the evening, but had to leave earlier, and he would like to speak for them. Rev. Gough congratulated the Council on the project; stated that the Human Relations Commission is very concerned that there should be no discontinuation of bus service in the City; that on a recent trip to Tulsa, Oklahoma, he spoke with the Director of their transportation program, who informed him that their City met many of the same problems four years earlier that Santa Ana is facing now; that the Tulsa service was out of operation for a period of two months before the City took it over, and during that time they lost about 50% of the riders; and that they felt their greatest mistake was allowing the lapse in service. He stated that the Assistant City Attorney for the City of Tulsa informed him that they waited almost two years before applying for federal funding, which was also detrimental to establishment of the new transportation system. He stated he wished to reaffirm the stand of the Human Relations Commission that a positive vote on the issue at hand was crucial for the kind of City they want. There were no further proponents or opponents who wished to speak in the matter, and the Mayor closed the public hearing, and called for discussion by Council. CITY COUNCIL -44 - January 17, 1972