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WILLOWICK GOLF COURSE Council considered the report of the Assistant to the City Manager dated October 19, 1973, recommending the deannexation of Willowick Golf Course from the City of Santa Aha so that it may be subsequently annexed by the City of Garden Grove. The Mayor stated that the matter had not hearing; however, Council was willing to in the community who were interested. required a public hear from all. those Douglas B. Clark, 1S10 North Mar-Les Driv~,.stated that several previous City Councils had turned down requgsts for deannexation of the property; that the proposed agreement was not worth the paper it was written on; that there was a copy of a letter in the packet materials indicating that Mayor Patterson had been appointed to the Board of Directors of the Garden Grove Willowick Corporation and that the appointment constituted a conflict of interest and he would expect that the Mayor not vote on the matter; that the leasing of land from Garden Grove for a Santa Ana park was not a good arrangement; that parceling off land to neighboring cities was not acting in the best interest of the people of Santa Aha. William Heim, 4602 E1 Don Place, stated that he was against the deannexation; that there had been an election years before in which the majority of the people living in the area voted to be in Santa Ana rather than Garden Grove; that had he known then that the City was going to give away the property, he would not have gotten out and rung door bells for the success of that election. Wade Herrin, 1505 North Baker, stated that he was in agreement with Mr. Clark as to the technical problems that existed with the proposed agreement; that when parcels were taken off the tax rolls, the revenue must be made up by the private sector. Ray Villa, 317 S. Bristol, stated that when he was on the Council, he had been reluctant to vote in favor, of the deannexa- tion;.however, if he were sitting on the Council tonight he would be voting for it; that the people in the area had waited a long time fora park and had set their hopes on the proposed transac- tion; that the City of Santa Ana hoped that the Willowick Golf Course would remain a golf course; and that he felt the City of Santa Ana was getting the best of the transaction. Janice Boer, 912 N. Lowell, stated that it was inconsistent to give away the City's open space and carry bond issues on the election ballot for park expansion; that there was an election scheduled approximately six and one-half months away, and that there were those among Council who would need votes in Garden Grove; that the members of Council were elected to represent the citizens and voters of the City of Santa Aha and not the City of Garden Grove. She inquired of the Mayor as to whether or not, as a member of the Board of the Willowick Corporation, he had asked that thi~ matter be brought before the Santa Aha City Council. The Mayor responded that on April 2, 1973, Council had voted to enter into the agreement for deannexation, and that his appointment to the Board of Directors of the Willowick Corpora- tion had been a subsequent gesture to insure Santa Aha partici- pation, and that any decision he had made or would make would be as a Councilman. CITY COUNCIL MINUTES 411 NOVEMBER 5, 1973