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Mr. Ray Villa, Mayor's Manpower Representative, 309 S. Bristol, stated that he had asked the City Attorney to give him an opinion through the City Clerk as to whether or not the Mayor's Manpower Representative should be reimbursed for conference expenses, and inquired as to the policy of the Council, and whether or not it would be up to the Mayor to give the okay. The Mayor responded that he had had Councilman Ward go to a meeting in Washington, D.C. in his place; that he was under the impression that historically, the Mayor had the authority, but that nothing written had come to Council. Councilman Griset stated that he had obtained permission of Council to have Tom McMichael go to Washington, and that everyone on the Council had been in favor of it; that the Manpower funding was completely separate from the City; that there was nothing in the City budget with regard to Manpower; that if the Mayor wanted Mr. Villa to attend-a, conference, it should be up to the Mayor only, although Council should be informed. The Mayor stated that he would like to have Council's direction on the policy of his sending Councilmen in his place to con- ferences; that he would not have sent Councilman Ward if he had been aware that Council had not wanted him to - that he had felt it was an important meeting that someone needed to.attend. Zeke Hernandez, Chairman of the Human Relations Commission, stated that the Commission was-concerned about expenses in that there was no stated policy. The Mayor replied that guide- lines would be developed. By informal unanimous consent, Council agreed to further consider policy matters at the next study session. (CA 80) SANTA ANA SPHERE OF INFLUENCE This item was continued to the next Study Session by unanimous informal agreement. (CA 78.4) ORAL COMMUNICATION Ray Villa, 309 S. Bristol, AFFIRMATIVE ACTION stated that he wished his PROGRAM group could have met with the City Manager prior to the meeting regarding the Affirmative Action Program. He intro- duced the following persons wishing to speak on the matter: Mario Torres, Chairman of the Mexican-American FEPC Advisory Committee; Alex Acevedo, Mexican-American Manpower Advisory Committee; Zeke Hernandez, Chairman of the Human Relations Commission. Mr. Hernandez stated that they were concerned about affirmative action; that the City Council had passed an Affirmative Action Program on a 7 0 vote, however, the program was not being implemented; that the Human Relations Commission wanted to see a status report of what would be done in the very near future to implement the program, including class orientation for applicants, cultural awareness programs and workshops for Department Heads; that through Manpower, possibly an Affirmative Action Coordinator could be hired and paid with Manpower funds; that in his opinion the Personnel Department did not have time to devote to the program. CITY COUNCIL MINUTES 396 NOVEMBER 5, 1973