HomeMy WebLinkAbout02-22-1971MINUTES OF THE SPECIAL MEETING
OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF SANTA ANA, CALIFORNIA
February 22, 1971
The Special Meeting was called to order at 8:40 A.M., in the Mayor's Office,
City Hall, 217 North Main Street, with the following Councilmen present:
Wade Herrin, Vernon S. Evans, J. Ogden Markel, Jerry M. Patterson, Ray
Villa, Harry K. Yamamoto, and Mayor Lorin Griset. Also present were
City Manager Carl $~ Thornton, City Attorney William L. Mock, Clerk of
the Council Florence I. lvlalone, and representatives of the Press.
Proper notice of the Special Meeting had been mailed and posted by the Clerk
of the Council, with .Affidavits of Notice and Posting on file. The meeting
had been called by the Mayor to consider the matter of the proposed
incorporation of the City of Irvine,
PROPOSED INCORPORATION The City Attorney stated that
OF CITY OF IRVINE there is provision in the
Government Code for opportunity
to petition the Local Agency Formation Commission for a change in the
boundaries approved for a proposed City. He then distributed two letters,
each dated February 2Z, 1971, which he had prepared for presentation to the
Orange County Local Agency Formation Commission at its meeting to be
held on February 24. One letter requested that the Commission reconsider
the matter of the proposed incorporation of the City of Irvine and that the
Commission set the matter for further hearing and, in conjunction therewith,
receive and consider a report setting forth the position of the City. The second
letter made application to the Commission for an amendment in the boundaries
approved for the proposed City of Irvine which would delete the 938-acre
parcel of land described in the Agreement dated May 20, 1963, between the City
and the Irvine Company,
It was moved by Councilman Evans, seconded by Councilman Patterson, and
unanimously carried to approve both letters for submittal to the Local Agency
Formation Conlrnission with copies to be forwarded to the Board of Supervisors.
It was moved by Councilman Patterson, seconded by Councilman Yamamoto and
unanimously carried, to authorize the City Attorney and Mayor tb initiate an
investigation of all legal remedies available to the City with respect to our south-
east boundaries and the proposed City of Irvine and specifically to include possible
litigation on the Irvine Company Agreement and the exclusion of evidence by the
Local Agency Formation Commission.
ADJOURNMENT The meeting was adjourned at
9:25 -A. M. , on motion of
Councilman Patterson, seconded
by Councilman Evans and unanimously carried.
Florence I. Malone
Clerk of the Council
CITY COUNCIL
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February 22, 1971