HomeMy WebLinkAbout07-06-1972MINUTES OF THE ADJOURNED REGULAR MEETING
OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF SANTA ANA, CALIFORNIA
July 6, 197Z
An Adjourned Regular Meeting of the City Council of the City of Santa Ama was
convened at 7:10 P.M., in the Mayor's Office, City Hall, 217 North Main Street.
Affidavits of having given proper Notice and Posting were on file with the Clerk
of the Council. The following Councilmen were present: Ray Villa, Vernon S.
Evans, Wade Herrin, Harry K. Yamamoto, Jerry M. Patterson, J. Ogden
Markel and Mayor Lorin Griset. Also present were Acting City Manager Bruce
C. Spragg, City Attorney James A. Withers, Assistant to the City Manager
G. David Tayco, Clerk of the Council Florence I. Malone and representatives
of the Press and Chamber of Commerce.
ACTING CITY MANAGER The Mayor stated that at its
SALARY meeting on June 5, Council
had appointed Assistant City
Manager Bruce C. Spragg as Acting City Manager effective at the close of
business, June 15, 1972; that a salary had not been established at the time of the
appointment; that it would be in order to discuss that matter.
A motion by Councilman Villa, seconded by Councilman Patterson, to establish
the salary of the Acting City Manager at Sz, 684. 00 per month failed to carry on
the following roll call vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
Villa, Patterson, Griset
Evans, Herrin, Yamamoto, Markel
None
Councilman Yamamoto's motion, seconded by Councilman Patterson to establish
the salary of the Acting City Manager at $Z,634.00 per month passed on the
following roll call vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
Yamamoto, Patterson, Villa, Evans, Griset
Herrin, Markel
None
1972.-73 BUDGET
The Council continued its review
and discussion of the proposed
Budget for fiscal year 197Z-73.
PARK USE POLICY Councilman Evans initiated a
discussion on the use of City
park baseball diamonds by non-
resident groups. He stated his opinion that prograrms offered should be for the
citiZens Of Santa Ana unless there are no adults or children in the City who want
to use them; and that the policy established would influence his consideration of
proposed parks and related developments.
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PARK USE POLICY ~ (Continued)
Councilmen Markel and Villa agreed with Councilman Evans. The Acting City
Manager stated that a report and policy recommendation will ,soon be presented
to Council.
ASSESSED VALUATION The Acting City Manager reported
that the City's assessed valuation
is $457,110, 344, which is Z9
million dollars higher than estimated in the proposed Budget; that based on the
$1.35 tax rate, there will be $360, 000 additional available; andthat by combining
the $360,000 with the $190,000 carry-over from 1971-72, there is one-half million
dollars for non-funded budget items. As a matter of interest, Mr. Spragg advised
that the City's maximum tax rate is $1.77: 30~ for libraries, recreation and parks,
2Z~ for retirement, and $1. Z5 for general fund and capital fund.
POLICE HELICOPTERS
Councilman Villa stated that he
would like to see Police Helicopters
included as an unfunded project item.
A.D. #236 Councilman Markel stated that he
FOURTH STREET IIVIPROVEMENT was not in favor of the $26,000
expenditure proposed to repair
the sidewalk surfacing on Fourth Street. Councilman Evans stated that he would
like more information regarding the durability of the proposed repair work.
UNFUNDED BUDGET ITEMS Having completed its page-by-page
review, Council discussed the list
of unfunded budget items and
indicated their priorities which were more or less consistent with those cited by the
City Manager on page 6 of his Budget message.
Councilman Patterson suggested that all the fire protection unfunded items
(Nos. 1, 2, 6, and 17) be put into a bond issue.
Councilman Herrin stated that his priorities would be the Fire, Police and Public
Works items.
Councilmen Patterson and Villa proposed two bond issues, one to include all the
unfunded Police and Fire Projects and the other to include all the unfunded Public
Works Projects. Further discussion on the proposal was postponed to the Budget
Study Session scheduled for July 11, 1972.
ADJOURNMENT At 10:00 P. M., the meeting was
adjourned to July 11, at 7:00 P.M.,
in the Mayor's Office, 217 North
Main Street, on motion of Councilman Herrin, seconded by Councilman Villa and
unanimously carried.
Florence I. Malone
Clerk of the Council
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