HomeMy WebLinkAbout12-07-1972MINUTES OF THE ADJOURNED REGULAR MEETING
OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF SANTA ANA, CALIFORNIA
December 7, 1972
The meeting was called to order at 4:05 P.M. in the Council Chambers
of the City Hall Annex, 530 North Ross Street, with the following
Councilmen present: Vernon S. Evans, Wade Herrin, J. Ogden Markel,
Jerry M. Patterson, Harry K. Yamamoto, and Mayor Lorin Griset.
Councilman Villa arrived at 4:55 P.M. Also present were Assistant
to the City Manager G. David Tayco, Deputy City Attorney James
Conkey, and Clerk of the Council Florence I. Malone.
CITY ATTORNEY The Clerk reported that the
EXCUSED ABSENCE City Attorney was ill and
unable to attend the meeting.
The absence was excused on the unanimously carried motion of
Councilman Patterson, seconded by Councilman Yamamoto.
RESOLUTION 72-123 RESOLUTION OF THE CITY
WARD BOUNDARY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA
REALIGNMENT ANA DECLARING INTENTION OF
THE CITY COUNCIL TO CHANGE
BOUNDARY LINES OF WARDS AS REQUIRED BY THE CHARTER OF THE CITY
OF SANTA ANA AND FIXING THE TIME AND PLACE OF PUBLIC HEARING
THEREON was unanimously adopted by title only on motion of Council-
man Herrin, seconded by Councilman Patterson, full reading having
been unanimously waived, on motion of Councilman Herrin, seconded
by Councilman Patterson; and provided that 7:30 P.M. on the 18th
day of December, 1972, in the Council Chambers, City Hall Annex,
530 North Ross Street, Santa Ana, California, as the time and place
when and where any person having any interest in, objection to,
or suggestion regarding the making of changes in Ward boundary
lines may appear before the City Council and be heard.
PUBLIC HEARINGS
CERTIFICATES OF PUBLIC
CONVENIENCE AND NECESSITY
BLUE-WHITE CAB CO. AND
QUICK CAB CO.
The public hearings to consider
the applications of Gordon P.
Wiggins dba "Blue-White Cab
Company" and Harvey S. Cole
dba "Quick Cab Company" to
operate 33 and 20 taxicabs,
respectively, in the City, was continued from prior Council meetings
of December 4, November 20, and November 6, 1972.
Prior to the presentation of any evidence, Charles Schlegel,
Attorney, representing the applicant, Gordon P. Wiggins, referred
to the absence of Councilman Villa, and stated that at the Decem-
ber 4 meeting a legitimate stipulation had been entered into to the
effect that the hearings would not proceed without all Councilmen
present. After some discussion, Council agreed by unanimous informal
consent that they would not hear evidence without all Councilmen
present and that the meeting would recess until 4:30 P.M. to await
Councilman Villa, and that if all Councilmen were not present at
that time, the hearings would be continued.
The meeting reconvened at 4:30 P.M. with all Councilmen present
except Councilman Villa.
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Councilman Evans's motion to continue the public hearings to the
regular meeting of December 18, 1972, was seconded by Councilman
Markel. After some discussion, Councilman Evans withdrew his
previous motion with the consent of Councilman Markel, and moved
to continue the public hearings to December 12, 1972, at 4:00 P.M.,
which was seconded by Councilman Markel, and unanimously carried.
ORAL COMMUNICATIONS Mrs. Janice Boer, 912 North
PUNCH CARD BALLOT Lowell, stated that she had
served on a committee of
ten persons appointed by the County of Orange to study various voting
devices, and after spending two and one-half years on this committee
she had become an expert; that after a thorough study, the committee
had unanimously decided that at no time would they ever recommend
that the County of Orange use any punch card voting device system,
for such reasons as the fact that the ballots require more handling,
the possibility of error connected with the duplicating of damaged
ballots, the possible hazards in transporting uncounted ballots
from the polling places to a central location, and the fact that
the computer counting of ballots must take place in full view of
the public; that a malfunctioning computer might cast its own ballot;
and that the city's computers would be tied up in the counting process.
The Clerk stated that if Council had any misgivings regarding the
punch-card ballot, it would be possible at this time to revert back
to paper ballots. She pointed out that the punch card ballot had
worked in Los Angeles County for many years; that for fraud to
exist using the method, there would have to be a tremendous amount
of collusion; that she would be glad to provide Council with a
further breakdown of what the Code provides with respect to the
statements Mrs. Boer had made. She further stated that the ballots
are removed from the envelope at the precinct to see if a write-in
has been made, whereas on a paper ballot, the ballots do not need
to be removed; that the ballots are then put in a box which is
sealed and transported to City Hall; that the computers which count
the ballots would be in full view of the public, however, they would
be situated behind glass, and the public would not be allowed in the
computer room itself; that there would be trial runs; that teams
of two examine each ballot to see if it needs to be duplicated;
that the legislation relating to elections had not been enacted
without thinking of the pitfalls.
ORAL COMMUNICATIONS There was discussion regarding
the likelihood of all Council-
men being present at the
adjourned regular meeting of December 12, 1972, which had been set
earlier in the meeting. Councilman Villa's motion to adjourn the
meeting to December 18, 1972, at 1:00 P.M. if all Councilmen could
not be present on December 12, 1972, was seconded by Councilman
Evans, and unanimously carried.
ADJOURNMENT At 5:05 P.M., the meeting was
declared adjourned to 4:00 P.M.
Tuesday, December 12, 1972, on
the unanimously approved motion of Councilman Herrin, seconded by
Councilman Evans.
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Clerk of the Council
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