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10 Santa Ana City Hall. January Zlst, 1935. 7:30 P.M. City Council met in regular session. Meeting called to order by Mayor Warner. Present: Trustees Fred C. Rowland, W.H. Penn, Plummet W. Bruns, E.G. Warner. Absent: Trustees A.F. LeGaye. Minutes of meetings of January Vth and 14th were approved as read. In Re The resignation of'Trustee A. F. LeGaye was read as follows: Resignation Trustee A.F. LeGaye. TO THE HONORABLE CITY COUNCIL, Santa Ana, California. Gentlemen: lng of a City as authorized authority. After consultation with two prominent attorneys of Los Angeles who are well versed in Municipal Law, I have decided that - 1st - That there is a grave question as to the legal status of the present City Council for the reason that four members of the Board are appointees and are acting as De Facto officers only. T~his was plainly brought to our notice by the refusal of the Bond Attorneys to certify to the validity of the bombs for the building of the City Hall until a special meastt~e was passed by the Legislature. And it will be remembered that the opinion of the bond attorney, supp~ted the opinion of our own city attorney, who said the Councilmen who had been appointed should be elected at the November election. However, the advice of outside attorneys was followed, with the result of being forced to go to Sacra mento to get our acts validated. 2nd - That the letting of a contract for the build Hall for an amount in excess of the $100,000, by vote of the people, is going beyond our 3rd - That the purchase of land by the Council at a price many times in excess of its real value is a question able act and is subject to Just criticism by the taxpayers, whose money we are spending. After giving careful consideration to the above items, together with many others, I have arrived at the con- clusion that -- The acts of the City Council might be subject to attack by any citizen of Santa Aha, and that I as a member of the Council might incur a personal liability by being a party to such acts. I do not care to take this chance. On the advice of my attorney I am resigning from the Council, my resignation to take effect immediately. I ask that this resign.'tion, together with the reasons as given therefor, be incorporated in the minutes of this meeting. Yours respectfully, Santa Ana, Cal. (Signed) Jany. 21st, 1935. 7:25 P.M. A. F. LEGaye On motion of Trustee Penn, seconded by Rowland and carried, the resignation of A. F. LeGaye as Trustee of the First Ward was accepted. In Re Application Unite~ Cooperative A communication of the United Cooperative Exchange #1 was 'read requesting permission to use the property located on First Street Just east of Sullivan Street, Santa Aha, for Exchange ~1. gardens for this year, rent free. On motion of Trustee Bruns, seconded by Penn and carried, the Chair was authorize to appoint a committee to meet with Newell A. Lucas,Presiden of the Exchange and Otto McClure, caretaker of the land at the present timer and report back at the next meeting. Trustees Bruns and Rowland were appointed as the committee.