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Council Chamber Santa Ana City Hall. December 23rd, 1941. 2:00 P.M. City Council met in regular session. Meeting called to order by the Mayor following recess. Present: Trustees Herbert L. Hill, Joseph P. Smith, E. D. Yost, D. W. Kelsey, Plummer W. Bruns. Absent: Trustees None. In Re Appointment Charles E. Morris. In Re Parklng Meters. In Re Further DiscuB~ion on Parking Meters. On motion of Trustee Kelsey, seconded by Hill ana carried, the Personnel Officer was ordered notified to place Charles Morris on the utlli3y list of special police officers work as a crossing guard and the appointment ordered made as recommended by the Chief of Police. Mr. V. L. Motry, Chairman of the Traffic Safety Commission, read a letter from the Mayor of Ogden, Utah and a financial statement of the City of San Diego, favoring penny parking meters in said Cities. Mr. J. Ross Boyd and Mr. Howard expressed themselves favorable to trial installation of lng meters. Mr. Phil M. Brown, Secretary of the Business Men's Association,yr. J. W. Coffman, representing the Retail Division of the ChamOer of Commerce and Mr. Earl Vinson of the Junior Chamber of Commerce, requested that action be deferred until after the first of January on the installat of parking meters to permit merchants to express their views. The motion of Trustee Hill, seconded by Kelsey that the civi groups mentioned above have a meeting for discussion and rep~ recommendation to the Council on or about DecemOer Felative to installation of penny parking meters in the down- town district, was lost by the following vote: Ayes, Trustees Herbert L. Hill, D. W. Kelsey. Noes, Trustees Joseph P. Smith, E.D. Yost, Plummer W. Brum Absent, Trustees None. The motion of Trustee Yost to notify the various civic group or organizations interested in further discussion on the installation of parking meters, was lost for lack of a second The motion of Trustee Smith that the ciple of traffic control through the meters and the number to be used and Council adopt the prin- installation of parking type of meter, to De left to the discretion of the Council, was lost for lack of a second. On motion of Trustee ~mith, seconded by Yost an~ carried, the City Council recessed and the Mayor ~t the time of meetin to discuss parking meter installation to December at 8:00 P.M. City Clerk.