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KLG:ar 8/3/78 RESOLUTION NO. 78-100 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA COMMENDING THE CITY MANAGERv BRUCE C. SPRAGG, FOR SERVICES RENDERED TO THE CITY OF SANTA ANA WHEREAS, Bruce C. Spragg entered the service of the City of Santa Ana as the city's first assistant city manager, on July 18, 1966; and WHEREAS, thereafter, Bruce C. Spragg was appointed acting city manager on June 16, 1972 and city manager on September 1, 1972; and WHEREAS, during his tenure as city manager, Bruce C. Spragg: Assisted in the development of a crime abatement program for the city which achieved the greatest decrease in major crimes among California cities and the second such decrease among cities nation- ally in 1976; Provided the fiscal leadership to achieve the largest decrease in the city's tax rate in ten years in fiscal year 1977-78; 3. Served as the city's chief labor negotia- tor in the years between 1972 and 1978; Assisted in the development of and pro- vided leadership for the city's first paramedic program; Se Assisted in the development of and provided leadership for the city's first redevelop- ment program, which has provided significant growth opportunities for the city's future; e Provided the leadership to form a consortium of Orange County cities for the "Man in Washington" program, thereby enabling the City of Santa Ana to secure millions of dol- lars of federal program assistance; 7. Assisted in the'development of the city's first fire protection master plan; e Assisted in the development of the first county urban regional park in Orange County, which is to be constructed hereafter; Supervised and assisted in the development of the city's housing authority, and its operation;