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The October 27, 1999 Revised Agenda page 2 for the Santa Ana <br />Empowerment Corporation Board was posted on the door of the Walker <br />Elementary School on October 22, 1999 at 1:00 p.m. <br /> <br />The Notice of Adjournment of the October 27, 1999 Santa Aha <br />Empowerment Corporation Board to November 17, 1999 at 6:00 p.m. in <br />the All Purpose Room at Kennedy Elementary School, 1300 E. McFadden, <br />Santa Ana, was posted on the door of the Walker Elementary School at <br />8:45p.m. <br /> <br /> BUSINESS CALENDAR <br /> <br />REQUEST FOR U.S. CONGRESSIONAL INVESTIGATION OF OCTA LAND <br /> <br />ACQUISITION WITHiN EMPOWERMENT ZONE <br /> <br />Acting General Counsel Kaufman presented the staff report, detailing the City's actions <br />and concerns regarding the Orange County Transportation Authority's acquisition of <br />property at 4301 W. MacArthur Boulevard for use as a bus maintenance facility. He <br />reported the City was challenging the acquisition based on the following: <br /> <br />· Violation of Brown Act public notice requirements <br />· Improper expenditure of public funds (lack of market analysis resulted in a <br /> purchase price in excess of market value) <br />· Lack of California Environmental Quality Act review, particularly traffic <br /> impacts and consistency with the City's General Plan and the Empowerment <br /> Zone Strategic Plan <br /> <br />Director Richardson joined the meeting. <br /> <br />Chair Mijares invited public comments on the issue. <br /> <br />Mike Patton and Robin Herrera, representing Teamsters Union 952 (bus drivers and <br />mechanics), suggested that since an investigation of the acquisition was in progress, the <br />Board defer action pending the Court's ruling on November 18, 1999. <br /> <br />Board members discussed the issues at length. <br /> <br />Motion by Davis, seconded by Yanez, to submit a request to the appropriate <br />Congressional representatives that a Congressional investigation be launched into the <br />circumstances surrounding the actions of the staff and Board of the Orange County <br />Transportation Authority in seeking to acquire for $23 million, without public notice or <br />environmental review, approximately 30 acres in the Santa Aha Empowerment Zone <br />for use as a bus yard. <br /> <br />Director Fogarty expressed concern that launching a full Congressional investigation into <br />the matter might have detrimental long-term impacts on the Empowerment Zone and <br />proposed the inquiry be downgraded to a Congressional referral. <br /> <br />SANTA ANA EMPOWERMENT CORPORATION 15 NOVEMBER 17, 1999 MINUTES <br /> <br /> <br />