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SURPLUS PROPERTY Report 25-68 regarding four unit apartment building at 604 West 5th Street was considered. On motionof Councilman Herrin, seconded by Councilman Griset and carried, Council declared the building surplus and authorized demolition. Councilman Markel voted "No"~ SURPLUS LAW BOOKS Codncil considered the request for authority to sell 106 volumes of Deering's Codes which have been declared surplus by the City Attorney. Edd Clark, representing Freedom Newspapers, requested that the Council have the law books set for sale at public auction instead of the negotiated sale. It was moved by Coun6ilman Thurman, seconded by Councilman Herrin and carried, to sell at public auction the set of law books. Later, at the evening session of the meeting, on motion of Councilman Griset, seconded by Councilman Herrin and carried, Council approved authorization to advertise to seI1 at public auction on October 21, 1968, 106 volumes of Deering's Codes; designated City Purchasing Agent as person to conduct the auction and Miss Judy Beard as person to act as Clerk; set minimum bid at $100.00; and stipulated that if no bids are received, the City Purchasing Agent is authorized to negotiate sale to the City of Placentia under Section 2614 of the Municipal Code, BusINESS PROMOTION Bernard Djivre, of Hollywood Studios, DISTRICT TAX 310 N. Bush, spoke to the Council, protesting the Business Promotion District license tax, stating that he knew cf 30 or 40 merchants who were opposed to it, and that he thought the owners should be responsible for improving and cleaning up the downtown area and not the tenants. Burr Shafer, representing the Downtown Businessmen's Association, .invited Mr. Djivre to the District office to show him the plans and explained that they are ready to go into the second phase of the program, the mall development, which is the property owner's responsibility, the cleanup to be part of that; he stated that the initial phase will encompass 4th Street only. Mr. Djivre requested the Council to reconsider the ordinance establishing the Business Promotion District. Councilman Herrin informed Mr. Djivre that the matter had been heard before the Council through public hearing so that the people involved could make their feelings known to the Council and that none of the merchants involved had protested at the time of the public hearing. Councilman Markel stated that he thought the City staff should keep the alleys clean, and Councilman Brooks stated his opinion that the Building Code should be enforced in the downtown area. RECESS At 6:05 P.M., the meeting was recessed to 7:30 P. M., at which time it was reconvened with all Council members present. Following the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag, %he Invocation was delivered by the Reverend William Green of the First Assembly of God Church. CITY COUNCIL ¸29 O~lober :?,, 196B