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MINUTES OF THE ADJOURNED REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA, CALIFORNIA May 13, 1971 The meeting was called to order at 8:10 P,M~, in the Council Chambers of the City Hall Annex, 500 West Sixth Street, with the following Councilmen present: Wade Herrin, VernonSo Evans, J. Ogden Markel, JerryM. Patterson, Ray Villa, HarryKo Yamamoto, and Mayor Lorin Griset. Also present were City Manager Carl J. Thornton, Acting City Attorney James A,, Withers, Director of Public Works Ronald Wolford, Director of Planning Herbert Wieland, and Clerk of the Council Florence I. Malone° Representatives of the Press were also present. PUBLIC HEARING The Mayor announced BUS TRANSPORTATION STUDY that the purpose of the meeting was to hold a hearing with regard to a proposal on the Santa Aha Transit System prepared by Alan M. Voorhees & Associates, Inc. He stated that the Council recognizes that this study has become available only within the last week and a half, and consequently, although the announcement of the study had gone out to the various groups in the community who are interested in it, they had not had time to review it thoroughly. The Mayor requested representatives of Alan Mo Voorhees & Associates to present a summary of their investigation. Mr. Martin Bouman of Alan M. Voorhees & Associates, 5252 Balboa Avenue~ San Diego, orally reviewed the Summary of Findings and Conclusions contained in the report,, He stated that their investigation indicated that present transit service in the City of Santa 14ma is well below the desirable level of service in terms of area served, frequency of bus service, and age of equipment; that the Santa Ana Transit Corporation has good operating and management practices; that the 30~ fare is fair and proper; that the Corporation will suffer considerable financial deficit for 1970; that it can be assumed that the Orange County Transit District will become responsible for transit operations for all of Orange County sometime in the future; that the City of Santa Aha should assume interim, or "near-future" responsibility for providing its own transit service; that the best organizational method for the City to assist in the transit problem would involve City ox~rnership of the equipment with a lease to a private operator; that full advantage should be taken of federal transit grants; that bus frequency on all routes should be increased, and fares should be reduced to 25¢, with additional routes being provided; that the City should also strive for street and freeway system improvements; and that all efforts should be made to provide transit assistance within the City at the earliest possible date° CITY COUNCIL -156- May 13, 1971