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LEASED HOUSING PROGRAM SECTION 23 - (Continued) The majority of the Council felt that definitive action in establishing the Leased Housing Program and the Housing Authority has been taken; but requested that the Real Estate Corporation continue their study and give the Housing Authority the benefit of its expertise. Councilmen Evans and Herrin suggested that the matter should be referred for vote of the people. The Ciiy Attorney stated that the Attorney General has ruled that Leased Housing programs do not require a referendum. Further discussion concerned the right of Councilmen to refuse to act on the Housing Authority due to their strong opposition to the program. Councilman Herrin stated that when he was elected to the City Council, his responsibility was strictly in matters of policy; that the Housing Authority will be required to act in matters of administration. Councilman Villa stated that in appointing itself as the I-lousing Authority, the City Council still remains a policy making body; that administrative matters can be turned over to a staff. The City Attorney stated that in accepting the office of Councilman, a Council member swears to Uphold the laws of the State and City, and is forbidden from abstaining from any vote except in the case of Conflict of Interest. Councilman Villa's motion, seconded by Councilman Patterson, to direct the staff to prepare and submit an application for an initial allocation of 250 units of Section 23 Leased Housing to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, with the allocation to consist of 50 units of housing for the elderly and 200 units of family-type housing, carried on the following roll call vote: AYES: NOES: ABSENT: Villa, Patterson, Griset, Yamamoto Evans, Herrin, Markel None FIRST STREET PROPERTIES Councilman Markel requested a report in writing from the City Attorney showing the status of First Street properties subject to eminent domain proceedings. CITY COUNCIL -268 - August 2~ 1971