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RECESS the same Councilmen present. At 4:50 P.M., a recess was declared. The meeting reconvened at 5:00 ]P.M. with POW-MIA The Mayor recognized Mr. COMMITTEE Hugh Dunn, representing the Santa Ana, Orange, Tustin Board of Realtors Prisoner of War-Missing In Action Committee. He stated that the purpose of the committee was to alert the American public and to dramatize to the world the plight of American servicemen who have been captured in Southeast Asia; that the Committee has sponsored several programs to accomplish this and that Mr. Nick Barletta would explain the latest one and how the City could participate in it. He then presented the Mayor with an identification bracelet bearing the name of Prisoner of War Captain Darrell Pyle and the date of his capture, June 13, 1966. Mr. Nick Barletta stated that it was the Committee's hope that the cities of Santa Aha, Tustin and Orange would adopt a program of placing on outgoing City mail a stamp, similar to a Christmas seal, with the initials POW - MIA and the words "They can't forget - Can we?" A motion by Councilman He rrin, seconded by Councilman Villa to approve the program in principle was unanimously adopted. The Mayor recognized Mrs. Elaine Pyle, wife of Captain Pyle, who stated that prior to the increased public interest in the plight of the war prisoners, she had received little or no mail from her husband but that during this past year she had received considerably more letters from him and attributed it to programs similar to that described. REFUSE COLLECTION Council considered a report from the City Manager dated December 2, 1971, pertaining to Refuse Collection. He recommended (1) adoption of Ordinance NS-1093 which would reduce the thickness of bundles of trimmings and clippings from a maximum of two feet to 18 inches and provide that buildings with four or more units shall be considered commercial occupancies and required to provide a container (bin) by agreement with the contractor; (2) approval of a proposed amendment to the contract agreement and extension of its termination date to October 31, 1978; (3) adoption of Res. 71-101, providing for one additional position of Sanitation Inspector; (4) postponement of adoption of Res. 71-94 which provides for changes in rates charged residential users until Siaff can determine from the Price Board if the increase s are permissible; and (5), acknowledgment of Staff' s intention to increase the commercial bin rates by an average of 17.2% effective January 1, 1972, subject to receipt of priorapproval by the Price Board. CITY COUNCIL -403- December 6, 1971