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ORDINANCE NS-1131 PARK ACQUISITION & DEVELOPMENT FEE - (Continued) The opponents confirmed with the City Manager that there are presently 205 acres of parks, with an additional 130 acres undeveloped; that the present City standard is g acres per 1,000 population, with present population at 170,000. It was also stated that developers' fees in the City had been greatly increased over the past two years; that the City's general fund or a bond issue should bring the City up to its park standard; that the park fee is a regressive tax which falls only on the developer and is unfair, serving only to cheapen new development; and that price and wage guide- lines should be adhered to in determining fee increases. Letters to Council in support of the ordinance were received from the following persons: Mr. & Mrs. Lester H. Davis, 1019 Fairbrook Lane; and Glen Evans, Chairman of the Board of Recreation and Parks. RECESS At 9:25 P.M., a recess was declared. The Council reconvened at 9:33 P~M., with all Councilmen pr esent. SALARY AND BENEFITS Three separate Memoranda of Understanding, between the City and (1) the Santa Aha City Employees Association; (2) the Santa Aha Firemen's Benevolent Association; and (3) the Santa Ana Police Benevolent Association, all dated August 31, 1972, and executed on behalf of the three Associations and the City, were approved on the unanimously carried motion of Councilman Herrin, seconded by Councilman Yamamoto. The salary and benefit recommendations for Department Head positions contained in a report from the Acting City Manager dated August 31, 1972, were approved on the unanimously carried motion of Councilman Herrin, seconded by Councilman Yamamoto. RESOLUTION 72-99 AMENDING SECTIONS 2 AND 3 OF RESOLUTION NO. 58-281, was unanimously adopted on motion of Councilman Herrin, seconded by Councilman Yamamoto. The full reading of Resolution 72-100 was waived on the unanimously approved motion of Councilman Patterson, seconded by Councilman Evans. RESOLUTION 72-100 AUTHORIZING A SALARY ADJUSTMENT FOR EMPLOYEES HIRED UNDER THE EMERGENCY EMPLOYMENT ACT OF 1971 (PEP) was adopted, by title only, on motion of Councilman Evans, seconded by Councilman Patterson, with Councilman Herrin dissenting. CITY MANAGER'S ABSENCE The City Manager's request to attend the Annual Conference of the International City Management Association, September 17-Z0, 1972, inclusive, was unanimously approved on motion of Councilman Herrin, seconded by Councilman Yamamoto. CITY COUNCIL MINUTES -359- SEPTEMBER 5, 1972