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RES. 72-115 RESOLUTION 7Z-115 GRANTING APPEAL NO. 309 APPEAL NO. 30 9 APPROVING MINOR EXCEPTION NO. 77--21 was adopted on motion of Councilman Herrin, Seconded by Councilman- Evans, and carried with Councilman yarnarnoto voting NO. MUSEUM EXPANSION The let{er dated November 14, 197Z, from Waldo R. Haug, Chairman of the Planning Commission, setting forth the action taken by the Plarming Commission on the proposed expansion of the Charles W. Bowers Museum was received and ordered filed on the unani- mously approved motion of Councilman Herrin, seconded.by Councilman Yamarnoto. The Mayor announced that Dr. Hilsabeck of the Bowers Museum Foundation Board plans to make a presentation of the anticipated development to the Council at its meeting of December 4, 1972. TENNIS COURTS Council approved the expenditure of $9, 051.00 for the partial lighting of the two tennis courts at the Waterworks Park Site, First and Flower Streets, and authorized preparation of an agreement between the City and the school district to implement the general intent, on the motion of Councilman Evans, seconde.d by Councilman Patterson, and carried with Councilman Herrin voting NO. Prior to voting, Councilman Herrln expressed his desire that the tennis courts be maintained on a self-sustaining basis by means of a coin apparatus on the site. The City Manager stated that some consideration had been given to that possibility, including lighting on a controlled device, and that he would request staff to give a report on future possibilities. COUNTY REVENUE SHARING Council considered the letter FUNDS dated November 6, 1972, from Robert F. Finneil, President of the Orange County League of California Cities, setting forth their proposal regarding the use of the approximately $9, 000, 000 in federal revenue sharing funds to be received by the County of Orange. Councilman Patterson, who had been appointed to an ad hoc committee of the League consisting of five elected officials and five city managers from various different Orange County cities, stated that the commi~ee had met and had agreed on a plan known as "The Orange County Revenue Sharing Plan", which plan proposes that 50 per cent of the County's revenue sharing funds be used at the discretion of the Board of Supervisors for solely County determined priorities and that the remaining 50 per cent, or approximately $4, 900, 000, be set aside and allocated under a formula based on assessed valuation and population, to be used for priority items determined by the individual Orange County city and approved by the Orange County Board of Supervisors, within the approved federal guidelines, on a matching fund basis; and further that the Chief Administrative Officer be instructed to develop a system for disbursement of these funds, consistent with the spirit of the federal approach to revenue sharing, including a time frame for utilization of the funds. Councilman Patterson also stated that based on CITY COUNCIL MINUTES 432 NOVEMBER Z0, 1972