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ORDINANCE NS-1149, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF SANTA ANA DECLARING THE NEED FOR A REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY TO FUNCTION IN THE CITY OF SANTA ANA CONTAINING A DECLARATION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF SANTA ANA DECLARING ITSELF TO BE THE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY was passed to second reading on motion of Councilman Patterson, seconded by Councilman Villa, and carried on the following roll call vote: AYES: Patterson, Villa, NOES: Herrin, Markel ABSENT: None Griset, Yamamoto, Evans Prior to voting, Councilman Patterson stated that the criticism had been in a couple of areas; namely, 1) that it meant Federal Govern- ment Urban Renewal; that it did not mean that; that it could, but doesn't; and 2) that shopping centers downtown won't be successful without a major department store; that available land was needed so that there would be a large enough area to put in a major department store. Councilman Markel stated that $60,000.00 had gone down the drain six years earlier in trying to solve the parking problems in the downtown area. Councilman Herrin asked if he could abstain from voting and the Attorney advised that based on Section 105 of the Charter, he could not abstain. Mrs. Boer stated that she did not believe Councilman Patterson could vote because he had not heard all of the evidence. Councilman Evans stated that he would support the motion not because he thought it was the answer to all of the problems, but he had not heard anyone other than Mr. Croddy say anything positive; that doing nothing is worse than trying something; that he hoped that the members of the commission would be carefully picked; and that private money would not be able to accomplish anything alone. Councilman Herrin stated that he was sure there were many people who had residences in the proposed area who did not want to move and that there was no way he could justify the use of eminent domain to force someone to leave their home no matter how much money they received. Councilman Villa stated that some attempt had to be made to bring the downtown area back to life. RESOLUTION NO. 72-120, A RESOLUTION OF~!~HE CITY COUNCIL OF SANTA ANA DESIGNATING A REDEVELOPMENT SURVEY AREA FOR STUDY PURPOSES was adopted on motion of Councilman Patterson, seconded by Councilman Villa, and carried on the following roll call vote: AYES: NOES: ABSENT: Patterson, Villa, Herrin, Markel None Evans, Griset, Yamamoto PUBLIC HEARING The Mayor opened the public CITY REVENUE SHARING FUNDS hearing to consider the City FISCAL YEAR 1972-1973 Manager's proposed use of City Revenue Sharing Funds for the fiscal year 1972-73, presented in his memorandum to Council dated November 29, 1972. The recommendation listed twenty-three capital improvement items, totaling an estimated cost of $1,979,200.00 CITY COUNCIL MINUTES 482 DECEMBER 18, 1972