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Mr. Christeson spoke again on behalf of himself, stating tt%at he had contributed much to the City in the way of capital improvements, including construction of 22 developments, and that he .had a deep and warm spot for the City; that he does business in Glendora, Pasadena, and other cities that have su£fered from,the problem of decay in the old part of their city because of suburbia; that it'was not the,downtown businessman's fault when that happens; and that redevelopment agencies in other cities have worked well. After the motion but prior to voting, Councilman Herrin, stated that he could not aupport the motion in that freedom was the mo~t important ingredient,that human beings had ever had, and that it was difficult for him to find that the public interest being served by the adoption of the ordinance was more, important than the individual private ownership of property. Mayor Griset stated that the California State Redevelopment Act stated that anyone .could own property in the area, but that no one could acquire additional property after the project area had been established. Councilman Patterson stated that he was disappointed that the matter of a conflict of interest continued to arise when it had been cleared with the City Attorney; that several staunch pillars of the commtmity, h~ve told Council that the City is declining and they have asked Council to do something to help Santa A_ua; and that adoption of the ordinance is one way to make Santa Ana,a winner. ORD. NS-1150 Ordinance NS-1150 CREATING COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT A COMMUNIT,Y REDEVELOP- COMMISSION MENT COMMISSION FOR THE - CITY OF SANTA ANA PURSUANT TO THE COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT LAW was placed on first reading on motion of Councilman Patterson, seconded by Councilman Yamamoto and carried with Councitm~n Markel and Herrin dissenting. APPOINTMENT OF MEMBERS The following persons were COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT appointed as members of COMMISSION . , the Community Redevelop- merit Commission on motion of Councilman Patterson, seconded by Councilman Yamamoto and carried with Councilmen Markel and Herrin, dissenting: Hector Godinez, 2118 South Birch Street Tom McMichael, 517 East Buffalo Donald Christeson, 1150 River Lane Waldo Haug, 827 North Westwood John W. (Bill) Hill, 1117 Concord Ted Jesses, 1013 South Main Street ~Larry White, First American Title Co. Fifth and Main CITY COUNCIL MINUTES 10 JANUARY 2, 1973