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Councilman Markel requested the City Attorney to give an explanation as to what would be considered a conflict of interest pertaining to the redevelop- ment issues. The City Attorney responded that when the project area had been determined, all members of the City Council, Planning Commission, or any commission that is a subdivision of the Council, and the Redevelopment Commissioners must disclose in writing any property that they own in the project area, and that they would be prohibited from acquiring additional property in the Billy C. Hall, Executive Director of the Santa Ana City Center Association, spoke in favor of the adoption of the ordinance, stating that their Board of Directors had discussed the participation of the Councilmen in the redevelopment program and had discussed the names presented for the Commission, and that they did not feel any conflict of interest existed and that they had nothing but extreme faith in the Council and those on the Commission. RES. 73-1 RESOLUTION 73-1 AMENDING HOUSING COORDINATOR SECTION 3 OF RESOLUTION NO. 58-281 TO ADD CLASS TITLE OF HOUSING COORDINATOR was adopted on motion of Councilman Villa, seconded by Councilman Patterson, and carried on a 4-2 vote, with Councilmen Herrin and Markel dissenting. BIKE-A-THON The request contained in the letter dated December 27, 1972, from the American Cancer Society, Orange County Unit, for the inclusion of Santa Aha in one of their proposed routes for a fund raising Bike-a-thon throughout Orange County, was approved subject to applicable Code and Administrative procedure requirements, on motion of Councilman Yamamoto, seconded by Councilman Patterson, and unanimously carried. POOL FENCING ORDINANCE Council considered the letter MAN-MADE LAKES from Covington Brothers, dated January 3, 1973, request- ing to speak at the meeting. Mr. Richard HIuffman, Vice President of Covington Brothers, 2451 E. Orangethorpe, Fullerton, stated that he would like to make a presentation regarding their proposed 182-unit development at 1950 MacArthur Boulevard which would include a 2-1/2 acre lake, and the possible exemption from compliance with Section 1501 of the Building Code requiring that the lake be fenced. The City Manager stated that the City ordinance requires fencing for any body of water over 18 inches deep, and that the City would have no objections to considering, an amendment if safety provisions could be provided; that the City would be pleased to consider the developer's safety designs; that an amendment could be made to the existing code; that there already was a Section of the Building Code providing for an alternative design of equal safety, however, staff had informed him that no specific designs had been presented; that the City was concerned about depth, access, slope, and the possible use of the lake for boating and recreational purposes; that there were no natural lakes in Santa Ana; and that an amendment to the code to CITY COUNCIL MINUTES ZZ JANUARY 15, 1973