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been no problem at that time; that he was coming to Council with an alternative proposal - that they sponsor the team and consider a special budget item in the sum of $2,500.00 per year for the first year and every year thereafter as long as the team played in the National Tournament; that if they failed to make it to the National Tournament, Council could then reduce the amount as they wished. Mr. Billy C. Hall, Executive Director of the City Center Association, spoke in support of the proposal, and suggested to Council that City sponsorship of the team might increase civic pride. After discussion, Council referred the proposal to staff on motion of Councilman Markel, seconded by Councilman Yamamoto, and unanimously carried on a 6 - 0 vote. Prior to voting, the Mayor requested Mr. Worth to provide staff with information regarding the team's budget and a list of names and addresses of their team members. (CA 52) LEAGUE OF CALIFORNIA The letter from the City CITIES of Costa Mesa dated May 23, 1973, seeking support of their resolution request- ing the League of California Cities to establish a committee on government economy and efficiency was received and filed with the comment that there was no need to set up a study for efficiency - that it would be done locally; on motion of Councilman Griset, seconded by Councilman Markel, and unanimously carried on a 6 - 0 vote. (CA 148) CIVIC CENTER Council considered the MASTER PLAN minutes of the May 14 meeting of the Civic Center Commission con- cerning the updating of the Civic Center Master Plan, and Resolution Numbers 58 and S9 of the Governing Board of the Civic Center Authority, both dated May 29, 1973. After discussion, Councilman Griset moved to continue considera- tion of the matter until the Council meeting following completion of the existing County-City Joint Parking Study or as soon thereafter as possible, and to instruct staff to encourage the County to follow the policy established by Council to delegate as much authority as possible to the Civic Center Commission to enable them to accomplish their goals. The motion was seconded by Councilman Yamamoto and unanimously carried on a 6 - 0 vote. (CA 77.14) SPEC. 734-105 AND 734-106 The Purchasing Agent, GASOLINE AVAILABILITY Don Ramsey, gave an oral report on gasoline avail- ability in accordance with the request made by Council on May 21, 1973 for a report at each Council meeting until the current contract for gasoline expired on June 30, 19~. He stated that a proposal had been received from Standard Oil Company of California to supply the Fire Department with 26,000 gallons of premium, however, they had made no proposal for other city departments; that negotiations were pending with Shell Oil Company for the remainder of the gasoline CITY COUNCIL MINUTES 191 JUNE 4, 1973