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MINUTES OF THE ADJOURNED REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA, CALIFORNIA OCTOBER iS, 1973 An Adjourned Regular Meeting of the City Council of the City of Santa Aha was convened at 12:40 P.M., by Mayor Jerry M. Patterson, in the City Hall Annex, 23 Civic Center Plaza, proper Notice and Posting having been accomplished, with affidavits on file in the office of the Clerk of the Council. The following Councilmen were present: John Garthe, Lorin Griset, J. Ogden Markel, James E. Ward, Harry K. Yamamoto, and Mayor Jerry M. Patterson. Vice Mayor Vernon S. Evans arrived at 1:30 P.M. The following members of staff were also present: City Manager Bruce C. Spragg, City Attorney James A. Withers, Director of Public Works Ronald Wolford, Director of Planning Charles C. Zimmerman, Recreation Superintendent Gene Laumeister, Director of Building Safety Wendell S. Bril, Assistant City Manager Thomas J. Andrusky, Assistant to the City Manager G. David Tayco, and Clerk of the Council Florence I. Malone. INFORMAL MEETING The Mayor announced that the meeting would be informal with no motions or votes by Council; that Council would consider first the Summary of Council Referrals which had been continued from October 1, 1973, and then the proposed topics for discussion listed on the Agenda under New Business. With reference to the proposed topics for discussion, the Mayor stated that he would like to add Item 2 H - Santa Aha Sphere of Influence. SUMMARY OF COUNCIL Council considered the REFERRALS report of the City Manager entitled "Summaries of Council Referrals", dated October 11, 1973, which gave a brief capsule of each item and on some items attached an additional report or correspondence. REFERRAL NO. 1 - UNIFORM ~-PPEAL PROCEDURE The City Attorney described the ordinance which had been drafted to establish uniform appeal procedures for all kinds of permits and licenses issued by the City. He stated that the ordinance would be ready for consideration by Council within sixty days after staff had had an opportunity to thoroughly review it. In response to a question from Councilman Ward regarding frequency of appeals, the Director of Building Safety and Housing stated that in the past thirteen years there had been only six appeals on building permits; that two of those had been dropped; two had been concluded by Council in favor of the applicants; and two had been concluded by Council with the Building Department's decision upheld. (Referral No. 1 is to be retained on the Council Referral List with a target completion date of December, 1973.) CITY COUNCIL MINUTES 364 OCTOBER 15, 1973