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MINUTES OF THE SPECIAL MEETING AND THE ADJOURNED REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA, CALIFORNIA January 20, 1975 The 12:30 P.M. Special Meeting and the 1:00 P.M. Adjourned Regular Meeting of the City Council were called to order at 12:45 P.M., by Mayor Vernon S. Evans, in Room 831, City Hall, 20 Civic Center Plaza. The Clerk reported that proper Notice and Posting had been accomplished. Following the Pledge of Allegiance, roll call was answered by Councilmen J. Ogden Markel, Gordon Bricken, Harry K. Yamamoto, John Garthe, James E. Ward, Lorin Griset and Mayor Vernon S. Evans. Also present were City Manager Bruce C. Spragg, City Attorney James A. Withers, Director of Planning Charles C. Zimmerman, Washing- ton Representative William Morgan, Assistant Director of Public Works John Stevens, "Register" Reporter Lynn O'Dell, and Clerk of the Council Florence I. Malone. "MAN IN WASHINGTON" Mayor Evans stated that REPORT the Special Meeting had been called to hear a report from Bill Morgan, Washington, D.C., representative for the Consortium Cities, Anaheim, Huntington Beach, Garden Grove, and Santa Ana; that the presentation would take approximately one and one-half hours, necessitating postponement of the Council's further consideration of the policy for raised street medians until February 3, at 12:30 P.M., in Room 831. Mr. Morgan stated that he had been reviewing the "Man in Wash- ington'' Program with the Consortium Cities for the past week to get an update from Councils and staffs on priorities and recommendations for his time allocation for the coming year. Then, he reviewed his activities contained in his written report dated January 13, 1975, which was subsequently received and filed by unanimous informal agreement. Mr. Morgan stated that attempts to influence federal legisla: tion had been successful when the targets had been limited and chosen correctly; that solid Council involvement and understanding were very necessary for impact in the legislative areas. CONSORTIUM ADDITION Mr. Morgan stated that he would recommend appro- val of the request from the City of Pullerton to join the Consortium; that their problems are basically the same; that it would strengthen the cities' position; and ~ould be a good signal to the Congressional people that the concept has some momentum to it; and that it would require no addition to his staff. Councilman Griset's motion to endorse Fullerton's entry into the Consortium for the "Man in Washington" Program was ~econded by Councilman Bricken and carried unanimously. PRIORITIES January 20, Mr. Morgan distributed "Worksheets on Consor- tium Washington Office Priorities", dated 1975, and requested each Councilman to rank the CITY COUNCIL MINUTES 19 JANUARY 20, 1975