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in conjunction with the widening of Seventeenth Street; that the District is a 175 foot strip just westerly of King Street to easterly of College; that the purpose of the District is to remove all overhead wires and power poles and telephone poles so that the arterial streets will be free of the usual canopy of wires; that the utility companies are required to underground their services at no cost to the City; the cost of this project is about $170,000; that the total cost to the adjacent property owners to connect to the new service will be $10,650; that every property owner who will incur a cost has been notified of the estimated cost of connecting; and that there has been one person in opposition to the District, Emile Goubert. Mayor Garthe asked for speakers in opposition to the Under- ground Utility District. mr. Emile Goubert stated that the undergrounding would not bene- fit him; that the only benefit is for the City; and that he did not want to pay for it. There being no further speakers, Mayor Garthe closed the public hearing. On the motion of Councilman Evans, seconded by Councilman Ward, and carried unanimously (7:0), the following resolution was adopted: REsOLuTION NO. 76-69 - A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA ESTABLISHING UNDERGROUND UTILITY DISTRICT NUMBER 15. CA 154 PUBLIC HEARING CHARTER Mayor Garthe announced REVISION RECOMMENDATIONS that this was the NOVEMBER B~LLOT RBQUB~TED time and place for the public hearing of the recommendations of the Charter Review Committee for amendment of the City Charter. Mr. ~aldo Haug, Chairman of the Charter Review Committee, announced that the Committee recommended 48 proposed revisions and that they be presented to the voters as separate measures except for combinations that would provide legal continuity. In response to a question from Councilman Bricken, he further stated that the procedure followed was to consider each section recommended for change by the Council, Staff, and Committee members, and to give tentative approval; that each measure was later given final approval after discussion and public hear- ing; that the Committee suggests that the measures go on the November ballot because of the greater voter participation in a national election, but that there may be some revisions that could wait until a later election. Councilman Ortiz, noting that some of the votes were not unanimous, asked why the opinions of the dis. senting voters were not given; that he wished to know why they voted as they did. Mr. Haug responded that the minutes show the discussion that preceded each vote, and reflected the views of the minority opinion. Mayor Garthe asked if there would be arguments for land against each measure. Clerk of the Council Florence Malone responded that the Council may choose to present the argu- ments both for and against, or it can ask others to prepare such arguments. · CITY COUNCIL MINUTES 255 JULY 6, 1976