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MINUTES OF THE ADJOURNED REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA, CALIFORNIA July 10, 1976 The meeting was called to order by Mayor Garthe at 8:00 A.M. in Room 831 of the City Hall, 20 Civic Center Plaza. Ail Council members were present. RECESS At 8:05 A.M. Council EXECUTIVE SESSION recessed for an Execu- tive Session for consideration of legal and personnel matters; Council reconvened at 10:lS A.M. with all Council members present except Councilman Evans. Also present were the following Staff members: City Manager Bruce Spragg, Police Chief Davis, Fire Chief Ray Bachtelle, Director of Finance Larry Shaffer, Deputy Manager for Community Services Manuel Rede, Director of Recreation and Parks Robert Gresham, City Attorney Keith Gow, Deputy City Manager David Tayco, and Clerk of the Council Florence I. Malone. Lynn O'Dell of "The Register" was also present. PROPOSED BUDGET City Manager Bruce FISCAL YEAR 1976-77 Spragg distributed a REPORT OF CHANGES RECEIVED report dated July 19, 1976 describing possible changes to the preliminary Budget resulting from Council decisions at previous budget study sessions, assessed valuation confirmation, carry over balances, and mandatory expenditures, including special election costs, refuse con- tract charges, legal fees and additional personnel costs. CAGSB PROPOSED BRISTOL STREET Councilman Ward's WIDENING FUNDS TRANSFERRED motion to delete Projects 1378 and 1581, Bristol Street Widening from First Street to Seventeenth Street and Seventeenth Street to Garden Grove Freeway, respectively, from the Budget (a total of $3?5,000), and to place them in the contingency fund for select street projects, was seconded by Councilman Brandt and carried (S:l), with Mayor 6arthe dissenting. The motion followed an oral report by Director of Public Works John Stevens, which augmented his written report on the status of the proposed widening of Bristol Street from First Street to the Garden Grove Freeway. He described neighborhood opposition and the ramifications of postpone- ment or abandonment of the widening projects; and recommended a public hearing on the subject as soon as possible. CA 65B CA 29.8 PRELIMINARY BUDGET Items 1 through 15, AMENDMENT APPROVED with the exception " of Item 3, General Revenue Sharing in the amount of $1,000,000, of the Report dated July 9, 1976, prepared by the Deputy City Manager for Administrative and Support Services, entitled "Possible Changes to Preliminary Annual Budget for July 10, 1976, Council Meeting", were ap- proved for inclusion in the Budget, on motion of Councilman Ward, seconded by Mayor Garthe, and carried (5:1), with CITY COUNCIL MINUTES 261 JULY 10, 1976