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IMPROVEMENTS TO SANTA ANA & A request from NEWPORT FREEWAYS INTERCHANGE Mayor Richard B. REFERRED Edgar of the City of Tustin for support of their petition to the Director of CALTRANS to provide necessary improvements to the ~Santa Ana/Newport Freeway Interchange was referred to Staff for report and recommendation, on the motion of Councilman Brandt, seconded by Councilman Ward, and carried 6:0 unanimously. CA CA RECESS ing was reconvened with the same --At 5:25 P.M. Mayor Garthe recessed the meeting; at 5:57 P.M. the meet- Councilmen present. 29.10 115.5 FAIR HOUSING COUNCIL A request for funding REQUEST FOR FUNDING submitted by the STAFF TO NEGOTIATE Orange County Fair Housing Council was referred to Staff for negotiation with the Housing Council of a funding and service level based on a revised budget and resolution of prior organizational problems, on the motion of Councilman Yamamoto, seconded by Councilman Bricken, and carried 5:1 with Councilman Brandt dissenting. A prior motion, to authorize Staff to negotiate with the Orange County Fair Housing Council on a new budget and to grant $2,000, made by Councilman Ward, seconded by Councilman Bricken, failed to carry on a 3:3 vote, with Councilmen Yamamoto, Ortiz and Mayor Garthe dissenting. Mr. Leon Peters, Executive Director of the Orange County Fair Housing Council appeared before Council to describe the three programs his organization operates: 1) housing dis- crimination, 2) landlord-tenant relations and 3) location of low-income housing. Mr. Peters stated he would like to improve communications between.the Housing Council and Orange County cities; that in 1975 the Housing Council had 800 clients per month and they now average about 1,200 per month; that in November 575 of the 1,100 clients were from Santa Ana and Anaheim; that the Housing Council has added three personnel to handle the increased workload; that it hopes to run classes to educate people regarding housing problems; and that the Housing Council received $68,000 from County Revenue Sharing Funds, and that its proposed budget is $138,000, $40,000 of which comes from County Hous- ing and Community Development Funds. CA 112.15 PROPOSED CHARTER AMENDMENT A discussion of a ELECTION CONSOLIDATIONS Charter amendment REFERRED to reduce election costs by allowing consolidation of the General Municipal elections with ether local elections, was followed by a motion by Council- man Ward, seconded by Councilman Bricken and carried 6:0 unanimously, to request the City Attorney to prepare a Charter Amendment for inclusion in the April ballot for submission to the Council at its January 3 meeting. Councilman Bricken moved to request the City Attorney to prepare an additional Charter Amendment for consideration at the January 3 meeting to allow Council to establish Boards and Commissions by ordinance or by resolution, and to delegate to Council the power to determine which Boards CITY COUNCIL MINUTES 470 DECEMBER 20, 1976