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RESOLUTION 77-74 - PRENTICE PARK ZOO A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY ADMISSION CHARGE WAIVED COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ADOPTED SANTA ANA AMENDING RESOLU- TION NO. 77-S3 WAIVING ADMISSION CHARGES TO PRENTICE PARK ZOO FOR THE HANDICAPPED was adopted on the unanimously approved motion 7:0 of Councilman Garthe, seconded by Councilman Bricken. Staff had prepared the Resolution in response to a letter dated June 16, 1977 from Nancy North, Recreation Leader, Psychiatry, University of California, Irvine, requesting free admittance for patients and staff. The Resolution waives admission charges for physically, mentally or emotionally handicapped persons. CA 65 CA 52.3 GARDEN GROVE SANITARY DISTRICT The letter dated July 7, RESOLUTION NO. 2979 - TRANSFER 1977 and Resolution No. STATIONS & LANDFILLS - REFERRED 2979 from the Garden Grove Sanitary District, requesting the City Council to adopt a similar resolution urging the Orange County Board of Supervisors to authorize purchase of and budget for equipment urgently needed at transfer stations and landfills was referred to Staff on the unanimously approved motion 7:0 of Councilman Ward, seconded by Councilman Garthe. CA 39 ENERGY RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT The letter dated July 1, CITY' OF CYPRESS COMMUNICATION 1977 from the City of RECEIVED & FILED Cypress, requesting Council support in opposing the involvement of the Southern California Association of Govern- ments (SCAG) in the Energy Research and Development Administration Program was received and Council declined to support the Cypress position on motion of Councilman Ward, seconded by Councilman Brandt, and carried 5:2, with Councilmen Garthe and Bricken dis- senting. A prior motion by Councilman Ward, seconded by Councilman Garthe, to receive and file the communication was withdrawn in favor of the substitute motion. CA 141 PROPOSED CHARTER REVISIONS The Charter Review Commit- SPECIAL ELECTION JUNE 6, 1978 tee proposed amendments APPROVED to Sections 402 and 1004 of the City Charter were eliminated; the proposed amendment to Section 421 was modified, and the City Attorney was instructed to re-draft it to eliminate the reference to the amount a general law city of the State may legally expend for a public project without the formal bidding procedure and to provide for an increase from $2,000 to $5,000 for which Council may authorize the City Manager to bind the City subject to informal bidding procedure; and all other proposed amendments (42) were tentatively approved for placement on an election ballot, subject to later review by a firm to be selected by Council, that has experience in grouping together Charter amendments for effective presentation on the ballot, as well as providing "educational information" to the public about the amendments, on Councilman Ward's motion, seconded by Councilman Yamamoto, and carried 6:1, with Councilman Garthe dissenting. A Special Municipal Election to be consolidated with the State- wide Primary Election on June 6, 1978, was approved for the pur- pose of submitting the proposed Charter Amendments to the voters, on the unanimously approved 7:0 motion of Councilman Ward, seconded by Councilman Bricken. CITY COUNCIL MINUTES 252 JULY 18, 1977