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The following persons spoke in favor of the location site: <br /> <br />Dave Flaherty, Businessman & property owner, 116 W. 4th St. <br />Billy C. Hall, Executive Director, City Center Association <br />Dick Beem, 223 W. Fourth Street <br />Bill Hill, 1117 N. Concord <br />Lorin Griset, 2321 N. Linwood <br />Rudy Montejano, 2360 Riverside Drive <br />Ted Jessee, 1013 S. Main Street <br />Paul Guzman, 1S32 E. Chestnut <br />Alexander Nalle, 1926 Heliotrope Drive <br />Zika Djokovich, 211 N. Main Street <br />Clifford L. Benson, 1802 N. Main Street <br />Howard W. Way, 925 N. Flower Street <br />Michael T. McLean, 1326 W. Park Lane <br />Carol Benson, Executive Director, Orange County Transportation <br /> Commission, 1020 N. Broadway, Suite 100 <br /> <br />The proponents stated that the Plaza site had been publicized <br />and discussed since early in 1973; that the subject area is <br />going to change and if the Plaza is not built, something else <br />will be; that the project is well designed; that the Plaza will <br />improve downtown business by bringing people into the area and <br />providing ample parking; that historical buildings and a Trans- <br />portation Plaza are very compatible; that the impact will be <br />sociologically and economically positive and that the facility <br />will prove to be an asset to the Church and Temple; that the <br />Police Department will take the necessary measures to insure <br />the safety of all visitors to the area; that the Plaza will <br />help solve the energy crisis by encouraging convenient bus <br />usage instead of the private automobile; and that the project <br />will help Santa Aha get off dead center and grow again. <br /> <br />Mr. Milford Dahl spoke in rebuttal, for the opponents, stating <br />that the Session of the Presbyterian Church had voted unani- <br />mously to oppose the project and initiate legal action, if it <br />is necessary, to block it and that he was speaking as an elder <br />and the Church representative; that the same action had been <br />taken by the Masonic Temple; that neither organization objects <br />to the concept of the need for the parking and the Transportation <br />Plaza; that they are attacking the location because other loca- <br />tions could be considered; and that neither organization was <br />properly noticed. <br /> <br />Each of the Councilmen expressed his reasons for supporting <br />the motion prior to its adoption. CA 84.5 <br /> <br />TRAVEL REQUEST Mr. Goblirsch stated <br />COUNCILFLIN BRANDT that a meeting has been <br />APPROVED scheduled with officials <br /> of Montgomery Ward, at <br />their corporate headquarters in Chicago, Illinois, regarding <br />the relocation of the Santa Aha Store to the Fashion Square <br />Complex on North Main Street, and he requested that Councilman <br />Brandt be authorized to attend the meeting to be held on Monday, <br />September 19. Councilman Brandt's attendance and travel expenses <br />were authorized on the unanimously approved 6:0 motion of Coun- <br />cilman Garthe, seconded by Councilman Bricken. CA 80 <br /> <br />CITY COUNCIL MINUTES <br /> <br />333 SEPTEMBER 1S, 1977 <br /> <br /> <br />