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Wayne Miller, 1401 East Avalon, stated that he first registered a formal complaint concerning noise at the post office in August, 1972; that in 1974, following many complaints, there was an effort to reduce noise and it was reduced about 80%; and just this past week, it had been reduced another 25%; that the Post Office is in the Federal jurisdiction, but that it is located on leased property; and that peace and quiet of over 50 resi- dents are being distrubed by the nighttime operations of the Post Office. Clayton Bakke, Postmaster, explained that most of the mail .for Orange County is distributed from the Post Office facility at Grand and Santa Clara; that he is very concerned about any com- plaint about noise; that approximately 61 trucks arrive or· leave the facility during the course of a day and most of the processing is done at night; that several steps have been taken over the years to reduce the noise: 1) eliminated the public address system for messages; 2) discontinued piped-in music to the back room and dock; 3) installed dock levelers which are placed in the vehicles; 4) have monitored employees by making periodic checks to be sure that management and employees are complying in re- reduction of all unnecessary noise; 5) had engineering studies made to investigate and suggest solutions that could further reduce the noise, keeping in mind that nobody wants to be a better neighbor than the Post Office does and; 6) designated noise reduction as a day-to-day high priority item. Hector Godinez, former Postmaster, stated that he felt there were special circumstances involved in this matter and that the Planning Commission saw fit to allow residences to be built adjacent to a Post Office that has a 24-hour operation. On the motion of Councilman Garthe, seconded by Councilman Bricken and carried 6:0 unanimously, the petition, record of complaints made by telephone and copies of letters of complaint, were re- cevied and filed. CA 145.4 ORAL COMMUNICATION On the motion of Councilman SIDEWALK CONSTRUCTION & MAINTENANCE Bricken, seconded by Council- POLICY man Yamamoto, carried 6:0 REFERRED FOR REPORT unanimously, Staff was directed to prepare a report for Council on current City policy for new sidewalks and reconstruction and repair of sidewalks. Councilman Bricken stated that he felt that the present policy may not be in the best interests of the Community and he would like to have an opportunity to debate the matter. CA 35 CA 99 ADJOURNMENT At 8:22 p.m. the meeting was adjourned by unanimous informal consent to September 21, 1977 at 5:30 p.m., in Room 831, City Hall, Civic Center Plaza, for an Executive Session to discuss personnel matters. L~,OJ~NCE I. MALONE CLERK OF THE COUNCIL CITY COUNCIL MINUTES 347 SEPTEMBER 19, 1977