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IRVINE COAST NATIONAL PARK As recommended by the CITY POSITION - REPORT FILED Planning Department in STAFF DIRECTED TO MONITOR a report dated December 27, 1977, in response to the request of a private citizens group called "Irvine Tomorrow" for a City position, the request was received and filed, and Staff was directed to monitor State acquisition and development proposals as they relate to regional potential for growth in the subject coastal corridor, on the unanimously 6:0 carried motion of Councilman Brandt, seconded by Councilman Garthe. CA 42; CA 113 REALLOCATION OF CD FUNDS On the motion of Council- NEWHOPE BRANCH LIBRARY man Yamamoto, seconded by APPROVED Councilman Garthe, carried 6:0 unanimously, $45,000 of Community Development Block Grant funds designed previously for land acquisition, was reallocated to construction of park- ing area and landscaping for the Newhope Branch Library. The action was recommended in a report dated December 28, 1977 prepared by Community Development Coordinator Alice McCullough. CA 140.20 ORAL REPORT City Manager Bruce Spragg MUSEUM EXPANSION reported that he, the Mayor and Reilly Rhodes, Museum Director, met with the Chairman of the Museum Board of Trustees and the Foundation on the Museum Expansion; that the County has appointed a citizens advisory committee to make recommendations to the Board of Supervisors on the entire subject of having a County- wide Museum; that it is estimated to take 30 days before the Staff recommendations will come back for action to appoint the committee; that it will take up to six months before the Board receives a report from that committee; that in view of that kind of delay it was the feeling of the people that met that the City should try to proceed to sust.ain the momentum of County-wide support with a smaller size project than previously planned; that because the agreement with the County contained a provision that an Operating Memorandum be entered into before July 1, 1978, it seems certain that we will not be able to meet that deadline; and that the City will now try to develop an alternate project and bring it to the Council for approval within 30 to 60 days. Councilman Bricken stated that Santa Ana must continue to provide the leadership and sustain the support for development of the Bowers Museum as a County-wide museum facility with assistance from outside Santa Ana. CA 85 DETACHMENT - TUSTIN-SANTA CLARA On the motion of Council- FROM E. ORANGE COUNTY WATER DISTR. man Bricken, seconded by FILED; STAFF DIRECTED Councilman Garthe, car- ried 6:0 unanimously, the status report dated December 27, 1977 prepared by Administra- tive Assistant Estela Gutierrez, on the detachment of Tustin- Santa Clara area from the East Orange County Water District, was received and filed and Staff was directed to continue to inform the public and to develop the City's position in favor of the detachment. Director of Public Works John Stevens reported the Water District still contends that their approval of detachment of the Tustin- Santa Clara area is subject to a $24,000 payment; that the Dis- trict has requested an extension of the Local Agency Formation Commission hearing from January 11 to January 25, which LAFCO will probably grant; and that the City's concern is to accomplish the detachment prior to the District's sale of a new $6 million dollar bond issue. CITY COUNCIL MINUTES 8 JANUARY 3, 1978