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SOUTH COAST TOWN CENTER On the motion of Council- LEGAL ACTION BY CITY man Ward, seconded by AUTHORIZED Mayor Brans, carried 4:2, with Councilmen Brandt and Garthe dissenting, the City Attorney was authorized to file suit prior to March 16, 1978 to challenge the sufficiency of the Environmental Impact Report filed on the South Coast Town Center Development in the City of Costa Mesa. Planning Director Charles Zimmerman reported that the City of Costa Mesa had filed a general plan amendment for incremental development, the first phase of which is the 16-story Prudential building, and that the full impact of the development on traffic has not been established. City Manager Bruce Spragg reported that he expects the traffic study to be conducted by the County for the Central County area will take about a year to complete. The adopted motion followed an identical motion defeated by a 3:3 vote, with Councilmen Brandt, Garthe, and Ortiz dissenting. Councilman Ward then moved to continue the matter to March 1S, 1978, seconded by Councilman Brandt, and carried 5:1, with Coun- cilman Ortiz voting NO. The successful motion was substituted for this motion to continue following a recess at 3:15 P.M. and suggestion by the Mayor, unanimously consented to, to reopen the matter for a substitute motion. CA 78.12 PRO & CON ARGUMENTS FOR On the motion of Council- BALLOT MEASURES - JUNE 6 ELECTION man Ward, seconded by COUNCIL MEMBERS AUTHORIZED Councilman Brandt, unanimously 6:0 carried, one or more Council members was authorized to write arguments for or against all of the measures or any one or combination of the measures prior to 5:00 P.M. March 23, 1978. Councilman Brandt and Mayor Evans stated they preferred not to write arguments for or against any of the ballot measures. The report dated March 9, 1978 prepared by Clerk of the Council Florence Malone stated Election Code provisions, and recom- mended that Councilmen desiring to write arguments be authorized to do so. CA 68 RECESS At 3:15 P.M. Mayor Evans recessed the meeting; the meeting was recon- vened at 3:25 P.M., with all Councilmen present except Councilman Bricken. The recon- sideration of the South Coast Town Center legal action recorded above was concluded at this time. PRELIMINARY REVIEW City Manager Bruce Spragg IMPACT OF JARVIS AMENDMENT stated that he had added material for Council review comparing the three bills, Jarvis, Rodda and Behr, pending in California; that if the Jarvis Amendment is passed by the voters of California, there will be only 24 days before the beginning of the City's fiscal year; that the effect of the passage of the Jarvis Amend- ment on the City's budget would be a loss of approximately 8.6 million dollars from property tax revenues or 24% of our total operating budget; and that the Staff is preparing a contingency budget that will reflect a substantial reduction in essential City services. CA 68 CITY COUNCIL MINUTES 95 MARCH 13, 1978