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HIRING FREEZE EXEMPTION REQUEST The request from Director PUBLIC WORKS ~ DENIED of Public Works John E. MAINTENANCE SERVI-~- GRANTED Stevens dated September 22, 1978, for a hiring freeze exemption to hire one Draftsman in the Engineering Division, was denied on the motion of Councilman Yamamoto, seconded by Councilman Ward, carried 5:1, with Councilman Brandt dissenting. The request for hiring freeze exemption submitted by Warren H. Clark, Equipment Maintenance Superintendent, and authorization to hire one Equipment Mechanic II in the Maintenance Service Department, was granted on the motion of Councilman Bricken, seconded by Councilman Brandt, carried 5:1, with Councilman Yamamoto dissenting. A prior motion to deny the request, made by Councilman Yamamoto, did not receive a second. CA 50 AIR QUALITY MANAGEMENT PLAN Following review and STAFF DIRECTED TO SUBMIT COMMENT discussion of the report dated September 28, 1978, prepared by Director of Public Works John E. Stevens, in response to the request for comments on the draft Air Quality Management Plan and Control Strategies made at the September 18, 1978 Council meeting, on the motion of Councilman Brandt, seconded by Councilman Ward, carried 6:0 unanimously, Staff was directed to submit the following comment: The City Council of the City of Santa Ana supports reasonable methods to reach the desired goal of clean air and feels some of the proposed strategies are reasonable, but it is the Council's opinion that the only real solution lies in advances technology and construction methods, and that is the direction the Council recommends to reach its goal of clean air. Mr. Stevens' report states that the preliminary analysis indicates that local government actions to control air pollutants generally are ineffective, costly and disruptive fiscally and socially; that it was found that a very large percentage of the 129 suggested strategies contributed only slightly to the total amount of emis- sions reduction that is required under air quality laws, and that the others had extremely low cost effectiveness ratios considering the dollar amount to be expended per ton of pollutant reduction. Mr. Stevens' report further recommends 21 of the proposed strate- gies as most cost effective and least disruptive to the business and social communities. Councilman Brandt complimented Staff on its analysis and recommenda- tions completed on very short notice. He opposed the plan because of its unrealistic objectives. Councilman Bricken described the plan as a vehicle to control land use, freedom of movement and the individual's transportation selection process. Councilman Ortiz and Mayor Evans also opposed the plan. Councilman Ward's prior motion, to approve the 21 strategies recom- mended by Staff for submission to Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG) and to the South Coast Air Quality Manage- ment District as the City's comment to the draft Air Quality Management Plan and Control Strategies, was seconded by Councilman Yamamoto, but failed to carry on a 2:4 vote, with Councilmen Ortiz, Bricken, Brandt and Mayor Evans dissenting. CA 145.6 CITY COUNCIL MINUTES 413 OCTOBER 2, 1978