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Ignacio Abbattista, lessee and operator of the garage, said that when he was asked to clean out the vehicles he did so; that the nature of the business requires that vehicles be on the premises; that the cars that are there are being worked on; that his customers do not always have the cash money for the work being done, and they leave their cars until they have the money to pick them up. J. Ogden Markel, 1814 S. Parton Street also spoke in favor of the appeal. He stated that the service station has been in this location since 1946 serving the auto service needs of the neighborhood; that he knows of no citations for obstructions to law and order; that the garage does a tremendous service, has ample parking, and is in an area of many small public ser- vice establishments, and is not bad looking; and he urged Coun- cil to give attention to the miscellaneous operation of a ser- vice station, and in the interest of good community relations and good service to the people in the area, to keep the service station and garage open. There were no other speakers, and the Mayor closed the public hearing. Councilman Ortiz' motion, seconded by Councilman Brandt, to approve Appeal No. 399 reinstating Variance No. 77-33 and reversing the decision of the Planning Commission, was amended on the motion of Councilman Brandt, seconded by Councilman Bricken, carried 6:1, with Councilman Yamamoto dissenting, to continue the public hearing for a period of six months and to direct Staff to monitor compliance with the conditions of the variance and report to Council any violations. The general consensus of the Council during the discussion which preceded the vote on the amended motion was that the service station is performing a much needed service, but that the garage has been in violation of the variance conditions; Councilman Bricken commented that Council hopes the garage can operate successfully within the variance conditions; Mayor Evans and Councilman Brandt pointed out the probationary effect of Council's action to continue the public hearing. CA 13.3 USE OF CD BLOCK GRANT FUNDS Following the Mayor's HISTORIC BUILDING SURVEY announcement that this CONTINUED TO JANUARY 2~ 1979 was the time and place for the public hearing of the use of $6,000 in Community Development Block Grant Contingency Funds for a historic building survey by the Environ- mental Coalition of Orange County; the oral report by Community Development Coordinator Alice McCullough; and the comments by Hal Thomas and J. Ogden Markel; Council continued consideration of the matter for thirty days~ on the motion~of Councilman Bricken, seconded by Councilman Brandt, carried 6:1, with Councilman Ortiz dissenting. Mrs. McCullough reported that the State Office of Historic Preservation recently announced the availability of funds for community-based organizations for the purpose of conducting historical research surveys; that the Environmental Coalition has applied for one of these grants for a survey of four areas of the City of Santa Ana; that the State would grant $15,000 against $9,000 in-kind match, and $6,000 CDBG match; that both the CD Management Team and the Community Redevelopment Commis- sion have recommended approval with certain stipulations; that the Commission stipulations are listed in the report dated November 15, 1978, prepared by Redevelopment Executive Director Richard E. Goblirsch; that the conditions recommended by the Community Development Management Team are 1) that a portion CITY COUNCIL MINUTES 491 DECEMBER 4, 1978