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MINUTES OF THE ADJOURNED RE~JIAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN~A ANA, CALIFORNIA October 24, 1983 The meeting was called to order by Mayor R. W. Luxembourger, in Room 147, Council Chambers, 22 Civic Center Plaza, at 1:11 p.m. Councilmembers present wore John Acosta, Cordon Bricken, Daniel E. Griset, P. Lee Johnson, Patricia A. McGuigan, Dan Young and Mayor Luxembourger. Also present wore City Manager A. J. Wilson, City Attorney Edward J. Cooper, and Clerk of the Council Janice C. Guy, as woll as members of the City's Executive Management staff and the press. WORK STUDY SESSION - BUSINESS IMPROVI~4ES~ DISTRICT Mr. Lee Strong of Downtown Focus discussed briefly the history of establishing business improvement districts and outlined the process whereby a business improvement district might be installed in downtown Santa Ana. He distributed to the Council a copy of a proposal to be distributed to downtown merchants in the near future and responded to Councilmembers' specific questions regarding the proposed annual budget for the assessment district, the relationship of the district to the Chamber of Cor~nerce and Santa Ana City Center Association, and the manner in which the district would function procedurally. Councilmembers then discussed their concerns relative to the upcoming agenda. Councilmember Young requested that more information be provided to the Housing Comuission regarding projects and functions being undertaken by the City. Councilmember Bricken expressed a concern that recent appointments to the City's Boards and Con~uissions did not reflect ward representation with the result that membership would be skewed to represent the northern portion of the City only. Interim City Manager Swanson distributed copies of the City's 1983 Annual Report to the Councilmembers. WORK STUDY SESSION - CABLE TELEVISION STUDIO LOCATION Interim City Manager Swanson discussed the reasons for locating a cable television studio within the Civic Center as outlined in the memo to Council dated October 24, 1983, entitled "Cable Television Studio Location." He stressed the fact that during cable negotiations the City had given up several outlying locations in order to attain a con~nunity center as an adjunct of the cable television studio. Councilmembers discussed their concerns relative to the studio, including the need for a master plan which would address the con~unity center, the Police annex inmediately adjacent to the TV studio site, parking needs in the Civic Center, and a linkage to a proposed hotel southeast of the site. CITY COUNCIL MINUTES 319 OCTOBER 24, 1983