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Council Committees The Mayor distributed a list of possible Council Coranittees, discussed briefly how a Council Committee structure might function and indicated the subject would be discussed in more detail at future Council meet- ings before proceeding with impl~m~entation. The Council recessed at 2:55 p.m., and reconvened at 3:05 p.m., with the same members present. Housing Production Program Following discussion, the Council, by unanimous informal consent, agreed to defer discussion of the Housing Production Program prepared as part of the 10-point action program for neighborhood preservation until September 17, 1985 when all Councilmembers were scheduled to be present. The Council recessed at 3:20 p.m., and reconvened at 3:30 p.m., in Room 147, Council Chambers, 22 Civic Center Plaza, with the same m~bers present. North Central Santa Ana Traffic Plan George Alvarez, Transportation Develo~nent Engineer, provided an over- view of the measures which had been taken to reduce c~uter traffic in the North Central Santa Ana Neighborhood, including installation of four-way stop signs, restriping, requesting of CalTrans that the I-5 Flower Street off-ramp be closed, and traffic signal modifica- tions. He indicated that CalTrans had coramenced the study to close the Flower Street off-r~np, and that staff was rec~r~ending that the no-right-turn restriction at Flower and Memory Lane be retained, but that the traffic diverters proposed for Seventeenth and Ross and Seventeenth and Flower not be installed. Both Alvarez and the Executive Director of the Public Services Ager~y responded to questions frc~ Councilmembers and Messrs. Lo~nan, Hanna, Huffer, and Ms. Stewart, neighborhood residents, regarding specific recora~endations in the Plan. The Mayor indicated the final decision on the North Central Santa Ana Traffic Plan would be deferred to September 17, pending the constitution of a full Council. Councilmembers discussed their concerns relative to Consent Calendar itams. By unanimous informal consent, the Council agreed to discuss a mural proposed for the Bowers Muse~n, as well as several proposed for the downtown area at the September 17 Council meeting. The Council recessed at 5:12 p.m., and reconvened at 5:16 p.m., in the Council Chambers with the same me~bers present. CITY COUNCIL MINUTES 405 SEPTI~ER 3, 1985