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Pat Marin, 1238 W. St. Andrews Place, spoke in opposition to closing the McFadden Branch <br />Library and requested assistance from the City in obtaining help for one of her children who <br />was schizophrenic. The Mayor referred Ms. Marin to Council Services Manager Lorraine <br />Lazarine for assistance. <br />Miles Leach, 2025 W. Tenth Street, inquired as to the meaning of the City's motto <br />"Education First," asked if the adoption of the definition for "local" street would result in <br />any change in Washington Street between Flower and Bristol Streets, and noted the Council <br />had amended the City's Circulation Element in spite of public testimony to the contrary. <br />90.B. CITY COUNCIL COMMENTS <br />Councilmember Moreno requested the Council consider modifying the camping ordinance to <br />permit blankets when the temperature falls below 55 degrees. <br />Mayor Young suggested Councilmember Moreno work with the City Attorney to prepare <br />appropriate language if he wished the Council to consider such an amendment. <br />Mayor Pro Tern Pulido reported that Joseph Powell was still having problems with buses <br />parking on Wright Street and damaging his property and requested staff undertake any <br />possible measures to assist Mr. Powell. <br />Councilmember Norton: <br />- thanked the members of the Morning Sunwood Neighborhood Association for the <br />tomato plants which had been given to Councilmembers in token of their support to <br />landscape a stretch of Greenville Street adjacent to the Morning Sunwood <br />neighborhood; <br />- requested the City Attorney provide him with a legal opinion on whether the City <br />could control communications to the media as contained in the model trash contract <br />referred to by Ms. Otting (see minutes page 118); <br />- appealed to City staff and businesses for assistance in providing a senior citizens group <br />represented by Lou Leffler with a meeting room; and <br />- expressed condolences to Alex Vega on the death of his brother. <br />Councilmember Lutz thanked the Journalism Class of Spurgeon Intermediate School for <br />sending him its newsletter and requested that Mrs. Reed and her class be recognized at a <br />future Council meeting for anti -graffiti journalism. <br />CITY COUNCIL MINUTES 119 MARCH 15, 1993 <br />