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asked the Santa Ana Police Department to work with the Santa Ana <br />Unified School District in resolving parking problems at MacArthur <br />Intermediate School and safety concerns of adjacent businesses at <br />Century High School; and <br />noted the City's success in attracting new businesses to Santa Ana <br />and retaining existing businesses such as GT Bicycles, which recently <br />signed a lease to expand its Santa Ana operations. <br />Mayor Pro Tem Richardson also requested that the Council meeting be adjourned in memory of <br />Harlan D. Anderson, former Santa Ana High School principal, who had passed away on January <br />17, 1997 after a long illness. Richardson expressed grief over his personal loss of a friend and the <br />community's loss of a civic -minded educator who had continued to touch the lives of many Santa <br />Ana residents even in his retirement years. He asked that an appropriate expression of sympathy <br />be sent to Mrs. Anderson. <br />Councilmember McGuigan noted she had served on the City's Human Relations Commission with <br />Harlan Anderson and echoed Mayor Pro Tern Richardson's sentiments. <br />Councilmember Lutz congratulated the Santa Ana Chamber of Commerce on its new "City Line" <br />publication and informed the audience copies might be obtained at the Chamber office on Ross <br />Street. <br />In response to Councilmember Lutz' request, Jail Administrator Russell Davis explained that <br />California Board of Corrections standards governed inmate housing and emphasized amenities <br />that increased prisoner comfort level were actually tools to control inmate behavior. <br />Councilmember Franklin: <br />- noted he had encouraged input from Suszan Ales' neighborhood during <br />his service on the Environmental and Transportation Advisory Commission; <br />- congratulated the Police Chief on the successful opening and public tows <br />of the new Police Administration and Holding Facility; and <br />- reported he and his wife had attended an outstanding performance by the <br />Chicano Poet Society in the Artists Village last Saturday. <br />Mayor Pulido reported on his official trip to Washington D.C. to participate in the U.S. <br />Conference of Mayors and to meet with Congressional legislators and Clinton administration <br />officials to advocate for federal funding of Santa Ana's capital initiatives. Pulido also reported he <br />had attended several Presidential Inaugural events and commented these had been paid out of <br />personal funds. <br />CITY COUNCIL MINUTES 34 JANUARY 21, 1997 <br />