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COMMENTS <br /> <br />90.A. PUBLIC COMMENTS <br /> <br />Chares Bordenave expressed concerns regarding several items including, but not limited to, the <br />Council majority's actions on agenda items, the Portland trip discussed at the previous Council <br />meeting, City staff compensation and the Artists Village. <br /> <br />Chuck Mabry invited the listening audience to the French Park Neighborhood's Christmas Eve <br />celebration starting at 6:00 p.m. and commended Council's efforts to bring together Santa Ana's <br />culturally diverse community. <br /> <br />Desi Reyes suggested the City's housing sale procedures might be improved by advertising <br />properties in the real estate industry's multiple listing service. <br /> <br />90.B. CITY COUNCIL COMMENTS <br /> <br />Councilmember Moreno: <br /> <br /> requested staffconsider opening the City Hall lobby cashier service to the public at <br /> 8:00 a.m. instead of 9:00 a.m.; and <br /> <br /> explained he did not vote on the City Hall expansion project due to a conflict of interest <br /> and expressed several concerns about the project. <br /> <br />Councilmember Espinoza: <br /> <br /> requested staff look into flooding problems in the southern portion of the City along <br /> Bristol, Warner, and MacArthur; <br /> <br /> expressed hope that illegal discharge of firearms would not be a problem during the <br /> Holidays; and <br /> <br /> wished everyone Happy Holidays. <br /> <br />City Manager David Ream noted flooding was a longstanding citywide problem since storm <br />drains had not received budget priority and suggested Council consider storm drains as a specific <br />issue in the upcoming budget process. <br /> <br />Mayor Pro Tern Richardson: <br /> <br /> welcomed back Library Services Executive Director Rob Richard who had recently <br /> undergone surgery; <br /> <br /> reported on a well-attended Wilshire Square holiday concert, thanking the neighborhood <br /> volunteers who organized the program and the talented performers from Mater Dei, Santa <br /> Ana College and the community; and <br /> <br />CITY COUNCIL MINUTES 358 DECEMBER 15, 1997 <br /> <br /> <br />