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COMMENTS Mayor Pulido · Thanked the City Council for its unanimous vote in support of the International Business Center; and announced that the County of Orange was expected to allocate funds to promote activities within the center. He added that Senator Polanco and Governor Davis have indicated that they will support legislation giving the State of California a strong presence within the center. Mayor Pulido noted that negotiations have begun with Santa Ana College to bring the school's California-Mexico Trade Development Center, and two other business centers into the trade building. Additionally, he reported that the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) has expressed interest in housing its International Business North American Development division within the Center. Mayor Pulido expressed confidence that other countries will now start to see the value of what has been accomplished by the development of an International Trade Center · Thanked staff, churches, community organizations, neighborhood associations, citizens and individual Councilmembers who worked on the 2000 census, and noted that Santa Ana, with a population of over 337,000 is still the largest City in Orange County, and had one of the highest census return rates in the country. The City's census efforts greatly benefit the City in obtaining future grant funds · Announced that on April 27, 2001, the City will be flying the Children's Memorial Flag in front of City Hall to recognize April as National Child Abuse Prevention Month; he noted that the flag was created by a 16-year old student in California to symbolize the children lost to violence ADJOURNMENT - 8:58 P.M. - To April 16, 2001 at 5:30 p.m. in the Police Chief's Conference Room, 60 Civic Center Plaza, 4th Floor, Santa Ana, California Meeting adjourned in memory of Maurice K. Lycan Frank Hilligass Patricia E. Healy Clerk of the Council CITY COUNCIL MINUTES 132 APRIL 2, 2001