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- invited the listening audience to the Washington Square Neighborhood- sponsored evening concert and picnic with the Orange Jazz Band on October 13, 1996 at 15th and Lowell Streets. Councilmember Mills: - encouraged the Council to consider enacting an ordinance requiring post- election removal of political signs; - thanked her Council colleagues, City staff and members of the public for their support during her term of office; and - reported Orange County was considering expansion of the main jail in Santa Ana as an alternative to converting the Musick Branch Jail in Irvine from a low- security to a larger maximum- security facility, and urged the Mayor and Council to meet with members of the Board of Supervisors to stave oil' this proposal. Mayor ProTem Richardson: requested Code Enforcement clear the recently burned El Comal Restaurant site; noted Allison Young and Wendy Zander had contributed greatly to the success of the Wilshire Square event; thanked the Public Works Agency, Recreation and Community Services, REI, and the Park Santiago Neighborhood for their participation in the Santiago Creek Greenway Alliance clean -up project; and - reported Recreation and Community Services Executive Director Allen Doby would be retiring on October 31 and commended him for his service to the City. Councilmember McGuigan: - requested Public Works Agency Executive Director Jim Ross investigate over - watering of the First Street median; - noted Allen Doby had been an asset to the Recreation and Community Services Agency; and - invited the listening audience to attend the opening of the Albert Salgado Community Center in the West End on October 19, 1996. Councilmember Moreno rebutted the allegations made by his opponent in a political mailer and briefly discussed his campaign platform. CITY COUNCIL MINUTES 313 OCTOBER 7, 1996