HomeMy WebLinkAbout68-005RESOLUTION 68-5 OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF SANTA ANA CREATING A CITIZEN-GOVERNMENT ADVISORY
COMMITTEE FOR TP~AFFIC SAFETY
WHEP~EAS, the National Safety Council reported its inventory
of the traffic safety activities of the City of Santa Ana, which
report recommended the creation of both governmental and citizen
advisory committees; and
WHEREAS, the City Council appointed a subcommittee consisting
of two of its members for the purpose of studying the traffic safety
within the City of Santa Ana; and
WHEREAS, this subcommittee made its study and reported its
findings and recommendations to the City Council at its regular
meeting held on the 18th day of December, 1967; and
WHEREAS, the recommendations contained in the report were
accepted by the 6 to 1 vote of the City Council;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED: That the City Council of the
city of Santa Ana does hereby appoint a committee of eleven (11)
persons, to be known as "CITIZEN-GOVERNMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR
TRAFFIC SAFETY"; seven (7) of the members to be selected from the
citizens of the City of Santa Aha. The remaining four (4) members of
the committee shall be representatives of the following governmental
units: Office of the Superintendent of Schools, the Traffic Engineering
Section of the Department of Public Works of the City, the Traffic
Section of the Santa Ana Police Department, and the office of the
City Manager.
Vacancies from the "citizen" members of the committee shall
be filled by appointment by the City Council, to serve at their
pleasure. The remaining four members shall be appointed by their
respective department heads to serve at their pleasures and may be
replaced from time to time as each department head in his sole
discretion may decide.
year.
The committee shall meet not less than four (4) times each
The responsibilitie~ of the Committee shall be:
(a)
To discuss official responsibility for traffic safety,
resolve inter-departmental problems and provide
coordinated planning and action for traffic safety and
relief of congestion;
(b) To make recommendations to the Santa Ana City Council
for consideration and action;
(c) To consider matters referred by the Santa Ana City
Council; and
(d) To hold public hearings on those matters when so
instructed by the City Council.
As rapidly as possible after the organization of the committee,
at its first meeting it shall cause to be prepared a list of the
specific areas toward which it proposes to direct its efforts. These
declarations shall be submitted to the Council for review. The
Council shall then delineate the areas within the general framework
submitted that it considers to be of primary current importance and
to which the efforts of the committee will be most fruitful.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Santa
Aha at its regular meeting held on the 15th day of January, 1968.
CLEP~K OF THE COUNCIL
STATE OF CALIFOP~NIA)
COUNTY OF ORANGE )
CITY OF SANTA ANA )
SS
I, DORIS M. BROWN, do hereby certify that I am the Clerk of
the Council of the City of Santa Ana; that the foregoing Resolution
was regularly introduced to said Council at its regular meeting held
on the 15th day of January, 1968, and was at said meeting regularly
passed and adopted by the following vote, to wit:
AYES,
COUNCILMEN: Herrin, Brooks, Carlson, Griset, Markel,
Thurman, McMichael
NOES, COUNCILMEN: None
ABSENT, COUNCILMEN: None
CLERK OF THE COUNCIL
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