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COUNCIL CHAMBER, CITY HALL, SANTA MONICA, CALIFORNIA
January 13, 1976 3:00 o'clock P.M.
The City Council, acting also as the Redevelopment Agency,
met in a special session at the above-named time and place. The
pledge of allegiance was given.
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PRESENT:
Councilmen:
Nathaniel Trives, Seymour A. Cohen,
John W. McCloskey, Christine E. Reed
Donna O. Swink. Pieter van den Steenhoven
ABSENT:
Councilmen:
Fred M. Judson
ALSO PRESENT:
James D. Williams, City Manager
Richard L. Knickerbocker, City Attorney
John K. Jalili. Director of Environmental Services
Eugene Jacobs. Counsel, Redevelopment Agency
K. O. Grubb, City Clerk
The notice of the special meeting was delivered personally to
all the Council (Agency) members by January 10, 1976 and the notice was
published on December 17, 23, 30 and January 6.
Mayor Trives announced that the public hearing regarding
the proposed redevelopment (commercial, etc complex) of the area
bounded by Second Street, Broadway, Fourth Street and Colorado Avenue
was opened.
StafEpersonnel who were to participate in the discussion. ,
were sworn in as to their testimony after which Mr. Williams and
Mr. Jalili commented on different aspects of the plan.
~ Those persons wishing to speak were requested to stand and
be sworn in as to their testimony. The following persons spoke in
favor of the plan: Mrs. M. C. Davis, Dr. Arnold Levee. Ernie Eisele,
.sa Feinstein, Samuel Fink, Mrs. Ella Stewart, Mrs Helena Hult~ Mrs.
olleen McHale, Mrs. Pat Schneider, Mrs. Betty Thompson, Mrs. Kuth
Levin, Attorney Marvin E. Levin, Dick Robbins, Mrs. Clo Hoover,
John Jurenka, Wayne Harding, Mike Caruso, Mark R. Webb, Mrs. Gene
LaTour, Pete Barrett, Mrs. Jean Miedel, John L. Hult, Bill Mortensen,
Aubrey E. Austin, Jr., James Mount, Rabbi Henri Front, Bernard
Robinson, and Mrs. Diane Cooley.
Those persons speaking in opposition were: Ernie Powell,
Dan Sullivan, Derek Shearer. Miss Ruth Galanter, L. M. McClunes,
Mrs. Rene~ Gould, Ray Ring, J. Ray Gallagher, Mrs. Margaret Bach,
Peter Wallin, Karl Schober, Barry Weiss, Mrs. Margaret Horst, Daniel
Cohen, Rufus Baker and William S. Hart, Jr.
Ian Sutherland also spoke briefly.
Letters from Roy Naylor in support and from Sarno-West
Democratic Club and David Shulman in opposition to the plan were
accepted for file.
As no one else wished to be heard, Mayor Trives declared
the meeting to be closed.
It was announced that the joint Council-Redevelopment
Agency meeting was concluded (the Agency having finished its
work) and the Council -meeting tvould continue.
The Clerk read the title to a resolution entitled "A
~SOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA, CALI-
~~RNIA, CERTIFYING THE FINAL E~~IRO~~ENTAL ll1PACT REPORT FOR THE
Dm~Tm~ REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT AND DETE~11NING THE IMPACT OF THE
PROJECT ON THE ENVIROI\'MENT".
Mrs. Reed moved to waive further reading and adopt the
resolution. The motion was seconded by Mr. van den Steenhoven
and carried by the following vote:
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AYES:
Councilmen:
Cohen. Reed. Swink. van den Steenhoven
Trives
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ABSENT:
Councilmen:
McCloskey
Councilmen:
Judson
Resolution No... 4708 (CCS)
Mrs. Reed commented briefly on a resolution entitled "A
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA REGARDING
THE ~TES OF ADOPTION AND AMEND~ENT OF THE GENERAL PLAN OF THE CITY
OF SANTA NONICA".
The title was read to an ordinance entitled "AN ORDINANCE
OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA, CALIFORNIA APPROVING AND ADOPTING THE
REDEVELOPMENT pIAN FOR THE DmmTmVN REDEVELOPMENT PROJECTI1.
Mr. van den Steenhoven moved to 'i1aiye further reading and
adopt the ordinance without further reading. The motion was sec-
onded by Mrs. Swink.
Mr. McCloskey moved to make a substitute motion, that the
plan be voted upon by the people. The motion was not seconded.
The original motion was carried by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmen:
Cohen; Reed. Swink, van den Steenhoven,
Trives
NOES :-_ Councilmen:
McCloskey ~-'f
ABSENT:
,Ordinance, No. 1021 (CCS)
Councilmen:
Judson
At 6:20 P.M. the meeting was declared adjourned.
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