HomeMy WebLinkAbout12_3_2002 - Council Minutes - Adjourned Regular MeetingAPPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL ON JANUARY 14,2003
CITY COUNCIL MINUTES ORANGE, CALIFORNIA
OF AN ADJOURNED REGULAR MEETING December 3 2002
The City Council of the City of Orange, California convened in an Adjourned Regular Meeting
at 4:30 p.m. in an Adjourned Regular Meeting in the Council Chambers, 300 E. Chapman
A venue, Orange, California.
7:00 P.M. SESSION
OATH OF OFFICE CEREMONY
1.1 INVOCATION
Given by Pastor Phillip Sipes, St. John's Lutheran Church
1.2 PRESENTATION OF COLORS
Led by Orange Police Department Color Guard
1.3 PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG
Led by Councilmember Dan Slater
1.4 NATIONAL ANTHEM
Sung by Leslie Williams-
Frazer 1.5 ROLL
CALL PRESENT - Slater, Alvarez, Mayor Murphy, Coontz, Cavecche
ABSENT - None Announcements
Mayor
Murphy announced Councilmember-Elect Steven Ambriz would not be III
attendance due to the recent death of his father.
Mayor Murphy announced the City of Orange had just been awarded a $9.13 million
grant for the expansion of the Main Library.
2. PUBLIC COMMENTS - None.3.
CONSENT CALENDAR All
items on the Consent Calendar are considered routine and are enacted by one motion approving
the recommended action listed on the Agenda. Any member of the City Council,
staff or the public may request an item be removed from the Consent Calendar for
discussion or separate action. Unless otherwise specified in the request to remove an item
from the Consent Calendar, all items removed shall be considered immediately following
action on the remaining items on the Consent Calendar.PAGE
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3. CONSENT CALENDAR (Continued)
3.1 Declaration of City Clerk, Cassandra J. Cathcart, declaring posting of City Council
agenda of an Adjourned Regular Meeting, December 3, 2002 at 7:00 p.m. at the
Orange Civic Center, Main Library at 101 N. Center Street, Police facility at 1107
North Batavia, the Shaffer Park Bulletin Board, and summarized on Time-
Warner Communications, all of said locations being in the City of Orange and
freely accessible to members of the public at least 72 hours before commencement of
said Adjourned Regular
Meeting.ACTION: Accepted Declaration of Agenda Posting and authorized its retention as
a public record in the Office of the City
Clerk.MOTION - Slater
SECOND - Coontz AYES -
Slater, Alvarez, Mayor Murphy, Coontz, Cavecche Item 3.
1 on the Consent Calendar was approved as recommended.END OF
CONSENT CALENDAR 4. LEGAL
AFFAIRS RESOLUTION NO.
9683 A Resolution
ofthe City Council of the City of Orange, California, reciting the fact ofthe General Municipal
Election held on November 5, 2002 declaring the result and such other matters as
provided by Law.MOTION - Alvarez
SECOND - CoontzAYES -
Slater, Alvarez, Mayor
Murphy, Coontz, Cavecche Moved to adopt Resolution No.
9683.5. SPECIAL TRIBUTE TO COUNCILMEMBER
DAN SLATER.Presentations:Certificate of Special Congressional
Recognition
from Christopher Cox, U.S. Representative 47th District and Ed Royce, Member
of Congress, 39th District - presented by Congressman Ed Royce.State Assembly, Orange County Delegation,
Resolution
presented by Assemblymen Bill Campbell, Dick Ackerman and Assemblywoman
Lynn Daucher.Orange County Proclamation by Supervisor Todd
Spitzer - presented by Jason Vasquez City Council Resolution No. 9680 - presented by
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5. SPECIAL TRIBUTE TO COUNCILMEMBER DAN SLATER. (Continued)
Mayor Murphy acknowledged Councilmember Slater's tireless efforts in terms of trees, open
space and recreational trails; Mayor pro tern Alvarez acknowledged Councilmember Slater's
work in Old Towne; and Councilmember Cavecche acknowledged Councilmember Slater's
integrity and persistent passion for those causes he cared about. Councilmember Coontz noted
that Councilmember Slater joined her in 1998 in working with Cal Trans and aCTA on the
improvements to the 55 Freeway. It was an ongoing effort to work with those agencies for better
communication with City staff, citizens, the business community and the school district to
protect the City's interests. Together they worked on sound walls, major structures, traffic
circulation and the problems with construction slowdowns. Councilmember Slater's specific
interest was initiating landscaping at the freeway on-ramps and he was persistent in
graffiti eradication. Because of all these efforts, Cal Trans and aCTA have become better agencies
and will work with other cities in the future the same way they worked with
Orange.Old Towne Preservation Association - presented by Bob Hitchcock
Santiago Creek Greenway Alliance - presentedby Arlen Craig Comments
Councilmember
Slater introduced and thanked Department Heads and members of the City Staff,stating
it had been a pleasure to work with them over the past eight years; thanked his many friends
and supporters who have been with him through his last three elections; and introduced his
mother.Councilmember
Slater gave the following remarks:Since
I announced in August that I would not be running again, many people have told me how disappointed
they were, and I said, well, it's not meant to be a career. It's hard to believe it has been
eight years - which is192 Council meetings. A lot has happened in this room during that time. There
have been times when I thought the architects of this building really had foresight when they
made this room round and padded. There have been heartaches along the way too,but I
could go on and on for hours telling you about all the good things that were accomplished here. In
the last eight years, City Hall has finally awakened to the fact that we're not a small town anymore
and some of those steps have not been easy steps to take. City hall still has that hometown friendly
attitude that reflects what Orange is all about. One of the reasons I'm stepping down
is that I felt it was essential that the Council garner fresh blood and new ideas.And what'
s not important is that Dan Slater is on this Council. What is most important is that we elect people
with honesty, integrity and character. I am so thrilled that my seat is being filled by such a
person in Steve Ambriz. Steve told me he would make me proud and I have every confidence that
he will.I saw
the movie, The Emperor's Club, in which a teacher in an all boy's school makes it his passion to
instill values and character in his students. He said, "Character sets your path in life.People who
unselfishly give of themselves to better society and their community are people with character. "PAGE
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5. SPECIAL TRIBUTE TO COUNClLMEMBER DAN SLATER. (Continued)
As I look around the room tonight, I see a room filled with people of character. I see people like
Shirley Grindle, Marilyn Ganahl, Nancy Collins, Ann Seibert, Shannon Tucker, Tom Grockow.
I could go on and on - people of character. Because of what they have given of themselves to this
community, they have attained far more influence and respect and richer lives than anyone who
thought that that comes by holding political office. In fact, one of the things we learned from
9-11 is that there are more important things in life than power, position or politics. You
people tonight are the ones who will be remembered and will leave a positive and lasting legacy
in Orange. You have my highest respect and admiration. Thank you for what you do for
Orange.
In a moment I will be stepping down from this dais, but to the extent of my abilities, I will be
helping you in the pursuit of your causes and dreams for our city. Finally, thank you, citizens of
Orange for giving me the opportunity to serve in this capacity the last eight years. It's been an
experience I wouldn't trade for anything.
6. OATH OF OFFICE
Administration of Oath of Office by Cassandra J. Cathcart, City Clerk to Mayor-Elect Mark
A.
Murphy Administration of Oath of Office by Cassandra J. Cathcart, City Clerk to
Councilmember-Elect
Carolyn
Cavecche Comments Councilmember Cavecche gave the
following remarks.Councilmember Cavecche congratulated her oldest son William, who was not present,
on being awarded his Second Class Rank in Boy Scouts; and thanked her family, her
campaign manager,Rick and Nancy Collins, her prayer group and those who helped with
her campaign.I am extremely grateful to the voters of Orange for the overwhelming response in this
election to my candidacy. To those of you who ran, you know that campaigning is very hard
work. But through all of that, I tried to remember why I was doing this one more time. I love the
City of Orange and I love serving our community. Last year, when I was sworn in, I
pledged to remember that it was truly the average citizen who put me in office, and really, all I want
to do tonight is just to say that over the next four years, I will continue to remember that it
is the people who make this City of Orange so special. I will always try to remember that I
am your voice here at City Hall. Thank you very much for the privilege
of serving.Mayor Murphy gave the
following remarks:Thank you for this opportunity. I still wake up sometimes and can't quite believe that I. grt
to be Mayor of my home town. But the real thanks goes to the citizens of Orange who give us
all the opportunity to have just a small hand in where the City is going, because it's the
citizenry that
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6. OATH OF OFFICE (Continued)
really come forward and give us the ideas and the direction on where we need to go and what we
need to do. I am so excited about where we are today and the strides we have made in the last
couple of years. But certainly even more excited about where we stand to go in the future. The
opportunities are extraordinary for the City of Orange right now, whether you look at parks or
libraries or some of the things that have happened in the open space area for the surrounding
areas for the City of Orange. We're still among the safest cities in the state above 100,000
people. We have wonderful public safety services and as mentioned earlier, a City staff that
really goes out of its way to make sure to always remember that citizens are what the City is all
about. It's a real privilege to get the chance to be able to say that I'm the Mayor of the City of
Orange. It means a lot.
I look forward to continued activities and continued energy within this City in terms of the
citizenry and the projects we have going on here. And again, I can't say thank you enough for
giving me the opportunity to be the Mayor and us the opportunity to be the Council in the City of
Orange. I'm excited about the team we have up here moving forward and truly excited as well
for what the future holds.
The way things are going to be different and how we make a difference in this City is the team
work we talked about before. I see representatives here from the School District. We need to
work hard together because kids and education is part of what makes the city what it is today. I
see representatives from State, County and Federal Governments. Thank you for your efforts. I
promise we will try to hold up our end of the deal as well. I see representatives from the
Community College District. We've had joint efforts there and I look forward to more of those
as well. And thanks to our City staff and all the people that actually make us look good sitting
up here because they're the faces that people talk to on the other end of the line and see when
they come in for services, and that's what makes the City of Orange go. So thank you all and
God Bless you all.
Mayor Murphy introduced his wife, Vikki, his parents Lois and Paul Murphy, and his many
supporters and colleagues, both past and present.
7. ADJOURNMENT
MOTION - Coontz SECOND -
Alvarez AYES - Alvarez,
Mayor Murphy, Coontz, Cavecche The City Council
adjourned at 8:05 p.m., in memory of Ed Falkenstein, Orange Police Department, to a
reception in the George Weimer Room.au4~JA_'~1d/~/'
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