HomeMy WebLinkAbout10-23-1973 City Council Minutes MINUTE S
SARATOGA' CITY COUNCIL
TIME: Tuesday, October 23, 1973 - 8:55 P.M~-~
PLACE: Crisp Conference Room, City Hall, 13777 Fruitvale Ave., Saratoga, California
TYPEi Adjourned Regular Meeting
I. ROLl CALL
Present: Councilmen Bridges, Dwyer, Kr~us, Diridon and Smith
Absent: None
II. CONSIDERATION OF REQUEST FROM ROBERT D. WHITTED, CHAIRMAN, PEOPLE CENTRE
CO~_MM.-~f~ FOR CITY TO CONTRIBUTE $2,000'TO $2,500 FOR. THE SUPPORT OF
'THE PEOPLE CENTRE
The Mayor introduced the-sUbject b~.indkca6ing that the'Council had. recently.
returned from appearing before the Saratoga-Los Gatos High School District Board
asking for the School DisCrict's assistance in contributing to the People.Centre.
It was generally felt ~y the Cdhncil t~at ~ ~peci£ic proposal should be pre%.
sented to the School Board for their consideration, and in this proposal alter-
natives should be C~i~n_~.Dhich~mightlbe~bresented to the-Sdhool District. It
was felt that it was very important that the School District be a part of this
program.
Councilman Bridges was concerned about the
the Peopl~ Center?" He felt-that if funds are given thatlthey be given for a
specific purposeo~ The City~ Council indicated' that if the City were to provide
funds for the People Center it would h'ave to be throdgh a contract arrangement
through a non-profit entity, which. they are in the process of establishing.
Reverand Ponting, pastor ofI the Saratoga United Presbyterian Church, indicated
there is a problem of getting in-kind contributions because the problem is
basi~za~ly one of cash to pay for the Di~ector's salary.'
Further discussion centered around whether.or not the Center shoul~be opened
' immediatel~ ~itb '~'~rovi~ion f6r conti~uity of the program, or whether the
Centeri~ should wait until continued funding for the school year has been obtained.
Reverand Potting indicated that he felt' very strongly'(t~r~.sh~j_l_~g~_~y~~
continuity to the program as this has been one of the problems-in the past.
It was moved'by Councilman Diridon to a~end the motion (taken on October 17) to
provide for"a sum up to $3,000 for the People, Centre on a matching basis. This
amendment ~f~i~&~u~'Y'jo'la'~?_of a
It was then moved by Councilman Bridges. and seconded by Councilman Kraus that the
Saratoga City Council stand ready to contribute funds on a limited matching basis
to the People Center, subject to the formation of a non-profit corporatioh to
manage the Center and subject to approval by the City Council~ of 'the' budget and
program to be followed by this group, and the Council ~hould continue to
attempt to get the school board involved in the program. The motion was
approved 5 to 0.
III. OTHER BUSINESS
Councilman Diridon raised the issue of whether or not the resolution s.upporting
the County sports arena could be discussed this evening. After Some discussion,
it was moved by Councilman Diridon and Seconded by Councilman Bridges to adjourn
this issue to an Adjourned Regular Meeting on Tuesday, October 30, 1973,'at
6:30 P.M., for the purpose ofdiscussing whether or not the City Council should
support the advisory measure of an indoor sports arena for the November 6, 1973
election.
In addition, it was moved and seconded that there be a Executive Session scheduled
following the Committee of!the. Whole Me~ting on October-30.- This motion was
approved. -.
IV. ADJOURNMENT
It was moved and seconded to adjourn this meeeing to An Adjourned Regular Meeting
on Tuesday, October 30, 1973, followed by an Executive Session.~he motion was
carried. The meeting w~s adjourned at 9:30 P.M.
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