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City Hall
Palo Alto, California
November 1, 1966
The Council of the City of Palo Alto met in Special Meeting on this
date at 10:44 p.m. with Mayor Dias presiding.
Present: Arnold, Comstock, Cooley, Deb!, Dias, Flint,
Pearson, Sher, Worthington.
Absent: Beahrs, Rohrs, Rus, Woodward
Association of Bay Area Governments -
Goals and Organization Committee Proposal
for Regional Government
Mayor Dias declared that the Special Meeting was called for the
purpose of considering the recommendation of the Committee of the
Whole and instructing their delegate to the November 4 meeting of
the General Assembly of the Association of Bay Area Governments
in regard to the proposal for regional government presented by the
Goals and Organization Committee.
She presented the recommendation of the Committee of the Whole
that the City of Palo Alto approves in principle the proposal before
the Council from the Goals and Organization Committee of the
Association of Bay Area Governments and recommends the follow-
ing amendments:
1. that the ABAG Generr<,1 Assembly meet q'iarterly;
---z, _ +h: o e'_negivrr Seyvazre Disposal problem be included
in the objectives in addition to Regional Refs is Disposal
Needs, Regional Open Space and Park Needs, and Re-
gional Airport System Needs;
3. that changes be rr.ade in the Executive Committee mem-
bership so that such membership consists of 30 persons
selected as follows:
a. nine official representatives from one of the cities
of each of the counties,
b. nine official representatives from each of the
counties,
c. three members, out from each of the three largest
cities in the area to be named by the city,
d. nine members elected directly by the people, one
/roan each of the nine counties, and that these
directly elected members ai$o be members of
the General Assembly.
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Councilman Stier moved, and it was duly seconded, an amendment
to strike part (d) of suggested amendment 3 and substitute that the
nine members be elected from districts of equal population from
among the nine counties.
Discussion followed concerning the fact that election machinery
exists on a county basis, but if regional representatives were to
be elected on other than a county basis, new districts and new
machinery would have to be created.
The amendment failed on a show of hands vote.
Councilman Worthington moved, seconded by Flint, to delete
parts (c) and (d) from number 3 and replace it with six members,
one from each of the six largest cities, making a total of 24 mem-
bers on the Executive Corrimittee.
Councilman Flint moved, seconded by Worthington, an amendment
to the amendment to change it to three representatives from the
three largest cities and nine additional representatives from the
cities in general (total. of 30). The arreniment to the amendment
;a.iimd c.n the following roll call vote:
Ayes: Debs; Flint, Sher, Worthington.
Noss: Arnold, Co.natock, Cooley, Dias, Pearson.
The amendment then failed on majority voice vote.
Mayor Dias then restated the Committee of the Whole recommenda-
tion that the City of Palo Alto approves in principle the proposal be-
fore the Council from the Goals and Organization Committee of the
Association of Bay Area Governments and recommends the following
amendments:
1. that the ABAG General Assembly meet quarterly;
2. that the Regi4 -11 Sewage Disposal problem be included
in the object4 es in addition to Regional Refuse Disposal
Needs, Regional Open Space and Park Needs, and Regional
Airport System Needs;
3, that changes be made in the Exectt-ve Committee member-
ship so that such membership consists of 30 persons selec-
ted as follows:
a. nine official representatives from one of the cities of
each of the counties,
b. nine official representatives from each of the coun-
ties,
c. three members, one from each of the three: largest
cities in the area to be soused by the city,
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d. nine members elected directly by the people, one
frot.i each of the nine counties, and that these
directly elected members also be members of
the General Assembly.
The motion carried on the following roll call vote:
Ayes: Arnold, Comstock, Cooley, Dias, Flint, Pearson,
Sher, Worthington.
Noes: None
Abstained: Debs
Councilman Arnold moved, seconded by Flint, to circularize to
all members of „ General Assembly of ABAG a copy of the
Co a.rcil.F s rpcomrn ndation concerning the reix., t of the Goals and
Organization Committee.
The motion carried by unanimous voice vote.
'?here being no further business, the Council adjourned at 11:01 p.m.
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