1964/08/067986
~,ity Hall~ Anaheim~ California - COUNCIL MINUTES - August 6, 1964~ '8:00 ,P~M~
The City Council of the City of Anaheim met in adjourned regular
session~
PRESENT: COUNCILMEN: Pebley~ Dutton~ Schutte, Krein and Chandler°
ABSENI: COUNCILMEN: None°
PRESENT: CITY MANAGER: Keith A~ Murdoch~
ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER: Robert Davis°
CITY ATTORNEY: Joseph Geisler°
FINANCE DIRECTOR: Douglas K, Ogden°
CITY CLERK: Dene M. Williams~
The meeting was called %o order by Mayor Chandler°
PROPOSED "DRAG STRIP" - STADIUM SITE: Mro Murdoch reported on the location of
the Stadium, as agreed upon~ in accordance with preliminary drawings, and
advised that from this location~ several soil tests have been~_.takeno
He further reported that in order to accommodate the requirements of the
Angels' Bail Club~ the Stadium was rotated northerly~ approximately forty-
five degrees~ so that the direction from home plate through center field
would be forty-five degrees off of north~
Mro Murdoch then presented a map superimposed with an outlined
area indicating a possible location for a three hundred foot strip~ to be
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used as a "drag strip'o He reported on a meeting with the Architect, add
representatives of the contractor regarding the proposed strip~ wherein it
was determined that to accommodate a drag strip would require moving the
Stadium 300 to 350 feet west~ which would Dose some elevation problems~ as
the location of the Stadium would be approximately 100 feet from the rail-
road sidingo
Mro Murdoch further reported that the minimum additional costs~
because of changes in elevations necessary to move the Stadium~ would be
$50~000o~ and could be as much as $150~O00o~plus the cost involved to
accommodate the drag strip~ which could be in exCess
Mro Murdoch stated that in interviewing some of the people who
would probably be involved in using the drag strip~ the Orange County
Timing Association was contac%ed~ and it was their feeling that the location
was not feasible because of the close proximity of residential and business
developmenlso Further~ a first-class drag strip would require a strip
4~000 feet long and 100 feet wide° The Orange County Timing Association
felt that a bridge across Orangewood Avenue would be unsafe° Concerning
this factor~ the City Engineer and Traffic Engineer also noted the hazardous
exposure to the traveling public on Orangewood Avenue°
Mr~ Murdoch further reported that the National Hot Rod Associa-
tion requirements for a strip we~ a minimum width of sixty feet~ and length
of 4~000 ~eeto
In conclusion~ Mro Murdoch advised that after a thorough analysis
of the drag strip proposal~ it was his recommendation that the Stadium not
be moved io accommodate a drag strip° He stated that this recommendation~
although the noise factors were considered~ was based primarily on the
physical factors involved° *
Discussion was held by the City Council~ and at the conclusion
thereof~ Councilman button moved that the City discontinue any furtherconsid-
erat. ion of placing a drag strip on the Stadium site° Gouncilman Pebley
seconded the motion~ MOTION CARRIED~
GOLDEN WEST BASEBALL COMPANY CQNTRACT (ANGELS)j Mro Murdoch and Mro Geisler
reported on the progress made on contract negotiations between the Angels
and the City of Anaheim~ advising that much time has been spent on clari-
fication of the terms to make certain that the actual wording of the con-
'tract does properly reflect the th'inking of both the City and Counsel for
the Baseball Club~
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City Hall~ Anaheim~ California - COUNCIL MINUTF. S - Auqust 6, 1964~ 8~00.P,M~ .
Minor amendments were explained~ pertaining to refereoce to the
acreage of the site~ the specific Stadium location~ and provisions for
12,000 minimum required parking~ together with egress and ingress to the site
It was reported that an exhibit will be attached to the lease~
showing primarily the 146 acre slte~ indicating the location of the Stadium,
but~ however~ will not indicate specific locations for parking°
Mro Murdoch reported that in the lease~ there are references to
~'a complete Stadium~'o He advised %hat there has been inserted a re£erence
to the use of an ~'incomplete Stadium~', in the event it is not fully com-
pleted9 but completed sufficiently to play hallo
He briefly~expiained the proposed penalty clause~ to be a part of
qbe contract for the construction of the Stadium°
Mro Murdoch reported that television broadcasting within the
local area (fifty-mile radius) was an area upon which they are not quite
ready to make a f~nal recommendation° Re advised that there is an agree-
ment of principle~ and it is a matter of how to adapt the principle to
either dollar £~gures or percentage £igures that amc reasonable.
Murdoch and Mro Geisler briefly discussed the negotiations pertaining to
this item°
pROPOSED OFFICE SPACE RENTAL LEASE~ Mro Murdoch advised thai the,,.~ease
will be based on $2~000. per month, or $24~000o per Year, on what is termed
as a bare wall conceptl further~ that air-conditioning is one o{ the items
not yet determined, as it will depend on the type of unit to be installed°
PROP0SED STADIU~ CLU~ LEA$~) Mro ~urdoch advised that the proposed lease
will be written allocating membership fees in ~he same manner as conce~sion
revenues~ tha~ is~ one-third to the Ci%y~ and two-thirds to the baseball
ciub,~ Further9 that 'the total memDership figure was agreed to be increased
from i~000 to 1~500~ wl%h the further provision that at any time the two
parties can. adjust the membership number~
ADVERTiSING~ The terms of advertising were explained~ as proposed~ all
revenues derived by outside advertising~ with the exception of the score
board exposure~ to go to %he owner of the proper%yl all inside the Stadium
advertising to be on a fifty-fifty bas~so Regarding the score board adver-
tising~ all revenue until such time as the score board is paid for~ to go
to amortize the cost of the score boardo After the score board is paid,
f~fteen per cent of the revenue %o be paid to 'the ball club~ and eighty-five
per cent of the revenue %o be paid to the owner of the property°
In conclusion° Mro Murdoch reported that it is anticipated that
the final draft of the co~%ract will be completed by Saturday, as the~tele-
vision provisio~s are 6he only items not yet resolved~
Discussion ~as briefly held regarding the ground-breaking cere-
monies~ assuming that the contract wilt be signed Saturday~ and August 15~
196~ was tentatively set as the ground-breaking date°
ADJOURNMENT: Councilman Pebley moved to adjourn to August 8~ 1964~ 1:30 P.Mo~
and also moved waiver of further notice of said adjournmento Councilman
Krein seconded the motion° MOTION CARRIED°
ADJOUR_NED. i~(IO~15 P~Mo )
SIGNED: ,~~", ~
City Clerk
City Hall~ Anaheim, CalifQrnia - COUNCIL MINUTES - Auqust 8~ 1964. 1:30 PoMo
The City Council of the City of Anaheim met in adjourned regular
session°
PRESENT: COUNCIIJ~EN: Pebley~ Dutton~ Schutte~ Krein and Chandler.
ABSENT: COUNCilA4EN: Noneo