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221 Mr . William Rogers expressed appreciation of Leslie Properties for the cooperation between his firm and the Planning Commission and City Council , and pro - duced maps which showed the extent of riprap accom- plished this far , as well as portions of parkway ac - complished to this point . He mentioned work of the Urban Design Committee in producing street furniture guide , and that interest had been expressed in util - izing this guide in other parts of the City . City Manager concluded the report by advising that another tour would be scheduled after the weather improves so that Council , the Planning Commission and others interested could observe progress being made . Mayor Bury commented on the closing of Marine World during the period January 7th , through March 30 , during which time there will be substantial building going on at the site , along with improvements to inside structures . City Manager explained that the animals will remain there and be maintained , and additional ones brought in . He added it was not unusual for this type of operation to shut down for short periods , particularly in the formative period . It is an- ticipated that it will take three years to reach "full program" status , and the expected volume of tourists . Mayor Bury expressed thanks to the group for the presentation , and announced that in view of the fact that Councilman Arnett would be leaving the meeting for a short period , the public hearing next scheduled on the Agenda would be de - ferred until later in the meeting . Report and recommendations for architectural and financial consulting services for Civic Center Expansion was presented by City Manager , both by written report submitted earlier to the Council , and verbally . He described how Staff had methodically selected , interviewed and considered 14 architectural firms which appeared capable of designing the project , eventually reducing the number con- sidered qualified to three . Field trips were then made to the home offices of these three firms , as well as to projects designed by them . It was the recommendation of Staff that the firm of Haines and Tatarian , of San Francisco , be selected as the architects for the Civic Center , and Bert A . Betts and Associates , of Sacramento , to act as financing consultants . City Manager expressed the belief of Staff that it would not be proper to request professional architects or financial consultants to submit to bidding procedure , but that it was preferable to consider them on basis of past per- formance and by • observation of accomplished work , and then submit recommend- ations to Council for consideration . Once approval received of Council , only a few days would be necessary to finalize . Councilman Rosselli moved to authorize City Manager to negotiate agreements for the stated services , seconded by Councilman Keckley . Council questioned whether this work would be done in two phases , and City Manager stated it might come in as many as five ; that each phase would be provided " stop " and "go " points . AN 8 '61