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399 federal authority are technically exempt from the identification portion of the law but they are required to be included in any mitigation program. Councilmember Butler stated he felt it is important to get this study finalized. He stated he would like to be sure as Council finalizes the procedures that the question of historical buildings is addressed and there be as much latitude as possible. He stated that before Council gets to the point of mitigation plans, he would like to see the Council give some direction to staff as to the level of mitigation that Council is going to require. As he understands the law there is quite a bit of latitude that is given to local agencies in that regard; there is no prescribed standard and it is important for Council to have input to staff before getting to engineering plans. Councilmember Mohr stated the concerns she has in talking to the people affected by this and reviewing the staff report have to do with just what that mitigation is and on a historical building it seems there would be no flat way that one could address what those safety standards would be. What Council is looking at is how to make the building safe; every building is going to be unique when getting into the older structures. She did not know how to come up with anything that is more than generic in saying that they will be brought up to a level of safety. She asked if there is a way to adopt a motion that would be loose enough to give staff the flexibility to apply building by building or should there being something to comply with the law that is specific to the point that will make it difficult to apply. Mr. Roush stated that at this point staff is probably not looking to that kind of direction. Once staff gets the list compiled, it will bring back a report so Council can see the scope of the problem and can discuss generally the mitigation opportunities. At that point Council can give some direction in terms of the level of detail and type of mitigation Council is looking for. With that, staff can develop a more thorough mitigation plan to bring back. Mayor Mercer asked if staff had been able to check with the League of California Cities to see what other cities are doing to address this problem. Mr. Roush stated he has obtained a number of ordinances from a number of jurisdictions. Again, the ordinances are all over the board. Some of them require complete mitigation to meet code in 270 days; others have a five year program. There is no grain of consistency in any of the ordinances throughout the state. He stated that there is a lot of flexibility with the governing body given the scope of the problem and a realistic time frame. It was moved by Councilmember Butler, and seconded by Councilmember Mohr, that Resolution No. 88-562, directing staff to contract consultants about conducting a survey to identify buildings affected by SB 547, and recommending the retention of a consultant, be adopted - 6 - 12-6-88