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1053 be subsituted instead. On motion of Councilman Madsen seconded by Councilman Garatti and with all present in favor of same, same was ordered. Mr. Ashton Britten presented a report to the City Council and made a number of suggestions as regards what should be done. The Council took under advisement what Mr. Britten had to offer. There being no further business the meeting adjourned at 10:20 o'clock to meet in regular session on IdIonday evening, December 4t. at 7:30 o'clock. Approved: Mayor r 2leasanton,0alifo-rnia., Bovember 27, 1933. The Town Council of the ,own of_illeasanton was called to order in sgeuial session-at 7:30 o'clock on the above written date by Mayor A.B.Pickard. Present a't 'roll call were: Councilman L:adsen, Orloff and Pickard, and absent: Councilman Garatti and AppersOn. The Clerk. then read a communication from the League of California VRunbipalities in which'th'e program of the Civic Works Administration was outlined. He discussed various phases of the letter.as he had been advised from various sources, after ' which Mayor Pickard took up the communication officially. Both Mayor Pic kard and the Clerk brought out the information to the members of the Council that the only word received on the project had come from the League of California Municipalities and that no advice had been received from the Administration headquarters or from the Board of Supervisors of Alameda County. After an .-understanding of the communication was had by the meinbers'of the Council, Mayor Pickard asked the Council if it desired to take up the discussion of any`projectsw hich might be handled through the adminis- tration program and invited suggestions. Accordingly the following suggestions were made: (a) A bulk head along the property of Mrs. J. Lewis fronting the Arroyo Del. Valle Creek; (b) The painting of the City Hall and the two pump houses a"s well as re- roofing of the pump houses; (c) A'swimming pool; (d) A wading pool; (L) Proper drainage along certain streets in order'that drainage conditions in the winter time might be improved; (f), The, improvement, of 111cKinley Park through the planting of further trees etc. A general discussion of all of these projects then followed and they were all.favorably received except that of the swimming pool which it-was Pelt could not be properly handled by the municipality at this time when the city was unable to advance the upkeep of-a swimming pool.. It was decided that the Mayor and the City Clerk should arrange to meet hlr. Max Horwinski, chairman-of the county committee of the Civil Works Administration in Oakland and to go over these projects with him and ascertain from him those which the'Federal Government'would consider . After these projects were planned for,wi th the county chairman, further data was to be-secured by the Council and then officially presented by the necessary resolution to the Civic Works Administration Committe of'Alameda County. Councilman Madsen reported to the Council that the Cheese Factory had been able to arrange for the disposing of the whey from the factory to a concern in the valley who was daily hauling same,to &C6 plant. He also advised the Council that the Cheese factory people were anxious to connect up with the sewer in order to dispose of water used in washing the floors of the Cheese Factory etc., but the Council,following a discussion of this matter, denied the permission. It was generally felt since conditions at the sewer Farm had been materially affected since the whey had been disposed of elsewhere as well as'the waste water from the Cheese Factory that nothing should be allowed to interfer with the satisfactory condition which had followed. The Council took up the matter of making changes in the ordinance with regards the dates for its meeting as a Board of Equalization, setting the tax rate and the payment of taxes. Accordingly the Clerk was.advised to instruct City Attorney Nilson to prepare an& ordinance amending those sectionsof the present ordinance which would be affected by the change in dates. The Council agreed that the -tax rate should be set earlier than the last Monday of September and instead on the first Monday of September, thus allowing the Clerk sufficient time in which to prepare the assessment roll with the taxes computed for the tax collector prior to October .first. Also that the 'date of paying taxes should conform with those of the county which provide for taxes becoming delinquent on the first Monday in December as regards the first installment. There being no further business the meeting adjourned a 9 o'clock to meet in regular session December 4th at 7:30 o'clock. t Approved: Clerk Mayor