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The Wright Act of 1887 went like this "was a state law of California passed by the legislature on March 7th <br /> 1887, that allowed farming regions to form and bond irrigation districts which allowed small farm owners to <br /> band together,pool resources, and get water to where it was needed In the state of California,this Act <br /> enabled the diverting of waters from the Merced,San Joaquin and Kings river in California's Central Valley <br /> These irrigation districts are public entities Irrigation canals in California's Central Valley, along with the <br /> expansion and creation of railroads, helped farmers to mass produce and transport agriculture nationwide <br /> On the North side wall of the Neal Street Bridge, dated 1937, Rivers and Harbors Act authorizes construction <br /> of initial Central Valley Project features by U S Army Corps of Engineers And now,with a recent letter,from <br /> the City of Pleasanton, to Zone 7, supporting the Twin Tunnel approach for future water sustainability, we <br /> have an avalanche of history of how water, climate, business and citizen participation molded who we are <br /> today <br /> We/you can say "the ditch/swale" has no history � that perhaps is the economic reasoning Safety 2 <br /> Yet you send your children away to the Alameda County Fair to ride carnival rides put in place only hours <br /> before, the fair opens Children for over 130 years, have explored this area being around <br /> trains,commerce and people from every imaginable trade <br /> Our own blue gum eucalyptus tree, in Lions Wayside Park, planted during the 1887 time period featured on <br /> wikipedia org is crazy big Perhaps, when our Leadership, who find the tree dangerous in the future, will <br /> have it cut and commissioned with an excellent wood artist, that provides a past history about Pleasanton <br /> Maybe a table top with a past history carved within its rings of history <br /> Nevertheless, whatever alternatives necessary to enrich Lions Wayside Park should be of value to bring alive <br /> the new art, commissioned,donated by the Harringtons and others to compliment the area not the other <br /> way around <br /> Have to go . could write much more again Happy New Year <br /> respectively, <br /> Peter Miller <br /> Click here to report this email as spam <br /> 2 <br />