BOOK 17_1933-01-03 to 1938-12-29

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i the house. Mr. Jens Harder also appeared before the Council concerning the assessment of his property, but no change was made. On motion of Councilman Eva, seconded by Councilman Fletcher, it was decided to have a special meeting, early in March, with the Assessor to arrange for some adjustment in the acreage unit prices. C. J. Walker, Attorney of Los Angeles, by letter, addressed the Council concerning the levy— ing of a special assessment to take care of a defaulted bond under the 1915 Act. Reply to the letter was referred to the City Attorney. The Citizens Advisory Board, by its Chairman, Norman YI. Pendleton, filed a report concerning its activities and especially concerning the report of a sub—committee on "The Possibi— lities of Tax Reduction Through the Public Ownership of Additional Public Utilities". The letter was ordered filed and the discussion laid over until a further meeting. The Citizenst Advisory Board, by its Secretary, C. G. Uhlenberg, filed a report on the consoli— dation of City and County Tax Assessing and Tax Collecting offices accompanied by reports of special committees. The report was ordered filed. There was read a letter from C. W. Bowman, Recording Secretary of the San Mateo County Federa— tion of Improvement Clubs and Associations, protesting the levying of any special assess— ment for the payment of 1915 Act delinquencies. On motion of Councilman Jones, seconded by Councilman McNulty, the correspondence was filed without consideration. On motion of Councilman McCarthy, seconded by Councilman Eva, the Council unanimously adopted Ordinance No. 352, amending a previous ordinance, No. 327, concerning penalties on de— linquent taxes. (See Ordinance book for full text.) The City Attorney reported concerning his interview with E. C. Stewart at Stockton, reading a I memorandum to which he and Mr. Stewart had agreed. On motion of Councilman Jones, seconded by Councilman McNulty, the Council ratified and approved that portion of the agreement in which it was determined to pay certain bonds with accrued interest, and interest on other bonds up to July, 193+. W. 0. Tyson, local contractor, appeared before the Council to protest the city's resurfacing the tennis courts on the grounds of the Sequoia Union High School, alleging that in doing this the City was competing with private contractors. At this time, the City Uanager presented the Budget for the ensuing year, that the Council might examine it and adopt it, having previously submitted a tentative budget for their consideration. Councilman Eva requested that quite a number of small items be eliminated or reduced and it was agreed to change several such items amounting to $530. There was also considerable discussion about the charge of the Water Department for water supplied for general city purposes such as Parks, Fire Department, Police Department, etc. Finally, on motion of Councilman Fletcher, seconded by Councilman Christensen, it was decided to dispense with such charges, effective July 1, 193+. The motion carried with Mayor Lambert and Councilman McCarthy voting "No". With these items out of the way, on motion of Coun— cilman Fletcher, seconded by Councilman Jones, the Budget thus corrected was unanimously adopted.