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1 1 The roll call vote was as follows: AYES: Councilmen Bubics, Harding, McWilliams and Mayor Long NOES: None ABSENT: None Matters for the Information of the Council Mr. Fales announced that a meeting of the East Bay Regional Parks District will be held at 7:00 P.M. on Friday, November 19th. COMMUNICATIONS Mr. Fales read a copy of a letter from Mrs. Charles D. Johnson, 581 Bonita Avenue, to Mr. William Penn Mott, Jr., General Manager of the East Bay Regional Park Dis- trict which formally registered her support of the annexation of the City of Pleasanton to the East Bay Regional Park District. Mr. Fales read a letter from Mr. Donald Anger, 541 St. Mary St., requesting that the City Council consider him as an appointee to the Recreation Commission, when the ordinance becomes effective and the Commission is established. Mr. Fales read a letter from Mr. Robert T. Martin, Assistant Secretary, California Highway Commission, dated November 8th, which stated that the California Highway Commission adopted resolutions giving general support to the additional steps being taken by the Federal Government in highway beautification and safety areas. ORDINANCES FOR ADOPTION (second reading) were not scheduled for this meeting. MATTERS INITIATED BY COUNCIL MEMBERS Councilman McWilliams asked when the Parks and Recreation Commission Ordinance would become effective. Mr. Struthers advised him that it would become effective on December 7th, 1965. Councilman Harding asked for a definition of the word "Bicycle" as referred to in the Bicycle Ordinance. Mr. Struthers defined a bicycle as a tandum vehicle having more than 20 inch wheels. Discussion ensued regarding the various legal implications of the definition of a bicycle, and after considerable deliberation, the staff was in- structed to revise the bicycle ordinance and place the matter on the agenda for next week. Mayor Long announced that the City Council was going to appoint Mr. Bernard Gerton to the City Council to fill the unexpired term of former Councilman Reno Cairo. It was moved by Mayor Long and seconded by Councilmen Bubics, Harding and McWilliams that Resolution No. 65 -189, appointing Bernard Gerton to the City Council, to fill the unexpired term of former Councilman Reno Cairo, be adopted. The roll call vote was as follows: AYES: Councilmen Bubics, Harding, McWilliams and Mayor Long NOES: None ABSENT: None Councilman Gerton accepted the appointment. There being no further business at 10:22 P.M., it was moved by Councilman Harding and seconded by Councilman McWilliams that the meeting be adjourned to meet again in Regular Session at 8:00 P.M. on November 22, 1965. The roll call vote was as follows: AYES: Councilmen Bubics, Gerton, Harding, McWilliams and Mayor Long NOES: None ABSENT: None 4. Respectfully submitted, \12szo_4_,,_u3.s„naL,_wJ Helen Woodward, City Clerk