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If A-10ACT uesday, July 2371985 pa fi Windmill. Continued from Page A-9 By Jehu Lynn Smith holes in the sandstone that' dry up in the summer. The shrimp, which are from to long, desposit eggs, encased in materials that prevents dehydration, in the bottom of the where they hatch when th fall rains come. the dty carry back a second mortgage of 116.27 million to cover loans they were unable to secure in the private market as well to provide financing for the garage construction. condowoes Williams added that a little pump-priming is necessary to stimulate development downtown.

Hotels on the other end of the scale will be at issue at a special Trie- -In addition, the "loan "would make up for the citys inability lation to stem the tide of conversion of low-rent residential hotels downtown. Recommendations aimed at maintaining or adding, to the" 'Jr current stock of inexpensive the garage outright downtown "residential hotel' rooms indude establishing a dty. to secure nearly 4 million in federal funding. As part of the new loan package, developers would own the garage and lease space to the city rather than have the dty Some council members last week raised to the acres be left untouched. Bragdon said he felt the conditions impofd will (noted the area.

We are very much aware of what is happening and we will monitor the work verjrcareful- ly, he said. Patrick Agnello of Howden Wind Parks said archeologists are digging now to determine the extent of the Indian sites already jkll areas where signs of significant human activity are found win be ioclud-1 ed in areas to be left untouched and the county will be notified, he The fairy shrimp, unknown elsewhere in the world, was found in 1980 during studies for the proposed Los Vaquero, Reservoir, which was then planned as a storage facility for the pro- posed Peripheral Canal. The shrimp lives in watery QUIT SMOKING! Stop In One Vnit Ona-Yaor Support Guorontae By Individual Appointment $125 Full Pric Bob Oliver 524-6116 NEED CREDIT? I CAN HELP! Git Cradit Card Remova Nagatwa Kama tram Your Cradit Raport Fast Raaulti Gal a FraMi Atari Call 24 Hour! COFFMAN ASSOCIATES CALL 778-0890 BROKER 3 p.m7c0uncilsession when council members consider legis fund to help owners repair and rehabilitate the hotels and a measure to provide financing to purchase and restore vacant ho tels for low-income Following the afternoon of special the council will go.into its regular session at 7:30 p.m. the areas crime rate. We want to start a change in the kids that will reach the adults in terms of having more civic pridfLr said Brown-Miller.

Thats how'a change is going to come." The Camp is free to children of housing authority residents. The next one is scheduled from July 29 to Aug. 16 at the Peralta Villa housing project in West Oakland. objections request saying that it signaled a lack of private interest in the project and that the dty may.be getting in over its head. Developers and Oakland Office Economic Development- and Employment Director George Williams, however, said the citys loan would be secure.

adults about accosUng children or counselors and they backed off. She said one object of the program is to teach the, kids how to negotiate with others, instead of resorting to violence to get their way. Another goal is to instill a sense of neighborhood pride in the kids that camp directors hope will be transmitted to their parents, thus helping to reduce EMERYVILLE After com-' plaining for more than three years about leaky roofs, cracked concrete and bad plumbing, condominium owners at the sprawl ing'Watergate complex here, have agreed to accept 12.6 million as partial payment for construction problems, spokesmen for the property owners said yesterday. The proposed partial settlement was approved yesterday by Alameda County Superior Court Judge James F. Perley and by directors of the Watergate Community Association, representing the 1,249 property owners.

However, more than 50 contractors and subcontractors who are accused of doing shoddy work have yet to approve the. agreement. A court hearing aimed at reaching a final. settlement has been set for Aug: 19. Wayne Ingbritson.

president of the Watergate Community Association, said he hopes a hectic couple of years is coming to an end and now well have the money to repair some units. Three years ago, property' owners filed a $90.3 million lawsuit against Pacific Union the San Francisco development firm that along With the original architect and builder converted the Watergate apartments into condominimums in 1979. i I- Residents of the area have known for years of the Cave paintings, but the property Owners have allowed no one on the not even Scientists. Dale Sanders, who is working with the Greenbelt Congress, told Bragdon yesterday that, none of the organizations which has had a longstanding interest in cultural and natural resource preservation was notified of the windmill farm application. Our basic concern is that insufficient consideration has been given to the extremely impor-tant cultural and natural resources which are found in this remote area, he said.

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to. their con- The Oakland City Council, in back-to-back special meetings beginning this afternoon, will grapple with issues ranging from lending a developer up to-916 million to build a new down-- town hotel to way to halt the loss of low-rent residential hotels. The plan for the proposed new hotel calls for a S06-room' Holiday Inn, banquet facilities and meeting rooms plus a 500-park-1 ing space garage on the block bordered by Broadway, franklin and 11th and 12th streets. The council, which postponed a decision last week to take a closer look at the proposal, will consider the issue at a special .2:30 p.mrSession in City Council chambers. Developers, led by Oaklands David Sowels, are asking that Crime.

Coatiaued from Page A-9 Last week, the campers got to put their knowledge into action when a fire, apparently started by a careless smoker, broke out in a vacant lot next to their classroom. Several kids ran in to report the blaze, which was doused with fire extinguishers wielded by Brown-Miller and a 17-year-old counselor. Sometimes, the troubles of the street overflow into camp classes, Brown-Miller said, citing the example of a couple of campers who were caught smoking marijuana in a bathrooom. The playground outside the classroom is a meeting place for drug sellers and buyers, who congregate around a jungle gym, she said. But camp directors.

Brown-Miller said, confronted the have anything like them anywhere around.1 The Oakland Board of Education, the Alameda County Board of Supervisors and the Oakland Planning Commission have endorsed landmark status, virtually assuring the school will win a place in the National Registry of Historical Places. State landmark status could prove more elusive. The California State Historical Preservation Commission requires a building be truly unique before granting landmark status, said McArthur. But McArthur and his students are confident they will be successful. And once they are, McArthur said, he and the Landmarkers and other students will begin a new effort raising the money to display the plagues prominently on the schools broad front lawn.

rr one man suffered leg and ankle injuries when he leaped from a second-floor window. Besides Hughes, three other tenants suffered burns. One of the injured firefighters sustained a sprained wrist, and the other suffered a back injury. Pogue said the 22 firefighters who fought the blaze were covered at city firehouses by eight firefighters from the Naval Air Station. Top ae'xeo" IVi" thick IMPORTS! I (unlinuvd from Page A-9 frcdcii fur a successful landmark They worked before school, -at lunch and after school on the project.

It takes a lot of convincing to get the government to see things your way, said Francia Young, a member of the group that now calls itself The Land-markers. The, students are quick to point but that the building is designed in a tum-of-th e-century style known as stripped-down classical with Viennese secessionist overtones. Donovan, the architect, 'brought a whole new style of school building to Northern California, said Reginald Moseley, another Landmarker. Like the pillars, he said, I doubt there are any schools that Fire. Continued from Page A-9 about 11 p.m.

Sunday in a room that houses the furnace and water heater of the Santa Clara Hotel. The cause of the fire is still under investigation, he said. When the first firefighters arrived, the two-story wooden building, constructed in 1909, was engulfed in flames. Capt. Robert Pogue said all of the occupants escaped the flames on their own, although With tax reform it could save you 'urreiit rules subject to change.

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