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WHEREAS, the State Water Resources Control Board has previously determined to withhold the grant offer for the interceptor until the City and Dublin-San Ramon Services District have reached agreement concerning the expansion and use of the Dublin-San Ramon Services District Plant to serve the Sunol Boulevard Plant service area; and WHEREAS, the City and Dublin-San Ramon Services District have been negotiating in good faith to allow a consolidation of treatment facility but a mutually satisfactory agreement has not been negotiated; and the City intends to continue to negotiate an agreement with District but it must be recognized that the possibility exists that consummating such an agreement may still take considerable time and may in fact not be possible; and WHEREAS, the interceptor sewer is a necessary link in the City's sewage system and will be required by and is consistent with any alternative that may ultimately emerge regarding sewerage services in the Sunol area; and minor changes in the end points of the interceptor would allow the City to make use of the interceptor to convey treated sewage from the Sunol Boulevard Plant to the LAVWMA disposal system; and if the City retains sewerage capabilities due to inability to reach a reasonable agreement with Dublin-San Ramon Services District, an interceptor would be necessary for at least the disposal of excess flows in the rainy season for the City's existing irrigation method of effluent disposal and would allow a more efficient irrigation program, and precluding the possibility of runoff which is prohibited by the Regional Board; and WHEREAS, construction costs for the interceptor sewer are constantly rising. NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PLEASANTON DOES RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The City Council urges the State Water Resources Control Board to take whatever steps as are necessary to allow the immediate construc- tion of the Interceptor Sewer without requiring that agreement be reached between the City and Dublin-San Ramon Services District. Section 2. The City Council urges the State Water Resources Control Board to approve minor changes in the end points of the Interceptor Sewer and to approve the use of the Interceptor Sewer to carry treated sewage from the Sunol Boulevard Plant to the LAVWMA system. Section 3. The City Council will continue to negotiate with Dublin-San Ramon Services District in an effort to reach a reasonable and equitable agreement, but recognizes its responsibility to meet the sewer service needs of the Sunol area by alternate methods identified in Resolution No. 74-212, a resolution selecting the best apparent project from Alternate 2-B (Interceptor Sewer Line) and Alternative 5-b (Construc- tion of New Sewer Plant) and requesting funding of the most apparent project subject to conditions.