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CITY OF PLEASANTON The City of Pleasanton is located in south central Alameda County in the Livennore- Amador Valley (called the Tri-Valley area that contains the cities of Pleasant on. Liver- more. Dublin. and San Ramon), about 40 miles southeast of San Francisco and 25 miles southeast of Oakland. Pleasanton contains about 22.5 square miles. Pleasanton has groV>TI from a small rural community with an agricultural base to a medium- sized suburban community with a diverse economic base. During the past two decades. a diverse panern of groV>1h (which has included substantial new residential. commercial. office, and industrial development) has transfonned Pleasanton from a bedroom community serving the Bay Area job rnarket to an employment center in its own right. The City. incorporated in 1894, is a general law city v>ith a council-manager fonn of govern- rnent. The City's governing body is an elected five-member council consisting of the mayor and four council members. The council appoints a city manager that manages and administers the daily affairs of the City under the policy guidelines of the City Council. Deborah Acosta McKeehan was appointed City Manager in 1990 and has approximately 2 I years of experience in city management. Prior to her current position. Ms. McKeehan was Town Manager in Los Gatos, California, and Deputy City Manager in Milpitas, Cali- fornia. Ms. McKeehan has a masters degree in public administration frorn the University of Southern California. Randall Lum has been the City'S Director of Public Works since 1994 and has over 27 years experience in municipal public works activities. Mr. Lum previously served as Deputy Director of the depanrnents of public wmks and planning and building with the City of Oakland. He has a B.S. degree in civil engineering from the University of Cali- fornia. Berkeley. and a masters degree in public administration from Golden Gate University. He is a registered civil engineer. Susan Rossi is the Director of Finance. Ms. Rossi has been with Pleasanton for 19 years, the past 12 years as the Director of Finance. l\ls. Rossi has 27 years of experience in rnunicipal finance. Prior to her current position. Ms. Rossi worked in the finance depan- ments in the cities of Livennore and Fremont. California. Ms. Rossi has a degree in math- ematics frorn the University of California at Berkeley. The City provides police, fire, public works. water. sewer. economic development. and parks and community activities, planning and zoning. inspection. general administrative. and library services to its citizens. WASTEWATER SYSTEM Since 1980. the wastewater system has been collecting wastewater in Pleasanton and trans- poning it to DSRSD for treatment. Wastewater is then disposed through the Livennore- Amador Valley Water Management Agency (LA VWMA) pipeline to the East Bay Dischargers Authority (EBDA) in San Leandro for discharge into the San Francisco Bay. 5